Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1896 — Page 3

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A TIE r.AME BRINGS THE CIIAMrio.s down from grace. Their Battlna: Arms Move with About as Much Celerity an Old-Fash-ioned Well Sweeps. Indlnnapolf a . S-Minnrnpolii... 2 St. Paul S-Grand Hapldi. C St. Paul 7 Grand Rapids. Colunihn . . ...11 Milwaukee. . .. 3 Detroit -Knna City. . . 1 Western LenKut Gnmei To-Day. Minneapolis at Indianapolis. Milwaukee at Columbus. Kansas City at Detroit. St. Paul at Grand Rapids. How the Clubs Stnml.

Clubs. riayed. Won. Lost. Pr Ct. Ft. Paul 85 5.J 32 .624 Indianapolis ...SI 50 31 .617 Minneapolis V4 4f 3Kansas City ...84 4o 3,3 .54 S Detroit S3 41 31 .:"0 Milwaukee 90 41 43 ,4." ranJ Rapids., vi 31 57 .2.j2 Columbus S3 CS 61 .315

CHAMPIONS, mZ MILLERS, 2. Gume Called in Thirteenth Inning on Account of Darkness. The champions slid into second place yesterday. They have been leading the procession since the middle of June and would still be at the top had they not experienced such an unaccountable slump in batting that almost any old pitcher finds tht-rn soft marks these days. Yesterday they Lad chance after chance to win out, but failed through weak batting. Sixteen men left on base that's the reason Indianapolis failed to win. When Hosan struck out in the twelfth with men on third and second and but one out there was a pretty general feeling of disgust. Had he hit the ball anywhere a run was reasonably certain, but he couldn't even touch It. Davis pitched great ball. He struck out tight men, gave but one base; on balls and had all hi3 well-known speed. "Big Bill" Schriver and young Arthur Ball were the only men who could do anything with him and he struck Ball out twice at that. Carney was effective, but rather wild. However, that did not help Watkins's men to any extent, as they could not take advantage of his wildnes3. Wilmot covered a wonderful amount of ground and saved his team several times by fine catches. He deserves much of the credit for holding the game level. Minneapolis was first to score. In the second inning Schriver caught one of Davis's rifle shots Just on the end of his bat and sent it to right center for three bases. The ball was fielded to Stewart, who threw wild to third, and the big catcher scored. Werden got a base on balls, but Preston was out from pitcher to first and McIIale and Kail struck out. The champions tied In the fourth, when, with one out, Preston misjudged Shannon's fly and it rolled safe for two bases. Hogan's out at first advanced Shannon to third and Davis hit a high fly that Preston wasn't good for and that fell near the right foul line for two bases, scoring the first Indianapolis run. This was followed by nnother in the fifth, when Buckley walked and Wood hit to right for a base. Preston fumbling the ball and 'Puck" reaching third. Motz hit into Werden's hands and Carney gave Stewart his base, hoping to find Scheibeck an easy mark. The latter fooled him. -however, for he sent a long foul iiy to LaUy, scoring Buckley. Shannon vas out from Connor to Werden. Wilmot's men lost little time catching up, for in the sixth, after two men had been disposed of, Scheibeck let Wilmot's grounder go right through him and singles by Schriver and Werden enabled Minneapolis to tie the score. Preston flew to Hogan. After that it was a great fight to

a draw, fcr r.l?uonaia cauea n m ins umteenth on account of" alleged darkness. Indianapolis should have won the game In the early innings. Hogriever started in with a base on balls and Buckley sacrificed him to second, but neither Wood nor Motz could turn the trick. It should have teen easv for Watkins's men in the seCond, when Stewart led with a hit and stole secend. Scheibeck bunted three fouls but Shannon pot a base on balls and McIIale fumbled Hogan's grounder long enough to fill th" bases. It looked like a lot of runs then, but Davis lifted a little fly to Lally. too short for Stewart to come in on. and Wilmot captured Hogriever's line drive. In the eighth the champions again looked good for the game. Two fine stops by Ball had disposed of Stewart and Scheibeck, when the bases were filled by Shannon walking. Hogan hitting one to McIIale. which the latter slipped on. and Connor fumbling Davis's grounder. Hogriever hit into Ball's hand, and the chance was lost. In the tenth, with two out and two on base. Davis tried to win his own game, but could only hit to Werden. though he came closo to beating.lt out. The big pitcher had another chance to win it In the twelfth, after Hot.ar struck out. bur the best he could do was a grounder to Connor. That twelfth inning was an exasperating afTalr. and caused more or less profanity, most of which was directed at Hogan for his failure to nit the ball somewhere. Just so it would enable Stewart to come in from third. Stewart had opened ' with a base on balls, and Scheibeck. in trying to sacrifice, had bunted safe. Shannon i got a nice sacrifice, and it was a 20-to-l shot that the champions had the game. But Hogan. who had five, times previous to that managed to whark the ball somewhere took three Ineffectual "swipes at it and walked dejectedly to the bench. Then Davts sent one to Connor and the pUJ retired. ' Minneapolis started the tenth with a hit. Ball getting it. butr being caught by Bucklev's snap throw to Motz a moment later, t Schriver got a single in the eleventh, but there were two out. and Werden's grounder was stopped very cleverlv by Shannon, I who tossed the ball to Stewart, retiring e Schriver and the eiae. With two out in the twelfth Ball got another hit, but Connor f foiled to Buckley. Wilmot had been making a good, hard f ' kirk'' to have the game called on account i ci darkness, though there was light I enough to play for half an hour more, and ra much as there had been for some little time before. When McDonald refused to ! call it at the end cf the twelfth ilmot E was wrathv, and expressed himself pretty freelv to the umpire. That ofllcial apponred firm, but while Connor was at bat

with a couple or strines on mm .m-umwiu suddenly threw up his Jiands. called the gam.- and started for the clubhouse. The crowd was disgxisted. So was the Indianapolis team. So was Manager Watkins. But that cut no congealed moisture with McDonald, who had disappeared in the cMi'house by the time the crowd fully realized that the game was over. Score: Indianapolis. A.B. R. H. O. A. E. Hogriever. If S 0 2 3 ? 2 Buckley, c '.. 4 1 0 10 1 0 Wood, rf 5 0 11 0 0 Motz. 1 .x. 4 0 0 11 0 0 Stewart. 2 4 0 2 2 4 1 F'(K-!fceck. 3 6 0 1 0 - 1 Shannon, s .. 3 114 4 0 Koan. cf 0 0 12 10 Iavis. p - 6 0 1 0 3 0 Totals 43 v 2 7 25 13 2 Minneapolis. A.B. Ft. H. O. A. EL Connor. 2 .... 5 0 0 3 5 1 Ij!1v. If 5 0 0 3 .5 1 Wilmot. cf 5 1 O 7 0 0 Schriver. c 5 1 4 10 0 Werden. 1 4 0 1 IS 2 0 Preston, rf 5 0.0-1 0 1 Mv-Kale. 3 5 0 0 1 . S 1U11. s 5 0 3 1 3 0 Carney, p 3 0 0 1 3 0 Totals .Tit 2 S 33 20 5 Scheibeck out on bunt fouls. Score by innings: ,v( Ir.dianapoHs 0001 1000000 0-2 Minneapolis 01000100000 02 Earned runs Indianapolis, 1. Two-base hits Shannon. Davis. Thr-bas hits Schriver (2). critic, hits Buckley, Motz, Shannon. Stolen base Stewart. Double play McHale, Connor and Wertfen. Left on bases Indianapolis, 6; Minneapolis. S. Struck out By Davis. S; by Carney, 2. Bases cn balls By Davis. 1; by Carney, S. Wild pitches Carney,' 2. Time-2:30. .. . Umpire McDonald. , t Pell on Mr. Retijrcr. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 1. After falling to j 2nd Itettger3 curves for five innings, Coi lu'mbus finaliv inmoed en to him and pounded the ball all over the lot, earning te.n runs. Milwaukee would have been shut jt but for costly errorc, as Bo'svell pitched

a. wonderful game, letting them down with five hits, three being made after chances to retire the side. Score: R. H. E. Columbus ...0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 411 16 3 Milwaukee ..0 002100003 5 1 Batteries Boswell and Wilson; F.ettger and Spear. Saints "Win Tiro. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Aug. 1. Grand Rapids and St. Paul drew an audience of 1.200 in threatening weather with two games for one admission. They were both pitchers' battles, well played, the home, team losing- on a disastrous error In each game. Score first game: R. II. E. Gr'd Rapids. .0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0-6 9 2 SL Paul 2 3012000 8 8 1 Batteries Goar and Hodge; Mullane and Spies. Second game R. H. E. G'd Rap's.2 00001011 16 13 2 St. Paul....O 10000400 2-7 12 1 Batteries Wolters and Hodge; Fricken and Spies. "Bobby" Gayle Can Pitch. DETROIT, Aug. 1. Gayle held the visitors down to seven scattering singles, but two men reaching second base. The fielding of the local3 was especially good, while tha.t of the Blued was ragged. Score: " R. H. E. Detroit 1 3102011 0-9 12 3 Kansa3 City.O 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01 7 G Batteries Gayle and Twineharn; Kling and Lake. Reported Sale of Kansas City Team. There were rumors flying about in the Northwest last night that Jimmy Manning had finally succeeded in selling his Kansas City franchise. It has been known for some time that he would like to dispose of it. Now that the team is practically out of the race he expects little support from the followers of the game at 'Kansas City. They want a pennant-winning team or nothing, and Manning is discour.tKed at the prospect. Kansas City is a good bail town for a championship club, but that is about the only kind it will support. If Manning has sold out it is to be hoped his successor will be as good a ftlllow as the veteran second baseman. Milwaukee To-Morrovr. Glenalvln and his rejuvenated Brewers will open a series with Indianapolis tomorrow. Cross will pitch for the home team and Baker will prcbably bo pitted against him. If Watkins's men can get out of the rut and hit the ball again they will win. The pitchers are doing their duty nobly, but tnere is no hitting behind them. It Is to be hoped that the team will get back into form again this week. BaKcball Notes. The attendance yesterday was 1,700. McCarthy may be in the game to-morrow. Davis struck McHale out three times yesterday. The C, H. & D. and Monon clerks are to play baseball to-day. Jack Sneed, an old-time ball player, has been made a Western League umpire. Three straight from Milwaukee- might put Indianapolis back at the head of the column. Jack Kerins will apply for a position on the National League's staff of umpires next season. Perry Werden had hard work getting a hit yesterday, but he made It count when he did get it. A local minister will preach this morning on "Where Are the Nine?" And it's not a local baseball sermon, either. Hoy, who has twenty-one sacrifice hits to his credit, probably will beat the record of Jennings, who led the League last season with twenty-eight. Preston waa a rank failure In right and didn't seem to know what to do with the ball when he got It. He misjudged about everything that came his way. Fraser, the Colonels' twlrler, last season with Minneapolis, seems to be the most promising of any of the batch of pitchers chosen from the Western League ranks. President Young says umpires who show even a little bit of ability should be encouraged, "as there are only about a dozen good ones in a population of seventy million." The champions got but three clean hits off Carney yesterday. A good right fielder would have spoiled those two doubles and the hits made by Hogan and Scheibeck were scratches.

Norton, the Senators' new pitcher, is an electrician and mechanical engineer by piofesslon. and has obtained a patent on a burglar alarm device to be used on cars carrying valuable freight. The Minneapolis team will play at Grand Rapids to-day. The schedule places them here, but the game will have to be played at Minneapolis if the rule adopted at the spring meeting is adnered to. Killen. of the Pittsburg team, who had a personal encounter with umpire - Lally during the game yesterday, was to-daj' fined $23 and costs in the Police Court at Cincinnati for assault and battery. Foul tips caromed all over Schriver yesterday, and he must have been sore when the game was over. It didn't interfere with his hitting, however. He was a terror to Davis, and the only one. by the way. Perry Werden was ordered off the coach line by McDonald yesterday for making the oid "gag" of running along the line from third home, trying to draw a throw. He was kept oft the line the rest of the game. Wilmot put McHale and Preston In the game yesterday for their hitting. Neither got a hit and they did about &il the bad work Minneapolis was guiltj of. With a good man in right the visitorj would have won the game. Glasscock and Inks were tried in a St. Paul court recently for insulting a colored woman who passed the hotel where they were stopping. The woman was on a wheel and the men were in front. They were acquitted for lack of evidence. Wilmot was anxious to quit yesterday after the tenth. He. was evidently afraid Indianapolis would finally succeed in pushing a man around, while he seemed to have little confidence in the ability of his people to get another run off Davis. Hogan was McIIale's hoodoo yesterday. Everything the center fielder hit his, way McHale fumbled. His three errors were all made on Hogan's grounders and the latter's one hit was a scratch on which the third baseman slipped In trying to field. Adonis Terry, the Colts pitcher, has faith in the firing process for a lame prm. He cites the case of Rudderham, the pitcher of the Providence team, the muscles of whose pitching arm were fired by a Providence surgeon. Firing the pitcher himself is the remedy that the managers, as a rule, apply to a dead arm. If St. Paul can't win the pennant then she would like to see it go to Indianapolis, because the Indianapolis team is owned by a man who is not afraid to run risks and spend money to buy players who know how to give the public decent amusement. If there were only more like Brush baseball would boom. Columbus Journal. The modern baseball player Is, almost Invariably, one of the best dressed men to be seen on the streets or any city. Long since :ast are the days of the generation who wore flannel shirts and boots as they traveled from burg to burg, and the 16 player is much of an aesthete In dress, even if he does wear spikes on the carpets at the hotel. Grand Rapids expects to get pitchers Bonier and Johnson, catcher Collins and outfielder Letcher, all of the Western Association. Carney has also offered second baseman Mohler. of the Des Moines team, a rosmm- Mohler is one of the few lefthanded lnfielders in the business, and he was good enough in 1ST4 to get a short trial with Washington, but they thought he was too light and did not keep him. "The recent poor showing of the Cleveland club is due in no small measure to the Tebeau case and the sensational articles in the newspapers that followed in the wake of Tebeau's arrest in Louisville " says Manager Arthur Irwin. "Tebeau makes the bluff that he doesn't care what the newspapers say about him. but he is no different from other ball players, and they are all sensitive to newspaper criticism. Burkett. McAleer and O'Connor were attacked by the newspapers as vehemently as Tebeau. The baseball rooters took up these attacks and guyed the Spiders from bleachers and grand stand. Tebeau is a thirty-three degree Josher himself but he can't stand the roasts that the nuhlic cive him during the game. The fact L apparent that tne Snid?rs have not naved their game since the trouble with the Louisville club." Found In Dr. Field Stable. Benjamin Reynolds, a Fisteen-year-old colored boy, claiming Danville, Ind.. as his home, was arrested last night by ratrolmen Haley and Schroeder on the 'charge of burglary. 'The coachman employed by Dr Martin II. Field, "orner of Broadway And St Clair street, told the police that a man was in his employer's stable. He said he had awakened and found some one in his sleeping room, which is in the stable. The police returned with him and found voung Beynolds. When searched Reynolds i was found to have in his pocket a bu-ch cf litya tslcnins to the coachman.

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RAIN SAVED THE-REDS BALTIMORE CHAMPIONS SHt'T OPT THE SENATORS AGAIN. The Droirnd, Chicago,. Boston and Brooklyn Fatten Their Percentage on Saturday's Gaines. Clevelnnd .... 5 St. Lonln 2 St. Loni f Cleveland 3 Baltimore .... 7-Wahinjrtoii... O Chicago 8 LouUvllle 3 Boston 3 Philadelphia. . 1 Brooklyn .... S New York 1 Clnclnnntl-Pittitburir Rain. National League Games To-Day. Louisville at Chicago. St. Louis at CincinnatL Standing of the Clnhn.

Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. P'r C't. Cincinnati t a 23 .678 Baltimore 81 M 27 .6.3 Cleveland s7 5H 31 .14 Chicago 51 53 3S Pittsburg So 46 23 .541 Boston 84 45 .5.V, Philadelphia ...S5 33 46 .4?9 Brooklyn HO 46 .4:,9 Washington ....1 31 47 .420 New York 84 34 50 .403 St. Louis 87 2S 59 .322 Louisville 82 21 61 .256

HOFFEIl WAS THE STAR. Shut Out the Senator and Batted In Baltimore. Runs. BALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. 1. Senators were shut out to-day in the first game they played since Joyce left the nine. Hoffer pitched a wonderfully steady game, striking out three men in ucces3ion in the seventh inning when the Senators had men on third and second and no one out. He also made his three base hits at times when they were needed. Attendance, 7,132. Score: R. H. E. Baltimore ....0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 13 1 Washington ..0 0000000 00 6 4 Batteries Hoffer and Clark; Mercer and McGulre. Earned runs Baltimore, 3. Twobase hits Hoffer (2), McGulre. Stolen bases Selbach, Jennings, Cartwright, Brodie (2), C.ark, Kelley (2;. Demont. Hoffer. First base on balls Off Hoffer, 5. Struck out By Jloffer. 6; by Mercer, 2. wild pitchMercer. Time 2:05 Umpire Sheridan. Cleveland and St. Louis Split. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1. The Spiders and Browns played two games to-day and each captured one. In the first the Browns hit Young freely, but wore unable to score more than two runs. It was a tie up to the eleventh innning, when the visitors rapped out three runs and won. The second game was called at the end of the eighth inning, so that the Browns could catch a train for Cincinnati. Hard batting and good base running won the. game for the Browns, who also made several runs on bad errors by the visitors. Attendance, 8,000. Score first game: R. H. E. St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0-2 13 1 Cleveland 1 000010000 33 14 0 Batteries Donohue and McFarland; Young and Zimmer. Earned runs Cleveland. 1; St. Louis, 2. Two-baso hit McGarr. Three-base hits Tebeau, Blake. Sacrifice hit Cross. Stolen base McFarland. First base on balls Off Donohue, 6. Hit by pitched ball Zimmer. Struck out By Donohue, 3; by Young. 2. Passed balls McFarland, 1; Zimmer, 1. Time 2:30. Umpire Betts. Second game: R. H. E. St. Louis 0 10 12 11 39 14 1 Cleveland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 10 4 Batteries Breltensteln and McFarlartd; Wilson and Zimmer. Earned runs St. Louis, 5; Cleveland, 1. Two-base hits McKean, Connor. Three-base hits Parrott, Childes, Wilson. Home runs McFarland, Connor, Burkett. Stolen bases Dowd (2), Connor (2). Hart (1). Double plays Childs and Tebeau; McFarland and Connor; McFarland and Meyers. First base on ballsOff Breitenstein, 2; off Wilson, 3. Sacrifice hits Dowd, Dougfass, McKean. Struck out By Wilson. 1; by Breitenstein, 2. Time 2 hours. Umpire Betts. Frazer Lost the Game. CHICAGO. Aug. 1. Frazer was hit safely but six times to-day, but lost his game on wildncss, giving six bases on balls and making a costly wild pitch. Dexter was badly spiked in a collision with Lange in the first inning, but plucklly played the game out and captured tho crowd by hitting safely each time at bat. Lange's batting, fielding and base running were the features. Attendance, 3,000. Score: R. H. E. Chicago 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 -8 6 1 Louisville ....0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-3 12 1 Batteries Griffith and Kittredge; Frazer and Dexter. Earned runs Chicago, 4; Louisville, 3. Two-base hits Lange (2), McCreary, Clark, Miller (2.) Three-base hits Lange. Decker, Dexter. Stolen bases Lange (2), Decker, Anson. Pfeffer, Dexter. Double plav Long. Pfeffer and Anson. Struck out By Griffith, 6. Bases on balls Off Frazer. C. Wild pitch Frazer. Hit by ball C.ingman, Dahlen, Time 1:55. Umpire Emslie. Phillies Got a Home Rnn. BOSTON. Mass., Aug. 1. Nichols pitched a great game to-day, the Phiiadelphias only tally coining in the first inning, when Cooley, the first man to bat, made a home run. Orth also did good work. The feature of the game was a magnificent running catch by Hamilton in the ninth. Score: R. H. E. Hoston 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 Philadelphia .1 0000000 01 71 Batteries Nichols and Bergen: Orth and Grady. Earned runs Boston, 1; Philadelphia, 1. Two-base hits Hamilton, Collins, Mertes. Home run Cooley. Stolen base Bannon. Double play Iluien, Ha lima n and Delehanty. First on balls Off Nichols, 1; off Orth. 3. Struck out By Nichols. 2; by Orth. 1. Time, 1:35. Umpire Lynch. Attendance 3,000. Sernppy Joyee Gets an Oration. BROOKLYN, Aug. 1. The New York team lost a game to the Brooklyns at Eastern Fark this afternoon. The contest was devoid of any particular feature. "Scrappy" Joyce, the new man from Washington, was given a great reception when he first made his appearance. Score: R. IT. E. Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1 New York ....0 .0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01 10 0 Batteries Payne and Burrell; W. Clarke and Warren. Earned runs Brooklyn. 1; New York, 1. First base on error New York, 1. Left on bases Brooklyn, 4; New York. 4. First base on balls Off Clarke. 1. Struck out By Payne, 1. Two-base hit Shlndle. Three-base hit Corcoran. Sacrifice hit Warner. Stolen bases Ulrich, Lachance. -Wild pitch Clark. Time 1:24. Attendance e.SW. . Roekvllle Still Winning. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCICVILLE, Ind.. Aug. l.-Rockvllle took the second game from Decatur. 111., to-day. The Tigers go to Danville, 111., for a game to-morrow. Score: R. H. E. Rockville 0 0023000 3-8 9 3 Decatur 0 0 0 0 0,1 0 0 23 7 3 Batteries Durrett and Murray; Flynn and Adams. Two-base hit Eiiers. Threebase hit Ellis. Home run Raeber. Double play Stokes and Lee. UmpireWalker. YounffstoTvn Shut Out. Special to the In-iianipolls Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. L-Youngs-town got only two hits off Carrlck to-day and only one man reached third. RIckert and Tebeau led the batttlng. Score: R. H. E. Fort Wayne .0 0033300 09 11 2 Youngstown .0 0000000 00 2 4 Batteries Carrick and Welch for Fort Wayne: Jordan and Zinram for Youngstown. Umpire Schwartz. Fortvllle, lit Pendleton, 4. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORTVILLE, Ind.. Aug. L The Fortvllle Baseball Club opened the new. park yesterday with a victory over the crack Penileton team by a score of 11 to 4. Batteries Pendleton. Alfont and Howell; Fortvllle, Torrence and Fauset. Knell Released by Fort "Wayne. Speci&l to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 1. Philip Knell to-day received a ten-day notice of his release subject to the approval of the

Cleveland League, tot?hom he was under contract. Kneii was farmed out to Fort Wayne and won seventeen out of twentytwo games, making the local club champion of the Interstate League. He is released to reduce expenses, being too highsalaried for the Interstate League. Won by the Colts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGTON, Ind., Aug. 1. The Huntington Colts played the old baseball club of last year, yesterday, and defeated them in a close game by a score of 7 to 6. BatteriesColts. Bowman and Baily; Regulars, Gllcrist. Shpw and Ford. LIVE-BIRD TOURNAMENT

12,000 FEATHERED TARGETS TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN CHICAGO. Teams from Tircnty Cities Will Compete for the Dnpont World's Championship 3Iedal. CHICAGO, Aug.. 1. Never In the history of trap shooting has such interest been displayed as in the Dupont world's championship live-bird tournament which opens here next Monday morning. Shooters from all over the country are beginning to arrive and by to-morrow night it is expected the city . will be full of crack shots. The shooting grounds at Burnside are In magnificent condition. All the available space not needed for shooting purposes is covered by club tents. The local clubs will do the entertaining, each club taking care of from one to three States. The two big events will be the world's championship and the team race. In the latter five men from any one State constitute a team, and great Interest Is manifested. The big event takes place on Wednesday. Already several big be.ts have been made bv admirers of the respective teams. Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester. Utica, Kansas City, St. Paul, New York, Detroit, Louisville, Des Moines, Dayton. Cincinnati, Cleveland. Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Indlanapoiis, Nashville, Chattanooga, San Antonio, Boston and several other cities will be represented with the flower of the country in wing shooting. Illinois will have fourteen teams. There will probably be In the neighborhood of 150 entries for the world's individual championship. This race will be shot on Thursday. The shooting will continue during the entire week. Two sets of automatic traps and about 12,000 live birds will be used. CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETICS. New Jersey Club Defeats the Knickerbockers at Bayonne. NEW YORK, Aug. 1. The fourth annual championship games of the Metropolitan Association of the A. A. U. were held on the New Jersey Athletic Club grounds at Bayonne, N. J. this afternoon. The weather was excellent The attendance was meagre for such an important event, there not being more than a thousand persons on the grounds. The New York Athletic Club's withdrawal from the association prevented a number of star performers from entering the contests. There was. a keen fight between the Knickerbockers -(formerly New Manhattans) and the ! representatives of the N. J. A. C. for supremacy, and on the points scored the latter had the better by scoring 49 points to' the former's 48. Big Jim Mitchell, .the .champion weight and hammer thrower, won the two weight events as well as the hammer throw. ' Samuel Lelpgold won the three-mile walks very handily with hia brother second in each event, but he did not come up to his record time. C. U. Powell, of Knickerbockers, won high jump with the bar at six feet, and Mler Prinzteln, of the Pastime A. C, Syracuse, N. capturvd Hio broad jump with 20 feet 11 Inches -to" his credit. Moore, late of Barnard College, won 100yards dash In :10 2-5. but in the 220-yards event he could only get third to J. J. Keane. of the Catholic Club. At the finish there were only four leet between them. In the quarter-mile run Jerome Buck showed a remarkable lot of speed at the finish and beat P. J. Corey easily by nearly three yards, Hollarder, of the Knickerbockers, being third, three feet behind. Ilertberg simply trotted in an easy winner of the mile run, beating C. H. Bean and "Andy" Walsh, who finished second and third respectively, several yards behind. In the three-mile run Bean looked all over like a winner, as he seemed to have something up his cleeve, running easily in third position up to the eleventh lap, but just as they passed the stand on the final lap the three leaders came abreast, but only for an instant. Then Hertberg cut loose and won . hands down by forty yards from Bean, who was seventy-five yards in front of P. Mackay. third. R. Gray, of the St. George Athletic Club, finished fourth, three-quarters of a lap behlid. Itogers won the high hurdles by a yard and a half from Beers, who was five yards ahead of Martin at the finish. In the low hurdles, which was run In heats, P. J. Corley won the final from Martin, who beat T. Beers for second place. The pole vault resulted In a tie between C. F. Hamilton and S. K. Thomas eleven feet. These two tried again and the former won. WATER CYCLE THAT WORKS. Novel Invention Now Beingr Tried on v the Potomac. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Aug. l.-Bicycle enthusiasts in Washington are delighted with a sort of water bicycle which has been operated on the Potomac river during the past few days, and which everybody who has watched it has pronounced a success! The thing is called a hydrocycle, and consists of two cigar-shaped floats containing each eight water-tight compartments. It Is supplied with a . tiny paddle wheel, to which Is attached the . operating gear of a bicycle sprocket, endless chain and handle bars. The handle bars are connected by a copper chain to a fish-tail rudder attached to each float, and the boat is guided in the same manner that a bicycle is. only the reverse action being required, the same as in a sail boat- A bicycle wheel turns tho same way the handle bar turns. With tho hydrocycle the rudder turns in the opposite direction. In front of the bicycle seat is an easy chair to which is attached two hand levers which may be operated in conjunction with tho bicycle pedals or separately. The hydrocycle can -carry five hundred pounds with comfort and safety to its occupant, and it is asserted that eight or ten miles an hour can easily be made by the machine. It is an ingenious toy, but it is difficult to see of what practical value the hydrocycle is at present. Its inventors are said to be experimenting with the possibility of building tandem hydrocycles and other varieties of the machine to accommodate more than one person. Unpnoed Tandem Record of 1 iTitl 2-C CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 1. At the meeting of the Massachusetts Athletic As sociatlon on the Charles River Park track to-day, Nat and Tom Butler broke the world's record of 2:03 for unnaced tandem mile, made on the San Jose track, by doing it in 1:53 2-5. A high wind was blowing. 3Iodern Fire Worship la Scotland. Glasgow Herald. Burghead, in Morayshire, Is unique In one respect. It has the.b.urning of the Clavie." This ceremony is gone through every New Year's eve. old style. It Is supposed to be a relic of fire worship. There is now only one other community, it is, said. In Britain where the practice" is earned on. The Clavie consists o? half an archangel tar barrel fixed on the top of a fir prop, about four feet long. The second half of the tar barrel is broken up. put inside and mixed with tar. A rtone must be used to knock In the nail which connects the pole and the barreJ. The broken bits in the barrel are then lighted by means of a burning peat, no such thing as a lucifer match being allowed. For over fifty years the Clavie has been made by the same man, and one particular townsman has provided the "live0 peat for forty years. In the dark winter night the blazing thing U borne up one street and down another at high speed, then carried to the "Doorie Hill'' -In the, middle of the village. Here the pole is fixed on a short, strong column, and the Clavie burns out. The women rush, in and. picking bits of the now dying Clavie to "keep the witches away." disappear Into the darknesa.

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ALEX CRAIG Winner of five races in two days . . . on an . . . Kimble, Cameron, House, Mitchell, McLean, Grossman, Parish, Sldwell and Craig All ride our wheel. They have such winning1 ways. ELL0REE, OUT OF AXTELL WON THE 2:12 TROT FR03I JAMES L., AFTER FIVE CLOSE HEATS. Finish of the Cleveland Grand Circuit Races Helen K., Dan T. and Rifle the Other Winners. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 1. The Grand Circuit meeting at the Cleveland Driving Club park closed to-day with four . good races. It was another perfect day and the track was in splendid condition, but the crowd was somewhat smaller. Don L. and Dick Hubbard were favorites in the 2:19 trot, but Elloree took the race after a hard struggle with James L.. who would have secured first place but for a bad break at the wire In the third heat. Dan T. had a walkaway in the 2:19 pace. He won the three heats with ease, leaving the entire field between five and ten lengths behind at each finish. Bed Oak was the favorite In that race. Red Star was the favorite in the 2:23 trot, but after Blue Bell had won the second heat Helen K. took the next two and the race. Red Star coming in for third money. Summaries: 2:12 Class, trotting; purse, $2,000. Elloree, ch. m., by Axtell (Williams) '. 1 3 1 8 1 James L., b. g. (Quintus) 6 12 12 Dick Hubbard, b. g. (Chandler).. 9 2 3 4 5 Rensselaer Wilkes, b. m. (McDonald) 5 4 5 2 S Silicon, b. m. (Bowerman). .2 7 8 7 4 Baker, b. g. (Dickerson) S 10 9 3 3 Russellmont, b. g. (Bruden) 7 6 4 6 6 Earnsie, b. m. (McCarty) 10 9 7 9 7 Fred Cole, blk. s. (Stetson) 4 3 6 odr Don L.. br. g. (Hills) 3 8 dr Claus Almont, b. g. (Spear) Dis. Time-2:ll&, 2:ll?i, 2:12s. 2:13, 2:14U. 2:19 Class, pacing; purse, $2,000. Dan T.. b. s., by King of Bellalre (Swisher) .... Ill Myrtle G., b. m. (Quintus) 8 2 2 Red Oak. b. g. (Geers) 2 5 3 Tuty Wilkes, b. m. (Dean) 4 3 5 Painstone, b. g. (Dunbar) 6 4 6 Agnes, b. m. (Day) 11 8 4 Replica, ch. m. (Pennock) 5 10 13 Decoy, b. s. (Snowberger) 7 6 9 Bettle Irwin, g. m. (Steen) 9 7 10 Major Lambert, b. s. (Man!ey)....10 9 J Walnut Lad, br. s. (Bogash) 14 12 7 Storm Cliff, b. s. Niles) 13 11 11 Monopole, ch. g. (McCarty) 12 13 12 Luella Shawhan, br. m. (Whistler). 3 dis. Time-2:10H, 2:12, 2:114. 2:23 Class, trotting; purse, $2,000. Helen K., b. m., by Patron (Kays).l 3 11 Blue Bell, b. m. (Geers) 5 16 4 Red Star, b. s. (Dickerson) 4 2 2 2 Dr. French, b. s. (Lyons) 2 4 5 3 Kate McCracken, h. m. (Quintus).. 6 5 3 6 Woodford, b. g. (Weeks) ..7 7 4 5 Vera, b. m. (McDonough) 3 6 7dr Tlme-2:16U. 2:17U, 2:13, 2:15U2:17 Class, trotting; purse. $2,000; finished from yesterday. Rifle, blk. g., by Elyria (McCarty) .; 11 2 1 2 1 1 Angelus, ch. g. (Dickerson).. 1 1 12 5 11 3 Llllle Young, s. m. (Swearinger) 4 3 8 1 3 2 Franklin, b. g. (French) 2 6 4 3 2ro Colonel Dlckey.b. g. (Hill).... 5 4 3 6 6ro Bryson, br. s. (Scott) 12 13 5 4 4ro Prince H.. b. g. (McLaughlin) 8 5 7 8 5ro Satin Slippers, blk. m. (McKay) 6 11 2 10 7ro Oudan, blk. s. (McDonald). ...10 9 11 7 8ro Volunteer Medium, b. g. (Dunbar) 13 8 9 9 9ro William Tell, b. g. (Chandler) 9 12 13 13 10 ro Black Storm, blk. s. (Litter).. 3 7 6 12 dr Cut Glass, b. m. (Stout) T 10 10 11 dr Tlme-2:13U. 2:12i;, 2:12!. 2:12U, 2:12U. . BAD DAY FOR FAVORITES. The Talent Whipianed nt the Brighton Beach Track. NEW YORK. Aug. 1. There was the usually large half-holiday crowd at Brighton Beach to-day and a fairly good card was given them. As has been the case for several days, the favorites suffered, but tfie winners to-day were well backed. In the first race Sir Francis was a strong favorite, but he was beaten half a length by The Dragon, who led all the way and managed, to win in a hard drive. Challenger was the choice for the second race and was well backed to win. He finished in the ruck, however, for Sloane, who had the mount, pulled up after the flag fell, for which he was set down for five days by the stewards. Burlesque, the second choice, won handily, with The Manxman a good second. Only three started In the third event, with Lithog and Clophus equal favorites. Voter, the outsider, won in a hard drive. Peep o Day was the first favorite to win. and even then Septour might have beaten him had he not fallen by stepping on the heels of the winner. Bonaparte ran a good race in second place. In the fifth race, with Sherlock out. Zanone was a strong favorite, although Galllee was backed heavily. As soon as they were sent away Zanone .went to the front, and held the advantage to the end. winning cleverly by a length, with Cromwell second and Ameer, hard driven by Hamilton, in the third place. The steeplechase was won easily by Red Pat. the favorite. Winners and odds: The Dragon. 11 to 5 and i to 10; Burlesque. 9 to 5 and 1 to 2; Voter, 7 to 2 and out- Tcep o' Day, 7 to 5 and 1 to 2; Zanone. 7 to 5 and 3 to 5; Red Pat. 7 to 5 and 3 to 5. I,at Day at Latonla. CINCINNATI, Aug. L Latonla closed its gates to-day. The rain throughout the day put the track In very bad condition, which caused many scratches. Only two horses startM in the Hotel handicay. Captive, and Ben Holliday. the former winning the stake easily. Three favorites and two second choices won the five races. Track sloppy. Attendance. 1.500. Winners and odds: Miss Emma. 8 to 5; Irby. 5 to 1; Letcher, 3 to 1; Captive. 2 to 5; Strathrol. 8 to 5. Winner nt Other Tracke. At St. Louis Foreseen. Fred Foster, Burbridge. Sligo. Hester; Sallie Wood. At Milwaukee Cossack. Orion, Dr. G., Merry Monarch, Hazel Hatch and Bryan. Suburban Objection to Wheels. Washington Post. - It is true that not many people dislike trhssla nowadays, zxd thosa who do you

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-That's the man and this is the wheel. We sell them for One price to all. Our sroods are reliable and our guarantee ample. will usually find belonging to one of four sections of the community they are either horse dealers, carriage builders, holders of railway or street transportation stock, or suburban housekeepers. Wheels have been called almost everything from promoters of digestion to conservators of conjugal felicity, but they have not yet been written up as disturbers of suburban peace. If you would view them In that light, catch one of your suburban friends, take her to luncheon at the ewellest place you know of, und lead up gently, by way of lobster a la Newburg and Nesselrode pudding, to the unburdening of her soul. You must do It very gently, because at first the dear thing will tell you that she and Harry find it perfectly delightful to see so much of their city friends as they have done since wheels became general, but by and by, if you are careful, she will admit that ferhaps it might be desirable If Fhe and larry could occasionally count on having an evening to themselves, and that life on the wheel would be less difficult If there were ever a minute in the day when she could be sure that no smiling, dusty, ready-for-refreshment .cycling acquaintance would become visible at the front gate. If you know her very well and the Nesselrode be particularly delicious she may even go so far as to confide in you that three cooks have lately given warning on account of "so much city company," and that the difference, in the grocer's and butcher's bills since roads began to be wheelable this spring is something really astounding. FOUR-OflRED CHAMPIONSHIP. Canudian Crew, with Gatodauer, Easily Won the Race. HALIFAX. N. S., Aug. 1. The professional four-oared race for the championship of the world and $1,000 was rowed this evening. The crews were, the English, Bedford, St. John, Halifax and Canadian. The latter crew took the lead from the start and kept it to the turn, being closely pressed by the English crew, with Halifax a close third. The Canadians turned the stake boat with Halifax a half second behind, with English. St. John and Bedford In order. The return was pretty much in the same order until within about 300 yards of the finish, when the Englishmen caught the Canadians and were neck and neck for a time. Then suddenly the latter spurted and drew slowly ahead and crossed tho line fully two lengths ahead of the English crew, with the Halifax men a good third. The St. John crew was fully 50) yards behind and the Bedford crew dropped out. The winning crew was composed of Gaudauer, Duran. Hackett and Rogers. The time of the Canadians was 18:30. Stanbury-Gaudauer Match. LONDON. Aug. 2. The Referee this morning says: "As a result of the dispatches received late Saturday night, it seems that the chances for the StanburyGaudauer match are rather remote. Stanbury must sail early in September, w"hlle Gaudauer wants to postpone the race. Stanbury is training hard." HOPE FOR HORSE BREEDERS. Brisk Demand for American Horses in England. Philadelphia Press. A year ago those farmers and there were thousands of them who had been making moat of their money raising common "railroad horses were about the bluest class of men in the United States. To-day they are again in good heart, their eyts are bright with the sparkle of hope, and their steps have the buoyancy that is characteristic of successful men. Then they were convinced that the industry In which their capital was Invested, and from which they had won their profits for year, was doomed; that they muvt abandon forever the one business to which they had devoted their lives and with which they were familiar, and seek other ways to make their farms productive. Many of them, indeed, sold their horses at a big sacrifice and closed out without ceremonv. Now they are beginning to go into business again, their pastures and paddocks are once more being brought Into use. and they are satisfied that the outlook is full of promise. This most desirable change in the status of a great industry has been brought about so gradually that few persons not directly engaged in the horse business know anything tbout it. Its cause, according to William F. Doerr. one of the best-known horse dealers in the United States, has been the apprehension somewhat tardily shown, to be sure by the English, of the facts with regard to the horse market in the United States. "It was some time last year," said Mr Doerr in conversation with the writer a day or two ago. "that our friends on the other side beeran to send their buyers ever here. They had never done so to any extent before. Tosclbly this was in rome degree because they did not favor American horses, but chiefly for the excellent reason that American hordes could nevrr befcre be bought nearly fo cheaply as those of foreign breeding. The first English agent went at hi5 buying. perhap. with some hesitation. But he soon became confident, for he found not only that the prices at wh'.ch he couid buy here were much below the current prices abroad, but also that the American horses were hurdler, more enduring, and, grade for grade, than the? English animals. "The first shipment of consequence was sent over ratter early last year, and as soon as the horses were seen and tested there a rush of English buyers to the States began. Ever since then the shipments have been constantly Increasing. I do not believe the traffic has even yet reached Its height, since there are at least a hundred English buyers now In the land, picking ud horses wherever they may. Seven or eight hundred hordes are nov tIng sent over every week, and I vl.ouid say the total shipments of railroad horses to England this year are likely to reach 25.COU or more. "How do they use thos hers over there? To haul tram cars with. The English have not yet adopted electricity on thtir tram lines to any extent. Thlr adoption of street cars. In the first place, was slow, and although they are now using them more freely, they are still behind as to the method, of hauling th-m. Some American horr.es are being used for other purposes. I suppose, but not many. The gn.do of horses which we formerly called railroaders' are so much better adapted to tram work than any other sort that they are practically all snapped up for that purpose. . "Prices? Well the American railroad horses cost, delivered over there, from $125 to $175. This, of course, includes the commissions of the English buyers and the American agents, the transportation cost to the seaboard, and the ocean freight. No. prices of railroaders have not gone up on this side, for the reason that there Is now not much demand here for that grade of horses. They are still bought for delivery xrzzz, liztt Wizizz. etc. tut the call tor

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icvele Sundries U Suits at Cost. Shoes at Cost. Caps at Cost. Belts at Cost Fishing Tackle That catch fish, at the lowest price. Our annual cleaningup sale now on. Come and get our prices. such purposes has rot been large enough to cause a rise in prices." Curiously enough, according to Mr. Doerr. the larger proportion of the American horses snt to the English mirkrt are shipped from Boston, as better tt rms can be got from the stt amhip people from the Hub than from New York. It is true there are occasional shipments from New York and more from l'hiladriphia. but Boston has the bulk of the shipments at present. They are sent as cattie are pent on vessel especially fitted up fcr that purpose. It costs $17.50 to send the horse across the water on a steamship. Hcrsts are good sailors, as a rule. From its geographical position Chicago i the most natural crnter for the gathering together of great numbers of hons. Illinois produces many horses; Indiana. Missouri and Iowa are nil contributory States: Kentucky, the great horse State, is not far away, and there is a perfect vortex of railway transportation facilities centering at the lakeside metropolis. Accordingly, many of the English buyers are at present making Chicago their headquarter?1, and are much in evidence at the big daily horse soles there. The scenes at these sales are full of Interest, and the various contrasts afforded by the mixing together of Western horse breeders and their men. Chicago selllnK agents and cockney horse buyers, produces a crowd not entirely without value to the discriminating observer of "types Buffalo Is another town of some importance In the new trade in horses. It I the point at which they are tranrshlpped on their Eastern way to the sea, and it is a gathering place for Canadian bred horse and some that have been bred In Ohio and western New York, so. In Buffalo, as well as in Chicago, many English agents gather to buy in the market that has been established for horses in a portion of th old-time stock yard. "Although the breedrrs of horses have begun again in earnest." continued Mr. Doerr, In his talk, "it will be four years at least before the effect will be much felt on the market here. In the meantime prices will go up they will b higher,, in my opinion, than they ever have been. I do not mean that 'railroad horses will bring much higher prices for reasons which you already understand. In fact. In a fow years there will be no 'railroad horses to speak of for sale here, since tho new horse-breeding era is to be conducted along other lines. "American breeders are nt last finding out what fine horses are. They have been learning from the horse shows, whose influence has been exceedingly far-reach Ing. They have been learning, too. from better experience. When. the trolley came, and with It the bicycle, and with them both the slump In prices of the cheapci grades of horsos. the prices of flrst-clas horses never wavered. In fact, handsome, sound, carriage and coach horses were never so high as now in this country. They are almost impossible to get. This because the folks who have money to spend use horses now just as much as they ever did. They may have their wheels all right, for fun, but they want their horses and carriages for solid phow all the same, and they want better ones than they ever wanted before. Why, there are plenty of beasts going abroad now to haul tram cars that would have been thought lsgant carriage horses ten years ago. "Good coach horses range now from $!X) to $2,500 the pair. Those that can b bought for the lowest of these figures are not considered of much account, either, and there is no lack of buyers for any that may be offered at more than the highest rate named. Five-thou.nnd-dollar carrlasrc teams are snapped up without relay. whenever they are offered; the trouble Is that there are so few that are really of this grade to b offered. No: there sre not many sales of high-grade horfes In Eng'and. They are worth more here than they are thye: and In my opinion that, and the fact that they are not plentiful here, are the reasons why English coach horses are so often sold here." MAY BE FAIR TO-DAY. Showers In the Mornlnjr, nml Warmer Wenther to I on. WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-Forccat for Sunday: For Ohio Severe lval thunderstorms, followed by fair weather during Sunday; fresh and brik outh winds, hlitinc to northwest; slightly warmer in southern portion. For Indiana Fair, preceded by showers In extremf eastern iortion; slightly warmer: north winds. For Ulinoi Fair; slightly warmer; northwest winds. Satnrriny'n I.ocnl OWrrnllon. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..2T( 72 F ast. Cloudy, o M 7 p. m..23.M 7 (A North. Cloudy. 0.M Maximum temperature. J; minimum temperature, CS. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Aug. 1: Temp. Pre. Normal 71 0.12 Mean 77 0.M Departure from normal ; M 0.Zi Departure since Aug. 1 3 Departure since Jan. 1 "ITS i Plus. C. F. It. WA PPEN 1 1 ANS. Local Forecast Official Yesterday's Tenipernlurc FJfjures. Station. 7 a- m. aiix. . p. Atlanta. Ga 78 Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. Y C4 - Calgary. N. W. T. 12 Cairo. Ill 7G M t Cheyenne. Wyo U to Chicago. HI 70 2 TS Concordia, Kan 6 K 7; Davenport. la 70 S 74 Des Moines, la M W 7 Dodge City. Kan 70 K tZ Galveston. Tex 2 Helena. Mont 5S Jacksonville, Fla 76 Kansas City, Mo 7j M 8) Little Rock. Ark 80 104 $3 Mlnnedoa. Manitoba ... 12 .. .. Marquette. Mich l2 Memphis. Tenn 10 102 fc Moorhead. Minn O Nashville. Tenn 7 U New Orleans, La 78 .. .. New York M" North Platte. Neb 6) 81 Oklahoma. O. T 7$ 102 ?l Omaha. Neb 6 Ki Pittsburg. Pa OS 2 7J Qu'App"!Ie. N. W. T CO Rapid City. S. D to J") M Salt Lake City, Utah.... 6) ti St. Louis. Mo 7 91 12 St. 1'auU Minn 60 Sprlngneld. Ill 70 S4 78 Spring iield. lo 76 52 Vicksburg. Miss 8) !S $3 Washington.). C 63 - Donn to Death Together. Jj NEW YORK. AU3. 1. James JTui C7, thirty-five .years old, and Gtephen Gaey. aged fifty, fought to-nl-ht at Pier a. N-rth. river. Durinj ths stra-rU both racn tuz