Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

The Valley Railroad has been sold to the Baltimore'and Ohio for $3,070,000. Richard Mansfield, the actor, is dangerously sick w,ith typhoid fever and may not appear on the stage this season. The Defender sailed the third cup contest heat Thursday alone. Lord Dunraven refused to answer any questions regarding the motives of his course. In the usual jockeying for a start the crew of the Valkyrie seemed to make no effort to put the British craft in fast racing trim. The Defender crossed the line at 11:20:24, aiul the Valkyrie at 11:21:50, but while the Defender flew over the imaginary line with all sails set and pulling grandly, the Valkyrie had not hoisted its club topsail. It is possible that the Valkyrie was blanketed slightly by pilot boat 19, as she flew a protest flag and luffed to return to the committee boat almost immediately after crossing the line. But in view of the slight preparations made and of the prompt hoisting of the flag of the New York Yacht Club, signifying a surrender of the race, it does not seem possible that the Valkyrie was at any time intended to race. If the course had been absolutely clear, she would simply have made the start to establish h race: The protest was simply an iuciThe folkiwing is the standing of the clubs iu the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore 116 77 39 .664 Cleveland 122 7 7 45 .631 Philadelphia . ...120 73 47. .608 Chicago 120 65 55 .542 Boston... 118 64 54 .542 Brooklyn 118 01 54— .542 Pittsburg 120 05 55 .542 New York. . 5... 119 63 56 .520 Cincinnati...... 116 60 56 J) 17 Washington .... 115 37 78 Jt 22 St. Louis 118 36 82 .305 Louisville 120 30 00 .250. WESTERN' LEAGUE. The following is tlie standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. . W. L. cent. Indianapolis ... .117 77 40 .658 St. Paul... 118 60 40 .585 Kansas City.... 110 68 51 .571 Minneapolis .... 110 61 58 .513 Detroit 120 56 04 .467 Terre Haute... .118 51 07 .432 Milwaukee 121 57 64 .471 Graud Rapids. ..120 38 82 .317