Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 May 1897 — Page 2

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Jake Stengel recoveried his lost batting feye at St. Louis. "Gobblestones" is the way Ivlobedanz £oe& in-the west. warrfy Truby has returned to his old fcliilp, EtopWord, 111.

When playing in their best form those BoSton& are hard to beat. Frank, DeHaas Ttobison has no license to folate the law in Cleveland.

Pitcher Wallace Is to officiate at third baSe for the CleVelahds permanently. Darning's Upper Sandusky friends sent Jiira a silver tea set for a wedding present.

Some of Eddie Burke's Cincinnati friends £ave him a "watch and chain last week- ••. "Joyce's Japanese- Joynts" is what Harry SV'eldon is calling the New York team.

Cincinnati is fielding fast, but batting poorly* in spits of morning practice with the ash.

Dammann, the promising Cincinnati pitcher, is a light-weight, weighing only 127 pounds.

To date Frazer of Louisville has given mors bases' on. balls than any other league pitcher.

At present Joe Kelley and Billy Hamilton are having, race for the base»tealjng record. "Dad" Clark is nojt with the Giants on their trip. There are rumors that his Release is for siile...

With Dwyer.^^^eltenstein back in fortiv Cincinnati. is V§£y. .%trpng in the pitching depart^fttr

I^illep, Hawley ftjj.d Tannehill each pitched two ginTeg last week, .and each tv'on ohe and

Cincinnati HUs made sixteen' triples, ferith Pittsburg and Louisville following fclose with fifteen -each.

Buck Etying"' is- sufficiently recovered from- his

.recent ilipes^.tft^.t .on the bench

arjd direct his tcaai-'3%p]ay?,-number of, the^glubs are reported to fcaye already conpede4..S9?timore

Jng sure to win the-pennant-A new pla.ye ^Brooklyn team •who is making--£L.hit ,with the cranks is £i«umvan, who

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second, base.

felatk Griffith ^Id^npl.^ign a Chicago Contract until last .week. The terms of

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cpnipromis^la'fe' n'6t* made public. Cincinnati is working the sacrifice bunt often this veat-, and turning it into* a hit about every otheif time, by fast running.

C^'ptlain TgbCau predict^JfHk't' one seafoit in the big 'league war m&lfe the Indian Sbckalexis the.-, greatest player of the day.- %~t

MGAleer, the

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land club, who has b&erula-id up for several days, expectS'"to get back in the game soon,

Louisville is,'Setting j-UP a claim to fourth place Mild" tho Kentuckians arc confident of season in the •first division at least.

Manager Con Strouihers of Mansfield, Ohio, got exctt.eAJXWa a,vdecision given by Umpire O'Connor recently and hit that official ift

Anson's string^oFiiTtcherl" has "been still further thinn«d"oirt:. Terry hfts followed Friend to the wi&tern leAgUe, having be an a

The "weaknc^'ST'fhcf hvrlaflelphla clutt In bafee- runtii«^•»wtBikingshown by the- fact that U3pf*ftomftte-they*hasve had one hundred and fifteen men left on bases.

An exchange .isai'.iiitt Js».aQ»'wcU(lH.dea to ft ate that: 20,(p* people will-g&tQ' see the Cleveland-teiupvkplaiyt.tWsk ?,§ft^W

Umpire O'Day Is soundly scolded by all 11K* 'Cleveland papers for giving Brooklyn the worst of' «iiriday 'decisions in the Veceht Brooklyn series in C-levelancf, es-' ^cctally the fining of Mike Griffin $25.

Washington has Chance to secure big

•Ram

•Thompson—by paying the price. Bam is at Mt. Clemens, Mich., under treatment for kidney trouble, but says jie -tfiirbe ready for duty in ten days.

Elmer Meridlth, the left hand twirler, •jvho was with thle.Coffeyville. Kan., team )a«t year, is pitching fast ball for the St. Joseph. Mo., team in t,he Western association. He has good curves and plenty fef speed.

Ball' plavevs, according to the public notion, are never ill.. Many a failure to make a" c'atch or good play can probably tio traced«. to a bilious attack or some little disorder no more serious, but temporarily disastrous.

Peitz's hand was injured worse than Was known last Friday, and Schriver Will do the regular catching for ,the Present. Tn case Bill should throw a shoe raptain Ewing will go on first base and put Vaughn behind the bat. I Tn Pittsburg the fans regard their touth^slder, Tannehill, as the twirling End of the year. Tannehill is built after the stocky, hammered-down style of ftrchitectUre," and is very deceptive of buinar'as the more he strips the larger he seems to get.

There are.Qye good teams in the race thisff itaitimore. Chicago. Cincinnati, Cleveland and Boston—says Presiflent Hart of the Chicagos. They have hot vet struck their gait, but when they ^rill be right up in front with rrci The other seven clubs do

adelphia paper says: "Gillen Is shortstop that Philadelphia ever [tyis-.^ide-awake all the lime..-in, V'at tlie bat and, on ther bases."

Save, changed wori^srfv.liy, a

WilffSanft woolll- exhibltio^is of -baser run-' bing^tt| D|U^it 4ast y'e^r. t. Patsy Telb^aU sprulni^' S. new wrinkle on" ^Jie baseball world' this spring. He has had the base line from third to home banlj&d

lfke th'e turn of at race track.

It ig'\at least six inches higher on the DutsStlfe edge than op the inner. Any Blow-yjtfit ball will stay in fair ground to Co %ol it- would have- to run up hill.

In a recent game Manager Cantillan of the Dubuque team of tW Western assoriation had two ribs broken by a base firnner jumping ipto_ him while he (CaniillaJi) was trying to field a ball. A minute jlater Canfilian waj puV out of the "raine for kicking because the umpire reused to declare out the runner for inrference.

Quite a donation was made to the league treasury through Umpire Manas%au in a recent gltrhc 'in Columbus. It coat Tebeau $20, Mertes and ss.

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to see Sockalexis.'in •jaction. .who would Otherwise have sftiyerf.'a't" home." John B, Day,, inspector of umpires, is •arning lyis salary. He Hafe issued a. letter' in. ^ich Kr^t)'pea^ -fW' balI players Jo Assist liim by refraining from making the life of the umpire miserable.

each, and then Ivahoe, Goar, Gray and Hogriever all eame in for a similar assessment on account of some slighting remarks which they directed at the official's head.

Fred Pfeffer, second baseman of the Chicago team, has been retired, and the chances are against his playing with the team again. His work Monday was largely responsible for the victory of the Bostons, and it is claimed that five games have been lost to Chicago this season through errors of Pfeffer. Connor will succeed him at second base.

Marty Hogan, who Was signed by Grand Rapids last week from Indianapolis to play centre field on the assumption that he was rapid, has been released. Captain Glenalvin came to the conclusion that he did not add materially to the strength of the team. When the team starts west Cross, Scott, Foreman and Reidy will be the pitching corps and Campau, Slagel and Gettinger will be in the outfield.

It re not often six players take part in a double play, but such an event happened at Chicago a day or two ago in the last half of the sixth inning. Turner muffed- Kittridge's long, hard fly, and Donohue made a mess of Everitt's bunt. Dahlen made a neat sacrifice and Lange followed with a swift grounder to Hartman. Kittridge foolishly attempted to score on the drive, and was tagged out ten feet from the plate. Lange in the meantime had sneaked down toward second and McFar\and threw to catch him. I'hen Everitt made a break for the plate and back the ball went after him. The entire infield with the exception of- Connor was tangled up in the deal, and "Wild Willy" could not escape.

The hardest hard luck story of the season comes from Dubuque, where Joe Cantillion is trying- to guide the tender fate of a Western association baseball team. In the first place Joe opened the season away from home and was tied for first place several days, when his best hitting outfielder was injured and compelled to drop out of the game. At St. Joseph while fieldipg a batted ball a base runner collided with him ajid, the ex-Columbus captain had two ribs broken. -In addition to this he was fined and put off the grounds for during to demand that the runner be declared out for interference, although the rules plainly state that a base runner shall avoid a player while fielding a batted ball.

The first instalment of league averages for the season of 1807 shows Stahl of Boston leading the heavy hitters. Philadelphia leads in club batting and Cincinnati in club fielding. The leading batter of each club, according to the records, is Stahl, for Boston Corbett, Baltimore Davis, New York Demont, Washington Cooley, Philadelphia Jones, Brooklyn TUrner, St. Louis Young, Cleveland Miller, Cincinnati Clarke, Louisville Padden, Pittsburg, and Dah* len, Chicago. Clarke, Baltimore Ganzell, Boston Farrell, Washington, and McFarland, St. Louis^lead the. catchers, with a. clear record. Decker, Chicago, leads the first basemen 'with a perfect average. Tebeau, Cleveland, leads at second base, Without an error. Clingman, Louisville, leads at third base. Ely, Pittsburg, at short stop W. Clarke and Stafford, New York, head the list of left fielders, without an error. Dowd, St. Louis, has played at centrc field without a misplay. At right field Geler, Philadelphia Tiernan, New Yox-k Ryan, Chicago Stahl, Boston, and Keeler, Baltimore, have played without an error.

PUGILISTIC POINTS.

Billy Brady has made a gobd offer for Johnny Murphv and. Sammy Kelly to meet at the Palace A.- C.

Jack Burke of Boston drew with Pat .Scully of Ireland in ten rounds' before the N. Y, Broadway Aj J&- JVIoQdW night.

Billy O'Donnell and Martin Flaherty have been matched to box twenty rounds before the National Sporting club some time in June.

DAve Sullivan and Luke Burke, it is said, have been matched"" tQ, :"box before the Empire A. C. of -Buffalo twenty 'rounds on May 31.

Mick Dunn, the Australian, who was neatly polished off by JperWajcptt a few years ago, is now oh hfs^iiy to" America ready to bdx any' W'efter-*veight in. his class.

Kid Lavigne, the' world's champion, went six rounds with Ziegler of Philadelphia Monday night'to a dratf. Ziegler's showing delighted his. Philadelphia friends

Jack Smith, Dave Sullivan's manager, has been appointed matchmaker of the Brooklyn club of Waterbury, Conn., and is looking for a good -man to match Sullivan against.

Sam Bolan now wants another chance at George Dixon, and is ready to fight the dusky boxer at 125 pounds. Dixon and Bol in met a few years -ago and the •result was a draw.

A London correspondent writes that Charley Mitchell has challenged Peter Jackson to box twenty or twenty-five rounds for a $10,000 purse offered by the Bollingbrolte A. C. Mitchell is also willing to bet $1,000 on the outside.

Jack Burke, the southern pugilist, who has the record for the longest fight under Queensberry rules, 110 rounds, with Andy Bowen. is in New York looking for a match. Burke says he is ready to tackle any of the 133-pounders.

Billy Roache, Martin Flaherty's manager, says that he has received an offer to match Flaherty against Solly Smith again and would accept. If this match falls through Flaherty will be ready to meet any of the other boxers in his class.

Billy Madden is the manager of Gus Ruhlin, the big, strapping heavy-weight who came near putting Steve O'Donnell to sleep. Rulijin, according to Billy, is a comer and Madden intends to match him against Jack Stenzler. who was formerly Bob Fitzslmmons' sparring partner.

Another English fighter who thinks he possesses tlje stamina and cleverness to wrest George Dixon's title, of featherweight champion from him has come to th$ fore. His name is Ben Jordan, and he has posted $2,500 at London to fight e|tfter Dixon or Pedlar" Palmer at 121 pounds. I Frank Kelly of Cincinnati, who arrived ,"ih New York recently, has two men und'er his management wh'ofin he would like ,t'a secure matches for. One is Patsy O-Leary of San Francisco, a 122-pounder, and the other is Tom Lansing, a middleweight. Kelly says that O'Leary is a comer in his class. "Youpg Griffo," the erratic Australian feather-weight, has only a few more weeks to serve in prison. Griffo's friends are already making preparations to give a big reception.to him when he is free. Jake Wunderlich, who will look out for Griffo's interests, will try and match him against Kid Lavigne.

The London Sporting Life of May 8 says: "Tom Williams, the Australian, will sail on Saturday next in the St. Paul (American line) for New York, to fight Tommy Ryan of Chicago for the welterweight championship. The National Sporting club of Rochester has offered a $4,000 purse for the contest"

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C. C. Smith, stfhostf^ pngllifetlc pretentions receivedv quite a boost when he stayed six rounds with- Peter Maher re-* cently, has an ide& ^»flw, that he can lick any heavy-weight-. Smith would like to fight Maher, Sb#ckey, ©r Bob Armstrong,, but wants g, -big sum before he-takes-on aHy of the abpve .mentioned men.

Mysterious Billy Sm(th is goiijg to make all the mohey in sight while the pugilisT. tic fev.6r Jteeps Billy is in fin^ health 'no# and both of his hands are well: He 1Mb been matched to box Abe Ullman of Baltimore at the Polo A: C. in N6W Ytfrk ih two weeks and will' box Con. Doyle of Chicago a few dayslater.

It looks as though it would not be at all plain sailing to bring about a match between Kid McCOy. and Dan Creedon. The latter, who is,na^in London, thinks his services are .wQi-jtb," more than $7jBftp,. and Tuesday he cabled fo Benny Murphy that he would f.ot fight McCOy for any sum less than $10,000. Creedon also said that hie would1, return to America within tht-ee weeks, and that Billy Piimmer would accompany him.

The klnetescope pictures of the Cor-bett-Fitzsimmons fight at Carson are barred as far as.'Canada is concerned. Sir Oliver Mowatt, minister of justice, has drafted an amendment.to the criminal, code ipakingYit a misdemeanor to exhibit pictures-of.jgrize fights* in CanaT da. The penalties are severe, including a fine of ,froin'$ofl0 to $5,000 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. ^ftie'amendment will be made a goverritft^ht Wte&sure and passed through both houSe-s at'-'oncfe.

In regard to fttte doming match between Tom Sftarkey "and Peter Maher and also to the Effect 'that the men are only boding for a $11,000 purse instead of $15,000, Billy Brady says: "Some people rire try,* ing to 'knock' the fight, but they will gefri left. Somebody is jealous, and I know who it is. I'll bet any sum that the men are getting $15,000, but I'm afraid the knockers won't take me up."' Brady also said that hp has signed Harry Peppers, Jack Mc'Auliffe's new middle-weight, and he will meet s6me good man.

Billy Steffer's fl.f Toledo, who once knocked out Kid- MtCoy in a round, met Paddy Fenton oi' Boston in a ten-round contest- at 135 pounds at the Broadway A. C., New York, Monday night. Jtlst before the first round ended Fenton scored a clean knockdown by landing a left-hand swing on the jaw. Steffers was down seven seconds. In the second round Steffers was floored three times, but was game to the core and continued the arr gument hotly. Steffers' nose and cheek were bleeding In the fourth round and he was groggy when time was called. Fenton's left eye was spilt open in the fifth round, but he sent his opponent to the floor three time. Steffer's, however, got up quickly., in each instance and finklly staggered- the Bostqnian with a clip on the jaw. Tn the'sixth round Fenton gniShed his task by whipping a right to the jaw and a left to the stomach which knocked Steffers out. The time of the round was 2 -minutes and 51 seconds.

having, retired from aci

tive participation in ring contests, hiifc blossomed forth as a manager. His fighting retinue at present consists of one boxer, Harry Peppers, the middle-weight champion of .the Pacific coast. McAuliffe brought Peppers from Carson, and after reaching Brooklyn the manager dlsapr peared from view. As Peppers was without fuhds and blessed with the active appetite possessed by nearlys&ll fighters, he began a vigorous search, for his manager. After peering anxiously about for three days,- making copious inquiries and devoting the remainder of his time to fasting, -Poppers, finally met McAuliffe. The* manager wore his customary jauutyr. air, and greeted Peppers cordially. "Sepheaven's sake, Jack.", said the- btfcseg)) "take, me to a xestaurant. I .haven't l\a^anything to eat in three day%'V liffe looked at the boxer,. and: a pain^, expression spread over his .face as he *j-e|( torted:""Eat! Eat! Why, you ungrate-, ful glutton, what are you trying to do®? Eat yourself up- into the heavy-weight class and lose your title of middle-wei&nt champion? Hem take this

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BICYCLE BRIEFS.

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REVERIE.

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Avi Wm,

Oft flS returns this solemn mornmg*ij? Wherein mv wheel revolves no more, Withiir £Wfc k'irlc, With dim forewarning

If s&rvibe fang and sermon bore, A dozenv«omes softly o'er me creeping, I mount as'in a dream meanwhile, And, the suburban byways seeking,

Depart unnoticcd-down the aisle.

Glad to forego the sermonizing That slowly from the pulpit drones For other sermons emphasising

Themselves in running brooks and stones Their Messages with thought are burning,

Their manuscript no one perceives, Although with subtle charm returning October gayly tui'ns the leaves. And sets the hillside brightly blazing

As all th£ ti*ees proceed to don And draw,''fore ray ecstatic gazing Again thqjir autumn flannels on. I blush to think chill winter's breathing

Wili soon those garments rend away, All stark and bare their branches leaW in

Exposed in sad decollete. .• ., I skim along the pleasant meadows waere fringe eyed .-gentians smile and gleam, And muse upon the wanderirtg shadows

Reflected' in the placid stream. The cattle on the hill-are grazing, Their final picnic of the fall A tender, soft, autumnal hazing

Suffuses and encirclos all.

Oli, sport supreme, sublime, undyingV My spirit ye create anew. As thus ye bear me on, defying

The limitations t»f the pew. What though the winter fiercely raging Benumb the wheelman's outer day, He finds the season still engaging

Within the realm of fancy's play. The state court of appeals in Missouri has decided that bicycles are not bag* gage and the railroads may charges -fo*} carrying them, S. r.j

Jimmy Michael, the Welsh rider. 'wUoc is now in thi^ couptry, is disposed to ac^ cept challenges from all tfae AmerJc^aj, racing mfn who express a /wis£ tq ^e^t4 their ispei|d with him. -t*.

The professional riders on/file Par%f winter track up to the end of March^ar^, said to have won the following amounts^ Bonhours, 7,650 francs Champion, francs Armstrong, 3.C00 francs Baiige/ 2,700 francs Linton, 2,000 francs.

In the case of loose stone, met witfi Q" the road, an experienced wheelman s^yS|* that he has always found it the best to ride straight over it, if it is not stf" loose as to compel a jdismount. To wrig-S gle about or to try to pick a way aroundn it, he says, is the very worst thing that can be done.1 The twisting of the Wheel tends to work the stone into the tlre^

It is always as well, for a Cydfst, before starting out for a spin,

inspect, his Or

her repair outfit. Rubber solution and cements have a habit of drying and(5»ecoming so thick as to be useless^ A rider who. after a year's immunity^from tirq accidents, recently had a. puncture .flOB? miles from auj-whep hi«i to to th«

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nearest repair shop owing to the solur tion jn his. outfit ba%"lng" dried up. The practice of taking dogs along when riding is growing among wheelmen. When thb roads are cro'Wded and the riders are sprescd alh over tteem, a. dog is a constant source of danger. The new recruits to the pastime of wheeling, who are met wobbling about "daily, do not leave, any too much room as a. rule, and if the spare space is to be occupied by dogs numerous disasters will certainly result.

The appearance of E. C. Bald and Tom Cooper in all the cash prize races- at the meet of the Associated Bicycling clubs of Boston, at Waltham^ on. May 31, will obviate the need of a match contest. Both •men are in trim to defend their claims •to the title of champioit,' and the races in which they will compete will figure practically as match events. -Bald, in addition to competing in all the open events, will ride air-exhibition mile with pacemakers..,

A novel tire in$ateiv ,QQ the nickel-in-tlie-slot principle^ has been invented and patented by an Englishman. This machine takes the samets#iape and position, as the automatic candy machined There is a" stand in Jtfmt to hold tjie "cycle, one tube to connect with each tire, and, best of all, When the tire is of ^ufficie.nt hardnUss the mechanical levers, actuated by the qoin, shut off the air, so it-iat impossible to overinfiate, burst the tires, or make them too hard. .The simplicity of the pumping arrangements is its .chief recommendation.i .Wheiii the coin is dropped in the slot, it throws ,JntQ gear, a.'handle which the .cpntribuXor can pump with ease.. In the case of a punctured tire, the pump may be, used-several times, at half pressure, for partial inflating until the puncture is located^ as it' is only Whien the pressure reaches the proper point the mechanism is arranged to lock. These machines, ttf manufacture, which it is expected a company will be formed, will be placed in all cycle resorts, cities and towns. It is proposed that side pillars may be utilized, for the delivery of oil, repair outfits, lampwick, matches and other things.

Baclng men are devoting little attention to special record trials nowadays, as it is felt that th$, short-diptan.ee marks are now at about the lowest figures, pos.sible under the .gxj,sting pacing restrictions of the L. A. W. A well-known bicycle trainer, who has had the management of some notable record trials, says: "Until'hew pacing devlces°4lre invented and licensed by^he L/' Ar Wi'-tor the organization that is to have*'control of cycling in the future, we cannot look for much of. .a. reduction in the. existing, records from the quarter ofia JajUJge- upward. It seems as if gear attaehncujnV? and the science of providing a. large enough bicycle to cause a. slight .vacuum in the rear of the multi-cycle for the rider that is following have pretty nearly reached their highest development and certainly human endurance and speed cannot go much further. In my opinion Johnson's quarters of 20 seconds and Hamilton's mile in a fraction under 12-3 minutes will not suffer much of a decrease under the present arrangements, for providing and taking pace. Followers of pace have about made the turns on the track as fast as they can possibly' be made, and the first man on the 'quad' has, pedalled as fast as his legs will travel. We will have to have a miniature locomotive on the circuit in order to attain anywhere near the idea of a mile in.a minute. It is all a question of -vacuum, as I think the rider in the calm air can go almost as fast as anything propelled by steaiy power. When I speak of the impossibility of a much faster mile on a track than the mark recognized at present, I confine my prediction to the circular track. On a straightaway track, with an asphalt surface, and a set of first-class triplet pacemakers, I will guarantee that J. S. Johnson will ride a mile nearer 1 minute and 15 seconds than 1 minute and 20 seconds."

IF ODDS AND END'S Of SfcORT.

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yourself a sandwich: but don't eat too much.". And the manager sauntered. firmly convinced that he had effected commendable stroke of discipline.

Erastus D. Rogers, the Worcester (Mass.) oarsman, who has been in training it Saratoga, left that plaice Monday for Ontario, Can*da, where, on next Tuesday, he will row Gattdaur Over" a two-mile course.

Yale's plans, for the training of her crew from now until the race 6n the Hudson with Harvard and Cornell are completed. On May 29 Yale will meet the University of Wisconsin, crew either on the course in the harb.pr. .or on. Lake Saltoristall. On June 4 the crew will go to Yale's old quarters, Captain. Latham Brown's, at Gales Ferry, on the Thames, seven

miles above New London. They

will remain there until June 20, when, they will go to'Poughkeepsie, traveling by water on the yacht of a well known Yale graduate. The Yale-Harvard-Cor-nell race will take'place on June 25, between the hours of 3 and o'clpck fn the afternoon. This program will be carried out without any change.

Some, rowing critics still insist that Cornell has changed Its stroke in the past few years. The following extract frorii a letter received by Prof. R. II. Thurston from Tom Hall, the famous 'varsity stroke of the '94 freshman crew, the '01* '92. '98, '94 'varsity crews, and the Henley oreW, will be evidence to the contrary. It also shows ifiisv affjorfent the coming race on the MaiflsOKT'Kt Poughkeepsie- is: "I sincerelycbope that Cornell will, have success on tb&. water this year. The importance 0f -viftory cannot be overestimated. Not,^nly, -4U'e we competing against Yale, but also against English methods. That the Cornell stroke has not been changed to a,n English one I know full well fiad such been the case, I should feci doubtful of victory. We may have learned several things while we were in England, but our defeat there can be accounted 1'or in other ways than that the stroke was in fault. We have claimed to be the equal of Yale, and we must back up that claim the reputation and honor of Cornell in this field are at stake." The victory of the Cornell crew at Annapolis was celebrated Monday night on the campus. A large bonfire was started back'of the library building, and around the fire'gathered a. thousand students with strong lungs and hearty yells for Cornell, the crews, and Courtney1, the coach. Fireworks also made the celebration more attractive, while booming cannon furnished additional noise. The crew and boat arrived safely from Annapolis Monday morning. From now on Coach Coiirtney will work the crew candidates with the Poughkeepsie races in view.' There is promised a general shake-up in all the boats in a few days, and it is predicted that at least four of 'the victorious Annapolis crew will "get places In the first 'varsity.

BICYCLE MUDGUARD.

A Simple Yet Perplexing Problem Solved at Last in a Simple Manner. A proof of how easily inventors may wander

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knew

from the straight- path is*

seen in the evolution of the bicycle mudguard, Manufacturers have for years beeri endeavoring to find a way,of disposing of the mud after it was thrown fr#m the Wheel, The idea of taking the mud off the wheel seems never to have struck -th#m. This* is what an'fhventor hae now done, anft the problem on which so much grav matter has sheen expended is solved with a simplicity- especi^y mortifying those whom it has so long baffled. The new gyard consists of a sheet metal plate carrying a thin rubber strip, which brushes, the mud off the tire and prevents it from flying on the clothing of the rider. The guard Is held in position by V-«haped carriers of wire which straddle the wheels, being secured to the forks of

the

bicycle. The guard

plate has a spring tension fitted upon the carrier, and the brush can be thrown On or off the tire by touching the plate with the foot. The birush, which is removable. is, about one-sixteenth of an inch thick, and when in use it bears upon the "tire

lightly that the friction is In

appreciable- It keeps the mud from both the rider and the wheel.

3Juy the MORNING EXPRESS.

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JDE CBBYKSinSUS FIGHT

IS WllUUfi TO i&KE A RTftTCH WITH CORBETT, FITZ OR GOODftRD AGAIN

HIS OPlM ABODT REFEREES

He Also Tells His Experience With Other Fighters' and Compare* American and' Australian Pugilists.

Probably there never has been a more vivid Illustration of the difference between skilfol glove fighting and brute strength than ih the battle between Joe Choynski and "Denver" Ed Smith, which was decided at the Broadway A. C. on last week. Choynski by his clean, brainy 'performance, made many friends, who are .convinced more than ever that he is one of the few fighters who make a study of boxing and who possess more than an ordinary amount of Intelligence. To a perish not familiar with fights and fighters, Choynski, when out of the ring, appears to lib' the last man one would pick to be a pugilist. He is a bright, entertaining, pleasant fellow, who can converse on almost .any subject. He is far from being what is known as a "typical fighter," for there is no brag or blunster about him. He, naturally enough, likes to talk of matters pugilistic, and in the estimation of listeners is something' of an oracle. When not training for an encounter liimself he Is conditioning somebody eilse, and at present *he is preparing Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugilist, for his coming contest with Peter Maher, and will also act as his second. .. Down at New Dorp, Staten Island, in close, proximity to the beach, these two npted' heavy weights are working together diligently. They spar together dally, ana the ex-sailor is learning many new wrinkles. A reporter found Choynski one day this week at Sharkey's training quarters, just after Joe had returned from a ten-mile run on the road. "Yau see, I am working hard, too, for it is to keep coftipauy with Tom," said he, pointing to the muscular Sharkey, who was going in to his noonday meal. "I enjoy acting as trainer, for it keeps me in splendid trim. I did not

RECEIVE A MARK

from Smith when I fought him, except having a front tooth loosened when he butted me. He was easy for me, and I could have finished him quickly if my right hand had been fit for use. But there is a bone broken in my right shoulder, which prevented me from doing anything with that arm. If you noticed it, I fought Smith with my left only. He had little or no defence, and I was able to whip it in constantly. "Who will be your next opponent?" asked the reporter. "Why, anybody who will fight me. Corbett, Fitzsimmons, and Goddard are men I should like to meet again. You know I have had the gloves on with all three, and I honesetly believe that in my present condition I can best them all. Maher beat me fairly last winter, but it was because I foolishly took chances and thought I had him going when he was still strong. In another go, however, I think I woul4 be the winner. I would very much like to be set right with the public on one point. The general impression is that .1 have been defeated three times by .Corbett. He has so stated on many occasions and it has been so published in his record. I will wager any part of $5,000 that Corbett f6ught me only once for prize money and for blood. That was when we met on a barge off Benicia, Cal., ohe morning at 6 o'clock. We fought for $1,000 a side. Corbett wore two-ounce gloves, and a spectator loaned me a pair of ordinary kid gloves, which were no protection for my hands. I was practically a green hand at fighting then, while Corbett had been at it with some of the best men on the coast. He pounded me so hard in the early rounds that both of my eyes we're closed. Later I had to literally open one eye with my hand to see where to hit him. It is a fact, and I wish you would quote me, that at the end of the fifteenth round Corbett wanted to quit, and was driven out of his corner by his seconds. Poor Jack Dcmpsey, who was behind me, wouldn't let me go in and tajie a chance, else I could' have finished' Corbett then. In the twenty^seVenth round he hit me hard on the -forehead and knocked me down. I got up and elurtg to the ropes, but the referee said I had been down more than, ten seconds, so he declared Corbett was -the winner. That was the only real fight-1 had with Corbett. Some tiifjg before,.J^wever, he asked me. as a favor to bpx five frlendjy rounds at the Olyirripic cTOtTjust to please the members. I

scarcely anything about the

game, bfit consented to go on. Corbett SAILED RIGHT in and fVdoretf me before I knew we Were at it. It Was no friendly b6ut, that" was:: certain 'But in spite of his aggressiveness- .J.., recovered and forced him aroun$ -Ahe, ring so persistently during the rijst of^tbe-bout that his own friends. carrlet£-.meJon their shoulders from the ring- T'or this little get-to I received the prinfeely sum of $10, halt of which I gave to Cbrttett for taking me into the club. I 'Wf.s not lierffiitted to take any of my friends In,'though, and after each round Watson and Deianey, who were Corbett's handlers, devoted 10 seconds to me, as I had^ nobody behind. m& Thus you can se6 that GDrbett never had mijch the better of me, and if he will fight me now I'll get plenty of backing that .I can,beat him. As far as Fitzsimmons is concerned. I believe that he should give another chance to me, as the question of supremacy between us has never been settled. It I.as been said of our five-round encounter at Boston, a couple of years ago, that I broke faith and punched Fltz on the jaw, knocking him down: that the bont was to have been friendly, or, in other words, a "fake." I never "faked" in my life, and I believe the sportirtg circle have confidence in me. When we arranged that match I wanted the winner to receive all, but Fitz would not consent to fight unless the purse money was split in two equal parts. We were to fight eight- rounds on the level, and in the third round I caught Fitz on the jaw and sent him td the floor. After that he recovered, and I'll admit that he knocked me down, or rather pushed me down, in the last two rounds. The police stopped the fight, and it was called a draw. With such a result in view. then. I believe the public would like to see us light it out. I'm ready at any time. Goddard knocked me out fairly and squarely oil two occasions when I was in Australia but I wasn't nearly so clever as I am now, besides not being in the best of health. I only wish that 1 could take the Barrier champion on again if he comes to this country, for I am confident that he would be beaten. I am willing to fight anybody, white, black, or yellow, and

I WILL NOT HAGGLE

over the. terms. It never takes mc long to make a match, as my record shows. I believe I have engaged in more finish fights than any other pugilist, and I am ready to indulge in many more." "How did you get into the fighting busi

ness?"

the reporter asked.

"Just drifted in," said Choynski. "I was always a big. strong young fellow, and one day in 1SS7 I joined the Golden Gate A. C. of San Francisco. I wanted exercise in the

gymnasium,

•S|JS*v

and, among

other things, I found there were boxing gloves. I never had a teacher, and picked up all I know. The manly art was drummed into me by hard experience. I hadn't belonged to the club very long before I beat "some of the cleverest members. In a few month."? I won the amateur. heavy-weight championship of the Pacific coa,st and received as my reward a gold medal studded with diamonds and a gold wateh. Then I turned my attention to professional fighting." "What fo you think of American fighters as compared to those you saw in Australia?" "Well. I'll tell you. The American fighters do not know science, so well as the AivUp9cIc^u3,. The latter are $reat on de

fence and ar$ beautiful boxers. A mart who wants to be a fighter in Australia^ has to learn how to box. In all the cities there are old-timers who teaqh young men how to put up their hanasj and when they boeom'e proficient they are put on with some good man to b® tried out. By that time they are really olever, yet have "had no ring experience. In this country, however, the youngster# go into the rinp to learn boxing and consequently they lack science for "a long time. American pugilists have a poor defence as a rule, especially for the head. I learned my-defensive tactics Iti Australia, and they -cannot be improved on in method. The clever man when pitted against an opponent who is just as strong physically wins out finahy. because though both are tired, he brings Mia knowledge of boxing into play for sh6rt, hard, cutting blows, which do^Vidi "sap his last strength. Head work aniJtselMic« go hand in hand, and they are trig fa£tor% I can assure you." *«aaj ?v "What do you think of the wajiol$eaJ bouts are refereed?" "There is ouly one way to refere&^nd that is the English method. The refvjva should stay outside of the ring ^nd enforce the rules to the letter. *M& should not be in the ring with the figfi^iV for then he receives an opportunity ft "get between and break them out of ellnehfcs. By the latter practice a referee: rf"-

SIMPLY ENCOURAGES^

foulfcig, for, according to Quefenshwry rules, clinching and hugging are literal fouls. I believe, though. th*t it will be a long time before American referees will be able to stay outside the ?ing, for tho reason that the fighters here do not know the rules, whicl* if strictly enforced, would bring* on countless disqualifications." "There is some talk about Fitzslmmons having fouled Corbett at Carson. What do you think about it?" "I do not believe it was a deliberate foul, if a foul at all. Fitzsimmons probably* received a chance to. hit Corbett as he was. falling, and landed on, the jaw just as Jim got his hand to the floor.. In my estimation, a man is 'down' until he has regained his feet and is standing erect ready' to go on. The Qiieenh* berry rules stipulate that after scoring a knepk-down a fighter must retire to his. own corner and wait until his opponent has gotten up. That means that man on the floor must reeeive an opportunity to get on his feet in shape to continue after nine seconds have elapsed. Nobody can make me believe that Fitz hit Corbett when he was down and committed a foul within the meaning of the rules."

Choynski was listened to by Sharkey, Eddie Connolly, Dick Moore, and several assistant trainers, with alf of whom Joe's word is law. Then the Californian v-fan boxing some lively rounds with t*e exsailor as preliminary work for the afternoon. SB ft

HOW ANIMALS ABE TRAINED.

It Takes Lots of Hard Work to Leara TUern to Perform. People whp,svisit circuses and see tha trained, animal^,, ?tQiBg' curious things enjoy the spectacle very inuch, b.ut, according to the trainers^fliey do not apjpreciate fulftr wfiat'We^ see. It is little enought that the triifhar has to do in the ring-, and*''jttflfing* t'^m that fact, th® small boys imagine that they Would be not-hing more satisfactory or easier than to lead the elephants out to dance, stand on the bottle, see-saw, or do other things amid the plaudits »of the spectators but should they see the trainers in their, shirt-sleeves, fitting the trick bull o*leaping, greyhound through their pacess by the hour before the time of public, exhibition, they migfnt, see fewer charms in, the spangfesv fir ms'a long while befoi-a the public sees'"tfte trained animals. The beasts have to gro toHschool for a longer or shorter time bflSf«i*e anything can ba done by them lir'putrtic. The big cats--lions, tigers, panthers—are best when eighteen months old to begin to train. They then correspond to boys of froni eight to fifteen years, and. the trainee, begins to watch, them carefully. He goes into the cage with a pair of them, but has a couple of assistants hard by to poke the brute?, off should they get on to the trainer's back.. At first he. get» them used to his presence. He chains them up and gently rubs their heads, talking soothingly." as a mother would to a child.* He ke^pS this up for about a week, or perhaps- longer—sometimes less—depending altogether on the animals' state of- mind.cctfmid animals being more flifiieuH.rtp ,get along with. The trainpr .^itSpth^fteOJf with a stick, stamps upon it, does ottyer things to get the anijnalf. used to", his presence. Meanwhile he. 'fcitfisfuUy obsefVQ^t^e general be&ving of thS creature.. He tudies the character/of ~ea!ih animal' aitd proceeds accord-Uig^td-'-whtff

lfif

%s. a mother with an

impulsive SOh sM-anether of a backward disposition.at the eyes, he notl^es :the wSout.'the mouth, the cut and -hang: ofrthe^ea*^ and, in fact, "every movement, even -to-tlte curve of the waVing., jOsi thef.thoroughness of his study' ti'ainer'3 success* and, not seldom, his life.. Trainers £ay that the .best, frwin^d vi!d animals cannot be trusted, and m5si b.t^ constantly watched. All trainers i^fep t'erce to timid aflimals. '^tfe they'are *itot afraid ta perform startllhg' iVieJrs.' fHe lion wiiioii rides a bicycle did

fs'd'after

three months* trafn-

ing," its'^aiiy practicing lasting till tire animal showed impatience, when it was. fit once- released, -and a bit of meat-, was! given to it as-a reward. Bears are natural bQxers wrestlers, and

are

says

easily

taught those tricky: Leopards are usually dull animals. Male animate are mora easily taught .than females. The female tiger is vicious'"and treacherous. Bulla cfirt be taught to do tricks, hut cOws are no good,

a tfainer of animals. The

first thing a young elephant is faught is n6t to bolt out of the ring. It is taught when to go and when to stop, when to turn round and go back-again. Once the elephants get. an

idea

qf what is wanted,

they set out to do it. if the trainef wants an elephant to^tand on its head, he

goes

about that job with a tackle and

block. The same method is used to get it on its haunches in a chair when it sit^ down to supper with the clown. Often, so orten as to be almost regular, the elephants originate ways of doing things, and the trainer lets them have their own way a? much as possible, consistently with the picturesqueness of the perform-4 ance. So thoroughly do elephants enjoy their ricks, that they go through them for tlieir own amusement.

A Petmlinr Dutch Custom,

A peculiarity among Di*tch farmers who live at a distance from ,a tow^ io have a coffin in readiness for thgir_ burial. It Is by no means uncommon '^o see a pa a & to a outhouse, and gravely cphtqnplating that which is to hold his body wl}£n lie shuffles off this mortal coin 'This characteristic has also appeared fn President Kruger, who has recently iiniffoi'ted 8 coffin, and at a cost, too, of

Had the Ncceasary ViSit.

First Lawyer—Oh, yes, that's a very good scheme, no doubt, if yofi'Man' work It- but how in the world are you going to' prove that Benks ever wag Insane?,

Second Lawyer—That's all right my boy trust me for that. I've Just fqtj, possession of a bundle of letters Beiika wrote to Miss Hardcash before, she became his 'wife. :n•

A First Rate Kute.

Hofack—Can you give me a good rul* for playing poker? Tomdik—I can. "Go ahead." "Don't poke."

Not in Stock.

Floor Walker—She complains that you didn't show her common civility. Salesman—I showed her everything in my department, air.

May 25 is Set for the opening of'the tariff debate, in the senate. The weather department may predict high winds alontf th« Atiantie coast, wit^ the ccnirc at Washington.'**.-' ,'\ '.,L