Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-02

example Of jar Gould and the rest OF the mii.
ltonaires has struck several branches Of The
Astor family. The last to order yacht was Mr..
William Astor, who has contracted with cramp
b Son, Of Philadelphia His yacht Ia to be SUI
pero She win be 2ss feet long, % feet inches
oeam. Is feet deep In the hold. and draw about
10 ieet OF water. Her engines will be Is horse
power, ana all the modern improvements ap-
pied or course, the cost is OF no considera-
ZION. Inc caons are to be particularly magnin-
cent, and viii be In the forward part of the boat
This Is q great advantage over the old form Of
having the cabins behind the smoke stack. An
the crew. ofncers and men are In the stern. and
all the heat. smoke and noise Ii away from thu
guests. There will be palatial saloon ana a
number Of staterooms. with hot and cold hath,
adjoining. Mr.. Astor is watched with q great
deal OF interest. He has already been asked 10
Join Mr.. Goulds yacht club, but has refused to
commit himself thus 20 far. II he goes with Mr..
any other influential yacht club in New York OF
boston. This VIII be q great disadvantage 70
him. He usually looks out for his own advaQ-
tage, and hence the chances are that he will nuef
60 into Mr.. Gould's club. Il,
SULLIVAN AND BASE BALL 80
The next thing for Sullivan to do is 10 Join Q
regular nine and 60 through the country WIN
IL giving exhibition ball matches A man who
can make over 81. 500 by pitching Tor two hours
ought to keep at the business. know no other
calling where theremuneration is so great and the
risks SO small. To be sure Sullivan makes SIC. 900
at boxing matches, but then he runs the risk
OF being arrested by the police, and Is Invariably
more or less thumped by his antagonist He
fears the arrest more than the humping, how
ever, as SO far he has encountered no pugilist
who could seriously distrub him. Sulli-
van is too big to play ball wen. He win
pounds before he can run base with anything
like acceptable speed and he knows nothing Il
all about twisting a ball Many lighter pitcher
can twist ball more effectively than sullivan.
The champion shoots the ball from his hand with
the force ola bullet, but II goes as straight as Q
shot and good straight batter can send It over
the helders' heads every time. III he used a.
much force In pitching a twist ball as he does
now st IN sending straight one he would be the
van Is getting swell He now has his
Clothes made 10y fashionable New York
tailor, and looks more like Her
cules than formerly The first time ever
met Sullivan was In Harry Hills one afternoon
at the benefit of some worthy plug OF other who
had died or was going to die or had been efflict.
ed by the death of some one. forget which. At
any rate, there was benefit going on. The
performance was not exciting. Two ''ladies" in
pink tights came out and sang an extremely
moral song about home and mother, etc. and
sighed for the green glades of their cottage in
the dell. They had positively the worst voices
ever heard in my life. After singing this dirge
they danced q mournful jig and retired. Then
a small and extremely dsagreesble man came
out, executed an alleged clog dance.
bowed and retired. He did not get hand Of
applause, but he responded generously with
two encores. After this young woman with o
bony neck and long arms swept out upon the
stage in soiled white satin dress sang 1.-THE
Maiden's Prayer" and retired. Then the men
prayed-that she might not come out again
But they were disappointed. for she, too, came
out twice afterwards, each time singing q dis
NAL melody. After this two female boxers In
blue tights. pummeled each other gently with
soft gloves to the tune Of wild music by an an
cient orchestra. I endured oil this, and then
considering that I had done my duty to the
venerable plug or his memory, started
introduced me to John l.. Sullivan, the Boston
pugist Sullivan was not SO famous then %
he ia now, but he had already begun to grow Q
great man, and was very much interested ID
dler In an iron foundry. He was guitless OF
collar. and wore a sack coat that had not been
new for several years. i expected him 10 grasp
my hand and twist the bones up into a row
the usual style of pugilists when shaking hands,
but his hand was quite neryeless and the grip
he gave me was spasmodc and by no means
up to my expectations Then he sat down
again and became absorbed I'm the
entertainment. He was sulky and sullen, and
talked very little. When he did speak he proved
W oc uldu VI Stial educatlo0 ana cOnsldernDie
assertiveness. He has changed very much since
then. The other day, when he walked away
from the polo grounds, after pitching for the
Metropolitan team, he looked more like a we'll
developed athletic New York swell than any
thing else His features are regular. He has
straight nose and well-shaped chin. His black
mustache was curled at the ends and his ewes
were bright and active. He wore a fashionable
beaver on his head carried q silver-topped stick.
and was dressed I'm dark clothes, with a stand
ing collar and reddish scarf He wore black
frock Overcoat deliberately faced with silk Sui
Ivan must have q considerable fortune by this
time. He speaks of spending 81. 900 on his new
saloon in Boston as though the amount was Q
mere bagatelle.