Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-22
Events Among tlae BicyCl;sts and BaSe.
fsai1 I'iaycrs-Ihc Program OF the
spring bicycle lsacfs-NOses anl. Cos.
sip About the Rail Players.
Tile WUEElNfcN

Inc arrangements for the coming league bicycle
meet are being rapidly perfected by the Washing
ton Cycle club. The hotel and banquet committee
nave been busy preparing for the accommodation
OF Visiting wheelmen, and the racing committee
are negotiating for Athletic park for the races
Inc program for the races. far agreed upon will
Include races for twenty-five miles ten miles three
miles one lnile and one mile tricyle. There will
be a4itional races agreed upon in time. This will
be the nrst time that the league races have ever
been held at the time OF the annual meet The
Pope $1o0 prize cup for the twenty mile amateur
race viii be up at this time, provided the retric
. tons as to the star bicycles are removed The
rules regulating the disposition OF the cup allow
only those machines with the direct vertical crank
movement to contest.
The new resolution debarring non-league men,
pefS rom the privileges OF the meet is said to have
! RANKS The result In the District has been the
addition OF six new members within two weeks
Inc washington Cycle club will be one year old
ON the 3lst or March. 1t organized with five mem-
! DerS and now mas thirty.
The Hhee,, which has heretofore been the organ
OF league wherlmen, has resigned that Dosti0n
The EtcyclnJ Wn1d, OF Boston, is in the field as a
candidate for that place next year. A strong tide
IS setting in favor of establishing n paner To Inc
Issued by the league ITSELF instead or engaging an
established paper at so much per head annually
ana There Is sonc talk of having such paper pub
| lished in Washington.
The races OF the Capital Bicycle club are ALWAYS
interesting ana successful, but the coming spring
rates are expected TO surpasS anything yet held.
\ number OF weil-knOwn riders. who will be here
Tor the league meet are expected to participate in
, The Capital club races.
BASE BALI.
The work OF grading the new grounds OF the Ma
tlonal club had progressed so that the wet weat
of the past wees did not have any very bad effect
on them 1t prevented tie continuance of the work
but helped to settle the filled-in ground
Manager lIongshead has had his men practic-
ing al Athletic park whenever the weather per
| United The boys take long walks nearly every
day.
Morgan, of the Washingtons arrived here Thurs
day He isa very likely looking man, ana is built
Tor a ball player
VOsS. OF the Nationals Is In the city t,reran
and ,ckarl are not expected until mex: week,
The cincinnati Enquirer has made an estimate OF
the distances to be Travelled during the coming sea
son Oh tle CLUBS OF the league and American assOct-
alton. Of the leagae clubs the ChicagOes Will
Travel iartheSt-'is2 miles, the longest unp being
los miles The Buos distance will be the least
o'oi" hllieS, with Longest jump OF gI2. Oh the
American association the BrOOkiyns will do the
most traveiing, SOD miles, longest jump LOGS
hl.les-iongent jump 90i miles
PRESIDENT Appleton. OF the New York Metropoli-
tans is OF the opinion that the Eclipse club OF Lou
isvilc, ana the Washington and Indiananolis ciuis
oil his association will be unable TO tide the
pressed 10 gentleman Of this city his opinion that
The Detroits and Cleyelands would last no longer
IMAM this season. This Is interpreted by some that
the league VIII be reinforced from thu. American as
sociaion taking its best clubs and breaking up the
association.
Joe Gerhardt IS the happy father OF a boy.
1t will cost the Milwaukee base ball club So Gao
To put It's team in the field this season This in
cules the expense OF purchasing and building new
grounds, as wen rs the salaries OF nineteen PLAYERS
Rusl>in's Advice to Picture Buyers.
From Essay
Never buy a copy OF picture All coples are
bad because no painter who is worth straw ever
will copy Tie will make study OF a picture he
likes for his own use in his own way but he won't
and can't copy: and whenever you buy a copy YOU
buy so much misunderstanding of the original and
a hlIsi ba
Is not nj for. besides increasing ultimately chances
OF mistake ana impOsture You may, I'm fact, con-
Sld"r SoufAt1 as having purchased a certain Ullan-
tHy OK mistakes. and. according to your power
being engaged In disseminating them.
ms advice can be very APPLY applied to cigarette
smokers The original straight cut cigarette is tEe
Richmond straight cut brand, and purchasers are
cautioned to observe that the signature OF Allen
anu t'lnier Is ON every package. and not to he
deceived by gross Erchanye paper.
DEAD INFANTS FOUND.-Yesterday evening John
H. Thompson took TO the fourth precinct station a
dead infant twhite) which was found on a lot near
the corner Of 2lst and Estreets northwest A bont
so,clock last night Margaret Myers, cOiOred took
to the eighth precinct station cOlored dead female
INFANT ma age TWO mouths, which She found on the
southeast
robbery was reported by Mrs. Richard DelafleId as
having occurred at her house, on street, between
~ anu io,n . on OF about the preceding LIST
OF March OF $500 In cash and a gold watch valued
at 50. Every effort was made by the detectives at
the time TO ferret out the thieves and recover the
property. and Detective Mattingly arrested Henry
MCGEE on suspicion. He was taken to the Police
Court and after a thorough examination no proof
could be obtained, and he was dismissed by Judge
Smell Yesterday Major Dye was informed that
there had been no robbery committed all the miss
ing property having been found In a trunk in the
house belonging TO Mrs d., where it had been
placed by herself and the fact forgotten.
RIVER observation-disclosures Sutton reports ar
rivals at the river 'front.' Schr. r. p King Noell 100
eOo Ieet lumber e. A. Shehan; schr. Bengal, Jones,
,oDU feet lumber. Wimsatt Johnson flve vessels
Tso ousheis oysters, market; schr. Sally and Ellen
Lloyd ~ tons coal. Clark Given: schr Willie H
Higgins Jones, O6s tons Ice. Great Falls Ice Co:
Schr Julia Qunlan, Quinlan, % tons guanO, G. r.
Dunlap. " -
CHARGES IN WIFE's BILL FOR DIvORcE-Ber-
tina $ Werner has filed, by Mr.. Leon Tobriner,
bill for divorce from Julius Werner. Complainant,s
name was Bertha Salneld, and the marriage was In
New York in February, 1881 She says that alter
living with him until June last she was Compelled
10 leave him because of his repeated acts of cruelty
and threats to shoot her; that she then came here
and defendant followed her, and by threats to XIII
her obtained from her large sums of money and In
| January last he called on her ana threatened to
| Kill hc-. She charges that he committed adultery
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