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ball circles In the west as a manager. His
professional career commenced In 1884, when
he WINS vice president and resident manager
of the Louisville club, of the American asso-
citation In 1885 and 1896 he was vice presi-
dent and sole manager of the Louisville club.
In the winter of 1856 and 1887 Manager
Hart took the Louisville team to California,
and by careful, energetic and shrewd man
agement made a brilliant success of the ven
ture. In the early spring of 1887 he bought
the franchise of the Milwaukee club and
made it a success, and finally sold it to ad-
vantage In the fall OF 1883, after running it
throughout two seasons, when it was a MEM
Der of the Northwestern league and Western
association In the winter of 1sS7-SS he
took the Chicago, Philadelphia and st. Louis
teams to California, and through the most
careful management prevented the scheme
from being al utter failure. AS it was tho
combination a little more than cleared ex-
penses.
In the fall of 1888 he accompanied the
Spalding Around the Worldn combination
as far as San Francisco, as business manager.
In all his baseball ventures he has had to
keep on the continual jump to come out
ahead financially, and in conversation re-
Gently he said he could barely realize that at
last he had not got to worry about tho next
pay day, but could devote himself to getting
the best possible work out of his men
Manager Hart Is still a young man, being
only 81 years old He appears to be n shrewd
business man, and Is certainly thoroughly
versed in baseball management. Some weeks
ago, before any proposition had been made to
him by the Boston club, he said to the writer,
In giving his ideas on the management of a
ball nine: There is ono thing 1 will not allow
In any team that l am responsible for, and
that Is drinking. I never drink myself, and
l don't want anybody on my team who does.
1 would rather have q fair man, who is to be
relied on every day, than the best player in
the world, IL he is not temperate"
, 1889-05-12
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
Some Interesting Figures Con-
corning New Players.
THE CROP OF kids" IN 1888.

Beckley, of PittsburE Team, and His Great
batting Record-A. H. Sanders, of PhiIa-
deIphIa, n Good Pitcher. "a Good Out
fielder and n Good Fellow.
The ball players of the National league nave
a sort OF unwritten law among themselves in
the classification of players which is not un-
like that Of college students. Irrespective of
a mans real age during his first year in the
major organization no Is called q kid; y in
his second year he Is looked upon as q ''yona-
gam and 1t is not until his third year that
he is considered an old Lacquer. There are n
large number of kids every year. A good
many Of them do not play games enough to
entitle them to q record and are lost from
sight very speedily. Some play through the
season and are dropped at its close.
About 20 per cent. of these are dropped Mt
the end of the year. About 10 per cent. of
the ''yonagans," as they are called, fail to
qualify as leaguers. The object of this ar
ticle is to consider briefly the 'skidsn of 1888,
leaving out altogether those who failed after
q trial of a game or two. The crop of 'SS
was unusually large, owing to a stampede for
younger blood caused by the threatening as
pect of the Ball Players brotherhood. There
were 1876 League players, and of this number
forty, or about 30 per cent, were new blood
or KIDS"
OF these Widner, Borchers and Mains,
pitchers; Wells, catcher; Nicholson, Cleve-
land, Fuller, McShannic and Klusman, in
flelders; Campau, Scheffier and Glenn, out
felders, were not able to keep up with the
procession, and If not dropped during the
season have since been permitted to drift
back into the minor leagues. OF the remain
ing twenty-eight ten were ~undoubted sue
cesses and eighteen were considered good
enough to be given a second chance. These
eighteen players were; Pitchers, Beatin, Glea-
son, Burdick, Staley, Gumbert, Tener, Dwy-
er and Gruber; catchers, Sutcliffe, Mailman,
Schriver and Fields; inflelders, Ray, Shoe
neck, Delehanty and Hatfield; outnelders,
Petit and Foster.
About 10 per cent. of these will become full
aedged leaguers. Most of them are very
promising and with the exception of n few of
tho pitchers ought to pull through.
The real finds of the season, forming OK
actly 25 per cent of the youngsters who
started out in April, 'Ss, were Sanders, of the
Philadelphias; Krock, Farrell and Duffy, of
tho Chicagos; Sowders, of the Bostons; Beck
ley, of tho Pittsburgs; Hoy and Wilmot, of
tho Washingtons; Buckley, of the Indian
apolis, and Slattery, of the New Yorks.
The batting records md by these men
warn.
, 1889-05-12
were:

Tho three pitchers won and lost games as
follows; Krock won 25, lost IA; Sanders won
10, lost IL; Sowder swon 10, lost IA. Ranked
according to number of runs earned per
game, Sanders stood fifth In n field of twenty
six pitchers, Krock sixth and Sowders eighth,
which shows thnt they were effective nearly
always and nre certainly winning pitchers
The greatest finds, and In fact the boss
"~yonaghans" of the lot, were Beckley and
Sanders, because neither of them had at
tracted any great attention prior to 81. The
others were all well known as strong players
in various leagues before they entered the
national organization.
Jacob T. Beckley, of tho Pittsburg team,
up to tho time he received the injury which
laid him up for tho balance Of the season,
simply nstonished the country by his phe-
nomenal batting. 1t isimpossiblc to convince
n Pittsburger TINT Beckley did not lead the
with tho stick. They will tell you That An
, 1889-05-12

In 1901. It was "The Siege of Gibraltar, 7"
model vessels being used to lombard the fort
reS When the supply of water from the
spring ran short the river was utilized
Up to 1870 the water piece formed a prin-
cipal feature of the programme, being always
the Rfterpiece, with the sensation winter
scene as the last act, so ms to catch the half
pricers" No end of ingenious and sensational
business was done with the water, such ms
naval battles represented with small model
war ships md the like. In one piece, pro
duced with much success in 1916, called
Philip and His Dog" the startling business
was that the villnin Of the piece threw an in
FAINT in the water, a dog rescued 1t, and then
dragged in the villain to drown him
The success Of the water drama period WINS
interfered with by several false alarms Of
fire, one Of which, ON Oct 10, 1907, was very
serious, twenty-threo people being traTupled
to death and hundreds injured in the STAN
peda The pantomlmo that night was
Another Goose.r Grimaldi had finished and
left the theatre, but hearing Of a commotion
went back He saw q dense mob, and finding
he could not get through he plunged into the
river and swan to where he could get TO a
dressing room window. He opened it md
Jumped in harlequin fashion, but was Mortified
70 find nine dead bodies in the room
The cause Of this panic was curious. Tn
sky borders were called in theatrical slang
tho "blues.n Tho master carpenter shouted
up tho flies tho order, Higher the blues"
l. E., raise tho sky borders. The audience
heard It and fancied it was 'flro in the
blues" honco the stampede.
A MIRACLE
At about tho year 1911 also occurred whnt
was almost looked upon us n miracle. A
party OF sailors, including ono who had been
dcnf and dumb for years from a nervous af-
, 1889-05-12
THEATRICAL CHAT.

Carmen" Is sung oftener than any otheI
opera, the world over.
Il. b. Conway, the handsome English actor
who is to support Mrs. Mary Nevfns Blaine
on her forthcoming tour, is the son of Col
Cotton, OF MISUNDERSTANDING, England.
Mr.. Charles Wyndham will produce during
his American tour THE Two Roses 1.-THE
Candidate" David Garrick" and "Still
Waters Run Deep"
DR.. Mary Walkers appearance as lecturer
In a Boston dime museum was not devoid of
interest, as she found that the fasting girl
wns eating on the sly and told the audience 30.
, 1889-05-12

iAtIlilADuly " hluu
is % years of age. He was first noticed Us
first baseman of the L~eavenworth club, in
1886. BE played at Lincoln, Neb., in 1887,
and opened tho season of 'SS with the st.
Louis Maroons, of the Western association.
President Won der Abe did not think much
of him, and when Horace Phillips, who had
sized him up as n great player, offered to
buy Beckley's release for Pittsburg, Mr.. Won
der Abe jumped at the chance to sell him
~cheap-an act he has since bitterly repented.
Beckley proved an Al man at first and at the
close Of the season stood tied with Merrill and
Farrar for third place. Manager Phillips Is
delighted with his acquisition and expects
him to perform wonders this season.
In A B. Sanders the Philadelphia club has
n player of remarkable ability and a gentle
mnn who Is a credit to the sport. Mr.. San
ders was born t~wenty-eight years ago at Sud-
Icy, Va, and WINS educated at Roanoke col
lego, where he graduated with high honors.
He intended to study for the ministry, but
after a year at teaching school he changed
his mind and became q professional ball
player, joining the Phillies lest spring. He
did this to obtain the funds necessary to per-
feet himself as a civil engineer. bis base
ball experience was limited to the Ca~tharpins,
q Virginia country nine, with whom he
played in 1885 and 1886.
During the past winter Sanders took q
course In civil engineering at Vanderbilt uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn. His great success
last year and tho certainty of earning good
money will keep him on the diamond for
some years to come. He Is not only q good
pitcher, but he Is a outfielder of promise
and q hitter who has streaks of batting which
make him IN exceedingly valuable mnn-
The other eight stars of the kid crop of IS
are all valuable men, both at the bat and In
tho field w. L. HARRIS.
, 1889-05-12

LNIENIVN OF bADLEN 5 WELIN
Alley" had written many ballad operas for
the house. In 1903 Belzoni, the Egyptian
traveller, appeared there as an athlete and
performed prodigious feats of strength. He
used to have an iron frame round his hips
weighing l27 pounds, and by means Of this
eleven men mounted on him like a pyramid,
and with this burden he used to walk round
the stage, One night the floor gave way
with the weight and plunged them all In tho
water.
lnlso2 the theatre wns managed by Reeve,
the composer, in partnership with the two
Dibdins, and soon after tho spring was first
utilized for stage effect, and with good sue
Cess, in what were called aqua dramas
The first of the water dramas was produc~l
, 1889-05-12
Oddities of the rntent omoe.

Occupying a prominent position in
q case in the center aisle is the model
of a boat for lifting vessels over shoals.
It was patented to Abraham Lincoln
in 1s49, when the future president
thought to make a reputation as an in
ventor rather than a statesman. Lin
coin is tho only president who ever
secured a patent
The first shoe was patented in 1911
by two Massachusetts, men. 1t is of
undressed leather, and there is quite
q difference between the workmanship
of that and the present machine
stitched shoe. So well was the work
done, however, that it was impossible
to tell whether it was pegged or sewed
until some s~acrilegious clerk cut the
sole and ascertained it was pegged.
In the class of perpetual motion ma
chimes the patent Office is deficient. It
has no working model, but an inven-
tor stepped in the other day to say
that he had a completed and tested
model which he would send shortly.
1t required some few alterations, he
said, sueh as a governor TO keep it
from going too fast and running
down. When the machine arrives
it will be given an entire case by itself.
There are in the neighborhood of
200, 900 models in the patent Office,
and had it not been for two destructive
fires the number would be near a half
million. Washington Post
, 1889-05-12

President Byrne is Outlines o~flcious and
frequently acts arbitrarily in baseball mat
tiers, but for all that he Is an invaluable man
In the American association No man in
either organization has given baseball law
the time and thought as has Mr.. Byrne. He
fairly revels in the task of revising and codi-
flying the association rules, and Is at his best
when he has an opportunity to tinker with
baseball laws.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1889-05-12

son. percentage
was doctored by
tho Chicago official
scorers. The figures
were: Anson, .343;
Beckley, .342, 1t is
doubtful if Beckley
had played his full
quota of games he
would have been
anywhere near An
son, who played 134
games against
Beckley's II. How
ever, the kid proved
himself a good one.
He was born at
Hannibal, Mo-, and
, 1889-05-12

from the collieries sold to Col North gave
him ample means to do 1t. Lord Dunreven
likes America and Is anxious to DO thought
well Of by Americans He is very proud Of
tho books he has written about America. So
far as his parliamentary career Is concerned,
Lord Dunraven is mainly known as chairman
of tho sweating committee" in the house of
lords, where he occasionally gives voice to
tho woes of tho oppressed poor.
, 1889-05-12

~ - ~
at the PaSsaic Riv-
er Amateur Row
ing association,
says The New York
journal The dis
lance was q mile
and n half straight
away, and young
PSatto won In fine
style by half a doz-
en- lengths, defeat
ing a field of nine
in 9m. 2Sa In the
following year he
appeared on t h G
same water, at the
regatta Of tho saIne
, 1889-05-12

or Irish waters for
a steady hand on
the tiller and bright
eye on the canvas.
And in Capt VIII
liam O'Neill, of
Kingston, who sails
the Trek, he has n
master of tho art
Lord Dunraven
undoubtedly o t
his inspiration to
challenge for the
cup from the jane
cons md tho each
, 1889-05-12
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, 1889-05-12

Ely Coghlan, sister of Charles and Rose,
Is coming back to the stage She is a large
woman, with a contralto voice, and has been
In retirement for the past three years
, 1889-05-12

that people linger along always complain
ing about that continual tired f~eeling2
One bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will entirely remove this
feeling, give them a good appetite and
regulate digestion. Sold by w. n. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-05-12
TO REPRESENT NEW YORK.

Charles G. Psotta, the Champion Single
Sculler of America
Charles G. Psotta,- the champion single
sculler of America, Is about to start for Eng
land to compete in the Henley regatta
Psotta made his first appearance in 1887,
his first race in public being IN the PassaIc
river. July 5. when be won the Junior sculls
, 1889-05-12
Lumber Yard to Trade for Cattle.

A Lumber Yard located in a good live
town, situated in a fine agricultural dis
trict in Southern Nebraska where crops
have never failed, to exchange for good
/, . and Swear old steers. Yard will
invoice from $4,000 to $l2, 1000. Address
Lock Box 222, Red Cloud, Neb.
, 1889-05-12
IHOEY.
WALKER
NC

ADAMS. SKEA.
games, their opponents falling to score a
goal. In tho whole series there were but two
other matches won by other clubs in four
straight games. Counting goals the Brants
won 36 to 0, or 81 per cent. of oil the games
played; and In addition defeated the Sham
rocks of Montreal In an exhibition match
three goals to one.
, 1889-05-12
The Pride of Woman.

A clear pearly and transparent skin is
sons troubled with dark, greasy, yellow or
blotchcd skin can rest assured that their
blood is out of order. A few doses of
Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
will remove the.scause and the skin will
become clear and transparent. 1t is fully
warranted. Sold by W. N. Hunt, drug
, 1889-05-12
Baby Is Very Confident.

Capt Arson, who has developed into a
bowling swell, said: 81 have not signed any
of tho mon who were witt me, but l do not
anticipate trouble with them. l SEQ that
some authorities arc rating Chicago very
low in the league, but l will back the Chicago
club for n place against any of them !
already have wagered n 500 suit Of clothes
each with Manager Mutrie of New York and
Billings OF tho Boston directory TINT we will
beat those clubs out this season, and l nm
willing to make n similar wager with any
man in this city that we will beat the Pitts.
buTgs"5chicago Special to New York Sun.
, 1889-05-12

1t Is re~verently whispered that Lawrence
Barrett has taken up the study of the Bible
and Is going 70 write a commentary on It.
, 1889-05-12

Fresh shipment of Krugg's Hams and
Breakfast Bacon at Il. s.. Johnston x
Bro. 8.
, 1889-05-12
JAMES A. HART.

The New Manager of the Boston Team.
What He Has Done for Baseball
James A Hart. who Is now In chnrge Of
, 1889-05-12

Tho Eastern Vermont Horse Breeders rs
ISOLATION will hold a two days exhibition on
the St Johnsbury Fair grounds, Aug. 81 and
y Tn purses and premiums amount to
S2,O0O.
, 1889-05-12
BueKIens Arnrcn sa,vc.

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cures piles or no pay required. IL is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25. cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1889-05-12

Attain md he'd Glover seed
For sale by F. b. Davis, Lougmont, Colo
RADIO.
, 1889-05-12

Fresh shipment OF Preserves, Jellics.
etc, Mt n. S. Johnston & Bro 3.
, 1889-05-12
HOOP BEATS.

Tho stallion Grosjsan, $50, by Belmont,
will DO campaigned for a fast record this sea-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26

Uncle Sam is trying his level best to
suppress Annapolis. No appropriation
fer our magnificent harbor-in which
the bars are getting more formidable
every year-so that q good sized oyster
boat will soon need skilful pilot to
briag it in aud out. And now the naval
authorities have fenced in the roadway
out Honover street towards the county
bridge, SO that people from over the Sew
ern are put to great inconvenience 10 get
ting Through the lines" We shall ex-
pect next TO see a sentinel stationed at
the bridge over College Greek and pass
word required Of al who attempt to enter
the sacred precincts owned by oar afore
said Uncle. Maryland Republican.
so much for our representatives 10
Congress, who have about as much IN
terest in Annapolis, as for Samoan.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
The Double Hook Puzzle.

The double hook" puzzle. has made
its appearance in our town, and will
shortly create as much excitement as the
fifteen puzzle" did. The Philadelshis
Press tells how the double hook puz
ale originated. 1t says:
"Jehn Dempsey. house painter, OF
Atlantic city. is the discoYerer Of the
diabolical double horse shoe toy that has
amused and tormented every one who
has been lured into trying 10 Get them
apart" He tells his story: I'VE use
that sort of a hook, double one, to
hang our paint pots on when we arc
nainting from ladder. One day in put
ting nv hooks into bag to carry them
home couple of them got caught
Well, as they were OF no use to me un.
less could separate them sat down and
worked 10 get them apart. l must have
spent half az hour twisting and turning
the hooks and Juggling and pulling, when
suddenly without any effort, they IN
tangled themselves. This seemed 50
stronQe to me that tried to put them to
pether. and succeeded. then showed
the trick TO some friends of mine at At
lantic city, where / live. About three
months after that. was doing some work
al the Brighton. and at noon l showed
this trick to fellow while one OF ths
guests was locking over my shoulder
Well, what does this guest do but pacs
his trunk. take the next train Tor New
YorK-and now they are turning then
out at the rate of %. 600 q minute. aud
never made 8 cent out OF 1t.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
maryland Agricultural College.

A meeting of the trustees of Maryland
Agricultural College was held yesterday
at Barnum's Hotel There were present
Governor jackson who presided; Steven
son Archer, i. Victor Baughman. j. Car
roll Walsh. Wilmot johnson, Carroll
Goldsborough, Benjamin Siebert. A p.
Sharp, Robert Dobbin. james Calvert.
DR.. John Wells and President Henry L
Alvord of the college. 1t was reported
the debt of the institution had been re-
duced to nearly $4,000. There being
two vacancies 10 the faculty, a resolution
was passed to divide the duties apper-
tanning to the professorship of natural
history aud the assistant professorship OF
English and Latin among the other pro-
fessors for the remainder OF the scholas
tic year.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
Personal Msntlon.

DR.. G. L. shannon, of Baltimore son
Of Rev S. shannon. of Wesly Chapel,
Is visiting the parsonage.
Rev. w. f. Ward, pastor Of Madison
Square NJ L. Church, Baltimore, is ciiti-
cslly III at the parsonage in that city.
Rev Mr.. Ward is we'll known in this
city aud county where he has many
friends.
Hon. William Walsh. Of the Cumber-
land bar is confined to his room at the
Maryland Hotel by sickness.
Governor Beason aud wife, of Penn.
ylyania ARE expected here this evening
si6 o'clock, as the guests of Govern VI
and Mrs. Jackson.
State Senator William b. Peter, of
Howard county, was here to dny on bust.
ness with the Court.
Mir Chas. f. Wootten, of Howsrd
county, was here today on business with
the Court.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26

Ii was Just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper. but il saved her life. She was
IN the last stages Of Consumption. told BY
physicians that she was incuFable and
could live but short time; she weighed
less than seventy pounds On a piece of
wrapping paper she reai Of DR. Kings
New Discovery. aud got = sample bottle;
il helped her. she bought large bottle.
Ii helped her more, bought another and
grew better fast. continued lis use and is
now strong, healthy. rosy. plump. weigh
ing 40 pounds For fuller particulars
send stamp To w. II. Cole, Druggist.
Fort Smith. Trial Bottles of this Won
derful Discovery Free at ]. Walter
Hodges & Co.'S Drug stnse.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
An ENJOYABLE Party.

A most ENJOYABLE pound party was
given at the residence of Miss Elsie Har
rison, PASSPORT. last night, and was large.
" attended by friends of the young lady.
several being from Baltimore. All sorts
OF games were INDUCED in and right
royal time was had. Refreshments were
served during the evening. II was after
midnight when theyoung people depar-
ted for their homes, thanking Miss Har-
rison for the entertainment offered them,
and hoping for repetition of the same
In the near future.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
The steamer McLane Disabled.

The State Steamer Gov. Thomas to day
towed to Annapolis the steamer Gov.
McLane which had become disabled off
Point Lookout yesterday. by blowing a
hole In her boiler. The McLane was re.
turning from Leonardtown, with Secre-
tary Purnell on board, the Secretrry hav
ing been sent there to secure the signature
of Mr.. Robert G. Combs, one of the Mary
land electors, to the certificate which will
be delivered to the President of the Sem
ate ingalls,. Secretary Purn9ll, having
obtained the signature of the missing
link in the Electoral College went TO
Washington at noon to deliver the docu-
ment. The McLane will be repaired at
Annapolis
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-26
Death of Mrs. ELIZA F. McKlm.

Mrs. Eliza T. McKim, wife of Mr.
Hollins McKim. the we'll known banker,
died shortly before four o'clock yester
day afternoon at her residence, northeast
corner of Calvert and Chase streets, Bal
titnore She was an estimable woman
and widely known in the social world
Mrs. McKim was taken sick several
weeks ago, and on last Sunday she be.
came extremely i'll with Bright's disease,
which caused her death. She was 81
years OF age and daughter OF the late
Commodore Voorhees,, of the United
States navy. She was born in Annapolis
where she has relatives living, and had
been married % years. Four boys and
two girls survive her.