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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

Players in the Original Organization Are
Good Prospects of q Settlement of the
War.
For Just two days last week the Ameri.
can association could not lay claim to q
single member of the playing corps who
had been in the harness continuously dur
ing the ten years hfe of the organization.
When Louisville dispensed with the ser.
vices of William v Wolf the last of the
faithful cid guard was gone, but the ab-
sence Of the Chicken" from right field
was fatal in two games, and Manager
Chapman recalled him.
OF the eighty-six players who were un-
der contract to the six clubs that formed
the infant baseball institution in lsSE
Wolf is the only ons who has never left the
ranks. Captain Couiskey comes next bat
one yesr In new and strange pastures was
enough, and after the experiences Of 1885,
he returned to the city that had idolized
him so long. Just six others who wore
participants in the first campaign Of tbs
Association are wearing uniforms in major
league company today, and singulsriy
enough four Of them are members of The
League Red Stockings In Cincinnati end
the other two are stars in the Association
armament at Boston-Tom Brown, who
was with Baltimore, and John (''Cub''l
Stricken. who guarded second base for the
Athletics.
Antonio J. Mullans - known as the
Count OF Macaroni-ls the only one Of the
eighteen pitchers on the Associations isS2
list who still possesses his cunning. aad
be is as great man today as he wss when
louisville raved over his accomplish
ments. James Keenan,, the veteran TO
eeiveR. Is the sole catcher among thiYtssn
TO survive the rigors Of ten seasons work
behind the bat. Ee was oa the Alleghe
ny's roll John A McPhee began with
Cincinnati in 1Ssa and he has never dofsd
the red since. He and StrGker are the oHly
ones among nine second basemen counted
among the survivors in fast company.
Last but not least on tbs interesting list
Is Lewis Rogers Browning. The Giadia-
tor led the Association in batting IN lsS2
and his lamps" have always been in fair
working order ever since
Browning was an infeldsE IN these days
and be played at second, third and shcrt
stop during the Eclipse clubs frSt yeAr a
the Association society. A glance over the
records reveals that grim desth has called
the game Of life for several Of the actors In
the diamond drar OF 1SS2 Many have
disappeared entirely frcn public sight and
mind and others are plocding along Ia
minor Leagues ceseEni1ed % sniR tes EzsEs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
WHEELING NOTES.

A. A. Zimmerman succeeded in break
ing the hsH mile ordinary bicycle record
at Springfield, Mass, recently. His time
was l:1oSl.
Charles Phillips, Somonouk Qlls.) edi-
tor, recently took vacation and pushed a
bicycle 800 miles in five days.
Philadelphia has two new wheeling or
ganizations-the Ormonde Cyclers and the
keystone B. C.
The Bearings conveys the Information
that Herbert P. Walden, of the Chicago
Cycling club, recently coasted from the top
of Pixies peak Down into Manitou, Colo.
twenty-five miles, in Oh. 531Sm., including
SS minutes for stops. He rode pneumatic
and made safe trip.
The lady riders Of Denver have formed a
club with Miss Wheeler. singularly but
quite appropriately, for president.
There are 900 cyclists in St. Louis. A
new $4,000 clubhouse will soon be built
there.
H f. Laurie, the English rider, will
make another American tour this season.
NJ. Dubois, the professional champion
bicyclist of France, while riding along the
road at Luz, France, was murdered by q
train workman with whom he had dis
pute about the right of way. Dubois was
well known in America, and had ridden at
Springfield and Buffalo tournaments.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
OXFORD BoAT-1S25.

The first decided change in racing boats
was the Introduction of the outrigger.
The invention is generally credited to
Henry Clasper, of Eewcastle-on-Tyne who
became world renowned as a boat builder
in the early history Of rowing. He had
previously built racing wherries with f1ared
gunwales, which were practically outrig-
gers. in order to give the sculler better
leverage, and this suggested to him the
idea Of still further improving the
leverage by affixing iron outriggers
He put the idea into execution in 1874, and
took his boat to London, where it immedi-
ately proved a success, and the use of iron
outriggers has ever since been general.
Nevertheless his idea was not entirely orig
inal, for short wooden outriggers had been
tried in England in 1928 and 1880, but by
reason of their incorrect application were
of little value.
The next change in the racing boat was
even more radical This was the introduc-
ton Of sliding seats, and was due to the
ingenuity Of an American. Sliding on a
fixed seat had been practiced occasionally,
long before Mr.. j. G. Babcock, of the Mas
sau Boat club, of New York, perfected the
idea in 1852 Scullers were aware of the
fact that sliding would facilitate speed by
bringing into use the powerful muscles of
the legs, and cases had been known where
seats had previously been CREASED for this
purpose. But, unfortunately, though
more speed could be attained on a squirt,
the great friction shortly exhausted the
sculler's entire frame, besides making it
decidedly uncomfortable for certain por-
tion of his anatomy.
Mr. Babcock constructed his first sliding
seat in 1857, and another sculler, Mr.. w.
Brown, tried one in 1861 but relinquished it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
Richardson's Illness.

Danny Richardson has peculiar disease
similar to the one which frightened Tier
nan almost to death about two years ago.
Dan will probably get over it just the same
as Ternan has. Richardson, while not the
most robust of players, is well put together,
and has considerable muscular activity.
Still he is afraid of that dreaded scourge
consumption. There is probably no more
consumption in Richardson than there is
in old Anson. Two years ago Michael
Tiernan was a victim to the same super
stition, and visit to his room was inter-
esting. Michael had all the sides of his
room arranged Wsth big shelves, on which
hundreds of bottles of various medicines
and concoctions rested. He used to take
enough medicine every day to depopulate
an ordinary hospital He was always sick,
or rather thought he was. One day Mutrie
went up to Ternan's room and with his
big ebony stick he made seven or eight
rapid passes along these shelves. Every
bottle in the room was smashed to pieces.
Tiernan has never been sick since. He can
hit ball probably as hard as any man in
the world, but if he had been left TO hirn-
self he would probably have scared himself
into consumption and then to the grave.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

A practical joke On . large scale has
ben Perpstvatsd az HernAls, 3 Eapurb q
Vienna Tbsre - . plot q building
Land there more tha1 60 yards iozg ~
80 yards broad, Surrounded ey bard
ing two ard shAlf yards high- A abozs
90 boys vsrs playing tbers TeuEntiy
. passsr BY told them that ths boarding.
had ben 81 aElts for tss poor, and amp
ors might take trs timber away. IN
spite ef ths tars4ts ef tbs wztehn4n Ia
ehzrFs tie boys 6snsoAshsd tbs boarding
Ia half 81 hsur snd earned ths plznks
hossA When Zee polies apposzsd nosb-
ins vas 70 - sssn exospt few polss.
1hs polios ordered = srrysy q tie 81
joining houses. bit very few planks sers
found .--Londou Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
The BrookIyn Club.

Much sensational matter has been writ
ten about the troubles of the Brooklyn
olub-about the squabbles of President c..
H. Byrne and Captain j. NJ. Ward. have
talked with both men recently, and am
in a position to know the inside affairs of
the club. The stockholders of the Brook
lyn club are naturally dissatisfied with the
record the team is making. The Brooklyn
club has probably spent more money in
securing players than any other club in the
country, and that it should so singularly
fail this year is as great a disappointment
to the club owners as it is TO the followers
of the game in Brooklyn. Ward, of course,
has lost prestige and probably has not as
many admirers as he had year ago; but
as for an open quarrel in the club such
does not exist. President Byrne in sum-
ming up the situation TO me the other day
tersely said: "There is no feeling of enmity
between Ward and myself. Ward is cap
tain and manager of the team and has full
control of the players. If Hthe team was win
ming he would get the credit and his frien6s
would laud him to the skies; but the team
is losing and Ward will have to stand the
brunt of it. That is just how matters stand
among the Bridegrooms."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
SPORTING NOTES.


The New York Herald suggests that the
dispute over the worlds championship
among heavyweight pugilists be settled
by battles between Sullivan and Slavin,
Mitchell and Corbett and between the two
men who win. As Slavin and Sullivan seem
TO be coming together, and as Corbett is
to be followed.
Luther Cary, the sprinter, won seven
prizes in England and France and did even
time for 100 yards repeatedly. 1t is be-
ieved that both the Manhattan and New
York Athletic clubs will send teams to
England next season.
Mrs. Key and Miss Hawke will accom-
pany Lord Hawkes. cricket team on its
tour of America The team sails for Amer
lea Sept 16
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
The Assooiation sltuation.

The Association situation is peculiar
one. To drop Louisville and Columbus are
impossible feats unless the cities surrender
their franchises. With O rebellion in prog
ress they are of little value, but with the
protection youchsafed by the national
agreement both are great towns. When
the time for action comes Louisville. Wash
ington and Columbus will be found firmly
advocating a return to the paths Of peace
the only road to common prosperity. There
are too many cities without baseball now
to crowd Columbus and Louisville into the
graveyard The south is a great baseball
morgue, but the game died there of high
salary complaint Detroit and Indianapolis
are the only northern cities of note that
have no representation in any baseball or
ganization. The City of Straits would not
enthuse over the International and No rth-
western. and Indianapolis looked coldly
upon the Interstate. After city has had
''the best'' it is hard work to please cranks
with minor league article.
There is gentleman in the Association
upon whom It will be well to keep an eye
Captain Comiskey. When Captain Duffy's
Bostonese started west they had the pen
nant mortgaged, but St. Louis, despite
disheartening and unexpected defeats at
Columbus, has drawn dangerously near
their opponents from the Bay State. St.
Louis is famous for fireworks finishes, and
the Browns viii come very near holding 8
position right behind the band wagon in
October. They win wind up at home. The
championship bee is still buzzing in Balti-
more's bonnet, and in truth the Orioles are
making new record this year. Generally
while their spring plumage is unrufled
and fair to look upon they make fine
squirt until along about the Fourth of July.
Then somebody clips their wings and they
fall into the second division. OF course,
no one expects the Baltimores to win out,
but if they should the Monumental City
would 90 wild
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

high and weighs 2.Ss5 pounds. He is dark
chestnut in color, and is probably not only
one of the largest but also one ef the hand
soonest eouipes in existence. He was for
merly stallion, and was imported from
France by Kentucky horse breeder, who
paid s., 600 for him. While in the stud the
colossal horse was a veritable fiend. He
would bite and kick on the slightest provo
cation, and he soon killed one of his at
tendants.
The scent of blood seemed to make him
more vicious, and it was not long before he
killed another man. At this ! ncture he
was changed to gelding, and ais temper
is much improved He is years old, and
can trot in four minutes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

Brush and another Official high iIi League
councils, James Il. Hart, Of Chicago. The
warm rays Of common sense sun have
been upon the bud Of peace, and it will
soon burst the most beauteous flower In
baseball's conservatory.
Mr.. Won der Abe sensibly turned a deaf
ear to the fierce ideas OF William Barnie.
who actually talked OF a renewal Of the
1890 fight next year, with conflicts at Chi
cago, Brooklyn and Pittsburg. Mr. Won
der Abe is bright. and he saw in the i'm
practicable scheme ruin Tor everyb body con-
cerned. President Kramer. Of the Arnsri-
can association. mas been groping about in
ignorance. His administration Is nearly
at an end. and those who can read between
the lines believe that Zach Phelps, %
Louisville. has been slated 70 succeed him
Rev MUIFoRD. in
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

Maggie r, the famous PAGER, n q daugb-
ter OF Kiibuek Tom, the old PAGER thas
sired swim Leopard Hose, asisx. Ia
August, 1889. Maggie y first attracted a.
tsntion al Chicago when she won two heats
IN the orthwestern BreedsFs' 225 psefnq
class IN BIS aRd 2iex. She entered ths
grand circuits for the first tins Ia 1870,
and during the season defeated suoh Tsii
known PAGERS ~ Westuont. Pickaea
Charley Ereei, Gray Harry, Dallas Al
Dodd Peet and reduced her record to2.i5l<.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
The SWIFT YACHT BEATRIx

She Is Looked Upon as One OF the Glori-
ana's 8fost Rapid Rivals
The cepterboard yacht Beatrix Is looked
upon as ose Of the most promising oppO-
nents OF the apparently i1vfncisis Glori-
ana. On Aus 70, against . very strong
fed. the Beatrx won tho special sweep
stakes Of the View YorA Yacht club, Do
festing such wen known yachts - the SAP
onaya. Mineoia and Oweene. July % the
BeasTix outssaied the AlboBak, Sayonsra.
Barbxa Gossoon and oweens n tAs \e-foOt
class Of the Eastern Yseht elub's regatta
The performances Of the Beasrix have
been watched with particular interest Be-
cause she wzs the only <s-footeF bufls this
season which upholcs the American cen
tsrbosTd idea She was designed ~ Bur
gsss and il eyned By G. a Prince, 81 BOs-
ton Despite the fact that the Puritan.
MAydower and Volunteer, AL American
cup winners, are centsrbosrd yachts. that
bGild has been froHnsd upon by yaehts
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
A Novel Iedrer.

One of the bills filed before the county
court was pine stick with twenty-five
notehes cut on the side. This was the
account Of Anthony Lobb, an old negro,
who, by the way, is quite well off. He
can neither read nor write, and his bill
was for taking care of an old colored
woman. The court promised to allow
him one dollar week for her keep, and
each week Anthony cut notch in his
stick, and Monday Hled it as his account
Independents CMo.) Sentinel
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

THE ORIGINAL THAMES WHERRH-1OSU.
from the primary needs of man and were
not invented purely for amusement and
recreation, as were baseball, ennis and
other such pastimes. 1t is then natural
that the sport should have begun with
those whose calling it was to row
and the earliest authentic accounts of
races are those of the Thames watermen in
England. In 1715 Thomas Doggett, an
actor, founded q race called "Doggett's
Coat and Badge" for watermen. The
prizes were fees which paid for the free
dom of the river and the winner received
besides a red coat. with silver badge
bearing the white horse Of Hanover on the
left arm. The races were single sculls
rowed in the original Thames wherry.
The race still survives. but is now rowed
under the auspices of the Fishmongers' So
ciety.
Practically the history of boat racing be-
gan in the early part of the present CEN
tury, for it was then that rowing clubs
were first formed in this country and in
England and the evolution of the racing
boat began. To accurately trace back each
Improvement to its origin would require a
volume even were it possible to do so, for
as matter of fact, like nearly all inven-
tions, the most important improvements in
racing boats had been tried in crude way
by others long before the eventful perfec-
tor of them arose.
The first recorded race of any prominence
in this country was match between New
York city and All Long Island The boats
were four cared barges and the course was
from point on the New Jersey shore to
the flagstaff on the Battery. New York
won easily and their boat Knickerbocker
was publicly exhibited as curiosity until
July, 1865, when it was destroyed by fire.
It was keel boat without sliding seats
or outriggers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

water at an early
age, and about the time he was old enough
TO vote was placed in charge of the English
yacht CLARA, and won two races with her.
In 1884 he brought her to America He
also brought over the Minerva, and was
one OF his brothers. crew on the Thistle.
His work with the Minerva was very sue
cessfuL In two years be won twenty-five
out of thirtyfour races that the craft en-
tered. This year he has handled A B.
Turner's Oweene with marked success.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

Kate-where viii yoa go after lesv-
ing here:
Clara-Ws think Of going to Baah
Haahbah.
kate-Where the mischief is thats
Clara-On the coast of Maine.
Kste-Is il near Bar HarboT.
Clara Gcilyl-It Is Baah Haahbah.-
PttSburg Bulletin.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

This ysGr q tie Dstroit msstinR sbs d.
fsated Emma. PlckKEAy, Slnnia aad
ethers "a tls 2is elaAa. AtClsvslAsnd shs
su. pAosd - Monarch. Efzuis and naDs-
ksT Of otheT Ewlfs onss fn tins below ala
A. Bu24lo = sbeEt tine ago Ehs again
captured M ssig hoBors- She . sad -
b the bsss pAoxr ot tie Jsar ogtsids tss
fFsa for al cszss-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

ago. He received his baseball as we'll as
his other education at Williams college,
and played with that college team and
with Brown university. He began his
professional career in 1889 with the nine of
the Troy Citizens corps but came rapidly
to the front last year during the big base
ball war.
His work as short stop, right fielder and
catcher for the Giants made him consider
able of a reputation in the baseball world.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
Catcher Clarke of New York.

This picture viii give the reader a good
Idea of the facial appearance of Arthur f.
Clarke, the third catcher under contract
with the New York club. He is a hand
some young man as well as clever player,
and was born in the metropolis twenty-five
summers and an equal number Of winters
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

abroad is Charles
Barr, who was
born in Scotland
tw enty-s g We n
years ago. He
comes of a family
of bostmen, and
his brother, Cap
tain John Barr,
sailed the Scotch
cutter Thistle in
her unsuccessful
race with the Vol
unteer In 1887 for
the America cup.
The subject Of this
sketch took to the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

sionally welded
the willow and en-
deavored 10 keep
runners fro m
stealing secon d
with the Athletics,
ofPhilsdelphia, in
1875 He played
as a substitute,
but his work pleas
ed the manage
ment so well that
he soon became a
regular member
of the club and ra-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

mained with it six years When be left
the Quaker City he went 20 Atlanta. OF
the Southern league. After several years
of service he joined Cleveland and re-
mained there from 1857 TO 1880 inclusive.
He Is remarkably quick in all his plays
and always has an envisble fielding aver
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

ms1s pronInens fof the reason that N
many Of the skippsrs sailing yachts IN
American waters ara from tho other aida
Of the big pond
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

The only volunteer regiment mounted on
bicycles is the Twenty-sixth Middlesex
cyclists, an English organization at Chel-
sea All volunteer battahons in Great
Britain, however. ape said TO have cyclist
sections. The whole number of military
wheelmen in the kingdom is stated 20 be
lhyer $3.50
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

VIZ BsaJ ~as ~. - Esss h-r c.saoyaA
kh.n kas 80 CO. - cE1ss ~ csasaTlA
Ehss ~ s-o.zs KIN. So slysE - canaerA-
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
Skipper Charles Barr.

One of the well known shippers whose
work in sailing famous yachts have made
him DO small reputation in America and
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08

DETRoirs EQUINE GIANT.

4 Horse That Takes the Palm for Size
and Beauty.
One of the largest horses in the country
is at present owned lS Richard Tregaskis
Rt Detroit. The animals i, twenty-one HANDS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
Second Raseman John Stricken.

second lb1SeEnan SOhsn cifaCkSrs
Second Baseman Stricken. of the Boston
American association team, is an old timer
on the diamond, but for all that is only
thirty-one years of age. He first profess
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
N RACING SHELLS
Evolution of the Sport of Row.
ing for Records.
GROWTH OF THE PERFECT BOAT

Development of the Cookie Shell Craft Of
Today from the Clumsy Thames wher-
ry-Introduction Of outriggers and Slid
ing Seats.
Copyright, 1881, by American Press Associa-
tion-l
The nineteenth annual regatta Of the
National Association of Amateur Oarsrnen
ut Washington. Ang. Is and 10, brings to
mind the vast contrast between the racing
shell of to-day and the clumsy craft In
which races were rowed when the sport
was first inau9urated Rowing belongs 70
that class Of sports which take their origin
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
Wichita Wholesale 4 Manufacturing Houses.

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-08
THE ASSOCIATION.
Rem Mulford's Gossip from the
Baseball World.
MEN WHO HAVE LEFT THE FIELD

Players IN the Original Organization Are
Beginning to Be scarce-There Are
Good Prospects of q Settlement of the
War.
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-16

without word Of warning, Regino pulled
q long, keen-bladed dagger from his hip
pocket and slashed away at Remos, in
flieting several wounds, the only serious
one being deep cut near the right shoGl-
der. Several men attempted to arrest
the would-pe murderer but he made a
desperate resistance and succeeded in
effscting his escape. The wounded man
came TO Yuma, and is under treatment
Of physician who thinks that he will
soon recover from the effects OF the stab
bling. Yuma Times.
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-16

Postmaster Dodge has the following
notice posted up in the postoffice: The
attention Of of the patrons Of the post
office is called to the fact that the law
lately enacted prescribing penalties for
using the United States mails for the
conveyance or transmittal Of lottery mat
ter of any kind applies as well to the per-
son mailing money orders, postal notes
or drafts to lottery companies or their
asents, as it does to the lottery compan-
iss and their agents. All :persons are
therefore warned not to use the mail for
such purposes.
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-16

The Democrats, by electing majority
OF the delegates TO the constitutional con-
yention. have saved the editor of the
Phenix Republican long mental strug-
gle. II has been theorizing on what
would be done in the event OF tie vote
in the convention to give the organization
to the Republicans. Its proposition was
to unseat the member from Mohave
county-Hon. Foster S. Dennis and
control the organization. Sorry to dis
appoint you, Bro. Vail, but all the same,
Mohave County's representative will be
one of the trainers OF constitution for
the sunny State OF Arizona. And don't
yon forget to remember it.
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-16

The Grand Lodge of California Odd
Fellows met in San Francisco on the
morning of the 18th, and the Grand
Lodge degree was conferred on large
number OF candidates. After recess the
grand officers presented their annual re-
ports. The secretary's report showed
that there are 342 lodges in the state, an
increase Of nine during the year. Total
number OF members December 81, 1890,
1907: amount expended for relief,
500. .s98.