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The Washington times., 1895-05-20
AMATEUR AND COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC GOSSIP.

Harvard will play football next season
under new rules TO be agreed upon with
Yale.
Downer, Scotch champion runner, last
week, in competition, ran 200 yards in
10 40 seconds, beating the worlds
amateur record by one-tenth OF a second.
Georgetown College baseball team viii
play a return game with Princeton upon
the latter's grounds on June 4.
Georgetown having defeated all the big
colleges, excepting Harvard, with which it
could not arrange a game, hut which II
could easily defeat, would HO doubt be
pleased to play a game upon its grounds
with the hustling Cornell team, which de-
feated Pennsy on Saturday.
Denver is holding out strong inducements
for the 1896 A. A. L. championships.
An Industrial Exposition is to be held
there in the summer and fall of next year
and the city wishes the athletic events as
an additional attraction.
The Yale-Prnceton game of baseball on
Saturday was a remarkable one IN two
ways, first the smallness of the score and
second that Yale should have won at all,
when the playing OF the two teams as seen
here against Georgetown is taken into con-
sideration. 1t was conceded by all who
saw the teams play here that Princeton
played the snappier ball and should win
easily from Yale.
The athletes from the University of Cali
foTnia are surprising themselves as Well as
their competitors in the East, by holding
their own in good shape. Having won eight
out of the thirteen events with Princeton
last week, the visitors felt pleased with the
work and on Saturday went in against the
athletes of the University of Pennsylvania
and tied. with seven events each Cali
fornia carried off all the important events
but one.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Buzzing I'm His POCKET .

An engraver who always uses a cock to
time his work at his place OF business wasthe
victimo a practical jokethe othereveuing.
For some reason it was necessary to take
this clock home on a car and his brotherfixed
itso the alarm would sound during he trip
The car was going along smoothly with the
man standing in quite prominent Place
when the alarm sounded.
The passengers, trying to locate the IOise,
found that 1t originated in an innocent little
package held in the gentleman's hand but
the scene reached its height when The man
became frantic in his endeavors 10 hide the
timepiece either in his coat pocket Or inside
bis vest.
Sonleo frOman obscure corner remarked
that it was time to get up for BREAKFAST.
The owner OF the clock was just going to
hurI it through closed window when with q
few closing taps of the bell it became SILENT
Columbus Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
MAHER TO MEET MARSHALL.
Contest Tonight Before the Atlantic
Athletic Club.


Sporting men are looking forward with
great interest to the twenty-five-round
contest between Peter Maher. the Irish
champion, and Bob Marshall, an Eng
lishman, who aspires to championship hon
ors. The bout will be pulled off tonight
before the Alta ntic Athletic Club, at
Coney Island
known here. He is a terribly hard hit
ter, and is as shifty and clever as the
next one.
No reliable line can be drawn on Mar
shall. as his career as an English boxer is
not very well known. He says himself
that he has devoted his time mostly to
wrestling, and has never left the amateur
class as boxer.
The London Mirror says that Marshall
recently played the punching bag to Frank
Slavin in one-TouEd go. However, some
pretty good men have drawn second fiddle
to Slavin, so ii does rot necessarily follow
that Marshall cannot fight.
He is said to be a well-built fellow, but
he will need to be when he goes up
against Maher. and it looks very much
as If the good-natured Irishman W i'll
make short work of him.
Next in interest viii be a twelve-round
argument between Dan" Creedon, the
Australian middle-weight, and joe
Dunfee, of Syracuse. Creedou is a very
clever man, but made the mistake of
tackling FitZsimmons, who cooled his
countryman in two rounds. Dunfee is
also something of problem, never hav-
ing done anything to entitle him to recog-
milton from top-notchers He is credited
with having knocked Fitzsimmons down
in a bout in theater, but beyond that
his record is bit misty
Dolly" Lyons and ''Maxey'' Haugh
should present an acceptable curtain
raiser
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Mayer and Petit.

In furniture, refrigerators, ice chests,
baby carriages, mattings, house fur
nishings, there is no more liberal firm
to deal with in the city than Mayer &
Petit, 4l5 Seventh street northwest.
This house carries a splendid stock
of the most varied assortment, and by
buying in very large quantities they are
enabled to undersell many other houses
without the same facilities which they
enjoy.
1t is on account of the very low prices
quoted by Mayer & Petit and also, of
course, on account of the uniformly high
qualities of their goods. that they have
built up an enormous trade, which is in
creasing by leaps and bounds day by day
To-day the announcement of this firm on
another page illustrates exactly what we
have just stated, and it will pay all in
terested to carefully peruse every word
of it-note the values and bargains offered
and take advantage of same.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
fsnecIal to The Times. }

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1e.-If the little
Adonis who poses in right field for Wash
ington had posed less and played ball
harder the score would have been slightly
different.
AS il was the Reds, with three pitiful
hits, won the game. Those three, however,
were made with men on bases both times.
selbach has the honor of having made the
worst muff that was ever looked on by
Cincinnati eyes. 1t would have retired
the Reds without a run in the third.
Coogan's hluuder was excusable, but Sci
bach's-deliver us from the sight of an
other such error. Maui pitched a magnifi-
cent game, though his wildness cost run.
Rhines, too, was nearly invincible after
the first inning.
Selbach began the run getting in the first
with a three Dagger into right. Joyce
followed with single, scoring selbach.
Mcclure dropped a little fly into center
which Hogrieyer could not quite reach.
1t fell safe and Joyce went TO third.
Cartwright raped the ball down to Rhines
and Joyce came in. The play was made
for Joyce but pretty slide scored the run.
STORY OFTWo RANK ERRORS.
Two rank errors gave the Reds chance
to tie the score Coogan fumbled a slow
grounder. Then selbach misjudged the
easiest kind Of a fly. Ewing banged the
ball to the fence for two bases and both
sides were even on runs.
With two men out in the seventh McPhee
r1,r., P1r
to center. Abbey who was playing deep
made a desperate effort to get the ball
but could not make it. He fell and the ball
rolled pas thin. Ewing gained second base
and McPhee crossed the plate. Ewing
scored on Miller's hit.
Washington came very close to scoring
in the seventh. With two men out Latham
fumbed grounder and threw wild giving
Maui two bases. Then he fumbled Sell
bach's hard grOunder. Joyce was hit by
the pitcher and the bags were full. Hasa
mer, however, popped up little fly and
asE wing s pawsc closed onthe ball SchmelZ's
hopes were crushed.
NAILED HAssAMER's HARD DRIVE.
In the ninth Maui smashed the ball TO
center after one man had gone out. He
reached second on Hogriever's tumble Of
the ball seIbaoh died easily aud when
Joyce tapped an easy grounder TO Mop hee
everybody thought that the game was over.
McPhee funlbled tie bali and Maui scored
HassameT drove a terrific fly 10 right, but
Miller uailed il, ard the fourth straight
game was lost.
In the middle OF the seventh part of the
stand gave way by the breaking OF a joist
under the weight OF people. The seats
split and a hundred men were hurled into
a pit ten feet deep formed by the broken
halves of the flooring. Confusion worse
confounded followed.
IL was fifteen minutes before everybody
got out, and the game went on. Then it
was found that only three men were hurt
0ne had his side badly bruised, another a
,,,rf IN thn hanG and q third a iri inraa lnnr
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
RING AND RINGsIDE.

Dominick McCaffrey isina bad way finan-
cially. His recent benefit was losing
affair. and he has no source of Income.
William A. Brady says that Fitzsimnons
need not worry about CoTbett's challenge
to Jackson, and that Corbett Will meet
FitZsimmoDs in due time.
The glove contest between Young Griffo
and kid" Layigne, which was to take
place before the Seaside Athletic Club on
May / 4, has been postponed until May 80.
Billy Brady is going to start a new club
called the Sea Beach Athletic Club, to take
the place and occupy the quarters of the
Atlantic Athletic Club, at Coney Island.
Frank Slavin has challenged Corbett to
fight him in England in March or May,
1896, for from e2 600 to $500 a side
notoriety.
The Olympic Club, of New Orleans, vir-
tually recognizes the doom of prize fight
ing. They will endeavor to Introduce new
sports, offering big purses for Mcleod and
Burns to wrestle, and for Ives. Schaefer
and others to play championship billiards.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Peter Aiaher have
made q contract with the Edison Kineto-
scope Company to fight six rounds before
the camera for a gift OF $4,000. The
rounds will be OF one minute each, with
three minutes rest, the idea being to have
q lively battle. IL either man is knocked
out before the end OF the sixth round the
winner will take all the money If both
stay to q finish the one receiving the
decision will get $4,000 and the other
k&Q 000
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
GEoRGErowN VS.. PENNsY.
4 Return G me on the Locals Grounds
This Week.


a Return G a me on the Locals Grounds
This Week.
On Wednesday afternoon the Georgetown
College team viii play its last game on
Georgetown field, and as filling finale to
a most interesting series Of college contests
the game viii be with the strong and
almost unbeaten team from the University
of Pennsyly yania.
About forn.ght ago Georgetown went
to Philadelphia and there defeated Pennsy
in most exciting gane, the score standing
to 6.
The game here is a return game to de
eide the supremacy OF these giant teams,
unsurpassed by any OF the other colleges
in hitting and fielding and, judging from
the splendid work of the local varsity since
the 7-to-6 game, the indications are that
she viii win on Wednesday.
The batteries VIII be Mahoney and Sui
livan for Georgetown and Schoenig and
Reunig fer Pennsy, and 1t viii be a battle
royal from start to finish.
Should the contest on Wednesday result
in favor of Pennsy third game viii be
played on some neutral field the following
week.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20

CLASS GAMES AT GEoRGETowN.
Juniors Win from the SophomOres
with the Scnre of IL to L

Juniors Win from the Sophomores
with the Score of IL to L.
The rivalry between the class teams
at Georgetown College is intense, and
the annual games between the several
classes always draw out a big following
of the respective mines.
On Saturday the Juniors showed the
Sophomores under to the tune of IL to 1
in a five-inning game. The coaching by
McD and others of the junior class
was a unique feature. The playing feat
ures were the splendid pitching of Fincke,
who struck out six men. We!ch, captain
and third base, fielded great game, and
the work of Thomas Nelson at first base
was brilliant, some of his stops of badly
thrown balls being of the phenomenal or
der.
On Saturday next the juniors and fresh
men, '9S, will contend for baseball honors.
Nike Mahoney will catch for the fresh
men and Reardon viii play at short The
other players will be: Joe Kane, Greene,
OConnor, Sappington, Walsh, Burke. and
Smith. The juniors will have Harley at
third, Nelson at right, aud Devereaux,
Ballantyne, Vessel, Mcguire, Fincke,
Slattery and Dugan.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
An Echo From the Past

The mighty Brutus scowled, 'sIaver'
The messenger from the Rome Bureau
of Press Clippings trembIed. See here,''
the noblest Roman of them all hitehed up
his toga, Mark Antony's press agent
gets i'll two notices to my one, and out OF
the pitiful handful sent me here nine-tenths
are Toasts"' Even in the time OF proud
imperial Rome the public man who played
not for the grand stand felt the sting OF
popular condemnation.-Puck
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
The shamrocks' Strong Team.

The Shamrocks are among the strongest
of our local unattached teams and have
not been defeated in the seven games
played this season. The team easily de-
feated the Blakes at Silver Springs yes
terday in the presence Of about 700 persons,
the score standing % to 1 4. The features
of the game were the terrific batting of
the Shamrocks and the two steals from
third to home by Dougherty.
The Shamrocks would like to arrange
games with any of the teams in the city,
players of the age of Is or over. Address
T. A. Harlow No. 70 II street northwest.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20

Earned runs-Louisville, /; Cleveland,
4. First base on errors-LOuisville 2;
Cleveland, /. Left on hases-Louisville,
9: Cleveland, 8. First Gu halls-Off Gun
ningham, 2; Off Knell. 2; Cuppy, 4.
Struck out-by Cunningham, i; Kncll, a;
Cuppy. 2. Three-base hit-McKeau. Two
base bits-Zimmer, McGaun, Brouthers.
Double plays-McKears and thinner, 2.
Wild pitch-Cuppy. Umpires-Keere and
Belts. Tlme-2:10.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20

Two-base hits-Ewing, 2. Three-base
hits-Selbach. Stolen base-Niller Double
plays-Rbines, Mop Pbee. Ewing; Maui,
Coogan. Cartwright; Joyce, Cartwright.
First base on balls-by Rhines, L; Maui g.
Hit by pitched ball-by Rbines. g. Struck
out-by Rhines, 1 Maui, 2; Passed balls
Murphy. Time-2 hours. Umpire
Emslie
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
The weather was entirely too cold for
good work. Attendance 7 200. Score:

Chicago i 6 2 O o 2 Ola
Brooklyn. 2 o 1 o o o O. 8
Eatrned runs-Chicago 1, Brooklyn /.
Two base hit-Terry. Three-base hits
RYAN. Moran. Home run-TeHy Stolen
bases-Wilmot, Daub, Griffin. Double
plays-Stewart, DahIen aud Anson; Terry,
Dahlen and Auson. Struck out-By Daub 3,
by Terry 3. bases on balls-offDaub /,
off Terry 3. Wild pitch-Terry. Hit with
ball-LaChance, Lange, Anderson. Time
-2.l5 Cmpire-Long.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
AFTER THE CHICAGO CLUB.
Kohl, of Dime Museum Fame, ut the
Head of a Syndicate.
Especial to The Tin

Chicago, ILL.,, May ia syndicate,
headed by Kohl & Middleton, of dime
museum fame, is trying to buy the Chicago
baseball club. A. g. spalding ard John
r. Walsh, big stockholders, are willing
to sell out. but it is doubtful if price can
be agreed on.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20

Earned runs-St. Louis, 4; Baltimore,
l. Two-base hits-Brown, Quinn, 2; Peitz,
and Jennings. Double plays-Quinn, Ely,
and Connor First base on balls-Breit-
enstein, /; Esper, /. Struck out-Breit-
enstein, 2; Esper, 2. Time-1:30. Um-
nire-McDo onaId.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Standing OF the reama.
Games Yesterday

Cincinnati, A; Washington, 3.
Cleveland, 8; Louisville, 4.
Chicago, IA; Brooklyn, 8.
st. Louis, 4; Baltimore, J..
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
New Trains TO Philadelphia and New


Owing to the opening of the Baltimore
Belt Line Railroad the B. & o. has been
enabled to add new trains to its schedule,
and to materially shorten the running time
OF old ones. See time table this paper.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Selections.

First Race-Darkness NJ oderate.
second Race-Svengali; Dutch Girl.
Third Race-Tancred; Flash.
Fourth Race-Illume; Doc Birch.
Fifth Race-Jersey; some More.
sixth Race-Valkyrie; walcott.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Young Eagles Are winners.

The Young Eagles defeated the Brad
fords yesterday by score of 1S tn II.
The batteries were Guy and Goodman for
the winning team, and for the Bradfords
Heffner and Wagner The game was won
nv heavy hating
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
STOPPED IN THE SEVENTH.

Rain Came Too Late TO Save the
Orioles from Defeat.
st. Louis, May 19.-In the seventh in
ming rain stopped to-day's game. The
home team was in the lead. Attend
ance, 10000 Score:
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
IN THE SPIDERS WEB.
TaiIenders Were Easy Prey for For
est CITY Visitors.

Louisville. KY. May 19.-The SPIDERS
won to-day's game in three innings. Knell
succeeded Cunningham in the fourth, and
finished the game III great style. At
tendance 2. 800. Score.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
SELBACH'S COSTLY ERROR
He Dropped an Easy Fly and Two
Runs Crossed the Plate.
MAUI PITCHED IN FINE STYLE

Only Three Hits Were Made OFF the
Smiling Twlrler, but the Senator's
Were Defeated for the Fourth Time
by the Cincinnatis-Joyce scored
ON Slide TO the Plate.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
MADEIr THREE STRAIGHT.

Colts Struggled Away with the Bride
grooms in Cold Weather.
Chicago, May I9.-The Colts defeated
Brooklyn for the third straight game to-day
by a trifle better batting and fielding.
The Washington times., 1895-05-20
Games To-day,

Washington at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Cleveland.
Baltimore at Louisville.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
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The record-union., 1895-09-26
STORM IN IOWA.

y Big Circus Tent Lifted From Its Fas-
Jennings and Torn to Pieces.
BURLINGTON iowa. Sept. PA wind
storm accompanied by terrific avalanche
of hail swept down on this city this after
noon under circumstances which came
near resulting in catastrophe Barnum
u Bailey's circus was on exhibition, and
the vast auditorium was filled with spec
tators, who had no inkling of the storm
that was approaching when they entered
the big tents. When the storm broke the
audience had just been dismissed and
there was wild rush tor places of safety.
Circus employees, trained for such emer-
gencies, kept their heads cool ind tried
to save the tents from destruction and
the frightened animals from escaping.
The furious wind caught the great ex-
panse of canvas forming the main tent,
lifted it like toy house from its ropes
and fastenings and tore it TO pieces. The
supporting poles were leveled and
broken. The tent which is used as the
boarding house for the circus people was
swept to destruction and the contents
knocked about promiscuously.
The menagerie tent fell, likewise, be-
fore the fury of the storm, the tattered
pieces of canvas Tipping around the cages
OF the wild and terror-stricken beasts.
Their cries added 10 the confusion cre-
ated by the storm. The elephants were
the most frightened, and hardest to keep
under control. The big beasts and others
not kept in cages almost broke loose.
Rain followed the hail, and when the
wind subsidized the animals became quiet.
Noono was injured, and there is general
coDgratulation over the lucky escape.
The record-union., 1895-09-26
DEEP WATERWAYS.
Proceedings of the Convention Held ct
Cleveland.

Proceedings of the Convention Held at
Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Sept 25.-Chairman A.
p. McQuirk OF Davenport, a., presented
the report of the Committee on Creden-
tials at the morning session of the Deep
W aterways Commission this morning.
1t indicated that over 300 delegates were
present.
President Rowland invited Lieutenant
G. z. Blow, u. S. N, and Thomas Mon
roe, an engineer OF Canada, to seats on
tue platform as representative OF the two
Governments. 1t was explained. how
ever, that the Governments would not be
bound by anything done at the conven-
ton.
ID. S. McGinnis of St. Paul was invited
by President Rowland to preside over
the convention.
George III. Anderson of Pittsburg said
That the advocates OF the Lake Erle and
PitLsburg Ship Canal were heartily III
favor of the deep waterway to the sea.
lis type of vessel TO navigate fresh
and salt water practicable? ?" was the
subject of a paper prepared by Joseph K.
Oldham OF this city. lie said: II think
could design large screw steamer that
would answer fairly we'll for combined
ocean and lake trade. | know of no lax
steamer that Is strong enough for the tail
aud winter trade between New ork and
England"
a. l.. Crocker of Minneapolis presided
over the afternoon session. a paper by
Emory ). Johnson, PHI. D., on the ulti-
mate effect Of deep water from the great
lakes to the sea on railway traffic and
earnings was read by Secretary Flower.
The paper was followed by a discussion
on the general subject.
MIR. Seymour OF Detroit read a paper
asking for national agreement between
the two Governments.
The record-union., 1895-09-26

DEADwooD IS. d., Sept. 25.-At 4:15
this morning fire was discovered in
vacant building adjoining the Postoffice,
on Main street, at Belfourche. The town
being without adequate water facilities,
was at the mercy OF the flames. Every
effort was made to subdue the fire, but
the bucket brigade proved to be of no use
whatever. The flames spread until every
business house in the city, with three eX-
ceptions, was enyeloped Thirty build
ings, comprising most OF the wealth of
the town, were destroyed. The insurance,
covered 10y many Eastern companies,
amounts TO but S4S 1000.
1t was thought. and is still believed.
that the fire was of incendiary origin.
One man has been arrested who goes un-
der the cognOInen of Alabama Kid"
lie is charged with starting the fire. For
several hours an armed guard has been
watching over him to prevent the citizens
from taking vengeance upon him.