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The evening times., 1896-04-30
MANY CLUBS READY TO join
Washington Youths Enthusiastic
About Times Juvenile League.
Preliminary Meeting of the Delegates
Monday Afternoon at 4 O'Clock.

The proposition of The Times to organ
ize juvenile league of baseball clubs in
The city has been taken hoii of by the boys
IN an earnest and enthusiastic manner.
The youngsters are anxious for the forIna-
tion OF the league, and letters are on file
from the various teams which desire to
become members OF the league.
This mornings mail brought several
applications, aud they all favor the scheme.
They are wiling, in most cases. to conform
to any rules that will insure good and
legitimate sport, and all commend The
Times for the step it has taken.
All matters for a preliminary meeting OF
the representatives of the numerous clubs
have been completed. and each team which
can comply with the suggestions already
made will be allowed two delegates at a
meeting which will be held on the third
floor of The Times building on Monday after
noon next at O'Clock.
4 representative of The Times will be
present and an outline OF the organization
will be given. The clubs sending delegates
are requested to furnish them with proper
credentials and a list of the players. so that
it will be known at the start just who be-
longs TO this aud that club.
The Times will offer a suitable trophy
to be contested for, and it will make every
effort to promote greater interest in the
game among the young balltosse rs in Wash
ington.
Manager Frank A. Riston, OF the Poto-
macs, 4T6 X street southwest, assures The
Times that his team is anxious for a
juvenile league, and is ready to meet
all requirements.
The Napoleons, Philip Terry, manager,
500 New jersey avenue northwest, are
in full sympathy with the proposed leagu
John Gormley, manager and captain of
the Chesapeake Athletic Club, makes ap-
plication, and thinks the proposition is a
good scheme.
The Cliffburn Club, at a meeting held
last night, indorsed The Times idea, and
is prepared TO join.
Harold I. Gotwaid. 300 Eleventh street
southwest, who guides the Youn x Anne ricau
Stars to victory. writes that his team
wishes to become member of the lea que.
and concludes that the Stars are in a
position to fulfill all that is asked OF
them.
The tone of the fore going communica tions
is evidence that the boys are red hot for
the Juvenile league. and it is safe to
predict that n fair representation viii be
had at the meeting ne xt Monday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
FISHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Lots of Them May he Caught When
the COlOred Gentlemen Assist.
A-ta

Lots of Them May He Caught When
the ColOred Gentlemen Assist.
Arkansas Democrat.
That prince of story teilers and yarn-spin.
ners, Privater john Allen of Tupelo, Miss,
vino is the funny man" of Congress, nd
the successor in that line to the late Sun
Set Cox and the relegated Proctor Knott,
often strolls in to pass away an hours time.
While President Cleveland was away on a
recreation triprecently Priva tie Johndropped
around to the hotel one evening, and after
some other conversation. the subject turned
to the Presidents like for rod and gun.
Then Allen told this one:
during one of those long and friendly
conversations which the President and 1
SO often held invited him to Mississippi to
fish. There is nothing pleasanter or easier
than the way we follow Izaak Walton in
my State. We hire band of colored gentle
men, and they carry large jug of whisky
to a COOL shady nook by the river and we
follow them.
We SIT down in the cool, shady nook and
watch the jug while the c0lored gentlemen
cut a cord or two OF brush and bushes.
These are for n seine. When we are
ready 10 begin fishing each of the colored
gentlemen takes bunch of The brush in
either hand. and, thus rmed, they throw
a line of battle out into the ba you. or river.
or wherever we chance to be fishing. We
sit OH the bank and tell them where to go.
When all is ready, the line of battle, with
the brush under water, making very cap
iial seine, swings around toward the shore
in such manner as to comb about an acre
of water.
We get every fish that Is fool enough to
to be in that acre. We get alligators, mud
pouts, swapping turtles. and all sorts
of valuable fish. would very much like
to have the President come down and
enjoy the sport for himself. So far. how
ever. he has not been able to set time
The evening times., 1896-04-30
FOUND A POCKETBOOK.
why the PhiIadelphian Does n OF
Want to Repeat the Experience.
Phiiddelphid Times

IHtuLcphto E'eS.
A prominent physician of this city will
hand the next pocketbook he finds to the
police. He picked up purse in the street
few days ago. 1t contained some receipts
for making cake and preserving fruit, some
samples of dress goods. and So .25 in money.
He advertised the find and it was remark
able how many people there were who had
lost pocketbooks. Each tried to obtain some
idea of what the one found was like in order
to notify friends, but the doctor was not
easily beguiIed. Finally u lady came in
and said:
Are you the man who found pocket
book?'
Yes, ma am"
We'll. it's mine
what kind Of n pocketbook did you lose
and where did you lose it," asked the
doctor.
1T was a leather pocketbook. and, of
course. L don't know where lost it. Ii
did I'd have gone back ard found it. But
l want my pocketbook-"
II only wanted to see if it was the one
You lost" pleaded the doctor.
Didn't tell you so? Do you think
I'm lying about it? If you don't give 1t to
me ] IL have the police get it for me-"
Madam. If it's yours i want you 10 have
it. Now, what did the one you lost con-
tain?''
Let me see. There was some money and
some receipts for making cake and one of
my mothers for putting up tomatoes. But
il is none of your business anyway. You
had no right toopen my pockctbo0k and read
the papers. even if you Gid find it,
The doctor was convinced that the woman
owned the rocketbook and gave it to Eer.
rs it yours?"
''Of course it's mine. How many times
do you want me TO tell you sou Then she
opened it aud counted the money.
There ought to be a Collar more" she
said. II had a So bill changed aud only
bought some little things. ] Cont re-
member what. but it didn't come TO over
81 .75. Well. ] suppose ore can't expect a
man to be honest. and you can keep the dollar.
! hope il will do you more good than ILL
gotten gains usually do" and she left
the office with a lCok OF scorn at the mau
who had found the purse.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

The Senators showed the Brooklyn people
yesterday that they know thing or two
about playing the game away from nome
1t was a great victory, and the states
men are to be congratulated upon their
fine showing.
They are putting up an excellent game
under the management of Joyce, who han
dies the ball In a true players style. He
Is conservative and keeps an eye on every
point. All of the lads are in good con-
dition. and they created favorable i'm
preston in Greater New York.
The press or the metropolis Is liberal.
and recognizes that Wagner has gotten to-
gether a strong combination.
The Sun says: The washingtons played
beautiful ball. Only two errors were
charged against them, both excusable.
Selbach gave a marvellous exhibition in
left field, some OF his catches and stops be-
ing almost impossible. Rogers and Nc
Cauley. the men recommended by the Sun
20 the New York club last fall, were closely
watched.
Mercer pitched cool, steady game, using
4 slow ball with excellent results againstthe
heavy bitters, and moving down the others
with binding speed. Taken altogether.
tiIC ttit IbtEtsSloH Ahdl II
they can keep up such work, and their
pitchers come up TO expectations. many
persons who have put them down for
place near the tail end Will be fooled.
The World has this to say: ''scrappy
BIZ Joyce, the leader of the Washing
tons, put forth his star pitcher, Win Mercer,
an inte!lectuai-lcoking dark-face young
man. whose flowtHg shock of football hair
greatly aggravated the plebeians over IN
the bleacheries. They resented such aris-
tocrat.c airs in a professional baseball
player.
''Get your hair cut. Get your hair cutn'
went on the y.an afternoon, but Mr.
Mercer treated the suggestion with we'll
bred hauteur.
Among oiher. things the Press 81 VS. there
were sevcraInew faces on the Senatorial
nine. These were McCauley, Rogers and
DeMontreviiie.S Eastern League products,
and likely trio they are. They add
strength to the Senators. both in hitting
and fielding. Nor are there any insects
on the Washington outfleld, at least, none
was discerniblc yesterday. SeIbaci's work
in left field was something fine. His throw
ing was fast and accurate, and he raced
around the garden. smothering everything
that came within hailing dista nee OF him.
The Herald is kind and liberal, as it
always is, and commends in this style:
Fully fifteen thousand frenzied rooters
ioumeyed to Eastern Park yesterday af-
ternoon and saw Foutz's aggregation of
pennant chasers bite the dust before the
Senator'S The visitors were in great
form, and played very fast ball, while the
home team appeared to be in a trance
during the first few innings. and piled up
sufficient errors to enable the visitors to
assume Il commanding lead.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

The King of Greece introduced the bi-
cycle into his kingdom some years ago.
The wheel that he sprung upon the de-
scendants Of Xenophon was wooden af-
fair, known in Uncle Sans domain as a
bone shaker He wheeled about the
roads at Athens until he had sha ken most
of his joints loose, and gave 1t up. In ad
dition 10 that, the natiye-horn Greeks got
it into their heads that bicycles had some
thing supernatural and uncanny about
them. They associated the wheel with
some Of the myths handed down by the
leading slory-tellers from ancient times,
and even threatened Ito shy" bricks and
stones at his majesty. Since then they
have learned better, and the bicycle has
made such headway in the Kingdom that
four hundred were counted at a recent
census. Cycling bids fair 10 become the
leading amusement Of the royal family.
and Consul Hotton, at Athens, tells the
American dealers that there is 4 good
market to place their wares.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
The March of Science.

A money changers office in Mar
sei!les was ente-e the other dag By n gang
of up-to-date burglars. who had taken the
pEecaution 10 bring with them Il steel saw
of the newest construction. worked by u
handy little petroleum engine. Aided by
these reinfOrcements of their natural and
acquired dexterity, the nefarious scient ists
found little difficulty in Overcoming the
resistance offered by the stout iron walls
of the money changers safe. which proved
quite unable to cope with the refined ap-
pliance brought to bear upon it, and
promptly yielded up its conterts. con-
sisting of gold aud notes to the value OF
f6GO. Thus was science justified OF
these latest among her adoptive-aud
ptive-childrcn.- Telegraph.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
ton as member OF the New York Yacht
Club. He has been member of that organ-
izaton since October 1891.
wONGo WON THE FIGHT.
Half Breed Indian Defeated VILLA M
Duke In Ten RouudS


Frank Wongo, who several months ago
broke his wrist in a fight with Jimmy
Handley, across the river, defeated William
Duke of Baltimore yesterday. 1t was the
fourth time the men met in the ring. Wongo
got tic decision in thTee-round fight,
the second encounter was interrupted eaIy
in the game and the third resulted in an
elcven-round draw.
The fight took place some where near
Baltimore, and was for a purse of $3.50.
As soon as the men entered the ring the
refcree called time and then began spar
ring contest that was fast and furious from
start to finish. There WIS u lack of per-
sonal animosity. but this was more than
overcome by the anxiety Teach contestant
to prove himself the better fighter. 1t
was virtually a question as to who should
have claim for the championship of the
South in this class. Wongo won it fairly
on his merits in ten rounds. Duke proved
to have u shade the better of the science,
but he lacked the strong hitting powers
Wongo displayed.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
ALONG THE BASE LINE.

Hcndersou's eyes must he on something
else besides the ball, for his Judgment on
balls and strikes is execrable
Arthur Irwin. in full uniform, Goa ched
his team from the side lines 10 Philadelphia
yesterday. Once he tried to stop ball
III: foul. and when he made mess of L
the bleachers gave him the laugh
III the Washington team holds a good
position at the close OF the season Jake
Wagner will win more hats than he can
wear out in a lifetime.
DcMontreville keeps up his good work
at short for Washington.
Anson's willie Bill" Hutchinson S
pitching great ball for Minncap polls If
he continues his good work he may be re-
called.
AL. Maui will make his 1896 debut in the
opening game at Pittsburg.
philadelphia will finish no lower than
third and probably second and possibly
first" is Joyce's prediction
Pittsburg is making a good start. The
season is yet young, but the Smoky City
team appears to be very well equipped
for a long race.
q b-
The conduct of the spectators at yester-
days game in jeering Manager Irwin, of
the New Yorks, when he came out on the
field, was disgraceful, to say the least, sa vs.
ha pI,iI ,lalv, Ia<Jo
has given his best years In baseball to Phil.
adeiphia, and has perer done anything to
merit the treatment he received from q
Philadelphia crowd yesterday; besides.
visiting managers and pla yers should he
treated with more courtesy
ID
In Pittsburg on Tuesday. when Sharon
of Cleveland was at the bat with a mau
on third and aRotfer on second Manager
Teheau walked up TO Sharon and said: .sIf
yon get to first 1rfeive you $50. and $50
il you make safe hit" Sharon struck out,
and Patsy was very sad. as the out retired
the side. and he was the next hitter.
Newark again defeated the Metropoli-
tans yesterday.
Moran. who was pitching for the To-
routO's against the Williamsport. Pa,
team yesterday. was hit in the head by
batted ball and was severely injured.
Wilkesbarre has made an offer to Brook
lyn for Frank Bonner to play shortstup. and
Scranton has bid Still higher for him.
Brooklyn seems willing to sell to Scranton.
Power may become scranton's first base
man.
An Atlanta. Ga, dispatch dated April
% says Ballplayer John j McGraw had
a slight return of fever yesterday and to.
day. Says DR.. Hugh Hagan, his rhysi-
The evening times., 1896-04-30
WEEKLY CYCLE BULLETIN
WeiI-KnGWn Riders Transferred
to the Professional Ranks.
CUBANS TO USE BICYCLES
Builders of the New Cement Track at
Buffalo Say 1t VIII BE the Fastest
iuthew Orld-What 1t Cost IL Wheel
man to Tour Europe-Gossip of In
terest TO Riders of the Bike.

According to the latest L. A. W. bulletin
Bald, Bliss, Zeigler and several other we'll
known Class B riders, are this week trans
rerred to the professional ranks at their own
request. The complete list, together with
the racing boards action on suspensions,
being as follows:
Transferred to professional class-W.
j Sextro, Cincinnati, Ohio, own request;
Homer Fairmon, Louisville, KY. own re-
quest; II. H. Madden, Des Moines, Iowa,
own request; Arthur n. French. Cincinnati.
ONO. own request; Tracy Holmes. Chicago,
ILL.,. own request; C. II. Beck, Chicago, ILL.,,
own request: A. woodlief, ottawa, Kan,
swn request; otto Zciglcr. Jr., San Jose,
Cal, own request; Richard j. F. McDon-
nell. Chicago, Ill.,, own request; Floyd Nc
Farland. San Jose, Cal, own request; E.
c. Bald Syracuse, n. Y, clause icl; p. j.
Bliss, Chicago, ILL.,, own request; F. B.
Rigby, Toledo, Ohio, own request; Il. j.
Hale, Denver, Col.
Suspended pending investigation-B. G.
Goblc, Greensburg, Pa; J. E. Edwards,
San Francisco, Cal, also W. NJ. Hagler,
Salina. Kan.
Suspensions removed-As Marion Black of
Fort Wayne, Ind, has returned prizes won
yhim after becoming in fact a professional,
the suspension placed on him has been re-
moved. Suspension placed on E. A. Moross
and Walter BLACK well. Whatcheer Iowa,
has been reduced to oexpire June / s, $50.
For competing in unsanctioned races and
races not Officially handicapped, after warn
ing, following are suspended for six months
from April 2I-Will Walker. Lawrence,
Kans.; Charles Fletcher, Atchison, Kans.;
y. Herb. Wing, Newton. Kans.; Charles Pope,
Lawrence, Kans.
For competing in unsanctioDed ra ces. fol-
lowing are suspended for sixty days, from
April 2I-Charles French. Galveston, Tex;
a. Brock. Galveston, Tex: L. Miller, Gal
weston. Tex; N. Rodgers, Galveston, Tex;
Walter Davies. Galveston, Tex: Steve
Sgitcovitch, Galveston, Tex; T. P. Scott,
Galveston, Tex; c. Rodgers, Galveston,
Tex: II. A. Lufkin, Galveston, Tex; Mike
Nidovich. Galveston, Tex; F. P. Nichols,
Galveston, Tex.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
HAMMER THROwERS TO MEET.
Edgren the California Cha nipion, VIII
Go Agninst Mitchell.

New York, April 3O.-Word has been
received from Capt. Marvin of the Berke-
ley College athletic team of San Francisco,
Cal, that the coliegians would be de-
lighted to have their champion meet James
S. Mitchell, the worlds champion weight
thro wer, on Decoration Day, at the games
of the New Jersey Athletic Club, and the
athletic committee of the New Jersey or
ganization have wired to San Francisco
to the effect that they will be pleased
to have MIR. Edgren compete against Mr..
Mitchell in the all-round weight thro wing
contest on Decoration Day, and that they
will fix the time TO sui Mr.. Edgren.
II the CALIFORNIA; desire, the commit
tee will have the contest called for 12
o'clo ok M, or o'clock p. m., SO that there
will be no possible chance of the California
Hercules failing to meet Mitchell.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

Three dollars day says local men,
Der of the league, who toured in Europe
last summer, SHOULD be sufficient to cover
all contingencies. At one OF the principal
hotels in Rouen paid only S2.20 day,
VIZ. breakfast, so cents: lunch, so cents:
dinner. 20 cents; room. go cents; service, 10
cents. The so cents required to reach the
So standard would more than suffice to
purchase n better grade of wine than is
served gratis at the dinner. and such
small fees are as customary. Charges in
towns and villages ire materially less.
rccord-breaker in point OF cheapness was
a charge of S2.2O for dinner. lodging two
roomsl. breakfast and transportation to
railroad station. about two and onc-half
miles in public bus. our two wheels be-
ing conveyed in baggage wagon. The
above charge was for two persons
The evening times., 1896-04-30

Michael, the little Frenchman, who has
become n famous cyciist through his match
with johnson. the American. is only nine
teen years of age and weighs but 100
pounds. He is 10 be married next week
10 prominent young society woman of
London, who is worth $40 900. While
trimming last week Michael rode five miles
over the KensingtOn course in 8 minutes
50 25 seconds. He now claims the rec
ord for that distance. but 1t is not likely
to stand.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
This Ia a Good Plan.

"Henry-'
"Yes, your ExcelleBcy."
"a great many Favori:c Sons are doomed
to disappointment under the present no.
litical system of the United States"
Your Exceiicncy is quite right, as usual''
"Now. Henry. have an idea which seems
to meet the case.''
will you deign to express your idea.
sire?''
1T is this. Henry. Let there be as many
Vice Presidents of the United States as
there are at Il political meeting. BY this
plan I think all tie Favoritc Sons of the
successful part: could bc piaccd."-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Tcicgrap; p;l.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

clan: 1--WE cannot ascribe the rise in
temperature to other than the presence
of typhoid fever. His condition is fair
and his spirits bright, and hope soon to re-
port him BETTER
Mercer was steady yesterday and in
1894 form.
It's the easiest thing In the world to de-
nounce losing club, and to gush and s,op
all over a winner. The New York pub
lie was led to expect too much of its
team during the winter months, and now
that the club has failed TO ma Ike good the
extravagant predictions, efforts are being
made to prove that the club, and not the
writers, is at fault. Is there disinter-
ested critic Of the game who will say that
New York. even with Rusie at his best,
is licensed to beat out Boston, Baltimore.
Cleveland, Brookiyh, Pittsburg and Phila-
dolphin? 1t is, of course, unfortunate that
New York is making It's present sorry
showing. 1t hurts the game all along the
circuit. But what can Mr. Freedman do
under the circumstances? The day of
selling crack players is over. No club
in The league could afford to sell one of
its star players. and it Is star pla yers that
New York wants. He can only do that
which every other League magnate has had
to do-build from the ground up
The evening times., 1896-04-30

The very latest in connection with cy-
cling is the information that the Cuban
patriots are about to enlist the aid of
bicycles in their efforts to free their island
from the thraldCm of Spain. The tramp
steamer Ardandhu, which sailed from New
York on Tuesday, is reported to have had
IN her cargo "a number OF bicycles con-
signed to the Cubans for the use of their
Officers in the field. If this report is true,
ii would indicate that the patriots are
thoroughly up to date in their methods,
and they will have the honor of being the
first to test the efficiency of the bicycle in
actull warfare, although not the first to
adapt it to army uses. The French long
ago recognized the value of the wheel for
military service and adopted it. The
militia OF this country have also taken it
up. and strong efforts are now being made
TO induce Gen. Miles to look even more
favorably than he does on the bicycle
corps as an adjunct TO the United States
army.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

Pete Berlo's wonderful work at Ne W Orleans
that exploded the folly that speed could not
be held on four-lap track, and it was in
view of this, ana the fact that the spectators
are given a better run for then money,
that decided the projectors of this wonder
ful track to make it a quarter-miie. II is
hoped that everything will be in ship-Shape
condition by tie middle OF June.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

The new four-lap cement track at Buff
falo will, its builders say, be the fastest
In the world. Before it was decided to
surface the record-beaker with cement
the pros and cons of climate. expense,
material. etc., were exhaustively discuss
ed. and willie the opinion was unanimous
that board track, If always at its best
is the fastest, experience showed that 1t
was absolutely impossible to keep such a
track in first-class condition, especially
wien exposed to the variations OF climate
like Duffalo's. Cement was, therefore,
adopted as tie best substitute. 1t was
The evening times., 1896-04-30
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Negotiations are now in progress for a
match between jackson W. Showalter and
j. F. Berry, the match to be for the United
States chess championship.
wrestling match for the rcputed cham
pionship OF the world. between Cannon and
Pierri, was contested in Liverpool, England,
on Tuesday night, and resulted in draw
International outdoor athletic contests for
this year, up to date, consist OF varsity
boatrace. several cricket ma tches and tennis
tournaments, all to take place in England.
In this country the chief event will probably
be running races for the championship.
B. W. Claridge. champion wing shot of
Maryland. has accepted the challenge OF
W. E. Hurst Of Norfolk, championor Virginia.
The men viii shoot at 100 live birds, the
contest to be held under the auspices OF the
Baltimore She citing Association, no Mary 20.
IT was announced in New York yesterday
that Mfr. d. Maitland Kersey, who was Lord
Dmraven's representative in this country
before and since the International yacht
races OF last year. has rendered his resigna-
The evening times., 1896-04-30
arc lamps. The handicap of mile for the
opening day closed last night with 10 ronl-
nations.

Carnation, a starter to the fourth race at
Forsyth, Ind, yesterday. burst a blood ves-
sci and dropped dead ON the track. Jockey
Clay, who was riding, was thrown and Sc
yerely injured.