The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
General SPORTING NOTES
Average Bicycle Year Should Not Be
More Than 81 l.2.
EARLY BASE BALL TRAINING
Dog That Attracted Attention IT the
Chicago show-vstsran John llOey
an Honest Admrer Of sport.
Temperate Bsli Play srs.

The average bicycle gear this year is
about 6G1. to CS. For ordinary riding
purposes the gear should certainly not
be higher, as 1T will be found hard to
pi opel the wheel up hill or against
strong wind. Do not let the talk about
how easy it is to acquire speed with Il
high gear lead you into ordering your
wheel too highly geared. The saving
in the number of pedal revolutions on
a very high gear is not nearly so great
as Is commonly supposed and 1t can be
set down as q truth that IL you wish to
go fast you must pedal fast, while 1t
IL also true that the eXertiOn required
to make each revolution of the wheel
increases proportiOnately to the height
OF the gear The best average gear 1t
has been found from experience Is 66ia.
1t looks as If some base ball clubs
made too early starts on the southern
training trips. Poor weather has un-
done all of the benefits gained by the
few days training some received. Re-
duce avordupoiS one day and pick it
up the next is the lot of the Giants,
Reds and other clubs. That old enc
has played havoc with many players.
This is an affiiction peculiar to people
who engage i'm violent exercise after a
period of idleness and then catch cold.
1t Is soreness In the muscles of legs
| and is exceedingly painful. 1t defies
liniments and only succumbs to rest.
One dog that has been attracting a
deal of attention at the Chicago show
is q collie entered in the catalogue un-
der the name of The Strange Adven-
lures of Miss Brown. Back of the col
lie is placard which sets forth the
fact that the dog had been washed
overheard by one sea and back by an
other Colonel John r. Rogers. the
theatrical manager, IL the owner of the
dog. and 1t was while crossing the At
lantic with the colonel that the dog with
the long name had the close call indi-
Gated.
John Hoey. the veteran sportsman,
who died last Wednesday, was man
sought to sit in judgment in shooting
and racing events, etc. He was singu-
larly fitted for the trying position of
spect by an untiinching firmness and
thorough knowledge Of the games.
Sportsmen never questioned his hon.
| esty. His Judgment was also admira-
| BILE. He had the happy faculty of be-
| ing amiable under all conditions. A
protest was ruled upon in u firm. dig
nified manner. and the objector was
u.
referee of all the important pigeon
| matcehs of the various gun clubs
about New York. and in every instance
| his decisions have been received as
| final and satisfactory. He served the
| jockey club faithfully as patrol judge
| for several years. and on the retire
| ment of Judge SimmOnds this winter
| Mr.. Hoey received the we'll merited
promotion to a seat in the Judges box
1t is all well and good for base ball
managers to announce each spring
| that they will not countenance any i'm
| bibing among their players. There
| isn't u league club handler who fails
| to make this declaration every spring.
| However, 1T would be much better IL
| they carried out their assertions.
When the season Is on men will break
over and the manager either lacks the
nerve or is influenced by friendship.
| etc. and allows the offence to go un-
punished. possibly saying, "A glass Of
| beer now and then after the game will
not hurt him." Captain Ewing, Of the
Cincinnati Reds, is going to pursue a
good plan. Ewing does not believe in
denying his men glass of beer when
they are in good condition He knows
that man never wants anything so
| much as that which IL denied him, and
| that if his players are told that they
must not drink for the next seven
| months some of them at least will be
sorely tempted and may fall. There
fore Captain Ewing makes his prohi-
| bition a limited one Boys" he said
there must be no more beer drinking
| In the crowd while theteam is in train
| ing. | know that glass Of beer will
not hurt YOU while you are in condi-
| tiOn. but at present. while you are not
| in condition. / think it advisable that
none of you touch drop for five weeks
at least"