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runs, hits, put-outs, assists and errors
made by each player. Thus every man in
the hall is keeping score as the play goes
on by merely watching and keeping his
eyes open. The voice of the telegrapher
behind the board sounds out, calling the
plays, the small boys who help him click
the cards into their slots, the man in
Charge of the blackboards moves silently
back and forth, keeping the score up to the
latest moment and the crowd roots for
Washington for all that it is worth. All
That Is lacking Is the sound of the small
boy circulating among the spectators and
in mellifiuous tones announcing: peanuts,
cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum and score
cards."
Everything moves rapidly. There are
PERIODS or waiting, OF course, when man
occupies first base and the pitcher is trying
to catch him mapping, for instance, when
the captain of one side argues with the
umpire, but such delays are usually ex-
planned by wire, SO that the crowd is as
well entertained as though those events
were Transporting right in view. AS man
after man comes up to bat he is greeted
with remarks by the regulars" who call
Mr.. Joyce "Scrappy" and BILL" and Mr.
DE Montrevile Monty and Shorty" and
ehdearingiy address Mr.. Setback as Sci
by and Baron" The well-known ways of
The batsmen are commented upon. Abbey
is urged to lift the ball over the fence, and
a groan goes up as he flies out to center
Cartwright is expected to make a three
Dagger at the very least, and there is a
ly at first base.
Tom Brown has three balls and one strike
n arked up and the crowd calls out ad-
NlslnS him to be patient, for he has a sure
ticket for the bag. He is given a base on
balls, and there is ripple of hand-clap-
ping Time and space are annihilated by
the keen interest which makes all base ball
cranks brothers Joyce is adjured to kill
the ball." and the men go into ecStasies
hen he makes two-base hit and Brown
scores.
AS a man reaches a base his name APP
pears at that base in letters that can be
read from any roint in the hall. Then, as
the play goes on and the bases are filled in
succession, the names are shifted until the
reality seems to be present before the eyes
instead of merely the shadow. The spec
tatOrS are free in their comments, and in
dulgc in some clever speeches. They resent
ary mistakes on the part of the boys be-
hind the board, who at times forget to
change the cards and then the crowd calls
out Instructions:
Take down that striker There's no one
QUIT Give us another rum
But the browning act of realism comes
when the seventh inning is reached-the
old lucky seVcnth-aEd as the Washingtons
60 to bat cry goes through the hall:
Everybody up!' and at once there is a
general scrambling from the chairs as the
faithful rise to their feet and stretch for
good luck. 1t is for all the world like the
game itself. The same cries, the same eff
forts on the part of the fans to call the
turn the same elation or disappointment
when the ball rolls Washingten's way.
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BASE BALL IN A HALL.
Local "Fans' Waiting on the Tick of
the telegraph.

you'll walk. Selby!' wait for 'em.
Bill!' Lime 'er out. Scrappy!' That's
robbery"
Such are the familiar sounds that are
heard at the telegrap hic base ball game that
is played in Metzerott Hall every afternoon
that the Washington team has game away
from home. They are accompanied by most
of the well-known sounds of good, hard
roofing" and a person stroling into the
hall where the exhibition Is taking place
might close his eyes and easily imagine that
he sat with the FANS on the right-field
bleachers in the midst of an exciting match.
The game is reported item by item, from
the grand stand in the other city, an electric
wire connecting a man who surveys the
actual game with the man here who con-
trolls the mimic game by his translation of
the mystic "tick-tacks'' of the telegraph
Every bali pitched is reported, and an
nouncement is made here of balls strikes
and even fouls in regular order, SO that the
fate of the batsman can be followed with
the GREATNESS anxiety that is felt by the
full-fedged fan" as he pulls hard'' for
victory The game is reproduced by means
of a miniature diamond painted on a large
board that is perforated with slots, through
which figures and names are shown. Each
batter's name appears in turn as the man
steps to the plate in the distant city One
by one the pitcher, whose name also ap-
pears in the center of the diamond, delivers
his deceptive curves, drops and wiggles
Balls are announced by voice and then
shown by numbers on one side of the board
Strikes are called out and indicated on the
other side. There is a slot which shows the
number of men that have been put out and
corresponding on the other side is a place
to tally the runs for the inning.
But this is not all. Two blackboa rds
ruled like the summary of a score card,
flank the miniature d:ar1Dnd and show the
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The kind of ball that the Phillies put
up yesterday was calculated to make the
most confirmed crank break all the COM
mandments. 1t was saporific, "dopy" and
osreless and a reflection upon their nat
ural ability. They went at the work in
hand like so many navy yard painters
afraid of working themselves out of a lob
They won, to be sure, but not because
they played winning ball, but because New
York played losing ball. The New York
Pismies had good lead until the sixth
inning, when the Phillies fell upon Flvnn
and hammered out five singles and a dou-
throughout. but Taylor pitched a pretty
steady game.
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LOUISVILLE, KY, May John NJ
Ward, the base ball player, has been offer.
ed 5000 to manage the Louisville Base Bal
Club, both off and on the field The dea
has been on for some time, but the manage.
ment kept the matter secret.
Mr.. Dahler, one of the directors of the
club said last night: IF Ward with his
energy, experience and well-known methods
of managing, can be secured with the
money directors are willing to invest in
good material, he will be able to place this
year a club in the field that will make the
first division. The negotiations have not
however, been closed. and it is possible that
they will not be. In that event the ciut
has another good man in view
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.1DEADENED" THE FILLY.
Sponge Stuck In the N0striIs of
Marjorie.

Sponge Stuck In the NostrfIs of
Marjorie.
Majorie, the speedy Iroquois fily, who
appeared to have the last race on the card
at the San Francisco races at her mercy,
was scratched at the last minute Tuesday
because she wheezed in her preliminary gal
lop. veterinary discovered a sponge
stuck in her nostrilS This discovery I'M
earthed the most modern method of dead
Cning a horse. and one that has doubtless
been practiced in California for some time.
The impression prevailed that Decision
was 'doped' in her last race. She ran well
for little way. but stopped to almost a
walk near the finish. The mare has been
sick ever since the race. The veterinary
made an examination of Decision, and dis
covered a sponge in her nostril also The
board of stewards is making an investiga-
ton of this latest scandal
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The Best

The best time to look after your
health is now. Tomorrow may be
too late.
The best thing to do when you
look pale, haggard and worn out is
to take something to remove the
cause of your weary looks.
The best remedy to take When you
feel weak, tired and lahguid is pure
stimulant.
The best and absolutely pure
sti1nulant is
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Dufy's Pure
Malt Whiskev

Because it has a wholesome, stilnu-
lating effect on the blood and nerves.
1t gives new life TO weak, worn out
men and women. 1t is the best thing
for making pure blood, quickening
the circulation and nourishing the
vital organs. There is nothing better.
Every grocer and druggist keeps
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base hits-Gleason, Herman, Delehanty, Brouthers
and Cross Home run-Flynn Sacrifice hit-Nash.
Stolen bases-Tiernan, Stafford, Grady; Left on
G. Davis, Grady, Sullivan, Cross. Double plays
Fuller and H. Davis: Delehanty and Brouthers;
Thompson, Grady and Nash; Nash. Mailman and
Brouthers; Mailman and Brouthers First on errors
New York, 4; Philadelphia, 2. First on balls-On
Flynn, 6; off Taylor, 2. Hit by pitched ball
Thompson Delehanty and Grady. Wild pitch-Tay-
Tor. Unlpires-Keefe and Henderson. Time-Two
hours and fifteen minutes.
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Rowling.

The third series, second assignment, in
the c. A c. cooked hat bowling tournament
rolled four games last evening, the scores
as whole being an Improvement over the
bowling recently done by those taking part
in the games. Finley led the evening, with
a total of 100: BeaL second, los, and
Doogale third. with 81. The others were
Flynn and Sutton, 81 each; Fisher, rs;
Grant, 80, and Rice 10
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BROOKLYN

Earned runs-I:rookyn, s. First base on errors
brooklyn, !; Washington. l. Left Oh h,scs-B Brook
Nn. -; Washington. >. First base balS-On
Payne. .: on McJames, .. Struck out-Hy Payne,
:; by McJamcs, l. Thrce-base hit-DaIy. Trobasc
-Shindle. Mcclure. Stolen haspS-AnlrrSnu
t2', SIindIc. Brown Joyce. Double plays-pLly.
lh'haice and Corcoran: DrMonircvillc. Joyce and
Cartwright Passed hall-BurreH. Hit by pitcher
Joyce. Umpirc-Lynch. Time-One hour and forty
four minutes
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The Colts opened the season in the windy
city by defeating st. Louis rather easily.
Thu catching weather kept the attendance
down to 1850. and The game was tame
throughout. The pitchers did good work
and received excellent support, the greater
portion of the batting being done by Ever
lff LIN nd tIriiIN
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Chnrged With serious onense

The case against William Moore and Ed
ward Parsons. young men charged with
having robbed Moses Saxton in the Smith,
sonian grounds at an early hour Thursday
morning of silver watch and chain, will
be heard Saturday "
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Connie MaCk's Pirates journeyed down
to Kentucky, and with the fighty twirling
of HiIland, errors By the Colonies gen
orally, clinched their hold on the first
round of the championship. In the fifth
inning HaWley and Merritt were substi-
tuted for Foreman and Mack.
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ST. LOT Is.
CHICAGO.
Totals s112711 ! Totals -. 3

Chicago .............. 0 0 o 3 x s
st. Louis. . o o = o 3
hit>-Evcrett, Douglass. ThreE-baSe hits-Meycr.
Sacrifice hit-Iah!en. Stolen basrs-Dccker. Large.
Struck Cut-By Friend, j. 10y Hart, /. Base on
b'lS-bn Friend. 3. Wild pitcIcS-Fricnd, / :;
Iluri. l. Tirne. 40. JmpiIc-Weidman.
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BALTIMORE
BOSTON

Earned runs Boston. 2; Baltimore, l. Two-base
hits-DoylG l2D. Clarke. Sacrifice ht-NichoJs
Stolen bases Hamilton 81. Brode First has" on
balls-By McNiahon by Duffy, by Tucker, by Can
errors-BOston, l.. Left on bascs-Boston, :: Bal
timore. .. Passed balls Camel %. Wild pitches
game-Two hours and ten minutes Umpire-Hurst
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PITTSBTRG.
LOUISVILLE.


Pi;tsburs ............O o o 5 l o 0 o 3-9
Earned Louisville, l; Pttsburg, 3. First
on errCrs-LOuisvilla, /; Pittsburg. g. Left on
Louisville, $: Pittsburg. s. First on balls
on Hill. 10; off Foreman >: of Hawlcy. = Struck
Home run Clarke. Thrce-base his-Mlck HER
bauer. fwo-base hit-Clarke Double play Ely
and Beckley. Sacrifice hit-Eustace Stolen bases
Smith Stencil t3l. Donovan ", Bcckley Hit b.
pitched ball Forenan-Dexter Warner Wild
p'tch-Hawley. Time-2:4O Umpire-Eusie.
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boston, S; Baltimore. T.

1t was an exciting contest from begin
ming to end in Boston, the home club win
ming out by one run. Both Nichols and
Mcmahon were batted freely
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League Games Today.
Cincinnati at Cleveland.
Pittsburg at Louisville.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17

sponsibility as citizens. We come not to you
appealing for your votes; they are your own.
You live in a Nation where the people ruleI
where every citizen is a sovereign, yetwhere no
one cares to wear crown. We do not come 10
appeal 10 you we simply come TO present dur
ing this campaign our cause. We believe IN
it; we believe it is a righteous cause, but we
submit it to your judgment and all We ask OF
you is that each OF you shall study the ques-
ton and when you have made up. your minds
have the courage to do what you believe to be
right.
register a free mans will, and then, my
friends, whatever may be the result, we shall
acce DIT 1t in that spirit which perVades Democ-
racy We shall accept it because the majority
polls, must be respected; because from their
decision there is no appeal thank you for
your attention. [Thunderous applausel
Mr.. Bryan then withdrew, but came
back and told the people that his hands
were sore from grasping other hands to-
day, and he requested them TO press his
hands easy in the reception 10 follow.
Thousands OF people passed through the
lobby and got glimpse of the candidate.
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REMARKABLE
ahoma hngo TSsHa

venience of the United States. As safe
guard against panic and money stringency
the Secretary of the Treasury shall be
empowered to issue such coin certificates
additionally against deposits of in
terest-bearing bonds OF the United
states, the interest accruing On the
ponds to inure to the United States
pending their re-exchange for the coin
certihcates, which coin certificates when
returned shall be cancelled, provided that
such additional issues OF coin certificates
snail not reduce the percentage of coin
and bullion reserved for coin certificates
and silver certificates below go per cent of
the aggregate sum of coin certificates and
silver certificates outstanding. The now
outstanding silver certificates, gold certifi-
Gates and treasury notes of 1890 to be re-
tired as they come into the treasury"
FRANK MCGUIRE.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17
POPUL1sTs OF ARKANSAS.
Democrats Denounced and Charged
With All the Evils Now Afflfct-
Ing the Universe.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, July lex
Auditor of State A. w. Giles of this city
was nominated for Governor to-day by the
State Populist Convention. The selection
of the remainder of the ticket was dis
pensed with for the present. The plat
form is a reiteration of the Omaha docu-
ment, with the exception that the Arkan-
sas Democracy is denounced and charged
with all the evils now affecting the uni
verse. The list of delegates to the ST.
Louis convention as rearranged is as fol-
lows: Isaac McCracken, Thomas Fletcher,
w. s. Morgan, ]. R. Sovereign, A. w.
Giles. District delegates-M. R. Golfer, S.
E. Sweet, w. H. Russell, P. L. Montgom-
cry. Sol Nethercutt, John A. Wetherell,
P. Parks, f. E. Shepherd, E. r. Arnold,
B. IL Jones, J. G. Harkey, J. w. Dollison,
J. r. Donnell, J. e. Bryan, C. L. Foster,
n. B. HiIger, w. P. Miller, R. B. Carllse.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17

Populist delegates from California to the
National Convention at st. Louis are on
their way in a special tourist car by way of
the Central Pacific. Denver and Rio Grande
and Missouri Pacific the others having gone
by the southern route. A careful canvass
shows that a decided majority favor
absolutely independent action by the
Populist Convention, though all seem
willing to concede to the Democrats the
executive branch of the Government, and
reserve for themselves the legislative
branch, provided there is an equal divis-
ion of all executive appointments, includ-
ing the Cabinet.
But many feel a strenuous objection to
supporting Mr.. Sewall, National banker,
even on the Democratic half of the alliance,
for the Vice-Presidency. They feel that it
would be far better to recall the nomi-
nation of Sewall and substitute a good
Southern Populist.
There is not single delegate willing to
indorse Bryan and Sewall, and thus prac-
tically vote to become Democrats and
annihilate the Populist party. True, there
were two or three delegates whose admira-
ton for Bryan warps their Judgment, who
would treat with the Democracy on more
sive.
Much Indignation was expressed by the
San Francisco delegation on reading in
the st. Louis dispatches this morning that
J. T. Flynn, one of George w. Bakers
delegates at large to the Silver convention,
is posing as Populist and editor of de-
funct paper, formerly published in San
Francisco, called The Populist, and Civ
ing out that "there may be some doubt
about what the Populist convention may
do. but there is no doubt about what the
Populists themselves will do. They will
vote for Bryan almost to man" He
also oracularly says: "There is very little
difference between the Omaha platform
and the Chicago platform" which shows
what kind of Populist Mr.. Flynn is.
To show further cause for the indigna-
ton of the San Francisco delegation it is
proper to say that about the time the So
called "Populist" became defunct, the
San Francisco Populist County Commit
tee passed a resolution denouncing the
publication as not true and reliable Popu-
list paper and warning Ponulists not to
place any confidence in it. p was the in
tention of the committee to have the reso-
luton published all over the State, but
the demise of the paper made it unneces-
sary.
Mr.. Flynn is not known as Populist by
the active Populists who are identified
with the City and County organization.
1t is noteworthy fact that it is only the
office-holding or ex-official Populists, and
the class of which Mr.. Flynn is type,
that seem ready to sacifice the PEOPLES
party to become what John s. Dore aptly
designates deputy Democrats. They are
the driftwood which will soon be bedded
in the mud on the stream so well known
in political history as Salt River.
JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17
MICHIGAN SlLVERITES.
They Declare That the Gold
Standard Is Producing a Stag
nation of Industry

naliOn Oh
LANSING, MICH, July 16-The State
Silver Convention met here to-day. About
150 delegates were present, including
Greenbackers. Populists, Democrats and
Republicans.
Major Irving G. Walker was made per-
manept chairman. He said he had been
Republican up TO the Assem- bling of the
Chicago convention, but he was no longer
an adherent OF that party, because of his
belief that silver should be restored as a
money metal at the ratio of 16 to /, and he
asked all lovers of their country to unite
with him in some arrangement whereby
all silver men could be brought to the
support of one candidate for President
and Congress.
The report of the COM mittee on resolu-
lions declared against the gold star
dard as producing a stagnation of in
dustry, the heaping up of enormous inter-
est charges on the Government, the issu-
ing of bonds in time of peace, the heaping
up of wealth in the hands of the few, the
impoverishment of the people, the in
crease OF taxes and the obligations of
debtors, and concludes as follows:
Therefore we, the bimetallists OF Michigan,
In convention assembled. hereby resolve that
we favor the free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at the ratio of Is to /, as it ex-
listed previous to 1873, by the United States,
independent OF any other nation, and all
money minted or issued by the Government
to be full legal tender in payment of all
debts, both public and private; the Govern
ment to exercise the option to redeem its obi
cations in either silver or gold, as may be most
convenient We also favor the enactment OF a
law that viii prohibit the making of contracts
that discriminate against any money issued
by the Government.
The committee on permanent orgauiza-
ton recommended the adoption of the
name of Union Silver party, called for
the appointment of a StatesCentral Com
mittee and an executive committee of four
members, the latter to consist OF mem bers
who had formerly acted with the Demo-
cratic, Republican, Populist and Prohi-
bitionist parties.
The State Central Committee was in
structed to confer with the Democratic
and Populist parties relative to taking
united action on nominations for State,
legislative and county tickets.
These delegates at large to the conven-
ton at st. Louis were elected: John Nc
EIrath, Detroit; o. K. L. Crozier, Wash
tenaw; c. ]. Ioyey, Grand Ledge; 4. E.
Jarvis, Benton Harbor; E. c. Watkins,
Ionia; E. A. Reynolds, Ingham; Charles
ii. Mckinley, SaniIac; II. E. Light,
Saginaw; G. ]. Haddock, Muskegon
Douglas Rober, Mecosta.
Two delegates from each Congressional
district were also elected.
The delegation will favor the indorse-
ment of Bryan and Sewall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17
AMERICAN SILVER PARTY.
Those Who Attended the Kansas
Convention Were Mostly Re-
publican Boilers.

nose VINO ATTENDED the Kansas
Convention We're Mostly Re-
publican Boilers.
TOPEKA, KANs., July 16.-The Ameri-
can Silver party State Convention, com.
posed of over 800 delegates, representing
four-fifths of the counties in the State,
this afternoon elected sixty delegates to
the National Silver Convention at st.
Louis, and instructed them to vote as a
unit for William J. Bryan for President.
The Republicans were in full control of
the convention, com paratively few of the
delegates being either Populists or Demo-
Gratis. E. C. Little of Abilene, ex-Consul
to Cairo, was elected temporary chairman
of the convention and afterward perma-
nent chairman.
The delegates from each of the seven
districts elected seven delegates to the
National Convention and eleven delegates
at large, as follows:
E. Pennington, Hiawatha; A. @. Shinn.
Ottawa; H. G. Whitley, Emporia: II. W.
Turner, Mankato; N. B. Brown, Con-
cordia; ]. G. Waters, Topeka; III. L. Tay-
Tor, Wichita; E. G. Little, Abilene; ]. n.
High, Hutchinson; w. II. Thorn, Parsons; ;
Albert Griffin, Topeka.
All of the delegates at large were Re-
pubhcans up to the time of the Repub-
lican National Convention, except three.
Of the forty-three district delegates all but
hfteen are Republicans. The Republicans
commended Senator Teller and his asso-
clates for boiling the Republican conven-
tlon and instructed delegates to the Ma
uonal Convention to confer and act with
Rawz4 l. ill., AAn -
sohdiIy all free-silver forces. All OF the
business OF the convention was concluded
at the afternoon session and the evening
was devoted co speech-making.