The evening times., 1897-12-22

Since the day the waGners acquired con-
troll OF the Wa shifgton club they hav,
poured lite the ears of the public prom-
ises which nave never resulted in NOR.
than a Continuance of GENEROUS pat
ronage, but the error OF a,PolicyJ; " hicl
has for It's cousuInmation the saving OF a
dollar, rather than the making Of ten
by giving the people what they are will
ing to pay for, has evidently been pointed
out to the Washington nIagnates, VITA
the result that they are getting alive 10
the situation.
1t is understood that an effort is teing
made to II axe Senator OF Mexican, the
shorts.op OF the Cleveland team 1t is
not know who will be given in exchange
for the one year Indian, but it is more
than likely that a pitcher and an out
fielder are the men,
The influence which controls the wig
ners in this city is said to have issued In
edict to the effect that the iBfield must I've
built up since Charles Reilly, the sen satitGi al
third b:,seman, has been sold, as 1t is al
legged, for $500, which is a low price ror
a man whom the wagners always con
sidered star. With Reilly OFF third the
but as there is a Possibility OF
getting Mexican for short, young Wrigley
ma. be shifted to third and the hole plug
up.
Another man the Wagners would Ike to
see wearing the toga is said to be Pito1er
Taylor, Who was traded to st. Louis hy
Philadelphia few weeks ago. Its thought
Taylor would make good running na,e
fol Doyle
Mexican and Taylor are both good men,
and 1T isr doubt the hope of every local
fan that they will be secured.
Information at hand is to the effect hat
Tom Brown, who last year W as bench man-
ager of the Senators, has not been consulted
about the proposed trade which will give
Mexican to the local team.
Eddie Bald, the champion cyclist Of
America, was not long in answering The
defiance Of A ugust Lehr, the Gema cham
pion, now in this country looking for
scalps. lie telegraphed Lehr Yesterday
that he would race him best two in thr re
mile heats, paced or unpaced, Mt any time
or place, anG would place side bet
of from $1,000 to $4,000.
Bald, who has won his title of cham
pion bJ a season of unparalleled riding,
says that he stands ready to defend it
against aLy rider in the world, and
that as Lehr has challenged first, he VIII
have the first chance.
Eddie is at present sick in bed at the
Marlborough Hotel as a result of injuries
received when he fell in Madison Square
Garden during the siX-day race. His back
and groin are severely strained, and q e
chances are that his match with Jimmy
Michael, which was to have been one of
the features or the winters cycling season.
will have to be called Off, as the chrm-
pion will be in no condition to meet the
little Welsh wonder on January 8.
Bald's physicians tell him that he will be
all right after a short period OF absoln-e
rest. But lie frets and worries. wants to
get out and do some work, and says that
he will ride Michael. Lehr OF anyone else
tomorrow If they will let him get. but. OF
bed. -,
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]. Hariand Rush. the Young Princeton
student. who took the measure Of the
great wefers ih the forty-yard and 2oU-
yard dssiies ut the Garden games on Sat
urday evening last, is n prodcct of the
West, and formerly studied at Grinlell,
In Iowa. He took up athletics in 1895,
and at the dual meet between -Grinnell
and Iowa State University, in May, I s9-i,
proved tho inainstay of his team by cap
turing four firsts-tie so. 100, 2o0 and
44O-yard dashes, duplicating the PERFORM
ances the succeeding week at the sports
Of the lowe I. C. A. "A. A.
The Western I. c. A "A. A. quarter fell to
his lot in 1896. in.the fine time of 90 is
seconds. During the season past he formed
ane Of the great team Of the Chicago Ath.
letic Association in the A. A. U. gan,ss ).
and although he failed to catch ihe judge
eye In any Of the championship ev entt, ,nje