The sun., 1897-12-30

Last year Hartman was with the st.
Louis team Of msfits, which may have
affected his batting.
Sam Thompson, of the Phillies. wants
I to play again in Quakerown next sea-
son. Manager Watkins, of the Pitts
burg club, has been after Sam for some
time, but nothing has come of it yet.
Watkins, it IS believed wants to fix upa
deal of Donovan for Thompson, but
judging from statements coming from
the latter it is undesirable to him.
President Nick Young is being deluged
with applications for positions as Nation
al League umpirps. The majority of
them come from baseball "has teens,"
but not small number comes from
cranks who have never played the game,
but who think they have learned enough
about it to satisfactorily call strikes and
balls and render base decisions Many Of
the applicants however, will never get
! look in, as Uncle Nick says he will limit
the staff OF umpires next year to twelve
regulars and four substitutes.
/ Just before the baseball season opens
every year Il story goes round to the
effect that Billy Brady, the State man
ager Of Jim Corbett, is after a league
franchise. Somebody has let the story
out little earlier than usual this time.
1t is as follows: ''Bill y Brady is said to
be ready to pay $4,000 for a big league
! franchise
Another Corbctt, it is said, will soon
begin professional career. 1t is Brother
Tom and the story says Manager Han
Ian, Of the Baltimore's will give him
trial.
! The work Of the little Frnchman,
Taylore who is to meet Michael in Il
paced race next Saturday night, indicates
that, unlike Starbuck and Chase, who
rode with little training, he is in splen-
did form. He approaches nearer Mich
ael's form of riding, holding OF pace and
speed than any man who has been pltted
against him.
There is a chance that A. A. thinner
man may not race in Europe next year
after all. Racing is at Il low ebb there,
and there is considerable talk Of stars
like .Jaap Eden, .Jacquelin, "Tom'' Lin
early in the spring for a seasons cam
paign in this country.
Most manufacturers report a largely
increased demand for brakes, which is
taken as a reason that the ma jority of '9S
machines will be fitted with the hitherto
discarded accessory.
RingSide tactics have invaded the
realm OF cycle racing. Yesterday after
noon there came SO near being free
fight in Madison Square Garden between
the pacemakers of Chase and Taylore. on
one side, and the pacenlakers OF Michael,
on the other, that had it not been for
few cool heads the forces of the Welsh
man and the Frpnchman would have
presented a sorry spectacle when they
lined up for the twenty-five mile mat ch
race Saturday night.
Edou lrd Taylor,, the young Frenchman
who is to race Jimmie Michael in the
Garden on New Years night, is a small
Iad-not much taller than his Welsh
rival Taylore weighs about l3S pounds
and is ) feet 1 inches in height. Taylore
is very cheerful fellow and trains faith
fully. Chase, the Englishman, on the
contrary, is inclined to be sulky and
does not take to his work any too kindly.
American riders get far more attention
than the foreigners, who manage to
struggle along without the aid OF trainers,
rubbers and other attendants.
All machines should be examined at
least once Il year Even if Il wheel is
kept in order and occasionally over
hauled by its owner some defect or dam
age is liable to be overlooked. An eX-
pcrienced mechanic should be engaged to
do this work. In this way a wheel may
be made to last much longer than if it
were not attended to.
English inventors are paying great
deal of attention to gearing improve
mcnts these days. The move has come
to light, but its inventor does not claim
: mile minute speed like one spoken
: about in this column recently. In his
specification of the latest gear it is de-
scribed as using two additional wheels in
one piece running on enc spindle with
the usual cone and ball hearings fixed
, between the bracket frame fitted to one
of the back fork stages.
, The London CycIiSt says: "ln the lat
est pattern OF pacing nnltiplcts English
makers have for once borrowed a leaf
from America in the system OF building
the rear rider over the back wheel The
advantage OF the new met hod OF building
, these mutciples is that the rear rider is
So ted some inches higher than his COM
| panionS. which has the effect OF giving
additional protection from the wind to
the man who is b'ing paced. This Is be-
, vond the generally accepted gain that is
due to tEr fact of lItr rear man aflnrding
better shelter to the paced one when lie
is behind the back Nhcr'.
JAY Eaton, the crack indoor rider, has
won twrntysiN ont of thirty OF the races
in which he has participated, and it is
said that his winnings Amounted t"
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