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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-25

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Acad.mv-.At Piney Ridge. {"


"At Piney Ridge" presented ut the
Academy last night, Will doubtless score
one Of the distinct successes of the season
The especially pleasing CHARACTERISTIC OF
the drama is the fact that none of the char
acters are in any way spoiled by being
overdone. There is plenty OF action and
strong feeling. and good deal of tumor,
but the huinor never degenerates iD.O buf
focuery, and the tragedy never becomes
ranting. The tone Of the piece throughout is
strong AMI fine a I'd the interest increases
from me rise OF the curtain to the close or
the last act, which is really the climax,
contrary to the usual rule with last acts.
Nothing like Miss Waldron's 'Cindy has
been seen here since Annie Russell's Sue. :"
and there is TO real resemblance between
the two except In a certain freshness ami
simplicity, together With real strength.
Mrs. Rails difficult work was of a kind to
be remembered. Miss Sarah Cameron as
Chlotilda Beverly. and afterward In thepart
of Nanny Summers, made the very most
OF her opportunities and delighted her audi
encc. Mr.. Higgins, as the hero; MI Hob
land and Mr.. Murphy were all excellent.
The whole company is "a good one. and
barring a few slight blemishes in the first
part of the production, due to mechanical.
troubles with the scenery, there was
nothing to mar the success Of the first
night
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Stnnding Septemher 21. 1886.
BUaLEY Is AT WEIGHT.
Californian Ready 60 Meet the Local
WeIterweight


The training thai Pat Ready is under.
going for his figbp with Nick Burnley on
Thursday Gishi rs strictly after the Fitz-
siiunIoi.s :; vie. He was seen at the Wash
ingtGn Outing Clui. Yesterday, doing his
daily turn. Paths faithful and realizes
that he has ever ,hing 10 lose and all TO
gain in the coming fight, and if appear
ances count. the "Swanp0odle" well
terW eight viii he tit TO min things with his
oid-;ine vigDr.
Mike Haley, his trainer. said that Raedy
has proved careful student, and viii W in
the fight.
BurlcI 'strainingquarters were visited! thu
morning uya large number OF sports "a nd his
swork was watched with interest. He is now
down 10 weight. The Californian "a i'll:
I'm in better shape than when got tile
decision uu "a foul. hope there viii be
n" fouling ii. the coming -go.' I can lick
Raetiy IN ar uurand-up fight, and l VIII
80 ii on Thursday night
The managers of tie affair viii ha We
everything arranged FOR the convenience
of the patrons. and they guarantee that
boxing vii. begin promptly at . O'Clock.
They ar, determined that he long .iela v
which: have always been n serions dra w
back in past contests win not occur ON
Thursday evening.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

A crowded house welcomed Elmer F..
vance's realistic comedy drama, Patent
Applied For at the Grand Opera House
lastnight. Thcplayis fairly Well acted, but
it for its scenic effects that the drama de-
serves praise. From The entrance of the in
venior i'm his tired wheel motor carriage, In
thefirst Gcr, to the final scene, which showed
the deck uf the steamship Savannah, rising
and falling with the swell of the presumabic
ocean, there w9sno question of the reception
each novelty was to receive so spontaneous
and unceasng was the enthusiasm of the
audience ana particularly that portion In
the gallery sacred to the gods. Beatrice re-
ceived encores for her really wonderful
dancing anu the other member OF the conn
pany came In for their share of applause.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
AT THE THEATERs.
Columbia. Maritana."

The revival OF Wallace's Mauritania" at
the Columbia lat night. after an absence
from the local stage OF more than dozen
years, was grecte d by one of the largest
audiences OF this engagement of the Castle
Square Opera Company. The presentation
sas iii keeping in detail OF scenery and
costume an well. drilled chorus and strong
Gas. Of The previous weeks presentations.
Miss caria Highlander, In the title role,
made Der first appearance in heavy role,
and acquitted herself dramatically and
vocssliy to the entire satisfaction OF her
hearers. Joseph Sheehan as Don Caesar
was In excellent voice, and be appeared to
he best possible a dvantage. Melville Stew
art sang his part Ia his usual painstaking
manner. RayInond Hitchcock did well the
little he had to do. The rest OF the cast
and the chorus aided in making the per
formance very enjoyable one. Thurs
day, "Olivette."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Kernan,s-Rice and Barton.

Barton and Rices' Gaiety Company ap-
pearea at Kernsn's last night before u
mouse which was packed 10 the DOORS
The performance was lively and up-to'
date, presenting two burlesques, NC
boo dies Flats and Naughty Coney Isl
and" and strong list of specialists. Bar
ton and Rice were fully up to their stand
ard as fun-rnakers, and frankie Haines
sang a number OF new songs. Others who
appeared were The HUI Sisters, in new
dances. swan and Bsmbard, In acrobatics.
Miles and Raymond, in a comedy sketch,
an Barton and Eckboff as musical artists,
anI Little Africa III a sensational dance.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

The Biiou reopened yesterday under the
OF John Grieves with a new
policy. It lie proposed to give Washington
the style OF vaudeville which has made
continuous performance popular elsewh here.
an d charge hut 10, 20 and 80 cents. At
these prices no one could quarrel with the
entertainment. 1t is clean, bright and
much better than the prices suggest.
ALI Grant is the principal factor In the
olio, which yesterday lasted from 1 to
4, an d from to 10. He gave q half hour
of lnonoIogue that needs no apology. 1t
kept thc audience in merry mood, and
they were loath TO let the tired man retire
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

''5uip" Donovan, the famous trainer OF
the famous little swaylaek, Tenny, has
succeeded in getting together stable full
of really good performers, the star OF
which is the crazy, but very fast, Box.
whose sire is the sire OF the mighty Orna-
ment. With Panchita III and several good
two-yearolds, be is winning races every
few days, and he seems to have the nucleus
OF what promises in the future TO he one
OF the hest stables in the West. The horses
at present in his charge are the property oi
Mr.. w. Showalter, OF Kentucky, brother
of the famous chess expert, and as TINS
gentleman is largely interested in breed
ing, and has some Of the best broodms res
ia Kentucky, Snip may he looked for
to soon have a formidable stable, whose
glory may some ia " even outshine that OF
the grea: Tenny, that this capable trainer
handled so brilliantly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Ex-selLmchs' Last Game.

The Ex-Selbachs' season came to a close
ON Saturday, when they defeated the
Sslbachs by a score of Is to 8. The fca-
ture OF the game was the pitching of Ross.
allowing but two hits and striking out
twelve men. The Selbachs were shut out
until the last inning, when Tucker muffed
Shcehy fly and two hits followed, which
fetted three runs. The Ex-Selbachs' line
up was: Jesse Dom, S.; ID. Ross, p.; Co
fngs. c.; W. Brady, h.; Capt. 6. Angelo, 2h.:
McHcnry, 3d.; Tucker, CT; E. Burns, IT,,
and John Dom, RI.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Lafayette-.IsIe of Champagne"

Lafayette-"IsIe OF Champagne. !"
After an absence OF several years the
merry opera conique, The Isle of Cham
payne" returned to Washington last night
at the Lafayette. The piece is the same
en- jOyabIe l,orsel of rsusic and nonsense tina
II W as before. out the present management
have taade 1t new In personnel and dress.
Tie stage pictures and the costumes are
frest as the flowers In the spring, and just
Us beautifGI. The cast il an ali-rornd good
one. Richard Golden is comedian of YER
satileresources. and he carried the audience
on ripple OF fun all through last even
ing as PDirercy. katherine Germaine
is a stunning woman and a good singer,
10th facts demonstrated in her performance
of Priscilla. Others nj the company are
Blanche Chapin An, Estelle Morton, Lillian
BurnhaIu, and Messrs. Kingsley, Ducrow.
Mayon. Sparks, and Knight. A bargain mat
inee toinorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

There is nfacficaIlynot shadow OF doubt
I'm the minds of the races going public tina,
there will be a change of starters at the
Metropolitan iraeks next season. Pettin-
gill's work has been decidedly poor, par
ticularly du1ny the latter part OF the sea
son. Frcncls Trevelyan, in speaking Of one
of his starts, yesterday, says: "Mr Pettin'
ELL was unluck in leaving one of the IA
vorites Trolley in the last race" IL is
this sor: Of mid criticism which has served
10 keep the Jockey Club starter in any
thing like god repUte.
Trcvelyan and the other Gotham critics
have been very easy on Mr.. Pettingil. Tu
express things plainly, his work has been or
the most horrible description, and change
Of any sort Will be most welcome to the
talent. Fitzgerald VIII In all probability
be seen in the stand next spring.
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Natienal-"rhe Tarrytown widow.

y
The season at the National opened las
night with Joseph Hart in new farcicsl
comedy. THE Tarrytown widow" by
C. T. Darcy, the author OF in Old Ken
lucky" The present piece is an effoft
20 duplicate the prevalent style OF farce
at present so popular, and In the foint OF
laughter-makiag it Is quite successful.
The trouble all brews out of the Irritation
Of an old gentleman with widow in the
Grand Central depot. New York. The
eioads gather, and there is a cyclone Of
complications, and the fair weather siga1l
Inst shown until after four acts Mr..
Hart plays Bascom, Carrie De Mar, Annie
Morris; Robert +. Gibbs, a French count;
Ida Vernon. Mrs. Bascom, and George
Howard, Charlie Lothian, Frank DaIaht,
Ben Dillon, C. Ball. Eva Babcock, and
Joseph Croweil the other parts. The new
curtain is lea uty, and the new progra IN
an artistic and typographical improve
ment.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

It can be depended upon that the Brock
iyns viii play the game OF their life against
the Bosfons. II Manager Barrie has his way
witt the men under him. Mr.. Barnie is fl
nanciaIly interested in the coming trip ot
the chaI.,piop Baitimores and an An-Ameri-
ran team across the continent, AID his at
traction would he a comParat ively poor Que
II the B0stons should turn out champions
and the orioles come in second.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
JOE sTUmcH WON THE FIGHT.
A Lively Mill. But Richards Was
Decidedly OuicIasstd

Cincinnati, Sept. III. Joe Sturch, of Chi
cago. won the 105-rcund championship of
America last night before the Nom a eil
Athletic Clab by defeating Dave Rich
ards in the tenth round.
The contest was one of the best ever
witnessed in this section of the country.
The boy from the Windy City demon
strateJ his superiority in a clear-eut and
most decisive manner.
Sturch is possessed of a fast and clever
eft hand iab The local boy put up n
game Contest, but he was outclassed in
height, reach and skill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
WATTS DEFEATS BILLY LAYTON
He Ended the Fight With Sofa
PIcxuS Blow

Louisville, KY, Sept q. James Watts,
colored, champion weller weight OF the
South, Knocked out Billy Layton, OF Hot
Springs, four miles above this city, on
the bank OF the river last night.
The fight was arranged for, and was
witnessed by fifteen prominent c1ubmen
who put up 81 90 eachto seeit Layton was
in poor condition. and was q plaything
for Watts. A solar plexus blow Knocked
him nut
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

place OF fighting. jackson would not cou.
sent TO a contest anywhere south OF Mason
aud Dixan's line. ana there was no other
place where q bout could be pulled off.
Now there is "A certainty that they can fight
In Nevada, perhaps in San Francisco, and
W no knows but that they ma figure before
a camera for veriscppic purposes between
now and the next Fourth OF Juiy?"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
GAMES TO-DAY.

Washington at rhiIadelphia
Brooklyn at Boston
Baltimore at New York
Chicago ut CIeveiaDd
Cincinnati at Pittsburg
Louisville mt st Louis.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

Ray Coxsweu, the weIl-known trick
bicycle rider of this city, accomplished the
difficult Feat of riding up Capitol Hill this
morning on the rear wheel OF his bicycle.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

So. 90 Philadelphia and Return via
b & o.
7:05 and 900 q. m. trains going, re-
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

To Cure n Cold in One Day
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
Top-Coat

Weather, and the TOP COATS are
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Each and every one worth every
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS
The Senatorial Outlook Not q
Very Promising One.
OORBETT AND BRADY BACK

Finish Their Tour of the Western
baseball Towns-Macon McCor-
mick Talks OF the Proposed Match
Between jackson and Corbett.
Peftipeill Not In Favor.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

To Baltimore and Return via Ii. q o.
All trains Saturday, the 25th, and Sun
day the 26th, good TO return until Mon
day, ST. seq -5t ,em
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

S1.OO Baltimore and Return via
B&O.
Good going and returning on all trains
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
GAMES YESTERDAY.

At Phi,adelplIia- H. E..
Philadelphia =. 20 o 0000x-2 .
Washington :. 20 000U1-1
Batteries Taylor and Boyle; McJames
and Farrell Umpire Emslie.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

Philadelphia and Retu rn via ID. & o.
Sunday next, So 90. sell 5Jem
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

Reports from the other side ia regard
10 the coming Palmer Sullivan contest say:
George Swanny. W no has already trained
Ped,ar Palmer ten times successfully, has
again been engaged TO superintend his
training i'm the forthcoming match with
Dave sullivan. SD tina his friends ca rest
assured shat he VIII be i'm the best of
cundition - uphold the bantamweight
championship OF the world on October 8.
''Su,livan has as yet failed to start
IA TO work. but as he IL near the weight
no-v. three weeks of constant training VIII
be sufficient to pvt him in prime condi-
tion. Paln.er's hackers are already on the
hunt @ wager side money, and il the
Sullivan party can show enough this Will
be one Of the best wagering contests ever
seen in Great Britain.
"PSlmer II a IA vorite such as has never
been equaled since the palmy days OF
Jem Smith,"
The little Engiishman may be an odds
on favorite but that does not necessarily
say he VIII be returned the winner. IL
Sullivan can refrain from fouling Palmer
the American lad stands a decidedly coed
chance &C taking first money. His bun.
dog 81 ylc of boxing, however, viii probably
lose him the contest on a technicality-
Macon" Mccormick evidently thinks
that Jackson and Corbett are not over
anxious T. get at each other in the arena.
In speaking of Jackson's return to this
country, he slys:
jackson said mat one of his reasons for
ooinu" 10 this country was TO give his
friends cacular proof of the fact that
ne was not the physical wreck that re-
ports fIom London WOULD indicate him
10 lie. He intinated rather plainly that
he would like another go with his old
antagonist, Jim Cnrbett. or, falling to
get on with him, with any other OF the
big guns OF pugiliSIn, but he said be
would box only a limited number Of
rounds. pe IL going TO his old favor
lite American stamping ground in San
Francisco in few days. ] hardly think
Correct will pay any attention to him
now. though he was red-hot for a meeting
with hih Just before jackson left this
country. In1ecd. lie was no insistent that
] think he greatly accelerated Peters
departure. The hitch then was over the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

Was Il tie frosty ar or the cold atfnos-
phere lowering in the vicinity OF the
Quaker city grand stand that chilled
the hearts and developed the charley
lsorse~ and glass arms of the Senatorial
ballpls yers Yesterday, who can say? Suf-
ficient it ~ that Tom Brown could not
INF use enough life into Installation of bats
men 10 get anything more alarming than
pop fly INFO tie outlying territory OF the
Philadelphia diamDad-
MeJa.ues kept rin hold on his nerves
at critical juncS ures, and moved the
QGafers down with coninendable regular
NY when the bags We're filled. AT others
however he tried Ills hand at putting
high drop hall over the grand stand, with
the consequent result that no less than
eight slawville candidates for first base
were given free trip.
only a chain OF what might be termed
circum stautial playing gave the Wagnerites
a tail yin tie closing inning, and savedthe
from complete and overwhelming defeat
The chances of the home team. taking
back ward slide today ale very rosy. The
Quakers 10 use a hoIse term, appear TO
have the foot" off their visitors, and
promise a repetition Of yesterdays drub
bling foT the Senators.
Win Mercer VIII probably be intrusted
with the delivery end of the Washington
battery. This fact holds out glinlmer OF
hone to the local fans Matters seem to
have come to pretty pass when the
"rvoterS'i have 80 90 some very close
Figuring Oh the Philadelphia series. Ii
they find il difficult 10 make the home
team out winners while they are holding
forth in Quakertown, what VIII be their
task when Wagner and has pets strike that
wicked town OF Gotham?
Nine games remain TO I've played between
now and the final game OF the season
In the Monumental City. Should three or
more OF them lie registered on the right side
of the ledger it Will he a big surprise 10
the more conservative of the fans"
James Corbett and william Brady return
ed TO New York last night from their
Western baseball tour For several weeks
the pngliSt has been playing first base for
minor Icagne clubs OF he West
He proved an excellent drawing card
througi.o,d the trip and the financial re-
terms wer' fally up To expectations. The
players, no S'cver, look upon the invasion
OF their ranks with anything but salts
taction. They fear that Corbett's success
would lead other prize fighters TO follow
has example, aBd hefore long the diamond
would become "a refuge FOR broken down
pngi.istS and actors.
The opposition has been steadily growing,
and a mot son 60 forbid the engagement
of pagiisis by any baseball club in the
national agreement is likely TO be intro
luce'l at uie next meeting. Pittsburg will
probably read the way i'm this movement.
This. 10y rhc way. is decidedly laughafae
The Pirates reputation for gentlenianly
behavior on the hall field 8 anything but
a clean one.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21

after ba kadworSedlong overtime. Resale
sang s,me character songs in a pleasing
style, and her acroLatic dancing is of a
nigh order.
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