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The times., 1898-01-16
SPARKS FROM THE DIAMOND.

Cy Swain. the long pitcher of the
Washington team, is eating oranges
and pineapples and catching tarpon in
Southern Florida. Old Cy keeps his
arm limbered up by shying stones at
woodchucks and rattlesnakes.
Visiting clubs will lose at st. Louis.
while the receipts of home clubs when
the Browns are the visitors will be
awfully reduced This feature of the
matter makes the question one that
concerns vitaily every club in the
league and it is this feature that may
cause the league as a whole to act de-
cisiNely on the matter when the meet
ing is held.
The services of the Baltimore players
are in demand every spring as coaches
for college teams. Clarke has had an
offer from Princeton; Capt. Robinson
and McGraw. it is believed. will begin
coaching the Johns Hopkins team ear
ly in February: Jennings will go to
Georgia, and Kelly may give the
Georgetown University team points on
the national game. 1t is thought DR..
Pond may also do some coaching.
1t does not need the opinion of any
magnate to let the public know that the
affairs of the St Louis club are in a
wretched condition, and if the mag
mates at their coming meeting at 81.
Louis do not deal with the case it will
be surprise to thousands of baseball
patrons throughout the land. If there
is not a change it is computed that the
condition of things at st. Louis will
cost each of the other eleven clubs
anywhere from $4,000 to $1,000 during
the season.
According to a wire from Chicago
Frank Selee, of Boston. on his way
East from California. spent some time
among the Western Leaguers, and had
the way cleared by which he was to
have the much discussed eighth fran
chise located at Omaha. There was but
one obstacle, and that was Selee's con-
tract with Boston. which has another
year to run. Boston would not con-
sent to let Selee off. so goes the story,
and so the eighthu franchise was set
afiOat again. u l--i :
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to meet Mcfarland instead for twenty
rounds at the club on, Monday night If
Nugent is successful in securing either.
the chances are that he will have To
pay them good price to meet McPart-
land. as they have had no time in
which To get in shape for the bout.
Al Herford the hustling matchmaker
of the Eureka Athletic Club. OF Balui-
more. is anxious to secure the contest
between Kid Mccoy andi Charley Goff.
of California. for his club. and he has
notified Mccoy and Billy Madden,
manager of Goff. that he will hang up
a purse of $1,000 for a twenty-round
contest, either the latter part of this
month or early next month. AS this
offer is better one than the one offer
ed by the Navarro Athletic CIub5-cf
Lexington. KY, ithe chances are that
Mccoy and Madden will accept 1t, pro-
viding. of course. there are no better
offers sent in for the contest. Although
there are very few sporting men, in ani
around Baltimore who are of the opin-
ion that Goff would be in it at. any
stage of the game with Mccoy, they
would, however. spend a few dollars
just to see how quick Mccoy would go
through Goff
The times., 1898-01-16
ANTI HENDRICKS COMBINE
The Plan to Beat Him for G.. A. r.
COmmandership.
Either DoolittIe or HuntOOB WiU
Drop Out After the First
Ba Hot.

Tine campaign for the coInmandership OF
the department of the Potomac, G.. A. r..
is waxing warm The entrance of Mr.. VIII
lam II. DOollttle into the contest makes tine
fight seemingly triangular.
From what was learned last night the
fight is really only two sided. IL is said
that in case it becomes necessary the friends
of Mr. Do0Iittle and Mr.. HuntOon viii com
bine in au effort to defeat Mr.. Hendricks.
The friends OF Mr. DOOlittle and Mr..
HuHtOon net last evening at CosteIlo's
Hall. and arranged a plan OF campaign
against Mr. Hendricks 1t was agreed
that the friends OF these gentlemen should
use their OWE judgment and vote for their
own choice for comma ntIer on the first
ballot. On rhe next ballot the candidate
receiving the smaller number OF votes
viii be dropped, and according to the
agreement reached. the solid vote OF the
combination will be cast for the candidate
who led on the first ballot.
Uuder this agreement the follow ng
ticket was nominated: Comma Bder, Doc
little or Huntoon, senior vice COMMANDER,
Dr. Lawrence Wilson, Lafayette Post;
Junior vice Commander. h II. Martin. Lin
coin Post; medical director, DR.. Robert
Reyburn, John \. ReyEold Post: chaplain.
Rev. W. II. Honn, George II. Thotnas Post.
The times., 1898-01-16
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

Springfield, Ohio, on January II. Cav
anaugh is in the pink of condition and
confident of winning.
Tommy Cavanaugh is training at
John Weyrich's place, Dayton, Ohio,
for his go with Kid La Feber, at
E. E. Anderson, with a record of a
mile in one minute. three seconds on
bicycle. paced by a locomotive. is TO
make similar time trial on Memo
rial Day.
There is rumor in sporting circles
that Tom O'Rourke's unknown"
whom he announces he will back for
$4,000 against Mccoy, is none other
than Charlie Goff.
1t is estimated that fully 20 per cent
of the manufacturers of bicycles 4 the
United States will market some sort
of a chainless model this year in addi-
ton to their regular chain drivers.
George Slosson. the champion billiard
player of the world is hard at work
practicing for the championship match
with Jacob Schaefer. which is to be
played in Madison Square Concert
Hall, February 5.
Jimmy O'Leary has accepted the
challenge of Kid Mcfarland for
twenty-round go. at 140 pounds
O'Leary can get a good purse from the
Metropolitan Athletic Club, of Wheel
ing, w. Va, and he wants Mcfarland
to send on articles at once.
The week of August 2 has been de-
cided upon for the 1898 L. A W. meet
at indianapolis, and the racing circuit
Will be arranged SO that the tlen will
have ample time at that city to 5e-
come accustomed to the track on which
the championships will be ridden.
Charley White yesterday received
an offer of $500 from Chicago for six
round bout between Jimmy" Barry
and Casper Leon to take place at Chi
cago next month. White has accepted
He, declares that in the future Leon
will only fight at from 1O4 to 110 pounds
The ten-round bout which was an
nounced to take place between Peter
Maher and Yank Kenny, in Troy will
not come off. Maher says that he new
er authorized any person to make the
match or say that he would make it.
I'm looking for bigger game than This
Ohio man., said Maher to Johnny
Dunn, the New York representative of
the Tulane Athletic Club of New Or
leans, and can give no time to bout
with a man in his Glass;
Col Billy Thompson got to New
York yesterday and at once the sports
got in line trying to find out whether
Charley Mitchell would meet Kid Nc
Coy or not. Col. Thompson, was Mitch
ellis manager when he fought Corbett.
and having come here from Denver, his.
appearance has caused the sporting
people hereabouts to think there is
really something in the Mitchell Mccoy
story. 1t is positively known that the
colonel mailed an important letter to-
day to Mitchell, besides cabling him.
When asked about the matter by re-
porter his reply was: Il don't know
anything, but wait and see.
The funk of Leslie Pearce, of Phila-
delphia. in refusing to box Mcfarland
at the Olympic Athletic Club, Of Buff
falo, on Saturday night, after the off,
cials of the club had secured permis-
sion from the superintendent of police.
has made the club officials wrathy and
they have decided never to give Pearce
the chance to box at their club. Match
maker Jack Nugent is trying to get
either Owen Ziegler or Eddie Connolly
The times., 1898-01-16
Louisville Club Entries.

Entries TO ~ spring stakes of the
new Louisville Jockey Club closed yes
terday. Eleven stakes will be run dur
ing the fifteen days. beginning May 4.
Three of these eYents-the Kentucky
Derby, 5000: Clark Stakes. 81 600 and
the Kentucky Oaks, S3.000-were closed
some time ago. The other events are
the Debutante, Wenonah, Juvenile,
Bluegrass. Mademoiselle. Premier and
Frank Fehr Stakes. All the high-class
three-year- -olds in the West are among
the eligibles to the derby, including
Plaudit HoWland. Bannockburn, Ban
gle. DIR. Black. Frank Thompson, Lie
Der Karl, Sacket, San dor, George
Keene. Ettholin, Official, Isobey. CALI
want. Pacemaker Pontus and others.
Hamburg also is eligible but will prob
ably be raced exclusively in the East.
There is some talk of holding a run
ming horse meeting al Cleveland
John Madden has sent three choice
mares to be bred to Meddler
AT the annual meeting of the Park
way Driving Club, held on Thursday
night at the Clarendon Hotel, Borough
of Brooklyn, Sheriff Frank ID. Creamer
was elected president for the ensuing
year.
Gus Straus yesterday bought two
gilt-edged yearling chestnut colts of
DR.. Neel. of Versailles. Kentucky. One
is full brother to Hastings; the other
is also by Spendthrift, and is out of
imp. Cinderella, dam of Handsei, La
Creole and others.
According to reports ''Pittsburg Phil
is craving for English turf honors. This
is what Brother Bilr' says, but
Brother BIZ is gilt-edged jollier.
The entries for both the Brooklyn and
Suburban handicaps will in all proba
bility be made known on Monday.
A letter was received in New York
dated Cairo, Egypt. from Riley Gran
nan, who states that he is well and ex-
poets to be home in time for the spring
racing.
Joe Sherrer will not ride for ]. E.
Seagram this year, but will probably
come East with W. A. Porter. 1t has
been stated that Tommy Murphy may
ride for Mr.. Seagram.
The times., 1898-01-16
TAYLORE In A COLLISION
Paced Match Race Marrei by an
Accident.
The Freuchmen Runs Into His face-
makers Rear wheel ana fe'hes
while in the Lead.

Pmla deInhia, Jan. 15.-The paced match
race between Frank Starbuck, of TINS city
and Edouurti Taylore, OF France, proved
diSappointment to 5000 spectators, at
Saenger Hall. this evening. The French
man was in the lea in the fifth mile, when
he coilided with his pacemakers' rear
wheel. The Frenchman struck the haru
track with great force, and while not
seriously injured, was unable TO resume
Starbuck seemed outclassed from tie
start and wa 5 una hle to no his pacemakers
while Tayiore rode very steady and Kept
calling for a faster pace For the first
few laps the men were pretty close 10
retlier. but in the second mile Taylore
commenced to draw away, and at the
beginning Of tie fifth mile was fully a
lap IN the lead.
Starbuck finished the last fifteen miles
alone, going the entire distance OF the
twenty miles in 45:03:2. Taylore's time
for the four miles was S:22.
The times., 1898-01-16
Late Local Happenings

Senator Perkins was caller on Secretary
Bliss yesterday.
John @. Raith Of the District OF Columbia.
was granted a pension yesterday.
The forty hours devotion Will begin
today at tine Home of the Little Sisters
of the Poor.
Judge KirnbaII received his commission
yesterday afternoon a Judge OF the Dis
trict police ocurt.
C. j. Dewey has been granted a second
class steam engineers license by the Dis
trict commissioners
Senator Wilson, of Washington. ana
Commissioner of Pensions Evans had a
protracted conference yesterday.
A slight fire occurred Yesterday evening
in the barber shop of B. W shadd, No
% Monroe street, Anacostia
Rev. VIII IAN Gabel Brown, Of Porte
Prince, Brazil will preach. at Christ
Church, Georgetown. this morning.
Mary E. Harper. comely young woman.
was arrested last night by Detective
weedon, upon the charge OF grand lar
ceny, preferred by Matte SoldenO.
MI. n. B. F. Macfarlau viii deliver
dh dtUEcsS DelOEt Tue NJ u ~ titt>
afternoon. a. 4 O'Clock, at their temporary
headquarters on New York avenue.
The folio wing named W sfiingtonian rs. en-
ployes OF the Department OF the Interior.
were promoted yesterday Howard b Hodge.
Arthur r. Smith, Don f. Clark, Eden P.
Clayton, and George F. Ba ssett.
The District Commissioners have finished
! their hearing before the House sibcom-
| nittee on District appropriations. They
| have yet to be heard by the Senate conn
mittee.
Superintendent of Stree Cleaning W farmer
! stutler yesterday sent to Congress a list
! of several street that he desires TO have
| cleaned by hand, inst cad of by machine,
as at present
| In a drunken mems quarrel last night
| on Florida avenue, between w street and
Grant avenue, Daniel F. Rollins. colored,
| was seriously cut with razor by William
Banks, also colored.
Moy Long Sing. a Chinese iauneryman a t
No. so c street northwest. reported to
the police la ast night that his place of busi-
ness had been broken into and a gold
watch, valued at $50, stolen.
Car No. '238, east bound, and No. 209,
west bound. on the Capital Traction Com
| panys line, were tied up at Pennsyl-
| vanfa avenue and Fourteenth street last
evening and delayed traffic for about
thirty minutes
At O'Clock vespers in st. Peters Church
tomorrow evening the Rev. Mgr. CoDaty,
rector of the Catholic University of Aiuer
lea, Will deliver a charity serruon for
the i,enefit of the poor OF st. Peters
parish. under the auspices of st. Peters
conference of the Society of st. Vincent
de Paul.
The times., 1898-01-16
ENGLAND MAsSING wARsHIPs.
Formidable Additions TO Her Forces
at ESuufmauIt.

Victoria, b. c., Jan. 15-Carrying out
the plan of colonial defence, decided some
months ago, the British admiralty and
war offire are augmenting the force Of
both ships and men, under the comman nd
of the admiral of the North Pacific station,
with headquarters at Esquimault
Undoubtedly the object is to make pro-
visions for possible disturbance in the
Orient in the event of Great Britain be
coming involved in that quarter. She
has already twice the nava forces in these
waters that she ever had before, with
the completed Qualifications at EsquinauIt
to protect the base of supplies,
There are now ten warships attached to
Admiral alIiser 5 squadr on, ana -
this fleet are shortly to be added the Iron
Duke and the InvincibIe. each of over 5000
tons. and botn famous battleships OF the
third-class.
The admiralty is said to inteE.d to keep
the Iron Duke at EsquuimauIt.
The times., 1898-01-16
TURF NOTES.

The Gardners displayed good judg-
ment in securing I Jake Mark1ein to
train for them next season
Judge George Morgan of the we'll
known racing firm of Chinn & Morgan,
is the latest recruit for Klondike- The
veteran turfman and racing judge will
start for the land of gold and ice next
Tuesday He is going toiSeattle, where
he will get his outfit and go to Dawson
City. The length OF hiss stay is indefi-
mite.
Lexington. KY, Jan. 14.-Out at Mil
ton Young's McCrathiana, stud, 16
yearlings foals of 1S9D are being fed
and groomed and haltered and broken
for the spring dates in the East. There
are fifty-seven colts and fifty-nine fill
Iies-as fine looking lot as were ever
seen on this famous farm. They are
all bays and chestnuts except one
black
The times., 1898-01-16
SLOAN COMING BACK.
Left Liverpool Yesterday on the
Gamma mia.

CampAn1a.
Tod Sloan, the American jockey,
who has made quite a record in the
annals of English racing, left Liver
pool Yesterday for home on board the
Cunard Line steamship Campania.
The dispatch which conveys this news
says that Tod" is going to Cincinnati
To try and secure his release from the
F'leschmann Sons. for whom he con-
Iracted to ride next season, so that he
can return to England and accept an
engagement with the English stable of
Lorillard and Beresford.
According to report there is not much
likelihood of Sloan's wish being grant
ed. for Mr.. Julius Fleischmann is in
charge of the stable since his fathers
death, and il viii be disappointment
not to have a jockey like Sloan when
several of the horses were bought with
the knowledge that they would be well
handled by the premier lightweight.
The stable was also materially increas
ed on the ground that Sloan had con-
tracted to ride Mr.. W. Fleischmann,
who was the instisator of Sloan signing
contract with his relatives, would
annul the contract without a question,
but unfortunately he has little to say in
the matter.
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Derby has $1,000 guaranteed. but next
year the club adds $4,000, which en-
hances its value to over 81 000 Secre-
tary Mcfarland announces that next
years Derby, which closed January l,
has 119 subscribers.
II is announced that the Farmer
Hendric syndicate has secured control
of the Fort Erie track and will give a
spring meeting. HorAemen will fight
shy of this meeting. Most of them
We're badly bitten at the fall meeting
at that track last year. but, of course,
the management was different If the
favor or license of the Jockey Club is
10 be gained the new lessees of the
Fort Erie track will have to give bonds
that the purses Will be paid.
The times., 1898-01-16
Breitensteiu's Popularity

Contrary to report. Theodore Breiten-
stein is still in st. Louis. although he
talks of moving his lares and penates
to Cincinnati. Brett" is beloved in st.
Louis, all the fans are proud of him.
but he will lose lot of friends if he
quits his native city. II was bad enough
to lose him as a player: 1t would be in
finitely worse to lose him as a citizen.
Chris Won der Abe made more enemies
the day he sold Breitenstein than he
made during the rest of his entire base
ball existence. AS long as he had the
little left-hander he could count on "a
crowd once or twice a week. but there
has never been a decent crowd on the
st. Louis grounds since Brett was
sold
The times., 1898-01-16

Wilson, / to .. won Amateur, second:
Caddie c. third. Time. 1:2l.
Third race one and a quarter miles
a. b. c., to =, won; Royal Choice.
second; Mamie LIS Sister third. Time,
2:IS1a.
Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap
Sligo. > to l. won: Gath, second: Balk
Line third Time, 1:1SIs.
Fifth race one mile-Lake View Pal
ace. IL to /. won; Nay Nay. second;
Arrezzo third Time. 1:5ihs.
Sixth race, one mile-Domingo, to
3. won: Jamboree, second; Jim Flood
third. Time. 1;511s.
The times., 1898-01-16
who is Champion?

The heavyweight championship as 1t
stands now is a tangled affair. Fitz
cannot retain the title always without
defending it. If Corbett refuses to
fight Maher he cannot claim ii. In
that case the championship will fall to
one of any two men who wish to fight
for it. The fact that Corbett told Fitz
to fight some one else before he would
accept his challenge, and that Fitz is
paying him back in his own coin counts
for naught. The fact that Corbett was
wrong does not make FitZ right.
The times., 1898-01-16
Memphis spring Meeting.

The. entries to the spring stakes Of
fered by the new Memphis Jockey Club
for its meeting. which begins April 9
and continues for nineteen days. show
a gratifying increase over last year.
Entries for the eleven stakes opened
aggregate Co.'S or an average of about
fffty-flve to each fixed event, as COM
pared with an average of thirty-two
last year The list of nominatorS in
cludes all the principal owners who race
in the South and West and on the Pa
cific slope. Entries to the Tennessee
Derby for 1898 closed January Is of last
year. and has sixty-nominations. The
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viii Fight This Afternoon.

Jack Farrell just sixteen years old and
this afternoon, at a weII-known TOadhOuse
near this city. FarreIl is a chunky coIored
la and claims Philadeiphia as his home
Hannigan halls from Pittsburg, and when
lie has the smoke of the Western city
off his skin is white. The youngsters will
fight at 12O pounds for purSe and the
net receipts. They Will enter the ring ~
. O'Clock.
The times., 1898-01-16

row night the subject of Rev. ]. T.
Williams will be: The Christian
Debtor to the Jew.
Miss Louise Henpel. of Washington,
and Miss Maggie Roycraft. of Balti-
more, are the guests of Mrs. Charles
Fleischmann. on Royal street.
Mr.. o. c. Ketchman. of Washington,
who broke his leg in this city two
weeks ago. returned to his home yes
terday.
The times., 1898-01-16
GATH NosED OUT BY SLIGO.
Exciting Finish nj the Handicap
Event at New Orleans

New Orleans. Jan. 15.-The feature of
today's card was the nose finish be-
tween Sligo and Gath, in the handicap
the fourth race. Gath was the odds-on
favorite. and should have won, but
Scherer tried to draw it fine and was
noSed out.
The entries for the two-year- -old
stakes. six in number, to be run during
this month and March. closed today
with gratifying results. The attend
ence is daily increasing. Summaries:
First race. six furlongs-Treopia. to
10 won: Sedan. second, Hano Belle
third. Time, 1:20la.
Second race, six and half furlongs-
The times., 1898-01-16
raxlor Is a Candidate.

Nashville. Tenn, Jan. I5.--Gov Taylor,
this evening announced his candidacy for
the United sta tes Senate. stating to his
friends that the announcement was made
with the knowledge and consent of SEN
ator Turiey, whom he appointed in July,
1907
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entertainment for the Y. VI. G.. 4

Entertainment for the Y. II. G.. a.
Mr. Percy 5. Foster has been invited to
meet several gentlemen. prominent in
local Y. NJ c. A. work, at the residence OF
Mr.. Charlie =. Foster. president Of the
local society, tomorrow night. It is ex-
pectad that plans will be discussed for
the giving of an entertainment for the
benefit Of the building fund.
The times., 1898-01-16

DO you k.-ow ,.-af you can have
Til Mornins, Evening and SUNDAY
Tin.es-tte only COMPLETE news
p..Ia., publish ed I'm Washington =
served to you by carrier for fifty
c& MT, n month";
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AZ Other. see Him.

from the Chicago Rccord.j
One of the things which contributes ma
terisliy 10 the sayety OF nations is the
criticism passed by the British upon the
kaiser-s proceedings as a land gra bber.
The times., 1898-01-16
BOYS q CHHDRENS.

Our Boys and Children's Depart
ments have had to submit 10 the
sa me reductions. We have made no
exceptions everything goes at third
off our original selling prices. This
department is stocked with the
newest IN children's wear.
The times., 1898-01-16
Mems SIS OverCoafs.

If you are particularly dressy, this
lot of Overcoats will prove Of great
int crest. A more stylish lot is not
conceiva ble-greater bargains We're
never offered yOu-corne quick and
get the best selec-
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Mems Department.
Mems 81. SO Suits.

We do not wish to be boa stfui. but
if you can find as good a suit at our
original price, wen make you a pres
ent OF one, and still we have
reduced them to.........S6 $500
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Mems $3.50 OyerCcafS.
Mems $40 OVerCOafS.

II isn't too late for Overcoats yet,
and at such prices as these 10 is
foolish To wear sha bby one. Beavers
or Kerseys splendidly made
tailored to perfection. $3.50
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Mems $40 Suits.
Mems SIS Suits.

An almost unlimited choice OF ma
terial. Every Suit made up in
the most fashionable style-carefuI
and expensive workmanship. A bar
gain at our original
The times., 1898-01-16
Mems Department.
Mems IS OyercOafs.

You would marvel how such prices
are possible. The actual cost OF the
goods liz much more than our
special sale price of.......S3 80