The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-15

Word was received in New York by
the National Cycledrome management
from Walter Sanger yesterday to the
effect that the Milwaukee crack VIII be
unable to answer Lehr'S challenge for
at least ten days. Old W OGDEN
Shoes" writes that he is "a arried
man and a papa and should mink
ing of getting down to business. He
has a good business offer. and if he aC-
cepts il is probable that his racing days
will be over. lncidently ii might be re-
marked that Lehr is having a hard
time getting a match with the Ameri-
can riders, bat will probably be salts
fed when the delegation Of racing men
reach Florida next week. John West,
who is ironing Lehr and Kaser in
Florida. wired TO New York yesterday
that he was willing to match Kaiser
and Arthur Gardiner, the Chicago
crack, against any tandem team in the
world. the acceptance of the challenge
TO be q sign for placing a forfeit in the
hands of responsible people IL is very
probably that Gougoltz and Lamber-
jack. the French team which won the
international race at the Garden. will
take up the def" and as the pair are
to go South on Monday there is every
chance of match being made for the
opening meet at Bellaire.
This is John T. Brush's answer, sent
from Indianapolis, TO a dispatch asking
him about his interest in the reported
ST Louis deal: Il am in receipt OF
your wire in which you ask me to state
whether / have bought or am about to
buy the St. Louis ball club, or If / am
in any way interested in the purchase
thereof. i will bunch the first two
questions and say no TO both of them.
loc he answered
yes in common with eleven other or
CARNATIONS of the National League. l
am. as president of the Cincinnati Club,
very much interested in the purchase
of the st. Louis. If it is to be sold
| trust it will fall into good hands and
become a credit TO the city of St Louis.
If it does, it will be gratifying to all of
the other clubs OF the League, as Well
as to Cincinnati"
Joe Goddard, who is now in San
Francisco. is preparing to go to klon-
dixie. He has heard about Slavin's
good luck. and he has decided to join
the gold seekers. Il am going North
next month" said Goddard. II am
going as far as Skaguay on the steam
er and from there will travel overland.
They say il is easier to walk on the
ice and snow than on the bare ground"
The local chess club of Vienna, Aus
tria. has announced that the Interna-
tional Masters Chess Tournament
will be held in that city during the
months of June and July. There will
be sixteen prizes in all, to the value
of 0,O00 kroners.
Baron Albert De Rothschild will
give three prizes of 400, 300 and 200
kroners for the three most brilliant
games, while Leopold Trebitsch will
award three prizes to non-priZe WIN
ners having done best against the
prize winners. These prizes will be
300, 200 and 100 kroners.
Cornell is likely to begin arrange
ments for a general regatta at Pough-
keepsie at once. Crews from Pennsyl-
vania, Columbia, Wisconsin and Anna
polls are certain to enter such regat-
ia. Harvard might also do SO.
Chairman Albert Mott, of the ma
tional racing board, l.. A. W., has re-
ceived indubitable proof that the seces-
sion of a certain racing element on the
California coast had been broken Yes
terday a dispatch from New York said
that at the national assembly in ST.
Louis a reconciliation would be ar
ranged between the late seceders and
the L. A. w.
Mr.. Mott said yesterday that the in
tention was certainly to deal leniently
with the bulk of those in the recent
secession movement but that certain
habitual offenders would be punished.
Manager Barnie, of Brooklyn. has
withdrawn the draft of Pitcher Hor-
ton, of the Syracuse club. Manager
Barnie said yesterday that he would
play Yeager, who was drafted from the
Lancacter club, at short, and was sat-