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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
The Backset for the Schemes of Lend
ing and Trading Players Gives Gen
cral Satisfaction-Manage McGraw Is
Popular in Baltimore.
Lending PLAYERS.

Section Al Of the Constitution of the
National League forbids clubs of that
organization to lend or exchange
players TO or with each other for any
game played during the championship
season. The penalty prescribed for Il
violation of this section is a fine Of
500. Bona iide deals for players are
not forbidden and experience shows
that they are generally beneficial to
the clubs and players involved. The
pretended transfer of players from one
club to another is clearly illegal. The
formalitles required by baseball law
were complied with when Catcher
Schrecongost was sent to Cleveland by
the St Louis club, but that player was
loaned to the Cleveland club and when
the st. Louis club needed him the
string was pulled and back he came.
This and similar eyasiOns OF the con-
stitution of the National League by the
m2gnateS can not be defended. To ac-
oomplish their selfish purposes the
club-OWners falsify the records with
bogus transfers of players and find
pleasure in buncoing each other Ac
cording to report, Casey was loaned by
the Washington club to the Brooklyn
club until Aug / with the understand
ing Tint if he were not returned on or
before that date his price would be
$500. He was really the property of
the Washington club until Aug !. and
the games in which he took part prior
to that day as a member of the Brook
1yn team, were illegal under section A
OF the constitution. If such swapping
of players is INDUCED in by one or two
clubs, others will resort to it and in
time the championship race will de-
generate into juggling contest, play
ers being transferred from club to club
at will. Public opinion is the best
protection the game has from this and
other evils. This swapping of players
is more prevalent since the syndicate
era began, but it has been practiced
more or less for years. It is high time
that its spread be stopped
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV-
OTEES OF THE BICYCLE.
Hansen's Sensational and Record Break
ing Match Against England-Chicago
and New York WheeImen Not Inter-
eSted in Good Roads.
Hansen Breaks 1000 Mile Record,


The United States has wrested new
! laurel from England. This time it is
the 1000mile record A. A. Hansen,
of Minneapolis, is responsible for this,
having completed his self-imposed task
after covering 1000 miles in 92: IA: co.
This reduces T. A. Edges time by
12:35:00. The c. r. C. may find the
fact that Hansen's ride was made over
twenty-mile strip of cycle paths and
boulevard an obstacle to allowing the
record, however. Edges ride was the
more meritorious for being made over
the ordinary turnpike roads from the
south of England to the north of Scot
land, yet the English roads are more
like bouevards than like the American
country highway. Hansen is no longer
called "Rainmaker' nor "Old Man"
These have been superseded by the ap-
pellation of "Rhubarb Pie Hansen.
The former nicknames no longer fifty
apply, as by some astonishing over
sight Of the weather man he failed to
have it rain when Hansen went for
the record this time, and instead of re-
firing permanently with the honOrs he
has already won. the "Old Man" is
growing younger and more ambitious
with every year that passes But on
this last ride he developed an abnormal
appetite and, like "Oysters' Waller and
ice Cream" Egloff, dined principally
on one article of food throughout. His
craving took turn that made the doc
tors shake their heads obviously, but
as he finished his 1000 miles in excel
lent condition, after disposing of sew
eral rhubarb pies per day, he deserves
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
Violation of Rules.

Col Rogers very innocently inquired
after the game if the coaching rules
could be enforced. 'S'prised at you,
colonel, s'prised at you Don't you
know all the rules passed by the league
calculated to add to the decorum and
decencv of the game are more honored
in the breach than the observance?
The umpires know the rules, but how
many of them would hold their posi-
tions if they were to enforce them? :?
In every inning yesterday Tucker vio-
lated both the letter and the spirit of
the rule governing coaching and yet
neither Gaffney nor Latham appeared
to notice it. And for that matter it
must have escaped Capt. CoOleys at
tentiOn, for he did not make single
protest. The very idea of Col Rogers
seriously thinking that any of the
league rules We're meant to be enforced
i8 amoOsin'. BY and by the colonel
will try to persuade himself to believe
that the magnates are on the level
with each other. er.-Philadelph In
cuirer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

longer than the fifteen months that
Hamilton held his 1:39 is, or, on the
other hand, if he breaks it twice more
before winter, the year Of '99 will be
remarkable by reason of the record
having been broken more times than
in any year since 1894, when it was
broken eight times. Another nota-
BILE point is that this is the first time
the mile record has been broken in
Chicago New figures have been made
five times in London, but they have
never been altered in New York.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

tatiOn IS an amateur that he was
enabled to secure an engagement as a
catcher with the Augusta club of the
New England League in 1895. He
played first base for that team the fol-
lowing season. He was with the New
port, r. l., club Of the New England
league in 1897 and part of the sea-
son of 1898, which he finished with the
Ottawa club of the Eastern League.
The latter city lost it's franchise and
Manager Barnie secured Kelley for his
Hartford, Conn, team for 1899. His
release was recently purchased by the
Louisville management. Kelley has
become great favorite with the Falls
City fans. His batting has been timely
and consistent and his fielding first
class. In the opinion of experts he is
the best first baseman the Louisville
club has had since Harry Taylor
played that position for the Colonels.
He is 23 years old.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
Long and Dreary,

Father McSweeney-Dennis, if you
keep on in this way you will shorten
your days. Dennis-Oi was t'inkin'
that same meself, father. Oi was So
Der two days lasht wake and they war
the longesht days of me loife.--Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

Tommy Wagg-"Pa, what does M
D.. after a doctors name mean" Mr..
Wagg-"Perhaps it refers to his pa
tients, my boy, and stands for many
dead. Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

inson would act in concert with him.
Hanlon and his associates could not
afford to strengthen the Brooklyn club
at any such cost to their Baltimore
plant and the scheme was sidetracked
McGraw and Robinson were the only
parties to the transaction who came
out of it with credit
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

Every woman thinks that when she
is dead and her husband has married
again he will begin to appreciate her.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

ed herself as candidate for public
favor before an American audience,
neither her prestige nor her ability
shows any diminishing effect of times S
dread power. On the contrary she
seems to grow in personal charm and
in dramatic ability. She has never
been a great actress, but she has al
ways stood in the front rank of those
players who, aided by temperament and
personality, know how to make the
most of their gifts. The poetic effect
OF Modjeska's acting is still more than
potent; it is all-convincing and absorb
ing, and no one interested in the lit
erary drama can regret one hour he
has spent under the spell of her art.
The public Identification of &C. E.
Raimond," the successful novelist, with
Miss Elizabeth Robins, the well-known
actress, has excited renewed interest
in Miss Robins theatrical record. She
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

IS one of the many Americans who pre-
fer to live in London, but before going
to the British metropolis was we'll
known to the stage people of Boston
and other cities. She was a member
of the Boston Museum stock company
for time, and it was while there, we
believe, that she married George r.
Parks, the unfortunate actor who met
with violent death some fifteen years
ago. Miss Robins first professional
appearance in England appears to have
been made in 1889, when she was seen
at the Opera Comique in London as
Mrs. Enrol in THE Real Little Lord
Fauntleroy." Her next part, apparent.
ly was Alice Varney in "Forget-Me.
Not" at the same theater. Her first
original role in London was Grace Har
grove. in a play by Frankfort Moore
appropriately called "Forgotten.'
Shortly after she attracted attention
by her acting of Martha Bernick ir
Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society,"" and
since then her dramatic reputation has
been chiefly based upon her acting of
the Norwegian dramatists heroines.
In addition to Martha Bernick she has
appeared as Mrs. Linden in "a Dolls
House." Hilda in the Master Builder"
Rebecca West in "Rosmersholm," Ag-
nes in Brand" Asia in Little Eyolf,"
and Ella Rentheim in John Gabriel
Borkman."
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
A Terrible Fall.

In st. Paul recently boy fell from
a wall 60 feet to railroad track below,
and escaped without serious injury.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
ANNA HELD.


Clement Scott has taken the stand in
the Bernhardt-Hamlet controversy that
Bernhardt's conception of the melan-
choly Dane is one of the most eXquis-
lte he ever saw. He points out that
this is largely due to the magnificent
ideas she has, such as crossing herself
before she follows the ghost, the
speaking of the speech to the players
on the miniature stage making Ham
let for moment an actor addressing
his audience; the feeling of his fathers
picture on the walls when the ghost
has gone and the materialism comes
again; the effect Of the poison in Ham
let's veins when his hand is scratched
in the duel with Laertes; the kissing
of the dead mothers hair; all said to
be new points never shown before. It
stamps the whole thing imaginative.
electrical and poetical.
Ellen Terry is said to have achieved
her first stage distinction by scream
Ing" In play having the outlandish
title of ALTAR Eel' she had to take a
snake around her neck and scream,
and so realistic was her simulated
horror at the situation that her scream
brought down the house.
Clement Scott, the English critic,
writes thus extravagantly of Henry
Irving's "Robespierre" 81 have been
play-goer, man and boy, for over
fifty years, and I say never have seen
on any stage in this world anything to
equal this vivid, pulsating, astonish-
ing and wonderful last act-never,
never!"
The family of Emile Augier has re-
Gently complained to the directors Of
the Comedie Franchise that that dra-
matist's plays are too infrequently
acted.
Florence Warden, the novelist, has
written a play called "The Guinea
Pigs" 1t is in four acts and it's most
exciting scenes are laid in a gambling
hell.
The German Liliputians, who have
done we'll as comedians in this coun-
try for a number of years, are to make
their first appearance in London
soon.
May Irwin will enact a western viii
lage schoolmistress next seoson in "A
Busy Woman" by Harry B. Smith. The
theme should yield the Irwin kind OF
humor abundantly.
George Broadhurst, who won favor
in London with two of his farces, will
coura geously produce there "The Last
Chapte," acted here last spring at the
Garden theater, New York
Tt is not "The Children of the
Ghetto" but ''The Ghetto" play by
Herman Heyermans, that Mrs. Potter
Is to create in London. Blanche Bates
is to appear in Zangwilps play in New
York.
An English actor who died on the
road was shipped in his coffin to Lon
don recently by his manager as "theat-
rical properties" This cost 81, where
as if he had gone as a corpse the cost
would have been $50.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06
EouisNiiIn'S NJ. j. Kelley.

NJ. J. Kelley, the Louisville clubs
new first baseman, was born at Otter
River, Mass. He acquired such repu-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

If Anna Held continues to visit us
every year there is hope that she may
in time develop into full-fedged Am
erican. At present. however, she is
French of the French and is liked i'm.
mensely by our American play-gOers
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

An English actor who died on the
road was shipped in his coffin to Lon
don recently by his manager as "theat-
rical properties" This cost 81, where
as if he had gone as corpse the cost
would have been $50.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

Tt is not "The Children of the
Ghetto" but 'The Ghetto" play by
Herman Heyermans, that Mrs. Potter
is to create in London. Blanche Bates
is to appear in Zangwill's play in New
York.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

George Broadhurst, who won favor
in London with two of his farces, will
courageously produce there 'The Last
Chapte," acted here last spring at the
Garden theater, New York.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

Florence Warden, the novelist, has
written a play called "The Guinea
Pigs" 1t is in four acts and it's most
exciting scenes are laid in a gambling
hell.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

The German Liliputians. who have
done we'll as comedians in this coun-
try for number of years, are to make
their first appearance in London
soon.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

May Irwin will enact a western viii
Busy Woman" by Harry B. Smith. The
theme should yield the Irwin kind OF
humor abundantly.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-06

The family Of Emile Augier has re-
Gently complained to the directors Of
the Comedie Franchise that that dra-
matist's plays are too infrequently
acted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09
TRY FOR H0NORS
IN OLD ENGLAND
Harvard and YaIes Athletes Who
viii Compete
WITH OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
They VIII Meet on the Queens Ground
July 2fst-It Will BE Hard 10
Guess the Winners Com
parisOn OF Records,

Tho great event in track athletics this
year will be tho international university
games between Harvard and Yale on the
ono side and oxford and Cambridge on
tho other. says tho Boston Globe.
IL was some time last December when
this meet was first discussed. but no
formal action was taken till May, when
the Englishmen sent q definite challenge,
stating the conditions under which the
Enrlishmen would be willing to COM
pete.
Tho reason why these games have never
taken place before is mainly that the
English universities had hazy idea that
every American college athlete was hlftd
90 attend the college merely for his atm
letlc proves. and they feared contami-
nation IL a contest with such men was
arranged. But after a lot of graduate M
gueuce had been exorted and many Inc
vestications made the English f0unA
that Harvard and Yale. at least, had
ideas of athletic purity sufficiently hiBh
% warrant their notice.
Now that the games are arranged Tor
July 22d, at the Queens Club, near Lon
don. the HarvaTd-Yale athletes are ready
and an arrangements are completed.
From the very first the problem az
Harvard and Yale was. How many ana
what men shall De taken? IT has now
been settled that I'm tho field events and
shorter track events the two best I'm the
combined colleges regardless OF division
OF the h0n0rs. shall represent the Amen
cans. and that boo the one and tMee-miia
events there shall Doe three men, $50 that
tho leading of and pace can Dee better di-
yiiei.
Yale got under way first with her train
ing. Harvard waited week on account of
examinations. But all Of this training
has been more or less form.
CONDITION OF THE MEN.
Naturally the coaches have worried
much about the condition of tho men.
Even for the changes IN this country of q
few hundred miles they always have TO
make elaborate preparations. Captain
Roche. who has charge of the Harvard
team. sad:
"When we went 20 Yale. we counted
that we would have 20 DE TO per cent.
better than Yale % win. When we go 90
England we shall at least have To- be -
per cent. better to stand any show
Bu- even with this vast advantage for
the Englishmen, Harvard and Yale mon
think generally that they win win. The
comparative tables OF best performances
On tho games shows n little advantage
Cor tho Americans. But these are of less
value than they seem al first sight,
The English records were made tn
March on "A cold day when there were all
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09
HARTMAN THE CHAMPION,
He Won at Golf Yesterday From
Finilay =. Douglass.

He Won at Coli Yesterday FROM
Fiullay S. Douglass.
ONWENTsIA GOLF COURSE. LAKE
FOREST. ILL, July s-Herbert ~ Har-
riman. of the Meadowbrook Golf Club
of Hampstead Long Island won me
amateur GOLF championship of America
to-day from Fndiay 5. Douglass, VINO
won tho championship last year. INC
score was three up, two TO play me
game was by long od1s the most exciting
that has been played in the week tourna-
ruont. and when the old Princeton foot
ball player finally hoicd down on me
8sfh hole the coveted championship TO
himself the crowd broke into enthusiastic
cheering. and aHrriman was nearly Ailed
on DIS feet in the crush TO congratulate
him. For the first time since amateur soh
championship tournaments have been
held In America. am American-oorn Go.t-
or holds the honor. and this fact was
most commented upon oy golfers zoe
nieht. who believe DO viii so FAR toward
nopular.zug tho game in the United
States.
uarrimau's playing was q marvel OF
stoadiness. and. although Douglass al
most invariably out-irove him, the dir
ference was not enough to materially
effect the result. and Hartman ODD
proaches and work ON the green forced
Douglass to play the odds in nearly eNory
instance ola golfers men who learned
the game ON the links in Scotland. proc
n0uuced HmT.mans play superior to auy
ever shown iu a tournament In the United
States. and fully equal to- amateur p.ay-
ing in Scotland.
Douglass, on the contrary especially
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09
BOLD KNIGHT AT BRIGHTON,
Won the Opening Race In Hard
Drive Bannock burn n Winner.

NEW YORK, July s.-Although the
card at Brighton Beach to-day was un-
attractive. the attendance was larger
than on the opening day.
In the opening race Bold Knight was
the favorite and won in a hard drive.
in the second Baun0ckburn was the iaV-
orite ana be also won. Fiaunt was h''
favOrite for the Undergraduate stakes
and was tho third of the iavortes 20
win ia succo sion. sky Scraper ana cara
Day were about equal favofltes IN lAt
fourth race. and they ran first and thlii.
The Blu0w stakes called only three
horses 90 The post and Bucia was made n
lukcwarm f4v0rlto tie took the iront
al the flag ran and was never headed.
winning easily Premier and Ben Eder
were equal favorltos in the last race.
the ChauUliv hurdle handicap but they
finished second and third respectively
20 Forget summary:
First racc-Gvo furl0urs-Boli h Hignt
q 90 y tlst Mynhecr az 90 ! and TO
j. second Nendg q 20 j. third. Time.
1.02 1-2.
second raco-one and one sixteenth
mi'es-Bann0ekburu On 90 lW first, Merry
Prince l0 t0 ! and tO ~ second. Azuc-
ccna Oh to 81 third. Time lh.
Third r1co-the UNDERGRADUATE. five
and "a half furiones -Flaunt IS go 81 first,
Sh0reham ~ to and 4 % % second.
Nischlevous 70 10 ID third. Time. l.oA
Fourth race-six furlonrs-Sky Scraper
~ 20 ID first. Rinaldo rs 90 ] and to ID
second. Gala nay % 10 ID third. Tine
11i 2-5.
Fifth racc-Bnlow stakes. one mile
Bucla Is 90 o first. Cionsilla IS 20 ana
. 10 - second Lakeland @ to u third.
Time al f--
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

during the morning, was sadly out OF
form 0u his putting. Conditions were Tar
from favorable. the high wind ronderioG
good driving extremely difficult Despite
this. the drives of both men we're nearly
always long and speudidly placed
Douglass time and again in the morning
lost holes or missed opportunities TO
halve by missing puts. OF from one 70
two yards. but during the afternoon the
young scotchman. with the score nine
up IN favor of Hartman. played des-
porately and gamely slowly, but surely
reducing Hartman morning lead.
An error Of Judgment by Douglass send
ms the BAH into grave az the baby
hole" settled the issue. Hartman then,
by holding his ball. winning the honoTs.
The tournament closed tonight with a
grand ball
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

will be pulled off amongst some Of the
best shots in the city
Amongst those who shot during the
afternoon were: Messrs. r. l.. Hewitt,
who made tho best score; w. A. Ham,
mond, I. NJ. Tignor. G. Il. Doyle. F. NJ.
Vaughan. c. d. Wingheld, George X.
Lee y. Blair. r. II. Johnson, j. I. An
derson. G. +. Boiling. John Bagby. J. +.
Johnson. W. II. Parrish. W. ii. Colquitt,
J. X. Parrish. Or. J. a. White and
Major 0. s. Allen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

SAVANNAH. GA, July SC. S. Rich
m0nd, one of the famous Georgia Sea
Girt team. This afternoon made new
worlds record with a 3S-calibre Colts
army revolver in the open air. making
- points out 0f "a possible ID. lie fired
twenty-five shots at fifty yards and
made twenty-five consecutive bun s-eyes.
lie announced beforehand that he was
shooting for "a w0rid's record The Gcor-
GA Sea Girt team now holds the world s
record
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

AIANAWA. WIS. July 8.-A tornado
passed over Union Township five miles
north Of this city last night The storm
struck the township mo the western
boundary and p'owed "a furr0w across it
six miles long and from fifteen 20 forty
Yards wide Practically everything in its
path was destroyed. Many farm houses.
barns and outbundlrgs and miles of fences
were destroyed. There was no loss Of
nfe ....t
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09
GOOD SHOOTING.
Meeting Of Deep Run and Lakeside
Clubs Yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon several members
OF tho Deep-Run Hunt and Lakeside
Clubs met at the traps Of the Hunt Club
and held their second competition for the
trophy 20 be given by these clubs.
The Hunt Club has Just put in new
traps. and everything worked smoothly
and in nice order.
Next Saturday the clubs will shoot al
Lakeside.
II is probable that a llve-bird shoot will
be held at the Hunt Club during the
coming week. and two or three matches
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

them n combination Of BAH players hard
10 defeat
But the other Atlantic League clubs
Will be no mean competitors and the Sec
ond championship series promises TO be
By no means a one-sidcd affair
Wikcsbarrc VIII reach here tomorrow,
their second trip here this year. for Sc
rcs OF three games. followed by Ian
caster and as the Baptist Young Peoples
Union meets here this week the enthu-
siasts expect to be largely augmented
when the attendance IS figured out
Tho Cherubs won the game yesterday
in the FIRST inning when they made TWO
runs. one OF them being a home run by
Seyb0ld in the second inning MOZART
land was pounded heavily for i've hits
and he gave one base on balls. the whole
netting six runs. Ia the nth. two moro
runs were made on three hits and
sacrifice and in the seventh. Wrieiey hit
out for home run and Hargrove scored
ON his own BIZ and two outs AZ first
C0gan. for Newark. made the only
run IN the nth inning, He singled and
scored on hits by Roach and Bottenus.
Gathering clouds looked threatening in
the eighth inning. and Umpire Belts
wisely called the game on account OF all
legged darkness. MIR. Belts viii spend to-
day with his family I'm Washington and
will return here tomorrow TO ofiiciate In
the games this week. His work has been
most satisfactory and he is a favorite
umpire with the Richmond people.
There were to have been two games yes
terday, but rain prevented the first one
The score Of Che game follows:
UFIrIINFlNrI
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ALLENTOWN, PA, July Superior
fielding by Allentown Won them the last
game of the series and landed them I'm
sixth place. The game abounded in
many long drives. With no one out in
the last half Of the eighth inning, Camp
made "a home run. Then the storm arose
and the game was called. Score;