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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-05
LANKY BoB's FORM.
Az Good on His Thiriy-ciGhth Birth
dnN- ns Ever Observation-Disclosures.

New York. June 4.-Champion Bob Fitz-
simmons was in the city to-day. He ccle-
brated his birthday to-day quietly and In
the ordinary manner in which he celebrates
the occasion, The fact that Fitzsimmons
has turned into another year has led some
OF the sports to think that it has an effect
upon his hold on the championship, but Fitz-
simmons thinks otherwise himself and so
do the vast majority OF his admirers
Fitzsimmons has trained energetically at
his quarters at Bath Beach for some weeks
past and ne is in fine form. He will so lnto
the ring with Jeffries on Friday next ne
SAYS. in as good form he ever was IN
his life. He has done vast amount OF work
and mas had his old handler with him. HIS
methods OF training during the past thres
or four weeks have been exactly those
adopted by him when he fought Coroett
and Martin Julian says Fitzslnmons is III
the hest trim of his life. The champion
had a lot of visitors to-day. but he kept
largely under cover. M.
"BiiIy'' Delaney has been looking after
Jeffries at his training quarters and he and
Manager Grady are thoroughly satisfied Win
The Caiifornian's condition. Delaney SAID
Ia. day that Jeifries had worked himself
down tn about aOS pounds and that he will
he more than fl to meet Fitzslmmons al
the Coney Island athletic club on FRIDAY.
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Andiiorinm OpenIng.

The Auditorium will open tonight for
its season OF summer attractions. The last
rehearsals OF the stock company occurred
last night and everything promises an
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Athletics 16, BRENNAN b.

After some trouble because of two permih
to use the park, the Athletics and the visitors
from BRENNAN played a game yesterday a1t,r-
noon. The locals had no trouble in dlsposins
of the Breuham club and won as they pleased
Following Is tho score OF the game as kept
,,t nj 90
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san Antonio =, Austin Z.

San Antonio, Texas, June 4.-Rank fielding
errors, poor base running and their inability
to hit Millotte lost the game for the Bronohos
today About 800 rooter5 from AUSTIN wit
/ ressed the game. The attendance vas the
largest this season. about 1000 faus beng at
I : H., ri.
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II Error Corrected.

.o,cial wagons for collection OF
i:,. ,'pn PRIV ATE RESIDENCES for
FeAe .i., nt trains; also for delivery to pri-
|sIcls I'm in The city. We are on duty
';as.. WE NEVER SLEEP. Tele-
EYE from private residences receive
'a'-' HOUSTON TRANSFER co.
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New York, June i.--Ths New Yorks ana
Louisvilles played at weehswken today anu
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Betting on the Fitzsimmons-J e1ries fight
took a spurt to-day. The bookmakers have
not vet pops@5s quotations. but number of
n,nrers were made to-day at ths rate of 9
- ON Fitzsimmons. In all. about 5000 OF
Eitzsimmons money was posted at these odds
the parties being sporting men and members
u, now in sight is furnished by admirers
Of the big boilermaker. who inquire that Fltz-
simmons time has come and that WIN youth
and strength on his side Jenrles VIII surprise
the knowing ones py uisposluE OF the mans
TSs majority OF sporting men, however.
fancy Fitzsmmons. and they are backing
him on the theory that 1t Is Always soou
7, js remembered that Fitzsimmons is a
donsistent performer and that his habits
sro such as TO commend him 10 good Judges
ot form lie is abstemious by nature. and
hoe taken excellent care OF himself, so
Wst nny disadvantage in the matter Of age
,,'der whish he my labor Is more than
of.st nv his known physical condition
Toe Vendig who has placed considerable
money for friends. said today that In us
nnjnior Ianky Robert would be 2h to
favorite over Jefries at the ringside Venuig
believes that Fitzsimmons VIII dispose OF jet,
sriss within ten rounds. With his usual good
i,ck Fitzsimmons has won the choice OF cor
nTrs IN the Coney Island arena. he was In
a very good humor today and seemed 10 enjoy
hIs training work at Bath Beach There Wa
a real boxing match In the morning whicn
ass nretty close to finish fiEht.
ne n known at this time that Jack Ever
bsrdt Is row under the management OF Martin
Julian, who expects 10 make him the lsht'
/ weitht champion lust as soon as possible
! tysrhardt flowed the boring stah yesterday
~ This morning after FitIsimmons had pol
isbed IN Kenrey Hickey and the other reSu
I lars in turn Everhardt had his chance. Fltz'
Simmons told him to ''let EN- CO." and Jael
sist EN- 20. Fitzsimmons played with HIN
,a- n round or two, then drooned his hand'
/ in the middle OF a mlx-up. and Everhardt pu
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HOUSTON DAILY POST: MONDAY MORNING. JUNE5 1890

the New Yorks were easy winners. The Colo
nels could not hit carriok and besides played
poor fielding game
Score n n.
Louisville . mo- 600 oo0- , 10 7
New York ... 90 30s o0s-i3 VI a
MAGE Philippi, Powers aud Kittrdge; Car
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A SERIES OPENS TODAY.

The New Team Of Bufialoes Is to Make
Its Appearance.
MADE A GOOD SHOWING AT GALVESTON
Sand Crabs Managed to Get n Run
in the Ninth After Two Men
Were Out.
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Two base hlt-Kemmer
In Stru, K Bases on Wild BatterH
Pitchers ni9ss' out balls pitches hit
Chamberlain.
umpires Matthews and Phelan.
Time Of game-1 40.
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stolen bases-Mulvihlll, Marmion 3. Ham
hlen, Ellis ury, Benson, Campbell Mune2' D.
Elldridge. ..
Two base hits--Preston Marmion, Ellsoury'
Passed disadvantages ?.
IN Struck Bases on Wild liatters
Pitchers nings out bulls. pitcnes. Dit.
Raqisl. !
Eut ,l,s,Sn. ! ! i
Umpire Brownrigg.
Time OF game-i 50.
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TEXAS LEAGUE
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Umpire.-Brownrlgg'
Time Of gsme-l;5o
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They had gone TO their work as usual
one morning. when Clara Avery sud
denly appeared on her fathers claim
and said:
That man Bowers has just beer up
on the cliff. never saw him there be-
fore, and thought I'd tel YOU"
What was he doing?" asked her IA
Their. Strengthening up.
He seemed to bc watching down on
the plain" she replied after "A min
ute or two he went back 20 his digging.
and | heard him talking to himself"
"All right" said her father Keep
your eye on him. guess we sized him
rp about right. Wen attend to him. 4"
The girl returned TO the cave. but al
though She watched Bowers all dav he
appeared to be very intent upon his
work, washing away as long a. he could
see that night.
Supper was the only meal they all ate
together. and when it wa, finished he
friends held short consultation. and
made certain arrangements, in the cave
When they were completed the tired
men threw themselves on their beds of
boughs and were soon asleep. with the
exception of Avery who. however, was
stretched on his rude couch i'm the cave
apparently in the same condition.
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MORGAN'S RIFLEMEN.
Ibcre Were some Good Mnrksmcn
Among the Continental
Volunteers
ITO BE CoNTINUEp.I

At Fredcrcktown, Md. and Ian
caster, Pa, the men of Cresap's COM
panN gave exhibitions Of their astonish-
ing skill with the rifle. After SHOOTING
by turns at a piece of paper the size of
Il dollar, nailed on blackened board 90
yards distant, and generally hitting il
or shooting very near it, they varied the
amusement by shooting in a prone pc
SItIon, from their breasts, sides, or
backs and by running short distance
and then firing, to show that they were.
equally certain Of their aim when
maneuvcring as in battle. Finally one
OF two brothers took Il piece of board.
only five inches broad and seven inches
long, with similar piece OF paper CEN
tered on it for a bulls-cyc, and held the
board in his hand while the Other
brother shot through the paper. Posi-
lions were then reversed. and the seq
ond brother held the board The spec
tatorS were more astOnishcd thSp
pleased at this performance, whcL, 10
their horror, one Of the men placed tbs
bIt OF board between his thighs. ana
supporting il thus. stood smilinplv
erect while his brother shot cight bull
lets successfully through the board.
rms shooting was done oifhand. AT 4
distance SAID to have been upwards Of
~ yards though it was probably not
over 40 yards. The bystanders were
assured that there were more than 20
men IN the company who could pcrforrl
the same feat and that there was not
one but could plug 10 bullets out Of &C
within an inch of the head of ten
penny nail TO show the absolute con
hden'e that they had i'm each others
manship. some Of the rincmeu o.
tered to stand with apples on their heads
while others shot them Oft AZ - cousid-
cradle distance; but tho sensible town
people refused 10 witness such fooI-
harIlncss.-IIar MngaLinc.
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asked RIDER. fearfuliy.
They hain't got no bosses. hev
they? Tetorted Bowers. Besides that
they dassent leave their claims fer fear
some CHAP might jump EN-. It's won
der nobody's struck that place afore."
The two thieves did rot draw rein
until daylight. When the sun was fair
~ up they paused on the top Of hill
commanding a view for long distance
of the route they had traversed. but
there was ND sign of pursuit.
IL told yer 80" said Bowers. triumph
antly. They can't chase us. Let's get
some grub an rest the bosses a bit. If
we take EN- into Dyea in any k!1d o.
shape they'll sell for tidy figger"
Their meal dispatched. they once
more assured themselves that no one
was in sight behind them. then mount
ed and headed for civilization. the bags
of gold strapped securely on the spare
animals back and hidden from view
by blanket tied over them.
That night they went into camp lust
before dark and Bowers proceeded to
unload their ill-gotten gains The first
bag he removed CHANGED 10 he the one
he had himself filled in his two weeks
of toll. NS he lifted the second he
noticed very perceptible difference in
the weight. although the two bags were
of the same size.
That's d-n strange" he growlcd.
They couldn't hey washed their gold
very clean"
AS he spoke he united he second bag
and thrust his hand within. then with
yell Of rage and disappointment he
dashed the bag TO the ground and
stamped upon ii like an Infatuated ami
NAL, when Rider stood aghast. fearing
the man had suddenly gone mad
With bound Bowers sprang TO the
pack horse and seized another BAG.
One fierce slash of his knife rent il it's
entire length and then Rider compre-
hended.
Out Of it dropped a mass of damp
clay and gravel.
Hank Bowers was silent while he laid
open the rest of the bags. When he was
certain that his own was the ONLY one
containing a particle OF gold he burst
forth in a torrent Of b.asphemy so ter
rible .hat even Rider tcsnbled lest some
retribution might instant ly follow and
include him in its wrath
Sold! Took in like tenderfoot."
raved his companion. kicking one of the
bags in his fury. whats that?"
As he spoke he picked up a folded
paper which had dropped from The BAG.
Tearing it open he read the following
lines:
We were too smart for YOU. Re
member that if we find YOU have given
away our secret we viii give an account
of YOU TO the Canadian police and have
YOU driven out Of the country. IF YOU
show yourself here we Will fill YOU flu!
OF lead"
ITO BE CoNTINUEpI
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Now he wss within zen feet Of the
entrance. and after last swift glance
at the tents behind him he dropped to
his knees ard crawlcd deliberately up
to it,
Again he paused
Yes. they were both asleep. He could
hear the long drawn breathing at the
tight. and plainly distinguish that of
the father from his daughter.
Then, like some huge black spider he
crawled into the inky darkness, and
was lost to view.
Inch by inch he advanced. guiding
himself by the glimpses ne had fixed in
his mind OF the place, until his hand
rested on the treasure. The bags were
heavy. and he moved them with diff
Guilty in his recumbent position. but he
had come prepared.
ThruSting his hand into his bosom. he
produced a short thick thong. with
which he fastened two Of the largest
together pausing often to bc certain
he had not disturbed the sleepers.
When this was done he hung them
over his neck in such a manner that
they swung clear from the floor His
next move was to stuff two small baos
into his shirt. Then. with infinite ma
thence. he worked his way back n Tho
door aud through it.
His breath came hard rs he reocbed
the omen mir for Tho ,,r,in tod 49,
tremendous. Detection meant .Inoc,
certain death. and even his iron norye
had not been proof AGAINST tho situo.
ton.
When he had somewhat recovered no
crcpt SLOWLY by the tepts mill sotis-
fed that nh immediate DANCER ,y,e
past Then he rose IN his foot and
hurried down tbc bed of Tho old hrooI,
until he reached tbe TON of the bo,,1do,
1t was the work of a moment 70 fos.
ION his nIundcr 20 - ,,l -. :.
down. at tn same time vbisperino Iord-
IN TO hi, confederate.
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bag which he had brought ont i'm II $
jcc;h like retriever and sprang away
IN iu.! Hight
Crark. Crack.
Hc heard tb" bullets sing over his
mead.
" he dashed by the tents man
"ari'd out with suspicious promptiiudc
and trcd apparently poin,blank at his
pack but missed him.
y Few seconds more and he had
reached the rocky cleft and dartcd out
OF sight Down The rope ladder ne
scrambled then with great presence Of
MIND DC siorpcd long enough 10 jerk it
'rc' from 'hr spur above so that il fell
AZ us Irct
"icr hl" no' yet returned from his
GRAND aud flowers felt his way rapidly
"'"'e ,"e sage until he emerged
"',," ''' pam.
49,. ''"''.''3 'lU''"'N Z" me horses. Whcr"
"' '' "9'N. h. 'rl'"i
'"',P 'P. lump Lively an lots GIT
'''",I
", ~ '' '> ''Io"'r D. m
,,.,,. g 5., W .'.' ""'.'' ,'.o St,/.nE me
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DIR cams OF soYHOoD.
I wish j were a / oy again.

wish ] were toy again.
Back on the Gear old place.
And fun of dr:-n.s as | was then,
Ere lines showed i'm my face.
j wish t6at | could lie once more
Upon the new mowu hay
And have the thoughts had before
/ rashly came away.
j used to think or life in town
As something great ana grand:
In dreams | wandered up and down
Through an enchanted land:
Things that | view as common now
Were full OF wonder then.
And. oh. wish that !. somehow.
Could be a boy again.
I used to dream OF days when
Might earn my daily bread.
Not with my callouscd hands. but by
Some gentcel means instead.
l looked upon the one who toicd
With homes; pity then
! wish my hands were hard and soilod
Md dreams We're sweet again.
And there was one l used to know,
" hen was ten and she
Was tWcnty-four or five or so,
Who had a charm for me
such ass no other ever may.
However sweet or fair
! wish | were boy to-day
And She could still be there.
how sweet the time Of boyhood seems
NS / look back to-day:
How pleasant were the dear old dreams
Fhat time has swept away:
All. yes. Ia he careless lad
Back on the farm again
l'u not II father kent the gad
With which ne drove me then.
Chicago Daily News.
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CHAPTER Nil.
ROBBING THE CAVE.

OF what was gong on about him. He
had worked steadily at his claim and
would have considered hims elf a lucky
dog had he not seen the men opposite
him carrying heir findings to the cave
each night in heavy canvas bag. of
which they had large supply.
"Thcy're diggin' fer me"
This was his secret consolation and
apparo ntly it satisfied him His plans
hadc fair to come out well ii the sailor
kept his word and returned This was
the only disturbing thought. Ii was
the fear that his associate might fail
him that induced him 10 dclve with all
bis might in order that ne might have
gold of his own honestly il he could
get it no other way.
On the morning Of the twelfth dav
he saw the Others were all at their work
before he made his way to the top Of
the elm. Although he knew the Young
SIrI would see him. he did not suppose
she would attach any particular i'm
pcrtance to the matter
The sun was just showing above the
horizon a he glanced sharply toward
The distant boWlder. where u man = flo
urc stood Quit in plain sight. Even a, ne
looked it disappeared.
lie = got more sand han thought. &C.
muttcrcd HoWerS as hc made his wa,
back 20 his claim and worked ava,
Wi,h fcNerish energy. Il must risk il
tonight or never"
lie retired 10 his tent as usual that
night. hui got to sleep. lie had other
work 20 do y soon rs he was satisfied
the rest were asleep nc made his way
cautiously jo the cleft i'm the rock which
led 10 Inc plain below. ON one shoulder
hr carried she results of his two wccks'
labor 100 Tie shape OF Wcighty bag of
gold. While iu his hand was rope lad
der which hc had fashioned at his lei
sure
10 fastcn the last To the top az the
obs iruciiUC bowldcr Wa am easy task
aided 10y The light of match. which
could Lot hc seen outside. Down the
.addcr he felt his way. aud after som .
trouble reached the plain where the
starlight made the rest OF the way con
par" i'rI\ easy.
y hc approached me rock he saw a
dark figure La>tcuin" To- meet o I'M ard
"m.mcut later Ohcd Eidcr TODD bcfor,
him. saying:
'I- IL You Eowcrs?"
"lc~ RIDER. .t'~ me an scr a brick!
Ee't on .,mc,"
II got here Yesterday. Sold the
Ho.- t.r $50 apiece aYd put the, coin
IN % SAL, place there. Goi three. horses
viii uc bach here. VIVA, are Won
"oirg so dp2"
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; liz heart seemed fairly 20 stand stir
"a h. gra>pcd an oblong lump Of dirt
Oh tile >ide OF which his shovel had left
a yellow scratch. A. he lifted ii its
great weight told him the truth. and he
aprar" orect. shouting:
The times., 1899-05-28

before ] go in the ring, and Will give it to
you and you can bet it. The money is cut in
two and you no me. / will go out in the sixth
seventh round. Them ribes won't get wise TO
it. ! will trust you, and the money is mine.
got letter from Tom, and he says there will he
plenty Of money in sight. l training the
ice wagon every day; what mug l would be
to take a chance"
As soon as Manager Haley gathered the i'm
port Of the foregoing, he says he broke with
Fisher at once He believes that the majority
OF local bettors would have backed Fisher, and
Is well pleased that he has been able to nip such
a fraudulent alleged scheme in the bud. Dan
Sullivan. of Boston. has accepted the Eutaw
Clubs terms by wire and will appear against
Raedy on the evening appointed.
When negotiations were first opened with
Fisher, his letter to Manager Haley said terms
were satisfactory if two tickets were sent him
for transportation from Brooklyn to Baltimore,
and if his share Of the purse was paid before the
fight. He again demanded these concessions in
letters dated May and 10. and in the latter
lie said he had request to fight in this city on
June ., he did net know with whom On May
% he signed articles 10 fight Raedy before the
Eutaw Athletic Club on June s. and Manager
Haley has the document in his possession In i
letter dated May %, Fisher wrote Manager Haley
that he had endeavored TO get the articles hack
from Sam Austen who obtained his signature,
but was unsuccessful. Il is believed that Fisher
regretted making the match. The engagement oi
Sullivan will prove popular. Sullivan has de-
feated Fisher, and viii give Raedy better
fol
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GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Chicago.
Brooklyn Mt ST. Louis.
New York at Louisville.
Baltimore at Cincinnati.

Chicago, May 27.-The Senators played a
brilliant game for five and one-half in
nings, holding Chicago level while both
teams struggled in vain TO secure a run.
In the sixth there came a stampede, and
before the panic was over the Chicagos had
amassed five runs and the Senators were
hopelessly beaten.
Griffith and Dinneen pitched beautiful
hall, but errors and unaccepted chances on
infeld grounders proved the undoing of
Dinneen, who went down in defeat cheered
by the big Saturday crowd. The case was
almost hopeless for Washington even from
the start, for Griffith was in his best form
and had Irwin's crew at his mercy in
every inning until after the break in the
Senators front rank had given away the
game. Once. after the fatal sixth, Wash
ington made big strive for victory, but
in the critical moment Bonner made a
wild-eyed dash for the plate while Everitt
stood back of first holding the ball. and,
although he made the play close, his act
threw away the small chance Washington
had.
The game was fast and brilliant, each
side working hard, and pretty catches and
stops abounded. Twice Green, after hard
runs out near the foul line, pulled down
The times., 1899-05-28
GEORGETOWN DEFEATED.
Holy Cross Downs the Champions In
an Interesting Game.

Worcester, Mass, May 27.-After a Sc
ries of brilliant victories the Georgetowns
went down today before Holy Cross in a
game full of hard hitting brilliant fielding.
and enough errors 10 keep the spectators
on tip-toes all through the contest 1t
was the champion teams first defeat of
the trip and the game was witnessed by
nearly 1000 spectators, who crowded every
available space in order to gain vantage
place. The game was of much moment TO
both teams, and both were keyed up with
excitement over the outcome, as they have
more victories to their credit than all the
other college teams combined. II was
therefore Greek against Greek, and the
leading team fell
The Holy Cross team put up splendid
contest and won because they took advan-
tage of Whites wildness and unsteadiness
in the second inning, he alone being to
blame for the seven runs scored. He
had not the least bit of speed, while his
bases on balls and hit by pitched balls
were all productive of run getting. Bache.
who took his place. did well, considering
that the game was then practically lost.
The batting of both sides was heavy, four
home runs being the record of the day,
while singles were as thick as flies in July.
As fielding game the contest was most
brilliant. The double plays of Cox, Lime
han, and McTigue, of Holy Cross, and Mo-
ran and Fleming, of Georgetown, were
conspicuous. Hafford and Mccarthy of
Georgetown, did the best batting for the
champions, while Carney Griffin. and Nc
Tigue did the best work for Holy Cross
Hurst's umpiring was bad in two instances
and both were against Georgetown. The
scOre.