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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08
smAKEspEARE ~ YIDpIsH

In the Yiddish theaters Of New Yct
sometimes the plays OF Shaksspesy
and others Of the classics are rah
over Take king Lear for examrs
The king becomes IN this modern y-.
sion a well 20 do Hebrew merchan. ,
a city of southern Russia. This ns,.
chant Is a noble character, deyouty n.
ligious He follows custom comm-
among European Hebrews that O, a.
viling his wealth with HIS children ana
emigratlng, with his wife, TO the Hoy.
land, there to spend his declining dau
In prayer and quiet, living supported
by his small annuity. But the wran
glIngs Of his children IN money NAT,
ters bring him and his faithful sp0ga
back 20 the old home. He Is now penn.
less, thanks to the thleylng Of his sons
in-law, and he is dependent upon III
bounty Of his ungrateful daughters
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WHAT BECOMES OF rue RACERS,

Frederick NJ Ware Of the American
Horse Exchange was discussing the
thoroughbred market the other day In
an Interesting vein. Said he.
Has IL ever occurred to you 10 won.
der what becomes OF the race horses
that are not successful upon the track
For my part / am free to confess that I
haven't the faintest notion where they
50 or what missions in life they fulfill.
In the old Gutenberg days you would
ma thoroughbred once In while do
ing duty upon a hanson cab after his
hrst owner had discovered that ne was
useless upon the turf But the cab
horses nowadays haven't the contour or
other characteristics OF animals bred
Tor racing purposes. OF course. the dis
carded racers must go somewhere. for
there are more Of them than ever. Race
morse owners al the present time keen
their stable slfted out a great deal more
'leidly than formerly Almost uniyer-
sally. when they find that they have
one or more colts or hllles on hand
"hich are incapable Of winning. they
GET ria OF these, even II they have 10
give them away. But who gets them.
and what is done with them. are mys.
'eries which l am quite Incapable Of
solving
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

On April l. 1900, the League Of Amer.
lean Whoolmen had a membership Of
5000 odd on the lst OF July the mem
bership had dropped to little over
1900 This Is loss OF 1900 In the
very three months of the year when
the gain ought TO be greatest, as that
Is he time when most OF the bicycle
riding Is done. Since the ist Of july
the membership has gone on decreasing
at an average " about 200 week.
When the l.. a W. rellnQushed lts
nominal control Of racing last spring
% was said that, having rid itself a
that Incubus, the membership would 10
up with leaps and bounds. but time has
proved the reverse 20 be the case. and
the loss has never been so fast as dur.
Ing the past few months
/ asked Mr. John b. Uhle the other
day 60 what he attributed this great
falling on In membership Mr.. Uhle Is
a member OF the rights and privileges
committee NJ the l.. A. w. and Is also
one Of the committee appointed at the
assembly meeting last February 20 re-
wise the league constitution Mr. Uhles
reply was brief and TO the point:
Because wheelmen have got into the
habit Of asking what they get for their
dollar when they join the L. a. W. and
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USEFUL TIRE TAPE

II has often been asked Of the touring
cyclists what is considered the most
useful article 20 effect a repair. and I'm.
variably the answer Is:
IL you have some tire tame In vopr
TOOL bag you can always feel pretty
safe" ''N'''
Every rider has discovered that Che
tape ia useful for many purposes other
than that of binding a puncture. II
mas been discovered that. next 10 tbe
wrench, tire tape ia indispensable. Tho
tape can be used to fasten loose grlrs
or De wound around handle bars ar n
substitute for grips When a mat bso
been SO much buried at its egres tbot
The wrench win not take hold "A nice
OF tape wound around the nut wnl form
temporary shoulder so that mo
wrench viii catch the nut and turn a,
When a spoke Is broken. TO koen y,
from interfering with others a nice. n,
tire tape wound around the brok,n
part will keep It In place. When tlro
cement refuses to hold and tbe ure
'creeps,' tape win eIcc. an lmnedis,s
remedy. For cut fingers or toes tro
tape is a first class substitute for aa.
hesiye plaster. These are only a Ssr
OF the uses The tape can be put to.
A..
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HIS "FRIEND" DID 1T.

They are telling this tale in London
at the expense Of a theatrical manager
He sat one night in a Paris theater and
beside him sat his guest. a friend who
edited a London weekly journal i0
amusement and made a living by dab
bling in things theatrical At the end
Of the first act the manager. delighted
expressed his intention OF buying ine
rights for London. His friend concur.
red In praise and then excused himself
for a moment on the ground that he
wanted to smoke a cigarette,
After the final fan OF the curtain The
manager made an offer for the piece,
Why" was the surprised answer
your friend here bought It after TIE
first act"
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lral bicycle rider and took to the wheel
hke a. Kitten TO milk Ha Is but 10 years
OF age and is in the Lightweight divl-
SION. Tipping the scales at 1888 pounds
PIE U.s. very comra.,.y built and looks
even i'lfter thon he really Is. Nelson
began u.a record breaking career as an
amateur and suI holds The amateur
records from three Go 90 miles against
time He also holds the competition
figures from 20 TO 6l miles. as well as
'he Two hour record, the 100 kllometer
record and The one hour competition
record
Nelson has never found the pace too
Iast which is "a unique record Of itself
lie has o. style Of riding different from
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expert opponents Of baseball. Having
no other interest In the game II any
rowdyism or other interruptions occur
he is not likely to go again.
"The only team that ever saw that
behaved perfectly both on and of the
field was the champion Detroit club Of
the early eighties. That was an ag-
gregatlon OF players each member OF
which was a gentleman. one could so
to n game IN which they played and be
certain that there would be nothing but
straight ball playing from the word go
The fact that they won the champion
ship proves that a team need not stoop
to dirty ball playing and underhand
methods 10 win success
II have read several times IN the
newspapers that one Of the reasons for
the decline OF interest is the undue
length Of the games. think II is TO the
frequent interruptions rather than to
the time consumed by the playing that
the spectators object. Baseball enthu-
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HE CERTAINLY WAS I'LL.

A year or TWO ago one Of the most en-
thusiastlc golfers at 81. Andrews was
the 8-year-old son Of one Of the caddles'
He was not able TO walk long or iaT.
but wherever he went or was carried
he clutched his clubs and his golf bals
IN his hands one night his mother
came rushing 10 Dr. NJ. In a dreadiul
state imploring him 20 come at once a.
Wee Johnnie was ill and they didna
know what TO do wi him" The doo'
tor asked her what was the matter bu'
she couldn't explain. But what arr
the child's symptomsr. "WeeL SIR,
was the answer. he'll no look at DIS
clubs"
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any other pace follower and one which
his rivals have In vain tiled 10 initiate.
When IN "a race. Nelson gets his head
directly back OF the rear pacemaker.
with his face and body well over. 80
that his whole frame Is sheltered COM
pIetely By the man In front Of him.
Followers of the sport are wondering
now how Harry Fixes would fare In
race with Nelson, and the concensus OF
opinion seems to BE- that Nelson would
win n such a race could be arranged
TO take place late In the fan, II would
form a fitting climax 10 season OF
splendid sport.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

Hodge, Podge & Co.'s" poster rrln,
Peter Dailey's new play WIN serve ~
Introduce large number OF pro,t,,
young girls as models for sonsvbot
startling posters. nat
The complete personnel n, Gen.
kobson's company for the season -,
1901 viii include John Il. HensSo, ~
stephen Grattan Beaumont smJb "
a weaver srp Ogden stevens a. r
hallam' Clifford Leigh, A. AZ po,,d -
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THE LATEST GOLF BALI

the newest golf bali isa-th..
Nothing like It has ever been gOuhder'
the game In appearance enoWa In
weight the new BAN looks m. ''4e and
the standard gutta percbs ham YAM same az
resemblance as the adage tells ~ nv ne
W is only skin deep, The skin , W. Oeag'
OF pure gutta percha, a frac, y. q sleIl
than an eighth Of an inch th,, ,''u leii
Is compressed In the mol5 H. a. a. w,hicA
glove over the inside part Of ~ tSa ''1' 4
Inc heart OF the bah Is a small '' .., pll
gulta percha. While this h ~. eeue q
end of a thread OF the best D. ~ We
Der Is stuck IN IT, As the p1,ts a guy
hardens It is tightly wrapped wi rs', Y,
rubber thread, much as a bas. i,u 70.
wound with cord. until the &c.. a'' D
rnenslon Is attained Tho now , .l u'
Is 10 mold on the shell. when ~ '.''9
usual coats Of white paint he b,n.
ready for play. It is the Invent =
Column Haskell, one Of the goys ',,'su q
the Cleveland Golf club. WIN, t..
experimenting with the nan f.-
years. II is now practically part...,'
but none VIII be put on the marie, "
tll next spging Tho cost WIN bs !, I
twice as much as the regular h,u ,1
rubber filling adds greatly TO tbs ..'
iency Of the ball. ana the b,s..
claims that an ordinary pIavsr .l
easily drive from $40 to 800 yaris . '.'.'
time. Iron shots carry IN ibs IVY
way. and the ordinary con bupts.
trap Is not a plttall for the ban uw.n
bounds over an obstacles. Ir nu9'.
the lightest tap will send The b,u !.
length of the green.
THE inevitable result. said opso,n
firm TO handle the BAN next spr.rg T.,
the use Of our ball win De thai an AZ
golf links must be heightened w.
All amateurs who have tried m. t.s
concede that nothing HE lt bas ~.
been seen for carry and RON one ps,
er who has tried the bali IN Its dlas,..,
stages OF development asserts M,
smuggling driver cannot get lane.
average Of distance with ID than any,.
binary ball, but that It improves ys,b
the carrying power Of a player who s1
little strength in the swing
Besides" said this player ohe-, b
no click when the club head catches n.
ball and the feeling is like driving y
a mass Of putty. No one can put v,l
with them, either, for they are SO fg
and bounce so over the slightest inesg,l
ity that feather wands would have "A
be substituted for putters to do syi
work on the green
one thing is certain. The BAN y1
carry farther than any bail ever uus
on our links. Should Il come into g.s.
eral use the present game would y
reyolutionized, II one-haIt that l
claimed for the new ball De true.
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ANOTHER GREAT SINGER.

The best news OF the musical wor'o -
that another great voice has come
from Russla-a voice that thrills anu
enthralls all who have heard H. a."
possessor is Louis Arens OF the imps.
rial opera, Moscow. a young man Wno
speaks broken English haltingly Uu'
who sings, especially his native ION
songs like a gorgeous cascade Of n.,,,
ody No tenor more rich or more arus,
tic can now be heard He sang ~
London last season only in concert enl
America viii not hear him for anolu..
year or two, but lis good TO Ai0"
that there rs q treat In store.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

Ing production Of "The Battle OF the
Strong IN which Marie Burroughs is
10 star Copley's famous picture. The
Battle Of Jersey in the National gal
Iery, London, has proved OF particular
value.
owe May has been engaged With
John Drew for Richard Caryel."
Sir Henry Irving IS not 10 produce
Byrous Manfred"
The scene Of the model room In
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Cycling me
Champions


TIL struggle 'or the amateur cy-
cling championship is now On In
1 ernest Last season two r.dors-
Frank Kramer and George II CoIlett--
were head and shoulders above the rest
of M. asrIruH and Kramer won the
trI. This season with these two ul-
Gus .n the ranks of the professionals,
fba contest is more 0peu There ace az
least % dozen possible champions 1 the
race Among them may be mentioned
Wahrcah. .ar Lake, schoGcId and
penny of New York Beden OF Sew
Jersey Fem of Connecticut, Hickman
OF Alabama and Wilson OF Penusylya-
MIA.
Buffalo blg secured the championship
meet ami the races win be- run UI on
tto quarter mile cement track there on
Sept ~ and IS under the auspices of the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

siasts will sit and enjoy a good contest
even II It is spun out over two and
half hours II they are watching sci
entifo playing without annoying de-
lays due to squabbles. In my young
days games were usually longer than
they are now, and yet the spectators
patiently sat them out l remember
pitching In one game that lasted from
half past to o'clock. The score was
% to G3 IN our favor OF course, those
were enormous figures even then. but.
nevertheless. the pitchers battles Of
today are not nearly so interesting TO
the spectators as the old time contests
In which there were plenty OF hitting
and running"
EBERT woODsON.
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which they VIII present at a special
performance az Wallack's in October
In that recently organized society OF
vaudeville artists calling themselves
the White Rats Of America rats IS
only tpnsposltIon OF the word star"
The ParIor Match" Is 70 be known
in England az The Matchboard.'
Old books, old prints and old pictures
are being diligently studied FOR suggcs-
lions for Daniel v. Arthurs fortheom-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

"a has followed the game very close
a ~ from i,s infancy got to talking
about his favorIte sport the other day
he IS a Missourian and % years ago
was living IN ST. Louis lie seldom
was absent from o big game in those
days. and, being a player himself. he
mingled considerably with the boys.
The conversation turned on the many
, changes that have been made In the
game since he used TO play ball 1--WE
hear a great deal OF the bunt nova
days" said h.. and &c has certainly
done a good deal toward making base
ball scientific. The bunt. however. was
known and used In the old days, though
1t did not receive that appellatIon until
about a decade ago. The first man to
make use OF the bunt was Dicky
Pearce who was captain Of the 81
Louis club In 1885, He was a great
fielder and leader but he had one
Weamcss-he couldn't hit
"Pearce was about feet IN height
had a belt line measurement OF about
90 inches and weighed close on TO 200
pounds, Dicky could no more hit the
ball than he could fy and always just
put out MS BAT ana allowed the BAN TO
strike H. The players were an on TO
him. and he never hy any chance fool
sd lnem by ma'I1s a lons nlt' SO thal
'ugy mace II practice 10 play IN very
V'use "heh nc was "t ihe nat
Ihere was player on me st. Louis
.eaHl az that time named ia Culhbert
ne was lett he'ArH ana hls great de-
,lshl was TO play 20 ihe grand stand
i'e would make every ehahoe ne mad
iooA as duhculi as possible. just TO IN
uuce the spectators 90 shout at What
seemed TO them "a brilliant fielding eff
iofL IN those days Che BAL had more
suooer IN IT. than now and consequent-
~ lhe hlts We're longer. X was Cuth- \
perts habit TO stand very deep In the
held' at least 20 or 80 yards farther out
man inc aFerasa hlt would land. lie
haa very accurate eye ana could
gauge TO nlcety Just where the ball
"ould drop
When hit was made, Instead OF
getting under the BAN as quickly as
possible ne would stand where he was.
queliy watching IT, Then suddenly he !
"ould sprint forward Ike "a cannon !
shot. aus " he had ml'ludged the length !
oil the MT He would catch the BAN /
"hen going az iulI speed just when It |
seemed that he would be too late. or !
course everybody would cheer and |
clap, ana then he would be satisfied. |
sometimes | have seen him, when he |
Know the ball was going 10 fall Just |
where he stood run back u or 20 yards |
ana them taking another squint at o. |
run az hard rs he could TO his old posi- |
tlon ana make what looked Ike a very /
diilcWt catch. Cuthbert was O very 1
nervous fellow II he had stood still |
while waiting for a fly to drop, he |
would have been sure to miss it and |
he therefore acted In that fashion TO III |
sure getting a.
When hit is made nowadays which
is stopped by an inhelder 1t is the rule /
Tor nm to hold the ball for an instant
or TWO to get his bearings and then
send It fair and square into the mltt Of
the lirst or second base man or other
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THE OPENING OF THE SEASON.

Justin Hunuey Mccarthy has finished
new comedy called The Startled
faWn'' which, IL IS said. L. II. sothern
VIII produce this season.
Daniel Frohman has accepted Abby
sage Richardson's iramatizatlou of
Stanley Weymans sophia" and an
adaptation Of A Dash For a Throne"
Lee Arthur who wrote I'VE Uns Of
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rRANK MKEr,s NAV rAncr.

Frank Mckee will make a most olab-
crate production Of the new musical
farce adapted from the German come
dy In Himmelhot." IN which he VIII
star Peter +. Daly-"Hodge Podge 4
CO.. He win employ 20 principals and
"a chorus Of 40 handsome young women.
whom he win costume most deliberately
IN dazzling splendor Of colurs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

Little Johnny Nelson's great work
this season In paced events behind a
motor cycle has astonlshed the cycling
world. ana he can now claim the cham.
pionship Of The middle distance brigade
Without any one 90 galnsay him. Mel
SON now holds alI the professional
paced records between two and 90 miles.
and if De meets any one who win make
him ride for an he is.worth DE- ls lure
20 lower these figures considerably.
Nelson IS a swede and has only BEEN in
this country three years. lie Is nat
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version Of THE Power Of Darkness"
which win make the play acceptable 10
many German censoTs who have hith.
erto prohibited us performance.
A new play which Charles Frohman
has bought for this country IS 20 be
based on incidents in the lie OF the
Pompadour.
sarah Cowell lie Moyne. Otis skinner
and Eleanor Robson are rehoarslng
Browning's poetic play, In a Balcony"
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meet his hands near the ground, which
required considerable less exertlon
"The ST. Louis team OF 1875 was a
crack aggregation and was the first 10
Introduce the college player to the pro-
fessonal arena. Bradley the pitcher
was a college boy, tall slim and refined
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Joseph Winter, NJ. r. Klein james Jane,
Grant. Maude White. Jenreys LeS.''
Elizabeth Woodson and Bessie ia. l',
Luella Drew, said 10 be q COUSIN ~
John Drew, is a sprightly dancer ~ ~. ~ ~
chorus Of The Burgomaster." ms "
a little unusual for a Drew. -,
Rose Coghlan will next season pc ".
star feature Of Hyde's comedians -
organization Of considerable fame W
The vaudeville circuit.
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Tennos'ao' and who Is 10 oollaborate
win David Belasco on a new play. Is
The author OF Charles b. Hanford's new
play. Private John Allen"
Grace Golden is t0 b. me prlma dom
ma soprano Of the Eue'sh opera COM
pany no the New York Metropolitan
Opera House next winter.
Count Tolstoi has recently prepared
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lOSEPH MoINNITN Ice aRON MANI

Joe McGhny Of the Brooklyn Baseball probably the best pitcher in
the National league this lie In a
s7
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HANDLERS Bicycle club. The races viii
be az the standard championship dis
Unces Of quarter third and half milo
and five miles. The point system of
scoring win preyail-hve for first place.
three for second two for third and one
Tor fourth The winner Of most points
VIII be the amateur champion Tor the
coming season, but for the winner Of
each distance win be the amateur
champion at that distance.
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1.-THE l.. A. W as now constructed Is
made up Of state organizations, with
national headquarters at Boston. Some
OF the officers at the latter city are
now striving to have the constitution
I so altered that the state organizations
shall De done away with and the whole
I business OF the league concentrated I'M
der one head az Boston II this Is done,
and Il now looks as II the change win
I Doe made, the membership Will 10 down
very quickly 10 10000 and even less. In
fact. ! would not be surprised II the I.
A. W. were to go out OF existence under
those conditions. State organlza tons
are a necessity, and without them very
little can be accomplished. II the con-
templated change be made, It win sim
ply transform the organization into a
one man arfair, controlled at Boston.
and the members will get for their
money ticket OF membership and
whatever else Boston may see NJ TO let
them have
AS matter OF fact II would be
better TO have the headquarters IN New
York. Business men IN that city have
a quicker and more up 90 date way OF
doing business than obtains at the Hub.
and II the league were TO transfer It's
head Offices to New York these meth
DDS would soon be adopted. The L. A.
W. has made arrangements boy means
Of which its members who tour Europe
get special privileges. Nearly AN the
European travel goes out OF New York
harbor II a man wishes 10 90 20 Eu.
rope and suddenly hears OF these ad.
yantages under present conditions. he
has 90 wait az least two weeks before
he can get a membership card. II the
league headquarters were Ia Gotham.
public opinion would soon change an
that
IF the league would drop politics
and the side issues II has lately taken
up ana give wheelmen what they want
Intead OF trying TO get them 10 join by
such played out premium schemes as
Offering them accident insurance for
small sums, wheelmen would not only
be willing TO join. but would be willing
to nay several dollars for membership
rights, They viii give up their cash
quickly enough II they think they are
getting their moneys worth. but not q
cent otherwise"
LEO ETHERINGTON.
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sara Bernhardt has been on the stoeo
since 1857. ''"se