Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-14
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Effect Of New York's Recently En-
acted Corporation Bill.
DEWEY ARCH TO Be REPAIRED
Cost of College Athletics Amounts
to a Large Sum.
NOW IT IS O'clock GOLF"

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, May H. 1900
The corporation bill affecting foreign cor
porations in this state, which has just been
signed by Governor Roosevelt. will have
pronounced effect upon large number OF
concerns now doing business In New YORK
and having some financial word IN Their
corporate title. The bill Is intended TO
make corporations honest in name A So
called trust company organized with trust
company name under any charter CANNOT
come into this state unless 1t complies Win
the laws of the state of New YORK ana reg
listers itself in accordance with the laws
of the banking department. The bill t.
self is a clear legislative enactment that
tramp corporations shall not be tolerated
and that in case they exist they are TO
be treated as partnerships. A corporation
must have a bona fide actual existence IN
the state which created it before IL can go
into other states. This corporation blil
was drafted by Prof. jerks of Corner ori-
versity at the suggestion of Governor ROUSE
Welt and is the first step taken TO carry
ont the recommendation of the governor
last annual message that legislation oe
enacted which would not only cause cap!-
tai to incorporate in this state, but also 10
cause corporations of other states TO refill
corporate under the laws of this state
Funds for the Dewey Arch.
Mayor Van Wyck has signed a resolution
PASSED by the board of aldermen author1z-
ing the board of estimates to appropriate
sum sufficient to keep the Dewey arch IN
repair for year. The resolution was
introduced before the board of aldermen
three months ago, when the arch hau
fallen into such condition OF decay as W
be an eyesore instead of thing OF peauty.
The board of aldermen promptly buried the
resolution in committee, where II was lost
sight of until April "a. when the matter
was taken out of committee and brougn.
up before the board. Admiral Dewey
candidacy had in the meantime been an
nounced and the Bryan democrats IN tne
board OF aldermen were opposed 10 any
thing which would tend to keep him proml-
nently before the public, and so the eff
forts made by the advocates of the resoiu-
ton to bring it before the board OF alder
men as whole were pltteriy iou ign,
against. Protests against the present con-
dition of the arch have been many and va
ried. The broken arms and noses on tne
figures: the basework, from Whlch Vlslors
have stolen souvenirs in the shape OF
chunks of plaster leaving gaping holes: ana
the general dilapidated condition OF the
whole structure have been the cause Oh
much comment
Extensive College Athletics.
More money was expended last year for
athletics in the six blk eastern universities
Yale, Princeton, Columbia. Harvard, Penn
sylvania and Cornell-than would be re-
auired to found a university or endo"
hospital. Columbia led the list last year
in the extravagant expenditure of money IN
the efforts to maintain her athletics, the TO
tai amount being more than S66"oo IN
point of heavy expenditure, Harvard Is d
close second to Columbia. The beat crew
at Harvard is the most expensive ana ieaSt
remunerative branch of athletics as II IS at
all other universities The total expendi-
lures were s63,941.17; pennsylvania was
60 n
athletics Pennsylvania, in addition, mas
more different athletic teams than any UNI,
versty in the country. Yale gives oHclai
recognition to but four Sports-foot pail
base ball rowing and track athletics Her
total expenditures were So6,3S424: Prince
ton the only university which had no ere"
to support, spent SOB. 1905 last season
while Cornell supported all her athletics on
S34 37SO9 Cornell and Princeton were the
only universities which succeeded In hmsn-
ing the season clear OF debt.
Now 1t Is o'clock Golf"
Golfers on the hunt for something new
will find interesting possibilities In the lat
est importation from the other side. Inc
fad is known o'clock golf This modln-
cation of the royal and ancient game was
popular all last summer abroad, and Is no"
making its appearance over here. The
Lakewood golfers, always quick to adopt
the latest innovation, have taken it up as an
amusement and other clubs are preparing
to follow It's example. The layout neces-
sary for the game is simple; in fact, 1t IS
nothing more or less than modlf1catlon OF
the ordinary putting INKS except tnat IN
putting from the same point each time the
PLAYER makes the round of the clock TO
To lay out a course select some Level lawn
where the space will allow OF circle at
least twenty feet in diameter. This makes
a very good size for small green, but II
the ground permit wider circle, so much
the better. A set of big brass clock figures
n,ytf md
these are pressed into the ground at equal
distances along the circumference and held
by wire pins. The clock face is now com
plete. Within the circle. but not necessarily
in the middle of it, place the putting hole.
The game is now ready for the players, but
must begin from the figure ~ and put for
the hole continuing from each successive
figure in like manner until the entire circuit
of the clock has been made. Should the ball
be driven from one side across the opposite
edge of the circle 1t must be brought back
and played again with penalty of one
stroke. Otherwise, the usual rule appli-
cable to putting matches govern Inc game
offers considerable opportunity for practice
In an important department OF the game
and If the hole Is placed off from the CEN
ter each successive figure offers a different
distance to be negotiated The game Will
doubtless prove popular at many OF tne
summer resorts, especially where the "eath-
err discourages an entire round OF the links
Affairs of the L. A. w.
Before the emu OF May TIE quesliou VI
the incorporation of the League of Amer
lean Wheelmen will be practically settled
A meeting Of the committee on revision OF
the constitution, which was elected at the
February meeting of the league, has been
called in this city for May "a. and on the
same date the executive committee of the
league. composed of Conway Sans. pres
ident; Vice President Choate Of Minnesota
and Vice President Kingsbury of Vermont
will meet By far the most important sub
ject to be discussed at both of these con-
ferences is the bearing of the recent law
permitting the incorporation of such BODIES
as the L. A. W., on the future policy OF the
league. A new era has begun this year 1er
the big cycling organization. The racing
question, which has been a drag for years,
has been cut away. and the energy or the
league is turned in other directions. From
every state division comes the news Of new
activity and enthusiasm. with new objects
in view, Among these is the incorporation
of the league Milo Bedding, chief consul
of the New York state division, says: The
league will be incorporated, and that within |
a year There is not the slightest doubt