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MECHANICS OF SOME
WELL KNOWN CYCLISTS.

Many riders on the circuit today are
known by names which bear no resem-
blance to those given them by their
fond parents Few indeed ever escape
wearing sobriquets. except those that
are practically new to the game, An
the old riders those who came into the
game prior to 1895, enjoy some peculiar
nickname. Perhaps the most common
name because more generally accepted
by the public, was that Of Cannon as
applied to Eddie Bald. which fitted IN
so nicely with bis last name as 10 give
the impression OF cannon ball" Il
was exactly the impression that Bald
used to give the other contestants IN
races by starting from the push or as
II shot out OF cannon.
Another well known name Is that Of
the Jersey Skeeter.' as applied 10 Ar
thur a. Zimmerman There was am
other name which Zimmerman wore
before he attained the title Of King OF
cyclists" In the old days. when he
rode a Star machine aud succeeded In
winning prizes on Il once IN awhile, he
won the name Of the Grinder" In the
light OF his subsequent fame this name
was lost
Another Of these names quite gener.
ally known was tina" Of wooden
Shoes as applied 20 Sanger lie was
a big German, and the name fitted him
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THE AMEnIcAY LEAGUE.

The American league bears the dis
tinction Of being the only baseball or
ganizatlon in existence that embraces
as many states as Il has clubs In It's
circuit. Although the major league
covers more territory, II has clubs In
but six states. as Pennsylvania has
two teams-P Philadelphia and Pittsburg
while New York has the Brooklyn and
New York clubs The other states rep
resented are Massachusetts by Boston,
Ohio by Cincinnati Illinois by Chicago
and Missouri by st. Louis.
The American league has New York,
Ohio. Michigan. Indiana. Illinois Wis
consln. Minnesota and Missouri, and
four OF the eight states have major
league clubs as wen.
New York IL clearly IN the lead as q
baseball center. with two major league
clubs. an American league club, Roches-
ter and Syracuse In he Eastern league
and O state league Ohio is doing quite
well with one major. one American and
Eve Interstate league clubs, with Penn
sylvanla ranking next on account Of
Atlantic league clubs 10 the number Of
three.
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more difficult FOR the improvement IN
batting 20 be appreciated, There WILL
however hardly be any dissent from
The statement that the five men who
led the batting list az the end OF last
season are better IN every way In their
specially than any similar aggregation
of old timers.
J.. j. Delehanty the wonderful LETT
fielder OF the hard hitting Philadelphia
team. led the list last season, and to do
so had 10 eclipse an his previous efforts.
lie started out In great form, making
% hits ln the FIRST 10 games and 10 hits
IN 20 games. He made five hits, includ-
ing a double and a home run, out Of six
times at the bat; five times he made
four hits IN one game and q times
made three hits. He made jS doubles,
10 triples and home runs during the
season. which Is a magnificent record.
Second on the list OF batters came
Jesse Burkett Of St. Louis. Burkett
made q hits IN his first 10 games and
so hits IN 81 games Nine times IN the
season he made four hits IN a game and
10 times three hits He scored 20 dou-
bles, s triples and home runs, besides
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point winners at the recent intercolle.
glate games, while other good men who
have recently graduated will be added.
Altogether 1t will be a most formidable
aggregation. stronger than any other
American team that will enter the
Paris games, not excepting even the
splendid lot Of athletes who will sport
the colors Of the New York Athletic
club.
The undergraduates IN Pennsy's team
win be the following stars: A. c.
Kraenzlein and w. p. Remington in the
hurdles and jumps T. b. McClain, who
viii captain the team next season, IN the
sprints. Alex Grant and f. r. Bush
nell In the distance runs, and j. c. Nc
Cracker and T. r. Hare IN the weight
events. The graduates who will COM
plete the team are all good men, Among
them are ]. w. b. Tewkesbury, the for
mer intercollegiate champion Splinter;
/. X Baxter the great high Jumper and
pole vaulter and George w. orton. the
distance runner.
Il is thought that the Americans will
comprise at least 20 per cent OF the en-
tries In the sporting events at Paris.
Taking into consideration the high
class OF our men, many OF the prizes
should find their way across the ocean,
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BURKETT

This VIII be that the dropping Of a few
games more or less at the flag end Of
the season may make a material differ
ence In the standing Of club.
The players on the Brooklyn team
figure that they win win the pennant,
with Philadelphia second and ST. Louis
third. There are lots Of people, how
ever willing 10 bet on the chances OF
the Quakers TO land In first place.
have talked recently with several Of
the old timers Of the green diamond, as
well as with others who have watched
the growth OF the game with keen In
terest from the grand stands, and II
seems 10 be the general opinion among
these men that there have been no new
baseball tricks invented this year II
was thought at the beginning Of the
season that the games would be so fast
and 80 holly contested that the players
would have TO resort to new devices
TO circumvent their rivals But this
does not appear to be the case,
Old tricks have been brought for
ward sometimes considerably disguls-
ed, though stlll recognizable. but IL
seems as n the bralny players Of the
days gone by had pretty well exhausted
the possible list Of startling plays. New
ertheless, Il must not be imagined that
because they work IN the old ruts the
players do not bestlr themselves. The
men are playing bah better than ever
before They do not dare be careless.
for the circuit reduction has thrown a
good many players on the market. and
there are lots OF good men ready 10
take the place of any one who allows a
streak Of yellow 10 appear IN his work.
The reaTonging Of the clubs, owing
70 the reduction OF the circuit. caused
most Of the managers 20 pay more mt
tention 10 the batting department AS
result there never were such aggre-
cations OF hard hitters and stick WELD
ers as are now playing In the eight ma
jor league uniforms just before Inc
opening OF the season Buck" Ewing.
the old time catcher and present man
eser Of the New York team, said in q
signed article that he did not think me
players ~ today were any better than
those N q decade or more aro.
They me. not obtain hiehcr percent
ages bG. at tha same time &c must be
remembered .hat strategic batting Is
nowadays pracH'ed TO am extent never
dreamed NJ Zen wears ego The pitching
derartmsu- hos Do The same time Im-
proved even more thsu the b8ttInr
Pitchers who were considered phan0m.
email ln Tho DAYS gone hy would nova
DAYS De- tarod out oi the box ln nine
games 0ut of teU.
The result of th's Improvement
among The laIl tos.ra makes 20 all the
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playing a stretch Of 80 games without
an error,
Johnnie McGraw Is easily the star
base stealer and run getter Of the
League. He was third in the batting
order last year and reached first base
more often than any other player Be
sides his great record at the bat, he
played magnihcently at third base. In
20 games he made but one error and
in another stretch OF 30 games made but
two.
In 1897 and 1898 Billy Keller led the
batsmen Of the League, but the change
I'm location last season worked III with
him. though at that he was fourth. He
made 20 hits IN his first nine games
and batted safely in "a straight games.
He was easily the finest outfielder In
the League, his percentage being .9ls
In his FIRST ~ games he did not make
an error, and In fS games made but one
misplay From July 81 TO Sept 80 he
took part in A. straight games without
an error. and his last IS games were
marred by but one, a showing hard TO
duplicate.
Lajoe OF Philadelphia did wonderful
work as usual last season, landing In
nth place among the batters. Lajoie
often makes sacrifice hits, which play
havoc with his percentage, but help out
the team. He hit safely In 20 out Of his
first "a games In three consecutive
games he made II hits. During the
season he made 20 doubles, triples and
6 home runs. His fielding percentage
was $780,
Although Freeman Of the Boston
team, who last year played with the
Senators, was twenty-ninth on the list
OF batters. he Is undoubtedly the hard
est hitter IN the major league. Free
mans speciality Is home runs. His rec
ord last year was nothing short Of phe-
nomenal, comprising as IL did, q home
runs. "a triples and l6 doubles He
made li2 extra bases against lO5 for
pelehanty and i07 for Williams, though
Delehanty outranks Williams as he
was az bat fewer times than the Pitts
burg player -Four times Freeman
made three home runs In FIVE games
and twice made three home runs In six
games ELBERI NOODsON'
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All Indications point to a record
breaking attendance at the twenty-hrst
annual meet OF the League OF American
Wheelmen at Milwaukee next month.
II Is somewhat Of a coincidence that
the year in which this organization
reaches its majority should also be the
one in which It relinquishes control OF
bicycle racing.
with the l.. a. W. and the N. c, A.
working hand In hand TO make the az
fair a success the meet is assured OF q
large attendance.
Plans have been laid IN the Brewery
City for a fine. well banked indoor
track, on which the races will be held.
The various committees have done
their work we'll and a very interesting
programme IS laid out Already many
wheeling organizations have planned 10
attend the meet In a body, those that
are near enough making the Journey on
their machines. II is also probable that
a very liberal rate will be secured over
every railroad running into Milwaukee
and that special privileges In the way
Of time extension will be allowed.
For those who are interested in the
racing end OF the affair grand sport Is
promised. for besides several national
and international championships, many
interesting match races and open
events, both amateur and professional,
have been arranged.
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MGnAM,s CHEAT FEAT.

Speaking Of players who have reach
cd first and stolen second third and
home. a scribe says: "McGraw accom-
plished that feat In a game In Boston
IN the afternoon OF the Glorious
Fourth last year Clarke was catch
ing. Two were out and nobody on bases
when Mac came TO bat IN the sixth In
ming OF the game IN question. He
worked Nichols for a base on balls,
stole second and third bases in success
sion. while Holmes was getting a base
on balls, Nichols pitching wide IN order
10 give Clarke a chance 10 catch Mae
with Mac on third and 'Ducky
on FIRST they started 70 steal stimuli
taneously. Long ran ln getting Clarke
10 throw right behind the pitcher, and
returned the BAH TO the plate, but
Clarke got the throw about as high as
his face, and before he could get the
ball down Mac had slid IN and was ~
ing fiat on his face, with one finger on
the base. That run won the game the
score being 8 TO In Balumores favor"
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THE FIVE HEAVIEST BATsMEN IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

no better than the shoes would. jim
mic Michael was called the Midget
because he lacked the inches to be any
thing else Fred Titus in his popular
days was known as Marble Heart be-
cause he rode an individual race with
out regard to any other rider. John
Lawson Is known as 1.-THE Terrible
Swede" because OF his nationality and
the fact that he was terrible In a sprint.
Jay Eaton won his name OF Indoor
King" by inauguratIng a speed in In
door races possible to no other rider.
Earl Kiser was called the Dayton
Dumping" because he hailed from
Dayton. The latter part Of the name Is
said to have been given him by wo-
man who was much taken with his
successful efforts at a race meet one
day and who was impressed by his di-
minutive stature and his plumpness.
Tom Cooper last years champion, was
called "King' Cooper because Of his
ability TO defeat other riders.
There Is one man who won his title
IN a very peculiar manner. II was CIV
en- to him in the manner OF a slurring
criticism, but today he wears It In all
honor, being the only man IN the world
who has ever ridden a mile faster than
a minute. mile a Minute Murphy" as
other riders call Charles NJ. Murphy.
was regarded as a sort Of mild crank"
or "boaster' because he promised TO
ride a mile in a minute behind a rail-
way train Murphy got no end or adj
vertlsing out OF his proposed attempt
but It aid him no good. People pointed
out that other riders who had defeated
Murphy on the track we're better fitted
10 any such performance, Every one
knows how Murphy demonstrated that
ne was the one fitted for this feat. He
had what other riders lack-the cour-
age Of his convictions, a truly wonder
ful nerve and the ability 10 pedal with
lightning speed where there was no
wind resistance.
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pR,rrsm THEATRICAL cE''s.I

In England every theaieT nv
o osnssI Of The queens Household ID, \,
O NAV must be submitted to ON las' 4
p ,,oDsr rvs examiner Of play, a
whose decision there Is no app IN, "A
one y who has studied the ','o m. "A
tbs, the rules under whiea . ,ii. /, |
S S'l,S t The literary quality Of ~ .I q,
NAV NAV he superb as literature .. o. s y, 4
e aSt verbal Dg imbeclllty; ihl ,., og
o oo him. He simply ln'' Ia
the play notorious o., Sa' ,an. 4
GOOD taste? Does It MAKE N I'D
s spup statesmen sTS, or rulers .. J, ! |" \
n so. he will not permit " "
public. ncA Rsi'
,, The p pT mstier Of passing i1 t,I,
IL Is s,erp ofHcIal found n9 ill.s.,
, ,hls IIs' IN "sapho The D p'S Ss.s
o olo" "Tbe Gay LORD og'I.' y y t y d |
named play John h'l'
America next season q, ne a
,,d H 20 e forbidden in En NJ, ,ss,,,
fore we marvel at censoIl1i
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fords books on the stage next year.
Via Crucis." TO be produced by Charles
Frohman.
A. G. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle) has
written . play Of New York life that
will be among the productions Of next
season.
Virginia Harmed sothern declares
that one reason many theatrical folk
are taken IN Is because OF poor dress
ing rooms. Il must confess" she says
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Orchestral society a suite for orchestra
Of his composition entitled Hans An
dersen's Fairy Tales" had a FIRST per-
Torrance and ELECTED commendstion
FOR the young mans talents.
Virginia Earle. Thomas O. seabrooke,
w. p. Carlton and Dan DAILY viii APP
pear In THE Cadet Girl"
The stage censors Of Lelpsic, Carls-
ruhe and Stuttgart, Germany lately
forbade the performance In those cities
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OF Count Leo Tolstoi's THE Power Of
Darkness"
Alice Nielsen is 10 have a new opera
from the French.
New York is trying liquid air by way
of cooling theaters.
Some predict that the rush Of popular
novels on the stage is 70 be 30 great
next year as TO produce revulsion OF
popular taste.
There Will be another OF Marion Craw'
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June 10 Is the anniversary Of our ma.
tlonal game, on the 18th of June, 1886
the FIRST game OF baseball ever played
took place at Hoboken, N. j., the con-
testants being the New York and
Knlckerbocker baseball clubs.
The game Of baseball as at present
played is the result Of evolution. It
grew gradually out OF the English game
Of FOUNDERS, which is still enjoyed by
schoolboys on the other side Of the At
lantic. The game, when first imported
from England TO America, was called
"townbal." In this sport there We're
Corners instead of bases. These were
not guarded by the lelders, and the
runners were put out by being hit with
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Toms Cabin" was VII IN 49, ]
Trey it IS m rspori,d that julia M, 1 10
formers torl plays next year T, u- ~.
wnlie Collier Will ihI nav. "Ir'''
Augustus Thomas 'n''" !
Of Yale" .,.-s who his I,
making a tour OF 'h'
playing In London
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The RarrumBaiey circus exploited
Itself IN Hamburg by paying the street
railway companies 5000 10 stop an
their cars during the Ave hours OF a
parade Germany never had a big tent
show, and This one amazed the people
with rs size and methods
John J McNaly is writing a now
farce for Frank Mckee, not yet named,
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that I should feel more sympathy for
managers whose houses are closed by
the illness OF actors were It not for the
fact that most OF the illness in our pro-
fesslon Is caused by cold dressing rooms
and general lack Of consideration given
the actors"
Edward Hsrrigan will tour next sea-
son in a new version OF "old Lavender"
The FIRST dramRtiEation OF Harriet
Beeeher Stoves famous story, Uncle
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1 THOUGH the National league
u baseball season is not very TAR
...h ,,t,rq have

ALTHOUGH the National league
n baseball season is not very far
n advanced. enough games have
been played for O line 10 be drawn TO
enabie one 90 make an intelligent CONF
harrison of the teams Some of the fans
are even daring enough 10 predict me
standlnf OF the clubs at the end Of the
season. There seems TO De a very gem
eral opinion. and this Is shared 70 a
great extent by the players themselves
that the Brooklyn team has the best
look in for the pennant
Many player on some other team
Will tell you that his club Is bound to
be FIRST when the autumn leaves fan
once more, but q you ask him which
team viii be second the inyar.able re-
ply is Brooklyn. thus showing that the
aggregation from the City of Churches
Is the one they an fear most
The teams are so much more evenly
matched this season. owing 10 the re-
ductlon OF the circuit from 10 10 5 clubs
and the games are so much more fierce
ly contested that the percentages Of the
leaders are separated by fewer points
than In former years. The result OF
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THE STAGE IN SUMMER TINE.

which wiz be used to exploit in this
country the latest European novelty
the August family. a troupe OF panto-
mimic comedians which has created
sensation I'm Paris.
a grandson Of Joseph Jenerson Is
musical composer In London. He is
Harry Farjcon, son Of the novelist Al
q recent concert Of the Westminster
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JAMES A. HnRNE's POPULARITY.

In addition 10 defeating new the
ater which Is 10 bear his name, James
A. Herne has been threatened with the
honor OF having a new brand OF cigars
named after him The amusing part OF
Il Is that Mr.. Herue does not smoke
and had to take lessons In how 70 han
die the pipe which he pretends 10 smoke
In his latest play, Sag Harhor."
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BERNHARDT'S FIRST PART,

Sara Bernhard In her unputls.I
memoirs, gives an interesting aecoll
OF her first attempt at acting ]
says. In the convent Of Gnl
Champs, where ] was brought W
was the custom to get up thsari
every year for st. GATHERINGS day i
ter Therese had written a piece a!
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Baseball grew in spite OF difficulties,
however, and in time a national assoc
citation, which was formed to govern II,
made laws which were adhered TO
wherever the game was played. one OF
the first rules formulated by this or
ganization debarred from membership
in any club any player who played the
game for emolument The result OF
this was that between the years 1865
and 1871 baseball enjoyed It's maximum
Of popularity, The grounds upon which
the games were played were usually
vacant lots, and crowds Of from 10000
TO 20 900 were everyday occurrences.
The rivalry became so intense that
ell sorts ~ inducements were offered
the best players to Join certain clubs,
II was then but a step TO the open pay
ment OF salaries. Thus the element OF
professionalism set IN and in time led
10 the formation Of the National league
and American association.
LEO ETHERINGToN.
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HELEN BTRTRAMs NEW PART.

Paula Edwards Harry Marlborough,
Julius steger, w. c. Stewart and Helen
Bertram will support Jerome Sykes In
the new opera, Foxy CUTLER" Miss
Bertram was the prima donna Of the
Rostonians last season and win an the
same position in the Klaw & Erlanger
Opera company
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the most interesting
- feature OF the recent trip OF the

ININCTHIIy OL INHI0THIW WIHIVVV7
to the east was the wonderful work
done by Plaw, their great hammer
thrower This young man, who, by the
way, Is only 10 years Of age, is as phe-
nomenal In the hammer event as
Kraenzleln Is over the hurdles.
Plaw proved himself the best ham,
mer thrower IN this country and IN
fact, In the whole world for nearly all
the records at weight throwing are
held by Americans. He beat not only
the collegiate and intercollegiate rec
ords, but also smashed the amateur
championship record Of America,
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Plaw's best throw in the games against
Old Penn was 165 feet and one-half
inch. At the trials Of the intercollegi-
ate games he made l5i feet ~ inches
beating the intercollegiate record Of li9
feet inches made by McCracken In
1899. In practice on Franklin field Plaw
threw the hammer 10 feet inches.
This throw. which Is greater than any
amateur or professional record, will not
stand because It was not made in com
petition
As Plaw is not yet Of age and has not
attained his full strength and growth,
what ne may do by the time he reaches
the end Of his college life cannot be
foretold. He began hammer throwing
when he was u years Of age.
on the 20th OF this month the team OF
athletes from the University OF Penn
sylvania will sail for Europe in charge
OF Trainer Mike Murphy. They will go
direct TO Liverpool and will enter the
English championships at London be-
fore crossing the channel for the inter-
national events al Paris.
The team consists In the main OF the
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The players who gave birth TO the
greatest OF outdoor sports formed them
selves into an association TO promote
the welfare OF the new game, and on
Sept. %. 1916, formed the first baseball
club, to which they gave the name Of
Knickerbocker.
Thus our national game came into
existence. and. although It has gone
through many changes and endured
many hard rubs, especially In recent
years, II has continued TO flourish like
a green bay tree. The game quickly
spread around New York. and a num-
Der OF clubs were formed, with the re-
suit that the first match game. before
mentioned. was played at Hoboken.
Only four innings were played, as the
rule then was that the club which first
made p runs In equal innings won the
game
The growth OF baseball outside Of the
limits OF New York was very slow. II
was not played IN Philadelphia until
Is years later. Townball meanwhile
continued to be played throughout the
country, IT'S adherents being very re-
luctant to substitute baseball for the
old sport.