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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11
Beunings Turf Notes.

WASHINGTON. April io.-August BelmoH.
has no intention Of selling out all his two
year-olds that he has at Bennings, although
IL was so stated yesterday. Only four viii be
sold, and they are Hoofbeat. Eclectic. Wind
storm and Sourire. The sale takes place
in the paddock tomorrow.
More changes will be made at the track
after this meeting ends. According TO present
plans the track viii be overhanled and . new
dressing put on, while the infeld will be torn
up and a new stee plecha se course laid; The
iinneid has been IN poor shape And this Y
spills In the steepleohases. II is also said that
the grand stand may es enlarSd ,,,,,
stein. the well-known layer, Of odds, had tried
70 purshase the tSo-yeai-oid petsT Paul from
IA said TO have told LIGHT nstein he would
win the American Derby next year with Peter
j. j. Mackessey has sold the mare Curtsey
TO John Z. Madden at q private figure. CuTtsey
will be retired and sent to Madden's farm.
Hamburg Place.
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STIR OYER AUTO CUP RACE.
CONTESTANTS HUNTING FOR
COMMITTEES PLANS.

Secretary Butler Observation-Disclosures.
ticuiars Of the Mooer's Rsoer-Hark'
ness Car Has . New AxIe-ldea Ihat
Trials VIII BE Held N Prvsse.
About the centres where automobilists
oonsreeate. the garages and the club. the
scenes yesterday we're at 10 be lifted right on
to the stage for bits Of up-to-dste comedy
Everything was hustle and suppressed exc
citement Oiled the air. Every one was wear
Ing wise look and amused smiles and was
asking questions. but no one confessed to
knowing anything. As one man put II: ITS
mystery, fast and furious Reporters and
photographers were running about or lying
In wait at what they believed TO be vantage
points to learn something about the American
cars enlisted for the great International cup
race and the plans Of the committee for testing
them.
H. 8. Harness. one Of those entered for
the team. was hustlins for information -
hard as any one. He wanted TO know what
the committee 10 going 70 do about trying
out the candidates. He said he had been to
every member Of the race committee Of the
Automobile Club Of America and had failed
TO learn anything. Secretary Butler Of tho
club was uncommunicative. although be was
very busy. He was running about town In
the forenoon. and one place he visited was the
Is expected to arrive. G. q. Wridgway.
manager Of the branch. wss the most COM
municative man found. While he would say
nothing about his interview with Secretary
Butler he said that Mr.. Mooers and his car
are due here to-day, and he volunteered tia
Information that the racer has four cylinders
Of steel with cast explosion chambers and
sliding gears. Roller bearings are used In
every part possible and the engine
and nywheel weigh TOO pounds. The
complete oar weighs q little under ,,2eo
pounds. Both a magnetic and a battery are
used for sparkling. The wheels are 81 inches
IN diameter, with four-inch tires on the front
n e: st5 hc SSs
The seat q 10 the osntre Of the body Of the
snS s.o Sss hood
Mr. Hardness. who had to have new axle
Waiting in Brooklyn. He had d Il out 1rH On the
when he was running on second speed. <: slow
yesterday. whether be- must bring his car
70 a. to-day s. y FL IT, The to
AisSsnder &inton and the other 4%S i By Ssrcy
Ct e :.
bly, to bring his racer on here. Mr.. Wintop's
the COMMITTEES when he made his entry. and
viii not be brought TO New York, but Mr.
Owens car must compete with the others
No action by the committee on the two
Matheson cars which are not quite ready
has been announced, and through all the
grew that even after the Committeeman and
the contestants meet to-day little will DO
given out-that the elimination contests,
he. and hnn holI kn t~to .,
in private without any notice to the press or
any one except those participating.
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SHARKEY WILL NOT FIGHT.
He Calls on His Match With Jack Munroe
No Club Money Up.

There will be no fight between Jack Munroe
the Anaconda minerand Tom Sharkey, al
least, as far as Butte. Mon, IL concerned
After waiting several weeks to hear from the
ofncials OF the Broadway A, C.. Butte. re-
aarding the mill. Sharkey withdrew his for-
felt OF $500 yesterday and said that he was
through. The Butte club offered to give
q purse Of $4,000 and hold the combat on
July 4
Last week the club sent word to Clark
Ball. Munroes manager. that representa-
tive Of the Broadway A. &. was on the way
East and that he would get here Yesterday,
II was also said that the westerner had a
forfeit Of IS. 600 which the pueilists demanded,
and that he would post this amount as soon
as he arrived. Both Sharkey and Ball waited
patiently for the Montana man, but he failed
to materialize. Sh1rkey was 80 disguised
tina lie called everything OF, Ball is equally
disappointed and will take down his forfeit
to-day. Sharkey said to- THE SYN reporter
last night that he was willing TO box Munroe
for six rounds at Philadelphia. or for fifteen
or twenty rounds at Boston II a club there
will offer purse.
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Martin Candle whips Marty McCue.

Marty McCue. the local featherweight.
made a strenuous effort to retrieve himself
at Fall River on Thursday night, but failed
McCus had for an opponent Martin Candle OF
Fall River and the bout was limited to ten
rounds In the early part Of the mill McCue
went around his rival with vim. landing at
every turn. However, his blows failed to
make an Impression. and the more McCue
rushed the weaker he became. In the sixth
hard swings nearly put him out. In the
seventh he did well. but In the eighth be vas
all in so TO speak. In The ninth McCpe
floor repeatedly TO avoid punishment and the
referee cautioned him. Finally the referees
patience was exhausted and he stopped the
mill. rendering his decision In favor OF Candle.
McCae was not much hurt.
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Al San Francisco.

sam FRAScrsCo. April i0,-The announcement
vas sde 20 day that the racing season here would
close o. on April IS MIIst,e proved surprise and
First Rsce--sI fuhongsnBerno'a, 100 Cpowel9.
A 70 1. won: nugget, 100 tBonnen, 70 ]; second:
Legal MaIim. iO a. shseh.nl: = 70 l. shird Tm,s;
dda rssn. Yolso-se, Educate. Resin. Dwight WsS
An seo s Rses-Four iur,ens:aP;,66sS. u, &.
4 10 4. second: AlAmAnson. ioe tChAndIen, 20 70 l.
shird. Time. o:te. Tolteo. SIT Appiesy: Hcd9lie.
SFeturs. Nero and Dr.. B fdsai also ran. Co.,
=, Tsird Mcn pciis wiesSSA nos lAdnns. so !.
ssscnd ANA E S Bs cssheio lena. H.,msiss.
fourth Rsce-Ss fuIongns115N m |. ~ g
ssnconG Nooorto, o. iAdkinsl. 70 !, third Tine.
iaslz. z. n. Brsitsin, oroSus ana JOE" e"o
nh Raoe-one mile--G. W. Trahern, io7 (Bux :
toni y N 4 won; fathos. 100 tAdkinsl, 70 Sec
ona A,urs io1 q poTs 1ope Il 70 Rainier. Tono.
psS, nonec. All About, oyergro~'h. Aimssivsr'
sixth Rsce-one mile and 20 ysr a. 5Soy.on
,o second Jim Halls 10 '6a ST Az u v O. Ttr g..
Sleeping Child and Headstrons also ran.
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Judging Finished at Atlantic CITY Dog
Show.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. April ic.-The judges
concluded their labors to-day at the Dog
Show on Youns's Pier and the pens are pla-
carded with the various awards. Senator
Thomas c. Plat visited the show this after
noon. The promenades were we'll filed
with fashionables all day and tonight the
hall was crowded. DR.. c. A. Longest. Boston,
had no competitor In the bloodhound class
(dogs) and carried every prize. The same can
be said Of the mastiffs. Edward l.. Kraus.
Slatington. Pa. won all but three awards In
the class for Russian wolf hounds. Miss
Frances MADDEN. Hempstead. l.. l.. with
Olga won third prize In the latter class. and
MT, Z; b G pa,; surmOnt, Pa. won a third
The deerhound prizes were won By Beau-
yeau Borie, Jr., Philadelphia, and Mrs. Henry
Lewb and Miss Anna b. Lewis, Lansdowne
Pa. and j. NJ, Niskey. Atlantic City. captured
the ribbons In the greyhound class. John
Sinnott. philadelphia, and the Red Brook
for poodies. Philadel phians captured ali
but one award for chow elbows. Howard
smelling. south Lincoln Mass. was the only
entry In the Basset hound class. and took
the prize with Marauise. DR.. G. @. Motschen-
tacher. New York. won several prizes with his
dachshund.
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CHICAGO. April io.-Johnny ReifY. the dim
inutive Jockey. who has been riding In foreign
countries and who got into trouble on the
French turf, reached here yesterday from
San Fran cisco and will probably remain for
Il IL said Reir and his advisers have sban-
the French or En- Rlish turf and that strong
EFFORT VIII be made among the stewards OF the
Western Jockey Club to secure license for
tracks of Chiceeo during the coming season.
ReiT IA In rood condition at the present time
and would need little preparation to take his
Nrat mount
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Park Club Whist Team Again Wins.

PLAISY1KLD. N. j.. April lo.-The veteran
whist four from the Park Club won Its sixth
consecutive victory for the Metropolitan
challenge trophy last evening when the Jersey
City Whist Club challeng gers we're defeated
by a score Of to s. The match throughout
was exceedingly close. the Parks taking the
first and second rounds. 5 to . and 8 to 1. The
teams broke even on the third round. each
scoring points. This victory places the
Parks well among the leaders for the trophy
1t is the desire Of the Jersey teams that the
trophy remain In this State and q strong
Eiizabeth Chess and Whist Cub h the next
challenger. and the match will be played at
The Park Club was represented last evening
by its ORIGINAL four, Samuel Townseod. CAP
tain: 8, st. John McCutchen. George Rogers.
and Joseph H. Howell The challenging
team consisted Of Daniel Bowly captain;
Q. McCabe. II. L. Scott and j. Howard
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IN THE BASEBALL WORLD.
BAD INNING BY COLUMBIA GIVES
THE NEW FORKS SEVEN RUNS.
Game Wen Played In Other Innings, Pro-
fessionals winning by Score Of n 70 I
-Mertes steals Home From Third
Three Hits on the New York Pitcher

0amo Woh rtayou IN Otnor InnInBu, fTO'
fessionais winning by Score Of n 70
-Mertes Steals Homo From Third
Three Hits on the New York Pitcher
One inning Of poor work by the Columbia
University team In its game With the New
York Nationals at the Polo Grounds yester-
day afternoon was more than enough TO on
set their good playing In the other innings.
This u often the case In baseball. but yester-
day the bscksliding was more costly than v
usually the case. At no time could the Co
lumbia men do anything with the New York
pitching string. but they kept the New York
score down In the other innings. In the
feverish fourth the New Yorks made seven
runs. and the nnal score was II to In their
favor.
Columbia put In Grant. q left handed pitcher.
In the fourth. He did not last the inning
out. but held the centre Of the diamond long
enough to do much damage. lie was very
wild. and his efficiency spread to his sup
port Three bad errors wore made In the
inning. Tyler came to the rescue In the boz.
and things worked much more smoothly
for Columbia. under his twirling. Gearin.
Nsv rss Sss Ss
on the previous day. Mcifsw . evidently
sasTos. 1's were 1s t esr q tSs .p
stick work. Columbia. too, went In for
bunting, and gave promise OF ability in that
bases Twice there was bad base running,
and two New Works were caught at the
Da ss' &. sssd s Ssd' T SsSb 0rs
fine double steal In the sixth inning, MeItes
dashing home from third and Babb speeding
from second to third.
Columbia's sin gle run. made in the eighth
inning. was due to Tyler's two-baaeer TO
right, which Browne should have caught.
Warner and BIesnahan had strong arms
and clear eyes In throwing to seeond. and
Goodman and Joice was clean and fast.
TAYLOR pitched ave innings for the New Works
and let the opposition down with one hit.
q solid smash past short by Goodman.
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TO TRY FOR sEAwANHAkA CUP.
-Four Boats being Built for Trials-Amer.
leans 10 Cruise Abroad.

-Four boats are being built 10 take part In
the trials which the Manchester Yacht Club
VIII hold TO select a challenger for the Sea-
wanhaka Chall nge cup for ANAL boats. now
held by the Royal st. Lawrence Yacht Club.
Three Of these boats have been designed by
Burgess and Packard. The frst Of this trio
has been built by the Elgsinson- Boardman
syndicats and Il finished. The ssoond boat
u Tor Startling Burgs -. and the third 10 for
Frederick Tudor OF Boston. W. W. Meek
OF North Weymouth has an order for fourth
boat for this class. which Ia for r. A. Peacock
OF this city. The Canadians are busy maxi
ing pre- psrationa for the coming races Sew
era OF the old boats will be out in the trial
raos to Q. lect the defender. and among these
will be the Trident, last years boat. Some
new boats have been bu lit and It 10 UNDER
stood that they all have the ieeboards which
were peculiar 70 the model OF the Trident.
=, Two American-buit yachts are to cross
pesn S.Ts ' az su sna comm edop
a. 8. Bigelow Of the Eastern Yacht Club viii
send his steamer Pantooset across early next
month and VIII Join the yacht at Cuxhaven.
KEEL Canal and along the coasts Of NorwSy,
S Ds bsoE here H Il % e.
chased Last ssson By Albert 9. BSTrsse. also
q Boston: This yacht VIII cruise In the
The races Tor the Manhas.et Bay Yacht
sailed on june 20 and so and July on the
found on Port Washington. The Indian
cup. naming. a. L. Max wells oisean The
match "a TO be managed BY committee Of
these two are TO select the third The Judges
are not to be members Of either OF the int r
ested clubs. The boats are to be sailed by
Is Ave hours. The courses will alte rnate
windward or leeward and triangular The
windward or leeward course Is to be siX-
eighteen miles In length. II Is exp, ctnd that
other clubs will challenge before the end Of
this month and that at least four yachts
wiz compete for the cup. The winnT Is to
be the yacht that scores the most points In
the series, Each yacht Y credited with a
tional point for a start II II finishes the race.
The starting point will be from, the black
and red buoy TO the northward and east
ward OF Execution Light.
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v. c. whitney starts Improvements 70
Saratoga Racetrack.

Whitney. president Of the Saratoga Racing
Association, who arrived here from New York
city in bis private car Wanderer early this
afternoon, despatched Q large amount Of
Ek s oy several directors q the associsuon
ga | mon and Nelson avenues and gave. or
aers Tor the immediate construction OF 500
~ the southeast corner OF the track and In
thorse Haven. lie also issued strrctions
ter doubling the capacity Of the public stand.
touI by illiam W Worden, Philip J. Dwyer,
1ndrw Miller. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr, and
" Aeostini The visitors left here at ~
O'Clock for New York city.
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Baseball Notes.

Harry ourtis-The answer Is YES V both Of your
question:
The New YORK. win play the Jsney ctys In
Jefsey CITY this afternoon.
me xavier A. A. has April u. - and May open.
Clubs ossries FPSS street '0hh
The Hoboken baseball team win play the Ilon
team Of the New York State League At the st.
Georee cricket grounds In Hoboken tomorrow.
The Original Aomes. established b.e. have llled
al eu:. ne S.sss of es. on
Address Harry Curtis. manager, a Murray street.
The liner SEAL . strong uniformed team has
Organized for the season. and wishes 70 book da,es
sIa n.: laSss Edssa Iuasa
Fifteenth street and Tenth avenue.
TheMaujer A. c.. semi. professional has April 10
% and Nay d open and Is DESTROYS Of closing with
nn. che clubs wan,ins scSd s.'L aSs and
mann, iSs Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn.
Browne v hitting well and Ia fast as usual on the
bases but there are no signs OF improvement In
his nelding. The uncertainty on ~ balls and
Nck OF suTeness IN making the eaten seem 70 be
with him again this year.
The Kingston B. b. a: schedule Is being rapidly
nIied, eames having been arranged with such
cams 8 the Bsysides. Ariingtons. wanlngtons.
&c Jerome +. C.. Klmores, West Farms. Carons,
sfsernoon. and few sundays In July and Aguust
sood sttrsction and odeIing suitable Inducements.
address A. p. Novotny. <2o Past Fifty ninth street.
following teams: Seventh Reg nent Of New York.
& Il Sssiss B... ssI sSs. H %.s
sor: xnsses
SusI uS n snsss Sss
sisd cuS. T;Ssos 4 O. ssi 81 iii Brother isisnd
Field Club.
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n,.od Horses G DING 70 England.

Among the blood horses which sal on
the Atlantic Transport liner Minneapolis for
london to-day are Ave polo ponies consigned
to Lawrence McCreery. the Teli-known
American polo player carriage I horse Con Con
Serk turfman now In England. aud a mag
nifcent harness horse which goes 70 the Hon.
Evelyn Fitz-Gerald OF London.
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Ben Jordan and VIII Curiey Matched

According to the London Sporting Lite,
Ben Jordan has signed articles to meet viii
Curley OF overwhelmingly before the
National Sporting Club. London. the latter
part OF this month. No date has az yet been
chosen. This will be done next week. when
the final installment OF the 200 side bet
will be put up Tho mill Is at i2i pounds.
weigh In at O'Clock on the day OF the mill
and the purse offered Is q, 500
Curley Is looked upon as Jordan's nearest
rival He has whipped Jack Roberta one
Of the best i26-pounders In England and
has gained verdicts over other well-known
Dixon In this country and Ia very clever.
Jordan is very anxious TO win this lght. as It
will rive him chance to meet Young Corbet.
saws that he will give n good purse to the
winner Of the frht to tackle Corbett In Eng
land either on Derby night or next fall Both
Jordan and Curley have plenty OF followers
who will back the men heavily.
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GOLF.
Opsntng Compositions Teddy On Several
Metropolitan Links.

OpGnn8 Cempeut1ons To-day On several
Metropolitan Links.
April showers and sunshine have made
the links verdant. and, unless an ure- oected
blizzard intervenes a. on last Saturday.
there VIII b plenty Of solnns to-day on the
Metropolitan Golf Association courses. The
scheduled competitions are the first Of the
regular monthly handbags at the Dyker
Meadow and Marine and Field links; special
handicap at the st. Andrews Golf Club and
Essex County Country Club; the first In the
series Of handicaps for the Governors CUP
at the Hilside Tennis and Golf Club, and
sveepstakes at the Yountakah Country Club.
Golf Cub asfSo f hl fp COX Te cSS
open ia full eightee n hole courss with handi-
GAP ,, The course has been lengthensd and
Tie fourteenth hole. and the rf hs L IN "pIe nd
condition. both on the fair and putting
green's.
The Forest Hill Golf Club has announced
it's special contests for the season. which
The handicaRs win have separate prifes FOR
the A and b players. the former class 70
Include Iasyes sd from ;orqtSs to
sisereps sSsnt. are the prs.id.nt. 6eors. T.
hs.l dsE W EcsO. snd T. T.
" cIsss i and rating. have been made At
being on scratch to twenty and from twenty
one to thirty. The following early schedule
has beer arranged:
May %, mlIed fouIsome handicap: May 20. men
thirty slx hole handicap for CUP presented by the
president Percy Jackson. and women approach
Ing and putting composition: June mems eighteen
hole and womens nine hole handicaps June Is.
mixed foursome handicap; June %, mems eighteen.
handicap at nine holes.
There will also be sweepstakes handicap
on every Saturday In April. beginning to-
day.
May 2 has been fxed for the opening handi-
cap at the Newark Golf Club. Aleck Finley
has the course In a very advanced condition
and part OF II 10 now available for practising
A wide porch has been built around the club
house. which has been completely renovated
and refurnished since II has come into the
possession Of the new club.
The executive committee Of the Metro
politsn Golf Association held Its scheduled
meeting on Thursday. Secretary Morgan
said that nothing would be given out for
publication a. 10 the business transacted.
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Herses Arriving at Aqueduct.

Horses are arriving at the Anueduct track
In large numbers. George E. Smiths stable
of ten. Including Chiffon, stevedore. Past
and others all at and ready to race, got there
Yesterday. W. divers stable got In from
Washington, ncnding the CsTte I handiessp
Renninge with syriin. another Carter candi-
date. and McwilliAms Of the same stable.
and Others. The track is In good shape and
everything Is In readiness for the opening
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New Home for Long Island Auts Club

The Long Island Automobile Club has
leased a new clubhouse at 50 Hanson place.
Brooklyn. a commodious building. once a
dwelling and later altered for an express
company. with room for wagons on the
ground floor. Here the club members
will find the accommodations OF a garage
combined with the luxurhs Of clubhouse
In the upper floors. There will be formal
The club viii have . run to Amityville to-
morrow.
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Tho Aute Trade Association.

Calling q meeting for 1880 o'clock on the
morning Of Good Friday resulted poorly for
the new organization OF automobile dealers
being formed under the name OF the New
York Automobile Trade Association. Rep;
and copies OF the proposed constitution and
bylaws were handed out John J. Plnmmer,
action, because OF the poor attendance, and
the meeting was adjourned until next Thurs-
day night at the same place. i7i3 Broadway.
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Pint bASe on eIron-NeM iorxl % LeIt on
bases-New York. 7: Columbia, T. Two-b hit
i:eG Grant. :; On Tyler struck ou,,;By Tsyio,.
Nertes o. Babb %. Double plays-Tsber. AehleI
and Jolee Goodman. Taber and Frambaeh; Passed
By Grant. 2: by Tyler. 1. Impire-Honung.
Time-1 hours. AttendAnce-l5oo
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Al Knoxville. Tenn.-Uniyeraty Of Tennessee,
Emory and Henry College Of Virginia,
Work on American League Grounds.


Many basel ball enthusiasts visited the New
York American Ieague grounds yesterday
and watched with close interest the army OF
men at work on the new field on Washington
Heights This 10 the case On every good day.
and il 10 apparent that the advent Of Grifnths's
strona trou De and the cham pionship season
are eagerly swaited, Former Mayor Van
Wyck, John r. Carroll. Ed Carroll and former
the grounds yesterday. The flooring for the
grand stand was being laid yesterday. as the
part of the grand stand was nearly COM
pleted. There was a big boulder. which In
trrfered somewhat with the building OF the
stone wall. but the blasts shattered this OBJ.
struction. yesterday. The blasting In that
e about completed. On Monday next the
work Of dwelling and smoSthing on the IN
tsrday were chopping down trees. The trees
are aged, but tough and hardy: and i tskes
them Work on the main entrance and the
runways Will be be gun to-day.
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Breokiyu Amateur Baseball Players In
session.

The Brooklyn Amateur Baseball Associa-
ton held Its annual meeting last night at
brownies Business College. The Fultons
and Brownies resigned from the association,
and the St. Agnes and st. Teresa clubs were
elected 10 membership. The following clubs
Cathedral Club. st. Agnes. St. Teresa and
St Joseph.
president, A, d. Waldron: yice-president,
J. p. Gleason; treasurer, Charles W. Martin,
Jr.: secretary. John F. Regan.
The opening champio nship games will be
played a Prospect Park on Decoration Day.
4 Committee was appointed to arrange the
sohedule and all other details.