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baseball Notes,

clip II II! vii niO have % &c T]seEsned Wiz IL sxs"fdIns
Paine battery looks 10 be 4 Karats Gne. ~"
The New York Americans now have four post.
esasa ssRPsss s. f S}sy Ssf !. 'tS SS q clay %; with IH %s. e. ss ;ss
Is In boston and the other In Philadelphia.
Laporte's bat looks to be made OF wood, but IL Ia
3 SiaSseon ma" as Is 10 &c foSnd on the msior lessus
position without using a derrick is a mystery.
S asSsa S SSissy; r. %sd EiisssTS I'd TdP'oS dRTssia and s TslsI
: I'M \ X. f ssIj"Ss,d KIM Clark dra'S' has been
MANAGER Chance q the Cub, the other day. This
and there is every indication that the team viii 81
such q pace from now on that e VIII be hard 10 over.
words were spoken the New Yorks had overtsEen
"A despatch to the Washing ton Post says. "Tae
Cumberland management gave many releases TO
day as a result OF the noor work In tho game with
pitcher. Hockvilis: 'Sefllmsn. ,hird base, Pooissviiic'
Md Reedy. pitcher Stcubenvalle; Denghsrty,
Parrish. shortstop, Hsgeistown; franks, Outneider.
Altoona" 1t was FrostburH' indeed. in cumber'
Ward, the third baseman of the PhllAdelphias,
who is leading the National League In batting, never
Last year he played in suburban towns Of Phil,
adelphi4 and also in Vermont. Both Dury and
il was not until Courtney was hurt and Sentcii,
who Was Cour,ney's nrst unders,udy. become ~
could do In fashionable society.
The Boston Nationals recently gave the New
York club permission 10 l~esotlate with Abheticchio.
who thus far has refused 10 play with the Boston,
this year. Mctraw wrote 10 Abbatlcchlo with q
view TO doing business. but Abbatiechio seems IN
have got the impression that he was at liberty 10
do business with any club be wanted 10, He put
himself In Communication with several Western
clubs 81 the National League, and when the Boston
folks heard OF this they made up their minds III y
club Us deprived OF q chance 10 ret him, and he
must play with Boston or not at all.
Fslkenhurt, Hughes and Ritson are all bic men.
! and those blue uniforms mako the Washington
0 garb as could be found and do not make q rood
frame for the manly beauty OF the Senatorial
troupe,
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HOPPE'S RECORD BILLIARDS.
YounG play 20 Makes q nu af aO9 In iSE7
llaIk Line Tourney.

CHICAGO. May u-As u hitting climax TO
Q day Of sensational billiard playing. VIII"
lam Hoppe. the holder Of the championship
at 1871 balk line, tonight not only defeated
jacob Schaefer by the decisive SC ore Of 800
to 1903, in the Isl? tournament but smashed the
worlds, record for this particular style Of
play by running 307 points In the fourth
inning.
The old record was 2Sj. established by Louis
Cure. in a match in Paris against schaefer.
Old billiardists who watched the play were
simply amazed and declared they had never
seen anything like It before, and the other
worlds masters, those that happened to be
present, looked on In wonderment.. 4,
Schaefer himself appeared most interested
Of all, and when Hoppe finally. missed a din
cult three cushion carom shqt py q hair enc,
the rivalry that exists between him and Hoppe.
sprang from his chair and congratulated the
Hoppe made the bfg average Of 90 I-s. The
score.
Schaefer-Total. io3. Average, 2,I.
Hoppe-Total. sou. Average. 81 As.
By playing one Of the most remarka-
BILE games of billiards ever seen In any
tournament, George sutton defeated Louis
Cure OF France this afternoon in the
ran the game out in the sixth inning. making
an average OF 50 pa. Sutton made the worlds
record average Of 100 In the New York tourna-
ment, and failed TO equal TINT mark to-day
In making his great total he had three
runs OF triple figures. His first netted him
ia his dIos second %aI big Is, 'o! Fbe last as Ia1; w Mn.I sa sis
his worlds record. Score,
Sut,on-i. s, 40. III. sol. 20. Total. 500. Aver
Iccurc-o' ias. 3. o. aS. H. Total. ss1. Average.
$3.50,
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Cornell Boxing and wrestling Bouts.

ITHACA. May 1.-THE Cornell University
championship contests In boxing, wrestlin g
and fencing were held In the armory tonight,
Herbert Hochheimer. 'Oe, won first honors
with the foils. and George Delcasse, '0s, the
broad sword. +. ID. Licurse. 90. won the
liz mound class wrestling: Harontlne Kou-
youtndji6n, 90, the i2S pound wrestling; H.. A,
Temple, 20, the 1855 pound wrestling; X. G.
Iiyermore. 90. the las pound wrestling; p, G..
Drae oshinon 'os. the 1883 pound WRESTLING;
&C Oderkirk, 90. the heavyweight wrestling,
II. Monroe, 90. and &. Brown, 90, drew in the
featherwelght boxing; W. ]. Price, g., won
The welterweiRht boxing. G. l. Roadhouse.
'67. the middleweight boxing; L.. Relnecke. a.,
won the heavyweight boxing.
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Parade to Honor wo rld,s Champions.

On June u, the day on which the worlds
championship pennant is to be presented
to the New Yorks at the Polo Grounds. there
will be an extensive programme carried out
in which the amateur and semi-professionsl
baseball teams In and about New York are
arranging TO participate, II Is planned 20
have a parade OH the morning oil. the l2th,
win Be down. Broadway. 10 City Hall. where
u will be reviewed. by the Mayor, the Preei-
deat Of the, Borough Snd the President Of The
which wnI convey the oiubs TO the Polo
Grounds, where q further programme win
be carried out. .@-----~-~~-~~x~9A
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NOTED TRAINER DEAD.
Brown Dick, q Colored Man. VINO was
supposed to Head the Jockey Trust.

KY. May Thrown, who
died In Louisville to-day. commonly known
to race followers East and West as Brown
Dick. was the most noted colored trainer
ever known 10 the American turf, lie handled
the racing stables OF Dan swigert, Milton
Young, r. c. Pate. Eugene Leigh and DR..
j. D.. Noct, and trained many noted turf
performers, including the unbe9ten Asteroid,
Creole, Ben Brush. Plaudit. Handsome and
others,
that he was charged with being at the head
OF a trust which controlled the colored jockeys
and which manipulated many races. These
track in Chicago. but he was not called on by
The officials to make answer 10 them. AS a
Jockey for RIA. Alexander he piloted TO victory
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Schaefer-Total. i03. Average, 2ili.
Hoppe-Total. 5OO. Average. 81 As.
Billiard Gossip.

In the handicap 1872 balk line tournament at
Days academy yesterday the winners were
Weine r and Muldaur. The score:
WciDer (240,-0. 2, /. 3, =. 10. 3, %. 4, o. 5, J. z,
o, !, SIS, s. IL. /. 0,oa Ill Total, $40, Aver
SLewenber re- 1900 %. l, 2, o. 8, 9. IS, 90 2. IS. T.. 3,
iai s,O,V 90. s, SO. Is. 10, 0, 0,o.2. o.4.2. o. 3,l.0,+
2. 10, 81. %. s, 0, ?, 9. 10. 4.I Total $50 Average
Guidaur 600. 1. l.. So 10. 80 10, 70, I, 4.
e. o J. J T., T Z; q 4; s O. o. A :; r, i ! is.ss.' ''O' H.
Thompson Goo, /, o /. ~ =, l.. o. 4. 4. Il.
l,&S2,1. 1, o. s, o. L. ..l,l.o 4. H. I'LL .o 90
Total, aS. Average, 2 ISIS.
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MOTOR o A

New Jersey and westchester county one
co Ths te GI1s S SSs% n1tsSs. q thu the sd sa'slnf,e Il
play for a continuous tournament 10 be. held
p possiS Sis in 70 the Se SrrHaS q their r' pia vi sea ABILITY
The first six players will constitute class one;
the second, six win constitute class two; the
third six class three. and so on for as many
classes az may be necessary. Each, player
Kin. Provided that the challenged player
class, II the challenger wins. two out OF
three sets he take the number OF the defeated
PLAYER. who drops 5ats to the challenge.
both players retain their former numbers
An unplscsd player may challenge only,
%smHsss H' '9 fro iHW' Tie S'af sen 3hsess so oS sRessS'
challenged player fails for more, than two
challenger by default, unless the tennis com
mittee for good reason orders otherwise,
II defeated the challenger may not challenge
Alter, NY The mHembers Of eiass i wiifbs% regard.
ed az the regular club team and Of class I?
as the substitutes therefor, but the tennis
sS%%ofee for %A team II M ma esSSss''S MaI sI mem SSsrs
OF the club IF any class are elisiblS
tanned throughout the season the best stand
ing in this tournament, The committee is
FPederIeE ", doddsrd, Owen H. FlcmiSs,,
MMss|hli s s'S AND IL, SS' Misses ( SARAH E. s ess1sisT
Wylle c, Grant, the sin gles champion OF
this country toward the end Of July to COM
pete abroad. Grant will, try to win out tho
Homburg cup. on which he already has two
wing G, right. brother Of tho cha pion,
probably , III accompany Grant and play IN
doubles with hi Grant will compete. ln the
lands CHAMPIONSHIPS, at Homburg and at
Brighton and Eastbourne., Because of his
trip the chamliopship ip slnglesSof he club
will play the winner by per rission Of the
tennis co mittee. although the tournament
clubs tournament committees.
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'BA.,ed for Newton In the ninth inning;
New York ....,....,..0 | q o 0 0 O "a
lfft on bases-New York, 0: Cleveland, 8. First
base on bails1on chssbr9, 2; on SSwssnn; !; or 4
by Wcss, 3, Three base ~hit-Turner. Two base
h%ltsI.conroy, Rieinow, fs s,Sg,l hossn'ann, ,, rnTner'
Conroy, Double plays -IAjoie, Turner and Ross
man; Turner, Rossnan and Clarke Hit BY pitcher
on Newton 8 TN three inningsl: OF Hess, 10. I'm
p~ircs-OLd6ghlin and connor. Time ! hour and
IS minutes. Attendance-S,Ooo
DETROIT, 4: WASHINGTON, o.
WARRINGTON, May il.-The Weshingtons could
and were shut out, while the Detroits ba,ted Hughes
freely and scored without much trouble. The
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Dated for CleAry In the eighth inning.
'Batied Tor Stetima In the ninth inning.
1s ocssy. S,y"":..".:.."S ! 9 %
First base on error-Rochester. Left on
bases Jersey City. 0; Roshes,er; O. Fl,s, base e, on
BY Moskiman, 5; By Cleary. 8, Three base hit.
Moskiman Two base hit, Loadenslsesr' Saori
Bean. Butler, Moore, .Duny. Double plays
Butler aud Bean; Barclay and LoudenslaEeII.
Umplre-Kelly, Ttme--2 hours. Attendance 300.
BupFALo, S: SgwABE, 1.
Buffalo turned the tables on Newark Yesterday
In Newark. Hesterfer's poor work on the slab
WA the cause OF the defeat Of the locals. The score;
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Totals .... 4 10 - ~ Z
MATTED for Wicker In the ninth inning.
Chicago. ............ . o o 0 Q q %
ThIee base hits -Bennett Snaoot. sacrifice hlis
Mcbride, shannon. Stolen basfe-SheckAfd.
schultz. shannon, Bennstt. Amdt n.iknwicke;.
slr T1en os ss,. q ~ off. ssn. 3 sy'1w ,si. ga a W'ffsfTt' on
bases 50. Louis. d Chicago. 9. Umpires Car.
penter and tombstone. Trne-2 hours. Attend
Ance-IHjO.
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AMERICANS WIN AT TENNIS.
Gould and Crane Defeat Cooper.key and
pennelI,
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

Special Cable Despateh 10 THK SUN.
LoNpdN. May flowing to the I act that
business engagements compelled Eustaoe
H.. Miles to withdraw from the proposed
international tennis match. In which he and
yane Pennell we're to have been partners.
Jay Gould and Joshua Crane declined to play
the game as an international one to-day.
They played an exhibition. game. In which
they beat Major Cooper-key and Pennen
with n score of 6-l, Cd, 10.
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saefare blts Dgaageetd Csfte. Ntlpn bass
NaFee. bfsBeaeig lfhelBaa iigahls llay waanet
"a. on Esns ~ sgaFisT IA sN ftHlpg 4 Sirgsh
gtHg sr.,as 4 w l%hllnlrs' 4 Ie,rifr Msm
~ LOWS IN, ~, q CnieluQ n Lb
81 Loyfa Nsy ~ tsvts defsatsd Celess9
No asl wNG vs.asr sefengg "a ,sse.Sp,s 4,
lilnes, Wtiie IsesA pttehed an eseeiieat ar'eis %
bai, me scofei
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LACROSSE.
Harvard Team Defeats Columbia by q
Goals to 2.

! Harvard defeated Columbia at lacrosse in
a game played yesterday on South Field
by a score Of 8 goals TO 2. The field was
soggy and slippery. The Harvard team
made all It's goals In the first half, Columbia
scoripu once. In the>Aecond period Columbia
HELD the Crimson down and scored once
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esesHsais ~ 40 Vsw Essas . Sss@ fuss
~ lsgpaelnR TO Obl0aNRA

80. Nefs aegaelNl ~ me CaEilnais, shish
araleseHtaHf Nsa ap~egariefa4 ~ f3 Nes
YefNa tnffe nHa1 ~ fiats Flilsla. rNs lHete
80 aln1 hllHft NJ 9i4tH hfnftf Its wy
feaulFH
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Vale Beats Harvard In Shooting.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. May u.-in the dual
ahoot this afternoon between the Yale and
Harvard gun clubs Yale won by aos to isa.
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American Associations

Al Observation-Disclosures, 4; Minneapolis. 3.
AT 81. PAul-Toledo, O; 81. Paul. 2.
Al Observation-Disclosures. 8; Louisville, T..
Az Kansas Oty-Indlenapolis. IL: Kansas Ivy, U,
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Southern League,

AZ New Orleans-New Orleans, 8; Atlanta, 4.
AZ Little Rock-Lttle Rock, o Nashville, I,
AZ Shreveport-Shrepeport, u birmingham,
AZ ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 8; Montgomcry..S
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New England League.

At Hayerhil-New Bedford. q Hsverhill, o. ,
AZ I.ynu-Lynn, q; Lowell. T..
Al Lhwfenoe-Fal River, s; Lawrence, l..
Al Worcesier-Worcester, g. Manchester, ).
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. iS.s for plncsn in The ninth inning.

'Batted for Dineen In the ninth inning.
81 sN' Louis: ;.....SS ! 3 O. : rs
First base on e~rrors-Boston. I; 81. Louis, 9.
d LEI Ss Gn oe%sfs Diness. /: 3 Cd p sm haS's :. Is str rsss' O Ssse
by plnoen, 8; by Smith, D. Three base hits-Col-
ms Hempnli' W Sass WtsH,iooha Nnes' Fsf.
smith Stolen b~ases-Parent, Stahl. Passed ball
Hickey. Um~pre-Connolly.. Tine hours and
8 mlnutes. AttendAnce-So5,
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Games Scheduled for To-day.
AMERICAN lRAoUR.

AMERICAN LRAoUR.
Cleveland In New York. Detroit In Washin gton:
Chicago In Philadelphia; st, Louisin Boston.
NATIONAL LhIouR.
New York IN CincinnAti; brooklyn In Chicago
Philadelphia In Pitsburg; Boston In st. Louis.
KAsfyhN LHAouI.
RochestsI. N. Jorasy. City; Buffalo Y Newark;
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Connecticut League.

AZ Holyoke-Norwich, 4: Holyoke. 8.
AZ Hartford-Hartford, 3: Bridgeport, 2.
a New Haven-wAterbury, Z: Nov Haven. 4.
Al Spnngneid-Sphngneld. 3; New London. Q.
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Washing TON, /; Detroit. O., First base on halls
o. Nuilln, !. Struck og, by Hughes, l. BY Maliin.
Two base hit SchAefcr. Sacrifice hits-Lindsay,
schse1.i, Stolen esses-sobb. MsIn,yrei Passed
SO minutes. Attendance %.pS
OF. LOUIS "a, L., 8; BOSTON a, L.,
BOSTON, May ll.-Smith pitched q great game for
81. Louis e. day, only tour q the locals hitting him
inning by punching their hits, the locals making
keyeral errors atthe same time. Jones had twenty
two putouts at hrst base, The score:
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New York state I.eaEue.

Al Syraeuse-Albany. 4; Syracuse, .,
Al Binghamton-Troy, 7: Blnghamton. o.
Al Scranton J. and g., Q; Scranton, :,
Observation-Disclosures. TO- Utica. 4.
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TWO base hIt-Jones. Sacrlhce hItt IA
del, NcManus, Mattress, Kissinger. Stolen bases
-Mahling. Jones. First base on balls-nf Hes
,erter, 7: b Kissinser, !. wild piteh-Kis.leser.
Passed bali-shea, First base on eIrots.Bgnalo ..
''Joncs and Shea; brown. Epgle and Brown; coch:
ran and Hin. umpire-Moran. Time--i hour and
30 minutes. .
AT BALTIMORE.
RI n. Y,
TSrnn,o e......,,6o 0 o Q Q Q : o ID q Q
Batteries-Burchell and Byers; Owens, Currie and
Taft.
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RoCHEsTRR.

JEH8BI CITIt VI HUtHt6I EHF 7
Jersey City recovered from It's losing streak
yesterday az tho expense OF a defeat for. Rochester.
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BAD BASE RUNNING COSTLY.
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Poor start: won driving: Hue Dale, br. g., 2,
by ia verdale-Blue Jacket owned ana trained by
j. II, Mccormick.
BIxTH nACH.
Handicap for three year -olds and upward, sl.soo

Poor start: won easily: Rcbo, br. e.. s, by Percy
Cimerone; owned by John A. Drake; trained by Z.
| NViaha nd.
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South Atlantic League.
Western League.

Az Cofumbia-Columbia. 8; Macon, !.
AZ Charieston-Charleston, q Savannah. ..
AZ Observation-Disclosures s: Augusta. q.
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AZ Sioux City-Des Mo,nes, Q; Sioux City. I.
AZ De~nver-Denver. 8: Lincoln. 2.
AZ Pueblo-OmAha, 8; Pueblo, Z. .
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EASTERN LEAGUE.

STANDING or rus eLups
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
LONDON STAGE NEWS.

Special Correspondence.
I ONDON. June AT the moment
OF writing the theatrical event OF
- the future which is being awaited
with most interest in London is
the coming production OF oscar Wilde's
short unpublished play "a Florentine
Tragedy" which will be given with
an especially strong cast at the Kings
Hall. Coyent Garden, in about a fort
nights time.
This is undoubtedly one OF the most
striking pieces OF work that It's author
ever did and It would not be surpris-
ing II the production in London led TO
performances OF It being given in the
United States. but perhaps the most
interesting thing about the play is the
curious story OF its disappearance
from It's authors study soon after II
was originally completed, and OF how.
fiye years afterward. another draft was
discovered by Wildes literary execu-
tor and by him pieced together for
use upon the stage.
This story has Just come to light.
having been related by Robert Ross.
the literary executor In question. and
the editor OF Wilde's DE Profundis.'
apropos Of the FIRST production of the
little play. According TO Mr. Ross. "A
Florentine Tragedy was originally
written for George Alexander and was
completed in April. 1895, only few
days before Wilde was declared a
bankrupt Nv friend then asked me-
says Mr. Ross TO go TO his house and
take possession OF all his unpublished
manuscript and ! managed 10 reach
his residence just before the bailiffs en-
tered or course the authors letters
and manuscripts would have been ex-
empt from seizure. but ! found that
the manuscript Of "A Florentine Trag-
edy together with the manuscripts OF
two other unpublished plays and the
enlarged version OF The Portrait OF
Mr. w. H." upon which / knew Wilde
was engaged, had mysteriously disap-
peared, Soue one had been there be-
fore me"
Ross adds that the thief was never
discovered. nor did the stolen manu-
scripts Of "a Florentine Tragedy and
The Portrait OF Mr., W. H." ever
come to light, although that Of the
third play The Duchess Of Padua'
was discovered by a friend OF Wilde's
in secondhand book-shop In London
IN 1897 and promptly forwarded TO its
author In Paris, After Wilde's death
In 1900. however. Mr.. Ross says he had
occasion 10 sort a mass OF letters and
papers which had been forwarded 10
him by the authors solicitors, and
among them he found some loose
sheets containing the draft OF play
which he recognized as the 'Florentine
Tragedy"
BY piecing these together" he says,
| was able 20 reconstruct a consider
able portion OF the play. The first five
pages had gone. and there was another
page missing. but some 400 lines Of
blank verse remained. Now the intro.
ductory scene OF the single act OF
which the play consists has been re-
written bv Mr. Surge Moore, and SO It
viii be possible 10 present the Tragedy
for the first time to an English audi
euce"
There is little doubt. moreover. that