THE SUNDAY OKEGOSIAN. PORTLAND, 'ffASCH 25, 1900.
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The Kopje.
he konle emote the bllthenronir
And ecrooned the trencherloen;
nd trekked the busy dav alonir.
And veiled the wintry moon.
he kopje caugnt It In- the N'ek.
And 1 roomed the laagers all;
rhen calmly fllmmed a quart of eec.
And dodged the lancers tall.
be konle is a frummm Ktr-ht
That's rarely seen hv men-
fct's here at dawn, it's gone at night
aiiu uien it's back apalnl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ITH THE SPORT LOVERS
ebnll, Bench Shove, Improvement
f Roads, Athletics, Golf and
Tennis Current Topics.
e Driving: Association Is meeting -with
jrved encouragement In Its efforts to
rove Portland's boulevards and drive-
The ostenslb:e object of the as-
Lt'.on is not to build or support race-
Its, but to furnish the lovers of horses.
flier they be riders or drivers, a
pure ground worthy of the city. The
jnt project Is to secure and improve
lore accessible means of ingress to
iacadam. or White House, road: then
i-lden and to gravel the road, as far
la as Riverside. The City Council
backed up the association, by improv-
itne streets leading to the road, as
I us a portion or tne road itself. It
also refused the frnnrhfso of Vi
k-car line thereon, so now it will rest
uie property-owners along the way,
with Multnomah County, when the
nation snail begin its good work. It
Itended to make Maraflnm mn a
fcway or boulevard of sufficient width
l10W one Side Of tho rnnri in ho iivaA
leavy wagons, and the other for pleas-
lrcvers and wheelmen. Nor will the
les Of the association 1a rnnfineri in
throuchfare: St. Johns hnniovnrri
Lv road, Base Line road and Section
jjroaa win ail receive attention. The
bell Will, no doubt, meet tho bnrsn-
half way in this worthy object.
California Going: Ennt.
"University of California has made
lite arrangements to send a strong rep
arative track team East this year, tn
.fete In the annual intercollegiate meet
also to have dual meets with the
r colleges. This Is an ambitious
f but the showing made by the hand
f athletes who went Easf two vAar
bas encouraged the co'llpc- to t
iuslons with Its whole team. There
pe contests with Cornell, Columbia,
sxiivania, Wisconsin, Princeton, Yale
iicaco. beven of the 12 men hnw
been selected. inehidinn- Trant
Rn Drum, in the 100 and 220-yard
; aaogan, y and 440-yard dashes;
Jell. 120 and 220 hurdles: -Rronoton
V jump and 100-yard dash; Hoffman.
ijump ana poie vault; Woolsey. put-
uae enot ana xw-yard dash, and Plaw,
Kier-throwfng and shot-putting.
Iteam will leave Berkeley during the
keek in April, and will meet Yale on
lo. unusual Interest among local
tes Is aroused over the pvmi c vi
lis of the California men are pretty
Iknown. and comnamUvn cintoc
lly being prepared.
I powers that be In the Eastern base
Sarorld have, at last rnoVi r.m
-- - - .t..t.h A7VAAAC
If a decision as to what the National
s wii jjive io tne public this com-
ason. At their recent session in
fork It was finally decided tn mn
tague on an eight-club -basis, two
tn and two Western ehihs hoinf.
I'd. Cleveland and Louisiana tr.n-c.-
f-d for obvious reasons tho nnnp en-
lecorded to tne league teams in these
peing tne prime cause. To offset
"2s&
i H list K 9k H L VHb fr
this in the East, Washington and Balti
more were Induced, through monetary con
siderations, to relinquish their franchises.
The players of these disbanded teams
have been sold and otherwise distributed
among tho other league teams and minor
leagues.
Season' Schedule.
Tho schedule committee decided on a
series of 140 games, each club to play 20
games with each of its opponents. The
season opens April 19. The staff of um
pires will consist of Robert Emslie, C. E.
Swartwood, T. P. Connelly, H. O'Day and
Tim Hurst, with the best of them all.
Lynch, still without a job. The double
umpire sytem was abolished, for the pres
ent season.
Another change will be the position of
the home Olate. Thn n1nt "will in future
be placed with the squaro edge, lnstea"d
of the corner-, facing the pitcher. It Is
hoped that this change will make the um
pire's work on "balls" and "strikes" more
sure, as the uncertain ball that barely
"cuts the corner" will no longer be In evi
dence as cause for wrangling.
A change of importance In the playing
rules was also adopted. Formerly a
"balk" gave the batter his "base and the
men on bases advanced one. Now the
rule Is changed so that the base-runner
advance. one base, but the batter does
not go to first. The strong little Eastern
League already has applications for fran
chises In the abandoned cities, Balti
more and Washington, but the matter for
the present has been tabled by the league
for consideration.
Wavcrly Secured ProfcuHlonul.
The WaverlyG-olf Club has been very
fortunate In securing the services of a
professional golf player, a gentleman espe
cially imported for this club from the
"land of the heather." John iloffatt comes
to Portland very highly recommended, not
onlj "by fellow-professionals, but by In
fluential gentlemen-players, in the vicinity
Edlnburg. It was through the kindly of
fices of Mr. Edward L. L Blyth, of Edin
burgh, father of Percy H. Blyth, of this
city, that the Waverley'Club secured Mof-
lait s services.
Mr. Moffatt Is a young, energetic player,
and comes to Portland from the Mussel
burg golf links, near Edinburgh the oldest
and most famous Units in Scotland. Pre
vious to coming here he was In the em
ploy of Willie Park, the champion pro
fessional golfer of Scotland. Through his
long experience with Park, Moffatt has
become not only a very expert player and
teacher, but also a first-class maker of
clubs and balls. Just now his time Is
very much taken up with the giving of
Harrowing Memories.
First Blue Rlbbonlte Ah! brother, "as you jay,
temperance Is Indeed a. blessed thing! But may
I ask what ued to be your special poison in
the daj-a of bondage? Mine was that liquid
known aa "Unsweetened."
Second Blue Rlbbonlte Ah! brother, mine was
Special Scotch.
Both together A-a-a-a-n-a-ah!
Ally Sloper.
private Instructions to beginners; some of
the club's crack players are also going
through a course of stunts, under his
guidance, on the quiet.
A match game of basket-ball between
players from the First National Bank and
the bank of Ladd & Tllton was played
at the M. A. A. C gymnasium last Tues
day night, and was won by Ladd & Tilton
by a score of 19 to 13. The winners were
rather unfortunate in their team make-up,
as only four clerks could be secured to
play. However, a compromise was ar
ranged, by which Phil Lombard, a clerk
from another bank, was allowed to fill up
the team. Then, in the final practice, an
other member of the team, Dunbar,
sprained his ankle, necessitating the im
pressing of Lumgalr, another outsider.
The result of the game has been the f or-
m wSSaw
matlon of a new team The Banks com
posed of the pick, o'f the playing clerks of
the several banks of the city, and which
Is now ready to receive challeng-es.
Thomas Cleland, of Ladd & Tilton's, will
arrange matches.
The Bench Shovr.
Active preparations are going on to
make tho initial bench show of the Port
land Kennel Club a success. The dates are
set and sanctioned by the Pacific Kennel
League for April IS, 19, 20 and 2L Barely
a month remains to get everything In
readiness, but as premium and entry lists
are about complete, and will be ready for
distribution the latter part of the coming
week, and as T. J. A. Tledemann, ona of
the directors, has been untiring1 in his ef
forts while in California to secure the best
of judges and entries, tfnd has devoted
considerable time on his 'return trip to
drumming up dog men in the Willamette
Valley towns, all that is now needed is
proper local encouragement. The list of
members of the club now contains SO well
known names, and Is steadily increasing.
The swimming competition among tho
juniors of the M. A. A. C. has been In
progress during the week, with the fol
lowing results: In the first class. Sears
defeated Harder, Markle defeated Miller,
Mayo defeated Howe, and Haynes de
feated Jones. In the semi-finals. Sears
and Haynes were tho victors. In the sec
ond class, Mulks defeated McAlpln and
Wilcox defeated Mason, leaving Mulks
and Wilcox in the finals.
Among: the Tennis Players.
Prom tho number of names handed In
for classification among the tennis play
ers, the courts of the club should be kept
very busy during the Spring and Summer.
Thirty-three names are classified, with W.
A. Goss as the sole representative in
class one. M. C. Cheal, C. D. Lewis, G.
V. Le Farge and R. A. Letter aro put In
class 2. The remaining names are segre
gated among the three remaining classes.
Two courts are now in excellent trim for
playing, and, should the weather hold
clear, they will soon be patronized.
Mnnaeer Louis Goldsmith of tho T A
A. C. baseball team, has called out the
available material of the club for players
for this season. The following 14 names
have already been handed In: F. E. Wat
kins, E. C. Connell, M. H. Whltehouse, G.
Blumenthal, A. P. Watson. O. A. Smith,
F. D. Thlelsen. J. A. DeFrance. W. S.
Doscher. Jordan Zan, Bert Barrett, C. A.
Craft, F. F. Freeman and Carll D. Lewis.
Manager Goldsmith Intends to form his
team of strictly bona fide members of the
club, preferring to win without the aid of
outside mnterial. Scrub ball will again ba
encouraged.
HOXORS FOR PORTLAND DOG.
Secretary Tnylor, of Kennel Club,
Has Champion Pointer.
The Northwest cdrrespondent of the
American Field has this to say about a
local bird dog and his owner, in a recent
Issue of that publication:
"Your correspondent Is in receipt of
two photographs of the pointer dog Bright,
A. K. C. 62G19, owned by J. A. Taylor, of
Portland. Both pictures, one of which Is
taken on point, are exceptionally good re
productions of an animal who will be
heard from during the coming circuit of
Pacific Coast shows. Brlght's owner
wandered into the city of Victoria from a
shooting trip in the wilds of Br.tlsh Co
lumbia a few days before the entries for
the Fall show had closed. .
"Entirely oblivious to the merits of his
animal from a bench show standpoint,
yet desiring to contribute his quota to the
success of the show. Taylor entered
Bright in the open classy Tt rpnjifrvi out
a few glances from the experienced eye
oi juage jcu t. fayne to announce that
the animal was entitled to the magnificent
$40 Silver tTODhv offered for th host of
the breed exhibited. Once the award was
made, Mr. Taylor's gratification and sur
prise afforded food for enjoyment to the
'vets' In attendance until the olrw nf h
show. The proverbial attention eupposea
xo De lavisnea by the "young Idea' upon
his first firearm dwindled Into Insignificant
neglect beside the consuming adoration
which Brlght's proud owner showered
upon him.
"Mr. Payne afterward nrnnnnmi
Bright to be the best show pointer, with
pcssiDiy one exception, on the Paclflo
Coast. Incidentally, the- award has trans
formed a nominal fancier Into an enthu
siastic supporter of bench 'shows and all
their pertainlngs. for Mr. Taylor is now
secretary of the newly-organized Portland
Kennel Club. Bright should easily win his
championship honors In the coming circuit
of Pacific Coast shows."
BIG TROTS VS PROSPECT.
ArranKements Making to Tiring- the
FaKt Stallions Together.
"There, is now," writes H. T. White In
the Chicago Tribune, "practically no
doubt that the feature of the trotting turf
this year will be a series of races In which
the most celebrated stallions will take
part.
"It so happened that the campaign of
1S99 brought more stallions into promi
nence as possible record-breakers than had
ever before come out in one season, and,
although none of them equaled the 2:05&
of Directum, It was evident a quartet
Tommy Britton, Peter the Great, Bingen
and Cresceus was at hand, any one of
which had a fair chance, if trained espe
cially for a mile dash against the watch.
"Ever since the season closed, there has
been talk of getting two or more of these
horses to start In a race against each
BRONCO "BUSTING"
. --v "gS -- . -sfess :nfeQOp
other, and the Tribune Is able to an
nounce that such a race is now as good as
made, and that. In all probability, it will
take place over -the Washington Park
track, in this city, directly after the close
of the running meeting. As the plan is
now outlined by those having the matter
in charge, the chief attraction of the day
will be a race between Tommy Britton,
Cresceus and any other stallions whoso
owners care to enter them for the liberal
purse to be offered.
"Two other races for purses of $1009
each, one for trotters and one for pacers,
will also be given, the three events form
ing a day's sport in the way of harness
racing seldom offered. Frank S. Gorton,
one of the owners of Britton, is anxious
Chicago shall be given the first of tho
stallion races. If any are to be trotted,
and, as one of the directors of the Wash
ington Park Club, he believes one day of
trotting and pacing, with the free-to-all
stallions as a star attraction, would draw
a paying crowd at the gate, and give
the large contingent of harness horse lov
ers in Chicago a taste of the sport to
which they Incline."
nAltVARD ATHLETICS.
Many Crerrs on River and Activity
In All Other Sports.
Harvard College has taken a start In all
branches of athletics. The crew, track
and lacrosso men are out of doors and the
baseball men are busy In the cage. The
Newell Club got a start on the Weld of
MAKING RHINO USEFUL
g a fern - WmK
"1 say. Rhino, that's a bandy arrangement
two days, but everybody is hard at work,
and 10 or a dozen eights, besides half a
dozen four-oars and more pairs and sin
gles, are out dally. Before the end of the
season Harvard will "have 30 crews at
work.
The first race will be between the class
crews from the Newell and Weld Clubs.
The winners of these races will have a
go for the class championship, and then
graded club crews will be formed. After
these have raced will come the 'varsity,
about May L
Tho baseball m6n are working hard ev
ery day and are making fast prdgress. A
number of the l&M wamlRlntr iVipn hnvn
been dropped for the present. In order to
give more room to th hotter Tilnvnre.
Battlng practice 13 forming an important
part of the work, and the coaches are well
satisfied with the showing.
The track men have been working out
doors for some time. Tho sprinters and
jumpers have been playing handball, and
the long-distance men have taken a long
walk, ending with a short run. The weight
men have been at work In the gymnasium.
Trainer Lathrop has begun to keep ac
count of the men that practice, for ho
does not Intend to have any of the point
winners fall to practice, for Harvard has
none too many of them.
Boxing is also extremely popular this
Winter. Some years ago a man was
killed while boxing in some games at
Harvard. For a few years boxing gloves
were not allowed insidt the gymnas'.um,
but last year the feeling so far subsided
that there wag boxing In the annual In
door games, which are not to be held this
year. This year there 13 exceptional in
terest In tho sport. Steve O'Donnell and
J. J. Foley, two well-known lights of the
ring, are giving instructions, and fully 100
pupils are under them.
WILL XOT RACK RACING.
Bicycle Trust Will "Sot Give Support
to Professionals.
It Is now pretty well established that
the bicycle trust has no intention of back
ing the bicycle-racing game, either by
maintaining teams or by giving financial
support. The papers have had many
paragraphs the past two months, hinting
at plans the trust had for aiding cycle
racing in the Interest of the general pub
licity of cycling and the particular adver
tisement of Its wheels. It now seems to
have been a mere free advertising scheme
In line with the publicity bureau work of
the advertising department. Racing men
with sosy dreams of the salaries and ex
pense funds of the olden time, when they
attempted to follow up the stories to a
practical conclusion, discovered that they
had been the victims of a mere advertis
ing dodge.
As a matter of fact, the only real and
systematic support of the racing game Is
coming from the Independent makers. One
of these concerns, an official of which is a
trustee of the Cycle Trades Protective As
sociation, the anti-trust organization, has
been the main promoter of the middle
distance and motor cycle racing game, and
even went so far as to lease last season
a track for the encourageent of the sport.
Another independent maker has signed
Frank Kramer, the amateur champion,
and In his professional career this season
he will be mounted on the bicycle of this
firm.
EXTRAORDINARYHE HAD
: BOWLERS AND BOWLING
? OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE INTER
STATE CONTEST.
Novel Handicap Tournament of the
Spokane Amateur Athletic
Club Gossip.
Announcements at tho close of the ln-
! terstate bowling match credited the Com-
i mercial Club with having w6n third place.
I by beating the Seattle Bowling Club by
one game. The official returns show that
this was a mistake, and that tho two
teams mentioned tied for third place, with
21 games won and 19 lost.
Tho official scores show the final stand
ing of the teams on pins to have been
as follows: Multnomah 10,460, average
43.58; Seattle Athletic Club 9799, average
40.83; Commercial 9649, average 40.20; Se
attle Bowling Club 9595, average 29.9S;
Tacoma. 9227, average 3S.45; Arlington S694,
average 36.21. Arlington leads on "balls
rolled," with 5549; on "missed balls" with
2004, and on "wild balls," with 244; S. B.
C. scored 17 wild balls, Tacoma 113, Com
mercial S3, S. A. C. 82 and Multnomah 39.
Multnomah leads easily on "centers," with
you've got there. Glad I brought you alone."
Scrape.
476, Commercial getting 432. Arlington 412,
S. A. C. 411, S. B. C. 410, and Tacoma 403.
Arlington scored 90 "geese"; Tacoma 63,
S. B. C. 5L Commercial 46, S. A. C. 27.
Multnomah 26. Multnomah shines alone
In "hit: the king-pin" column, with 1851;
Commercial has 1711. S. A. C. 1710, S. B.
C. 16S6, Tacoma 1600 and Arlington 14S1.
The record on "strikes" Is, Multnomah
874, S. B. C. 773, Commercial 75S, S. A. C.
737. Tacoma 705. Arlington 655. S. A- C.
leads on "spares," with 6S2, Tacoma has
650. Multnomah 647. Commercial 638. S. B.
C. 622, Arlington 5S0. "Strikes lost," S.
B. C. S3, Tacoma 63. Arlington 62, Com.
merclal 41. S. A. C. 40. Multnomah 33.
"Spares lost," Tacoma 263. S. A. C. 193.
Commercial 169. S. B. C. 163. Multnomah
144, Arlington 154. "Percentage of missed
and wild balls." Multnomah .264. S. A. C.
.307, Commercial .314. S. B. C. .341, Taco
ma .358, Arlington .405.
Other Results.
The highest sub-series total was made
by Multnomah, 1120; the lowest by Arling
ton, 714. The highest team game was
made by Commercial, 312; the lowest by
Arlington, 149. The best team sub-series
percentage was made by Multnomah, .2tL
In individual work, Buckman, of Mult
nomah, gets first place, both on pins and
percentage. Idleman, of Multnomah, gets
the beat single game, SO, and Morris, of
Arlington, the lowest, 13. F. O. Burck-
uurui scores tne Dest sub-series percent
age. .082. Craft scored the best four
games, 220.
Richard St. Clair has resigned the chair
manship of the bowling committee of the
Oregon Road Club, and J. R. Richards has
succeeded him. Mr. St. Clair has made a
very capable chairman, and the bowlers
regret his retirement Mr. Richards Is
one of the most enthusiastic bowlers In
tho club, and will no doubt prove a good
man for the place.
The bowling alleys In the new Multno
mah clubhouse will be far more attractive
than the quarters in the old building.
Much more room for spectators and howl
ers will be provided, and better light will
be obtainable. The approach to the allejs
will be lengthened four feet, giving 15 feet
in all, and the spectators' space will be
about twice as large as that In the pres
ent house. It Is thought that the alleys
will be Installed In the new house prior
to June 1.
Tho Spokane Amateur Athletic Club Is
running a novel handicap tournament at
"cocked hat," which has aroused great
Interest among the bowlers at that club,
and it would be a stroke of good policy
for af.v of the Portland clubs to arrange
a similar contest. It is a handicap team
tournament, each team consisting of two
men. There are 12 teams entered, and
each team bowls three games with every
other team entered. The graetest number
of games won decides the victor. Prizes
are given as follows:
First, to team winning the most games;
second, to highest Individual average;
third, for highest Individual game. Some,
splendid scores aro being made, and there
Is a very spirited contest on. A consid
erable number of games have already
been played, and Reynolds and NIcholl3
are leading by a good margin, Brasch and
Connor being second.
The highest game up to date Is 66, made
by Arnold: while Reynolds, with 43.09,
holds the lead in individual average. This
would be creditable to bowlers of longer
experience than the Spokaneltes. The
name of Yocum appears among the l'st
of bowlers. This Is probably Ed Yocum,
BEEN THERE BEFORE.
formerly of Multnomah. He has a trunk.
iuii or medals, and the boys wonder why
he Is hovering so near to the bottom of
the list.
Results to Date.
The standing up to the present time Is
as follows:
CONTESTANTS.
Reynolds and NIcholls.
Brasch and Connor....
Penfield brothers
Kllham and Hebbard..
Ray and Primley
.761
.666
.621
.514
.454
.444
.sss
.333
.333
272
'l200
tmun ana Scott
Thompson and Lemon..
M. Adams and Tiffin....
Campbell and Johnson.
W. Adams and Butler..
Stanger and Yocum. ....
Ware and Mayer
Culllson's team missed a fine opportunity
to win "for keeps" the Multnomah team
medals last Monday night. It started out
well, but fell badly in the last two games,
losing the medals by 12 pins, the winning
team. Bailey, Craft; Ball and. Freeman,
getting a comparatively small total. Cul
llson again did fine work, but the rest of
the team "flunked."
The new winners should be the final
winners, as, besides being flm-class bowl
ers, they have a very liberal allowance.
These contests are crowing in popularity,
and it Is probable that the management
will set aside another night for bowling,
as so many teams desire to participate
that the contests aro too long for one
nisht.
BASEBALL FIXES ILLEGAL.
Nothing Jn-Contracts GIvInsr Right to
Penalize Players.
"There Is nothing," said a member of
tho Chicago baseball team recently, "In
the baseball contracts, Ironclad In favor
of the employer as they are, which gives
a management any right to collect a
money fine frbm a player. Where such
fines are collected, it is simply an illegal
extortion. There is no limit to which a
club may go. The entire salary may bo
confiscated and tho player forced to do
nate his services to his employers. He has
absolutely no redress so far as seeking
new engagement, "where he will be more
fairly treated, la considered, as the con
tracts are perpetual and make a virtual
slave of a hired man, as long as the man
agement wishes to hold him.
"When a man knows his rights, how
ever, and has tho "backbone to Insist upon
them. It is not quite so bad. Anson once
undertook to assess a fine against me for
a minor infraction of the rules. I was at
fault, and if he had come at me right, I
would have admitted it, and promised not
to offend in the same way in the future.
But Mr. Anson roared at me: '1 fine
you ?50, and tho fine goes.
"That made mo redheaded, and I re
forted with: 'Not much. You have no
right to fine me, and you know It. If you
don't like my actions discharge me; give
me a release. If you try to take that
JS0 out of my salary, I'll go Into court,
and then we'll see what good your one
sided contract Is.'
"That la just what the management did
not want, and Anson changed front In
an Instant. He canceled the fine, and
from that day to this no attempt has ever
been made to fine me. although I am ready
to admit that there have been occasions
when a little discipline wouldn't have hurt
me.
"What becomes of the money assessed
as fines and taken out of the players' sal
aries? Ask me something easy. I don't
know" I have heard It was spent for wine
at the meeting of the magnates, but my
private impression to that most of It Is
retained In the club treasuries and the
profits increased that much. It Is a good
thing for unscrupulous men who want to
swell the financial resources of their
clifbs."
Slakes the Pace Warm.
Tho. sensational plunging1 of Stovo L
Hommedleu, who left there recently, Is
not so greatly missed at the Hot Springs
(Ark.) poolrooms, because of the arrival
of "Pittsburg Phil." who commenced at
once to cut and slash. Eole Pearsall, the
Eastern bookmaker, had been backing the
ponies with staggering amounts, but Phil
easily took the lead. The noted plunger at
once asked the "bookies" what be was to
expect.
They got together and agreed to let
him wager $5000 In each room on favorites.
They limited him to 52500 on 2 to 1 shots,
$1000 on horses with odds of 3 to 1 against.
How Did He Know.
Employer (showing: his watch to his cterk,
who arrives too late in aa office) Just loolc
here. Mr. Miller.
Clerk Ooyful) Ah. the beautiful watchf;
xnamc you very mucn. now aid you know
that today Is my birthday anniversary? Me"
Bendorfer Blaetter.
1
$S0O 4 to 1 and ?500 on horses with odds
posted of 5 to 1 or better. Phil does not
bet upon the result of every race, but
usually plays the limit on at least two
of the races run at San Francisco and
three at New Orleans.
Princeton May Have a Crevr.
The advisability of putting a university
crew on the water this spring Is a sub
ject which is causing considerable inter
est at Princeton college, just now. For
many reasons It has been found Impos
sible In tho past to turn out a first-class
eight, at Old Nassau, tho principal one
being the fact that there is no river with
in nine miles of Princeton, the only fa
cility being the Rarltan canal, a body of
water only 30 feet In width. The new trol
ley road from Princeton to Trenton. N. J.,
has now, however, agreed to furnish rapid
transit to the Delaware river, so that the
crew candidates can reach It In 35 min
utes and row there. The introduction of
a Princeton crew would bring a new feat
ure Into intercollegiate aquatics.
WILL RECEIVE ATTENTION
PRIZES FOR BOXERS AST "WREST
LERS AT PARIS EXPOSITION.
English and French Styles o Scrap
ping: Contrasted Mauling: WIU
Feet a. Gallic Pastime.
"La boxe et la lutte constitute one of
tho sections in the long list of athletlo
sports scheduled for Paris for the coming
season," writes the special correspondent
of tho Chicago Tribune from tho French
capital. "That is to say." he explains,
"boxing and wrestling are to receive sci
entific attention at the hands 6f the com
mission appointed to arrange and con
trol the programmo of this branch of;
spectacular athletics."
The French are commonly supposed by
their critics beyond the boundaries ofi
their own republic to be adepts only in tho
use of the foils, or In directing balloons,
mULthey are thereoy. according to tho
Tribune man. woefully misjudged. He
says that the herculean pastime, wrest
ling. Is now taking much of their time
and gesticulation, while as for boxing,
ever since Charlemont "kicked out" Dris
coll. that they are more than ever impas
sioned with the Idea of glove encounters.
For those who may be entirely unac
quainted with the subject of boxing as
practiced Jy the French. It will be neces
sary to explain that In French boxing the
use of both the hands and feet Is allowed.
There are rules and rules regulating tho
French style of contest, just as there aro
rules for the English, or American, Mar
quis of Queensberry set-to, but the chieC
difference between the two styles lies in
the fact that the French use their gloves
and their shoes with equal freedom. In
fact, by the French method, the dexterity
with which the combatants' feet are em
ployed constitutes tho essential feature.
French "Cleverness."
"Clever work." French style, means
ability to land on your opponent, not with
wonderful arm sparring, but with a quiet
and powerful movement of the feet. Tho
practiced French boxer aims at his adver
sary with his right or left foot, in an at
tempt to reach him at any point from,
the tatter's shins to his eyebrows. Tho
"coup" in a French contest which in
variably brings rounds of applause 13 that
in which one of the boxers gets past th&
other's guard and taps him with the- ball
of his foot, either gently, or like a load
of brick. In the face. Such acrobatic high,
kicking as that Is not learned In. a minute
It requires long training.
The French Indulge In boxing, not for
the purpose of cultivating and encourag
ing contests between professionals to a
finish, but for its physical education, and
from the standpoint of the need of know
ing the "manly art" in its useful form.
If, for example, two Frenchmen, by
chance, become transported by the frenzy
of their dispute to the point of blows a
circumstance which, to the credit of tho
French. Is comparatively rare, but which
is amply compensated by the' exquisite
gutter languago which flows and furl3
about the scene they aim to maim each
other by a well-directed kick. Warning
if you havo a quarrel with a native In ono
of the dark streets of Paris, look out for;
his feet.
English and A'merlcan visitors In Paris
listen every day to cabmen or other demo
cratic specimens of the commonwealth
"Jaw" one another in the most oxtrava
gant terms, and with gesticulations that
to the uninitiated "promise well," only
to be disgusted at the end of 10 minutes
to observe that they are not going ta
fight after all.
Fljsht Like Kangaroos.
When the unexpected happens, and that
can only happen when the cabmen happen
to be on the ground, instead of on their
boxes, as they would not descend for tho
purpose, they go at each other with their
feet, like two kangaroos. Thus it Is not
difficult tO COmiirehend tho T-oncnn -rV.,,
.French boxing Is done largely with tha
This year in Paris, says the Trlbuno
correspondent, there Is to bo a big pro
gramme of boxing, and It will comprise
both tho French and the English styles.
It must be understood th.it "RnfiioVi wr
Ing (la boxe anglalse) Is far from being
uuiwown in jfaris. on the contrary, It
Is well known and adhered to. even by a
great many Frenchmen. And. tn nil nr-
pearances, In a spirit of perfect Impar
tiality, tne committee has given opportu
nity for just as much English boxing as
for French boxing.
The classifications are: PnM5 immia
heavy-weights), poids -moyens (middle
weights), and poids legers (lightweights),
both for professionals and .amateurs, in
the boxe anglalse. In the boxe Francalso
there are only two classes, heavy-weights
and lightweights. There are three prizes
in each category 5000. 2500, and 1000 francs.
A world's championship is offered In each
class, the prize for which is 25.000 francs.
The same inducements are held out for
the French boxing, open "to professors
and professionals," in -the professionals'
class.
Then the chief feature of the whole af
fair, If It can be brought about, is to ba
abig concluding and convincing contest be
tween the champion of English boxing and
the champion of French boxing In each
category. Just how a lightweight, for
example, Is going to be matched against a
heavy middle-weight has not yet been
explained, but "tout s'arrange," and if the
principals agree, surely the public will bo
willing to stretch a point In rules, without
prejudice to anybody's record.
For the wrestlers a tournament for pro
fessionals Is scheduled. The classes are:
Gros poids (extra heavy-weights), poids
lourds, poids moyens and poids legers.
The prizes in each class are 3000. 2000, 1003
and 500 francs. The world's championship
will be decided from the winners of each
class."
Fallen From Grace.
In 1899 Tommy Burns led the list of
jockeys In this country in the number of
winning mounts. During the racing year
he had 920 mounts, his record of wins be
ing 2S2. This success, however, appears
to have had a bad influence upon tho
clever young rider, and for refusing to
ride Sly at Oakland, Cal.. a few weeks
ago, when ordered to do so by the judges,
he-was suspended Indefinitely. This pen
alty is liable to stand some time, as -Burns'
work in California this winter has
not been above suspicion. The turf con
gress, to whom Burns has applied for a
renewal of his license, favors drastic
methods in deallntr with rirtAr rvhnea.
jockeyshlp Is open to suspicion.
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New York WorM.