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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND,- "MAY 20.- 1900.
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Anticipation.
Now tho balmy wind Is blowing.
And the daffodils are tthowlng.
Every fisherman looks forward with delight;
For the -honey bees are humming
. That the warmer days are coming.
And the gamy bass will soon begin to bite
In the blush of dawning tender.
In the coruscating splendor
Of the myriad liquid opals on the grass,
There Is thrilling Inspiration,
As In glad anticipation
The angler goes a-fishlng for the bass.
As the noontide rays are beaming,
Shl-She-Bogo-Mah is gleaming
Like the heaving. Jeweled bosom of a queen;
"When from out the water flashing
Leaps a cavalier so dashing.
And the lordly bass appears upon the scene.
When the sun Is fast declining.
All his golden glories shining
From the portals of his palace In the "West;
And the. daylight, slowly dying.
Brings the swallows homeward flying.
Cast the fly, the hungry bass will do the rest.
As above the lilies fragrant
Darts a snlft, erratic vagrant,
Tls the night hawk, with his sharp incessant
cry:
Like a swerving arrow glancing
Thro' the clouds of midges dancing.
Then the eager bass is watching for your fly.
"When the breeze the pool is "wrinkling,
"While the bobolink Is tinkling.
As he warbles in the meadow half asleep;
"When you hear the robin calling.
As the shades of night are falling.
Then the bass will take the fly upon the leap.
Earthly honors, wealth and glory.
Crystallized In song or story.
Are but triumphs which the angler can surpass;
TVhen the happy man Is luring.
Hooking, playing and securing
With scientific skill a gamy bass.
Forest and Stream.
NOW COMES LAWN TENNIS
Multnomah Arranging for Handicap
Tournament Decoration Day
and Other Events.
Following Immediately upon the opening
of the baseball season, and as much de
pendent upon the vagaries of the petulant
ring weather for a chance for an open
ing as the National game, comes lawn ten
nis. The Multnomah players -will then
hegin the Summer's work, by a handicap
tournament, in men's singles and doubles,
the finals of which will be played on the
afternoon of Decoration day. The women
of the club are by no means to be shut out
of the game, for their presence Is desired
at the finals, and to show that they are
expected to use the courts regularly, there
has been arranged for them by tho tennis
committee an open tournament for the
state championship, to be neld in July, and
for mixed doubles and singles. The en
try list of the men's handicap Is large,
and individually the players look strong.
The scratch men will have no end of trou
ble, as the committee In charge spared
no pains to make the contests as equal and
Interesting as possible.
On Wednesday evening last the handi
caps were arranged as follows:
Iluntllcupa.
Singles Goes, owe 15; Cheal and Lewis,
scratch: Letter, one-sixth of 15; LaFarge
and Baker, three-sixths of 15; Nunn, Van
Duzer, Zan, Ollphant, McAlpln, Lombard,
Arnold, Lee and Lothrop, 15; Lumgalr,
Graham, Thlelsen. Gontpn, 15 S-6; Shlnkle
and Holmes, 15 4-6, and Sterling. DO.
Doubles Goss and Lewis, owe 15; Cheal
and LaFarge, scratch; Lelter and Baker,
two-sixths of 15; Nunn and Lee, and Mc
Alpln and Zan, 15; Arnold and Graham,
15 3-6; Lombard and Lumgalr, and Gomph
and Lothrop, 15; Thlelsen and Shlnkle,
JG 5-6.
The drawing in the singles took place
on "Wednesday night, alco. and resulted
as follows: To play on Saturday, at 5 P.
M., Zan vs. Lumgalr, Van Duzen vs. Loth
rop, McAlpln vs. Gompn, Cheal vs. Lom
bard. To play Saturday, at C:30 P. M. Sterling
vs. LaFarge, Graham vs. Lee. These
players drew a bye: Shlnkle, Thlelsen,
Arnold, Goss, Baker, Nunn, Lewis, Oll
phant. Holmes, and Leiter.
To play on Monday, at 5 P. M. Shlnkle
vs. Thlelsen. Arnold vs. Goss, Baker vs.
Nunn, Lewis vs. Holmes.
To play on Monday, at 6:30 P. M. Oll
phant vs. Lelter.
Hounds and Finnla.
The winner of the Zan-Lumgalr match
-will play tho winner of the Van Duzen
Lothrop match on Tuesday, May 22, at 5
P. M. The winner of the McAlpIn-Gomph
match will play the winner of the Cheal
Lombard match, at the same time, and
the winner of the Sterllng-LaFargc match
will play the winner of the Graham-Lee
match on Friday, thus completing the
first round. The second round of the sur
vivors wla continue on Wednesday and
Thursday, and the finals and semifinals
will be played on Decoration day. Tho
drawing in tho doublets resulted as fol
lows: Lombard and Lumgalr play Lelter and
Baker at 5 P. M.. Friday, May 25. Th
following-named players drew a bye:
Gomph and Lothrop, Arnold and Graham.
Thlelsen and Shlnkle. McAlpln and Zan,
Nunn and Lee, Cheal and LaFarge, and
lUrOss ana uewis. The flirt round of
doubles will be played Saturday, and Mon
day, May 26 and 2S. Fred V. Andrews
will act as referee of the tournament.
In finals, the best three in five will win;
in all other matches, best two In three.
The tennis courts have been numbered
as fellows: Southwest court. No. 1;
southeast court. No. 2; northeast court
No. 3, and northwest court. No. 4. Games
may be played at other than the times
scheduled by mutual consent, provided
they do not Interfere with other games. If
players cannot agree on time, the sched
ule will govern, and any player not appear
ing will forfeit. This rule will be strictly
enforced.
Should Be Snapped Up.
Manager Goldsmith, of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, has been in cor
respondence with the Olympic Club, of San
Francisco, trying to perfect arrangements
for a baseball game, either here on In
California. A reply was received that has
Linewhat changed the aspect of affairs;
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The Olympics wish to send to Portland,
for July 4, its baseball nine, track and
field team and four-oared barge crew, to
make a gala day in all branches of ath
letics. The Multnomah management has
not as yet decided what to do, but as
prior arrangements had been made by
members of the track team for the Fourth,
and the boat race would necessarily be
j handled by another organization, the prob
abilities are that the club will not see
its way clear to shoulder tho whole re
sponsibility. It would be a pity should
the city lose such an attraction, or list of
attractions, as the lot of sturdy Southern
athletes would make for Portland's cele
bration of the Fourth. Of course, it is
somewhat early, and the city's committee
on sports for the day has not yet been
appointed, but the selection will soon be
made. Seattle Is already making liberal
offers to Washington athletes for a field
day in that city on July 4, and it would
be wise for Portland to offer similar In
ducements for the athletes of Oregon and
their wou!d-te visitors.
Next Saturday will be played at Mult
nomah Field the first baseball game of
the season's series, between teams of the
Chemawa Indians and the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club. The local nine
will make a supreme effort to recover the
scalps carried to the fastnesses of Marlon
County by the aborigines last Summer.
The batting order is not to hand, but it
is understood that few changes, if an,
will be made In the make-up of the Che
mawa nine.
Cricketers Afield.
Tho cricketers will be out the coming
week, and from present indications there
will be two teams In Portland this Sum
mer. Multnomah Club will, have a strong
eleven, as besides the team of two seasons
ago tho following new members, who are
experienced players from the British Isles
and Australia, are ready to don the flan
nels: Charles, Fenwlck, Futcher, Pres
ton, Pickens. Blackwood and Barfoot
A "match has been arranged with the
newly organized Waverly Golf Club crick
eters, to be played at the links at an
early date. An Ideal grass pitch can
easily be selected on the flat near the
river. Among the players at "Waverly,
captained by "W. C. Lawrence, are: Blyth,
Bourne, Scott LIngley, Judge, Kollock,
Huggins, Miner, Futcher and Gifford. A
?nmp bAl-TvPin Tnrtlnnrt'c fr!rVAtra nnd
J the Astoria Cricket Club Is being arranged
for next week. Seattle will have a team
this year.
Decoration Day Events.
The open handicap road race, to be con
ducted by the Young Men's Christian As
sociation on Decoration day, Is attracting
considerable attention from road racers
of all grades, professional and amateur.
The association wishes It to be particu
larly understood that It will protect the
amateur standing of every amateur con
testant even though professionals are
racing. Three time prizes and 15 place
prizes are offered for competition. En
tries will closa May 26, all entries to be
pent to M. M. Rlngler, of the Portland
Young Men's Christian Association.
Tho association will hold Its Spring field
day. In conjunction with the railroad relay
men's bicycle races, at Irvlngton race
track, on the afternoon of Decoration day.
The team to represent the association will
consist of eight young athletes. Entries
have already been received from the High
School and the Portland and Bishop Scott
Academies, making the entry list number
already about 20.
Last week handicap field "try-outs" at
Multnomah field resulted as follows:
Harold Reed won the 100-yard junior
sprint In the senior 75-yard race, Klee
man, with 2 yards start, won; Gammle
(2 yards), second; Blumenthal (scratch),
third. -The relay race, four laps, was won
by Gammle, Lumgalr, Percy and Blumen
thal (captain) against Coman, Gomph,
Wood and Kleeman (captain).
To show that Multnomah's athletes are
getting somewhat In trim, notwithstand
ing the rainy weather, in the 410-yard run
last week Blumenthal ran the distance
from scratch in 53 1-5 seconds, which la
better than the existing Pacific Northwest
record, held by Paris. This time Is au
thentic, as It was caught by two reliable
tlmerd.
Mi Khty Poor Jndprlnsr.
At the San Francisco bench show, held
this month. Printer's Ned, the -handsome
pointer dog, owned by W. W. Peaslee, of
this city, and the winner of the blue rlb
bon in the open class at the Portland
bench show, received third prize In the
novice class. The California sporting pa
pers have been a?orine thp ludclnr at the
j San Francisco show unmercifully, and
this Is what Pastime of May 12 says about
Ned and his treatment:
"Gould, a dog quite plain in head and
bad In loin, was placed over both Boxei
and Printer's Ned, either of which beats
him at any point. Then Printer's Ned
was given third. He is, by far, the besl
dog In the class, witli the right type of
pointer head, cleanly made In neck and
shoulder., good In ribs and loin. . . .
In the limit, the poorest dog won. He Is
a very plain dog In head, which Is not
of the pointer type at all. Printer's Ned
should have been first"
BOWLERS AXD BOWLIXO.
Gnnies on Multnoninh Alley?) "Ten
pins" th. "Cocked-Hat."
The challenge contest between the cham
pionship team of Multnomah and a sec
ond team of that club took place on the
11th inst, and the second-raters succeed
ed In so effectually burying the cham
pions that there is no possible doubt of
their title to the rank of "has-beens."
In the opening games the "kids" set a
pace that was so exceedingly warm that
the old-timers were praying for rain be
fore the game was half finished, and when
the game ended the latter were about 4)
pins behind and without a plausible excuss
for the result.
In the second game the veterans suc
ceeded In making up a few pins of the
lead, and In the third they rolled In cham
pionship form and secured a lead of 32
pins. But what they struck in the final
game was a proposition wholly unex
pected, uncalled for and Inexcusable on
the part of the kindergarten aggregation,
which rolled up a team average of 50 flat
and left the "onlys" several paces on the
shady side of the distance flag. It was
a cruel blow to the talent and the vet
erans could barely muster strength
enough to dls up the price of the oyster
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supper which was the penalty for defeat
The team totals were:
Champions, 1000; second team, 1032.
King's 205, Freeman's and Ball's 1S5 were
the "high individual totals. Sydney, who
bowled with the ex-champions In Idle
man's place, put up a fine game, and
also a share of the supper assessment
and is now expatiating on the folly of
over-confidence In "cinch" games.
Bailey and Freeman Jumped Into first
place In the two-men team tournament
at Multnomah last week by winning three
out of the four games bowled. The scores
were good ones all around. Holmes and
Wels scored one game and are In. good
r4 ndlng.
A team total, showing an average of
52, In the final game of the four-men
team tournament at Multnomah Monday
night made by Craft, King, We!s and
Ball, captured the medals for that team.
Culllson's team, the winners for the previ
ous week, were In the race to the end.
The worthy captain, however, had an off
night, and this had a depressing effect
upon the rest of the team, excepting
Bailey, who scored four very high games.
Ball made one score of 74, which was
the high game.
Mr. Samuel Karpf, secretary of the
American Bowling Congress, and the lead
ing spirit among the tenpln bowlers of
the Eastern States. Is a very strong ad
mirer of the Eastern game, and is en
thusiastic over Its popularity there. A
letter received from him by Secretary
Mallory contains some statements that
will interest the bowlers of this section
of the country. He says:
Spreading "Westward.
"I note what you say regarding one of
the main objects of the American Cocked
Hat Association being the banishment of
the game of tenpins. I hardly think this
was a wise move, as the game of tenpins
is now spreading Westward at a very
rapid rate, and it will be probably a ques
tion of but one year before It again
reaches Portland. . . . There was a
time when 'cocked-hat was very popular
throughout the East and in this section
of the country (Dayton, O.), but inasmuch
as there Is absolutely nothing to the game,
the public gave It up.
"The only reason we have added the
game of 'cocked-hat' to the International
tournament was because it would bring
St Louis to the scene of the fray, know
ing that If we would once get them there,
and play 'strikes' and spares' alongside of
the alleys on which they play 'cocked-hat,'
they will soon see their mistake in play
ing a small-ball game. In fact, some of
the bowlers in St Louis are now con
demnng the 'cocked-hat game, and are
taking to tenpins.
"There is not a particle of doubt in
THIS
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STUDIES IN SAVATE,
my mind, as I have already stated, that
the bowlers of Portland and vicinity will
soon come In out of the wet and get
Into the game which Is played, not by a
few, but by a majority."
PRAISE FOR BENCH SHOW.
Sporting; Periodicals Speak Well of
Portland's Recent Venture.
The Sportsman's Review, of May 5, has
the following complimentary notice of
Portland's recent bench show:
"Portland, Or., has made its first at
tempt at holding a bench show, and that
attempt has proven a success beyond tho
expectations of the most sanguine. For
a first show, 242 entries is a fine beginning.
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The quality qf the dogs also was some
thing to be proud of.
"But it was the general Interest of the
public and the splendid attendance which
was the most noticeable- The Portland
club was only recently organized to be
come a part of the Pacific Kennel League.
But the same good fortune that has fol
lowed the league from its Inception gave
the management of the show into the
hands of the right kind of gentlemen,
prominent in social and business circles
of the city with the result that the Port
land show, while held by the youngest
club of the Coast, proved itself to be the
most popular, with the largest number
of entries, and an attendance which even
Ban Francisco would rejoice in."
Pastime, in the issue of May 5. adds Its
quota of praise, for the bench show, and
the American Field, a leading Eastern
sporting magazine, of the same date, de
votes half a page to the same laudable
object.
VARDON'S AMERJCAN RECORD.
Games Won nnd Lost by English
Golf Champion Here.
Few English sportsmen have created fo
much Interest or won as many friends In
America as Harry Vardon. His modesty,
good fellowship and manliness have made
him popular with professionals and ama
teurs alike, and his American admirers
now number almost as many as those
abroad. What he has made by his visit
can only be estimated. The terms under
which he has appeared will probably
never be known, but the general opinion
seems to be that he has pocketed more
than $6000 by the trip. Since his arrival
he has appeared In 25 matches, 21 of which
he has won. He has played on 20 differ
ent courses, and, though many of them
were entirely strange to him, he has cre
ated new records at almost all. A brief
summary of his. doings since coming to
America Is given by the New York Trib
une as follows:
February 12 Laurence Harbor, N. J.,
Vardon beat the best ball of M. M. Singer
and John M. Ward. C Villlplque taking
Ward's place In the afternoon, in a 36
hole match by 11 up and 10 to play.
February 17 St Augustine, Fla., Vardon
beat Willie Smith, open champion, 2 up
and 1 to play, making a new record of 70
for the course.
February 20-Ormond, Fla., Vardon was
beaten by Bernard Nlcholls, 6 up, 4 to
play.
February 23 Palm Beach, Vardon beat
Alexander Findlay, 1 up.
February 23 Palm Beach, Vardon beat
Arthur H. Fenn, 5 up, 4 to play.
February 24 Miami, Vardon beat George
Low, 5 up, 3 to play.
March 2 Augusta, Go., Bon Air Golf
Club. Vardon beat the best ball of Cum
mlng, Walter and Denny, amateurs.
March 7 Aiken, S. C, Vardon beat the
best ball of Jones and Mackrell, 1 up,
and the best ball of H. C. Leeds and H.
R. Johnstone, amateurs, 9 up In 18 holea
March & Plnehurst N. C, Vardon beat
the best ball of John D..Dunn and Lloyd
Hallock, 6 up. In 36 holes.
March 10 Plnehurst, S. C, Vardon beat
the best ball of George C. Dutton and
Leonard Baldwin, amateurs, 12 up, 10 to
play, making a new record of 71 for the
course.
March 31 Old Point Comfort, Va., Var
don beat Willie Dunn, 12 up, 11 to play.
April 3 Atlantic City, Vardon beat the
best ball of H. M. Harrlman and Findley
S. Douglas, 9 up, 8 to play, making a new
record of 76 for the course.
April 6 New Haven, Conn., Vardon was
beaten by best ball of H. M. Cheney and
T. M. Robertson, Yale amateurs, 2 up, 1
to play.
April 7 New Haven, Conn., Vardon beat
best ball of Charles Hitchcock, Jr., and
E. M. Byers, 5 up and 4 to play, and In
the afternoon the best ball of A. T.
Dwlght and L. P. Myers, 3 up. and 2 to
play. Vardon made a new record of 71
for the course.
April 10 Scarsdale, N. Y., Vardon beat
Willie Dunn, 12 up, 10 to play, making a
new record of 79 for the course.
April 18 Boston, Wollaston Golf Club,
IS HOW IT IS DONE IN FRANCE.
EXEMPLIFYING THE GALLIC IDEA
Vardon beat the best ball of A. H. Fenn
and Robert Stronner, 3 up, 2 to play, and
In the afternoon Alexander Campbell and
M. F. C. Bremer, 1 up, making a new
record of SO for the course.
April 21 Philadelphia Country Club,
Vardon beat the best ball of Harry Gul
lane and Willie Thompson, 1 up.
April 24 Oakland Golf Club, Vardon beat
the best ball of Walter J. Travis and
James Douglas, 6 up.
April 2S-Plttsburg, Vardon beat Alex
ander H. Findlay, 11 up, 10 to play.
May 1 Dyker Meadow Golf Club, Provi
dence, R. I.. Vardon beat best ball of
W. D. Brownell and C. L. Scully. 8 up;
in the afternoon best ball of W. D. Brown
ell and C L. Bremer beat Vardon, 2 up,
1 to play
TROTTING HORSE IS KING
GREAT EXTENT OF HARNESS RAC
' ING INTERESTS IX AMERICA.
Far More Important Industry Than
That of Breeding; and Racing;
Thoroughbred Equine.
It is doubtful, writes Murray Howe, in
the Chicago Times-Herald, if one man in
a thousand has a fair conception of the
magnitude of the harness racing Interests
in the United States. The reason is not
hard io find. The average man gathers
his knowledge of sport In general from
the dally newspapers, and very few pa
pers have ever seen fit to give the sport
of harness racing the attention and space
It is really entitled to. Judging from the
relative amount of space given over to
the gallopers and the harness horses In
any of the papers, one would suppose that
the news of the former interested 1000
people where news of the latter interest
ed one. The facts and the figures, how
ever, show that the reverse is nearer the
truth.
In the first place, the fast trotter and
pacer is strictly an American product.
No other country In the world has suc
ceeded In breeding anything In the way
of a light harness horse to compare with
him, and he Is the only variety of horse
now recognized as a breed that the Old
World cannot claim the honor of originat
ing. The thoroughbred, or running horse, has
practically no value except as a racing
tool. Betting is absolutely essential to
the existence of the running turf, and the
horse himself Is merely an Instrument of
speculation. On the other .hand, the light
harness horse has a value outside of rac
ing. He Is a factor in civilization, and has
a market value even when he has no
earning capacity on the track.
Object of Harness Racine;.
The main object of harness racing is the
development of the most useful of all
breeds of horses, and, while this branch
of racing thrives best when betting Is a
feature, it is not .dependent upon it alone
forlts existence, as Is the other branch of
the sport. The fact that the fast trotter
and pacer Is exclusively an American
product should cause every true Ameri
can to take pride In his development, and
the statistics showing the present status
of the industry would Indicate that most
of them do. The breeding of running
horses in this country is practically con
fined to a few farms that can be counted
on the fingers, while almost every farmer
Is breeding one or more trotting mares,
and the farms devoted exclusively to the
production of such horses are scattered
through every state from Maine to Cali
fornia. In 1S29 thoroughbred racing was practi
cally confined to a few tracks located near
the large cities, while harness race meet
ings of from two to fifteen days' dura
tion were given on 900 different tracks
located throughout the United States and
Canada, and between 9000 and 10,000 differ
ent horses took part In these races. The
amount of money given In stakes and
purses by these 900 tracks aggregated close
to $5,000,000.
The cost of training and racing 9000
horses must have at least equaled the
amount won In stakes and purses. But
In order to get even a fair Idea of the
Immensity of the light harness "horse In
dustry the reader must, after digesting
the above mentioned facts, recollect that
only about one trotting-bred horse In 45
ever starts In a race. Such Is the versa
tility of the American trotter that a large
percentage of the horses used on farms
and on the streets of our large cities is
of that breed.
Nearly All Trottlng-Bred.
Fully 90 per cent of the coach horses
In America are trotting-bred, and, strange
as It may seem, almost all of the cavalry
horses owned by our Government are
Art
OF THE MANLY ART.
Chicago Tribune.
American trotters. Agents of the English
j Government are now buying thousands of
: cavalry horses In this country, and in all
j probability they do not get one horse In
J fifty that Is not trotting-bred. These facts
! would Indicate that the superiority of the
J American light harness horse as a gen
i eral utility horse over all other breeds is
pretty generally recognized the world
I over.
j No man will dare say that harness rac
I ing has not been primarily responsible for
this superiority, and yet there are would
be reformers In every legislature who
seem totally unable to see any difference
between running and trotting Interests,
and are ever ready to cripple the latter
by laws aimed at the evils of the former.
Juat at present the outlook for a great
season of harness racing is particularly
bright. Reports from training tracks all
over the country show that there are
many more horses in training than last
year. There are more meetings adver
tised, and the associations are offering
larger stakes and purses.
The popular clamor for a series of races
for the free-for-all trotting stallions has
induced several associations to open
stakes of that kind. The Columbus, O.,
association is out with a $5000 stake for
the stallions, and Readvllle, Mass., has
wheeled In line with a J2O.O0O purse for
that class. Readvllle is a suburb of Bos
ton, the city that has witnessed many of
the most famous trotting stallion races of
history, and several of the fastest trotting
stallions living are now owned there,
among them Blngen (2:06) and Peter the
Great (2:07), both owned by J. Malcolm
Forbes. The purse, at Readvllle is the
largest ever offered for trotting stallions.
WABBLING NOVICE CYCLISTS.
Tendency of Some to Ride up Tree
Popularity of Wheel.
The Increased Interest in cycling this
year has astonished many persons, and
none more than those who predicted a les
sening interest In the wheel with the in
creased popularity of -the automobile. The
reverse has been the case, as the thou
sands of wheelmen seen on the roads dur
ing the last few weeks will testify, says
the New York Tribune in a recent Sunday
issue. While It has been said that fewer
beginners are to be found hi the various
cycling schools and academies, It may be
said Just as truthfully that more inex
perienced novices are on the roads than
ever before. The increased number of
asphalted streets and the growing ten
dency to allow some experienced friend
to give tho '.'first aid are responsible for
tho conditions as they exist In conse
quence many persons are seen wabbling
all over the roads, endangering the safety
of other riders, and who ought to be In
the hands of competent instructors In
some cycling academy or school. The be
ginner wabbles and takes those spasmodic
jerk3 and darts about the road simply
because he Is uncertain of his balance, as
well as for the reason that he is bring
ing new muscles Into play over which he
has little control. In apeaklng of wab
bling, one of the oldest riders hereabouts,
who knows every root of good road within
50 miles of New York, says:
"There Is something pathetic in the wab
bling of the beginner, and I never lose
patience with him. Go out on a country
road and see one of them trying to climb
a tree on his wheel, and, while you can
not help laughing, you feel sorry for the
fellow at the same time. TheTe is a load
stone or magnet of some sort which at
tracts the beginner to that tree, and If
there should be a little slant to the tree
he can't get his wheel away from It to
save his life. I have noticed the trait
even among veteran riders at times. Now
there Is a place on Long Island that seme
of my friends have visited frequently,
which seems to be almost haunted, for the
reason that even the experts do the most
peculiar things there.
"There is a little rustic bridge between
Brldgehampton and Easthampton. There
Is a rustic rail on each side about four
feet from the ground, and the prettiest
brook Imaginable runs underneath. The
shrubbery Is fine, and as the wheelman
comes to the pretty rustic structure his
eye will taka In the beauty of the general
scene. Then the chances are about even
that he will ride up to the side of the
rustic bridge and topple over Into that
brook beneath. That rustc guard rail Is
Just the right height to help him over
easily. Many wheelmen have taken this
plunge, and none of them has ever been
able to explain why he did it"
GOOD FOR THE REPAIR MAN.
Some Bicyclists Always Imagining
Wheels Are Out of Order.
If bicycle riders didn't have elastic im
aginations, the business of the repair man
would be somewhat lessened. There are
hundreds of cyclists, particularly those
who have just become devotees of the
sport, who are always Imagining that
there is something wrong with the run
ning of their machines. A prominent re
pair man. In discussing this question re
cently with a New York Time9 reporter,
said:
"Should1 this Imagination trade ever fall
us, it would put a pretty big hole In our
business. A rider etarts out In the early
Spring, and, being handicapped by poor
roads, a head wind, or probably lack of
condition, is able to do much less than he
expected. A peculiar part .of the whole
matter is that the rider never stops to
think of placing any blame on himself or
the conditions of the weather or roads. He
Invariably comes to the one conclusion
his machine la not right He knows that
something must be wrong, or it wouldn't
run so hard. It needs a thorough over
hauling, he says, or there Is something
worn out or broken.
"I may happen not to be very busy at
the time and will go over the machine
Just because he Is so sincere in his belief
that something Is wrong. If I find every
thing In good order, as happens 29 times
out of 100, it would never do to tell the cus
tomer so; that would cut down the charge.
I sometimes have to say that I found a
cone cracked or a ball broken, or that
the wheel Is out of true. Instead of swear
ing at his supposedly 111 luck, he appears
to be pleased, and will rejoice over the
fact that he knew something was wrong."
"Does your conscience ever bother you
when you resort to this so-called gold
brick method?" he was asked.
"Not a bit" he replied. "A customer In
sists upon tho work being done. I get the
money, and well, I suppose he get3 the
experience and satisfaction."
"Will Bnlld Centerbourds.
Canadian yachtsmen re going back to
the center-board type. Ever since the de
cisive victories of the Genesee, repre
senting the Chicago Yacht Club, over the
Beaver, representative of the Royal Cana
dian Yacht Club, of Toronto, last August,
the Canucks have "been casting about ior
some method of building a yacht which
shall be able to compete successfully
against the Yankee yachts. They are now
cutting loose from the fin keels and cut
ters and are taking up the center-board
idea, all because of the Genesee's victory.
Weir and Stevens, both of whom had'
yachts In the trial races on Lake On
tario last summer, are planning to build
only center-boards this season.
Cycling Notes.
The dates of the National meet of the
League of American Wheelmen are July
10 to 15. As the event has been held in
August for several years past there Is
some confusion, owing to the change.
Many papers In all sections of the coun
try Indorse the proposition of the League
of American Wheelmen that a good roads
plank should be Inserted m the platforms
of the great political parties.
The Michigan division of the League of
American Wheelmen recently defeated an
attempt to license bicycles In Detroit It
was proposed class legislation, as other
vehicles were not included. As the sug
gested license was 5L the division saved
the cost of a year's dues to every wheel
man in the city.
Rope Cllmblnpr.
Rope climbing is an excellent exercise to
develop the muscles of the chest If It is
properly done, for there are many meth
ods of accomplishing It Some people use
the arms in a way that Is sure to contract
the chest; this, of course, being detrimental-
Swinging by the rings Is on the
same principle, as the chest and upper
arms are chiefly developed by these exer
cises and to some extent the Jower arms.
The pupil "begins practice with the arms,
first raising and lowering the body while
the feet are on the floor to give some slight
support. Naturally It Is easier for a light,
slender person to come down a rope than
for one who Is stout, as there Is less
weight to support
ANSON'S REMINISCENCES
CHICAGO'S FAMOUS BALL-PLAYER,
WRITES A BOOK.
Reviews His Various Experiences ost
the Diamond as Manager, Cap
tain and Hired Man.
Adrian C Anson, for IS years manager
and captain of the Chicago Dali club, .baa
followed in the steps of other great men,
says the Chicago Times-Herald, and has
left his memoirs in the shape of a book
of 350 pages. In which he relates his -career
from birth to his retirement from the
baseball world.
The book is entitled "A Ball-Player's
Career, Being the Personal Experiences
and Reminiscences of Adrian C. Anson,
Late Manager and Captain of tho Chicago
Baseball Club." It la a volume of ex
ceeding interest to all votaries of the dia
mond, and especially to the many ad
mirers of the blonde giant who ' for o
many years led the Chicago club to the
stormy heights of victory and again to tho
Avernus of humiliating defeat The book
is handsome typographically, and the text
is graphically and carefully written. In
the opening chapter, Anson describes his
birth In Marshalltown, la., and In dis
cussing the ancestry of his parents takes
pains to deny he is a "Swede," hie father
being a descendant of an old. English fam
ily and his mother bearing, the good old
English name of Jeanette Rice.
Having thus disponed of the favorite
charge of the rooters that he was a
member of the Scandinavian tribe. Ansa
goes on to state: "I had no particularly
bad traits that I was aware of, only that
I was possessed of an Instinctive dislike
to both study and wont, and I shirked
them whenever opportunity offered."
Loved to Play "Hookey."
Ansa loved to play hookey and sneak
off to some field where he could indulge
In old-fashioned soak ball. His father had
great trouble with him those days, but
finally he was shipped off to Notre Dama
University, where the rudiments of art
English education were driven into a mind
which much preferred the joys of an open
air and athletic life. He played second
base for the Notre Dame team, and then,
and there became so Intoxicated with
tho delights of the game of baseball, then
In a state of evolution, that he forsook
the more routine pursuits of life and de
voted his talents and energies to the .great
American pastime. He was fond of bil
liards when a hoy, and In fancy curllng
and skating took all the prizes but his
heart was with baseball every minute of
the time. He goes, on to describe the de
velopment of the game, stating that tha
largest score on record between profes
sional clubs was made by the Atlantlcs of
Brooklyn and the Athletics of Philadel
phia, July 5, 1S69. when the former won
by a score of 51 ,to 4S.
Anson describes his experiences with tha
Marshalltown club In 1S66 and 1SG7. While
he was at school, the Invincible Marshall
town club had been defeated by the Dea
Moines aggregation, and Anson determined
to wipe out this stain. He Immediately
organized a nine which, walloped the Des
Moines club easily, and thus became a
local hero.
The Fores-i City Club, cf Rockford, 111.,
now challenged the champion Marshall
towns. A. G. Spald-'ng was pitcher for
the Rockford bunch, and Spalding brought
his own special umpire with him. Anson
was unsophisticated those days, and ha
allowed Spalding to hand him this pack
age of dope. Not only did the umpire
allow Spalding to do as he pleased, but
the Rockfords also worked off a "bound
ing rock" ball on the Marshalltowns In
stead of the regulation "Ryan dead ball."
The "bounding rock" ball flew wildly In
all directions, but this at first was
ascribed to the terrific batting powers of
the Rockfords. Anson finally smelled a
mouse and tore off the covering, and un
derneath was found a rubber sphere.
His Flrat Strike.
Anson earned his first baseball money by
shaving off his mustache and staining his
skin po that he could paes as an amateur
player with the Clinton, Iowa, team,
whdeh wanted badly to lick the Des
Moines crowd. Anson got ?50, but his
father gave him a good lecture for de
viating from the strict paths of rectitude.
Anson tells of his joining the Philadel
phia club In 1S71 and "his attempt to whip
the police force of Philadelphia, with the
result that he received a eevere pounding
and was locked up. Again he met a man
on a street car who Insisted that his club
was playing ball for the "money there
was in it." and Anson hit him then and
there, and was mighty glad of It Ho
describes the trip acroG the water of the
I Bostons and the Athletics, and of his mai-
rlago at Philadelphia to Miss Virginia M.
Fiegal, whom he wooed and won In spite
of the- debonair Charles Snyder, who was
also a contestant for Mies Flegal's smiles.
Anson finally threatened to lick Snyder,
but bis fiancee at last gave Snyder the
conge, and that ended all difficulties.
In 1875 Anse was Invited to come to
Chicago by William A. Hulburt, who
founded the National League, and who at
the time was president of the Chicago
baseboll club. Mr. Hulburt Is spoken of In
the highest terms and described as a
man "quick to grasp a situation, and
when once he had made up-hs mind to
do a thing, it tooki thftnverjbest sort of
an argument to dissuade him." Mrs. An
son decided that she would not care to
live In Chicago, and Anson tried In vain
to secure his release so that he could re
turn to Philadelphia. He finally offered
Mr. Hulburt $1000 to be released from his
promise, but Mr. Huiburt would not con
sent At lost he became captain and
manager of the club.
Kind Word for Old-Timers.
Anson speaks kindly of "Billy" Sunday,,
of Flint, Williamson and Kelly, and then
he tells of the ups and downs of the Chi
cago club as the years slip along. Then
of the trip around the world, of the return
home and the revolt of the brotherhood.
Telling the story of "My Last Years on
the Ball Field," Anse speaks of his trou
bles with Mr. Spalding over the finances
of the "world's tour," wherein Anson
claims he was "shorted" by Mr. Spalding.
He saj's the beginning of his troubles with
Mr. Hart arose over his refusal to con
tribute money to buy Mr. Hart a diamond
testimonial, for "just why Mr. Hart
should be made the recipient of a valuable
gift under such circumstances was more
than I could fathom." and Anson would
not give up. He ascribes the failure of
the Chicago club in latter years to Mr.
Hart's mismanagement, and In a chapter
entitled "If Thl3 Be True, Make the Most
of It," tells the old story all over again.
Anson concludes by saying that the pro
posed new American Baseball Association
Is not dead, but sleeping, and he intimates
that future years may yet see him In the
management of a thriving Chicago ball
club. And hl3 last word Is: "What I may
conclude to do In the future It Is hard to
say, and if I return again to my first love
It will not be as a player, but whatever
I may be or whatever I may do, I shall
strive to merit the good approval and
good will of my friends God bless them."
New "Wheels.
New bicycles should be carefully ad
justed directly they come from the mak
ers, and It will usually be found that
after 50 miles or so, the process should
be gone through again, as the bearings
do not get into proper place. Perhaps
the head Is the most Important point and
next comes the crank axle. As a rule,
both these bearings will shake looso
rather quickly for the first ride or two,
but afterward will remain adjusted for a
considerable time. A great many ma
chines are, however, often considerably
damaged by insufficient attention being;
l.zlven to this matter.
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