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90 FLAG FOR SAINTS EVEN* COLUMBUS TAKES TWO UAMES OUT OF THREE IN ST. PAUL. WHAT CAN INDIANAPOLIS DO? THE HOOSIERS PI. AY TWO GAMES TODAY BARRING BAD WEATHER. Ttllll r.lis ARE STILI. WINNING. They Appear to Be Invincible In Their Final Spurt Toward the Fine. Colnmhns 11. St. Panl 8. Mi 11 11 t-.-i polls 10. Indianapolis, O. Detroit 1, 9, Kansas City S, 4. Milwaukee 7, IS, Grand R. 2, 2. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. Minneapolis 116 77 39 .664 Indianapolis 115 67 48 .583 Detroit 118 C 7 51 .568 St. Paul 120 68 52 .567 Kansas City 118 62 56 .525 Milwaukee 122 56 66 .459 t'olumbus 122 42 80 .344 Grand Rapids 123 38 85 .309 G \MES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. Imlkinapolis at St. Paul, two games. Columbus at Minneapolis. Detroit at .Milwaukee. Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay. Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. But the St. Paul base ball team could not stop a hole or anything else yesterday. Let it be hoped that the anti-climax has come. The proud heroes of six teen successive victories have been humbled in the dust. The Columbus team, which has been fighting hard for seventh place all season because Tom Lottos read somewhere that seven was a lucky number, came up here and not only beat the locals two games out of thre? on their own grounds, but one of these losses occurred on those West side grounds, which have been esteemed a -mascot for lo! these many moons. The Buckeyes pitched a young man named Charles Jones, sometimes nick named "Rumpus" because his temper is not 'mates." Perhaps, of all the pitchers in the Western league, Jones Is the easiest at times, but yesterday was not one of these times. In spite of the fact that the Apostles batted the young man for twelve safe hits and were presented by him with seven bases on balls, the net result of the entire performance was a paltry eight runs, absolutely ineffective when con fronted with the eleven runs which dolmnbua made, largely without seri ous effort. The locals started out like winners, successive two-base hits by Kraus and Classcock giving them an earned run at the opening inning. Columbus, how ever, had Cantillon and Latham on the bases, one by a hit and the other by a base on balls, when two men were retired. Frank, who was released by Minneapolis some time ago because —well, because— drove the ball out for two bases, and two runs were scored right then and there, while Wilson's single scored the chunky right fielder. O'Rourke struck out with two men on bases, and neither side scored the second. In the third, with Kraus out, Cilasscock and George each waited for Jones to get a ball over the plate, but in vain. They worked the double steal, Wilson throwing over Latham's head. Burns advanced them some more on a stiff hit to Parrott, and George scored when Latham failed to throw Mullane out at first. Two singles, a pair oT errors by O'Rourke and a low throw to second by Spies gave the visitors three runs more. Hollinersworth got a base on balls, but Spies forced him out. O'Rourke drove the ball to and under the right field fence and while Frank was get tins; it, O'Rourke reached third base. Spies scored, but that was all. With two out. Cantillon hit to left field and the ball rolled under the fence. There WeM nothing for i* but a home run, although when a small boy threw the bail in Glasscock tried to have Joe called out at the plate. Latham waited for four balls again and ran in when Genins drove the ball over the fence again, making the score nine to four. Glasscock hit a swift one which struck the second bag and was safe. He stole second and went to third as Wilson's throw was bad. Two were out before Latham again failed to get Mullane at first and the locals got one run In. Hollirgsworth hit for two bases, but be and Tony were left. The visitors did not score, and In the sixth the locals had several chances to walk up to the plate. Fricken was pr» sented with a base on balls, by the umpire, Bill Wilson said. O'Rourke hit to Latham, who threw to second. Par rott could have gotten a double play there and then, but stepped aside and Cantillon got the ball, but did not cover the base. In the shuffle Fricken J-eached second. Kraus forced O'Rourke out, and Glasscock hit a hard fly, but Parrott got it. Kraus had run clear to second base and couid not get back so the visitors had an easy double. Fricken was left, when two should have been left on bases, and, of course, the first man up in the next inning, George, pounded the ball over the fence for a home run. Meanwhile two good hits following a base on balls had given the Buckeyes another run. After George's homer, the next two Went out, and three good hits netted two more runs with good base run ning. That made the score eight to ten, but the locals could not score again, while the vistors added one to their total in the eighth. Butler and Cantillon singled and Latham's ground er to O'Rourke advanced them .one. ' The first runner scored on Genins' long Joul fly to George. In the eighth the locals threw away fomc more chances. Kraus got first on balls, but was caught trying to get third on Glasscock's single, Frank making a good throw. George, of course, followed with a single, which would, no doubt, have scored Kraus. Then Burns popped up a fly back of *%econd base. Parrott got under it and under the infield fly rule Burns was out whether he held it or not. Par rott, however, muffing it, Glasscock Ftaried for third, evidently thinking he was forced off, and was put out. The score: * St. Paul. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. O'Rourke, 3b 5 0 1 3 2 2 Kraus. rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 Glasscock, lb 4 2 3 0 B 0 George, if 4 2 2 2 0 0 Burns, cf 5 0 0 2 0 0 "Mullane, lb 5 0 0 13 0 0 lloilingsworth, ss ... 4 1 3 3 1 1 Spies, c 4 2 1111 Fricken, p 3 0 19 3 0 Totals 38 8 12 24 12 4 ~Columrus. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Butler. If 5 113 0 0 Csnt-llot., 2b 5 2 3 2 4 1 •Lath_iii. £b 14 0 2 12 G^nfns, cf 6 2 3 2 0 0 Frank, rf 4 2 3 2 10 "Wilson, c 5 0 16 12 Straus, lb 4 0 17 0 0 "Parrott. «a 4 0 0 2 6 0 Jones, p 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ....S7 11 12 *_. 13 . fit. Paul 1 0 2110300—8 Ciluruhug 3 0 3 8 0 10 1 »— ll » Burns out on infleid fly. E&iucd runs, St. Paul, 4; Columbus 5; two- j base hits, Kraus, Glasscock, Frank; three base hit, O'Rourke; home runs, Gentns, Can ttllon, George; sacrifice hit, Latham; stolen bases, Cantlllon, Latham, Genlns. Frank, Glasscock, Holfingsworth, Spies; bases on balls, off Jones, 7; off Fricken, 4; struck out, by Fricken, 1; by Jones, 4; left on bases, St. Paul, 10; Columbus, 7; double plays, Spies and O'Rourke, Parrott and Straus, Parrott, Canttllon and Latham; time of game, 1:50; umpire, March. HOOSIERS SHUT OUT. Millers Make the Last Victory of the Series Emphatic. Yesterday's game between Indianapolis and Minneapolis was the best the locals have ever put up at Minnehaha, not an error being made. T_e once great Chauncey Fisher had made his boasts of what a picnic he was go ing to have with the Millers, but after the fifth Inning, he stole away Into the dense hedge Just beyond the fence and meditated of what might have been. On the other hand. Figgemeier pitched the best ball ever seen of him this year, allowing but five puny singles. Not an Indian got farther than third base, and that only twice. The locals batted Fisher hard, and while they were doing that some Hoosler would go up In the air and the result w_ a piling up of errors. The home team never made a skip. Ball and Pickett played a star game, and ate up base hits as though It was their steady diet. Every Miller save Schriver got at least one hit. and there was no scratches about them either. They were clean hard drives. The crowd, which numbered fully 4.000, wanted to see a shut-out. and they got it. Their cheering was something furious, as the last Indian flew out to Wllmot. Hank O Day umpired a good game, but he had It in for Wlimot for kicking, and sent the man ager to the bench. The score: Minneapolis. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Preston, rf 4 2 3 2 0 0 I-ally, If 6 1 2 0 0 0 Wilmot, cf 6 0 2 4 0 0 Schriver, c 5 10 3 0 0 Werden, lb 4 2 2 13 0 0 Pickett. 2b 5 1 3 2 2 0 Kuehne, 3b 5 2 2 0 2 0 Figgemeier, p 5 1 1 0 2 0 Ball, ss 3 0 1 3 7 0 Totals 43 10 16 27 13 0 Indianapolis. A.B. R. H. PXi. A. E~ Shannon. 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 Williams, rf 4 0 0 3 0 0 Hogriever. If 4 0 1. 3 0 0 Motz. lb 4 0 2 11 2 2 Shiebeck, ss 3 0 0 3 3 1 Stewart, 2b 4 0 1 1 3 1 Woods, c 3 0 0 1 1 1 Hogan, cf 3 0 1 4 0 1 Fisher, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 Kallem, p 1 0 0 1 3 0 Totals 30 0 5 27 1(3 7 Minneapolis 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 o—lo Indianapolis 0 00000000—0 Earned runs, Minneapolis 2; two-base hit, Pickett; three-base hits. Lally, Worden. Kuehne; bases on balls, off Figgemeier 4, off Fisher 1, off Kallem 2; struck out, by Fisher 1. by Kallem i, left on bases, Minneapolis 10, Indianapolis 7; double plays. Figgemeier, Pickett and Werden; Pickett, Ball and Wer den; time of game, 1:50; attendance, 4,000; umpire, O'Day. DETROIT MOVES UP. By Winning- One Game the Tiger,. Displace the Saints. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 6.— Two games were played today, and the clubs split even. In the first the visitors were unable to hit Barnett and the Blues bunched hits on Gayle In the fourth inning. The Blues lost the second game on errors. Attendance, 4,000. Score : First Game— R.H.E. Kansas City 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 o—3 8 2 Detroit 0 010 0 0 0 0 o—l 7 5 Batteries, Barnett and Lake; Gayle and Twineham. Second Game— R.H.E. Kansas City 1 1 1 0 I—4 7 5 Detroit 1 0 3 5 o—9 8 2 Batteries, Kuell and Lake, Egan and Twine ham. The game was called at the end of the fifth inning to permit Detroit to catch a train. BREWERS WIN TWO GAMES. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 6.— Milwaukee won two games from Grand Rapids this after noon. In the first game Jones struck out twelve men. The score: Milwaukee 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 4—713 3 Grand Rapids 0 0 10 0 0 10 o—2 9 3 Batteries, Jones and Spear; McFarland and Hodge. In the second game Milwaukee outhatted the visitors. On account or darkness the game was called in the seventh inning. Score: Milwaukee 5 0 0 10 0 7—1316 i Grand Rapids 0 002000—2 4 3 Batteries, Barnes and Spear; Wolters and Hodge. MINNEHAHA TEAM WON. Defeated the Maroons In a Well- Played Game. The Mlnnehahas defeated the Maroons yes terday on the Randolph street grounds by the following score: Minnehahas A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Pi<*ha, c 5 2 0 7 3 1 Bergstrom, lb 6 1 2 10 0 0 Widman, rf 6 2 1 1 0 0 C. Delaney, p 4 0 0 0 8 0 Berg, 2b 5 2 13 2 0 Anderson, 3b 5 14 13 Mitchell, ss 5 113 0 0 E. Delaney, cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 Kovec, If 5 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 45 11 11 27 V ~3 Maroons A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E Reddington, 2b, c 4 0 0 4 0 2 Cook, ss 4 10 0 3 2 Williams, lb 4 1 3 9 0 0 Fgan, p 2 10 15 1 Hart, c, 2b 4 3 2 5 0 1 Rutzen, 3b 4 1 0 2 1 1 Rogers. If 4 0 2 2 0 0 Barnacle, rf 2 0 0 1 1 0 O'Brien, cf 3 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 31 6 7 27 0 7 Minnehahas 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 2—ll Maroons 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 I—6 Earned runs, Minnehahas 6, Maroons 3 • two-base hits, Bergstrom. Kovec. Mitchell, Anderson; three-base hits. Anderson, Wil liams 2; wild pitches. Egan 1; bases on balls, off Egan 2, off Delaney 9; struck out, by Egan 6. by Delaney 7; hit by pitcher, E. Delaney, Picha, Barnacle; left on bases, 'lianas 8. Maroons 12: stolen bases. Plena Widman 2, Berg, Anderson. Mitchell, Wil liams. Egan: time. 1:50; umpire. Frost. The 'Hahas also defeated the Unions last Sunday by a score of 9 to 4. Cumberland Fans Happy. Special to the Globe. CUMBERLAND. Wis.. Sept. 6.— The great est attraction at the intercounty fair was the base ball tournament between Barron, Skcm Lake, Crystal Lake and Cumberland. Cum berland winning first .money. The features of the games were Conrad's work in the box and Roberts' at third. New Prague Winner. Special to the Globe. NEW PRAGUE, Minn., Sept. 6.— A very interesting game of base ball was played here today. Score: New Prague. 14: Mont gomery, 11. Batteries, Rachac and Drozda; Keefe and Kreniek; umpire, Judge Arnold. A BUCKET OF SWASH. How Indianapolis Views the Base Ball Field. Winning the Western league pennant this season means a good deal, says the Indianapolis News, and if the champions succeed they will deserve even more credit than they did last season. Ever since the meeting In Novemher there has been a strong feeling In the league against Indian apolis, and, while it is not believed that any clubs would purposely throw games to enable some other club to win, there is no doubt that every other club in the league, with the possible exception of Kansas City, would rather see some other club than Indianapolis win the flag. When the champions go into a game they have a little harder nut to crack than the other clubs in the league, for the reason that every other club is "laying" for them, and saving all strength to down Indian apolis. That was the case on the last Western trip, and it will no doubt be the same on the present trip. In Kan sas City Callahan was reserved to pitch two games against the cham pions. In Milwaukee Barnes was forced into the box twice. In Minne apolis the cranks relied on Hutchison to do the trick, and in St. Paul Den ser was asked to pitch two games out of three against the champions. That is the way it has been all season. Now, if Indianapolis does win the flag, and the chances are all in its favor, the boys can feel that they have won i a seven-to-one bet, for the other seven clubs have been against them ail sea son. * • • The Indianapolis News says of the • Minneapolis management: Walter Wilmot Is certainly the most erratic manager in the league. One day he is praising his players ta the | THE SaINT PAUL GLOBE: MONDAY, »isf»Tf<.MBER 7, 1896 skies and the next he Is "roasting" them right and left. How In the world he gets the work out of the team that he does is hard to understand, un less it is because the players have got "on to" his erratic tendencies and have learned to pay no attention to what he says on the field. During a game Wilmot is one of the most excitable individuals imaginable. One minute he Is throwing bouquets at his players and the next he Is making life a bur den to them. But after the game Is over and he has donned his street clothes it would be hard to find a more pleasant, genial man than Walter Wil mot. He la in the game to win all the time, and cannot take a defeat ration ally. Every time the Millers are de feated, some one must suffer, and Walter makes it hot for the man who, In his Judgment, caused the loss of the game. This sort of management will not do. The Millers have been playing great ball for the past month, but wait until they get out on the final trip, where every game means the winning or losing of the pennant, and the ef fect will be seen. If the team starts off badly, It will be out of the race before any one realizes It, and it will be largely due to the erratic manage ment to which the men have been sub jected. BASK HAD, GOSSIP. As an umpire Bob Carruthers is a dismal failure. His ordering Menefee off the field in the first inning yesterday was not war ranted. He had better return to dealing faro. — Kansas City Times. « • * The attendance at the game yesterday was very slim. A few rooters began to "josh" Charlie Latham and he resented it. "You fellows let up," he said. "There's nine of us and only six of you."— Kansas City Times. • * * If Arlie Latham made hits at the bat as often as he makes "hits" with the people on the bleachers he wouldn't be in such slow company.— Kansas City Times. » » » Pete Daniels has lost a great deal of his good nature, and yesterday he was like a bear with a sore crust.— Kansas City World. • • • The only Anson is a Democrat and is said to be willing to lay $5,000 to $3,000 that Mr. Bryan will be the next president of the United States. • » • President Ban Johnson thinks that O'Day, Snyder and McDonald make a trio of um pires better than the National league can furnish.— Detroit Tribune. • • • The Baltimore team has begun active prep arations for a trip abroad after the Temple Cup games. There are two leagues in Eng land, and the champions believe they would have an Interesting time across the pond. • • • Perry tells a story on Lou Camp. He says that once when Camp came to bat Catcher Bergen, of Kansas City, guyed him by yell ing, "Here's the cheap guy that played for Yon der Ahe for his board. One day Chris fined him a biscuit, and it broke Camp's heart."— Minneapolis Times. • » • The Western league never saw such a set of incompetent umpires as President Johnson has given it this season. Snyder, Strothers and Carruthers have all proven to be failures and prove the inability of Ban Johnson to select competent men to fill a particular position. — Kansas City World. • * • Pitcher Borchers was released Saturday night by Manager Glenalvin, of the Milwau kees. Borchers claims that Glenalvin Is in debted to him for a considerable sum for services on the Pacific coast, where he pitched on Glenalvln's Portland team. When he asked him for the money Glenalvin said he owed him nothing. This enraged Borchers and he proceeded to whip Glenalvin In the latest improved fashion, and now Glenalvin wears a beautiful black eye. • • * "Tim Hurst's ready wit singled out Mar shall Wilder, the comedian, for a mark," says Tom Brown. "Tim was umpiring a game be tween the New Yorks and Bostons two years ago and Wilder, Dlgby Bell, De Wolf Hopper and other well-known fans were in the stand. The game was a heart disease finish and Bos ton wok, and the fans thought that Tim gave the Giants the worst of several close de cisions. After tho game Tim happened to meet Wilder on the Sixth avenue elevated train. A discussion arose between Tim and Wilder over the close decisions. Wilder lost his head and observed that Tim was one of the rottenest umpires that he had ever seen. Much obliged,' said Tim. 'Being under the public eye constantly, I am open to criticism. So are yon. Now, I want to tell you that I was so unfortunate once as to see you act, and after witnessing your performance I de cided that you were the saddest corned an I have ever seen, and I will not except Mike Kelly, Billy Jerome or Toby Lyons.' " • e» • In a recent letter to BUI Lahge, "Scrappy" Joyce, of the New Yorks, is reported as say ing: "If I ever catch you acting, Bill, I'll be there when you make your debut and will have a bundle with me that I'll pass over the footlights 1n sections." Lange is said to have received many similar letters from other play ers who have heard that Bill wanted to go on the stage. • • • Manager Watklns says that O'Brien had no right in the world to give Kansas City that first game Sunday, and that if there were any justice in the league the game would be thrown out. Watklns had received a message from the Western league president which stated that players could umpire the games Sunday, and O'Brien had no right on the field. O'Brien claimed that he was to umpire un til the regular appointee reached Kansas City. * • * Minneapolis has a pretty good lead In the race, and the cranks In that city are going wild over the club. When the champions were in Minneapolis the last time the Millers -were being roasted right and left. One of the papers in that city came out with a column and a half criticism of the club, which was pretty nearly as bad as that which Charley Comlskey gave his own players. It was said that one of the directors of the club was the Instigator of this article. Minneapolis is now playing as good ball as any team In the league, and the race from now on between the champions and Millers will be one of the prettiest ever seen on a ball field. While Minneapolis now has the lead, the champions with "Wattie" at their head have better stay ing aualitles, and when It comes to the bruis ing finish it is a 5-to-l-shot that Walter Wil mot will go Into the air. If he does his club will go wl^h him.— lndianapolis News. • • • "I don't know what a pitcher is thinking about," said a well-known ball player re cently. "Just look the field over and see what opportunities he Is throwing away when he lets a man go to first as a gift. Now the very best batters in the league do jS'bAseT "bALL"-5 •9 Today— Two Games. _) (« ST. PAUL vs. INDIANAPOLIS ►) First Game 10 a. m.. Second 3:3 ) p.m. f) fj AURORA PARK. ft J TOM MONARCH COOPER f f Champion of the World f 4 P'd es a Monarch f } and Keeps in Front f f MONARCH CYCLE MF6. CO. I k Chicago New York 4 A San Francisco Toronto A $ ST. PAUL CYCLE CO.,J # AGENTS 4 1 324 Wabasha St., St. Paul, i not bat much above a .333 clip. At this average a batsman must average the season through one hit out of every three times at the bat. Now, this means that there are three chances of putting the very best bats man in the league out if he is allowed to hit the ball to one that he will hit it safely. Now, Isn't three to one pretty good odd-? Oughtn't a pitcher to take a chance on the short end of that proposition rather than to kill off all chances by making a batsman a present of a base? The chance against a .260 per cent batsman> lsfcven better. A two fifty batter to maintain that per cent must hit the bail on an average of one In four times. Now, it la fbur Ito one against him getting first if the .pitcher sends the ball across the plate. Against a .200 per cent batter It is five to one. I Now. with all this percentage against a batsman hitting the ball safely, doesn't it look suicidal for a pitcher to allow a batsman to walk down to first base? I think so. if a j 8 three to one against the best 'of Batsmen and from five to six to one against, the poorer bats man getting a hit, even If the ball Is put right across the ceittVr' <j_ the plate. Isn't It a silly kind of play for a pitcher to throw away such a percentage by walking a bats man down to first on fouV bad balls. That is the reason I feel like kicking every time a pitcher does it." » * J* i "I heard some one make .use of the expres sion 'His leg was pulled,' " said Earl Wagner the other day. "and it reminded me of a very neat game Bill Hasfjamaer worked on me In New York two years ago. Bill came to me at the hotel and asked for an advance of $2. I knew he was apt to imbibe the amber fluid, and so declined to comply with his re quest. He came back in half an hour and cut down his demand to $1.50. He repeated the performance several times until the figure was reduced to fifty cents and I firmly de clined to part with the cash. The next time Bill entered my presence he was accompanied by a genteel-looking chap, whom he intro duced as his landlord. The latter told me a straight story about Bill owing him $13.50 for board. I thought everything was all right, and paid the bill. I learned soon there after, however, that I had been cleverly worked. Bill and the pseudo lodging house keeper, I was Informed, spent the night in a nearby restaurant and had a carmine-hued t:me." » * * Tom York, the ex-league player, is one of Al Johnson's inspectors on the Nassau road In Brooklyn. The other day York Jumped on a Coney Island car and looked at the fare register. A friend of his. who was on the car, surprised Tom by jelling: "Hey, there! Are you looking for your batting average?" * * * The game awarded to Milwaukee by Um pire McDonald will not count, as it was played In Milwaukee May 11, when Grand Rapids stopped over here a day on the way across the lake.— Milwaukee Sentinel. * * * Preseident Vanderbeck, of the Detroits, came to Milwaukee yesterday to endeavor, if pos sible, to have Tuesday's Milwaukee-Detroit game transferred to Detroit. Secretary Gross declined to accept the proposition, however, although he was offered half of the entire receipts as an inducement to giva his con sent.—Milwaukee Sentinel. * * * r The statement is made .in some quarters that, owing to postponed games, the Western league season would he continued beyond Sept. 23. A league season always ends on the date set for It to end, and no games played after Sept. 23 this year will count in the record. * * * St. Paul has only six more games to play at home, one with Columbus and five with Indianapolis. * * * Indianapolis, St. Paul and Detroit are now right In a bunch for second eplace. * '* * The last series on the local diamond for the present season will begin at 10 o'clock this morning with a game ebetween St. Paul and Indianapolis. The same clubs will play a second game at 3:30 this 'afternoon. There are only three scheduled games here, but there is also a postponed game, and a tie from the last trip. It is probable that two games will be played tomorrow also, and a game may be played Wednesday, which is an open date. It is not imperative, however, that the tie shall be played off, and It may be foregone. Denzer and McGill will prob ably pitch for the locals. * * et The feature of yesterday's game was But ler's long running catch of Burns' foul fly near the fence. Butler was playing well to ward center when the ball was batted, but he made a hard run and got the ball beautifully. Lasker And Slfinifr. Matched. MOSCOW, Sept. 6. — A newspaper here says that a chess match has been arranged be tween Lasker and Steinitz to take place here at the end of October. CAR e»KDIX*TN>I.T_- EYES. Rubbing: Them With Hands (.rimed With Dirty Coin Injures Them. New York Mail And Express. ♦ The conductor on the Broadway cable car was in a talkative mood when a reporter for the Mail and Express boarded his car last night. He frequent ly wiped his eyes with a large red hand kerchief and made remarks. "Why do you weep?" "I ain't weeping," replied the con ductor. "It comes from getting dirty money. You see, a lot of people have been writing in the papers that the conductors on the cable roads are suf fering from some eye disease because they have to handle the brass rails of the cars so much, and then put their hands to their eyes. 'Taint so. Of course, we have to rub the dust from our eyes every row and then, but it ain't no brass poisoning we're getting. It's dirty coins that are soiling our* haftds and injur ing us. You see, every passenger wants to get rid of 'black chink,' so he shoves It off on us. It's good, money, and we have to take it and handle It. Then we get dust in our eyes and.rub them. The constant handling of. Uiis dirty coin covers our hands with grime, and wo rub it into our eyes. That's all there is to it" sd! Just then a pretty young woman boarded the car, and, having fished around in her dainty pHirse, gave the conductor a nickel. He rang up the fare and then showed the nickel to the re porter. It was as black as ink. BESSIE WAS SHOT. Mnrder Mystery < iiusin., a Sensa tion at Dayton, O. DAYTON, 0., Sept. 6.-On Aug. 27 Bessie i-lttle, a boarder with Mrs. Dreese on South Jefferson street, this city, disappeared at 6 o'clock in the evening. She told Mrs. Dreese -tie had an engagement to ride with Albert J. Frantz, her alleged lover. On Thursday, Sept. 3. Bossies dead body, bloated beyond recog nition, was found in Stillwater river near the bridge over that river just north of Dayton. The coroner supposed it a case of simple drowning— perhaps a suicide. There were facts that suggested suicide. Public senti ment demanded closer investigation The body was exhumed and re-examined. A bul let that had entered the right ear was found lodged in the brain. This was the first rev elation of murder. Frantz was then arrested Two boys while fishing found a pool of blood on Stillwater bridge, and in the blood a tor toise shell sidecomb adorned with brilliants This comb has been Identified as belonging to Bessie Little. Albert J. Frantz was oat that night with his buggy. He says Bessie was not with him. Nobody has been found ttat saw Frantz and Beste together on that Thursday night. On the following night Frantz s stable burned and his buggy with Its evidence, if it contained any was de stroyed. .Frantz. the day after the murder, paid one week's board for Bessie in advance and when told she was missing said she would return. — m IX MINNEAPOLIS'' NEXT. Scandinavian Singer* fSet a Place for the Wext Convention. OMAHA. Neb., Sept. D. -The Scandinavian Singing society devoted sprue time to busi ness session today, atter assisting at various church services. Minneatpoli. was chosen as the next place of meeting. JTi e first matter that provoked discussidn *as brought ud by Dr. Johnson, of Madison, rtho moved to re- T," 31 - 3 * 2^ th * decißl< > n <* .th, last session by which the assoclg tion was mtf_e a member of the Lntted Scandinavian? sinfeers of America Dr. Johnson maintained that the Invitation on the part of tbe united' singefs -was simply a scheme to kHI the XorU» western association. The sentiment was held *by others and It pre vailed unanimously. This a&ton severs the j .association from aav . oonn^ctlon with the i United Scandinavian Singers of America. The Normai-mia Sangerkory, W Nbrth La Crosse Wis., the oldest Norwegian society in the West, apolled for membership and was ad mitted. Last evening a nubile concert was given, at which 5.00© people, were present. Royalty's Finest Hair. The Empress of Austria has the finest head of hair of any royal lady hi Europe, and yet it is never washed. Every day It is brushed through, while a lotion (of which the recipe is jealously kept) is employed. Seven brushes are used, one after the other, so that a per fect cleanliness may be insured, and the operation takos four hours and four ladies in-waiting. TflE GAP GOES 0(1 IX SPITE OP THE SPIRIT OF PIG XA-'ITY fHSPt.AYED BY THE PLAYERS. ROWDYISM MUST BE STOPPED. THE HONESTY OF UMPIRES IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUBLB, SUCCESS OF THE NATIONAL GAME. Anson's Great Batting- Record—ls This Roger Connor's Last Season? Special Correspondence of the Globe. NEW YORK, Sept. 3.— This year will break the record for disorder on the base ball fields, for fighting and scrap ping between the players of opposing clubs. The state of affairs Is not con fined to the major league, where every conflict, whether small or important, Is duly chronicled. But the spirit of pug nacity has gone out among the junior clubs. President Crane, of the At lantic league, has frankly admitted that an umpire who undertakes to do his duty in any game between the Paterson and Newark clubs of New Jersey takes his life ift .lis hands and courts death or disability. There is one shining proof standing high above this professional disorder in base ball— the honesty of the game is unassaila ble. Indeed, It is the overstrained in tensity which puts the stamp of hon esty upon every game played. In the old days of sell outs and rottenness, prior to the organization of the Na tional league, such a thing as a fight between opposing players was never heard of. They were more likely after a game to go away .together and di vide their spoils in secret friendship. It is significant that at this same time the other great out of door sport horse racing— is under suspicion. The press of the East is almost unanimous in the charge of combinations and col lusion among the men who are con ducting racing on the Atlantic circut. All that legislation can do and all that honest judges, stewards and racing magnates have done has not succeeded in putting horse racing on that plane KOGEB CONNOR. of unquestioned honesty which has made base ball so strong- and popular with the American people. Only once in a long time is there even a charge of dishonesty made against profession al base ball, and then it is usually so frailly founded that little attention is given to the accusation. Something of this kind followed the recent loss of a game in Philadelphia. When the Bal timores went to bat in the last inning, the score was 15 to 8 against them, but they made eight more runs and won out a most extraordinary victory. Some hysterical supporters of the Cincin nati clvb — Baltimore's only rival threw out hints that the Philadelphias had pfesented the game to Baltimore to help bring the championship East. But an analysis of the game would not let such a charge stand for a minute. A club which had a desire or an inten tion to lose a game would not go about it by taking a lead of 15 to 8 and keeping it up to the last inning. A game lost that way is ten times more harmful in effect than one which is lost from the start or early in the game. There are thousands of dollars at whenever a horse race is run.and on some races $58,000 changes hands. Therefore there Is a rich incentive for combinations, "jobs" and crooked work, so much so that stewards, Judges and jockey clubs are kept constantly on the alert to foil dishonest conspir acies. In base ball there is no such temptation. No public betting on the game exists in any part of the coun try, and probably no other sport in the world Is so free from private wag ers among its supporters and patrons. The season of 1896 is near enough to its end to put on record the fact that, In spite of fears which beset patrons of the game last spring, the year has been eminently successful In base ball. The principal leagues and associations have played out their schedules or stand ready to finish all obligations during September. The Western league probably stands at the head of the minor leagues in point of financial suc cess. The St. Paul club will come out with a $15,000 profit, and probably the | other clubs in the circuit, with one ex- I ception, will make money in less ! amounts. The Western association's season has not been so prosperous as it was last year, and the same may be said of the New England league. But the Eastern league has made no back ward step, while the new organization, the Atlantic league, is an unqualified success. An Interesting study in the national game Is the relative strength which certain teams have against each other. The Baltimore* beat the Clevelands in the race last year and will do it this season with ease. Yet Tebeau's men have what is known as a "lead pipe cinch" nearly every time they meet on the diamond. In the twelve games played between the two teams this year the Clevelands won eight and tied one. Ever since New York has had a club In the National league it has been an easy prey for the Philadelphia, but it could always whip Anson's Chi | cagos with ease and confidence. • It is i said in Chicago that every time the Colts went on the field against the New Yorks when Rusie was pro grammed to pitch, they w«re beaten before the game began. This year, with Rusie out of the way, the Chi cagos came nearer than usual in tying the New York series. But Clarke makes a very good Rusie substitute against Anson's men. With all of his forty-four years as a handicap, Anson is one of the hard est men in the profession for a pitcher tAstrike out. It is not anything un usual for the pitcher to secure two -called strikes on the veteran and work up the spectators into supplications of "Strike him out!" an event which never falls to give the most unbounded de light to the rooters even on the Chi cago grounds. Probably the pleasure of it la all the more acute because It Is so rare, for with even a handicap of two .strikes it is probably 20 to 1 that the old man doesn't get fooled on the third. Clarke told me not long ago that there are but two batsman In the big league who cannot be deceived by a pitcher. One is Anson, and the other is Tiernan. When Anson leaves the diamond, it will not be the failure of his "good eye" which compels It, but the stiffen ing of his muscles and joints. His bat ting and fielding are wonderfully pre served, but his running is each suc ceeding year more and more fashioned after the trot of a milk cow going borne to her calf at eventide. There are but a few of them left — these old time heroes of the diamond. Next to Anson comes Roger Connor. He has not maintained his former prowess so well as the Chicago man, nor has he been so long In service. But he is looked upon as one of the old stars who must soon pass into private life. Every year a report gets out that it Is Roger's last season In base ball. The rumor Is just as regularly denied. Successful base ball players seldom retire voluntarily. Ward was an ex ception, and his friends will tell you that he has regretted it. The ballfleld has an attraction to those who make their living thereon whioh few are ever able to shake off. They will prate about the slavery of a ball player's life and talk about the despotism of the magnates, but when they are eman cipated and delivered from the des potic tyrants they go out into their freedom with many regrets and long ings for the life which has gone by. — O. P. Caylor. Dancing on Bikes. At Ranelagh, England, the other afternoon a novel form of entertainment was intro duced with great success, dancing j-n buv cles. Ten ladles took part in it, eiirht cf whom danced (or blked) a set of lancers with ease and grace. They were all dressed in cream, with dark red rtbb->iis around th-Bir sailor hats, matching exactly the profusion of fine carnations with which all the sta tionary parts of their bicycles were deioratel. Two sisters, with big, diamond-shaped fteel bucklees on their waists behind, were espe cially graceful and expert. After the lancers they "hiked" a waltz, and a sehiiUisohe an,l a reel. It was universally de.;ld.d th,»t danc ing on bicycles Is more intricate and moro to be admired than dancing o.i skates. GOSSIP OF THE WHEEL. . Pedaling itself is really something that few cyclists learn to do properly until they have been riding six months or more, and some never learn. After they have solved the problem of equilibrium they think that is all that is necessary. Watch any procession of cyclists and it will be seen that not one in five knows how to pedal so as to get the best and quickest result. The art of pedaling is to push the pedal more than half the circle, taking care to lift the foot immediately after it has done its effective work, so as not to burden the ris ing pedal. This necessitates the dropping of the heel at the top of the stroke, which helps the cranks over the dead center, push ing right down to the bottom of the stroke and bringing the foot back with a clawing motion to get over the dead center at the bottom. If a rider who has been content with a piston-like up and down pedal motion will try this, slowly at first, he will be surprised after a little practice to find that the machine does not require so much pushing as before Especially in hill climbing will he discover this advantage, and the ankle motion in volved will be beneficial. • • • There is a merry war on between bicyclists and tlie authorities of Massapequa, L I. The most prominent people in the village are the Floyd-Jones and they were so annoyed by having cyclers stopping at their house for -rinks of water, matches and other help that they erected across the road from their house a pavilica where ice water, matches and seats were furnished free to weary riders. Instead of appreciating this act of kindness, the cy clers broke up the seats, destroyed the water tanks and spoiled the pavilion and then in sisted on running over the sidewalk in front of the Floyd-Jones residence. It has come to such a pass that on Sundays six large farm wagons, each containing two deputy sheriffs are lined up In front of the Floyd-Jones house and any bicycler daring tQ ,wh€»el on the walk is to he promptly arrested and loaded into a wagon. • * eeje On. never sees English woman cyclers in knickerbockers. The invariable costume is an ankle-length skirt. The fantastic creatures seen In the Beds at Paris wou!d not be tol erated in England or in this country. They wear tight-fitt.ng kinckerbockers of very thin material to the knee, no gaiters or leg gings, and hosiery of thin, transparent silk, when they wear any. Of late the fashion of wearing half-hose has been introduced. These reach above the oalf of the leg and a few women wear flesh-colored tights under them, others let the knee remain bare. • * • Slow riders should keep to the extreme right of the road, as In many cases accidents caused by scorching are due to slow or new riders taking the center of the road. On a country road there is room to pass another rider, no matter in which part of the road he may be, but on a crowded city street it Is sometimes necessary to make a very close calculation. If the slow rider keeps at the left of his half of the road, it makes it necessary for those wishing to pass to risk the danger of a collision with those going in the opposite direction. On tho other hand, if the overtaking rider passes on the right, he Is violating a rule of the road. * » • "It Isn't pneumatic tires that we need," he said as he picked himself up. "No?" she returned. Inquiringly. "Not a bit of it," he answered. "Might 1 ask what is wanted," she asked. "Possibly a wheel that is pneumatic through out would — " "Not at all," he interrupted. "My ex perience teaches me that what Is really needed is spmethlng in the line of pneumatic riders. The fact that the machine has an air cushion doesn't help me any when I take a header." • • • The biggest factor in the future of cycling is the small boy. The small boy, it is al most needless to say, has taken hold of the sport with all the enthusiasm the most fault finding manufacturer could ask for. A few years ago he was satisfied with a cumbersome solid tire, and a poorly constructed wheel, but today he is a judge of the merits of the various pneumatic tires, and fye aa abso lutely no use for a wheel without ball bear ings, and all the latest improvements. • • • One of the track novelties of the present season promises to be the mile race for messenger hoys at the meet of the New York state division at Manhattan Beach Labor day. This should be one of the interesting ©vents of the great card offered since it is the first race ever arranged for this proverbially slow clement in the list of public necessities. • • • Another boy wonder has burst upon the horizon of the cycling world. This time he Is not a thing of speed, but an Inventive genius, from whose brain has developed a bicycle tight of surpassing brilliancy. His name is George Woodbury, his age sixteen, and his home San Francisco. His light Is described as being something altogether new. To the front forks of his bicycle be has at tached a couple of tubes filled with oxygen. Another tube filled with ether Is fastened to the handle bars, while between the cross bars the lad has arranged a small battery. The ox ygen and ether tubes are connected with wires, and when the wheel is pat tn motion it generates Its own light. The only objection is that the contrivance as first used by the young inventor was too heavy. He says he will make It to weigh less and will then have a light that will show every obstacle in the road ahead of him. . • • With all the novel devices and attachments that have been patented for the benefit of wheelmen the wonder Is that no man of genius has yet turned his attention toward utilizing the frame as a reservoir for liquid refreshment. The tubing could easily be lined with porcelain and made non-leakable. With a long rubber tube Inserted at the handle bars and reaching to the frame the scorcher could "take water on the fly" with the beat of them. Think what a boon such a con- ■ucfiapoolodian I ™ QUICK CURE jj I Igf .11 ~ ** 1 FOR ALL PAIN. IJMM" 3 - 1 - '• i- " *" — •jW?mfmmm!f<m*-rmHW trivance would be to the contestants in a road race. No longer would the strings of sponges or lemons need dangle from the riders' necks, and the office of water carrier along tha course would soon be a dead letter. It is a novel scheme and really worthy of some body's attention. If experiment proved that hard riding made the water boil, eggs could be cooked on long runs and tea made oc casionally. If the rider had no love for such tame diet, whisky or beer could be Injected, and if the frame would not hold enough the diamond might, on special order, be built solid. If experiment proved that there was danger of the rubber slipping too far down the throat a litth arrangement on the order of those used on bottles for children might be attached to guard against so disastrous a possibility. All in all, we think the idea a good one, and hope that the trade of '97 will see some such device upon the market. » • » The development of the railroad, the bi cycle and other substitutes for the horse has brought about a peculiar condition af affairs. In North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and other Western states thero are 125,000 horses reaming the prairies, eating grass, which might be more profitably used for feeding cattle and sheep. The owners are helpless and are talking of killing off their valueless horses. • • • A husband and wife on bicycles connected transversely by steel rods, from which was suspended a seat for their seven-year-old child, rode through Augusta, Me., on a tour of New England the other day. A tent and luggage, which brought the weight of the whole outfit up to 400 pounds, were carried, and they traveled about twenty miles a day. • • • A correspondent at Aix-les-Balns sends a description of a brake for use in mountain ous districts. A hotelkeeper on the Col dv Chut furnishes every traveler who patron izes him with a good-sized fagot attached to a cord about two meters long. When this cord is tied to the saddle the friction of the fagot on the road renders a descent down a straight run perfectly safe and easy without any other brake being necessary. It has the further advantage of not injuring the tires. » • * An increasing number of bicycles have been seen recently provided with long-handled parasols so strapped to the handle-bars as to shade the rider effectually from the sun. The best arrangement for this purpose 4s a Joint ed handle which allows for adjustment of the parasol to catch the rays of the sun wher ever it may be. There is no particular reason why this should not be a wise precaution for women who ride in the heat of the day on country roads. • * • It is again declared with some appearance of authority that one of the oldest of tha manufacturers Is going to make chainless wheels almost exclusively next year, the com pany having bought all the patents for the device. m KATE FIELD'S WILI*. ■"""""' Wishes of the Noted Newspaper Woman Will Be Compiled With. CHICAGO, Sept. 6.— Before Kate Field left for Hawaii she advised H. H. Kohlsaat, editor of the Times-Herald, that she had provided in her will for the disposition of her remains in the event of death. Diligent search failed I to discover this will until Friday last. Meanwhile the body has been lying in a vault at Hawaii. It appears from this will that Miss Field directed that her body be cremated, and that her ashes, together with a plain gold ring worn by her, be placed in an urn and depos ited above the coffins of her father and mother in Mount Auburn cemetery at Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Kohlsaat has undertaken the Immediate execu tion of these instructions, and has written to Consul General Mills at Honolulu, making provision for the ex pense and directing that the cremation shall take place there, if practicable, but that if not, the remains shall be forwarded by the next steamer via San Francisco and overland to Boston, where the desired disposition of them will be made. COI'LDBPT BEAT IT. p How the Smart Farmer Won the Grocery-man's Money. An amusing true story is related of a farmer who came into a village grocery in one of our Western states and ex- I hibited to an admiring crowd an enor | mous egg, about six inches long, which was laid by one of his old hens, says the Helena, (Mont.) Independent. He had packed it in cotton, and wouldn't allow anybody to handle It for fear of breaking the phenomenon. The gro coryman examined it with the rest, and, intending to chaff the country man, said: "Pshaw! I've got some thing in the egg line that will beat that." "I'll bet you $5 you haven't," said the countryman, getting excited. "Take it up!" said the groceryman, and going behind the counter h© brought out a wire egg-beater. "There's something in the* egg line that will beat it, I guess," said he, reaching for the stakes. "Hold on, there," said the farmer; "let's see you beat it," and he handed it to the grocer. The latter held out his hand for it, but dropped it in surprise on the counter, where it broke two I soup plates and a platter. It was iron painted white. "Some folks think they are tarnation cute," said the fartner, as he pocketed the stakes and left, "but 'taint no use buckin' against the solid facts." QUEER CODFISH EYES. Changes Which They Indergn 'When Exposed to a. Strong Light. Several large cod are kept in one of the tanks of the Amsterdam aquarium, necessarily, near to the surface, and therefore, exposed to a strong light from above. Now the cod, though not a "deep-sea" fish, is not a surface swimmer, and lives at depths where the sunlight must be very much modi fied by passage through the water. It lives in what to us would be semi-dark ness. Every one of these cod exposed to the strong light Is suffering from an extraordinary hypertrophy of the eye. The whole organ has become over grown, as if in the effort to adjust Itself to the use of more light rays it had be come overequipped and then useless. The cod, in fact, are blind, says a writer in the Philadelphia Press. The most interesting feature in this change is the extraordinary rapidity with which increased supply of light rays has overdeveloped the organ for Its use. It has taken place, not by slow degrees, from Individual to in dividual, but in a course of time to be measured by months, and in every individual in the tank. If this example is a measure of the rapidity with which such changes take place among fish the adaptation of those creatures which have migrated from the shallow waters to the deep seas, shown by the total loss or enormous development of their eyes, and the growth of illumi nating organs to light the abyss, may have been as rapid as It is marvelous. Surplus of Grapes. CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 6.— The grape grow ers of Northern Ohio are afflicted with a big crop. Tho vines are black with the fruit, which is selling at Aye cents a basket of ten pounds in the vineyards. There is no profit in such a price, for the basket costs 2y 2 cents and the picking is much more. It Is said that no more grapes will be sent to market, but that tho remainder of the crop will be sold to wine makers. This year's crop Is tho heaviest ever known in this section. A New York florist recently was atung In the tongue by a small insect. The injury was so serious that a surgeon was com polled to rut. the man's tongue out In order to save his life. 5