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? "Wonder what Merts will say today?** y < 'MfltsMadei 4? to Your ! I Order for ?? ?A "ready-made" price for a "tailor-snade" suit. And what a difference between the two kinds of suits, too. ?Take a Mertz-made suit? it's cut to your individual measure?it's "your suit," built to suit you best. Every seam is perfect and there's style to it. ?This 4 days' special of Serge Coat and Pants Suits to order gives you such suits at $9.40. ?You can't match them in quality alone at the price?to say nothing of making, fit and stvle. IIMertz \Mertz-l 9 'BETTKR YET TAII.ORS," IC CA ?!? A 'PtwDf Main 2812-Y. VIPO IT OIL..*. >? U .J. M. >24-1 ASS FISHING is Washington's most popular sport in June. You won't "lucky" unless yon use Tappao's Potomac Casting: Spoons. Rods, Reels. Hooks. Bobs, Lines and everything you need for the fishing out fit. & Co., 1339 M V St. ?The 25 dozen Straw Hats that arrived three weeks behind hand went on sale this morn ing at 85c.. and needless to say we've been busy ever since. Think of buying for 85c. the swellest straws of the season ?with our name in them and our guarantee back of them, including the nobby dressy yachts in rough and smooth straws and Panama shapes in split braids?sold everywhere about town for Sr.50 and $2. Not picked-over odds and ends, but brand-new, prime qp quality straw hats for. C?a5^o ? * * $llQ{2=pc.) Suits i6o85? $< -W?*'d rather you'd buy only one of these elegant Two-piece Suits, as we want as many men as pos sible to benefit by the sarin#. All we expect to g? t out of It Is ad vertising. pleased purchasers and future business. They are elegantly tailored garments?coats shaped and styled as if they were to sell for &iu-aiid quarter lined with good mohair. An honest $10 value for *6.83. x ? "Money's worth or money back." D. J. Kauifniiaio, The Man's Store, 1005=7 Pa. Ave. it t Y V y t v * v Y v I ? l | I Y Y ? f ? Y | | I Y Y Y PIANOS AND ORGANS. Kmalbe Pianos. Bargains in new and used instruments of vari ous makes. Sole agents for the Aeo lian and Pianola. riASUS tLMHX Wm. Kroabe & Co., 1209 Penna. Ave. Senators at Home for Series With Boston. HAD FAIRLY GOOD TRIP SIX FAVORITES SLAUGHTERED AT SHEEPSHEAD YESTERDAY. Walcott Won in Coronation Bout Batting and Fielding Averages? Base Ball Notes. American League Games Today. Boston at Washington. Philadelphia at Baltimore. Chicago at Detroit. St. Louis at Cleveland. American League Teams' Standing. W. L. Pet. i W. L Pet. Chicago 31 IS .fi33 Boston 29 24 .547 Philadelphia 25 23 .521 St. Louis... 25 23 .521 Detroit 24 27 .471 Baltimore.. 24 28 .461 Washington. 24 29 .153 Cleveland... 22 32 .407 National League Teams' Standing. w. L. Pet. 1 w. i? rot. Pittsburg... 38 12 . 760 Philadelphia 22 3t .415 Kr.?.kivn... 30 23 J166 | Cincinnati.. 21 30 .412 Chii-ago 28 22 r,rt0 New York.. 20 31 -3?2 Boston 24 24 .500 i St. Lopis... 20 31 .3U2 Manager Loftus and his band of Senators reached Washington last evening at 3 o'clock. The club left Fort Wayne. Ind., the night before and had been on the cars for almost twenty-four hours. Everybody was pretty tired, but glad to get back home. The players are in good shape and after a good rest last night should be able to play good ball this afternoon. Captain Dele hanty reached Washington Saturday night, being called home on account of the serious illness of his wife, but an improvement has been noted in her condition, and he Will probably go info today's game. Many of the Washington "fans" visited the Oxford last night, the stopping place of the Sena tors. and congratulated them on their good showing on the trip. More games might have been won. but when the strength of the western clubs is considered, the conclu sion is reached that six victories and nine defeats is fur from being a bad record. While c >ming east yesterday afternoon the Senators had a narrow escape from a bad railroad accident. A fast freight train was pa. sing the ea.-'t-bmnd Baltimore and Ohio express this side of Cumberland, when a swinging freight car door siue-swiped the first threecars of thi'express. All the windows were broke n. and numerous panels were torn out of the three cars, the door finally dropping to the roi l just :ts the car con taining the team was reached. Everybody on the train was pretty badly scared, as the express w is running at the rate of a rr.ile a minute, and the quick application of the airbrakes made t'le cars bump and jump like a broncho. Manager Loftus had very little to say about the trip when seen last night by The Evening Star reporter. He said that sev eral mor? games should have been won by the W'ashihgtons. but unforeseen circum stances bobbed up and defeats instead of victories came the Senators' way. In Chicago the grounds were very soggy and hits that wnyld have been good for triples and home runs had to go down as singles. Many bails of this sort were hit by the Washingtons. while the Chicagos were laying down little bunts and getting around the bases as the infie'ders slid in the mud. Th?-n Patterson, a pitcher vrtio I hits the ball about once a month, had to j br< ak into one of the games with a time ly bingle which proved enough to win the contest. At St. Louis the start was good enough, but Powell, another periodical hitter, got in a hohie run after two were out and won his own game. This was the game in which Townsend held St. Louis down to six hits, while the Senators got thirteen. It was certainly a heart-breaking defeat, but the bo>-3 woke up the next day and afterward took three straight from the Browns in re taliation. In Detroit the Senators went backward again after getting a good start, and in Cleveland we had to be content with an even break. Base ball is having a great boom over the western circuit, and in ev ery city visited by Washington large crowds turned out. As regards outfielder McFarland, who has refused to sign with Washington, Manager Loftus siTId he had offered him the same salary as that received in Chicago, but that the man had an aversion to playing with an eastern club and would probably "catch on" with a western team. Nothing was heard from Shortstop Fred Ely .and it will probably be some time before the vet eran rejoins the team. The first two fin gers of Ely's throwing hand were badly smashed and later on became stiff and very sore, so that the clasping of a ball was an impossibility. As to the signing of other nfen. Mr. Loftus had nothing to say, as he is of the sort who generally gives out in formation after a deal has been accom plished. He is undoubtedly after an extra outfielder, but who it is could not be learned. Capt. Delehanty was quite enthusiastic over the senatorial aggregation, and in conversation last night with a Star reporter said that Washington would finish in the first division to a dead certainty. "1 only wish the boys would hit at home as they did on the road," said the "Only Dell," "and I am sure the Washington people would go wild over their perform ance. I have been with a hard-hitting team for many years, but the way Ryan. Wolverton. Keister. Coughlin, Carey and Clarke have been lining out the ball on the western trip has been simply wonlftr ful. The hits were not of the fluke ordsr. but made with men on the bases. As to the reason for not scoring more runs, it should be understood that we have very few fast men on the bases, and it was al most an impossibility to steal second on catchers like McFarland. McGuire arid Bemis. all men with good arms. Our pitchers have not been working up to their true form, with the exception of Orth ?.nd Patten. This pair has landed a majority of the games for us. but I am sure Town send. Carrick and I.ee will shortly strike their gait. "In trying to get up the championship ladder the Washington 'fans' should not lose sight of the fact that all our games in Philadelphia are practically gifts to the Athletics, as we have to play all our '.Holl ers and catchers in the in and out fields. But we have only six more games with the Athletics, and base ball is uncertain enough to lead us to hope that a game or two may come our way." As a souvenir of the western trip Jack Townsend and Case Patten brought home from St. Louis a pair of white mice as pets. The boys carry them around in their pock ety. and it frequently happened that the little animals would crawl out and take a touV of investigation. On one of these trips Patten's pet got among Bill Cougli lirv's olothe^ and he didn't make the dis covery until he had them on Ills body. Now, Coughlin hates a mouse like a nervous woman, and the way he carried on when he discovered the little thing crawling over his body must have been ludricrous. Town send declares that Coughlin Jumped al most to the ceiling and tore oft his clothes as though they were on fire, yelling all the time like a Commanche. Finally, in one of Rill's dervish whirls, the mouse was thrown on the bed, and strong efforts had to be adopted to keep the clever short stop from annihilating the little animal right there and then. The story about the rat being put In Coughlin's glove by "Kid" Gleason while in Detroit is true, and the antics of the Scranton lad when he made the discovery set the entire crowd of players and specta tors laughing heartily. Coughlan is one of the nerviest players In the professional ranks, but he cannot overcome his abhor rence for snakes and rodents. The gr?-up of players at the Oxford last night were discussing the showing of the Philadelphia National League Club since Hughey Jennings joined the outfit. The placing of Jennings at the head of the club and giving him credit for the Phllltes' good showing last season led directly to the de sertlon of Delehanty, "Wolverton, Orth and Town send, to say nothing of Flick, Mc Fariand and Monte Cross. The Phillies were just about petting Into their regular mid-season stride when Jennings asaumed charge, and as game after game wu won Jei.nings got all iue credit. This naturally ruffled the feelings of the old-timers who had done the same trick for several years before, and it was decided to let Jennmgs see If he could do without the stars and win games. So far the Phillies have won but one game since Jennings has Joined this season, and from the present outlook Tictories will be few and far between. With an aggregation like the Phillies last year, the winning of games looked easy. Just run them over and see how strong the team was: McFarland, Jacklltz and Doughi is, catchers; Orth, Townsend, White and Dug gleby, pitchers; Jennings, first base; Hall man, second; M. Cross, short; Wolverton, third; Delehanty, left; Thomas, center, ond Flick right. It certainly didn't require much of a leader to put that aggregation up In front. Chicago, 8; Detroit, 0. There was only one game in the Ameri can League yesterday, Chicago playing at Detroit with the Tigers, shutting them out by the score of 8 to 0. Griffith held Detroit down to four hits, while Stever was hit hard. Score: CHICAGO. R.H.O.A.B. Callahan. If 1 1 2 0 0 Jones, of... 0 firei'n. rf... 1 Davis, as... 1 Mertes, 3b.. 0 0 3 3 IslH'll, lb.. 1 1 11 1 Daly, 2b... 2 Sullivan, e. 2 Griffith, p.. 0 DETROIT. U.H.O.A.E. Barrett, cf. 0 0 3 0 0 Holme*, rf. 0 1 2 0 0 M'Al'st'r.aa 0 ft DUlun, lb.. 0 Casey. 3h.. 0 Harle.v. If.. 0 0 1 Gleaaon. 2b 0 1 0 McGuire. c*. 0 0 Slerer, p... 0 2 4 1 U 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 Totals... 0 4 27 13 3l Totals... 8 10 27 15 1 Detroit 00000000 0-0 Chicago 01003400 0?8 Two-base Mf?IhivM. Threp-bn.se hit?Davis. Sac rifice hits?Daly and MoGnire. Stolen based?Daly and Snlltvan. First base oil balls?OtT Siever. 1. First base on errors?*Chicago, 2. Deft on bases Detroit, 4; Chicago, 5. Struck out?By Siever. 1; by Griffith, 2. Implre?Mr. O'lxxighlln. Time of game?1 hour and 23 minutes. Yesterday's National League Gaines. Pittsburg, 7; Chicago, 2. Boston, 5; Philadelphia. 1. Brooklyn, 8; New York, 1. BASE BALL AVERAGES. 14 39 14 11) 30 25 27 0 43 35 u if? 15 30 40 34 29 5 IS 30 21* 23 20 0 28 31 37 35 24 34 32 22 11 11 12 32 27 3!) 17 33 7 40 28 7 15 10 2U 4 15 17 24 15 34 12 13 3 25 2ft 0 30 26 20 2 11 32 21 ltt 17 0 5 20 5 25 17. 20 4 30 3 23 9 15 3 9 12 7 2 0 3 9 0 17 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 10 3 5 4 8 1 2 6 8 5 1 9 1 11 3 2 4 10 5 What the Players Have Done With the Bat and in the Field. The latest batting and fielding averages of the American League are just out and are interesting. Lajoie is now leading the hard hitters, with Delehanty second. The latter really belongs at the top, as he has played in forty-four games, while the Frenchman has participated in but thirteen. Ryan is also close up. standing tenth on the list, while Clarke and Keister are also in side the .300 mark. In fielding. Cy. Young is leading the pitch ers and, of course, Al. Orth is Washington's best twirier. Behind the bat, our clever boy. Bill Clarke, is leading, having made only two errors in twenty-four games. An other Washingtonian is leading at first, in George Carey, while Coughlin is fourth and Keister seventh, among the second base men. Lajoie is leading the second sackers, and Collins the third basemen, Wolverton being fifth among the latter class, but lead ing such good ones as Bradley and Mc Graw. George Davis leads the shor!\ <?ps, Coughlin being fourth and Ely eighth. Among the outfielders, Callahan and Har vey have playtd without an error and are leaders. Lee is the first senator to show in fifth place, Delehanty being thirteenth and Ryan fourteenth. Following are the batting averages: Players and Clubs. G. It. S.B. Lajole, Phila., Cleveland 13 Delehanty, Washington 44 Bay, Cleveland 19 Wotnl, Cleveland 33 L. Cross, Philadelphia 45 Harvey, Cleveland 12 Green, Chicago. . 40 Bradley, Cleveland 49 McGinnity, Baltimore 10 Ryan, Washington 47 MrGann, Baltimore 48 Schreik, Cleveland, I'hila 25 Doughert}-, Boston 21 Clarke, Washington 24 Barrett, Detroit 45 Fultz, Philadelphia 44 Seybold. Philadelphia 41 Krister. Washington 44 Harper. St. Louis 12 Hemphill. ?Cleve., St. Louis... 29 Collins, Boston 48 Williams, Baltimore 47 Freeman, Boston 48 Robinson. Baltimore 43 Callahan, Chicago 20 Holmes, Detroit 45 Kelley, Baltimore 38 Stabl, Boston 48 Strang, Chicago 45 Davis, Chicago 41 Coughlin, "Washington 47 Selbach, Baltimore 47 LaChanee, Boston 48 McCarthy, Cleveland 20 Castro, Philadelphia 20 Ely. Washington 30 Davis. Philadelphia 45 Ilcidriek. St. Louis 40 Burkett, St. Louis 45 Carey, Washington 48 Flick. Phila.. Cleveland 43 Orth. Washington 15 Jones, Chicago 45 Seymour, Baltimore 4S Howell, Baltimore 10 Bonner. Cleveland, Phila 40 Anderson, St. Louis 35 Hlckma'n, Boston, Cleveland... 41 Townsend. Washington 11 Powers. Philadelphia 34 Bresnahan, Baltimore 40 Wallace. St. Louis 41 Drill, Washington 28 Gilbert, Baltimore 48 Lee, Washh gton 28 McGraw, Baltimore 18 Frlel, St. Louis 15 Harley, Detroit 45 Wolverton. Washington 44 Thoney, Cleveland 14 Elberfeld, Detroit, 45 E'arent, Boston 4S Mertes, Chicago 37 Griffith, Chicago 11 Yeager, Detroit 17 Pickering, Cleveland 47 Ferris. Boston 48 Dillon, Detroit 41 Bends, Cleveland 34 Young, Boston 17 BueloW, Detroit 13 Casey, Detroit 43 Plank. Philadelphia 14 M. Cross, Philadelphia 45 Sugden, St. Louis 35 Padden. St Louis 40 Jones. St. Louis 15 Hartsel. Philadelphia 45 Piatt. Chicago 10 Daly, Chicago. 45 Gleason. Detroit 34 McCormick, St. Louis.. % 40 Wlltse. Philadelphia 14 Crelger, Boston 28 Sidllvan, Chicago 32 Warner, Boston 23 Miller, Detroit 13 Siever. Detroit 10 Powell, St. Louis 14 Maloney, St. Louis 28 E. McFarland, Chicago 18 McGuire, Detroit 34 Uustlug, Boston, Phila 13 Steelmau, Philadelphia 10 Garvin, Chicago 10 Winters, Boston 13 Wright, Cleveland 12 J. Donahue, St. Ix>uis 11 Hughes, Baltimore 13 Carrlck, Washington 10 Gochuauer, Cleveland 89 Joss. Cleveland 14 Mercer, Detroit 12 Patten. Washington 15 Dineen, Boston 15 Patterson, Chicago 10 B. Donahue, St. Louis 11 CLUB BATTING. Clubs. A.B. Washington... 1.008 Baltimore.... 1,035 Cleveland 1,090 Philadelphia.. 1.500 Boston 1,058 Chicago 1,548 Detroit 1,500 St. Louis 1,565 CLUB 3 0 9 12 0 9 0 8 0 7 4 0 2 11 0 4 12 9 12 10 2 1 3 0 9 r> 9 0 7 1 11 9 0 1 0 3 7 2 0 17 1 5 0 7 0 3 0 1 14 ?? 0 10 0 2 2 0 ?> 9 0 10 1 5 0 11 0 5 3 4 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 o 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Avg. .442 .401 I .389 ; .373 .372 .370 .354 .351 .339 .337 .335 .330 .326 .325 .324 .320 .31* .318 .314 .313 .3*M> .305 .303 .301 .3?K) .298 .2".?0 .290 .21*0 .290 .290 .295 .294 .294 .293 .291 .289 .284 .283 .283 .281 .281 .280 .279 .278 .270 .270 .274 .270 .208 .207 .207 .200 .202 .202 .259 .259 .258 .257 .255 .255 .253 .250 .250 .250 .249 .247 .247 .240 .245 .244 .238 .234 .233 .228 .225 .224 .223 .222 .220 .218 .218 .214 .207 .204 .200 .200 .200 .200 .198 .197 .195 .190 .188 .1&5 .158 .150 .150 .143 .143 .135 .122 .121 .120 .095 .074 .007 S.H. S B. Clubs. Chicago 1,217 Philadelphia.. 1,270 St. Louis 1,228 Baltimore.... 1,299 Washington.. 1,257 Boston 1,274 Detroit 1,150 Cleveland 1,278 Pet. .290 .280 .283 .282 .271 .203 .252 .247 ft 3 s I .057 .944 .043 .642 .840 .932 .982 .931 RACING AT SHEEPSHEAD. Great Reversal of Form and Not a Fa vorite In Front. The thoroughbreds are running: pretty In consistently at the Sheepshe&d Bay track Just now. Yesterday every solitary favorite was defeated and the talent had one more bad day to be added to the number of bad ones that have come along since the open Ins of the Bheepshead meeting. It was hard work picking winners at Graveeend, but nine out of ten have found It harder at Sheephead. It the steward* overlook such glaring re versals of public as those of Fomeaole and Charles W. Meyer in their last two races It seems likely that K will gTOW more difficult, Instead pf easier, to find the best horses. FemesoTe1 was a rank ln-and-outer as a two-year-old,ajid this year she Is worse yet. Early last TOk In heavy going she ran like the cheapest of selling platers On Sfefurday In the same so?<t of going she ran li-w1 a stake horse. -Not until yesterday has Charles W. Meyer'shows enough speed to get out of his own. way, but yesterday, at 40 to 1, he beat horses Uke The Amazon, Pretorlus and De Reszke. If such reversals are passed over there ought to be some ex planation. and one that the public can ac cept. If the stewards have taken any no tice of the Femesole case they have kept It to themselves. Advance Guard beat his old rival, Blues, again yesterday over the Suburban course. It was not the sort ?f going the old horse likes, but he negotiated It successfully for all that, and ran a gallant race, coming from the rear, as usual, and nailing Blues in the test few jumps. Blues might have won, however, If Martin had not messed him about badly, getting him ofT so slowly that It took a great deal out of him to over haul the lightwelgts. This he did by the time the homestretch was reached, but Ad , vance Guard, lengthening his stride with every jump, and skillfully hand ridden by Shaw, drew up on him, and. though Martin went to the "bat," he could not stand oft the old campaigner, who plucklly got up just in time. The Dwyers ran first and second in the Thistle selling stakes, with Francesco and Kthics. It looked as if Carbuncle ought to win an easy pair of brackets with only nlne ty-flve pounds on his back, with Shea to ride, and the veteran was installed as a slight favorite over the Dwyer stable. Car buncle's failure to win under conditions so favorable Indicates strongly that he has gone back badly and should be raced no more at present. Last year Carbuncle would have made yesterday's Held look cheap. Francesco was always In the lead after the start, and won by five lengths, as he pleased. His stable mate had a hot duel down the stretch with the favorite, but the latter hung, under the whip, and Ethics got the verdict by a head. If Redfem rode Pentecost in the American Derby as he rode The Rival in this race it is no wonder Mr. Madden's colt was beaten. Musidora suddenly woke up in the second race, in which boys who had never piloted a winner did the riding. She .led from the start, and was never caught. San Andres was much the best, and would have won with a good rider. Apprentices' races may be necessary for -the development of jock eys. but they are tough on racegoers. When Irish Lad won the fifth race. In the "green, white bars on sleeves, white cap" of Harry Payne Whitney and H. B. Duryea, the band played "The Wearing of the Green." The new racing firm has inaugu rated its career most auspiciously. It has started only one horse, Irish Lad. but he has won both his starts. Mr. Keene's Clar ion. a Kingston colt, had worked so fast that he was made the favorite, but ran green, and was not placed. He will win good races later on. Charles W. Meyer's little vaudeville turn was furnished in the last race, six fur longs, on turf. De Reszke was first choice and The Amazon second. Bullman, fresh from his American Derby fiasco on Heno, rode liim. and he rode him just as he rode Heno. It was a pity the American Derby was not at six furlongs. 'Heuo would have won. Charles W. Meyer led yesterday from start to finish, at 40 to 1. Neither De Reszke nor The Amazon was in the money, it was a weird day's racing. BOXING IN LONDON. Walcott Won From Tommy West on Points. In the coronation boxing bouts at the National Sporting Club. London, two events were decided last night. "Joe" Walcott, the Colored pugilist, won his fight with "Tommy" West of Brooklyn for the welter-weight championship on points. This contest proved a disappoint ment, as it lacked the vigor which has char acterized the previous meetings o? these two men. Walcott fpught for the body and did a deal of effective work. He was quicker in his movements than his oppo nent. and West Was in poor plight before the conclusion of the second round. After this round he improved and landed some severe jabs on Waicott's mouth. The two men were repeatedly in holds, and the referee was compelled to separate them. In the later stages of the fight West fought gamely, but to no purpose. The negro was tiring him *>ut and waiting for a chance to get in a finishing punch. This opening never came, the bout lasting the full fifteen rounds, and at the ^nd Walcott was an easy winner on points. The betting started at 5 to 4 on Walcott. "Kid" McFadden of San Francisco was knocked out by "Hen" Jordan, au English pugilist, in the fifteenth round of their buut. Jordan started in a pronounced fa vorite. There was plenty of severe hitting, and it was anybody's battle up to the tenth round, when Jordan shone prominently with a series of visits on McFadden's body. In the twelfth round Mx'Fadden knocked the Englishman down, but the latter .-ose apparently unhurt. After this Jordan in dulged in some tremendous hitting, and fifteen seconds before the close of the fif teenth round he knocked out McFadden with a fine cross, which lande'd clean on the point of the jaw. Joe Grant's Benefit. Several hundred friends and admirers of Joe Grant, the wrestler, attended a testi monial benefit tendered to that popular per sonage at the National Rifles' Armory last evening. The program opened with the Great Brentano. who puzzled with his jug gling, and was followed by "Midge" Ross, who gave a clever exhibition on the flying rings. Taylor and Phillips won favor by the manner in which they sang illustrated songd. Huntley and Bond, as the tramp and the pianist, had an act which was re sponsible for constant laughter on the part of the audience during the time they occu pied the stage. Harry Deffer gave an ex hibition of bag punching that elicited ap plause, while Lew Prince and Joseph C. Easton. the latter In tricks of magic and the former as a songster, helped to enter tain. Joe Grant and Bob Ackers wrestled two fifteen-minute bouts, the former gaining the decision of each. Jimmy Grant and George Herbert entertained in the same way and the bout was decided to be a draw. Billy Golden, "the minstrel man." held his audience at attention during the time he occupied the boards. Consolation Race for Heno. The Brighton Beach Racing Association is making an effort to arrange a special race to be run during the meeting, with the Idea of determining If the American Derby was run on Its merits, so far as re gards the showing made by the eastern horses. A telegram was sent by the as sociation last nlgtot to John A. Drake, owner of the Derby winner, Wyeth. In which It was stated (hat the association would add J5.000 "to a 'special sweepstakes for starters In the American Derby, the distance and weights carried to be the same as In the big Chicago event and the race to be run on dr about July IS). If Mr. Drake consents to send Wyeth on it Is thought there wilt be no difficulty in getting the owners of- the eastern colts. Heno, Pentecost, Ilern^is and Arsenal, to join in the sweepstakes, as the impression prevails that the long; journey had mucli to do with their defeat h ?? Victory for Bock Creek Stars. The Rock Creek Stars met and defeated, the Radfords Sunday on the latter's grounds by the overwhelming score of 14 to 2. The Stars started the game by making a run In the first and one in the second inning, and the Radfords tied the score in the third. The contest up until the seventh Inning was as pretty an exhibition of ball playing as has been seen on the local lots this season. It was the seventh inning that was a heartbreaker for the Radfords, when the Stars fell on Hameka's delivery for eight runs. They repeated the run-getting in the eighth, adding four more tallies to their credit. The feature of the kame was the pitching of Matthew Donahue for the Stars, who had the Radfords at his mercy, strik ing out twelve. He was also in evidence at the bat, getting in three pretty hits. The catching of Rapp was ot a high or der, as was also the playing of Hughes at second. The fielding of the winners was of a high order, completing some very fast double plays. Homing Pigeons Make Fait Time. Twenty-five homing pigeons were shipped to Mr. Edward 8. Schmid of this city, to be liberated Sunday morning, by members of the Everett Homing Club of Everett. Mass. The birds were liberated promptly at 5 o'clock in a northwest wind. Following the course along they had pretty fair weath er. although adverse winds and covered the 400 miles in good time considering the conditions. The returns were as follows: A. R. HaK.rook, first. 3:33 p. m.; L. A. Crosby, second. 4:58 p.m.; L. A. Crosby, third, 5:01 p.m.; U. Verschaeren fourth, 5:(>2 p. m.; Wm. Kahler, fifth. 5:22 p. m. The club is thoroughly satisfied with the results of this race and has written Mr. Schmid an appreciative letter thanking him for the fine liberation of the birds. Junior Base Ball. The Woodward & Lothrop ball team de feated the Security Trust nine at National League Park Saturday by 12 to 4. The feature of the game was the battery work of Kelly and Fllltns, the latter striking out seventeen men and allowing but three hits. The Woodward & Lothrop team will play at Rockville Saturday. The ball team representing W. B. Moses & Sons defeated the Iroquois team by 19 to 10. The features of the game were the heavy batting of the Moses team and the fielding and batting of Streamer for the Iroquois. An interesting game of ball was played between the Warwick Athletic Club and the Oregons, the former winning by ? to 5. The clever pitching of E. Bradley was a feature. The Warwick* would like to ar range games wfth teams averaging fourteen years, the Senators preferred. Address chal lenges to 653 Pennsylvania avenue, south east. The Maroon Base Bail Club, which claim ed the championship of the District for the season of 1901, has reorganized and will accept challenges from teams In the Dis trict or immediate vicinity, uniformed clubs preferred. The club is composed of the fol lowing players: Anderson, Walker, King, J. Handiboe, Draeger, W. Handiboe. Craft, Giutzbach, Litz and Donovan. Challenges should be addressed to L. F. Litz, 14<>03 H street northeast. The Young American Eagles defeated the Ninth street team by a score of 18 to 3. Base Ball Notes. The second round with Boston starts to day. Everybody will get the "glad hand" from the "fans." Billy Keister stopped over in "Baltimore, but was out practicing car\y this morning. Dougherty. Boston's new man, will be watched with interest, as he will make his first appearance in Washington today. "Buck" Freeman has at last etruck his gait, and Is leading the Bostons in long hits. But for Wolverton's great playing at third Lajoie would have had two more doubles to his credit.?Clevaland Leader. New York has tried fifteen men In the outfield so far this season. #At that rate they will play about forty-five in the outer garden before the yfcar comes to a close. Charley Dryden says the Giants are made up of a dozen college boys, a plumber and a Chicago police court attorney. O'Hagen and Hendricks are Ihe last two he re fers to. One famous long game is the Pighteen inning contest between Providence and De troit at Providence in 1882. which Ra<^ bourne won for Providence by hitting for a home run in the eighteenth inning. The score was 1 to 0. It was the fir^t Saturday game that Cleveland has lost at home and also Moore's first defeat upon the home grounds. Manager Mack qf the Philadelphia Ath letics is anxious to have Billy Clingman desert the Milwaukee team to play short for the Quaker city aggregation in place of Monte Cross. At the same time the Mil waukee critics are roasting Clingm-tn lor his poor work at short. There seems to be something personal in these attacks. The Chicago and tfie Pittsburg elvbs of the National League Sunday afternoon tat tled a nineteen-inning game in the former city, breaking the records for extra lor.g' contests in that league. It was a brilliant game from the opening to the closing in ing, and it will ever, he remembered by the followers of the Orphans, for in the nine teenth inning it was won by the Seleeites. The score was: Chicago, 3i Pitt^bOrg, 2. John T. Brush, chairman of the National League's executive committee, has an nounced the suspension of Tinker of Chi cago and Conroy of Pittsburg, pending an investigation of their case by the board. Both were ordered out of the. game Sunday in Chicago because, of an encounter, and report was immediately made to Chuirmiii Brush. Andy Coakley. the star pitcher of Hob Cross College. Worcester, has just turned down one of the most flattering i-rofes sional base ball offers ever submitted to a college player untried in league work. The proposition came from Connie Mack. man ager of the Philadelphia American I.eague club. It included a two-years' contract at $400 a month, the understanding being that should t'oakley fail of success in th'1 leegue he would receive the full two years' salary and not be released. Rube Waddell. one of the greatest nat ural pitchers that ever performed from the middle of the diamond, will join the Ath letics this week. He left Kansas City last night in company with Manager Connie Mack. it was under the Management of Mr. Mack that Waddell first came into promi nence. and there is every reason to believe that with the Athletics Waddell will du plicate the successes which male him noted. Waddell is in the best of shape, having been working all the season on the coast. He will fill a want that has been notice able In the Athletics' pitching department since the opening of the season. His ac quisition will not. only strengthen the pitch ing department individually, but collec tively. as it will enable Manager Mack to give some of his overworked box artists a needed rest. ENGLAND'S DYNASTY. Is Edward of the House of Hanover or of Saxe-Coburg-GothaP From the I.or,<Jon Chronicle. In the person of King Edward VII. have we the first member of a new British dy lasty, or have we not? Are we still ruled by the house of Hanover, or by that of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha? According to the new Almanach de Gotha whose editors ought to know, the latter is the case, though in Mr. Stead's "Kings and Queens of England" Edward VII is put down as a member of the "House of Hanover." There are a few genealogical authorities who argue stoutly that he is right, main taining that "sovereignty swamps pater n and that no case can be quoted, out of our own history, at least, of the son of a fema.e reigning sovereign who did not be long to the dynasty of his mother, and that the blood relationship between a new mon arch and his predecessor must be much more remote before it can be said that he establishes a new race of rulers. We no tice that in the catalogue of royal portraits at the New Gallery, Edward VII is given as "the first sovereign of the house of Saxe-Coburg, or Wettin." A correspondent writes: "There can be little doubt that, in espousing the former vicrv, even so great an authority as the Almanach de Gotha is wrong. In view of the fact that female succession is the royal law of the country, it is clear that the house of Hanover has not been supplanted by that of Saxe-Coburg any more than the house of Hapsburg was followed in Aus tria by the house of Lorraine when a prince of the latter married Maria Theresa. Her son and successor, Joseph II. did not fc. id a new Austrian dynasty of Lorraine, but continued that of the Hapsburgs. Similarly does any one suppose that If Philip II of Spain had married Mary of England, her son, if she had left one, would have been the first of a Hapsburg dynasty In England? Certainly not. Then, again, to return to our own time, suppose the present Queen of Holland were to die and leave a son and successor, he certainly would not be called the founder of a Meck lenburg dynasty In the Netherlands, but only the prolonger of the house of Orange Nassau in the female line. The analogy is ptrfect with regard to ourselves and rules out of court the editor of the Almanach de Gotha with his theory of a Saxe-Coburg dynasty succeeding to that of Hanover in England. Officials of Society Arrested. A dispatch from Chicago last night says: O. E. Miller, president, and Henry Clark Davis, general manager of St. juke's So ciety, were held responsible tonight by the coroner's jury for the fire at the sanita rium, which cost eleven lives. The four other employes arrested after the fire were released. Miller and Davis were rearrested a few minutes after the verdict of the jury was read. Laesburgh & Bro. I ErcxtNForm "W. B." COI*Set. J After all the years Mistress Fashion has turned logical! A French idea, but we've "naturalized" it into lines adapted to your American figure. No short breathing, no binding, no indigestion can result from a corset which throws all its pressure on the hips and back muscles. The figure is held erect and straight and is given a fine military carriage. In all sizes. Price... $1.00 RSdflculously Low Figures on Ryn= abomt Skirts, Touring Skirts, Walking Skirts, Rainy Day Skirts. We piace on sale tomorrow morning 1,200 Skirts, which we have marked at surprisingly low prices. You will find we are prepared tomorrow to give you a skirt in walking length, made of blue and Oxford cotton covert cloth, beautifully made, with eight straps of same material at bottom. Worth $2.50. Special < >Cc Also Blue and Oxford Covert Walking Skirts, with three clusters of four rows each, stitching of white at bottom, flounce of zigzag stitching in white above f Worth ?'"l< "? ni ifinuiu, U'HUIi C tag stitching in white ? /Ch E* forming the flounce. II $4.no. Special U ? ^ OJ 215 All-wool Skirts, just what you need to complete your wardrobe if you're go ing to mountain or sea- <f> ^ >r>v (=? shore. $3.8& and $5 Skirts. P O R) walking lengths. Special.. Also Skirls worth $6.50 and $7.50. $3.'.)5 100 more of those pretty quality grad uated flounce, nicely stitched Hrllliantlne Skirts, in navy blue and black. Regular $5.00 value. Special $3.68 T ! + + + + * ?? + * * I We have placed on n separate taWe 49 Wash Skirts. only one or two of 11 kind, in linen. duck. trash and other materials. Have been celling a* high Special price. . T11 conjunction with this sale we offer l(*l I-a dies' Wash Silk Waists. unlin?*d, plain white. blark. white with blue ami black polka dots. Worth $2.50 and $4.?m. Bpscftd $5.00. $r? ?&, $;? ;?s. $?; j?k. stjw. $*96 and $1??.9H Waists of Taffeta Silk. Peau de Sole, IVau de Cygne and Moire Autl<]ue, all leading shades, includ ing white and black. Spe cial *=$1.59 .87 | + + I + + + * Excellent VaGmies in Linens. 72-inch Pure Linen Half-blcached Irish Table Linen. 4* Our Special Price, 59c. yard. KEGII.AH ViUB, ??. YL>. 68-inch Pure Linen Kxtra Heavy Qual ity Undressed Silver Bleached German Ta ble I>amask. Our Special Price, 75c. yard. REGULAR VALVE, Wk\ YI?. 68-inch Pure Linen Fine Quality Bleach ed Irish Table Linen. Our Special Price, 75c. yard. KKUL'LAIl PUICK, 8?c. YD. 68-inch Pure Linen Fine Quality Bleach ed Irish Satin Table Damask. Our Special Price, 89c. yard. UEUl'LAB VALl'K. $1.00 YI>. + * $ + * * + * + * * * * * ?r * + Its) dor.en of Pure I ineu Fine Quality Irish Damask Napkins. ()ur Special Price. $1.25 <loz. KKGLLAK VAU L, $1.45 IHJZ. S Pure Linen Kstra IL*ary Quality Irish Damask Napkins. Our Special Price, $1.65 doz. unui LAK pi t ice. $i.k? ink, 22-inch Extra Quality Pure Linen Irish Damask Napkins. Our Special Price, $2 doz. ltKUrUVU I'ftK'E. $2 00 IKIZ. 24-inch Fine Quality l*ure Uneo Irish Satin Damask Napkins. Our Special Price, $2.6*) doz. UKiil LAK PKICK. $.*<.25 DOE. LaeslbMrgh & Bro, 420 to 426 7th St., 417 to 425 8th St. t X * + + + + + + + + + + + + + Y t y | it f t t f I v i ? l V i | I if | i i ! Y V ? V ? V t ? I I ? y y y y y y X ? When m Doubt Buy at House <& Herrmann's, On Friday, July 4. and Saturday, July 5, we will be closed all' day. During July and August we close on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and on other days at 5 p.m. Mattings. Our stock of China and Japan Mattings embraces an Immense variety of handsome and attractive patterns. All new goods and strictly fresh. We have all- grades and are wire we can please you, what ever you wWh to pay. Prices for good quality China Matting begin fl21f?>C from?vard /-? * The Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove. The ideal stove f??r summer cooking. Burns the same oil as in your lamp. No smoke. No smell. Absolutely ffg A /tv safe. One with 3 burners for. Porch Rockers. Porch Rocker, made of white maple, well iinish?*d. close \v? ven double cane seat: ran also be used aa a ft; II tl A sewing rocker for Porch Rockers. targe, roomy Porch Rockers, made of white maple, wrll finished; big. broad arms and ctase-woven double cuue seats; also make a very comfortable (T t] O "I rocker for indoors lor . . 4* U ?C>?3> Lawn Swings. Lawn Swings of best construction, hard wood throughout; comfortable. larg?* s?*Hts and extra strong posts; hand- <?"2 (Qi E somelv painted fi^r House <& fierrmmanini, 0 #? 901=903 Seventh St., Corner off I (Eye) St. S n GONE TO JOIN THE BISON. The Florida Alligators Nearly Exter minated by Hunters. From tho Indianapolis News. Persons who visited Florida a few years ago and saw the rivers, swamps and bayous literally teeming with countless thousands of alligators will be surprised to learn that these large reptiles are fast becoming ex tinct. The constant and wholesale warfare that has been wagfd against thim has thinned then! out so completely that, un less a halt Is soon called, their total exter mination Is only a matter of time. While they were formerly numerous as far north as CJeorgla, they have gradually become extinct until now they are found in great numbers only along the coast line of the extreme southern states. In Florida they are practically extinct, with the exception of Manatee, Lee, DeSoto and Dade coun ties. In the Everglades the species have probably been more numerous than in any other portion of the world, for the reason that it has been well nigh impossible to get to them. In this almost impregnable swamp nature has defended them so well that If a hunter succeeded In penetrating It and killing his game, he was frequently unable to secure it. It was not until the hide of the saurian became a factor of commerce that its tx terminatlon began in earntst. The skins, when tanned, make excellent leather for the manufacture Of such articles as trunks, traveling bags, purses, pocketbooks and all kinds of leather novelties. Books are also bound with it. and It Is even utilised for upholstering chairs. Dade county, on the east coast of Florida, sends to market about 50,000 skins annually, while the number from the counties on the west coast reacnes fully 125.4XJO each year. There is one tlrm in New Orleans that handles over 500,000 skins annually. In addition to the wholesale slaughter of large alligators for connrnreial purposes, a feature of recent development is the prepa ration of young ones for the summer trade. Dealers pay $15 a hundred for the little reptiles while they are from five to ten inches in length. They are dtseml>ow<??d. pickled In a preserving solution, stiffened by the insertion of wires into their bodies, stuffed with sawdust and then varnished. ; They are mounted on pin cushions, pin ji:d I Jewelry trays, paper weights, etc.. and re tailed at an average prtce of 50 cents each. One firm In Florida stlls every winter thou sands of these little stuffed " "gators" to [tourists, and as many more thousands every I summer at northern resorts. FOILED IN HIS OWN THICK. Scheme for Selling a Farm and Its Dramatic Climax. From thi' New Orleans Ttnu-sl >e mucnt "Some years ago." said the narrator, "an oil bo>m hit L.itchfleld, 111., and ever>b'>dy for miles around was seen sniffing for oil and every stranger susj>ectcd of being an expert looking fur a good thing. An old farmer named Lioomis had a big place three miles out of town which would have been a fortune for him had he not been possessed of a mania fjr swapping, manifest In a per ennial attempt to trade off his lar.d for twice its value. "When the boom was at the top notch I-oomis received a visitor who took so much interest In the farm, so liked its appear ance, location, etc., that the old farm>r scented a petroleum man and saw vl.-lora of Incalculable wealth; but, being a shrewd man, I?omis did not care to take ar.y un necessary chances with Providence, and oa the <julet he sent the hired man out the back way with orders to dump the kerosene can into the well. The visitor like<l the entire place, inspected the barn, the chicken yard and then, as iC by chance, asked for a drink of water. "Loomis was waiting for that atvl hauled up a brimming buck* t Ik fore the mt:.'? own eyes and poured him out a g.jurdfyl of liquid with a fine, opalt scent scum upon it. The visitor smelled it, tasted it, made a wry face and asked if the wa'er was alwajs like that. 'Oh. yes,' said L.o 'mis, 'but you soon get accustomed to the taste, and cur doctors say this is the finest water ,>n earth for the stomach.' 'Well, I am ding dang<d If I'll ever get used .to it.' was the unex pected response. 'I am looking for a farm, not an oil well, and if I have got to haul my drinking water three miles from Litch field I guess I'd rather buy nearer town ' "It took L^omis six months to get the taste of oil out of his well, and by that time the boom was over, anil nothing was left of the oil craze but rotting derricks and abandoned shafts." Needed Something. From the Chicago Trilwiue. Old Hunks (stopping a moment to watch the road race>?"Dam the btcyclea! Ttaejr make me tired!" Polite Stranger?"Then you are not In good condition Permit me to offer you a. circular calling attention to the virtues of Hl-Punk-a-Punk. the famous spring raeA Idne and nerve restorer.