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THE SUPREME COURT.
No Decision Made in the
Boyd-Thayer Case.
The Rumored Verdict Did Not
Materialize.
An Opinion Rendered in the Yakima
Railway Case.
A Rank Decision in Favor of a Railroad
Corporation as Against v City
Suing for Trallic Accom
modations.
Associated. Press Dispatches.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The Boyd-
Thayer case, involving the question of
citizenship of Boyd, and as a conse
quence his eligibility to the office of
governor of Nebraska, to which he was
elected, was not decided by the United
States supreme court today. Inquiry
into the matter developed the fact that
only eight justices sat in the hearing of
the case, Justice Bradley being absent
on account of illness. The premature
announcement that the court decided
the case in favor of Boyd by a vote of 6
to 3 cannot be therefore, so
far as respects the majority by which
the decision is alleged :<0 have been
reached. The justices, of course, would
cay nothing whatever as to the case in
advance of the announcement from the
bench of the decision.
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
A curious coincidence in connection
with the publication in advance of what
the decision of the court would be and
the respective number of justices in
favor of Boyd and in favor Thayer, de
veloped in court today. The case of the
Northern Pacific against Hiram Pustin,
prosecuting attorney for Yakima
country, Washington, was decided to
day by the vote which the publication re
ferred to, alleged to be the decision of
the justice in the Boyd-Thayer case. In
this case the court reversed the decision
of the state (then territorial) court, as
would be the result it Boyd should win
his suit. In the Boyd announcement
two members of the minority were said
to be Republicans and one a Democrat.
In the Yakima case today two of the
dissenting justices were Republicans,
namely, Brewer and Harlan, and one
was a Democrat, namely, Justice Field.
Whether or not some chance utterance
with respect to this case, was overheard
and mistaken for an expression with re
gard to the Nebraska governorship con
test, will perhaps never be known, as
the justices consider it a violation of of
ficial proprieties to speak on such a mat
ter, and anyone giving out news, which
is supposed to be an inviolable secret
until officially proclaimed from the
bench, would naturally not wish to be
known as the author.
THE YAKIMA DECISION.
The United States supreme court to
day rendered a decision in favor of tbe
Northern Pacific Railroad company in a
mandamus suit brought against it by
the territory of Washington, ex rel
Hiram Dustin, prosecHiting attorney of
Yakima county, to compel the railway
to maintain a station and stop its trains
at Yakima City. Justice Gray rendered
tbe opinion of the court. Justices
Brewer, Ficid and Harlan dissented.
Tbe bill set forth that Yakima City at
the time of the building of the road
was the county seat and largest town
in that county, and the object of the
railroad company in refusing to make
Yakima City a railway station was to
ruin the town and enhance the value Of
the townsite of North Yakima, which it
had located on unimproved lands be
longing to the railway company.
Justice Gray, in the opinion of the
court, says a writ of mandamus to com
pel the railroad corporation to do a par
ticular act in constructing its road or
buildings or in running its trains can be
issued only when there is a specific legal
duty on its part to do that act, and
proof of breach of that duty. The courts
have so held, even in the matter of es
tablishing a station at the terminus of a
road. Tbe difficulties in the way of
issuing a mandamus are much increased
when it is sought to compel the road to
atop trains at a particular place. The
location of stations and warehouses for
receiving and delivering passengers and
freight, involves a comprehensive view
of the interest, of the public, as well as
of the corporation, and the considera
tion of many circumstances concerning
the amount of business and conven
ience of a particular location, which are
more appropriate to be determined by
the directors of the company, or in case
of the abuse of their discretion by the
legislature or by the administrative
boards entrusted by the legislature with
that duty, than by ordinary judicial
tribunals.
Justice Gray says the charter of the
company does not impose any specific
duty as to the maintenance and size of
the stations; and to compel the directors
to be controlled by the courts, by writs
of mandamus, would be inconsistent
with many previous decisions.
The findings below, he says, show
that the people living in the surround
ing country, considered as a community,
would be better accommodated at North
Yakima than at Yakima City. The
company denies the fraudulent intent
charged by Yakima City, and it was not
found by the jury that the fact that
the town of Nortn Yakima was laid out
by thß company on its own lands can
impair the rights of the inhabitants of
that town.
Jusice Brewer rendered a vigorous
oral dissent which was concurred in by
Justices Harland and Field. He said
when the railroad built ita line it found
a city already establiabed, a county seat
and the largest place along its road for
many miles. Every public interest re
quired that a station should be estab
lished there. Instead, the railroad com
pany went three or four mileß further
along and laid out a town on its own
land. No reason was given for such a
course. The railroad neglected and
abandoned its public duty to subserve
its private ends. Anyone who knows
the process of railway building knows
that it is a common thing to build up a
town and pull down another in this
manner. The established town ofleis
an insufficient bonus for a station some
times. The dissenting justices, he said,
thought the courts had sufficient power
to restrain, in such proceedings.
A SOUTH CAROLINA LAW UPHELD.
The court sustained the law of the
state of South Carolina which provides
that the expenses of tbe etate railway
commission be borne by the railroads
doing business witbin the state, each
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road being taxed a proportionate share
of the expenses of maintaining tbe com
mission on the basis of its mileage
within the state.
A MISSOURI LAW CONFIRMED.
The court affirmed the decision of the
lower court in the s:iit brought by the
Pacific Express company against James
Seibert and John M. Wood, auditor and
attorney-general, respectively, of Mis
souri. By this suit the express com
pany sought to restrain and enjoin the
collection of a tax of $2 on each $100 of
receipts, levied by the act of the state
legislature.
The court, in an opinion by Justice
Lamar, says: The contention that the
tax is levied upon interstate commerce
is unsound. Said tax does not relate
to interstate business, but entirely to
state business, |and is expressly limited
to the receipts for business done entirely
within the state, and that it was
not the intentien of the legislature
to interfere or to tax interstate
commerce in any way whatever. The
other points raised, it also holds, are
not well taken, for the reason that the
tax applies equally to all companies
doing express busineee.
FRANCE AND TBS VATICAN.
An Agreement n> to a Future Mutual
Policy Arrived At.
Rome, Jan. 4.—Count de Behaine,
French ambassador to the Vatican, had
an interview today with the pope. They
came to complete accord regarding a
future mutual policy. The pope accept
ed France's terms for conciliation, in
cluding the cessation of episcopal letters
to archbishop of Aixand the suppression
of Catholic electoral catechisms.
The Verelna Thalers.
Washington, Jan. 4. —Director of the
Mint Leech, speaking of the arrang
ments said to have been completed be
tween Germany and Austro-Hungary
to demonetize the silver coins known as
" vereins thalers," said; " All the Aus
trian union thalers are now in Germany
and are considered national coins in that
empire. Iv fact all the vereins thalers
are now in Germany and the amount is
variously estimated at from 400 000,000
to 500,000,000 marks, or about $100,000,
--000. The Austrian vereins thalers which
it is propoeed to melt down, are em
braced in this amount. They are vari
ously estimated at from $18,000,000 to
$23,000,000. From the dispatch it
would seem as if Austro-Hungary had
decided to boy these silver coins,and
melt them into bars for the reason that
Bilver florins are quoted below their
value on 'Change."
Silver Purchases.
Washington, Jan. 4. —The amount of
silver offered the treasury department
today aggregated 2,025,000 ounces. The
amount purchased, 664,000 ounces, is as
follows: Sixty-six thousand ounces at
$.95, 100 000 ounceß at $.9516, 200,000
ounces at $ 9520, 100,000 ounces at
$.9523, 100,000 ouncea at $.9524.
The Country Whence He Came.
Washington, Jan. 4. —The United
States commissioner at Deming, N. M..
recently decided that the "country
whence he came," in the case of a Chi
naman who entered the country from
Mexico, was Mexico, and ordered his
return to that country.
Futile Attempts at Suicide.
Paris, Jan. 4. —Maupassant, a well
known French author who was seeking
rest at Cannes, to recover from nervous
disorders from which he was suffering,
made two futile attentats to commit
suicide last Friday night.
Have you a vacant room f If so, adver
tiseon our classified page.
Uncle Sam Isn't In It.
Brussels, Jan. 4. —Plenipotentiaries
of the powers had a meeting here and
signed the protocols of the anti-slavery
act, which goes into operation sixty days
hence. The United States was not rep
resented.
Returning; to Journalism.
London, Jan. 4. —George C. Hitt,
American deputy consul-general, haa re
signed aud will shortly resume the busi
ness management of the Indianapolis
Journal.
German Mluers strike.
Berlin, Jan. 4.—The miners of the
Holzappel district, near Miesbaden,
have struck. Troops are keeping order.
Bargains in real estate on our classified
page.
THE SUPERVISORS.
The Business Transacted Yesterday by
the Board.
The board of supervisors spent most
of yesterday's session in auditing the
monthly demands.
The matter of the appointment of a
director of the law library from among
the members of the bar came up, and
F. H. Howard was reappointed for the
year.
Wm. V. Clark was appointed con
stable at Compton.
The chairman was authorized to sign
a contract with Meyburg Bros, for tbe
gas fixtures for the upper story of the
courthouse.
In accordance with instructions from
Judge Shaw an order was entered for
the drawing of eighty persons as grand
jurors aud 800 for term trial jurors.
"Do yon Americans never have bad colds?"
asked a surprised and observant Englishman.
"Formerly—but not since we use Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup," was the intelligent answer.
You know you are getting a fine article when
yon buy Dr. Henley's Celery, Beef and Iron.
A Good
Cleveland's
Reason,
baking powder
is the strongest
and it takes less
to do the same work.
A
Cleveland's
Better,
always gives
perfect results
in the kitchen.
The
Cleveland's Best
is perfectly
wholesome, being composed
only of pure cream of tartar
and soda with a little flour to keep
fhc strength, nothing else whatever.
MURDER WILL OUT.
A Confession of the Green-
wood Tragedy.
One of the Murderers in Jail
at Denver.
He Claims That He Was Forced to
Assist in the Outrage.
The Identity of the Real Author nf the
Crime Unknown and Ills Where
abouts a Mystery—Charles
Schmidt's Story.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Denver, Jan. 4. —Charles Schmidt,
who is conhned in jail here, haa con
fessed his part in the Greenwood mur
der, which took place near Napa, Cal.,
last February. Sifhmidt says he came
to this country in 1879 and visited a
number of places in search of work,
eventually reaching California. He
claims that he met a well-dreseed Amer
ican who ofTered him work on a ranch
if Schmidt would accompany him, which
he 'did. They visited a number of
saloons and passed the night either at
Benicia or Port Costa. Next day the
stranger compelled him at the pistol's
point to accompany him to the
Greenwood residence. Here they
found Captain Greenwood, and when
Mrs. Greenwood, who had been absent,
arrived, the stranger threatened to kill
her if she did not give up all the money
in the house. She gave him all she
had, and the stranger then bound her
and gave both of them something to
drink from a tin cup. They then drove
to a saloon a mile from town. Subse
quently they returned to the house, and
the stranger, after tiring a number of
shots at the Greenwoods, aeain ran
sacked the house. When the men camped
for the night the stranger gave Schmidt
something to drink. When he regained
consciousness, the stranger was gone.
Schmidt says he tried to shoot the latter
while he was binding Mrs. Greenwood,
but his pistol refused to go off. When
they stopped at the house the second
time, Schmidt <let the horse go and the
stranger hearing the wheels, fired at
him and compelled him to re-enter the
house. Schmidt states that he would
have made a confession before, had he
known the whereabouts of his compan
ion, who had threatened to Kill him, if
he divulged the secret.
SAN BERNARDINO ITEMS.
A Decision Against tbe City Street Rail
way Company, Etc.
San Bernardino, Cal., Jan. 4. —The
superior court today rendered a decis
ion against the City Street Railway
company, holding that tbe city has a
lien against the company to pave its
track and two feet on each side thereof,
and that the company has no right to
abandon its franchise pending proceed
ings to pave streets.
attempted suicide.
M. Claghorn, a wealthy resident of
Highlands, near this city, attempted to
commit suicide this morning by shoot
ing himself in the head with a revolver.
His Hie is despaired of; cause, tempora
ry insanity.
JESBRANO'S SECOND TRIAL.
The second trial of George C. Jessrang
for arson comes up in the superior court
tomorrow. Jessrang was a prominent
citizen, a member and officer iv several
lodges, also Becretary of the Democratic
county central committee. The former
jury stood eight for conviction, four for
acquittal.
THE HAN FORD HOLOCAUST.
Five Victims of Saturday Night's Fire
Given a Public Funeral.
Hanford, Cal., Jan. 4. —The victims
of yesterday's tire, including J. It.
Bowes, who died last night, were inter
red this afternoon. The Odd Fellows
buried Elmer E. Spofford and Thomas
C. Hammond. The Knights of Pythias
buried Edward W. Foster. Frank I>.
Tucker was buried by the carpenters.
Bowes was buried by the Catholic
church. The business houses were
closed for three hours and a union ser
vice was delivered at the public hall.
The other injured persons are well cared
for and doing nicely. Tucker, Hammond
and Bowes were unmarried. Tucker has
a son at Sacramento. Nothing is known
of Spofford. His relatives live iv Mas
sachusetts.
SHOT HIS PARTNER.
Trouble Over liustnuss Relations End*
iv Murder.
Sacramento, Jan. 4.—Charles Clark
shot and killed Thomas Slater at the
Klotz ranch this morning. The men
were partners in the dairy business, but
bad trouble regarding accounting. This
morning Slater had a quarrel with Mrs.
Clark about breakfast, and her husband
interfered. The men had a struggle,
and Mrs. Clara claiming Slater was try
ing to draw a pistol from his pocket,
seized his arm. Slater kicked the
woman and started to leave the room,
when Clark shot him through the head.
Clark surrendered himself to the sheriff.
A Dope Fland Killed by a Gambler.
Napa, Cal., Jan. 4. —Arthur A. Reavis,
a gambler, fatally cut Charles Win ton,
an opium fiend, Sunday night in a quar
rel about a woman. The men met on
the street, when Winton tired three
shots at Reavis with a revolver, none of
them taking effect. Reavis thereupon
stabbed Winton in the liver, and he
died in fifteen minutes.
A Recruit for Whittier.
Saunas, Cal., Jan. 4. —Sheriff Horton
left for Whittier, Los Angeles county,
today, having in charge young Ritchie,
aged 14, who was sentenced by Justice
Merritt to serve two years in the reform
school, there, for attempting to kill hia
mother with a butcher knife.
New Court Opened.
San Fhancisco, Jan. 4.— The new
United States circuit court of appeals
for the ninth diatrict opened today with
Judge Morrow, of California, Judge
Hanford, of Washington, and Judge
Hawley. of Nevada, on the bench.
A Physician Suicides.
Healdshuro, Cal., Jan. 4.-— Dr. A.
Scnenck, at one time a very prominent
physician and enjoying a large practice
in Humboldt county, committed suicide
Sunday by taking a dose of laudanum.
A Malay Rebellion.
London, Jan. 4.—Advices from
Panang, capital of the state of that
name, on the Malay peninsula, show
that the rUing a/nong natives, which
began there December 24th last, has
become general. The British residents
and the sultan, with a strong force of
Malays, have gone to suppress the re
volt.
WOMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Woman's Share In Passing the Inter-
national Copyright Law.
Mrs. M. S. Burke, the Washington
journalist, has done some of the best
congressional correspondence that comes
from the capital. She is well liked and
highly respected by senators and repre
sentatives, who give her free access to
committee rooms and save bits of news
for her. Channels of information are
open to her as they are to the gentlemen
of the press at Washington. A friend
tells me that this bright woman did her
. share of helping on the international
copyright law to its passage. The bill
had been up before the house once,
but failed to pass because a quorum
was not present. It was the closing
days of the session. Speaker Reed
declared in righteous wrath that if
the friends of the measure had not
enough interest in it to vote for it when
it was on he would not call it up again,
because there were so many other neces
sary bills to be put through before ad
journment. Those anxious for the fate
of the bill were in dismay. Meeting
Mrs. Burke one day, several of them
begged her to call on the speaker and
use all her arguments to induce him to
let the measure come up again. They
had exhausted their powers of persuasion
and he had been obdurate as a rock.
Mrs. Burke called on Mr. Reed and
pleaded with him. He listened to hex
kindly and respectfully, as was his wont.
He told her ho would do whatever he
could in the matter, but would not
promise for certain. Next day, how
ever, the international copyright bill
was passed by the house.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, writing in
The Cosmopolitan, is rather inclined to
regret that women are so interested in
tho machinery of parliamentary usage
and are trying to learn it. May the
Lord forgive Dr. Hale, for he knows not
what he does. If he were to attend a
few women's meetings and, in the midst
of a vitally important discussion evolv
ing the disbursement of a large sum of
money, behold a woman rise and an
nounce a millinery opening at such a
time, or invite the ladies to a rose tea at
her house next week, ho would never
say a word again against women learn
ing parliamentary usage; never.
Mrs. M. H. Hotchkiss has given to the
Yale preparatory school $275,000, and
Yale college will not permit even an an
nex for women to be attached to it.
Very unfortunate it is that there are still
so many women like this, who will thus
deliberately turn and give their own sex
a slap in the face.
The race wants women, strong armed,
strong hearted women, not dolls and
squeaking puppets.
Annie Besant's motto is this: Be strong.
A grand indication it is to see women
beginning to stand by one another so
firmly. Thiß is especially marked among
newspaper women. In New York I have
noticed that when ono can say a kindly
thing of another in a paper, or can help
her privately by a good word or note of
introduction to get work.the aid is always
forthcoming. Somebody has taken occa
sion to be sarcastic about this tendency of
women to "write up" one another, but
the sarcasm is harmless. The fact re
mains that women «re glad to help one
another in any way possible, and this
sisterly feeling is extending to all classes.
When they stand by one another against
slanderous criticism and attacks on
character or unkind sayings, then tho
raillenium will come.
There is something pathetic in the
struggles and ambitions of the negro
women workers. Freedom has rendered
them twice as ambitious in worthy ways
as it has the black men. They wash,
iron and scrub, day in and day out, to
educate their children and get on in the
world. They in many cases support idle
negro men who refuse to work at all
while these faithful, industrious crea
tures can earn the living, though the
black lords are ever ready to "boss" their
wives. So far as my observation ex
tends, the free colored women are worth
far more than the men in industrial
fields.
This autumn the New Century club of
Philadelphia will occupy its new home.
This is one of the most successful and
progressive clubs to bo found anywhere.
In the new building is a stage fitted up
for theatrical performances, and the
clab is able out of its own ranks to fur
nish a writer who can make sparkling
and happy dramas for amateur acting.
This writer, Miss Burnham, has written
one parlor drama, "Postal Cards," which
was successfully given at the Seven
teenth Street theater in Philadelphia.
The New Century club is fortunate.
Mrs. Ella Brown has received her di
ploma as a lawyer from the State Univer
sity of Kansas, and will practice in part
nership with her husband at Holton.
Dr. Martha Robinson is' her father's
partner in the dentistry business in
Cleveland, and performs the difficult
operations on account of her superior
skill.
Mrs. Loqua, Universalist preacher, of
Chicago, says, "I believe that men are
in time to give up the profession of the
ministry and wo women are to be the
only ministers." But we want both.
Men must have a fair show in the new
world that is to be created.
The southern Presbyterian general as
sembly has ruled that women must keep
silent in public. The southern Presby
terian assembly is away behind the
wagon. The members ought to ask
their wives at home about this matter.
It is a significant sign of the times that
at the convention of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America, in Wash
ington, Frances Willard and Mrs. La
Fetra were received as fraternal dele
gates, and Miss Willard, in response to
enthusiastic calls, made a speech. But
are there no Catholic ladies who can
make temperance speeches?
For seventee.: years Susanna M.
Dnncklee was cashier of the Newton
(Mass.) savings bank. Then she retired.
At the time of her leaving the bank its
deposits had grown to be nearly $2,000,
--000. Eliza Archard Conker.
Texas Oysters.
Frosh receiptsevery day, both can and bulk.
Best and cheapest oyster ever brought to this
coast. Only tnree days en route.
THE KICKERS.
How the Olympics Beat the
Los Aiifjelenos.
A Complete List of the
Wounded.
How Our Boys Did Not Win the
Game.
Cuts, Bruises and Sprains—lndividual
Plays—Our Men Had a Weak
Rush Line—Notes of
the Game.
OLYMPIC CLUB.
Hunter Harrison—Shoulder dislo
cated ; nose crushed; knee hurt.
Basil Ricketts—Ankle broken.
C. D. O'Sullivan—Hair disarranged ;
voice sprained.
E. L. Porter —Contusions in side;
nose crushed.
Joseph Tobin—Scalp wound.
Shatter Howard—Temper ruffled.
LOS ANGELES.
E. Chapman—Concussion of the
brain.
H. W. Conger—Aim sprained.
J. Stimson —Trousers lacerated; shins
skinned.
This is not the list of the victims of a
railroad accident, but simply a tally of
the casualties consequent upon the
friendly match game of football between
the Olympic club team of this city and
the Los Angeles team, says the San
Francisco Examiner of Sunday.
They played at Central park, and
when the referee's whistle announced
the end, the game was twenty-one to
nothing, and Lob Angeles had the noth
ing.
But the bloody sand attested that the
tallies were earned.
It was a remarkable game. One of
the most remarkable features of it was
that neither an eye nor a tooth was lost
in the playing. As almost every other
sort of a wound was inflicted, the lack
of this usually interesting feature was
hardly noticed.
The rolling in the mud, wriggling,
tumbling, kicking and miscellaneous
Bcuffiing was witneised by quite a crowd,
who seemed to enjoy it immensely.
At least all the men blew horns and
the pretty girls waved handkerchiefs
frantically.
The trouble began almost as soon as
Umpire Egbert gave the word to begin.
In an instant what had been two lines
of waiting men had become a wild
tangle of legs and arms.
A LOVELY TANGLE.
The San Francisco team had the ball
to start with and they were trying
to force their wav through the other
fellows' line with it.
Joe Tobin was tbe immediate custo
dian of the ball, and everybody not en
gaged in clawing up the earth climbed
upon his neck.
"Oh, isn't it lovely," screamed a
young lady in one of the coaches as Mr.
O'Sullivan spat out Mr. Chapman's
foot and got a fresh hold of his leg.
Tbey got untangled after a white.
The San Franciscans had gained several
yards, and presently Tobin, with the
ball, burst from the crowd and made a
run for the LO3 Angeles goal.
Stimson, who is stout and broad
shouldered and wears his hair pompa
dour, tried to stop him, but by the time
the Los Angeles man had quit standing
on the back of his neck Tobin was on the
line with the ball.
That gave the Olympics a chance to
kick. Tobin did the kicking and sent
the ball between the goal posts—all of
which counted six points for the home
team and afforded a chance for much
blowing of horns and waving of ker
chiefs from the grand stand.
The lines formed again in the middle
and the Los Angeles folks tried to do some
rushing themselves. The immediate re
sult was another tangle of arms, legs and
bodies.
It so happened that Bethnne, the Los
Angeles man who had the ball, went
down right in a nice puddle of rain
water.
When the tangle of men was disen
gaged the puddle was dry, the piayers
had sopped it all up.
It was during this interesting bit that
Shatter Howard suffered the injury men
tioned in the casualty list. He felt hurt
at Mayberry—a large, weighty Los An
geleiio, who Bat on Howard's ear.
hunter Harrison's tumble.
By and by the San Francisco team got
the ball Angeles
goal, and, after Tobin and Carter had
each managed to carry it quite a dis
tance before they were thrown down
and rolled over and mussed up gener
ally, Basic Kickets carried it over the
line. He ran into the fence and hurt
hie foot, but Tobin again kicked the ball
over the goal, and there were six more
points for the Olympics.
Before the first inning was over the
ball was slippery with gore—principally
that of Hunter Harrison. He was mak
ing a fine run, but was caught and went
down under the onslaught of pretty
much all the Los Angeles team. They
laid him out in the field, found that his
shoulder was dislocated, and then he
was taken to the dressing room.
Bichette had quit because of bis foot,
but he came back. During the second
half he was variously walked on, and
he had to quit for keeps.
Chapman of Los Angeles was sense
less for five minutes after one clash.
Porter did a lot of the Olympic play
ing during the second half, and he was
stretched out four times with the mud
all over his body. He got six more
noints for the Olympics and Tobin got
' four.
Following were the teams tl_
~6Yvmpi'c. Position. Lou Angele*.
Ed. Brewer Center Kush Jas. Bethuue
C. D. O'dulllvsn Right Guard P. Flaramerer
Shafter Howard ..Left Guard.. .11. Mayberry
H. Harrison. Right Tackle... Htnry Wilson
Geo. Wellington .Left Tackle ...William Tufts
John t-herrard Eight End C. E. Patrick
C. P. Morso Left End H. W. Conger
Frank Pugh Quarter Hack J. Stimson
Jos. Tobin, Capt . .Half flack W. Gard
E. L. Porter Half Back R- Chapman
Basil Rlcketls Full Back W. H. Keller
LOS ANGELES SHOUT ON KICKERS.
It was about half after 3 when the
teams lined up fjr play. Captain Tobin
had won the ball for his side, and so
had to take the lower end of the field.
The Los Angeles men, during the few
minutes practicing before the game, im
pressed the experts among tbe spec
tators very favorably, so far as activity
and strength were concerned. They
were not of a uniform size and weight,
but the small men all seemed wiry and
willing, and their work in the game
afterward was of the highest order.
Little Stimson, the quarterback, was
aa active aa a cat and a good deal of a
comedian. Conger, at one end of the
line, was a member of the champion
Poaena. Captain Patrick ia also a
slightly built young man, but in the
game he gave his opponent a great deal'
of hard work, and seemingly took things
quite easily himaelf.
But several of the Southerners were
apparently green men. They bandied
thy ball as though it were a keg of nails,
and even in the practice their awkward
ness was made apparent. There seemed
to be no good kickers among them, and=
it waß evident that not much attention
had been paid to that quite important
end of the game.
The Olympic club men didn't give
their admirers much of an opportunity
to gauge their condition before the.
whistle to start the game was sounded;
They were apparently quite confident of
theii own ability, and didn't want to
warm up much.
OPENED WITH THE "v TRICK."
The first four plays of the Olympics
had been agreed on beforehand, so that
there were no unnecessary explanations.
Every man knew just what he was to
do, and each had a distinct impression
of what the others were to attempt.
The ball was placed in the center and
then Mr. Brewer, a little in advance of
the rest of the team, walked slowly to
ward it. He looked at it a second, then
quickly glanced around for the signal.
There was no delay in giving it, so he
stooped, picked up the ball, gave it a
very gentle kick while it was still in his
hands, and allowed the rushers and
backs to form a solid V-shaped mass
about him.
Then the Los Angeles boyß knew that
their opponents were going to open
with the "V trick," made famous by
Princetons, and since adopted by every
college and football association in the
country.
The visitors did their best to brace
themselves, but the onslaught was
irresistible. There was big Joe Tobin
in the lead and clinging to his canvas
jacket on either side were Shatter How
ard and Neily O'Sullivan.
Mr. Howard is a very compact sort of
human being himself, and Mr. O'Sulli
van's muscles are even stronger than hia
voice. Then came Hunter Harrison and
George Wellington, followed by the end
rushers, Sherrard and Morse, both very
lively men.
The "backs" were doing the best they
could to drive the wedge of their fellows
through the heart of the enemies.
THE OLYMPICS STRUGGLE TO SUCCESS.
The two lines came together with a
crash. Those near enough could hear
tbe labored breathing, gasps and groans
of the struggling men. The charging
mass was stayed but a second. Then it
broke right through the center, and
kept on for ten yards before tbe impetus
was stopped.
"Down," shouted somebody, and the
referee's whistle put a temporary end to
the combat.
Of course the spectators became en
thusiastic over the first success of the
local club, and the air waß filled with a
wild din of shouting and tooting fish
horns. The ladies waved handkerchiefs
and umbrellas, and pride filled the
hearts of the Olympians.
"Now, steady boys," was Captain
Tobin's warning as his men lined up
again. "We all know what to do."
Mr. Brewer leaned away over the
ball, and his head apparently found a
very comfortable resting place on Mr.
Bethune's stomach, for he kept it there
nearly all the time. Again the signal
was given and the same "V trick" was
tried the second time with less success,
but still a gain was made.
BiCKBTT'S resistless plunge.
Then Mr. Ricketts waa called up near
the line and Mr. Pugh gave the ball to
him very carefully. He plunged through
the opposing line, bearing down on
everybody, and when he was finally
thrown the ball waa within thirty yards
of the Los Angeles goal. The line was
again quickly formed and the ball
snapped back. . .
Quarterback Pugh passed it to Porter,
who started to run with it. When he
passed Tobin he deftly transferred it,
but kept on running. The Los Ange
lefios thought ho still had it and the
whole team went chasing after him.
That was what Attorney Tobin wanted,
for he bad the field all to himself. He
sauntered leisurely along, the leather
case of wind under his left arm. By the
time the vißitors discovered they* had
been fooled Mr. Tobin was back of their
goal line. Quarterback Pugh carried
the ball out and Tobin kicked goal,
making the score 6 points to 0 in lavor
of the Olympians.
The ball then went to the southerners
and they carried it down to the center
of the 'field. They first tried the "V
trick" in imitation of the locals, but it
didn't give them any advantage. Then
they tried to smuggle Mr. Chapman and
the ball around the end and were quite
successful. A couple of short runs ad
vanced the play well into the Olympic
club's territory.
WHERE THEY MADE THEIR MISTAKE.
The visitors' hopes began to rise, but
they didn't get to a very dizzy altitude,
for they lost the ball on the fourth
"down," having failed to gain five yards.
The faulty part of the Los Angelefios'
play was in trying to buck the almost
impregnable rush line of the locals.
Had they tried to get around the ends
more and paid greater attention to punt
ing they would have fared better. As it
was, whenever they kicked, which they
did only four times in the course of the
game, they gained, but every attf mpt to
force the Olympic center resulted disas
trously.
After the Olympics regained posses
sion of the ball they at once began to
work up towards their opponents' goal.
Several short gains were made, and then
Porter, the Lehigh man of the local men,
ran about fifty yards with the ball, slip
ping through the rush line, passing the
opposing half backs with ease, but final
ly coming to grief at the hands of Mr.
Keller. It was a great run and deserv
edly met with tremendous cheering.
After that Basil Ricketts, who used to
play at Princeton, forced his big frame
through the Tush line and wasn't headed
off until he had made a touch-down.
Tobin kicked goal, adding six more
points to the score.
THE BALL AGAIN IN THE CENTER.
But Mr. Ricketts had severely hurt
his big toe during his tempestuous jour
ney to tbe goal line, and had to retire.
McLean took his place on the team,
going to center, while Brewer was placed
as "back."
Then the ball was again taken to the
center by the Los Angelefios. They
started out to run around the line and
gained a few yards that way; then Card
punted and the ball sailed down toward
the local club's goal.
Porter got it and started back, but he
was stopped before going far. It was
about that time that his nose was flat
tened out, but he didn't care for a little
thing like that. After going backward
and forward for some little time the ball
was taken by Harrison, who plunged.