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-|ip^o|?|ip|| *& THLETES "WHO EXCEL IN THE VA- P RIOUS BRANCHES OP OUT i(Il-GS DOOR KEflOWfi. THLETES WHO EXCEL IN THE VA RIOUS BRANCHES OF OUT DOOR SPORTS. v ALD, MONARCH OF CYCLING. • RIFFIN THE LEADING JOCKEY— . , THORNE, THE FOOTBALL IDOL. _ ■ ■- r ' '*t '■ "-" " "LEASON LEADS ON THE DIAMOND. | \. ... ; j jnvlsrne, the Notable Boxer— Capt. „, llaff, the Victorious Common _, der of the Defender. «Haff, tlie Yietorious Comiuou. pedal Correspondence of the Globe. - V; -NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— The cycling lonors of the year belong to -Edward *_. Bald, the Buffalo rider. He won hree of the five national ■ champion •hips of the League of American Vheelmen— quarter-mile, half-mile and . me mile. But it isn't the .winning.; of .hese championships which places him at the head of America's fast riders.. The test of speed comes when the racing circuit is in full swing and when horses, V car riages, pianos, diamonds and watches and other converti ble prizes are incentives for winning Class B races. It speaks HARRY f;RT"fi*"fi-T-V fl well for Bald's supremacy to say. that lYnot for Bald's supremacy to say W. not only did he carry off L. A. W. r\ honors, but he also carted off more --'money that is to say, its equivalent g than any other knight of the wheel. It is difficult to give his exact win nings of the year, because the adver tised value of his prizes is mislead in. But it is said they aggregate I $10,000. Hj Bald's strong point is his ability to sustain a prolonged spurt. \ He is the 'fastest quarter-mile sprinter on the **, ( track today in a race. Bald was the first cyclist to bring the competition record below two min utes, winning the Class B event at _ Chicago in 1 minute 59 seconds. At the great Springfield bicycle meet, when \ the fastest men in the country were in i f tip-top trim, Bald was practically mi i vincible and won his title, "King of the Class B Cracks." In sprint races in which tandems or quads are furnished' as pacemakers . Bald's surprising quickness in starting i and getting into his riding enables him I to catch the pacemaker nine times out * of ten, and thus be carried to victory. This advantage is largely contributed • to by his handler, Asa Windle, who has no equal in shoving off a rider. Bald Is twenty-three years old and like ly to remain at the top for some years jto come. .\ Samuel Brinckerhoff Thorne, half back and captain of Yale's 1895 team, .easily carries off the palm as the foot ball man of the year. Not only did, he ■■lead Old Eli's sons to victory when the prospects were decidedly gloomy for the dark blue, but in the event ful struggle with Princeton he played an individual game which will for many years live in the memory of those t fortunate enough to have witnessed the glorious battle between the giants of the collegiate football arena. Thome's great run through the entire ! Princeton team near the conclusion of the contest was sufficient to single him . out for distinguishing honors. Wearied 1 and exhausted ' through. his terrific en )■" deavors, his body one conglomeration I of aches,' the blood streaming into his J eyes from the- gash in his head, he 1 yet came' 'down' the field like a thunder -4 bolt, throwing desperate men right and a left, fiercely breaking away from vi | cious tackling, clever dodging when a j check seemed inevitable, until the ball ■, had been carried over Princeton's line for the last touchdown Of the game. It was a last touchdown of the game. It was a glorious, superb effort, one of the greatest plays in the history of football. It will live forever in Yale's annals. : This distinguished young man is ' twenty-two years old, an ideal athlete • in build. He is a trifle over six feet in height, and in condition tips the "BRINK" THORNE, THE FOOTBALL HERO. scale at something like 170 pounds. He Is far from comely, with his rugged, I ; freckled features and light red hair, but looks cut no figure in football. Cour- I age, stamina, insensibility to pain, I fleetness of foot, quickness of percep tion, are the- requisite qualities, and Thorne possesses them to a superlative degree. 77 .. . ■ - - . George Lavigne's \ performances In the ring during the past year have sur prised even his best friends, and he is 1 generally believed to be the best light weight boxer in the world. His vie- E tory over the colored pugilistic puzzle, Joe Walcott, was a notable one. To be sure, the white lad only had to stay fifteen rounds to get the decision, but he staid with a vengeance, and would probably have put the remarkable ne gro to sleep in a few more rounds. La vigne, in a contest for scientific points lasting twenty rounds, stood off young Griffo, the cleverest boxer of the times. Lavigne made short work of a very promising boxer, Jim Handler, a pupil of Bob Fitzsimmons. Early. In the year, when Griffo threw up a fifteen-round engagement with La vigne, JackEverhardt,a Southern light weight of note, was readily induced to take Griffo's place against Lavigne, and he took with it about as severe a thrashing as any lightweight ever got. Lavigne has not claimed, the lightweight • championship, which Jack McAuliffe still holds. He is willing to fight the holder or any man in the world for that title and a side wager of $5,000 or $10,000 f to add interest to the encounter. ~ La vigne is not yet twenty-six years old. The professional golfer in America who is tho acknowledged head of his profession is Willie Dunn, the brilliant » Scotch golfer who came over to this \ country three years ago to take charge .' of the Shinnecock Hills golf course, at THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1895.— SIXTEEN PAGES. Southampton, -- N. Y. Willie Dunn stood in the top rank of Scotch profes sionals when he left his country, and he has worthily maintained his reputa tion since he has been here. He com bines every characteristic of the all around professional, being not only a first-class player, but one of the best teachers in golf and an acknowledged expert at laying out new golf courses. He is thirty-one - years .- old, :.. weighs about 125 pounds and is about five feet six inches in height. Last: year he held the professional championship of America, winning the match at the St. Andrew's club by defeating Willie Campbell, of the Brookline club. He was beaten last October In the cham pionship contests at 1 Newport by i Hor ace Rawlins, a new . professional In America, whose victory was a genuine surprise. 'A few days later, however, Willie Dunn beat Rawlins at the. St. Andrew's club tournament. He .estab lished a new record for the . eighteen holes at the time, doing . it- in : eighty strokes. The amateur record is eighty three. ■■*-- *"• '*"•"*■ -'' ; -<. -' >"•-.■' !•:*".;■.' It is extremely difficult :• to pick out from" hundreds of base ball players one who has excelled all ': the others dur ing the year. So it has been decided to select the player : who' was the sen sation of the past season, ; and he. is William Gleason, Of the Baltimore club, who will cover third base for.New York next -year. Gleason J signed, with. Baltimore as a pitcher, and hia -work in the box was instrumental in bring ing the pennant to the Monumental City in 1894. He was known as a fair all around player, and when early- this season Reltz, Manager Hanlon's great second baseman, • was-, incaaaci tated. by illness, Gleason was asked to go in to fill the gap until Reit-j returned, . His work was absolutely astonishing. He was the surprise, the sensation of the year. The mere fact that Manager Hanlon was compelled to keep : the -star second baseman of the National league upon the bench while a -substitute, and a pitcher at that, covered the position, tells more eloquently than a column, of eulogistic praise the sort" of ball that Gleason played. * : ••;■ .-:--v, r-.tr-.tVai* In amateur athletic affairs six men distinguished themselves ;by - creating new world's records. ■ Bernard J. We fers ran 220 yards in 21 3-5 seconds and 300 yards in 31 1-5 seconds; 1 Charles J. -Kilpatrick covered a half-mile in 1 min ute 53 2-5 seconds, Thomas P. Corineff placed the one mile figures at 4 minutes 15 3-5 seconds, Stephen Chase hurdled ten 3 foot 6 inch obstructions over a 100-yard course in 15 2-5 seconds, J. L; Bremer negotiated ten 2 foot ; 6 inch hurdles and 220 yards in 24 3-5 seconds, while Michael "F. Sweeney cleared 6 feet 5% inches in a running high jump. These are all most remarkable per formances, and at first sight it would seem to be unfair to single out any one athlete for premier honors. But when all the circumstances are care fully considered Wefers must be select ed as the star of the year. The tennis champion of the year is Frederick How ard Hovey, who won the all comers' tourney at Newport in August, and then challenged R. D. Wrenn, of Harvard, the holder of the title. To the surprise of the entire tennis world, Wrenn fell an ' easy victim to the challenger, be ing defeated in F. H. HOVEY straight sets, 6—3, 6—2, 6—4. Hovey scored 96 points to Wrenn's 74. It was a popular victory, for Hovey had twice won the all comers' and had four tries at the championship finals, and there was general satisfaction that his hard work had at last been crowned with the championship. . Hovey lives at Newton Center, Mass., where his fa ther, the Rev. Dr. Alvan Hovey, is president of- the : Newton Theological institution. :.. ',]..;.... ... ,-V. ,:. -.-; -V Henry Griffin was the most success ful Jockey of the year. His sensation al win of the great Futurity stakes with Requital landed $53,750 in stakes for David Gideon, the owner of Re quital, and during the season he rode many other big winners. * " " *" ' ' His coolness and judgment, i his "beautiful hands," his finishing pow ers, and last, but not least, his hon esty, are factors which have placed him at the head of the list. ■-.-. Griffin . is but eighteen years of age, a pleas ant, smooth, well behaved little boy, whose total height is only 5 feet 2 inches, of which 3 feet }_ inch are legs. His arms are 2 feet 5 inches long, while his weight is only. 96 pounds. Yet August Belmont will pay this mite of a man close to $20,000 next season for. first call upon his services, and Griffin will make $10,000 more :by riding outside mounts. A conservative esti mate of this eighteen-year-old boy's fortune places it between $65,000 and $75,000. •'-.; -* ; The most successful of yachting skip pers during the past year is of course Hank Haff, the man who steered De fender to victory in the trial races with Vigilant and later on in the cup races with Valkyrie. Every grizzled hair in the long beard of the tall, stoop shouldered old man, so much like Un cle Sam, is a rope yarn, and every drop of blood in his veins Is a drop of the purest tar. In that head, as smooth, bald and benevolent looking as an Easter egg, he carries enough knowl edge of racing seamanship to enable him to win three contests for the America's cup. He was brought . up on a farm, and up to his twentieth year the man who is now . the ablest skipper in America knew nothing of the sea and could not tell the difference between a sloop and a four masted schooner. Half's abilities net him about $25,000 a year, with free board, when he is afloat. ' CURLING GOSSIP. ■• _^_ iV .;.■• Cold Weather Welcome Visitor- Some [Practice Games. ".,.;. The cold snap will serve to give added impetus to the interest in «urling, and lovers of the roarin' game will have plenty of sport from now on, particular ly as the carnival will furnish the oc- I casion for a lot of additional contests, 1 in which new curlers will take part, and ; thus the stones will hum merrily for at i least a month in good earnest. *-■•.;>',-: ; After the games played last night at i the rink it was announced that the rink j would be open for games every after- I noon from tomorrow until the carnival I opens to give inexperienced curlers am i ple opportunity to get in form, so as to be able to enter the carnival contests. A number of the older members of the club have promised to be on hand on ! the different days to lend any assistance i which may be desired. . Two games were played last night, re ! suiting as follows: ••■ ■' ■" ' Frank Koch, T. Brown, William Knobloeh, G. O. Nettleton, skip— ls. '*V*-"'*: J. C. Kimball, H. Jackson, Dr. Akers, J. H. Riheldaffer, skip— l 3. H. Johnson, Dr. Arnold, William Matheson, Frank McCarthy, skip— l 7. -'• - D. W. Ward, W. F. Harding, George Cun ningham, D. C. Murray, skip— - - The point contest for a ham has been put off for a few days. ; Yesterday two rinks went to St, Cloud at the invitation of J. C. Myron, formerly a member of the St. Paul club, who took this way of interesting his fellow townsmen in an effort to organize a local club. Among those who went were President Kelly, Judge Cory, William Rodger, W. F." Myron, George F. Hall, Sam Hastings, J. Macnamara, Alex Mc- Cullough and John McCulloch. The games were played last night, and the Sit. Paul men will return today. . Money Can't liny Him. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 28.— President Brush, of the new Cincinnati Reds, said to day that he had refused an offer of $8,000 cash from President Robinson, of the Cleveland club, for Charley Miller, the right fielder. "Cincinnati needs Miller," said Mr. Brush. . Burns Won the Championship. Special to the Globe. ' '■: ; --:.*' V „ GRACEVILLE, Minn., Dec|. 28.— The wrest ling match between H. P. Rundell, of Mon tana, and Farmer Burns, of lowa, for the cateh-as-catch-can . championship of ,the world, resulted in a victory for Burns, he win ning three .falls out of five. '''■'."■/. , BOWLING SCORES. - Result of Some of the Week.* - Prac . ".-■Y.Y ice Games. -*.-..;"-.."'. 1 The progress which has been made in St.' Paul at the game of American ten pins in the last five months is best il lustrated by the following grand scores made during ' the - present month oh • Foley's alleys. It must be understood that, with one exception, none of the gentlemen participating in these games ever previously used a finger ball or counted spares and strikes. Until this winter all of the others -have been de votees of the old-style of ball, and ac customed to counting according to the American method, which enables any ' player who can bunch 'his strikes at any stage of the game for four or five consecutive frames to make as good a score as any of those below given. It is on the principle of base hits in base ball. A club bunching its hits always secures more runs* just as bunching "your strikes at the American ten pins secures, for one skilled ln this method, a much larger number of pins than could be had on the same number -of strikes scattered through the different frames. V The phenomenal scores •were made with !, the Shialle'st pins used on any alleys: ' • ; " -'*•-'•' **••-- Wiley, 279; Hasley* 257; Hastings, 256; He'ineman,- 234; Heiteman, 268; Clayton,. "230; " Shaller, 230; ,-Baudin, .227; Friend, 227; Mannhart, 222; Winquist, 222. ... •_„. '"'The following are the. club scores on Foley's- alleys for the past week: YY""""'' *-_ Broadways— Thone, 130; Shugard, 151; Wilton; 127; Kelllman, 162; Finehoiit, 133; Hememan, 199; Friend, -201;* Ehr manntraut, 163; Kimball, 139. -.■-,•> Y-Y . St. Pauls— Shaller, 190; Clayton,: 162; Hemlein, 168; Hastings, 202; Mample, 204;Fales, 184; Martin. 207. * YY "V . ... Gophers— Mannhart, 212; Haisley, 233; Adams, 193; Winquist, 202; Dille, 146. " The Kegels made the following score at Wagner's alleys last Thursday: - P. Hermes, 179;. A. Wagner, 209; Will iam Pfeffer, 153; A. Brandt, 170; J. Wag ner, 126; C. Pomplun,- 181; A. Ber thiaume, 87; J. Yost, 222; N. Weiler, 114; C. Gerber, 156; J. Guenther, 107; G. Wagner, 156; W. Boyd, 175; P. Koem pel, 102. .University badge. ; game, Albachten's alleys: '. •. - --,-.-•'■. .Yj ■ - ■ J. Heetman, 229; J. Bayer, 180; M. Bartz, 161; J. Steichen, 174; A. Albach ten, 185; N. Sterchen, 194; F. Bayer, 166; J. Rebe, 208; F. Moshofsky, 150; M. McCarthy, 220. • ■•••-. •■ : . R. Hansen's Alleys, Imperial Club— W. Schaber, 226 ; F. Turner, 216; A. Schwedler, 183; D. Drewery, .134;. P.. Hoefer, 167; W. Figgie, 189; F. Black, 172; J. Fischer, 170; O. Gahagan, 191; C. Homes, 138. ".%*;.'- ' . " V .'. West Side 647— H. Dogan,2l6; F. Reed, 225; F. Turner, 242; W. Kammerar, 150; A. G. Vann, 224; G. Jacobson, 146; J. Fleck. "*.•'*• ■-■ '••--.V Senators— Bunnell, 207; J.. Jilbert, 196; F. Turner, 199;. A. Smith, 172; H. Harm er, 169; F. Hast, 187; H. Prior,. 146; E. Nelson, 192; H. Peterson, 147. *; Social— The Imperial Pleasure club will give their -next social hop New Year's eve, Dec. 31, at Garfield hall,, .corner Fauquier and Arcade streets. WESTERN LEAGUE PLAYERS. ■ President Johnson Issues a Supple mentary List' of Them. :: . .*' President Johnson has issued a sup-, plementary list of players signed and claimed by the Western league clubs. Indianapolis has claimed George Tread way, of -: Brooklyn, and T. J. White. Kansas City has. claimed Ollie.. Beard, E. J. Bevis, E. B. Lynch, O. T. Mulhall and James Ballantyne. Manning with drew his claim to Beard two weeks ago, but he has probably found some club that would like to have the hard-hitting shortstop, and so he has put in his claim again, j Detroit is engaged in the whole sale business of claiming players. --• In addition to the eighteen already. on ; the claim list, President Van Derbeck has ; forwarded the following names to Presi dent Johnson: - George Mayer, ' Lew Whistler, Peter Bly, Charles Dexter, Sam Mills, Joe Burke, H. H. Burnett and Henry Schmidt. • Van Derbeck has surprised the other magnates by with- . drawing his claim to "Yale Murphy, Jack Thornton and G. Koehl. This re cent action of Van Derbeck's'will cause ( some of : the players who have been holding on the tag end of a Detroit claim check for the past three years, to hope that they may possibly be able to get a chance to sign with some other Western league club next season. ...-..'; : -.-: NEXT YEARNS CREWS. V V Men Will Be Selected According: to Their Ability. ; [' Although the tank has been in shape for practice work for a week or two, actual work will begin this week, when last year's eight will don their jerseys and commence training for the com ing season under the direction of Train er Kennedy, who has been looking over the new material with j a view to find ing material for the different crews. . The eight, which includes Buffiing ton, bow; Denegre, Mabon, Halbert, M. Bend, Langford, H. P. Bend, and Houghton, stroke, will start in the day after New Year's, and work from 5 to 6:30 each afternoon until ..the. weather permits the shells to be launched in the river. There Is some sturdy timber among the recruits who are striving for posi tions, and. the members of the eight will have to look to their laurels, as Trainer Kennedy has given it out that there will be no cinches, but that every man will be considered '"wholly as to his abilities as an oarsman. Some of the fellows who have been working for the crews for next season's events are Ferguson, Vilas, Emerson, Charles Corning, Stewart and others. AURORA SKATING RINK. It Will Be Opened to the Public New ..." Y-arfs. . The new Aurora skating rink will be opened to the public for the first time ; on New Year's day. Owing to the pc ; culiar lay of the ground, the manage -1 ment has been unable to sooner obtain j a good ice surface, but with the aid of ' the recent gold weather the ice has been ! put into excellent condition, which.with ' the large warming rooms, will afford the skaters of the city a splendid op i portunity of enjoying their favorite 1 form of winter amusement. F. Currier, | the champion fancy skater of the North ! west, will give exhibitions of his skill both in the afternoon and evening. SPORT AT COMO. Interesting- Events Scheduled to Take Place New Year's. The city railway company promise excellent entertainment at Lake Como New Year's day. In the afternoon there will be a skating con test, participated in by H. Strand, Frank McDaniels and Ollff Rudd, of Minneapolis; Carlson, of Winnipeg; Jones, of St. Paul; Mor rison,, of West Superior, and John Nilson, of Minneapolis. Nilson is the holder -of ' the three and five-mile world's competitive rec ords. In the evening the lake will be illuminated by displays of opalescent fire and by addi tional arc lights. Special cars will be run on all lines. Mrs. WinslowS's Soothing; Syrup Is an OLD and WELL-TRIED REMEDY, and for over FIFTY YEARS has been used by millions of mothers for their CHILDREN while CUTTING TEETH with perfect success. If* soothes the child, softens the gums, re duces inflammation, allays : all ' pain, • cures wind colic, is very pleasant to the taste, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE.. Be sure and ask for MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTH ING SYRUP and take no other kind, as mothers will find it the Best Medicine to use during the teething period. WAS ft fijtsehies ' >-..•'•■ •-.;.-.'.:.■-. «>*?•" "**. •"*■ '£:.•*•*• '■■•"f. *■■"---;:: BILLIARD .GAMES: ..BETWEEN HAR '% RISON AND W,\!LTER WILMOT , • DURING THE WEEK. ', 0 7. ...'- !._".•■ -' f7 • *:■:. ?:-s*:C.'-V .;. .* . ; ' „ -i ;. '. •'■ THE BALL PLAYER WAS OFF. .1 -i •" - -*"i I ■>.■.-••:' . "i..*_- — Oi>ti -i....- -_■>■•>: '-'■•■.. •-!-; >;■ t_.**-/ «.--.--..%•"* '.-"I HE SHOWED ... LACK QJ* jPRACTICE - THROUGHOUT THE. -SATIRE ..\. . SERIES. *v. at s •'_ - ■_ ..- >i • Bi rf . " :Y' iv- ti ANOTHER TOURNA-IeNT-'^ IS ON. :-:-•• •-a eaOd-tU''. ' '•■;:.-* ■ : "' r ? ;.07 -.-* — — .. '. j'-it.B'. >ri ! : - '•'•!■ *•*-• ;•-.•.. .='- •-oLMdr-f;-*!'- -"fi* 1 -" --•■ Two Scratch Y Men s nn^;^he : Other ■;■-.... .Contestants. Allowed a Lib- ..-•• --tf*."' i .eral 1 1 •■ ■> <l M*««i*« ;7 Y. V -"■■■ ■;,i;-. ..::•'.'.'. i ;oJ , •.*••■• ■..■■■■'■ .'-,-■':•*"-•. | r?*?.*'. •■■■■-.-•• .-HXt-.iH : 'l*-.W The event In . the billiard world ". of St. Paul last week waiji-iheofour nights exhibition between.- Harrisim and the old St.Paul favorite, Wait. Wilmot. The former was to play 300- to" Wilmot's 200. Those conversant' with, '- the strength of both players thought 1% a fair hand icap for a close contest. .The" result showed ;a : different state/of affairs. It was very . easy. for Harrison, for it was, plain r from the start that Walter was away l off in r practice work. Conse quently he had no stroke » to sustain: the reputation he had already acquired ? as rr a b brilliant 3 amateur at billiards. Besides it seemed as it 'his. mind was; given : entirely to . .the ,: niake-up of his new ball club for. Minneapolis which he is going to manage the coming sea son. This had lots to do with j his poor showing on the billiard table in his play "' throughout the " series. In the opening 'game i*-"' Monday' evening last ' his! play at . the start . was better : than ' any time'"; later, as lie held his own with Harrison for the.^rst ten innings. After that he I did not do so well. Har rison pulled away -with; runs of 45-27 --23 and won the first block in the thirty sixth inning by a margin "of 13 billiards in a very close and' pretty game throughout. Harrison had an " average of 81-3 and 45 for high run. Wilmot's average was 5 1-5 and his best run 28. In the second evening's play Har rison made a runaway, game of it, win ning as he pleased in twenty-one in nings, making the splendid average of over. 14 and had the grand run of 91 for his high. Wilmot got only 81 but tons and 12 for his best run. .;" On the third evening Harrison was still in form, playing jin splendid stroke. Wilmot made a good fight of it. Although he '-doubled seven times he was not able to get more than 145 points when Harrison 'reached his 300, with 56 for high 'run* 'an average of 12%. " " ' .'; V Friday, evening the last of the series, a very pretty game was played by both, although it was plai*ft- to all that Harrison had the gaqie in hand from the start. Wilmot made a gal lant fight .and succeeded in making his highest run of the serfe's 34. 1 ' This Har rison more than offset by one of 78 and finished his 300 in the thirty-first inning, Wilmot having '-made" 182 but tons for his share. This ended a very pretty and enjoyable ' Series. Each game was witnessed !|iy a, large crowd of the admirers of the gentleman's game. The totals show „Harison 1,200, Wilmot 595, losing by ..a. margin of 205 points over '* his handicap. Harrison's best runs were 45-91-5---7- and his best average ! 141-3, and .h'i^gr-iria-'av-rage' 10 2-3. Wllm6t's. high runs were 28-12 --18-34, his best average* 2-3, his grand average 5%. v f T HS -'t-V -0- One of the finest and should be the most i interesting tournament given in : St. Paul will commence Monday, Jan. 6 next. Some very handsome prizes .will be distributed to the ; winners. It will. be a handicap open V to all the scratch men. Two already entered, , Harrison and Roberts, will play 300, ; Wilmot 180, Thayer and* Young Foley 150 each-; Should no more entries be made they will play two games with each other, making twenty in all. This ought lo be a throrugh test and the' best player at the odds should win. No entry will be received that cannot "play 150- : points... . This .= tournament should produce some -fine billiards and will be* a treat to ■ the - lovers of the game in St. Paul. Before this is con-! eluded the short stops of America will be at it hard and fast in Chicago, where they commence Jan. 18 at the Audi torium Kail, in which Gallagher,* Hat ley, Maggioli, McLaughlin, Sutton and Capron will be the contestants. Mr. Lodtman is still "unsatisfied with his two defeats at the, hands of Coch ran, and is anxious for another go for a box of smokers, -. ■'-'■ WILMOT SIGNING MEN. He Has Secured Healey, but Not • Hutchinson. Manager Walter Wilmot, of the Min neapolis base ball. teagi_. said yesterday he had signed E. R. Healy. to play sec ond base for the Flour City club next year. A contract has also been mailed to Kuehne, who will' cover third bag. "Pill" Wilson has been sold to Colum bus, Tom Loftus having closed a deal for his release with* Wilmot Friday. Wilmot is inclined to be amused at the statements made in a St. Paul paper regarding his connection with the Chi cago league club. "There' is absolutely ! no truth in the printed j statement that I have signed Hutchinson- for the com- I ing season with the Minneapolis team. i That is also the cade with regard to : Schriever. It is true! that I would be ; glad to secure the sfervides of a man like Hutchinson, just 'as I would like to ! be able to get several more men that are j on the reserve list of the : Chicago or ; other big league teams. Here is the , idea. The Chicago club does not own : one small part of the Minneapolis club. I If. Capt. Anson or the members of the I Chicago club are friendly to me why so much the better for me, as would be the case in any other business. "Connie Mack is friendly to me. Don't it seem reasonable that if the chance presents itself that he will aid me to make a success of the club owned by the people by whom I'm employed? "Each Of the big league -teams -has from twentyto forty men on its reserve list, and as soon as the season begins there will be in the neighborhood of 150 men released. Now,, it seems to me to be the part of policy to secure the best of these, regardless of what club they are released by. I regret the publica tion of incorrect stories about the Min neapolis team, especially in the St. Paul papers, for it will engender unkind feel ings and make good, clean ball playing between the teams of the two cities out of the question." "■ • TOO WINDY FOR ICE YACHTS. Interlake Regatta -at *0 Minnetonka Postponed Until .Today. A special train will leave the Minne apolis & St. Louis depot -in Minneapo lis at 10 o'clock this; morning for Ex celsior, and leave there at; 5 o'clock this evening for the city^ This train is for the accommodation of those who de sire to witness the "great! ice boat re gatta postponed from yesterday. • After a succession ! of sleet, snow and sunshine, the .boats got ready to line up, and some of them took a little spin out over the lake to learn the wind cur rents. One -of; these was ..the Comet, from Lake Pepin; It was caught in a ' squall, and had a lively time before it got back to the starting point. After noticing that nearly a gale was blowing Ca.pt. Wetmore, of the -Reindeer, de clared he would not sail, as the Blitzen , was laid up, and the Reindeer would .be alone In defending the cup. "If any- . thing • should happen to the boat the cup would be sure to go to Lake Pepin. ;"' ..A GREAT JOCKEY'S VIEWS. .Fred Taral Interviewed nt His Win ter Home in -Atlanta. - Special Correspondence of the Globe. ■':'■ ':':"■ ATLANTA, < Dec. 26.— When .' I met Fred Taral, the j world-celebrated Jockey, at one of Atlanta's swell hotels yesterday, I button holed him and asked him to tell me something about the. future of racing in this country. Anything this quiet, gentlemanly young man • has to say about the turf carries weight, for he is the premier rider of the world ' today and is ..little given to talking at any time. - He said: •' .: . Y:v:"Y; *_ •-..,.*>:•*..-.'-.■ "The prospects are that we shall have better facing this coming season than at any time for 'the ; hist five or six years. Everything "points that» way now, and especially is this •true of Morris park," Sheepshead and Brook lyn, the three best courses in existence. I would 'personally rather ride the course at the ■former track - than on any other I have ever seen. < It is wide, and all ', horses have a chance, which is not true of all tracks by. any •means.* The half-mile stretch there is splen did. Since the late decision, which practically knocked' out Peter De Lacy, race track en thusiasts should take heart, for it means bet ter times all around. It means better horses, and, equally important, it means that the -man you bet with at the race track must ; bel6ng to a more superior class of. sportsmen than under the old regime. There are an Al lot -of Jockeys in the field this season, too, which is in itself a good thing. . Owners take morp pains with their boys than : formerly. As. "you know, I have left James R. Keehe, and will ride next year for Marcus Daly, the Montana copper king. I get a big salary, but as Mr. Daly made me- promise not to reveal tlie figure I shall not do so. I remain in At lanta a few months and begin training at Daly's Long Branch stables about April Lj^' " "Whom do I regard the grandest race horse living - Why, . Henry of Navarre, by all. means! August Belmont owns him. Salvator was a good one, but I hardly think the equal of . Henry of Navarre. Haggan owns him. Am I going abroad to ride? No; -ly had a chance, and a good one, but after the way they roasted poor Sims I decided to" stay here and let well enough alone." . ■-'..- • Taral married an Atlanta and spends his winters in the Gate City **bf the South. He was born in Peoria, 111., twenty-eight years ago. His father kept the Tremont hotel there for many years. He Is careful of his money, and, as the whole sporting world knows, owns a handsome residence on Lenox avenue, New York city. In addition, he owns a road house on the Seventh avenue drive, which brings him in a tidy revenue. As he himself says, "I'm doing pretty well." - - : :-',y —Ad. Vance. PETER MAHERJ-S BENEFIT. Number of Boxing; Bouts for the •YS" ' Event. .'..'. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.— The benefit ar ranged for Peter Maher, the Irish pugilist, was, a success, so far as ; the attendance and the receipts were concerned. Among those who took part in the boxing bouts were Jack Grace and Denny Mcßride; Charles Miner and Harry Woods, of San Francisco; Young Griffo, of Australia, - and Peter Lowry, of Dublin; Kid McCoy and Jack . Mitchell ; Frank Erne and Frank Zimpher, of Buffalo; Tommy Kel ly the "Harlem Spider," and Ike Weir. Young Griffo appeared a second time, ac companied by Paddy Gorman, of Australia. Maher was greeted with considerable disap pointment because Billy Woods, of Denver, was put in the ring as his sparring partner instead of Jim Hall, and, Jim Dyer. Woods was no match for Maher, and the 8,000 per sons who were present were unable to Judge with any degree of accuracy of the sparring abilities of the Irish champion in the contest that followed. . .... Racquet "champion Meets Defeat. ' NEW YORK, Rec. George - Standing, professional champion 1 at racuets, met his first defeat today When he played g single-handed against • Harry I Boakes, instructor of the Chi cago Athletic association, and B. S. de Gar mondis, the amateur racuet champion. Boakes and de Garmondis came out ahead by winning three games, _ the - fifth and .deciding game being of the most. exciting nature. ' The score: 15-4,- 11-15, -5-11, 4-15, 17-15, V : V Inter-Scholastic Athletes. - NEW YORK, Dec." 28.— A convention of rep resentatives of . athletic associations and clubs of preparatory and public schools was held today ■at the De la Salle institute, and the National Inter-Scholastic Amateur Athletic Association of the United States was formed. The championship games are to be held the last Saturday in June, and for 1896 New York was selected ' as the place. •'.. ..'■■'.:. -*»»■- TEN CENTS A DAY BUYS A PIANO. Children Kick for This— May Be Now or Never. ' ""''""< {•;_ While we do not take second-hand Pianos and Organs in exchange to ward new ones at this — selling at factory cost, as we are, it could not be expected; but several of our custo mers to whom we have sold new Up right Kimballs, have placed with us and asked us to sell .their old instru- . ments and credit proceeds of same on their new one. '<■■- '-■■■\y^.^: We have not hesitated to accommo date our friends in this way, .as they have not limited us to ■ any set price, knowing full well that every dollar realized for their old instruments through us would be just that much clear gain over any deal they could have made elsewhere, as the old instru ments would have been swallowed up in the retail dealer's profits. We there fore have several splendid bargains in ' second-hand Square and Upright Pi anos, some as good as new, others quite old but in perfect order, all of which must be sold tomorrow without limit and regardless of value. .V- You may have one Chlckering Square Piano, worth $75, for $25— 55 down and $2 per month. - You may have another square, hand some case.better style.worth $100, for $30 $10 down and $2 per month; and anoth er, still finer, full seven octaves, hand some rosewood case, for $35 510 down and $2 per month. Have one splendid toned C. D. Pease Upright, taken in exchange of Mr. W. F. Lord, who purchased an elaborate new scale Kimball in quartered Eng lish oak. On this Piano Mr. Lord has limited us to $90, and I offer it for sale at that price on terms of $15 down and .$5 a month. The instrument has been action regulated, tuned, and is now in fine condition, with tone equal to new, and Is well worth at retail double that money. * • - Four splendid nearly new Organs.two of them not a year old, are going the same way. One at $10, another at $25, another (a fine nearly new Kimball) at $30. Terms, $10 down and $2 per month. -"-V-;; ■ -...r v... Will give written contract from W. W. Kimball Co* to take back either of these fine instruments at . the same price, toward payment of a new Piano, any time within two years, and furnish the new one at wholesale price. We must sell everything in this line within the next forty-eight hours, and are ready to nearly give them away. Don't miss this opportunity; we are winding up our matters here. V .'•./* 1 r : —A. A. Fisher, General Agent, " 140 and 142 East Sixth street. . ■» ../. - V The New Version. Chicago Tribune. .: "My darling!" murmured Leander, em bracing . her. ; '■-;,.- •.'*':" -iY:.:' X YY.' ,'-. '. y^y. "Don't!" exclaimed Hero. "You're all wet. Why didn't you come in a boat?" STOP TOBACCO IN A NATURAL WAY. QAPR PllOn is the only scientific and DnuU"UUnU harmless cure for the tobacco habit.. Three boxes are sold with a written guarantee to cure any case, no matter how bad. You can use all the tobacco you want while taking Baco-Curo: it will uotify you when- to stop. SI. OO per box, 3 boxes $2.50. Sola by all druggists, with guarantee, or sent direct. Eureka Chemical & It-aiiul'aeturlns Co., LA Cl-OSsSE, WIS. OUfIWTTOEI-TE-; CAN % TURKEY '"STOP AMERICAN ■ _ "WARSHIPS AT THE DAR DANELLES? i AN OLD, UNSETTLED QUESTION UNCLE -SAM HAS NEVER .. AC -'KNOWLEDGED ANY SUCH -m:.y THING. .. MERELY SUBMITTED 'TO USAGE. '.:;::/; : - : ' : ;"—^-^"-. ■ a Determination of the' United States to Keep,, a.. Strong- ] Force in ■"■;V . . Turkish Waters. '• WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— A cable re port from Constantinople that the Unit ed States denied the right of Turkey to prevent the,, passage ...of warships through the 'Dardanelles brings out the fact that this government has constant ly declined to admit' such a right, and while it has riot' recently had occa sion to make an -issue, with Turkey on this subject, • ministers to that country have been cautioned to; go no further than to recognize the exclusion as a usage and . not as a right. . An order was today sent to the ad miral commanding the Asiatic station detaching the Petrel 'from his squad ron, and directing that she proceed to San Francisco. -. Arriving there, she will be put out commission for an overhauling. Her relief, the Boston, is now at the Mare Island navy. yard. She has ' been put in first-class condi tion, and will start on her long voyage across the Pacific -in • a ; day or two. The Petrel will not await her arrival, however, but will start for home as soon as she can be prepared for the trip. It is the evident policy of the administration to maintain a strong fleet on the Asiatic station until the disappearance of all signs of further .-trouble among the countries of the Orient. ;•• ''-••• ''■"'• v: President • Pierce, In 1854, first laid down the doctrine that this govern ment was determined to maintain the freedom of the seas and of the great natural channels of navigation, and to deny the right of a nation to treat one of the great maritime highways of nations as a closed sea and prevent its navigation freely. -: In the case of Tur ey, Secretary Fish, in 1871 and 1872, re garded the abstract right of the Turkish government to obstruct the Dardanelles as a serious question, and felt that a proper occasion might in the future arise for us to dispute the applicability of the claim to United States men of war, but meanwhile it was deemed ex pedient to acquiesce in the exclusion. There has been no recent assertion of this doctrine. . "■-'. .'■'■ ■ -'.■"*'':-■ .... . ■■*•... : — — The - Most Popular Highway of Travel Penetrating the principal cities of the East— the -shortest line between Chicago and Bos . ton with solid through train's to New York city via Ft. Wayne, Cleveland and Buffalo, and the only line via these- cities having, colored porters on its first and' second-class day coaches at the disposal of its patrons is the Nickel ..Plate Road, whose excellent train service and -most liberal rates .• have long been recognized by . east-bound . travel ers. J. Y. Calahan; General Agent, 111 Adams street, Chicago, 111. ••;-•- ' , . .'. "' *■» '■ — ■"■■ . New Orleans Races. NEW YORK, Dec. Results of today's horse races: ••' ■ • ••; ""•"*' - ; . '. ' '• i- '■-. First race, six furlongs— Prince Imperial won, Miss Rowet second, Somnambulist third. Time, 1:17*4. ■'-." ; Vw; V _y . -v ■"' Second race, mile-^Mamie G won, Judge Debose second, Royal Choice third. Time. 1:47. ,->,.• t .~.-.^ -•,.-,/; Third race, seven furlongs— Renaud won, V* U/IE- Mi-SAN jBUSINESS ■■■ l ______ __■__> *Cf 1 Upright smo.oo j | V • : '.:.,:: V: ;";:.' ; :; ;:...;■: ij - - : to--.— -• ij ♦> (♦ ISi H^___ i OPHf_ un i O A On Terms of $10 Cash, $5 Monthly. X ♦) If You Want a Cheap B!tH Hi Hili^ ♦) (+ If You Want a Good §F* |AWM B i <♦ -0 If You Want the Best ■ ■*™■ 31 ♦> 6* CALL ON US. We guarantee to give you the best there (+ 2\ Is In the market for the money. I THE CONOVERMUSIC GO. i V EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURERS, V X SIXTH, MARKET and ST. PETER STREETS. X A"^iraM_w! JL Bottle of Wine j^g^^^^^§ With Every Purchase Amounting Edian whisky atiisbbt] to One Dollar and Over. j OLD <-«> Columbia Wine House •i^g.. - EIGHTH AND WABASHA. IWM^MO Brenck •& Krent. IMPROVEMENT THE ORDER OF THE AGE. y/^^^^^s^^^^^ OUR THREE NEW MODELS, riv^^^^'."-it^u^SS^^Ss^S^^ i_t£'?_-S__"' I—l ___* MOST j x^Su&l t-it_/ yyvv_^s*_> r /^S^^^^^^lk. lm^'? HANDSOME, >$ EASY RUNNING, ' ''^%?-^^ |i|L RAPID AND SILENT. B^_^s_^_S^:vfite Sill . Premier Ms Co. TELEPHONE 256. 136 E « slJClh ■«•- «- Paul, rounu. i Momus" second, Legrande third. Time, 1:35, Fourth race, mile and twenty yards— Lang. don won, Squire G. second, Balkline -third- Time, 1:47*4. v --*" V; '*• ,;.• ?'. _i :• .I J- .:. l. Fifth race, six furlongs— Old Dominion won, ' Mopsey second; Sir John third. Time, 1:18**_. ,-'/[■''' ALL SORTS OP SPORTS. i-***SHS^t • There are sixty different styles of cycle records, as tabulated by Chairman Gideon/"- - ; A St. Bernard dog was sold for 12,350 at the Birmingham (England) dog show. This is said to be • the highest price ever paid for a St. • Bernard at auciton. The Grand National Curling club is busy at work arranging the season's events. The most Important match • of - the season' will be for the Gordon medal. Grabowski is the sugestive name of the man who made the most money on the Rus sian turf this year. He has the best racing stable in the country and cleared "160,000. .- Princess Olga" of Russia; Prince Nicholas of Greece, Princess Xenia of Russia. Prince George of Greece, Princess Victoria of Wales, Prince Andreas of Greece, Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Waldemar of Denmark all ride bicycles. ..->.-. •• •••'•• It is rumored that Slavln - has been tak ing excellent" care of himself during the past year and is now in fine condition. If Slavln can ever regain the form he was in before Mitchell undertook to manage him, he will be a hard man to beat. .... .-'■'••■"■ ■ . m _ — - — ■ — Lighthouses in England. There is . a lighthouse to every -• fourteen miles of the coast of England, to every thirty four miles in. Ireland, and to every nineteen miles in Scotland. " ■ : . /.• -.'. _» : "•"•'. /:.":.. . CUT TO THE QUICK FOR TOE QUICK. Maple Leaf Ronte the Fastest. The Chicago Great Western Railway (Maple Leaf Route) now gets the pre ferred passenger business 'to and from Kansas City and points between be cause of its quick time and superior service. Evening train leaves at 7:30. || We Are - , '-jj Closing Out \- ■ All Our : %:' : Iffj; Holiday Goods ;! ":.; Very Cheap. \ Appropriate Return, Xmas and Mew Year's Gifts at Extremely Low Prices. ji Smith & i| j! Farwell Co., jj jj SIXTH and ji !j •■".■; MINNESOTA j! STREETS, !j 1 1 Complete House-Furnishers. ]! 7