The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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PHII'Wn <1 ! I \i anf' proceeded to prove it by all the
L-i H 1" t U ' I vXUliUl t- • niost eminent nulhorltles in America,
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A
GREAT CITY.
A Thief Keincmlered liy it Sear Colored
Folks in ii .Justice Court A Crank
After the Mayor — A Woman lioes Mud
an a Result of Hunger.
Asia, Africa and Corea. Judge Rich-
ardson listened quietly until the noise
will ended. Then he said he would try
tile case over again. Dora, towering in
her full height, smiled sardonically,
and declared that the whole thing was
an outrage. Attorney Under agreed
with her. Justice Richardson (lis.
missed the defendant.
r BOUT ten days ago
/ I Graves Rawlings of
| I 418 Warren avenuo
^ was drugged In a
* 1 ' uiilitnn nt Thirfv.
ft#*'
' if r
saloon at Thirty-
third and Armour
avenue
of a diamond stud
and a watch. When
he recovered his
senses he was lying
on the sidewalk in
front of the suloon, and in his memory
their lingers the picture of the man
who drugged his glass of beer. Mr.
Rawlings remembered that this man
had a large scar on the side of his
face, and when he made a report of
the robbery to the police the descrip-
tion of the aforesaid scar was duly
noted in the archives of the depart-
ment. The other morning Rawlings
was at Clark and Madison streets when
he saw approaching the man with the
scar. Hastily calling Officer Wilson,
Rawlings told his story and the strang-
er was placed under arrest. At the
central police station the description
of the man who robbed Rawlings was
found to correspond exactly with the
prisoner and he was locked up to stand
trial. He gave the name of Tom
Quinn.
Crank Sn-Ks to Kill tin1 Mayor
George li. Swift, mayor of tae city
which cast nearly 50,000 more votes
than the seaport town down near the
Uartholdi statue, may shake hands
with himself because his body is not
anil "robbed lylng in great state in the clty ha" am'
banked all around with broken col-
umns, gates ajar, open books, with in-
scriptions and a whole lot of other
ploasant floral reminders. Mayor
Swift may do all this because Joseph
Maruska, who was described as a crank
or an anarchist, was prevented from
carrying into execution a threat to kill
his worship. Maruska, who livaa at
38 Thomas street, entered the lower
corridor of the city hall shortly after
noon the other day and excitedly de-
manded of a policeman that he be
shown the mayor's office. The officer
questioned him closely and, suspect-
ing that the man's intentions were not
right, marched him into detective
headquarters, where he introduced
Desk Sergeant McGuire as the mayor.
Maruska became much excited, and
drew his revolver, remarking as he did
so that he would kill the mayor, whom,
he said, was an enemj' of society. Po-
lice officers grasped the weapon, and
after a sharp struggle he was hand-
cuffed and taken to the Harrison street
station. While resisting arrest he an-
Mail From Hunger.
Mrs. George Binder, who would be
tailed pretty, if she literally had not
been starved for the last three weeks,
was taken to the Detention Hospital
late Sunday night, and as the result of
worry and her long privations she is
now almost a raving maniac. When
Mrs. Binder was found by the Warren
avenue police she had been without
tood for two days. Her two little chil-
dren had been fed, while site herself
was starving. Several years ago, It
Is said, her husband went to Denver to
find work, and nothing has been heard
Df him since. The family lived at No.
146 Washtenaw avenue. It was here
that Mrs. Binder was discovered by the
police. She had taken her Bible, and
was preaching to the neighbors when
ihe ambulance arrived. Mrs. Binder
bas a sister who lives nt No. 102 Fran-
cisco street, and the two little children
have been left in her care. The phy-
sicians at the Detention Hospital be-
lieve that Mrs. Binder's mind will re-
turn gradually now that her hungry
children have been taken away from
her and she is herself being provided
with food.
Two offleers an I a float.
When Policeman Alexander Crandall
and Operator John McCarthy of the
Fiftieth street station left duty the
other morning they were proud men
and full of complaisance. They had
done a good night's work and were
glad of it. They met a Forty-fifth
street goat. The goat charged upon
McCarthy and did weird things to his
trousers. After that McCarthy backed
np agaist a brick wall and waited until
the patrol wagon enme. Crandall mean-
while was holding the goat by the
horns. It wasn't the easiest job on
Forty-fifth street. The goat was feel-
ing good. He enjoyed most everything
that happened. Every now and then
he would throw Crandall into the air
just for fun. and when Crandall catne
down the goat would laugh at him.
This happened four times. Then the
wagon tame. Twelve policemen got
off. They arrested the goat and sent
for an ambulance for Crandall. Also
they ordered a shroud for McCarthy.
There will be mutton stew on tap at
the Fiftieth street station for several
days. McCarthy will eat standing up.
TeiupcKt in a Juatire Court.
Attorney Jones and Attorney Linder
had a debate in Justice Richardson's
J
GENERAL SPORTING.|THE NATIONAL GA iE.
I final heat,thus maintaining his claim to
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES OF the P'"ize- However, he and his brotli-
SPORTS AND PASTIMES,
Latent lluilKCt of
A UK t Til 111. A i*«i
ConncfT Lost 111.'
. r carried off the pair oar prize, as
stated above. He was also unfortunate
in the race for the Wlngfield Sculls and
I'lieeiiiiR Notes from jmateur championship of the muddy
iiIiik Oarauiaii ilo« ,.jVBr ,hat flows by the British metrop-
Mlle Proposed KeK- being beaten ill the filial heat by
istration of Amateur*.
HE latest budget
of news received by
mail from Australia
brings the follow-
ing information
Rupert Guinness. He is young and
ambitious, and will occupy a prominent
position for some years yet.—New York
■ Clipper.
Half-Hack Poller.
A. P. Potter, right half back of the,
a n e n t 'cycling Northwestern University football team,
events in that far 's generally accounted the swiftest
off country: The I player in that recently successful or-
Rouen road race, ganlzntion. More than that, he is one
one hundred miles , ! of the hottest favorites with the fel-
from Bendigo b> ■ lows who "root" for the purple. Pot-
Melbourne, too'; 'or came to Evanston from Kansas last
16 W. S. Weld. ' year, and at once jumped into promin-
32m won in 5h. 28m. 40s„ mak- j ence through the medium of his foot-
ing the fastest time and beating ball ability. He was the bright parti-
Broadbent's record of 5h. 45m„ made I cular star of the team last year, and
in February last. The fifteenth annual he has started off 011 another brilliant
meeting of the Sydney Bicycle club was career this season. Potter's great suc-
lield at the Sydnev cricket ground oil ecss as a half back is due to his cool
Sept. 26, over nineteen thousand people | head and quick eye. h's Kreat speeti^ at
being present. W. I. Kerr captured the
place
Sept.
mile invitation scratch race, in 2m.
53 4-5s.. and also won the five miles
championship of New South Wales, in
14m. 22 l-5s. The Wheelmen's Spring
'Cycling carnival was held at the Syd-
ney Agricultural grounds on Sept. 25.
The great challenge race between the
Americans, W. Martin and A. B. Mc-
Donnell, was the special feature. The
distance was twenty-five miles. Martin
won by little more than half a lap, in
running and his clever dodging. He is
also fearless in interference and tackl-
ing, and is always up to the play. He
follows his own interferers well when
carrying the ball and makes a good
path when interfering for anyone else.
In the recent Chicago-Northwestern
game Potter made the prettiest and
most difficult run, which resulted soon
after in the Evanston team's first
touchdown. At other times in that
game, as in all others in which he has
THE CRANK, THE GUN AND THE
MAYOR.
non need his Intention of going to Can-
ton and putting an end to President.
Elect McKinley's life
His (Inn Causes Him Trouble.
A party of small Italian and Slavon-
ian boys were playing in the vicinity
of the Burlington freight warehouse
at West Sixteenth street on Sunday,
and annoyed the day watchman, Frank
Browning. One of the boys, Tommy
Wilson, who lives at 101 West Six-
teenth street, was playing handball
against the door of the warehouse
when Browning, the watchman, rushed
out and began firing a revolver at the
boy's heels. The report of the shoot-
ing brought the Italians and Slavs to
the scene in great numbers, and they
angrily threatened the life of the
watchman. The crowd was armed
with sticks and stones, and fearing for
his life Browning barricaded himself
in the freight warehouse. He then held
of his running help him greatly, aa
r
lh. 16m. 24 3-5s. The Mile Spring handi- I taken part, he append to best advant-
cap event was won by F. Eichler, SO j ; The fierceness and fearlessness
yards, in 2m. 14 2-5s., Martin being
unplaced. The international invitation
scratch race, 5 miles, was captured by
A. O'Brien, in 12m. 54 2-5s., with Mc-
Combe second and Martin third. E. A.
Pearson, the colonial flyer, won the
fifty miles road race on Sept. 16, from
Paramatta to Penrith, in 3h. 21m. The
ItaMan 'cyclist, Stephen Bolde, arrived
at Sydney from Milan on Sept. 22. He
^as entered the great Austral event.
BASEBALL ARENA.
leading club and became one of the
strongest teams over known. They
were scattered, however, and the Amer-
_ .K-rue- ican association was assimilated by the
SAYINGS AND DOINGS IN THE yQn dep Ahe with it. In the
j association councils Von der Ahe had
been a big factor, but he- has little to
Some of tlie Men Who Own and <>i>er- , s|ly jn t|le iPague. He generally starts
ate the Big League <lui.K Boston's for the meeting "loaded for bear," but
FamouH Triumvirate cleveland'* the nearer lie gets there the smaller
I'uiiuUtr Owner ciosslpof the Diamond grow bis grievances. Von der Ahe is a
i decided Teuton in conversation and ap-
FTEN in the public i pearance, and the numerous stoi es told
the men who | of him cannot be numbered.
baseball are j
Holiinsoii a Wealthy Enthusiast.
in Frank De Haas Robison the Clevi
ers whom they hire, I land club has a man who comes neat
release and ex- ; being the ideal magnate. He is
change. Not so j wealthy, is a baseball enthusiast, is
much is heard of j popular in his own city, and is by na-
active and aggressive. Mr. Robi-
eye
run
not really as well j
known as the play- i
their characteris-
tics nor of their
looks and actions.
,"e\v of the people, who could tell you
,-ery readily what style of fielder Her-
man Long is, or whether Jennings is
i right or left hand batter, know what
Dttsiness is followed by President Sod-
>n. who has been the head of the Boston
•dub for twenty years, or whether Mr.
Von der Horst of the Baltimore club is
i young man or an old man. 1 he base-
ball magnates who w ill assemble in an-
nual session at the Auditorium hotel
Wednesday are a set of men much
above the average in business and or-
dinary sagacity; several of them are
extremely wealthy; almost without ex-
ception they stand high in the business
communities where they live, and as a
rule baseball with them is merely a
side issue—a diversion. The National
league has at least five millionaires,
according to the generally accepted re-
port of their holdings. Treasurer Ab-
ells of the Brooklyn club is credited
with being a three-times millionaire.
Conant of Boston and Robinson of
Cleveland can scrape together a couple
of millions each when their man is
I elected president, and Auten of Pltts-
I burg and Von der Horst of Baltimore
! ti e rated in the seven-figure column,
ture
son is the "good fellow" of the league,
always cheerful and full of life, jovial
however serious the subject at hand,
and yet a fighter from 'way back if he
gets stirred up. He is a man of strong
convictions, but is not stubborn. Mr.
Robison has large street car interests
in Cleveland. .Columbus, Fort Wayne
and elsewhere, and says he really
should not give the time to baseball
that he does. He never was known to
be at a league meeting on time, but
generally gets there and becomes ac-
tively interested in the proceedings.
Cleveland is not a good baseball city,
and a less sportsmanlike man than Mr.
Robison would not have maintained
the club there as long as he has. That
it is not the money there is in base-
ball which keeps him at the head ot
the club is apparent. When the league
directors fined Capt. Tebeau last sum-
mer Mr. Robison promptly declared
war and said he would fight the organ-
.... no matter what it cost. Ha
I
How Council Lout the Mile.
We take from the Dublin Sport the
following details of the running in the
international one mile race, the second
of the series, between Fred E. Bacon of
England and Tommy Conneff. the
prime Irish lad, which came off at
Bolton, England:
'The race requires little description.
It was just 4:55 when Mr. Morton sent
them on their journey, and Conneff im-
diately made the running at a rap-
ual pace. It was surprisingly fast in-
deed for a man in his condition, though
he moved in excellent form. Still it
was too hot, in his friends' judgment,
and when he had covered the first quar-
ter in 62s. he was advised to slow down.
Still the second quarter was also a
fairly fast one under the circumstances,
and the half distance was reached in
2m. 9s. So far it was a good race, but j . v,„
then it became apparent that want of I legislation that will be discussed a the
condition was telling on the Irishman, ; coming meet ng of the A A. U. will be
and he began to slacken pace. Bacon, in I the registration of athletes This is
the meantime, showing no signs in the ; a scheme of President Harry McMillan
rear. The third quarter occupied the j
men 11 2-5s. longer than either of the
O. F. POTTER.
they also help Van Doozer and others
of the team for whom he makes holes
in the opponent's line. One of the best
features of Potter's football is that he
"tends to his own knitting" strictly
and bears himself with dignity and
modesty always. For that reason he is
as popular off the gridiron as he is
upon it.—Chicago Times-Herald.
Proposed Registration of Amateur*.
One of the most important acts of
Western Assoelallon Batters.
The batting averages of the players
' ^ | of the western association of baseball
clubs were not made out by President
Hickey after the disbanding of the as-
sociation last July, the president stat-
ing that he would not get them out
until he was paid money he claimed
was due him. Frank C. Landers of
Rockford, who is recognized as high
authority in baseball statistics, volun-
teered to make out the averages, and
the official scores were forwarded to
him. The percentages show that the
hitting was much lighter than in 1895,
when Kreig leil with .452. Kreig, who
is an old National leaguer rejuvenat-
ed, is second this year. McFarland,
who leads, is the outfielder loaned by
Louisville to Quincy. Preston, who
was signed by Minneapolis at the dis-
| banding of the association and who
I was secured from that team by Anson,
| ranks eighth, with .326. Old Paul
of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. McMillan has j
traveled a great deal throughout the |
Hines of league fame, is ninth, with
.324. Hines is so deaf that he cannot
hear a cannon cracker go off under his
nose, but he can still hit the ball as of
yore. Jackson, who ranks tenth, is a
young Chicago amateur with a good
future. O'Connor of the Rockford team
preceding ones, the time at this dis- I we3t aml 50U,h- ant' in many places , iB also Chicago amateur of City
I nnmtil'i mt ,• IHOI'n mniln III PJllntlfin In I . ...U. ,.Ulnfl.. «nm,< lr
tance being 3m. 20 2-5s. So far, how- J
complaints were made in relation to
the men who competed, the claim being
. . t i „,™i,i<„.i,hio i that many of the athletes and manag-
of faltering, and there was considerable j . .. °
" ,. , ,, i ers of small clubs throughout the west
excitement as the bell rang. Conneff f.
, - ... ,ii i did not know, .vlien entries were sent
stuck to his work gamely until about * " •
' , . , . . m, whether the men were amateurs or
250 yards from home, where he showed ' . , , ,, . , . ,.
, . , „ . i professionals, and after careful mvesti-
signs of weakness, and Bacon closed 1
up with him. but did not really make Sf'°n " was decided that some plan
the crowd at bay with his revolver, but j his effort until 160 yards from the tape, should be inaugurated to protect
it was some time before quiet was re- ; wiiere he turned on steam, and. no mat-
FREE SPEECH IN
COURT.
court the other day. The debate as-
sumed such proportions that people
came in from blocks around to find out
what was the matter. Dora Parker, a
colored woman, was the bone of conten-
tion. Dora was a pretty big bone.
She is seven feet high in her stocking
feet, and she had her shoes on. Attor-
ney Jones declared the woman took
things from a trunk. The trouble about
the whole matter was that the trunk
was not her own. "That woman is
dyed in guilt! your honor," shouted At-
torney Jones, bringing his fist down
with a resounding smack upon the in-
laid mahogany desk. Attorney Linder
shook his fist at Attorney Jones, and
jumped up and down In his rage. He
denied that Dora was dyed In guilt,
stored and the unlucky watchman
dared venture forth in search of his
dinner.
Ooru Out Agttiu.
Dora Donnegan secured bail in Jus-
tice Richardson's court after having
been arrested for what the Harrison
street desk sergeant said was the
thousandth time. Dora has a retrousse
nose and a sallow complexion. She is
30 years old. She has hardened feat-
ures. Her reputation among the police
is that of a "bad" woman. When Dora
meets a man from Elgin or Oshkosh
and smiles on him he feels flattered.
Dora dresses tastefully and looks "bad"
only to the police. That is the way J.
F. Clark of Elgin felt when Dora smil-
ed on him and spoke pleasantly to him
at Madison and Dearborn streets Sun-
day night. He did not feel flattered at
all when, as he says, Dora snatched
his pocketbook containing $125. It was
on this charge that Dora appeared be-
fore Justice Underwood yesterday. Shu
had her case continued.
t'ltlen Hurled l y Hand-Storm*.
Sven Hedln, the Norwegian traveler,
has discovered on the north side of
the Kuen Lun mountains, and in thi
edge of the great desert of Gobi, the
ruins of towns which he thinks werf '
buried by sand-storms about 1,000
years ago, The largest town was near-
ly two and a half miles long, and a ca-
nal connected it and the surrounding
country with the Kerija river. The
houses had walls of plaited reeds cov-
ered with mud and then coated with
white plaster, and on these piaster
walls were well executed paintings ol
men, animals and flowers. Poplars,
apricots and plum trees had evidently
flourished there before the invasion of
the sand.
,}ohn May Be I.ueky.
John Casad of I^abette county, Kas ,
who is the father of nineteen sons and
six daughters, is vigorous and happy
at 72. But there is no telling what
his condition might have
ter how the Kildare man might try to
hold him, he drew away easily, and
won by about 30 yards, amidst consid-
erable cheering, In 4m. 35 2,-5s. Con-
neff, game to the last, ran his race out
to the bitter end, and finished very
weak, but was warmly congratulated
by many on bis improved form and
llticky struggle."
A t
Vivian Nicka
here presented
liiK Ilia in pin
s. wnose portrait is
has for years been
athletes, and do away with the possi-
bility of the acceptance of entries from
"ringers" and "sleepers" in athletic
competitions. President McMillan's
scheme is to have the parent body of
the A. A. U. organize a registration
bureau which will tax each athlete a
nominal sum, and in return give him a
card, duly numbered (numbers being
in rotation), guaranteeing that he is an
amateur according to the rules of the
A. A. U. The entry blank will also be
revised and each athlete will have to
sign his name and number, which must
correspond with the number and name
prominently before the public as an am- , on Ms card 0o,)iC8 of the numbers
ateur and university oarsman, having
j in 1891, when an undergraduate of
l Magdalen college, Oxford university,
j succeeded his brother, Guy, as winuer
i of the Diamonil Sculls at the annual
| Henley-on-Thames Royal regatta, and
j also as winner of the Winfield Sculls
! and amateur championship of the
Thames In 1892 He was defeated for
and names will be in the hands of each
handicapper and secretary of associa-
tions throughout the country. Wher-
ever the matter has been dis-
cussed it has met with popular favor,
and at a recent meeting of the Atlantic
association of the A, A. U. the matter
was discussed fully, and they recom- !
mend that the delegates of the Atlantic j
association bring it forward at the an- |
nual meeting for adoption. The mail j
vote of the board of governors of the I
A. A. U„ closing a few days ago, re-
sulted in the selection of the Astor j
house, New York city, at 12 m., Nov, [
16, for holding a meeting of the board I
and Uie game place, at 2 p. m., same ]
day, for holding the annual meeting of
the A. A. U. The mail vote also re-
sulted in the reinstatement of John C.
McMillan, Port Blakely, Wash., and
John C, Prall, Villasco, Iowa.
A New KngllKh Drama.
The Lyceum Theater Stock Company,
under the management of Mr. Daniel
league fame, who was chiefly remark-
able for his base stealing and fielding.
ltostnn'« Famous Triumvirate.
Tlie Boston triumvirate, composed of
Messrs. Soden, Conant and Billings, is
an interesting delegation. Very quiet
and unostentatious, they are none the
less powerful in Influence in the big
league. They, too, have worked along
harmoniously for many years, and Bos-
ton is one of the best conducted and
most successful clubs. President Ar-
thur H. Soden, being the oldest of the
magnates, presides at all the league
meetings, Mr, Young there acting in
his capacity as secretary. Mr. Soden
is one of the most respected and ablest
men In the league. He is regarded as
one of its "old standbys"—indeed,
proved himself such during the ordeal
of Brotherhood days, when he and oth-
er Boston club owners went down into
tlielr pockets and brought out almost
$100,000 to keep the league banner
above ground. Although not at all
talkative, either in league meetings or
elsewhere, he is nevertheless a man of
decided opinions, and whn he says any-
thing it is known that he means it.
VIVIAN NICK ALLS
the latter title by G. E. B. Kennedy the
next year, but regained it in 1894. and | Frohman, is now on tour, but the lat-
won again in 1895. lie was not able to
maintain his position as holder of the
Diamond Sculls, however, being beaten
for the trophy in 1892 by the Dutch
expert, J. J. Ooms, Guy Niel alls win-
ning it the following two years, and tire
Hon. Rupert Guinness taking the evert
in 1895. The subject of our sketch had
the satisfaction, however, of being in
the winning boat in the race for the
Silver Goblets, for pair oared crews, at
been the parent of nineteen daughters |
and six sons.
been had he j the Henley regatta in 1S92, 1893, 1894,
! 1895 and 1896, his partner the two
former years being W. AL L. Fletcher,
and since then bis brother, Guy. He
Benzine sprinkled on the edges of , *as among the competitors at the llen-
eta Is a sure preventive of moths, this year winning his first
In IB i* duic 1 . .. i'i C. • 1111 ^ hill linln cr Knq
and will evaporate, doing no harm.
trial heat for the Sculls, but being beat-
ter part of the month Mr, Frohman
will bring his players to Xew York
and produce a new English drama. Miss
Isabel Irving and Mr. James K. Hac-
kett continue in the leading parts. Mr.
Felix Morris, an admirable character
comedian, who used to be with Rosina
Vokes and later starred independently,
has been engaged to replace Mr. Le
Moyne, who has enlisted tinder the
banner of Charles Frohman,
English clergymen In poor parishes
have to turn their hands to all kinds of
work. A Sunderland vicar who acted
also as dentist for bis parishioners
hauled out 25,000 teeth during a long
ministry.
A. H. SODEN.
His o.lnions are highly respected by
the o'her magnates and are awaited
anxiously by the partisans of either
side whenever an Issue is up before a
league meeting. Mr. Soden is engaged
In the manufacture of roofers' supplies,
and is comparatively wealthy. He lives
*n the Boston sttberb of Newton.
MiiuaKer of the ItrowiiH.
St. Louis, the only remaining club in
the league circuit, is represented by the
most unique character of all the mag-
nates—the only Chris Von der Ahe.
The latter was an obscure German in
St. Louis until he becamo the backer of
a local team called the Browns. The
latter went Into the American associa-
tion, which became a flourishing organ-
ization. The Browns were soon its
FRANK DE HAAS ROBISON, CLEVE-
LAND.
meant it, too, although the cost, had
his associates seen tit to go to battli
would have been heavy. Mr. Robison
was wrong in his quarrel, and yet his
loyalty to his own manager was ad-
mired even by those who strongly dis-
agreed with him It was only another
illustration of the fact that there is
something more than business in bas-
ball.
Mahdi of Hii-e Ball Prophesying.
O. P. Caylor in New York Herald: "1
believe that a sensational deal will b«
made at the league meeting, which wil:
concern St. Louis. The transfer ol
Breitenstein to Cincinnati suggests
something of the kind. Von der Abe's
baseball business was poor enough last
year, but Breitenstein was the one pil-
lar which held the club up and saved it
from absolute ruin. The present St.
Louis team without Breitenstein would
be a big money loser. No one knows it
better than Von der Ahe. No one
knows better than he that a moder-
ately strong team under popular man-
agement would be a fortune maker in
St. Louis, which, under encouragement,
is one of the best baseball cities in the
Union. It is beyond Von der Ahe's
power to put such a team into St.
Louis. The belief is general, therefore,
that some plan has been hit upon to
let outside capital in, and with the for-
eign interest will come good players.
Dale Gear, the Kansas boy who has
been playing as pitcher for the Cleve-
land league baseball team, has returned
to Kansas university, where he haE
been taking a course in the law school,
and will continue uis work. Young Gear
carried his studies as much as he could
while playing baseball, and it is his in
tentlon to finish his work at school a:
quickly as possible.
Downer Downs Mills.
The one hundred and fifty yards race
between A. R. Downer, the Scotch run-
ner and ex-amateur champion, and W.
S. Mills, of Rochdale, Eng., for $500,
was decided at the Higginshaw
Grounds. Oldham, London, Eng., on
Saturday afternoon, Oct, 17, and was
witnessed by a great crowd. The
ground was in splendid condition, hav-
ing been rolled every day since the
match was arranged. Downer, who re-
ceived three yards start, looked the
picture of good health, while Mills ap-
peared to be fine drawn. On toeing
their respective marks both men stoop-
ed with their hands on the track, and
at the crack of the pistol they got away
to an excellent start. Downer appear-
ed to be into his running first, but for
fifty yards Mills held him, the Roch-
dale runner taking fewer strides than
the representative of the thistle. From
here, however, Downer gradually in-
creased his lead, and forty yards from
the finish he was four yards in front
of the back marksman, who, seeing his
chance hopeless, eased up slightly, and
Downer, running all out, won by five
yards, amid loud and prolonged cheers.
Otto Floersheim writes In the Mu-
sical Courier that the best-paid of all
European conductors at the present
time is Arthur Nikisch, who, during
the coming season, will make over $15,-
000. He is in demand all over Ger-
many, as well as in England and Scan-
dinavia.
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