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THE SPORTINO LIFE. Fob 23. THE STAGE. MIMIC LIFE Tho Programme of the Coming Week— The New Gilbert anil Sullivan Opera—A Clever I.i-tler Fiom Gilbert—Mttiisfielrt's Artvcn'ure in Jiulin—Stage facts aud ITaiicl'-^-Foot light Flashes. THE PROGRAMME FOB THIS WEEK. Mu'TAi'LI. ft..............................................."IEdiann." WAtKBT^t. TlIElTRE............................R"60 Coghian. SATi8KAii'THi!ATiiii........................"The Cattlo Kiug." Ann: ST.OPERA UorSE....................."Little Tycoon." NINTH .isn AHCH Mt'£EVM............."Iiiiih Son* of "TO." ABCII Sr.iTnr.jTni;..............................."A Hag Baby." CBZSTNVT ST. THKATHK.... .........................Miss Yokes. CHKSTST-T ST. OPEHA HOUSE... .......Sol Smith Ruraell. FOUKPIVKII'S.....,....,........................ ..."The Danites." KIXVEXTH ST. OPKQA UorsB........Curncniss' Minstrels. Is.i:i i L lUl.L................NiD(;teontli Century Miracle. Current Comment awl <3o»8lp. PHILADBLI-HU, l-'ob. 10. There U very little that is now to chronicle this week, except that the retinus have biyun, in the per-on of Mans- field, at the Walnut, and Janauffbck, at the Chestnut Street Opera House. Tho only thing new is ''The School Mistress," in which Miss Yokes snd her dover Kn<>Hsh company begun the enL'aicmcnt at the Chestnut Street Theatre, which "will not conclude until next Saturday. Gillettc revived his "Private Secretary" at the Arch, nnd Dan Sully set up hia "Corner Gro- cery" in tho National. Tho operatic portion was sustained by ''Indiana" at McCu,ul!'s, and that fresh young gent'einarr, tho "Little Ty- coon," at the Arch Street Opera House. Next Monday begins the last week of "In- diana" at MoCauIl'.', and I hope Miss Lily Post will be well enough to rtsume her part, which has been sung, and certainly very well rang, by an ''understudy" all the week. Meanwhile, the preparations for ''Rnddygore" are continued night ;tnj day, and never was an unfortunate company harder worked. Every scat in the bouse is sold, *nd the box office ia at Us wits' end to satisfy people that the theatre is not In- dia rubber. I have heard a good deal of adverse criticism launched against the name of tho new Gilbert and Sullivan opera. This is quite nonsensical when it is remembered that the opera was writ- ten as a burlesque of tho blood and thunder melolrainas that have so long been popular. Such biing the case it is only natural that Gil- bert should choose a title that would show his purpose, and "Ruddigore" does EO most admir- ably, I'm Bure. The English critics did not rise to this, and in self defense Gilbert has made the following Itatoincnt: "Tin- piece 10 a caricature of transpontine melodrami «ast in t'porulic form. There'sthe wicked baronet, the British tar, the virtuous village maiden, the lovo- craxed waif, tho fultlifnl body servant, the tearful old dame, all fouiitiur figures in the class of pieces for which tlie Surrey and Victoria theatres were famous. And tho title li equally a caricature of tho titles of nch pieces. It ia not a pretty title, and it wns not Intended to be. To object to a title in which the g liable 'gore 1 appears is a new development of critical fulidionauese. Tho boua.'« at Kensington Uore have commanded high rents lur many years past. Gore HOUBA, once tho residence of Ihe Countess of Blessing- fon, became u restaurant under Soyer'a management, nd people eat with an appetite there in ipfto of its horrible name. It ia true that the novels of thli (.'ore re not all as widely read aa they used to be, and this nay, perhaps, bo duo to the recent discovery that her name may not be mentioned without a ihudder." 80 you see Gilbert is as cleverly sarcastic in tcplying to tho supersensitive critics as in writing a libretto. Jeff Je Angelic, whom Col. McCaull has en- f*ged to do tbe dancing comedian's part in "Huddigorc," comes from California where he kas long been a shining light on the variety stage. It Is rather old how many people who Muted out there as variety stars have drifted into the regular profession, and now that do .Angelis has been added to the numbcrthc patrons "~<IIne Uelli I'niun Thlfalre) ~San^"rSnc7Ico''«~tjrst variety show, will have to mourn the loss of a "jreal good 'un," I am told that Dlgby Bell is going to be amazingly funny in "Kuddigorc," but is not as well pleased with his part as he was with Ko-Ko. IT he is half as good as in that he will certainly make a hit. __ Tho versatile Mansfield, of whom I shall chat- ter further a little lower down in this column, only plays a week's engagement at the Walnut with "Princo Knrl." He opens in New York on Monday. He tolls me that he will produce the adaptation of "Dr. Jekyland Mr.IIyde"in Boston ID the spring and hopes great things from it. Tboeo who are not familiar wilh Stevenson'sweird rtory shou4d become familiar with the narrative before seeing the play when it. is produced here. Mansfield tell me that Kusscll Sullivan, tho adaptor, has woven a local story in the piece. Ho makes Dr. Jel-yl engaged to At/ixt, daughter ef Sir JJnutera Co rue, the man whom Ifyl?, the wicked altfr eyo of Jd-i/l, murders. In the story the episode does not exfef, indeed the only female character iji it is a servant with a few insignifi- eent actions and sentences. Mi?s Coghlan snccee<l-i Mansfield at theWalnut and appears on Mondiy in "Musks and Faces" 18 P( 7 Woffixgton, of-course. On Wednesday rile changes her programme to "A Scrap of Paper, playing Simtniif, one of the most artistic ereatinns of Sardou. On Friday Miss Coghlan will don tho witcheries of manner and splendor of linbit of taily Teazle, and this day (Satur- day) week she tvill be.im upon us as Zcufy Gay Sjtankvr in "London Assurance." Miss Coghlan is not only ono of the most tnnrnring of women personally, but she is un- doubtedly in the very first ranks of her profes- «ion. She is never otherwise than artistic, end (he can bring tears as quickly as smiles. Aside from evetjthing elec her personal magnetism at once captivates everybody. She has the laugh- ing black eyes, tho die movements and the musical accent of an Irish gentlewoman, just tho sort of dashing beauty Lever lovea to de- scribe in his rattling novels. I wish she had deci led to give us two or three nights of Lath There will be no Wednesday matinse at Ihe Walnut thh week, but a grand extra matinee will be given on Washington's Birthday, at which Miss Coghlan plays 1'ey Wvjiaylon. "The Cattle King" is announced as the at- traction next week ot the National. It is proba- bly one of tho finest American dramas ever written, aaJ is full of sensational scenes and thrilling incidents. Mr, James H. Wallick stars. Ho is an actor who always f.nnaale pow- erfully to his audience, and never fails to be appreciated. For a good all-round holiday piece Manager Kcliy could not have chosen a letter: and under the superintendence of that most excellent and most popular gentlemen and manager, Colonel Kahnweiler; the piece is to bo mounted in a style worthy of a stage which U fajt teaching Philadelphia, the po-si- bililics ot scenery. My friend Kuhnwcilcr IE a modest genlleman. I hear that he is a descendant of a noble Per- ainn, Wcik-c Kxhn. ''Kahn" rcenns princo in Persian, but the genial manager of the National hus never attempted to take tie title of "Iligh- ness." Mits Votes and Company have played to big nouses. ''Ttic Schoolmistress" i? a bright, clean farce; not exactly written for the vulgar publk*, ,or for that section who can only ho amused by nproarious mirth or wild horse play; but for those who can enjoy refined and lively comedy happily unified, no better interpretation than that of Miss Yokes and her company can bo given. The same oau be taid of "A Pantomime Rehearsal" in which Mr. Weedon Grossmitb. plays tho leading character. He is the brother of George Grossruith, who created Admiral Porter in "Hriaforo" for Gilbert and Sullivan. Next w«sk Miss Yokes announces "In Honor B'mnd." ^ol Smith Rnsscll, one of the aaiusing gen- tle- ncn in the coir.cdy profession, will show a njw vein of humor in a new piece cntitlol "Pa," at the Chestnut Street Opera House. Sol is an old favorite ami there is little*!-can say in his praise which wouRl not be chorused. Apropos of favorito roles, a subject which is alway cropping up, I see that a magazine pub- lishes a scries of letters from stage celebrities giving their favorite roles. Edwin Booth says he has no preference unless it bo the quieter passages of ''Hamlet," "Lear" and "Macbcth." His favorite lines are Hauilft'e: "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be nat to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?" Henry Irving also cannot decide upon a favorite character. Lawrence Barrett has no such hesitation. He is solid for Caius C'tissiti', and his favorite lines is tho speech of that illus- trious Roman beginning, "Well, honor is the subject of my story." The other Barrett, Wil- son, who hardly deserves mention among his betters, says he prefers Hamlet as a role, and that he love? "no special lines, but the whole glorious creation." Picking out four leading actresses I will begin with Clara Morris, whoso favorite stage charac- ter is Magdalen, in "Tho Sew Magdalen," and her pet quotation: : 'Joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no re- pentance." Aladame JJodjeska loves Jtunalinrl best and the words, "Time is tho old justice." Mrs. I). P. Bowers says that Julia, in "The Hunchback," is her favorite role, and that she enjoys acting Queen Elizabeth best. Sho is clean gone on the exclamation of Julia's: "Oh, (liffordl while you are hero I'm like a bark dis- tressed and coicpassless that by a beacon steers." Lastly, that Jcar soul Fannio Davenport says, like Modjeska, she loves ]lns»lind be.-t, for j which I am sorry, as sho is not agood Rosalind. Her pet declamation is: "Gallop apnce, you firey-footed steeda, Towtti.!s Plutbus' lodging; sucli a wagoner As Pha'tlioii wonlj whip you to tho West, And biing in cloudy night immediately. Prince Carl Mansfield has seen a lot of this earth, but is suoh a good fellow that notwith- standing this fact he only wants his share of it. He told me an amusing story about bis experi- ence a year or so ago when he was out in Cen- tral ladia. He was traveling for pleasure, and one day arrived at Jcyporp, tho capital of the semi-independent States of Queen Victoria's empire, whoso ruling Maharajah is a personage of almost European civilization. Ho is also a wideawake old fellow, who has been to Europe, seeo tin; sights, and taken back a few wrinkles to his Indian city, among them about two dozen tricycles and velocipedes, and a superb bil- liard table. These aro now his principal hobbies, and it may be remembered by some of my readers that John Young, Minister to China, and Herald corres- pondent, wrote home a most amusing account of how the Maharajah beat General Grant at a game of billiards. Well, it was the same Maha- rajah that my friend Mansfield fell in with. The third of this nabob's hobbies was theatrical management, and he had a most beautiful little theatre built in a wing of the palace, and deco- rated in a stylo which was not far behind the Casino in New York, or the Temple Theatre, in general gorgoousness. The place was, so Mans- field says, about the size of the Arch Street Opera House, where the "Little Tycoon" is now running along so merrily. "I was with an Englishman," said Mansfield, in telling the story, "and he had letters which made us very much welcome, and the old boy made the greatest sort of a fuss over us. Among other things he got up a performance in his jewel of a theatre, and managed the stage himself, that being his soft spot. We couldn't understand a syllable of the show, which was some sort of a native sing-song love story, but the costumes were simply stunning and the venerable Maha - rajah would come out from the wings every now and then and wave hie band at u§ as much as to say: 'Well, how is this for a real prime show, and just note, please, how I'm running it.' It tuined out that he had a lot of cham- pagne ou ice at the back and was pretty full. We were the only spectators except tho Priino Minister and a few court officials and a lot of the Maharajah's wives, who were invisible, how- over, as they sat up in tho gallery behind a screen. Two very sweet little girls, who were playing about were to go into the zenana, or women's quarters, the very next day, and would never have their liberty aga.in save for an occasional walk in their own garden or a ride on horseba-ck closely guarled and still more o!osely veiled. After the show we went to the Prime Minister's private parlor and sat on the floor, which was padded two inches deep with crimson satin, as were the wal'.r. also, and. drank cham- pagne out of exquisite silver cups inlaid with gold and roughly-cut gems. There were no chairs, and we were propped up with great soft cushions of silk, and had to wear very soft leather slippers so as not to injure the padJed floor. The Prime Minister was as much of as port as the Maharajah, and presently, when tho latter came in, he ordered up a lot more champagne, sent for some of the liveliest choco- late-colored courtiers, and we had a glorious night of it. It was one of the rarest larks I ever indulged in, and I don't expect to sec such another till I drift up against another stage managing Maharajah, and I'm very sorry to say that that sort appear^o be decidedly soaroe, not only in Philadelphia, but in the whole United States. The Museum at Ninth and Arch announce another of their strong bills for next week. The doub'e-b'-aded cow will be one of the stars. It is a wonderful animal, and thinks nothing of eating hay with one mouth and chewing the cud with tho-other. It has four horns, four eyes, two noses and one perfectly healthy and shapely body. It gives excellent milk in double quart pots. She is now three and a half years oW. On the stage the patriotic military drama, "Irish Sons of '76," is, of course, in honor of Washington'? Birthday, and will be performed by a strong company. . Those dcnr litt'o midgets, tho Adams sisters, and Znarita, tho belle of tho Circassian moun- tains, remnimtor a week longer, and so does the Irish nightingale. A completely neiv show will be given, on the curio stage. Nothing more can be said about "Little Tj'- coon," except tluit, like a brook, it flows brightly and onward, seemingly, forever. At the Theatrical Mechanical Association benefit to be given at the Chestnut Street Thea- tre on Thursday afternoon, March 3, Nat Good- win, Hughey Dougherty, Fred Dart, L. C. Mettler. Murphy and Turner, of Carncross' Min- strek; Eitna belaro and R. Graham will appear. Miss i'orsytli and Nat Goodwin will give scenes from "The Hunchback," playing tho roles of Helen and ifaiiut. The members of the Theatrical Mechanical Association are silent but important factors in the success of the different plays pre- sented in this city. Tljpy toil behind the sceacs and solve the mysteries of tho scenes and pro- perty plots. Tho public should remember their oei'St and make it a big one. The Actors Funu b«neflt at the Walnut on Thursday was only a fair 1in:s«u<] success. Wish it hod been better. Carncross has a new bill this week. Fore- paugh's Theatre announces "The Danitos" and Temple Hall is becoming a popular institution. doiors. Foottifrlit Flickering!!. Florence Gerald is now in ftlarie Preecott'fl support. Lester V,"allack has gone to Flonila for the benefit of his health. Ilerr .UUrt Kieman. the tenor, returned to Ger- many, Feb. 9. A uow comic opera, "Mynherr Jan," has scored a success ia London, Al Lirimau h now Hose Coghlan'a loading nan, hav- ing first choice of parts. Effle Ellsler will produce "Egypt" at the Arch Street Theatre, opeoi i:g Feb. 28. Meatiyor has all t!:e mechanical devices for his new comedy, "Tol!C»K»iling," patented. W. H. Gillette is U woii oa two new plays which he bo^ca to h:\vc ready by next season. Lawrenco Ifareton's ''Wife's Honor" and "Daily News 1 ' Company have again disbanded. Nashville ia to have a new open* house on Church street, juat west of the Watkiui Institute. "The Main Liue" Company will cloa« its season April 25 at the People's Theatre, Newark. Miss Nollia Lingurd and Maggie Cone are sa/e in London, after a very fair voyage of ten days. Jessie Bartlntt-Davis, of the National Opera Com- pany, is ill and lemjjorHrily retired from work. A We*(cra barnstormer, named Lt'uia Lord, is piraling 'Tedc.ru" and "Forgct-Me-Nof in Kansas. Edward Sand*, of tho well-known vnriety and musi- cal team, Kpatitig and Sauoji. died at Boston Feb. 12. "A Chip of tho Old Block'' ia the title of a new conwdy which Robert L. Scott will take out next sea- sou. John A. Stern will produce hia new play In New York March li. The piece Is ft Russian drama in four acts. J. W. Collier lost ?10,000 on his nephew, E. W. Col- lier, in the attempt to s;ar tho young actor in tragedy roles. Harry C. Clements has recovered from his recent ill- ness and joined Edwin Kayo's "Davy Crockett" Com- pany. Charles Frohman says he has a new play he intends producing next season which will startle the dramatic world. A report is current that W. W. Kelly i>, and has been for over a year, the husband of his star, Grace Baw- thorue. Fred do Belleville has been offered a two-years' en- gagement at the Lyceum Theatre by Manager Fiohmat) L'jtta, has finally decided to put on another new play this season. David llelasco and Clay Oreeae "are writing it. B. K. J. Miles settled $2.'>.000 upon hie daughter as a wodding dower, aud presented her with a house in Cincinnati. 1'auliro Hall hn no intention of leaving: the stage, I as was repiceunted. Neither djee she contemplate a trip to Euroru. Boston doesn't af;«e with Philadelphia about "Lor- raine." The clever opera scored a decided success there last week. Minnie Maeldern will temporarily close her season Frb. 1J at Wlie 'ling, W. Va. Sho opens in 'Frisco arly next montli. Ixmiij Kial ha^ loft the "Fortune's Fool" Company, and the same uielnudcd in Fort \Vorth, Texas, ou Holi- day night. Fob. 11. Mrs. Willlarn H. Stewart was granted a divorce from her hu-bauil, of the "In the Bunks" Company, in Chicago, III., Feb. 12. William llarcourt, lato with Loniee Balfe. has been engaged for tho leading role in "Infatuation" in sup- port of Bftttlioe Li,;b. Louise I>iil"u ras hcen engaged for tho Lyceum Theatre, New Y< rk, for next year. She will play all summer in Pan Francisco. Birlloy Campbi-11'R menUl capacity remains about th* aame, and tno poor fellow does Dot appear to mend in a physical point of view. Luciile Merodiih baa returned from the South, the Wright-Picktiu Concert Curnpany having disbanded after a brief Had diwxstroui seasnn. Kihvard C -mpton has just accomplished, in London, the teat of "doubling" tlit, characters of Harry Deration and Goldfinch iu "The Itoad to Kuiu." Walter F. Loftue has joined Agnfes Ilerndon as as- sistant manager, and his wife (Marie Ailalrj h»s gone with the "Strangli'ra of Paris' 1 Company. Jennie R»ss hns returned to the sta^e. In past yeara Miss K'^a lt:u eupixirted Charles F^chter, Law- rence Ijiiriett and Alicu Dunning Lingard. A. II. Canby formerly of tho Cark-ton Opera Com- pany, has bcon ougaaed by CUarlea H. Hoyt, as ad- vance agent of tho "Tin Soldier 1 ' Company. Joseph S. Uaworth aud most of those now iu the French and Sanger "lioodman Blind" Company, will pUy "llurbor Lights" on the road next season. Mrs. Laiigtry has added Tom Taylor's drama called "Clancarty" to her rej.oitoiro, and is acting the Lady Elizubtlh with Mr. Coghlan aa Donagh 3/cttjr%. George. K. Kthlftoc, lifiie M. Shannon and AdoHno Stanhope are engaged for the production of Nelson Wheatcroft's new piece, "Gwyune's Oath," ill Fhiladel- phia. Kyrle Bellew will go down to coming generations In the iiUtory of tho English stage aa tho only actor nho was wont to appear before the curtain, in response to a call, with MB hands in his pockets. It ia whispered io London tuat Wilson Barrett. hav- ing lobt th« lease of the Princess1 Theatre, will estab- lish himself, on bis uturn, at the Prince of Wales', a comparatively new and handsome house. The post of conductor of tho Royal Opera at Berlin, which artisla consider close to tta peak of achieve- ment for u,u orchestra leader, has been offered to Ue-rr Antou Seidl, and he has accepted it. Mrs. D. P. Bowers and her company lost tb«ir entire warlrohe by the tire at Augusta, G4., Feb. 12. Mrs. Bimers will consequently be compelled to cancel all dat« for a month, and to return to New Yolk City for a new outfit. Mis. Willtim Honder«on is anxioua ns to the fate of her play, "The Martyr Mother. Mr*. Bowen had the ouly c«mpletu covy iu her possession, having aocei.tftd it for speedy production, and ihe author thinks it was destroyed In the Augusta lire. George Richards, of Mcstnyer's "We, Ts A Co," h«s purchased A comedy from P. J. Day, of London, iu which he will probably etar next seasju. Tho piece ia at present entitled ''Ow,' 1 but will probably be rc- christtintd "The Kmbussador." A. L. Jtrlnogcr hag arranged to conduct a tour of EflM Kll-ltr through the South. He has booked eight weeks at Ihe beat percentages, nnd feel- assured that his sp'-ciiltttioii will prove profitable. The tuur opens in Pine lllul), Ark., ou March 8. The new third act wiilten by H. C. Do Millu for "The Main Lino" "111 be e«en for the first t me at Troy on Keb. 28. Mr. DC Mille has changed tho tart of the parson, nhicli was found to he sumtnvhat oflua- sive, to that of a road deli-dive. Daniel Sully's 'Frisco season of six weeks will open June 11. lie will afterwards pluy all the coast ae far aa Victoria and Pot Hand. Dining the summer be will produce his new pUy, "A Family Affair," tho scenes of which are Iai-1 in Liverpool and New York. McKee Raiikin u rehearsing "The Golden Giant," which will be given ita first r^pr^senlation at New Haven on Ffh. 28, wilh a fast including lloWrt C. llillinrd, Mabel Bert, Daisy Doro, Charles Stanley, Geds^b Kobinsoo, Louise Dickson, Littlu Ollie and olheis. Digby Be!], the comedian, dragged a little news girl fiom I*f.. r« the \vheels of a big wagon in Philadelphia the other d*y. The hui'sy had knocked her down, aud it waa at the peril of hia own life that ho taved the child. Air. Bell's only comment wnfl that he\i like to thrash tho driver of the wagou. Theatrical pugilism continues to interest the news- paper writers. EU'ii Plympton and Myron Calice, of tl<r "Jack" Company, were recently involved in a row in Chicago, an.l K<1 L. l)lr,om and Gerald Griffin, of Fli/ru Mourc'g company, have ceased to ho fi ieudly since their encounter ut Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 8. Louk out for another theatrical scandal. Tliis time the- wife of a well-known traveling manager has left love letters b ing around loose. The husband returned home quite unexpectedly, read the amorous epwllw, cairied them off !o H lawyer an:l will utoncc conuiu'noe proceedings for ft divorce. A well-known millionaire is to bo made Iho co-respondent. ; "An im(* rtiint Roman Cathulic paperannouoces that Pupe Leo XIII. his graciously Ix'ctowed upon the rminent biritone, Thiirlfa Santloy, the rdnk and title of Knight *'oniuirtud«r uf St. Grrgory the Great. I liko to hear of honors In-aped on Santley, not alooo by reason of hia tali-ntsua a vocalist, but because of his !arKc-hc3r[edne''« and a generosity ever exercised without 9£H'k!ng to make it the medium for 'bold ad- vertiseou-nt.' " Lotilun Iteferee. J. IT. Havorly has taken tho helm of his minstrels in person, and the troupe la traveling in the Northwest by a special tniin. Having gotten rid of certain out* side speculations, CVlonel Havt-rly re-enters tho amusement field to mike a slir. He has gathered about him a vory slroug minatrel troupe including, among others, Biily l-morson and Add Uymao, nud in the spring he will come East and fly his coW*, opening in Boston on Decoration Pay. Colonel llaveily still retains tho presidency of the Amusem-nt Company, iu Chicago, and W. J. Davis is his lieuten- ant. ______________ FOOT BILL NO I ES. Tho Toronto Foot Ball Club is to make a tour of the States lhii spring. At Newark, Fcl>. 12, the Kearney Rangers beat the Paterson Hangers by 6 goals to 0. E. A. Stevens, one of the Creecent Athletic Club foot ball rusher?, left for Georgia last week, there to permanently locate. The Chicagu Foot Ball Club has elected officers ns follows: President, Darid Blair; vice president, Mars Bates; secretary, John Dolph; treasurer, James Alli- eon; captain, Andrew Davls. The animal foot hall match between the North and South of Knirland was tlaywl at Birmingham, on Satur- day, Jan. 22, and resulted In tho success of the North- erners by a score of 4 goals to 2. During the i logross of tho Rugby Union encounter between I'iast and Wcat of Scotland, at Edinburgh, Jan. 29, A. G. Grant-Asher, the well-known Interna- tional pUyer and ex-captain of Oxford University, brcke his leg. The Bcmi-fliial cup tie for the American Association C^'^rge Clip will be played between tho Trentona, < f Trenton, N'. J., and the 0. N. T.'i, of Newark, on Satuiday, Feb. ttf, cr-. tho 0. N. T. Grounds, lint Newark. The 0. N. T. team «!!! U gs follows: Goal, P. J. Hngben; full backs, Hurry Hold.nl, A. f vllistnr; Imlf baclij, L. Docktay, Joe Swithemby, Jus. Uowirli: forwards right wing, Jas. Brooke, Jaa McQuirk; centre, Jock Swithemty, captain; left wing John Conley, Joe Swnrbrick. Utcrary anil Journalistic Notes. The February mimlwr of North's 3Iutical Jmmml contains an unusually good selection of matter of in- terest to all music lovers. Ia Addition to editorials, thero is a vr.«t amount of musical correspondence and ne«s, articles on operatic and church muhic, reviews, a sketch entitled "A Rival to Lucca," and some new pieces, including "Dream of my Heart," "Mornim.- Song," "Tyr-jhenne" cud "Lord, Forever at Thy CM". 1' Published by Xorth & Co., 1308 Clieslnut street, Phila delphla. BASE BALL. ANOTHER M'KEAN CASE. Des Moinea and St. Paul Scrapping Over Catcher Sage—A Changed Contract, Etc DES MOINER, Ia., Feb. 10. Editor SI-ORTING LIFE: Tho pleasant weather wo hare had tho past few days is making base ball the subject DOW, and also aa our team is about to start for New Orleans for practice, they will all report to Manager Bryan there on or before March 1, and at once enter into strict and hard training, and they play their opening game with the Xew Orleans Southern League team March (J. Man- ager Bryan expects to start to-day himcelf to make necessary arrangements for his team when they arrive. I see by the Pioneer Pi-eei, a St. Paul local paper, that they anticipate trouble concerning catcher Harry Sage, and they say that Sage has been signed by Manager Bryan. I at once called ujx>n our manager and asked him abuut it and he said: "No, I have not signed Sage a^ yet, lut it ie my intention to do eo. It is this way: Sago wrote to me fonio time ago and asked me if I wanted anothf-r citcb^r, aixl if BO would I give him a lace on my team, aud whut I wouM pay. 1 answered iiu and said I did want a catcher and i!'he w*a eligible I would givo him BO much aud sign him. He then wrote and *aid ho had signed a contract in Sep- teuibfr or Octol er 1 forget which but had received no advflnc^tlmt his contrnot was liko SowdeiV and BaldwiiiX signal before Norcmber l t and according to bnee bull IHW such c- ntracts ar- void, aa tho law roads that all con tracts shall be E^md 'on or after Ko^. 1 of each year.' I toid blm to wrile to SwrretJiry Quin end stuto his case to him and to send me his answer. Aud he diil e->, aud Kpfretary Qnin told him timt it he signed ho'ore Nov. 1 that bis contract would not hold, bur that the contract m;i u» by Manager 1 James was faigbed on or after Nov. 1. Sage swears ha nignfd on or abont Oct. 1, aud that ho can prove it by members of the St. Puul ten in who will swear as to bis sip;ninK- £a?e went to Manager Bar lies, asked to gee tht> con- tract and it was shown to him, and ho says that the date bad been i*crutched out and changed, and not only th*t, but that tl.e change had he<m niado in di/cr-int colored ink friwi the orifjitutL Ha is willing to swear and to bring others to swear thut 1m did it t sign on or after Nov. 1, and that his contract will s-how an erasure and change of date. So it stands. We do not want in nmko any tn>ub!«>. It" Su£*> aigun) on or after Nov. 1, Barnos fa entiled to him; if he signed Loforo that d;ito hie contract^ will not h.»ld, and if nnyono hm been guilty of fcrntchi^g uixJ changing Untes or con tracts thoy should bo punished, aud the 1 penalty in not light; It DicaiM expulsion. Sago deeirts to come to Dtw Moires. We never approached hfin, lie made the overtures, and we shall eigu him if his contract is not legal." 80 it stand?. Our attorneys say a scratched or changed contract is a/on/er^ aud will not hold, and it will bo tested. It is ti>o fust lime anyone in Dea Moioeshnewof any correspondence between Man- ager Bryan And Sage. But you CHU rest assured that our managor has made no mistake. He sifted the matter before ho touched it, and the possibility is thut ; Sage will play in Do* Moinee. i President Von <U«r Mie, of the S*. Louia Browns, baa j given our team two date.-, March 21) aud ;«), iu St. Loul*, j and saj>: "If yonr team is us strung as you and the i local papers regard it they will draw well in St ] Luuid, especially aft^r a month's practice iu the S'»ii!h." Of course we don't expect to btat the Blown?, but we expect lo make a good showing. Manager Bryan ia trying to make two dates with Louisville Instead of Memphis. Ho eayti Manager 8wed treated him rery nhatbily in roaard to date*, giving him three dates ariti then cancelling them. It has caused him EOOIO trouble to perfect his trip on that account, But he will patch it up some way, ho pays, and remember the Memphis manager for hia kind- ness. We ('pen our new park with Omaha ou April 11, 15 and 16, and from theu until April 29 Manager Bryan would like to fill in with dates with clnl*. All uianHgern who desire ilatea in that time will address Will C. Bryan, 21 Commercial Place, New Orleans, La. Kur CED. THE ST. JOSKPH CLUB. Some Good Men Signed—The Spring Pro gramme, Etc. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 16. Editor SPORTING Li KB: I read the last issue of THE SPORTING LIKE with much interest and found several terns therein which it would have been well for all St. Joseph's base ball know-alls to bare read, and I HIU proud to say thut not a few of them did. Last season there played in St. Joseph a young man whoso superior as a ball player or gentleman there was not in our team, but for some reason the spectators '''soured" on him and erfry error or atrike he made called forth hisses and gruaos (rum the grand etaod, and to "rattled1' him ihu IH> had DO confidence In iilirm«H aud could Dot plrtj th» immt* he was capablu of playing. I am glad to any, however, that Manager Alexander bos signed .Liin for this season, and 1 venture tho fuwertion that wi'.h proper i-ncotirngenwDt he will do his ftbare to- ward brioKin^ the pennant to St. Joseph; I refer to Charley Calhoun. We buve a IHO tigiifd a big double- fisted fin*t lniwninn named Vkotter an appropriate iianit* for hi j potitioo, don't 3011 think? lie *s a line fielder aod hard hitter, bU tutting average last year with, the Bm'Ifoid, Pa., Club U/iun .431. Aside from being a goud taseiiMU, be is a pitcher «f conaiderable tibtlity. The Atbletics made him a Haltering offur last Kaaon. Sunday, our last fieoson's right fielder, bos signed with u* for the coming eeasou. Sunday is a good fielder aud batter. He Ntood third amoug the Wett*-rn l^uj^ue batters last year. 1 hav« heard sev- erul jjfioU judges cull him the surest hitter la the Lea^u". Sunday's greatest fault wag his driiikiD(r,but he ilirtinctly undertantls that l*er guzzling will not be r.>]<-raU*d Una year, u»d s*ya he realizes that tho day of bum ball placers is about over, and that he is goicg to mbko a record for hin-self thicj year. Lou My« ii«j the catcher rectntly slyin d by Denver, (ays of our C.JDWHV: ''You have a good pitcher Iu that man Conwtty. He is a <Undy aud will make us all ffuesa some, I think." Ob, by thn way, Lou was married la^t week. I would like to know if Omaha intends to put all tho tneu she has signed on her pay roll, or is ahe CD!> trying to swell leceiuic? Sho will certainly make monpy If thocun pet 25 c. nts a head from her reserve?. Judging from the 1'st, liandle is signing every man who makes application to him. All of onr team will report March 1 and go into practice at-once. The management is trying to secure tho Na'atorium Gymnasium /or Ihe use ot" the club. We put fifty treason tickets on sale the first of the year, and the secretary informs mo there ore but BIX lt;fr. Our wholesale homes look most of them. The bt. Louis Prow ns hiive asked for April i and 5 here. Al- exanderaays "i'h«is" wants the earth and St. Joseph tbrowo in. "Nin" is willing to part with the earth, but wants to f avo the. town if possible, and eays ho thinks he will be able to save it and book "der bos** club" for two games, too. LKK.IJI. FKEU COKKY'S CLUB. Hastings Prepared to Hustle—The Stock All Placed ami Everything Lovely. HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. 14. Editor SPOUTING LIFE: Your new correspondent for Hastings has materialised, and henceforth ho will proceed to enlighten the base ball fraternity of tbe country ns to the movements of ball matters iu the bustling city of Ha?tingp. Though Ifaptinrs does not comPHre with Kansas City, St, Joe or Ooiaha as 10 population, it has been demonstrated tbe past B'.'a- suii that Ha^tin>4f, with her local team, discounted tho above cities aa to attendance throughout the season. Sevon lines of railroads diverge from our city in dilier- eut directions, an-I when a good game is played ia HasHn^e the people fiom the adjoining towns turu oat lilx>mlly to our gfira;^*. OmahVs "Loagfftliow," the rabid Ananiag of the 19ih century, in Iftst wei.'k'a Sroanxo LIFT, made tho bold aH9crtj<»n, devoid of a spark of truth, that Hast- 4ogs hwl fHiled thus fur to place her $5,000 capital etock, and dubs U3 a "jay town;'' als:> claims that our boys played to 640 people last 4tli of July. Tho fact is, we pliced 85,200 of stock iu less than three days, and, furthermoif, our boys played in St. Joe last 1th of July; again the prodigious prevaricator of Omaha is; physically upeaking, knocked out. What h«s Oinaha done as to her stock? Ornnha lias not yet fully recovered from the severe scoring she received last season at the bands of the chauipions of Nebraska, the Hastings Iteds. It does not appear consistent for Omaim to predict for us a two months 1 career. Re- mombeJ, Uuulm, your career in the Northwerteiu League of 1885, likewise of 1879. Fred Oorey, formerly of tho Athletic?, of Philadel- phia, Pa., bus signed with us and will manage tho team f<T 1887; you all know him, We will have five batteries, and have thus far signed fourteen inf-n. Hastings people will play to win this seoaou, though we are In our infancy, but mark ua, the pennant of 1E87 will be captured by tbe Hastings toam. Doc. ST. PAUL SECURE. A New Ground Leased—A Word for One- Armed Daily—Notes, Etc. ST. PAUL, Feb. 13. Editor SPORTING Lire: Manager Barncs has completed arrangements for his new baso ball grounds, which will be located on the West Side, on the Motor Line, »nd work on the grand stands, etc., will com- mence forthwith. The grounds will be only three minutes' rifle from tho Merchants' Hotel, and ire eo located that tbey can be seen from all parti of the city, being near the old Red Cap Grounds of 1876 and 1877. Notwithstanding the fact that about si] the newtpn i»rs in the country have been guying Hugh Dn.ly, the one-armed pitcher, unmercifully during the past few seasons about his $600 per mouth jeuiands, etc., there aro those who think that the fjredt one-ormed pitcher would fool aomo of th'm under the new rule*. Aoyono who ever saw Daly pitch kitowa that be Is sv*ift an«l accurate, uud tl;at is conceded by all to bo ono of tbe necessary requisites for a luccenful pitcher under the rule*. Daly played cood bill with tbe llihvatlkecs last sea- sou, and received little thauka fur it, because ht- could not wiu overy ^auie Le pitched with a bum nine to back him up. He liuuhcd the season with ih« St. Paula, and shovr^d hiuiarlf to be u puzzler in the points, but had the pojr luck to strifei; the club when they all st-emcd to have lost their grip In a tiicht piucb, and had the further misfortune of being bully whip-^awed by chump umpirfs, who, by the way, beat St. Paul ont of many a gntno last season. Bane hall uma.tgcra who aie sklruii&hiug the conotry tor p.'iouomenale might Jo worso thau put Daly on their list. Len gtockw«ll is the latest addition to the St. Paul team. He caught for Kau f.'taire laat season. Mews. Bi-.nies, Bryan and Hart have beon ap- pointed as the schedulecoiuniitteaol the Northwestern League. The Detroits will play in St. Paul on April 19, Man- ager Barncs having won tho toss tor the tirst gumo in the twio cities. Billy Jlunu's, an old-time St. Paul player, who playej with the old Ked Caib years oj;o and with tho Northwestern Leaguo club iu 1SS4, has signed tJ play with tbo Duliiih team. O. W. McNollis, the West Side newsdealer: ' THE SPOHTI.NI, LIFE is the beat selling newapapi'r that couies to my htund. It is really wonderful how this paper ia growing in favor with the buHo ball lovin public aud sporting men ^onorally. It Is an ndvertiKomeut in itself." "Con," as he is familiarly known, deals ox- tennvoly in all kinds of sporting goods. Ttiera" is tnlk of organizing a Minnesota State Leu^e, to include Winona, Furibault, Bed Wing, Maukato, Rochester and Stillwatrr. Minneapolis wanta to get MuMoon for thirl base. Harry rage seems to be dirttUiafiod, and wants to ? Iay with Des Homes, although ho has fci^acd a St. aul contract. ___ SIIOM STOP. FROM THE QRESCENT CITY. New Orleans' Interest la Southern league Affairs—The Ball to be Started Imme diately, Etc. NEW OIII.KAN-?, Feb. 15. Editor SPORTING LIFK: After all Atlanta will not be iu tbe Southern League this season. New Orleans, no doubt, seemed very solicitous regarding that city, and perhaps exhibited too much anxiety in the mitter. Still, when we went into t!ie League we went in heart and soul, without reserve, and everything that scorned to the best interests of the League wo were willing to lend our bost as- sistance. There is no doubt but Mobile would have dropped out were it not for tho untiring efforU of President Hart, of the New Orleans Club, who gave the projectors there the neces- sary backbone at the last moment by a donation of $500. This evidence of firm belief on his part that Mobile would make a snwess of a club rallied Item into a final effort, which proved a brilliant success. Mr. Hart aleo offerel Mr. Bro-.ver £500 for Atlanta should he Kiicceeil in petting up a clntj there. I simply mention tlu^e fuels lo show lhr.t our interest has been of a substantial nature, and we can be conntod on to roritlnuo tlie same unto the end. We believed an eight-dnb I.oagart would be the bost tliine, but now are sati>fied that a six-club League will lie just aa suoccssful, aud aro willing to let it rest there. *" Sew Orleans »ill ba the only new club In the \siio this year, and we are more than flattered with tin* nice welcome wo are rocemng from the other cities of the T.oague. Charleston, e^pecinlly has teen very cordial in her greeting, also President Morrow. We will try and merit u continunnco of their e*N*«rn and will promise thtir teams genuine rtMnen'u consideration and fairness when they are witlriu onr pates. The echedule committee is beginning to arrive. Jack Pueed, of Memphis, was the first to show up, tiavii p arrived from Nashville this evening. Jack is a hnatler and is always on time w!icn his club's in- terest is at stake. The balance of tho cotnmittco will bo here by Sunday next to see onr kids do up Hick Carpenter's Cincinnati Combination uc tbat day. Kipht of our men ivjiorted hers last weolc, u I follows: J«k BreiiiMU, Tebeail. MeOlBlland, \Velln, liirtwritiht, Geiss, Dowie and Kieketts. They were distributed among two picked nines iu a game at Orleans Park last Sunday, and Manager Brennan is more than pleaded with the sliowinjr they niaiie. The same nine* play a came to-morrow and Frirlay. George V. Bnrbridgo, ono of the appointed South- ern League nmpirea, arrived to-day and will umpire tbo exhibition gimeu here for some time. Jack Pelt/ has signed with Savannah, and I under- stand will captain that team, unless Manager Morton plnvs on the team. Jimmie Behan has signed with Mobile to play first ise. Blobfle has a gof.nl man in Bchan. Be is cno of tho %ery best ball pla> era this town han turned ont. Frwl Pfoffer is still in thfl city and giving oar club valuably assistance in coacliins: our boys. He says onr second baseman, Gois?, will lead the Southern League second b.-wcmen b*yond a doubt, and he is not a record player, either. H« speaks encour- agingly also of many of the others of the team. Baltimore has written us for a Sunday game In March, but all our Sunday! being taken for that month we cinld not accommodate them. We have ' itTlTe/.l ttKW the flr^t Slv.'t*.y la April* Tell your readers, SPOBTIXO Lira, to keop an 63-0 on New Orleans tho noxt sixty days. Wo aro g.'ing to Lavo some rare sport lu the way of fine ball from this on, and many of the new men aignod with the Northern'-lufw that are .coming South will make their debut with their new club against our teem. Tho weather here is nnw beautiful for ball playing. Tho grass baa already been cut once this spring at Orleans Tark,and it is necessary to seed the lawn mower over it again for Sunday's game. Think of this, all yo who arc plodding up to your t-yei in "the beautiful" in your far-off Northern homes. There was & scheme on foot hero to organize a Gulf league in opposition to tho Southern league, but it died a bornia'. It breaks Rmno of our people all up to eeo anything succeed in New Orleans, and tlio pro- jectors of tho defunct Gulf League belonged to that class. Very truly, CBEOLE. tEAVENWOKTH'S TKOUBM3. The Contest With the Opponents* of Sun day riaying-The City Council With the Club. LKAVEKWORTH, Kan., Feb. 15. Editor Sponr- ixo LIKE: I think that tho preparations here for base hall this season are far in advance of previous years. Our new grounds are rapidly ncariiflj completion, and we have all our men signed; in fact, we arc in rauch better shape than we were this time last year. Everything seems to be running smoothly,and the present out- look seems to indicate a very prosperous season, so far as baso ball is concerned. I am very sorry to note that our city at present is infested with a combination of Iong-haire<l men and short-haired, toothless women, whose intention it is to try and stop all Sunday games. But God Is on tho side ot all gooil base balli-ls, so it will be nmiiacle if they accomplish what thoy came for. They mny be the means of closing the saloous up, bnt baso ball tuner. Tho (resent city administration, bowevor, are ad lovers of the National game, and it would be a hard matter for thin band of idiots to get any resolutions passed in ourt'ity Council which would in any way conflict with the rights of cur baso ball loving community. (Yonr hnmblo servant is at pros ent oi;e of tho City Council, and he would droo dead iu his burners r^ilher than move in favor of abolishing base ball on Sunday). BIr. Beller bus received a "photo" of each of our modern gladiators. There are bomo fine looking "pliiaes" in the collection. Tile grand stand now in coures of erection will face tho northwest, which will be much batter, ard tho fielders will cot liavo tho sun full in their face.3. Tho reporters' box will be at the right of th-3 slund and tho drerwing-room on the left. 1 think the j-lan (.f the stands ie a good one for comfort anil convenience. The, leuch?s in tho ladies' quarters will bo cushioned, and everything will be artanged so as to make the pitrons cf, tlie gamo as computable as possible. MT. Hurley's arjp...hitm"nt as a Lcaguo umpire was recoivcd hcvo with no liltlo dissatisfaction, ng some cf our people Btill think that Hurley hodged as last scas-m. BUANUON. The New York Amateurs. The annual meeting of the Amateur Baso Ball League, of New York City, was held at the Metropolitan Hotel, Wednesday evening, Feb. 16, President Tagliabue In the chair. Dele- gates from tho Bergen Point A. C., Staten Island A. C., Nassau A. C. and Brooklyn A. C. were In attendance. The championship oolora for the season of 1386 was presented to the Ber- gen Point A. C. The following gentlemen were then elected to serve the League for the season of 1887: Mr. H. J. Tyndale (manager of last year'-s B. P. A. C., but now manager of the S. I. A. C.), presi- dent; Mr. Cha?. Annett (B. P. A. C.), vico president; Mr. W. H. O'Flynn (Nassau A. C.), secretary and treasurer, -The ball season for 1887 promises to be a very lively and exciting one for this League, many clubs having materially strengthened thoir teams and weakened in proportion their brother competitors. The most notable instance is the Staten Island A. C., they having taken Tyng, Tyndale nnd Moore from the Borgou Point A, C. The Bergen Points being the losers. The committee adjourned to moet again al No. 718 Broadway at 4 o'clock, March 5. The Bliode Island Judges. PROVIDENCE, Feb. 14. Editor SPORTING LtrK: The following-named gentlemen bave agreed to act as judges at the Bhodo Island Kennel Olub bench show March 20 to April 1: Dr. Wm. Jarvis, English settvn an.l pointers; b. Clay Glover, Irish and Gordon setters HQd will also bo veterinarian; Dr. J. W. Downey, col lies at.d boagUs; Mr. Chas. H. Mason, non-sporting dogs. Tin list of special prizes will be announced as soon aa completed. Yours truly, NATIIiXIKL 8K.UVKY, SeC. Honors are heaping upon Jack (FBrien. A Nev York paper last week published hli ficture. A fa! TRIGGER. A MONSTKK TOUKNAS1KNT. An Interstate Art air Which Will Eclipse Anything on Record. An extensive ?hnt-guu trap-shooting oftrnival is to take place on the grounds of tbe Welling- ton Gun Club, Wellington, May 30, 31, June l f 2, 3 and 4, under the auspices of the New Eng- land Shooting Tournament Association. It will eclipse anything ever before Attempted in the lino of shooting with shot guns. H is hoped to have an international content, nnd an invitation has been sent to England, requesting th.it coun- try to send a representative team of ten men to meet an American team of the fame number. In the shot-gun contest a cup valued et $1,000 will be the trophy, should Great Britain send over a team. It is also proposed to have tha individual inanimate target chnmpicnship of America decided at this time, by a contest of fifty singles and twenty-five pairs of doubles, the trophy to be a valuable and appropriate medal. It was hoped that a full list of tho prizes to be given could be announced at this time, but several of the American and English, manufacturers have not yet infjrmed the Asso- ciation what their donations will be. Most of tlie manufacturers of the gun an-.l kindred ar- ticles, both hero and abroad, arc to co-opcrato with the committee, and donate, as prizes to be competed for. samples of their makes. As & gre:it many amateurs complain that at most of shooting tournaments hitherto held a largo number of experts or quusl-professionals have attended and carried off most of the honors ami prize?, it is proposed at tho coming carnival to have two clashes of events tho first open to alF, tho second barring experts. As there is at present no way by which tho contestants can bo classified, this plan has been adopted. As the so called exports hive a larger array of prizes to compete tor than over before, tbcy will be satisfied. The Association will make a special effort in the interest of tho annteure, who will | have a list of prize? oqual in value and number to those for experts. As near a? can be esti- mated at present there will be between 400 andl 500 contc-iton's. j^peeial railro id reductions will bo arranged. Shooters coming fr-ua tho South and West shoal i signify tlu-ir intention of being present by writing to tbe secretary, 0. D. San born, 20 South Market street, Boston. K;t n<lom Shots* The National Itiflo A«f!cf.virm hvt dociJod to stick lo Oretdmoor, as Stattin Islund will l>e too expensive. Dr. C. tyunnselman won (ho gold barfgA offered by ;h« Blaijlind Riflo Club for tho best mirksiuunahip of (GO vaix'H at Ualtiinore Feb. 12. tin sc-re was 42 out tf 50 pj^ible. A match for §.">00 a sid*1. fifty blue nrln each, 29ydf, risp, w»s shot by F. W. Il.'.l'ara.jn-i au<l C. Prince at ho Wil-s'i lliirp, London, Eug., Feb. 1, Parsons win- ning by a fccoro of 3G to 3Ji. The Macomber Badge was shot for Ht Walnut Hill, Mass, Fob. 12, tbirtcou trap< uliuts firing at ton Ma- combt-r binte apie^ , nml \Vilaou wiii'ilu^, with a score of 8, Oliver and S*il't Airing 7 t-acb, nud Loiigley, Slitchf li and ytaotou 0 i^aece. Ike Hyde and J. Uall ehot a mntdi at twenty >igeuE8 each, HuilingUarn rules, ft-r SlW a side, at w-ou-tha fc'o:irid, L. 1., Feb. 10. Tboro waa good tg ou (he re-jnlt t>y the jwrtiHann of tho nan, of whom Ilyda won by a score of 17 to 13 out of eighteen Bbot at. Excellent ahootmg marked a match between J. Fer- gusouand II. L. Harlaud i-fS."yJ a side, twenty bmia each, thirty yards rise, Hurlingtmm ruled, at Ala- uiede, Cal., Jan.30. Knch umn graawd e ; ghteon, and n shoot iug off they killed three OUB of four, and theu drew tho cash. At Houston, Tex, Feb. G, a glow-ball shooting- match took plac? between Altwrt Ericheon and Paul Boy ton. in which Erichson, who is tin cruck shot of ihe State, broke ten singles and five double* in rapid succession, and Boyton. thinking no improvement was necessary, declined to shoot. Many faehior.ablo people visited the jrrounda of the Westminster Konncl Club, at Babylon, L. I., F«t>. 11, to eee th« match between I^ewid Livinesfono and Dr. p, (tt on* huudrwi birJa each for £!,<)(¥.), Hurling* bam ruUg. The vecult waa ID favor vf IJviDgstoue, who killed eighty-nine to hia anttgoni-t1n geventy- eight. The Ohio Trap Shooters* League was organised at Columbus, 0., Feb. l»i. Ofiicera w^re elected es fol- lows: F resident, Charles II. Dainsel, Gltinibue- B<*crctaiy anJ treasurer, George L. Giah*in, rolunibua'; t-xecotive committee, ('. K. V*rg*^, I»*ell, O.; C. Kible'r, ^ewat'fi, O.J John J.'Vt^Vrfciaii, CteVc^and; J. K. Miller, Ciuciun&ti, and A. SI. Milieu, 8nring< field, 0. An intoratate shootioi( match betw.^n picked teams from I'enDfl} Ivania and New Jersey t'jok place at Bel- videro, N. J » Feb. 15. Kach team w»s composed of eii nicnibeie, 8ho»iting at eeren pigeimu pacii. Tbe birds were carefully clicseuand proved to b« very lively;. Following are the scores: New Jersey team II. Braii- iiiKer, 7; George It '.ivma, 7; G. McO.*r»»ick, 4; G. Wihn>n,C; Saiith G. Uildcbraut, 6; Krank Mill*r,3j to- ' tal, ;i3. rennsylvaniA team Robert Ft-h*T,5; ()harl«a Bereaw, a; KntLk Ward, <">; WUliim H.urht, 4; Ed- ward Scarlcs, .">; Abrum Mciioirifi, 6; tuUl, 30. Fourteen m«mh«rs of tb« O>oey Inland Itod and Gun, Club shot for four prl'/et Ittat Wodnesd;ty at the hatf- milw track, Parkvillc, L. 1. Only Lull's bitt] waa scored if the shooter used bib weoi-d b-irrel. G. L. Ayrcu, 21 yards, won Ihp Ar&t prize with a score of 6 out 7. L. Davenport, 20 yards, and A. Bcliwartz, 27 yhrdfl, tied for the second prize, wilh a sc-.re of &},£. and In the eluwt off Daveuport killed a stmight ana won. J. £. Lake,'21 Yards, won third i-ri^OjHU.I II. Monaco?, "21 yards, look tho fourth. In n s<tbi^qiifDt aweci'b-takes F. Luuzer, 21 yirdd, dufoate«l fourteen on- pouciitd uud won. Abont 000 pcoi^la attended s ewtvpt-tikea pigeon match at H-;idin^, Pa., Feb. 17. There wrro 39 en- tritw from Norrietowu, I'hwnixvilK I*anc4iBt«r, Ma- haaoy City, Lebanon. J'-'ttsviilj uu-1 B-^adiu^. The conditions were U::odu I-land rule«, ill yards rUe, 7 - birds to each shooter. lh- fiwl priri». ?;'.0, was divi.ied . botwt-cu Ct-Mren, of 1'otteville; din.-, nf Lancaster, and lliunei-shit/., filrttz and B rg, of Heading, who ea«-h hilled 7 birds etvai^lit. Tlio f-econtl prize, 812, was divided I>it\ve-.-ii Bycr?, of NonUto* n; Du^tau and! . Jones, of Lastcastcr; b.iumous, ot I'htciiix^iHti; E beie, Buck Hill, Lawreuo^ and Dare, of l^-adin^. A great pigeon match will take i>Iuce at DuuuelUm, N. J., 011 Ftb. 22, in winch four «f th« loa-'inn wing shots iu thi.4 country will lake part, viz.:- W. Graham, champion of England; William Tell Mirdirll, chain-- pionof Virginia; J.-hu L. Brewer, chninpiou of Penn- sylvaaia, and C. W. Bu«M,the Norihwestern champion. The conditions nvo to shoot at r>fl bird:) encb, ^uiljog- ham rule", fur a Kweepfit.ikos of $112.50 each, to bo di- vtdod as follow.-; Fifty per teut. to first, forty j»r cent. to second uud ten per coot, t^i third. Tlie contftat will be ono of the most interesting (hat has taken place for R number of years, aud tho winner will no doubt be re quired to kill 43 out of 50.________ CHESS NOTES. The Detroit Chefs Association is to b« reorganized. Mr. Scheffulln wins th-3 first prizu of the Manhattan, Chess Club. Baron Koltech baa bceu elected president of tbe Vienna Chess Club. Copt, ftiokenzie, after defeating St. Louis' b«»t clictjjj players,went to 5*<;w Orleann for a woek'a eshibl- tH>D9. The latest news* of the gffftt cr'rrr'(?pon<lence match, Scotland ve. Ireland, giv»j3 tbo former a load by 7 1 * to 4* £. StHfl'otdshire nnd Worcestershire have- had a grand county match, &evt»teou players a side, the former, winning by the close figures cf 17 to 16. The cbcs* world mourns the demise of the highly- talon ted problematist, Gian Donato Fondi, of Capo d'lspria. Tho deceased gentleman waa a law student at Vienna, and iu the twenty-eighth year uf his age. Tho Minneapolis (Uiiiu.) Chess and Checker Club was organized on Jan. 31, the following officers being elected: Prtseident, G. A Junke; secretary of checkers, F. A. Brips>; eccrotary of chess, J. H. Paulaon; treasurer, F. \V. Davis. The New York Chess Club recontl^,- elected officers for tbe coming year by the lurgett rote ever cast in the club. Messrs. S. Loyd, K. J. Kultenbach, P. J. Doyle nnd A. Vorrath, president, vice president, secre- tary and treasurer, re&pectively, aud W. J. Huntingtoo recording secretary. There were ten contestants, fl^ed l^twc'.-n 11 and 14 years, in the annual tournament of the pupils of Al- mondlniig Gmmnjar School, Hudclei^ficld, England. Master C. J. Sbarman, of Halifax, mado the best score, for which ho rewired the annual ch#&* prize offered, by the editor of tho British C7t*« Ntig.tzinc. The resale of tho Canadian Chcsa Association tour- nament has born that Geurge Barry, of Montreal, hag won tho first prize of £24 and a lien (*n the trophy cup; second pri/*, $K», X. M. McLcod, of Quebec; third irixe, S10, J. P. Cocke, of Moutreul. Tho elec- tion of officers resulted as follows: President, T. Lcdroit, of Quebec; vice presidents, J. B. Hurlbort, L.L. D., H. A. Howo, I-.L. D., and d. P. Cbdmpion; rommitt e of management. D. K. MoLrod, W. Morpin, K. Pope, H. Ives, B. J. Wbitehcad, W. tl. Hicks, E. B. Greenshield and J. Ui'ndcrson. The next annual meetlug will bo held in (J-iebec. The annual tuurnanieiit of the N*w Jersey Cheaa Club will be htld in Library Hall, New ;rli, bu Feb. 22. It will begin at 10 o'clock in thu morning, ao<j will bo restricted to sixty-four playi-iv. who will be paired by lot. Tlie thirty-two winner.-: will be jiaired agamat each ether a.5 fa-t as theii ptiros aru cnniplotod, and the thirty-two h-sers vill be ptJrcd iu like man- ner. Eubse4\:cr.t rounds will I-e ployed ou this plan until the couii'letlon of the sixth n:u?r], wltec the pluyer who has lost no ftumt'.t ntll be awarded flrst place ard the C. H. \Vattrbury dip for one yoar, and his opponent will be awarded the second prize. Draw games will be cancelled auu must bo replayed, unless one of the conteBtiintii chcoses to withdraw ia foror of bio opponent. Any thesa player iu J»'ew Jersey will be allowed to enter.

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Page 1: THE SPORTINO LIFE. Fob 23. THE STAGE. BASE BALL. …library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1887/VOL_08_NO_20/SL... · THE SPORTINO LIFE. Fob 23. THE STAGE. MIMIC LIFE Tho Programme

THE SPORTINO LIFE. Fob 23.

THE STAGE.MIMIC LIFE

Tho Programme of the Coming Week— The New Gilbert anil Sullivan Opera—A Clever I.i-tler Fiom Gilbert—Mttiisfielrt's Artvcn'ure in Jiulin—Stage facts aud ITaiicl'-^-Foot light Flashes.

THE PROGRAMME FOB THIS WEEK. Mu'TAi'LI. ft..............................................."IEdiann."WAtKBT^t. TlIElTRE............................R"60 Coghian.SATi8KAii'THi!ATiiii........................"The Cattlo Kiug."Ann: ST.OPERA UorSE....................."Little Tycoon."NINTH .isn AHCH Mt'£EVM............."Iiiiih Son* of "TO."ABCII Sr.iTnr.jTni;..............................."A Hag Baby."CBZSTNVT ST. THKATHK.... .........................Miss Yokes.CHKSTST-T ST. OPEHA HOUSE... .......Sol Smith Ruraell.FOUKPIVKII'S.....,....,........................ ..."The Danites."KIXVEXTH ST. OPKQA UorsB........Curncniss' Minstrels.Is.i:i i L lUl.L................NiD(;teontli Century Miracle.

Current Comment awl <3o»8lp.PHILADBLI-HU, l-'ob. 10. There U very little

that is now to chronicle this week, except that the retinus have biyun, in the per-on of Mans­ field, at the Walnut, and Janauffbck, at the Chestnut Street Opera House. Tho only thing new is ''The School Mistress," in which Miss Yokes snd her dover Kn<>Hsh company begun the enL'aicmcnt at the Chestnut Street Theatre, which "will not conclude until next Saturday. Gillettc revived his "Private Secretary" at the Arch, nnd Dan Sully set up hia "Corner Gro­ cery" in tho National. Tho operatic portion was sustained by ''Indiana" at McCu,ul!'s, and that fresh young gent'einarr, tho "Little Ty­ coon," at the Arch Street Opera House.

Next Monday begins the last week of "In­ diana" at MoCauIl'.', and I hope Miss Lily Post will be well enough to rtsume her part, which has been sung, and certainly very well rang, by an ''understudy" all the week. Meanwhile, the preparations for ''Rnddygore" are continued night ;tnj day, and never was an unfortunate company harder worked. Every scat in the bouse is sold, *nd the box office ia at Us wits' end to satisfy people that the theatre is not In­ dia rubber.

I have heard a good deal of adverse criticism launched against the name of tho new Gilbert and Sullivan opera. This is quite nonsensical when it is remembered that the opera was writ­ ten as a burlesque of tho blood and thunder melolrainas that have so long been popular. Such biing the case it is only natural that Gil­ bert should choose a title that would show his purpose, and "Ruddigore" does EO most admir­ ably, I'm Bure.

The English critics did not rise to this, and in self defense Gilbert has made the following Itatoincnt:

"Tin- piece 10 a caricature of transpontine melodrami «ast in t'porulic form. There'sthe wicked baronet, the British tar, the virtuous village maiden, the lovo- craxed waif, tho fultlifnl body servant, the tearful old dame, all fouiitiur figures in the class of pieces for which tlie Surrey and Victoria theatres were famous. And tho title li equally a caricature of tho titles of nch pieces. It ia not a pretty title, and it wns not Intended to be. To object to a title in which the g liable 'gore 1 appears is a new development of critical fulidionauese. Tho boua.'« at Kensington Uore have commanded high rents lur many years past. Gore HOUBA, once tho residence of Ihe Countess of Blessing- fon, became u restaurant under Soyer'a management, nd people eat with an appetite there in ipfto of its horrible name. It ia true that the novels of thli (.'ore re not all as widely read aa they used to be, and this nay, perhaps, bo duo to the recent discovery that her name may not be mentioned without a ihudder."

80 you see Gilbert is as cleverly sarcastic in tcplying to tho supersensitive critics as in writing a libretto.

Jeff Je Angelic, whom Col. McCaull has en- f*ged to do tbe dancing comedian's part in "Huddigorc," comes from California where he kas long been a shining light on the variety stage. It Is rather old how many people who Muted out there as variety stars have drifted into the regular profession, and now that do .Angelis has been added to the numbcrthc patrons

"~<IIne Uelli I'niun Thlfalre)~San^"rSnc7Ico''«~tjrst variety show, will have to mourn the loss of a "jreal good 'un,"

I am told that Dlgby Bell is going to be amazingly funny in "Kuddigorc," but is not as well pleased with his part as he was with Ko-Ko. IT he is half as good as in that he will certainly make a hit. __

Tho versatile Mansfield, of whom I shall chat­ ter further a little lower down in this column, only plays a week's engagement at the Walnut with "Princo Knrl." He opens in New York on Monday. He tolls me that he will produce the adaptation of "Dr. Jekyland Mr.IIyde"in Boston ID the spring and hopes great things from it. Tboeo who are not familiar wilh Stevenson'sweird rtory shou4d become familiar with the narrative before seeing the play when it. is produced here. Mansfield tell me that Kusscll Sullivan, tho adaptor, has woven a local story in the piece. Ho makes Dr. Jel-yl engaged to At/ixt, daughter ef Sir JJnutera Co rue, the man whom Ifyl?, the wicked altfr eyo of Jd-i/l, murders. In the story the episode does not exfef, indeed the only female character iji it is a servant with a few insignifi- eent actions and sentences.

Mi?s Coghlan snccee<l-i Mansfield at theWalnut and appears on Mondiy in "Musks and Faces" 18 P( 7 Woffixgton, of-course. On Wednesday rile changes her programme to "A Scrap of Paper, playing Simtniif, one of the most artistic ereatinns of Sardou. On Friday Miss Coghlan will don tho witcheries of manner and splendor of linbit of taily Teazle, and this day (Satur­ day) week she tvill be.im upon us as Zcufy Gay Sjtankvr in "London Assurance."

Miss Coghlan is not only ono of the most tnnrnring of women personally, but she is un­ doubtedly in the very first ranks of her profes- «ion. She is never otherwise than artistic, end (he can bring tears as quickly as smiles. Aside from evetjthing elec her personal magnetism at once captivates everybody. She has the laugh­ ing black eyes, tho die movements and the musical accent of an Irish gentlewoman, just tho sort of dashing beauty Lever lovea to de­ scribe in his rattling novels. I wish she had deci led to give us two or three nights of Lath

There will be no Wednesday matinse at Ihe Walnut thh week, but a grand extra matinee will be given on Washington's Birthday, at which Miss Coghlan plays 1'ey Wvjiaylon.

"The Cattle King" is announced as the at­ traction next week ot the National. It is proba­ bly one of tho finest American dramas ever written, aaJ is full of sensational scenes and thrilling incidents. Mr, James H. Wallick stars. Ho is an actor who always f.nnaale pow­ erfully to his audience, and never fails to be appreciated. For a good all-round holiday piece Manager Kcliy could not have chosen a letter: and under the superintendence of that most excellent and most popular gentlemen and manager, Colonel Kahnweiler; the piece is to bo mounted in a style worthy of a stage which U fajt teaching Philadelphia, the po-si- bililics ot scenery.

My friend Kuhnwcilcr IE a modest genlleman. I hear that he is a descendant of a noble Per- ainn, Wcik-c Kxhn. ''Kahn" rcenns princo in Persian, but the genial manager of the National hus never attempted to take tie title of "Iligh- ness."

Mits Votes and Company have played to big nouses. ''Ttic Schoolmistress" i? a bright, clean farce; not exactly written for the vulgar publk*,

,or for that section who can only ho amused by nproarious mirth or wild horse play; but for those who can enjoy refined and lively comedy happily unified, no better interpretation than that of Miss Yokes and her company can bo given. The same oau be taid of "A Pantomime Rehearsal" in which Mr. Weedon Grossmitb. plays tho leading character. He is the brother of George Grossruith, who created Admiral Porter in "Hriaforo" for Gilbert and Sullivan. Next w«sk Miss Yokes announces "In Honor B'mnd."

^ol Smith Rnsscll, one of the aaiusing gen­ tle- ncn in the coir.cdy profession, will show a njw vein of humor in a new piece cntitlol

"Pa," at the Chestnut Street Opera House. Sol is an old favorite ami there is little*!-can say in his praise which wouRl not be chorused.

Apropos of favorito roles, a subject which is alway cropping up, I see that a magazine pub­ lishes a scries of letters from stage celebrities giving their favorite roles. Edwin Booth says he has no preference unless it bo the quieter passages of ''Hamlet," "Lear" and "Macbcth." His favorite lines are Hauilft'e: "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be nat to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?"

Henry Irving also cannot decide upon a favorite character. Lawrence Barrett has no such hesitation. He is solid for Caius C'tissiti', and his favorite lines is tho speech of that illus­ trious Roman beginning, "Well, honor is the subject of my story." The other Barrett, Wil­ son, who hardly deserves mention among his betters, says he prefers Hamlet as a role, and that he love? "no special lines, but the whole glorious creation."

Picking out four leading actresses I will begin with Clara Morris, whoso favorite stage charac­ ter is Magdalen, in "Tho Sew Magdalen," and her pet quotation: : 'Joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no re­ pentance." Aladame JJodjeska loves Jtunalinrl best and the words, "Time is tho old justice." Mrs. I). P. Bowers says that Julia, in "The Hunchback," is her favorite role, and that she enjoys acting Queen Elizabeth best. Sho is clean gone on the exclamation of Julia's: "Oh, (liffordl while you are hero I'm like a bark dis­ tressed and coicpassless that by a beacon steers."

Lastly, that Jcar soul Fannio Davenport says, like Modjeska, she loves ]lns»lind be.-t, for j which I am sorry, as sho is not agood Rosalind. Her pet declamation is:

"Gallop apnce, you firey-footed steeda, Towtti.!s Plutbus' lodging; sucli a wagoner As Pha'tlioii wonlj whip you to tho West, And biing in cloudy night immediately.

Prince Carl Mansfield has seen a lot of this earth, but is suoh a good fellow that notwith­ standing this fact he only wants his share of it. He told me an amusing story about bis experi­ ence a year or so ago when he was out in Cen­ tral ladia. He was traveling for pleasure, and one day arrived at Jcyporp, tho capital of the semi-independent States of Queen Victoria's empire, whoso ruling Maharajah is a personage of almost European civilization. Ho is also a wideawake old fellow, who has been to Europe, seeo tin; sights, and taken back a few wrinkles to his Indian city, among them about two dozen tricycles and velocipedes, and a superb bil­ liard table. These aro now his principal hobbies, and it may be remembered by some of my readers that John Young, Minister to China, and Herald corres­ pondent, wrote home a most amusing account of how the Maharajah beat General Grant at a game of billiards. Well, it was the same Maha­ rajah that my friend Mansfield fell in with. The third of this nabob's hobbies was theatrical management, and he had a most beautiful little theatre built in a wing of the palace, and deco­ rated in a stylo which was not far behind the Casino in New York, or the Temple Theatre, in general gorgoousness. The place was, so Mans­ field says, about the size of the Arch Street Opera House, where the "Little Tycoon" is now running along so merrily.

"I was with an Englishman," said Mansfield, in telling the story, "and he had letters which made us very much welcome, and the old boy made the greatest sort of a fuss over us. Among other things he got up a performance in his jewel of a theatre, and managed the stage himself, that being his soft spot. We couldn't understand a syllable of the show, which was some sort of a native sing-song love story, but the costumes were simply stunning and the venerable Maha - rajah would come out from the wings every now and then and wave hie band at u§ as much as to say: 'Well, how is this for a real prime show, and just note, please, how I'm running it.' It tuined out that he had a lot of cham­ pagne ou ice at the back and was pretty full. We were the only spectators except tho Priino Minister and a few court officials and a lot of the Maharajah's wives, who were invisible, how- over, as they sat up in tho gallery behind a screen. Two very sweet little girls, who were playing about were to go into the zenana, or women's quarters, the very next day, and would never have their liberty aga.in save for an occasional walk in their own garden or a ride on horseba-ck closely guarled and still more o!osely veiled. After the show we went to the Prime Minister's private parlor and sat on the floor, which was padded two inches deep with crimson satin, as were the wal'.r. also, and. drank cham­ pagne out of exquisite silver cups inlaid with gold and roughly-cut gems. There were no chairs, and we were propped up with great soft cushions of silk, and had to wear very soft leather slippers so as not to injure the padJed floor. The Prime Minister was as much of as port as the Maharajah, and presently, when tho latter came in, he ordered up a lot more champagne, sent for some of the liveliest choco­ late-colored courtiers, and we had a glorious night of it. It was one of the rarest larks I ever indulged in, and I don't expect to sec such another till I drift up against another stage managing Maharajah, and I'm very sorry to say that that sort appear^o be decidedly soaroe, not only in Philadelphia, but in the whole United States.

The Museum at Ninth and Arch announce another of their strong bills for next week. The doub'e-b'-aded cow will be one of the stars. It is a wonderful animal, and thinks nothing of eating hay with one mouth and chewing the cud with tho-other. It has four horns, four eyes, two noses and one perfectly healthy and shapely body. It gives excellent milk in double quart pots. She is now three and a half years oW. On the stage the patriotic military drama, "Irish Sons of '76," is, of course, in honor of Washington'? Birthday, and will be performed by a strong company.

. Those dcnr litt'o midgets, tho Adams sisters, and Znarita, tho belle of tho Circassian moun­ tains, remnimtor a week longer, and so does the Irish nightingale. A completely neiv show will be given, on the curio stage.

Nothing more can be said about "Little Tj'- coon," except tluit, like a brook, it flows brightly and onward, seemingly, forever.

At the Theatrical Mechanical Association benefit to be given at the Chestnut Street Thea­ tre on Thursday afternoon, March 3, Nat Good- win, Hughey Dougherty, Fred Dart, L. C. Mettler. Murphy and Turner, of Carncross' Min- strek; Eitna belaro and R. Graham will appear. Miss i'orsytli and Nat Goodwin will give scenes from "The Hunchback," playing tho roles of Helen and ifaiiut. The members of the Theatrical Mechanical Association are silent but important factors in the success of the different plays pre­ sented in this city. Tljpy toil behind the sceacs and solve the mysteries of tho scenes and pro­ perty plots. Tho public should remember their oei'St and make it a big one.

The Actors Funu b«neflt at the Walnut on Thursday was only a fair 1in:s«u<] success. Wish it hod been better.

Carncross has a new bill this week. Fore- paugh's Theatre announces "The Danitos" and Temple Hall is becoming a popular institution.

doiors.

Foottifrlit Flickering!!.Florence Gerald is now in ftlarie Preecott'fl support.Lester V,"allack has gone to Flonila for the benefit of

his health.Ilerr .UUrt Kieman. the tenor, returned to Ger­

many, Feb. 9.A uow comic opera, "Mynherr Jan," has scored a

success ia London,Al Lirimau h now Hose Coghlan'a loading nan, hav­

ing first choice of parts.Effle Ellsler will produce "Egypt" at the Arch

Street Theatre, opeoi i:g Feb. 28.Meatiyor has all t!:e mechanical devices for his new

comedy, "Tol!C»K»iling," patented.W. H. Gillette is U woii oa two new plays which

he bo^ca to h:\vc ready by next season.

Lawrenco Ifareton's ''Wife's Honor" and "Daily News 1 ' Company have again disbanded.

Nashville ia to have a new open* house on Church street, juat west of the Watkiui Institute.

"The Main Liue" Company will cloa« its season April 25 at the People's Theatre, Newark.

Miss Nollia Lingurd and Maggie Cone are sa/e in London, after a very fair voyage of ten days.

Jessie Bartlntt-Davis, of the National Opera Com­ pany, is ill and lemjjorHrily retired from work.

A We*(cra barnstormer, named Lt'uia Lord, is piraling 'Tedc.ru" and "Forgct-Me-Nof in Kansas.

Edward Sand*, of tho well-known vnriety and musi­ cal team, Kpatitig and Sauoji. died at Boston Feb. 12.

"A Chip of tho Old Block'' ia the title of a new conwdy which Robert L. Scott will take out next sea- sou.

John A. Stern will produce hia new play In New York March li. The piece Is ft Russian drama in four acts.

J. W. Collier lost ?10,000 on his nephew, E. W. Col­ lier, in the attempt to s;ar tho young actor in tragedy roles.

Harry C. Clements has recovered from his recent ill­ ness and joined Edwin Kayo's "Davy Crockett" Com­ pany.

Charles Frohman says he has a new play he intends producing next season which will startle the dramatic world.

A report is current that W. W. Kelly i>, and has been for over a year, the husband of his star, Grace Baw- thorue.

Fred do Belleville has been offered a two-years' en­ gagement at the Lyceum Theatre by Manager Fiohmat)

L'jtta, has finally decided to put on another new play this season. David llelasco and Clay Oreeae "are writing it.

B. K. J. Miles settled $2.'>.000 upon hie daughter as a wodding dower, aud presented her with a house in Cincinnati.

1'auliro Hall hn no intention of leaving: the stage, I as was repiceunted. Neither djee she contemplate a trip to Euroru.

Boston doesn't af;«e with Philadelphia about "Lor­ raine." The clever opera scored a decided success there last week.

Minnie Maeldern will temporarily close her season Frb. 1J at Wlie 'ling, W. Va. Sho opens in 'Frisco arly next montli.

Ixmiij Kial ha^ loft the "Fortune's Fool" Company, and the same uielnudcd in Fort \Vorth, Texas, ou Holi­ day night. Fob. 11.

Mrs. Willlarn H. Stewart was granted a divorce from her hu-bauil, of the "In the Bunks" Company, in Chicago, III., Feb. 12.

William llarcourt, lato with Loniee Balfe. has been engaged for tho leading role in "Infatuation" in sup­ port of Bftttlioe Li,;b.

Louise I>iil"u ras hcen engaged for tho Lyceum Theatre, New Y< rk, for next year. She will play all summer in Pan Francisco.

Birlloy Campbi-11'R menUl capacity remains about th* aame, and tno poor fellow does Dot appear to mend in a physical point of view.

Luciile Merodiih baa returned from the South, the Wright-Picktiu Concert Curnpany having disbanded after a brief Had diwxstroui seasnn.

Kihvard C -mpton has just accomplished, in London, the teat of "doubling" tlit, characters of Harry Deration and Goldfinch iu "The Itoad to Kuiu."

Walter F. Loftue has joined Agnfes Ilerndon as as­ sistant manager, and his wife (Marie Ailalrj h»s gone with the "Strangli'ra of Paris' 1 Company.

Jennie R»ss hns returned to the sta^e. In past yeara Miss K'^a lt:u eupixirted Charles F^chter, Law­ rence Ijiiriett and Alicu Dunning Lingard.

A. II. Canby formerly of tho Cark-ton Opera Com­ pany, has bcon ougaaed by CUarlea H. Hoyt, as ad­ vance agent of tho "Tin Soldier 1 ' Company.

Joseph S. Uaworth aud most of those now iu the French and Sanger "lioodman Blind" Company, will pUy "llurbor Lights" on the road next season.

Mrs. Laiigtry has added Tom Taylor's drama called "Clancarty" to her rej.oitoiro, and is acting the Lady Elizubtlh with Mr. Coghlan aa Donagh 3/cttjr%.

George. K. Kthlftoc, lifiie M. Shannon and AdoHno Stanhope are engaged for the production of Nelson Wheatcroft's new piece, "Gwyune's Oath," ill Fhiladel- phia.

Kyrle Bellew will go down to coming generations In the iiUtory of tho English stage aa tho only actor nho was wont to appear before the curtain, in response to a call, with MB hands in his pockets.

It ia whispered io London tuat Wilson Barrett. hav­ ing lobt th« lease of the Princess1 Theatre, will estab­ lish himself, on bis uturn, at the Prince of Wales', a comparatively new and handsome house.

The post of conductor of tho Royal Opera at Berlin, which artisla consider close to tta peak of achieve­ ment for u,u orchestra leader, has been offered to Ue-rr Antou Seidl, and he has accepted it.

Mrs. D. P. Bowers and her company lost tb«ir entire warlrohe by the tire at Augusta, G4., Feb. 12. Mrs. Bimers will consequently be compelled to cancel all dat« for a month, and to return to New Yolk City for a new outfit.

Mis. Willtim Honder«on is anxioua ns to the fate of her play, "The Martyr Mother. Mr*. Bowen had the ouly c«mpletu covy iu her possession, having aocei.tftd it for speedy production, and ihe author thinks it was destroyed In the Augusta lire.

George Richards, of Mcstnyer's "We, Ts A Co," h«s purchased A comedy from P. J. Day, of London, iu which he will probably etar next seasju. Tho piece ia at present entitled ''Ow,' 1 but will probably be rc- christtintd "The Kmbussador."

A. L. Jtrlnogcr hag arranged to conduct a tour of EflM Kll-ltr through the South. He has booked eight weeks at Ihe beat percentages, nnd feel- assured that his sp'-ciiltttioii will prove profitable. The tuur opens in Pine lllul), Ark., ou March 8.

The new third act wiilten by H. C. Do Millu for "The Main Lino" "111 be e«en for the first t me at Troy on Keb. 28. Mr. DC Mille has changed tho tart of the parson, nhicli was found to he sumtnvhat oflua- sive, to that of a road deli-dive.

Daniel Sully's 'Frisco season of six weeks will open June 11. lie will afterwards pluy all the coast ae far aa Victoria and Pot Hand. Dining the summer be will produce his new pUy, "A Family Affair," tho scenes of which are Iai-1 in Liverpool and New York.

McKee Raiikin u rehearsing "The Golden Giant," which will be given ita first r^pr^senlation at New Haven on Ffh. 28, wilh a fast including lloWrt C. llillinrd, Mabel Bert, Daisy Doro, Charles Stanley, Geds^b Kobinsoo, Louise Dickson, Littlu Ollie and olheis.

Digby Be!], the comedian, dragged a little news girl fiom I*f.. r« the \vheels of a big wagon in Philadelphia the other d*y. The hui'sy had knocked her down, aud it waa at the peril of hia own life that ho taved the child. Air. Bell's only comment wnfl that he\i like to thrash tho driver of the wagou.

Theatrical pugilism continues to interest the news­ paper writers. EU'ii Plympton and Myron Calice, of tl<r "Jack" Company, were recently involved in a row in Chicago, an.l K<1 L. l)lr,om and Gerald Griffin, of Fli/ru Mourc'g company, have ceased to ho fi ieudly since their encounter ut Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 8.

Louk out for another theatrical scandal. Tliis time the- wife of a well-known traveling manager has left love letters b ing around loose. The husband returned home quite unexpectedly, read the amorous epwllw, cairied them off !o H lawyer an:l will utoncc conuiu'noe proceedings for ft divorce. A well-known millionaire is to bo made Iho co-respondent. ;

"An im(* rtiint Roman Cathulic paperannouoces that Pupe Leo XIII. his graciously Ix'ctowed upon the rminent biritone, Thiirlfa Santloy, the rdnk and title of Knight *'oniuirtud«r uf St. Grrgory the Great. I liko to hear of honors In-aped on Santley, not alooo by reason of hia tali-ntsua a vocalist, but because of his !arKc-hc3r[edne''« and a generosity ever exercised without 9£H'k!ng to make it the medium for 'bold ad- vertiseou-nt.' " Lotilun Iteferee.

J. IT. Havorly has taken tho helm of his minstrels in person, and the troupe la traveling in the Northwest by a special tniin. Having gotten rid of certain out* side speculations, CVlonel Havt-rly re-enters tho amusement field to mike a slir. He has gathered about him a vory slroug minatrel troupe including, among others, Biily l-morson and Add Uymao, nud in the spring he will come East and fly his coW*, opening in Boston on Decoration Pay. Colonel llaveily still retains tho presidency of the Amusem-nt Company, iu Chicago, and W. J. Davis is his lieuten­ ant. ______________

FOOT BILL NO I ES.Tho Toronto Foot Ball Club is to make a tour of the

States lhii spring.At Newark, Fcl>. 12, the Kearney Rangers beat the

Paterson Hangers by 6 goals to 0.E. A. Stevens, one of the Creecent Athletic Club

foot ball rusher?, left for Georgia last week, there to permanently locate.

The Chicagu Foot Ball Club has elected officers ns follows: President, Darid Blair; vice president, Mars Bates; secretary, John Dolph; treasurer, James Alli- eon; captain, Andrew Davls.

The animal foot hall match between the North and South of Knirland was tlaywl at Birmingham, on Satur­ day, Jan. 22, and resulted In tho success of the North­ erners by a score of 4 goals to 2.

During the i logross of tho Rugby Union encounter between I'iast and Wcat of Scotland, at Edinburgh, Jan. 29, A. G. Grant-Asher, the well-known Interna­ tional pUyer and ex-captain of Oxford University, brcke his leg.

The Bcmi-fliial cup tie for the American Association C^'^rge Clip will be played between tho Trentona, < f Trenton, N'. J., and the 0. N. T.'i, of Newark, on Satuiday, Feb. ttf, cr-. tho 0. N. T. Grounds, lint Newark. The 0. N. T. team «!!! U gs follows: Goal, P. J. Hngben; full backs, Hurry Hold.nl, A. f vllistnr; Imlf baclij, L. Docktay, Joe Swithemby, Jus. Uowirli: forwards right wing, Jas. Brooke, Jaa McQuirk; centre, Jock Swithemty, captain; left wing John Conley, Joe Swnrbrick.

Utcrary anil Journalistic Notes.The February mimlwr of North's 3Iutical Jmmml

contains an unusually good selection of matter of in­ terest to all music lovers. Ia Addition to editorials, thero is a vr.«t amount of musical correspondence and ne«s, articles on operatic and church muhic, reviews, a sketch entitled "A Rival to Lucca," and some new pieces, including "Dream of my Heart," "Mornim.- Song," "Tyr-jhenne" cud "Lord, Forever at Thy CM".1 ' Published by Xorth & Co., 1308 Clieslnut street, Phila delphla.

BASE BALL.ANOTHER M'KEAN CASE.

Des Moinea and St. Paul Scrapping Over Catcher Sage—A Changed Contract, EtcDES MOINER, Ia., Feb. 10. Editor SI-ORTING

LIFE: Tho pleasant weather wo hare had tho past few days is making base ball the subject DOW, and also aa our team is about to start for New Orleans for practice, they will all report to Manager Bryan there on or before March 1, and at once enter into strict and hard training, and they play their opening game with the Xew Orleans Southern League team March (J. Man­ ager Bryan expects to start to-day himcelf to make necessary arrangements for his team when they arrive.

I see by the Pioneer Pi-eei, a St. Paul local paper, that they anticipate trouble concerning catcher Harry Sage, and they say that Sage has been signed by Manager Bryan. I at once called ujx>n our manager and asked him abuut it and he said: "No, I have not signed Sage a^ yet, lut it ie my intention to do eo. It is this way: Sago wrote to me fonio time ago and asked me if I wanted anothf-r citcb^r, aixl if BO would I give him a lace on my team, aud whut I wouM pay. 1 answered iiu and said I did want a catcher and i!'he w*a

eligible I would givo him BO much aud sign him. He then wrote and *aid ho had signed a contract in Sep- teuibfr or Octol er 1 forget which but had received no advflnc^tlmt his contrnot was liko SowdeiV and BaldwiiiX signal before Norcmber l t and according to bnee bull IHW such c- ntracts ar- void, aa tho law roads that all con tracts shall be E^md 'on or after Ko^. 1 of each year.' I toid blm to wrile to SwrretJiry Quin end stuto his case to him and to send me his answer. Aud he diil e->, aud Kpfretary Qnin told him timt it he signed ho'ore Nov. 1 that bis contract would not hold, bur that the contract m;i u» by Manager 1 James was faigbed on or after Nov. 1. Sage swears ha nignfd on or abont Oct. 1, aud that ho can prove it by members of the St. Puul ten in who will swear as to bis sip;ninK- £a?e went to Manager Bar lies, asked to gee tht> con­ tract and it was shown to him, and ho says that the date bad been i*crutched out and changed, and not only th*t, but that tl.e change had he<m niado in di/cr-int colored ink friwi the orifjitutL Ha is willing to swear and to bring others to swear thut 1m did it t sign on or after Nov. 1, and that his contract will s-how an erasure and change of date. So it stands. We do not want in nmko any tn>ub!«>. It" Su£*> aigun) on or after Nov. 1, Barnos fa entiled to him; if he signed Loforo that d;ito hie contract^ will not h.»ld, and if nnyono hm been guilty of fcrntchi^g uixJ changing Untes or con tracts thoy should bo punished, aud the1 penalty in not light; It DicaiM expulsion. Sago deeirts to come to Dtw Moires. We never approached hfin, lie made the overtures, and we shall eigu him if his contract is not legal."

80 it stand?. Our attorneys say a scratched or changed contract is a/on/er^ aud will not hold, and it will bo tested. It is ti>o fust lime anyone in Dea Moioeshnewof any correspondence between Man­ ager Bryan And Sage. But you CHU rest assured that our managor has made no mistake. He sifted the matter before ho touched it, and the possibility is thut ; Sage will play in Do* Moinee. i

President Von <U«r Mie, of the S*. Louia Browns, baa j given our team two date.-, March 21) aud ;«), iu St. Loul*, j and saj>: "If yonr team is us strung as you and the i local papers regard it they will draw well in St ] Luuid, especially aft^r a month's practice iu the S'»ii!h." Of course we don't expect to btat the Blown?, but we expect lo make a good showing. Manager Bryan ia trying to make two dates with Louisville Instead of Memphis. Ho eayti Manager 8wed treated him rery nhatbily in roaard to date*, giving him three dates ariti then cancelling them. It has caused him EOOIO trouble to perfect his trip on that account, But he will patch it up some way, ho pays, and remember the Memphis manager for hia kind­ ness. We ('pen our new park with Omaha ou April 11, 15 and 16, and from theu until April 29 Manager Bryan would like to fill in with dates with clnl*. All uianHgern who desire ilatea in that time will address Will C. Bryan, 21 Commercial Place, New Orleans, La.

Kur CED.

THE ST. JOSKPH CLUB.

Some Good Men Signed—The Spring Pro­ gramme, Etc.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 16. Editor SPORTING Li KB: I read the last issue of THE SPORTING LIKE with much interest and found several terns therein which it would have been well for all St. Joseph's base ball know-alls to bare read, and I HIU proud to say thut not a few of them did. Last season there played in St. Joseph a young man whoso superior as a ball player or gentleman there was not in our team, but for some reason the spectators '''soured" on him and erfry error or atrike he made called forth hisses and gruaos (rum the grand etaod, and to "rattled1' him ihu IH> had DO confidence In iilirm«H aud could Dot plrtj th» immt* he was capablu of playing. I am glad to any, however, that Manager Alexander bos signed .Liin for this season, and 1 venture tho fuwertion that wi'.h proper i-ncotirngenwDt he will do his ftbare to­ ward brioKin^ the pennant to St. Joseph; I refer to Charley Calhoun. We buve a IHO tigiifd a big double- fisted fin*t lniwninn named Vkotter an appropriate iianit* for hi j potitioo, don't 3011 think? lie *s a line fielder aod hard hitter, bU tutting average last year with, the Bm'Ifoid, Pa., Club U/iun .431. Aside from being a goud taseiiMU, be is a pitcher «f conaiderable tibtlity. The Atbletics made him a Haltering offur last Kaaon. Sunday, our last fieoson's right fielder, bos signed with u* for the coming eeasou. Sunday is a good fielder aud batter. He Ntood third amoug the Wett*-rn l^uj^ue batters last year. 1 hav« heard sev- erul jjfioU judges cull him the surest hitter la the Lea^u". Sunday's greatest fault wag his driiikiD(r,but he ilirtinctly undertantls that l*er guzzling will not be r.>]<-raU*d Una year, u»d s*ya he realizes that tho day of bum ball placers is about over, and that he is goicg to mbko a record for hin-self thicj year. Lou My« ii«j the catcher rectntly slyin d by Denver, (ays of our C.JDWHV: ''You have a good pitcher Iu that man Conwtty. He is a <Undy aud will make us all ffuesa some, I think." Ob, by thn way, Lou was married la^t week. I would like to know if Omaha intends to put all tho tneu she has signed on her pay roll, or is ahe CD!> trying to swell leceiuic? Sho will certainly make monpy If thocun pet 25 c. nts a head from her reserve?. Judging from the 1'st, liandle is signing every man who makes application to him.

All of onr team will report March 1 and go into practice at-once. The management is trying to secure tho Na'atorium Gymnasium /or Ihe use ot" the club. We put fifty treason tickets on sale the first of the year, and the secretary informs mo there ore but BIX lt;fr. Our wholesale homes look most of them. The bt. Louis Prow ns hiive asked for April i and 5 here. Al- exanderaays "i'h«is" wants the earth and St. Joseph tbrowo in. "Nin" is willing to part with the earth, but wants to f avo the. town if possible, and eays ho thinks he will be able to save it and book "der bos** club" for two games, too. LKK.IJI.

FKEU COKKY'S CLUB.

Hastings Prepared to Hustle—The Stock All Placed ami Everything Lovely.

HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. 14. Editor SPOUTING LIFE: Your new correspondent for Hastings has materialised, and henceforth ho will proceed to enlighten the base ball fraternity of tbe country ns to the movements of ball matters iu the bustling city of Ha?tingp. Though Ifaptinrs does not comPHre with Kansas City, St, Joe or Ooiaha as 10 population, it has been demonstrated tbe past B'.'a- suii that Ha^tin>4f, with her local team, discounted tho above cities aa to attendance throughout the season. Sevon lines of railroads diverge from our city in dilier- eut directions, an-I when a good game is played ia HasHn^e the people fiom the adjoining towns turu oat lilx>mlly to our gfira;^*.

OmahVs "Loagfftliow," the rabid Ananiag of the 19ih century, in Iftst wei.'k'a Sroanxo LIFT, made tho bold aH9crtj<»n, devoid of a spark of truth, that Hast- 4ogs hwl fHiled thus fur to place her $5,000 capital etock, and dubs U3 a "jay town;'' als:> claims that our boys played to 640 people last 4tli of July. Tho fact is, we pliced 85,200 of stock iu less than three days, and, furthermoif, our boys played in St. Joe last 1th of July; again the prodigious prevaricator of Omaha is; physically upeaking, knocked out. What h«s Oinaha done as to her stock? Ornnha lias not yet fully recovered from the severe scoring she received last season at the bands of the chauipions of Nebraska, the Hastings Iteds. It does not appear consistent for Omaim to predict for us a two months1 career. Re- mombeJ, Uuulm, your career in the Northwerteiu League of 1885, likewise of 1879.

Fred Oorey, formerly of tho Athletic?, of Philadel­ phia, Pa., bus signed with us and will manage tho team f<T 1887; you all know him,

We will have five batteries, and have thus far signed fourteen inf-n. Hastings people will play to win this seoaou, though we are In our infancy, but mark ua, the pennant of 1E87 will be captured by tbe Hastings toam. Doc.

ST. PAUL SECURE.

A New Ground Leased—A Word for One- Armed Daily—Notes, Etc.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 13. Editor SPORTING Lire: Manager Barncs has completed arrangements for his new baso ball grounds, which will be located on the West Side, on the Motor Line, »nd work on the grand stands, etc., will com­ mence forthwith. The grounds will be only three minutes' rifle from tho Merchants' Hotel, and ire eo located that tbey can be seen from all parti of the city, being near the old Red Cap Grounds of 1876 and 1877.

Notwithstanding the fact that about si] the newtpn i»rs in the country have been guying Hugh Dn.ly, the one-armed pitcher, unmercifully during the past few seasons about his $600 per mouth jeuiands, etc., there aro those who think that the fjredt one-ormed pitcher would fool aomo of th'm under the new rule*. Aoyono who ever saw Daly pitch kitowa that be Is sv*ift an«l accurate, uud tl;at is conceded by all to bo ono of tbe necessary requisites for a luccenful pitcher under the rule*.

Daly played cood bill with tbe llihvatlkecs last sea- sou, and received little thauka fur it, because ht- could not wiu overy ^auie Le pitched with a bum nine to back him up. He liuuhcd the season with ih« St. Paula, and shovr^d hiuiarlf to be u puzzler in the points, but had the pojr luck to strifei; the club when they all st-emcd to have lost their grip In a tiicht piucb, and had the further misfortune of being bully whip-^awed by chump umpirfs, who, by the way, beat St. Paul ont of many a gntno last season. Bane hall uma.tgcra who aie sklruii&hiug the conotry tor p.'iouomenale might Jo worso thau put Daly on their list.

Len gtockw«ll is the latest addition to the St. Paul team. He caught for Kau f.'taire laat season.

Mews. Bi-.nies, Bryan and Hart have beon ap­ pointed as the schedulecoiuniitteaol the Northwestern League.

The Detroits will play in St. Paul on April 19, Man­ ager Barncs having won tho toss tor the tirst gumo in the twio cities.

Billy Jlunu's, an old-time St. Paul player, who playej with the old Ked Caib years oj;o and with tho Northwestern Leaguo club iu 1SS4, has signed tJ play with tbo Duliiih team.

O. W. McNollis, the West Side newsdealer: ' THE SPOHTI.NI, LIFE is the beat selling newapapi'r that couies to my htund. It is really wonderful how this paper ia growing in favor with the buHo ball lovin public aud sporting men ^onorally. It Is an ndvertiKomeut in itself." "Con," as he is familiarly known, deals ox- tennvoly in all kinds of sporting goods.

Ttiera" is tnlk of organizing a Minnesota State Leu^e, to include Winona, Furibault, Bed Wing, Maukato, Rochester and Stillwatrr.

Minneapolis wanta to get MuMoon for thirl base.Harry rage seems to be dirttUiafiod, and wants to

?Iay with Des Homes, although ho has fci^acd a St. aul contract. ___ SIIOM STOP.

FROM THE QRESCENT CITY.

New Orleans' Interest la Southern league Affairs—The Ball to be Started Imme­ diately, Etc.NEW OIII.KAN-?, Feb. 15. Editor SPORTING

LIFK: After all Atlanta will not be iu tbe Southern League this season. New Orleans, no doubt, seemed very solicitous regarding that city, and perhaps exhibited too much anxiety in the mitter. Still, when we went into t!ie League we went in heart and soul, without reserve, and everything that scorned to the best interests of the League wo were willing to lend our bost as­ sistance. There is no doubt but Mobile would have dropped out were it not for tho untiring efforU of President Hart, of the New Orleans Club, who gave the projectors there the neces­ sary backbone at the last moment by a donation of $500. This evidence of firm belief on his part that Mobile would make a snwess of a club rallied Item into a final effort, which proved a brilliant success. Mr. Hart aleo offerel Mr. Bro-.ver £500 for Atlanta should he Kiicceeil in petting up a clntj there. I simply mention tlu^e fuels lo show lhr.t our interest has been of a substantial nature, and we can be conntod on to roritlnuo tlie same unto the end. We believed an eight-dnb I.oagart would be the bost tliine, but now are sati>fied that a six-club League will lie just aa suoccssful, aud aro willing to let it rest there. *"

Sew Orleans »ill ba the only new club In the\siio this year, and we are more than flattered

with tin* nice welcome wo are rocemng from the other cities of the T.oague. Charleston, e^pecinlly has teen very cordial in her greeting, also President Morrow. We will try and merit u continunnco of their e*N*«rn and will promise thtir teams genuine

rtMnen'u consideration and fairness when they are witlriu onr pates.

The echedule committee is beginning to arrive. Jack Pueed, of Memphis, was the first to show up, tiavii p arrived from Nashville this evening. Jack is a hnatler and is always on time w!icn his club's in­ terest is at stake. The balance of tho cotnmittco will bo here by Sunday next to see onr kids do up Hick Carpenter's Cincinnati Combination uc tbat day.

Kipht of our men ivjiorted hers last weolc, u I follows: J«k BreiiiMU, Tebeail. MeOlBlland, \Velln, liirtwritiht, Geiss, Dowie and Kieketts. They were distributed among two picked nines iu a game at Orleans Park last Sunday, and Manager Brennan is more than pleaded with the sliowinjr they niaiie. The same nine* play a came to-morrow and Frirlay.

George V. Bnrbridgo, ono of the appointed South­ ern League nmpirea, arrived to-day and will umpire tbo exhibition gimeu here for some time.

Jack Pelt/ has signed with Savannah, and I under­ stand will captain that team, unless Manager Morton plnvs on the team.

Jimmie Behan has signed with Mobile to play firstise. Blobfle has a gof.nl man in Bchan. Be is cno

of tho %ery best ball pla> era this town han turned ont.Frwl Pfoffer is still in thfl city and giving oar club

valuably assistance in coacliins: our boys. He says onr second baseman, Gois?, will lead the Southern League second b.-wcmen b*yond a doubt, and he is not a record player, either. H« speaks encour­ agingly also of many of the others of the team.

Baltimore has written us for a Sunday game In March, but all our Sunday! being taken for that month we cinld not accommodate them. We have ' itTlTe/.l ttKW the flr^t Slv.'t*.y la April*

Tell your readers, SPOBTIXO Lira, to keop an 63-0 on New Orleans tho noxt sixty days. Wo aro g.'ing to Lavo some rare sport lu the way of fine ball from this on, and many of the new men aignod with the Northern'-lufw that are .coming South will make their debut with their new club against our teem. Tho weather here is nnw beautiful for ball playing. Tho grass baa already been cut once this spring at Orleans Tark,and it is necessary to seed the lawn mower over it again for Sunday's game. Think of this, all yo who arc plodding up to your t-yei in "the beautiful" in your far-off Northern homes.

There was & scheme on foot hero to organize a Gulf league in opposition to tho Southern league, but it died a bornia'. It breaks Rmno of our people all up to eeo anything succeed in New Orleans, and tlio pro­ jectors of tho defunct Gulf League belonged to that class. Very truly, CBEOLE.

tEAVENWOKTH'S TKOUBM3.

The Contest With the Opponents* of Sun­ day riaying-The City Council With the Club.LKAVEKWORTH, Kan., Feb. 15. Editor Sponr-

ixo LIKE: I think that tho preparations here for base hall this season are far in advance of previous years. Our new grounds are rapidly ncariiflj completion, and we have all our men signed; in fact, we arc in rauch better shape than we were this time last year. Everything seems to be running smoothly,and the present out­ look seems to indicate a very prosperous season, so far as baso ball is concerned. I am very sorry to note that our city at present is infested with a combination of Iong-haire<l men and short-haired, toothless women, whose intention it is to try and stop all Sunday games. But God Is on tho side ot all gooil base balli-ls, so it will be nmiiacle if they accomplish what thoy came for. They mny be the means of closing the saloous up, bnt baso ball tuner. Tho (resent city administration, bowevor, are ad lovers of the National game, and it would be a hard matter for thin band of idiots to get any resolutions passed in ourt'ity Council which would in any way conflict with the rights of cur baso ball loving community. (Yonr hnmblo servant is at pros ent oi;e of tho City Council, and he would droo dead iu his burners r^ilher than move in favor of abolishing base ball on Sunday). BIr. Beller bus received a "photo" of each of our modern gladiators. There are bomo fine looking "pliiaes" in the collection. Tile grand stand now in coures of erection will face tho northwest, which will be much batter, ard tho fielders will cot liavo tho sun full in their face.3. Tho reporters' box will be at the right of th-3 slund and tho drerwing-room on the left. 1 think the j-lan (.f the stands ie a good one for comfort anil convenience. The, leuch?s in tho ladies' quarters will bo cushioned, and everything will be artanged so as to make the pitrons cf, tlie gamo as computable as possible.

MT. Hurley's arjp...hitm"nt as a Lcaguo umpire was recoivcd hcvo with no liltlo dissatisfaction, ng some cf our people Btill think that Hurley hodged as last scas-m. BUANUON.

The New York Amateurs.The annual meeting of the Amateur Baso

Ball League, of New York City, was held at the Metropolitan Hotel, Wednesday evening, Feb. 16, President Tagliabue In the chair. Dele­ gates from tho Bergen Point A. C., Staten Island A. C., Nassau A. C. and Brooklyn A. C. were In attendance. The championship oolora for the season of 1386 was presented to the Ber­ gen Point A. C.

The following gentlemen were then elected to serve the League for the season of 1887: Mr. H. J. Tyndale (manager of last year'-s B. P. A. C., but now manager of the S. I. A. C.), presi­ dent; Mr. Cha?. Annett (B. P. A. C.), vico president; Mr. W. H. O'Flynn (Nassau A. C.), secretary and treasurer,

-The ball season for 1887 promises to be a very lively and exciting one for this League, many clubs having materially strengthened thoir teams and weakened in proportion their brother competitors. The most notable instance is the Staten Island A. C., they having taken Tyng, Tyndale nnd Moore from the Borgou Point A, C. The Bergen Points being the losers.

The committee adjourned to moet again al No. 718 Broadway at 4 o'clock, March 5.

The Bliode Island Judges.PROVIDENCE, Feb. 14. Editor SPORTING LtrK: The

following-named gentlemen bave agreed to act as judges at the Bhodo Island Kennel Olub bench show March 20 to April 1: Dr. Wm. Jarvis, English settvn an.l pointers; b. Clay Glover, Irish and Gordon setters HQd will also bo veterinarian; Dr. J. W. Downey, col lies at.d boagUs; Mr. Chas. H. Mason, non-sporting dogs. Tin list of special prizes will be announced as soon aa completed. Yours truly,

NATIIiXIKL 8K.UVKY, SeC.

Honors are heaping upon Jack (FBrien. A Nev York paper last week published hli ficture. A fa!

TRIGGER.A MONSTKK TOUKNAS1KNT.

An Interstate Art air Which Will Eclipse Anything on Record.

An extensive ?hnt-guu trap-shooting oftrnival is to take place on the grounds of tbe Welling­ ton Gun Club, Wellington, May 30, 31, June lf 2, 3 and 4, under the auspices of the New Eng­ land Shooting Tournament Association. It will eclipse anything ever before Attempted in the lino of shooting with shot guns. H is hoped to have an international content, nnd an invitation has been sent to England, requesting th.it coun­ try to send a representative team of ten men to meet an American team of the fame number. In the shot-gun contest a cup valued et $1,000 will be the trophy, should Great Britain send over a team. It is also proposed to have tha individual inanimate target chnmpicnship of America decided at this time, by a contest of fifty singles and twenty-five pairs of doubles, the trophy to be a valuable and appropriate medal. It was hoped that a full list of tho prizes to be given could be announced at this time, but several of the American and English, manufacturers have not yet infjrmed the Asso­ ciation what their donations will be. Most of tlie manufacturers of the gun an-.l kindred ar­ ticles, both hero and abroad, arc to co-opcrato with the committee, and donate, as prizes to be competed for. samples of their makes. As & gre:it many amateurs complain that at most of shooting tournaments hitherto held a largo number of experts or quusl-professionals have attended and carried off most of the honors ami prize?, it is proposed at tho coming carnival to have two clashes of events tho first open to alF, tho second barring experts. As there is at present no way by which tho contestants can bo classified, this plan has been adopted. As the so called exports hive a larger array of prizes to compete tor than over before, tbcy will be satisfied. The Association will make a special effort in the interest of tho annteure, who will

| have a list of prize? oqual in value and number to those for experts. As near a? can be esti­ mated at present there will be between 400 andl 500 contc-iton's. j^peeial railro id reductions will bo arranged. Shooters coming fr-ua tho South and West shoal i signify tlu-ir intention of being present by writing to tbe secretary, 0. D. San born, 20 South Market street, Boston.

K;t n<lom Shots*The National Itiflo A«f!cf.virm hvt dociJod to stick

lo Oretdmoor, as Stattin Islund will l>e too expensive.Dr. C. tyunnselman won (ho gold barfgA offered by

;h« Blaijlind Riflo Club for tho best mirksiuunahip of (GO vaix'H at Ualtiinore Feb. 12. tin sc-re was 42 out tf 50 pj^ible.

A match for §.">00 a sid*1 . fifty blue nrln each, 29ydf, risp, w»s shot by F. W. Il.'.l'ara.jn-i au<l C. Prince at ho Wil-s'i lliirp, London, Eug., Feb. 1, Parsons win­ ning by a fccoro of 3G to 3Ji.

The Macomber Badge was shot for Ht Walnut Hill, Mass, Fob. 12, tbirtcou trap< uliuts firing at ton Ma- combt-r binte apie^ , nml \Vilaou wiii'ilu^, with a score of 8, Oliver and S*il't Airing 7 t-acb, nud Loiigley, Slitchf li and ytaotou 0 i^aece.

Ike Hyde and J. Uall ehot a mntdi at twenty >igeuE8 each, HuilingUarn rules, ft-r SlW a side, at

w-ou-tha fc'o:irid, L. 1., Feb. 10. Tboro waa good tg ou (he re-jnlt t>y the jwrtiHann of tho nan, of

whom Ilyda won by a score of 17 to 13 out of eighteen Bbot at.

Excellent ahootmg marked a match between J. Fer- gusouand II. L. Harlaud i-fS."yJ a side, twenty bmia each, thirty yards rise, Hurlingtmm ruled, at Ala- uiede, Cal., Jan.30. Knch umn graawd e ; ghteon, and n shoot iug off they killed three OUB of four, and theu

drew tho cash.At Houston, Tex, Feb. G, a glow-ball shooting-

match took plac? between Altwrt Ericheon and Paul Boy ton. in which Erichson, who is tin cruck shot of ihe State, broke ten singles and five double* in rapid succession, and Boyton. thinking no improvement was necessary, declined to shoot.

Many faehior.ablo people visited the jrrounda of the Westminster Konncl Club, at Babylon, L. I., F«t>. 11, to eee th« match between I^ewid Livinesfono and Dr.

p, (tt on* huudrwi birJa each for £!,<)(¥.), Hurling* bam ruUg. The vecult waa ID favor vf IJviDgstoue, who killed eighty-nine to hia anttgoni-t1n geventy- eight.

The Ohio Trap Shooters* League was organised at Columbus, 0., Feb. l»i. Ofiicera w^re elected es fol­ lows: F resident, Charles II. Dainsel, Gltinibue- B<*crctaiy anJ treasurer, George L. Giah*in, rolunibua'; t-xecotive committee, ('. K. V*rg*^, I»*ell, O.; C. Kible'r, ^ewat'fi, O.J John J.'Vt^Vrfciaii, CteVc^and; J. K. Miller, Ciuciun&ti, and A. SI. Milieu, 8nring< field, 0.

An intoratate shootioi( match betw.^n picked teams from I'enDfl} Ivania and New Jersey t'jok place at Bel-

videro, N. J » Feb. 15. Kach team w»s composed of eii nicnibeie, 8ho»iting at eeren pigeimu pacii. Tbe birds were carefully clicseuand proved to b« very lively;. Following are the scores: New Jersey team II. Braii- iiiKer, 7; George It '.ivma, 7; G. McO.*r»»ick, 4; G. Wihn>n,C; Saiith G. Uildcbraut, 6; Krank Mill*r,3j to- ' tal, ;i3. rennsylvaniA team Robert Ft-h*T,5; ()harl«a Bereaw, a; KntLk Ward, <">; WUliim H.urht, 4; Ed­ ward Scarlcs, .">; Abrum Mciioirifi, 6; tuUl, 30.

Fourteen m«mh«rs of tb« O>oey Inland Itod and Gun, Club shot for four prl'/et Ittat Wodnesd;ty at the hatf- milw track, Parkvillc, L. 1. Only Lull's bitt] waa scored if the shooter used bib weoi-d b-irrel. G. L. Ayrcu, 21 yards, won Ihp Ar&t prize with a score of 6 out 7. L. Davenport, 20 yards, and A. Bcliwartz, 27 yhrdfl, tied for the second prize, wilh a sc-.re of &},£. and In the eluwt off Daveuport killed a stmight ana won. J. £. Lake,'21 Yards, won third i-ri^OjHU.I II. Monaco?, "21 yards, look tho fourth. In n s<tbi^qiifDt aweci'b-takes F. Luuzer, 21 yirdd, dufoate«l fourteen on- pouciitd uud won.

Abont 000 pcoi^la attended s ewtvpt-tikea pigeon match at H-;idin^, Pa., Feb. 17. There wrro 39 en- tritw from Norrietowu, I'hwnixvilK I*anc4iBt«r, Ma- haaoy City, Lebanon. J'-'ttsviilj uu-1 B-^adiu^. The conditions were U::odu I-land rule«, ill yards rUe, 7 - birds to each shooter. lh- fiwl priri». ?;'.0, was divi.ied . botwt-cu Ct-Mren, of 1'otteville; din.-, nf Lancaster, and lliunei-shit/., filrttz and B rg, of Heading, who ea«-h hilled 7 birds etvai^lit. Tlio f-econtl prize, 812, was divided I>it\ve-.-ii Bycr?, of NonUto* n; Du^tau and! . Jones, of Lastcastcr; b.iumous, ot I'htciiix^iHti; E beie, Buck Hill, Lawreuo^ and Dare, of l^-adin^.

A great pigeon match will take i>Iuce at DuuuelUm, N. J., 011 Ftb. 22, in winch four «f th« loa-'inn wing shots iu thi.4 country will lake part, viz.:- W. Graham, champion of England; William Tell Mirdirll, chain-- pionof Virginia; J.-hu L. Brewer, chninpiou of Penn- sylvaaia, and C. W. Bu«M,the Norihwestern champion. The conditions nvo to shoot at r>fl bird:) encb, ^uiljog- ham rule", fur a Kweepfit.ikos of $112.50 each, to bo di- vtdod as follow.-; Fifty per teut. to first, forty j»r cent. to second uud ten per coot, t^i third. Tlie contftat will be ono of the most interesting (hat has taken place for R number of years, aud tho winner will no doubt be re quired to kill 43 out of 50.________

CHESS NOTES.The Detroit Chefs Association is to b« reorganized.Mr. Scheffulln wins th-3 first prizu of the Manhattan,

Chess Club.Baron Koltech baa bceu elected president of tbe

Vienna Chess Club.Copt, ftiokenzie, after defeating St. Louis' b«»t

clictjjj players,went to 5*<;w Orleann for a woek'a eshibl-tH>D9.

The latest news* of the gffftt cr'rrr'(?pon<lence match, Scotland ve. Ireland, giv»j3 tbo former a load by 7 1 * to 4* £.

StHfl'otdshire nnd Worcestershire have- had a grand county match, &evt»teou players a side, the former, winning by the close figures cf 17 to 16.

The cbcs* world mourns the demise of the highly- talon ted problematist, Gian Donato Fondi, of Capo d'lspria. Tho deceased gentleman waa a law student at Vienna, and iu the twenty-eighth year uf his age.

Tho Minneapolis (Uiiiu.) Chess and Checker Club was organized on Jan. 31, the following officers being elected: Prtseident, G. A Junke; secretary of checkers, F. A. Brips>; eccrotary of chess, J. H. Paulaon; treasurer, F. \V. Davis.

The New York Chess Club recontl^,- elected officers for tbe coming year by the lurgett rote ever cast in the club. Messrs. S. Loyd, K. J. Kultenbach, P. J. Doyle nnd A. Vorrath, president, vice president, secre­ tary and treasurer, re&pectively, aud W. J. Huntingtoo recording secretary.

There were ten contestants, fl^ed l^twc'.-n 11 and 14 years, in the annual tournament of the pupils of Al- mondlniig Gmmnjar School, Hudclei^ficld, England. Master C. J. Sbarman, of Halifax, mado the best score, for which ho rewired the annual ch#&* prize offered, by the editor of tho British C7t*« Ntig.tzinc.

The resale of tho Canadian Chcsa Association tour­ nament has born that Geurge Barry, of Montreal, hag won tho first prize of £24 and a lien (*n the trophy cup; second pri/*, $K», X. M. McLcod, of Quebec; third irixe, S10, J. P. Cocke, of Moutreul. Tho elec­ tion of officers resulted as follows: President, T. Lcdroit, of Quebec; vice presidents, J. B. Hurlbort, L.L. D., H. A. Howo, I-.L. D., and d. P. Cbdmpion; rommitt e of management. D. K. MoLrod, W. Morpin, K. Pope, H. Ives, B. J. Wbitehcad, W. tl. Hicks, E. B. Greenshield and J. Ui'ndcrson. The next annual meetlug will bo held in (J-iebec.

The annual tuurnanieiit of the N*w Jersey Cheaa Club will be htld in Library Hall, New ;rli, bu Feb. 22. It will begin at 10 o'clock in thu morning, ao<j will bo restricted to sixty-four playi-iv. who will be paired by lot. Tlie thirty-two winner.-: will be jiaired agamat each ether a.5 fa-t as theii ptiros aru cnniplotod, and the thirty-two h-sers vill be ptJrcd iu like man­ ner. Eubse4\:cr.t rounds will I-e ployed ou this plan until the couii'letlon of the sixth n:u?r], wltec the pluyer who has lost no ftumt'.t ntll be awarded flrst place ard the C. H. \Vattrbury dip for one yoar, and his opponent will be awarded the second prize. Draw games will be cancelled auu must bo replayed, unless one of the conteBtiintii chcoses to withdraw ia foror of bio opponent. Any thesa player iu J»'ew Jersey will be allowed to enter.

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