V

CAN'THEADOFFCLOW.He Has Played £*•*S^s

in Foley's Tourney ai:3Lost Not One.

FRANK THAYER IS SECOND,

But From His Recent PlayingHe Will Probably Fall

Behind Thomas.

VVABASHAS BEAT GOPHERS.

THE SAINT TAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNTDAT iMORNTINrq, DECEMBER 17,"

1804 ---TWENTY-FOUR pISSS ~ -/

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Review of the Week's Bowl-ing- at Foley's—Summits

the Leaders.

Charlie Clow still holds his lend in theamateur eight-inch balk line handicapbilliard tournament now drawing to a< los< at Foley's, and unless all sisns failhe will hold It to the end. Frank Thayer,his nearest competitor, has three framesto play, and will probably lose two ofthem,one to Baron and one to Clow, whileCharlie has but two games, that withThayer, which he will no doubt win,and one with Thomas. In view of thetact that there is no appreciable dif-ference in the grand average of thesetwo men. and that they are both puttingup a very strong and steady game,it is a.most impossible to evenhazard a guess as to whatthe result of this game willbe. There are various possibleways for those three men to stand at theclose, but the most probable outcomeseems to be Clow. Thomas, Thayer, inthe order named. In making this pre-diction, young Baron's chances havenot been considered, and in view of thefact that he has lost but two games, andone of his remaining cames is withThayer, he may knock all calcula-tions and combinations into a cockedhat by lauding in second place himselfwith a possible chance of being tied forfirst place with the three men men-tioned. Bingham is firmlyensconcedIn fifthplace with hardly any chance ofa better position in the race and nochance of being ousted from the one henow holds. Ed Risden holds the sixthposition and will probably stay thereunless Carney beats him out. The taileuders

Raboock, Folej- and Capon

will, in all probability, finish as theynow stand, none of them having anychances to get hitrher than eighthplace. But three games were playedduring the week, owing to Frank Thay-er's absence from the city. Risdenwalked away fromCapen Monday night,and completed his schedule. Wednes-day night Clow and Carney met,and owing to Carney's safety play allthrough, it took Clow seventy-one in-nings to win. This style of play Is notonly foolish and of no avail to the manIndulging in it. but tires the spec-tators, who expect to see goodbilliards and not to see a man throwaway chances for fear of leaving them inposition for his opponent. Friday nigttgingham won from young Foley in atiresome, featureless game of seventy-six innings. Foley has played misera-bly all through the tournament, andthe secret of his unsuccessis his refusalto practice on the lines suggested byhis father, the veteran billiardist. whonever in the long course of his billiard

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billiards a study all his life knew somelittle about the game after all. Following Is the record of all games played todate:

High PerWon. Lost. Run. Cent.

Clow 7 0 45 1.000Thayer 5 1 40 .833Thomas 6 2 40 .750Baron 5 3 28 .715Bingnam 4 3 25 .572Risden 3 6 " 31 .333Carney 2 5 31 .286Babcock I 6 31 .167Foley 1 5 38 .167Capen ... 16 28 .143

WABASHAS THE WINNERS.

Gophers Played a Poor GameThroughout.

The tenth game in the bow ling tourna-ment was brought off last night atFoley's, the Wabashas and Gophers ba-ins the contestants. The parne proveda Waterloo for the (iophers, the scorebeing: Wabashas, 95T>; Gophers, 824.

McMillan carried off the honors wilh222 to his credit, while "Snooks" Kob-inson was close behind with 20G. "Doc"Mnnnhart was tne only man on theGopher team who made a creditable'score, the other four men missing theirspares with sickening regularity.In the first half the Wabashasbowled like fiends possessedand in the fifth frame they eclipsed the.wonderful performance of the Summitsby making 190 pins. At the change ofalleys they went to pieces and could theGophers have bowled at all they should•have won out in the last five frames.But they were worse than their oppo-nents and did not bowl a respectableframe. In the first frame Dahlestarted the ball rolline withthree 6trikes, while "Fritz" Robinso,nKot but 18. Zschaa made 28 and Guth-unz niiesed his spare. "Snooks" Rob-inson and Uelb each made a spare anda strike. Barnes did likewise whileWihquist lofta corner pin standing andmissed it witli both barrels. McMillanmade 28 and Capt. Mannhart got a spareand three pins. Score—Wabashas, 114;Gophers, 82. *

I In the second frame Rob eot 80 andDahle 19. Zschan boosted up the scorowith tbree strikes, while Guthunz againmissed an easy spare. "Spooks" andGeib broke even with 19 after Geib hadrolled his first ball off the alley. Barnesthen missed a spare and VViiniyfol-lowed suit. Doc stained three pins onMcMillan by making three strikes.Score: Wabashas, 220; GopUers, 170.

In the third frame Zschah missed his9PftF«. the balance of thejjjen Dowiinsrwell. In the fourth frame the Wabaahaswent to pieces, every man but Banjosunissins? his spar*. Here was a chance,I'or the (iophers. but they failed to takeadvantage of it, ana gained only eightpins.

The fiTth frame was the banner frameof the year, ac every iuaa but McMillanmade 30. For a moment it looked asthough he, too, would follow, as hemissed the king with his first ball, andthe dcadwood fell forward and knockedit down, giving him an unearned strike,but he could not take advantage of hisluck, and got but nine with his next twoballs. The score at the half was: Wa-bashas 528, Gophers 41S.

The sixth, seventh and eighth frameswere low on both sides, the Gophersgaining a few pins, but in the ninthBarnes and his men regained the lostground, and ended the game 131 pinsto the good.

Following is the score in detail:The Score by Frame*.

WRbasha—P.C. Kob'n. t8 20 20 10 30 020 9 30 20—1*0Zscbau 2S 30 10 10 3l> 910 10 19 10—letiN.C. Kob'u2J 10 3010 80 28 20 20 1010—200

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Totnl. .114 10(3 100 60 139 76 88 08 IC6 89 955GoDher—

Dahle... .30 19 20 10 10 10 21 20 20 13—182Guilmnz....lO JO 17 10 17 2S 15 23 8 8-146Ueib 20 19 20 20 9 10 10 10 10 20—148Winquisl... 9 10 30 10 10 19 9 20 IS 9—144Maiinhart...l3 30 18 18 20 19 30 17 19 20-204

Totals. ..82 £8 105 <>8 ?."> 86 85 9,) 75 70—8.*On Monday night the Broadways and

Lafayettes will come together for theeleventh game of the tournament.

invincible: summits.

Review of the Weeit's Rowling atFoley's.

The bowling tournament at Foley's isrolling along right merrily, and most ofthe teams are giving an ex-cellent account of themselves.The champion Summits still holdt^e prestige that they gainedlast year and bid fair to pull of! thetournament. They have proved them-selves five of the steadiest men on thealleys ana never weaken in a tightplace. The St. Paul team has not givenas good an account of itself as was ex--pected, but they will bear closewatching, and It would notbe at all surprising did theygive the leaders a very uncomfortablehuut for the honors. The Broadways,who weie not considered a factor, arelooking up in great shape, and if theycan keep up their present gait they willbe very much In evidence at the wind-up. The Gophers started off bravely,but took a tumble last week.

Three games were played during theweek. Monday night the Gophers lostto the Broadways. Wednesday theSummits broke H. Owens Clay tor'sheart by beating the St. Paul team.This was the hottest game ot theseason, and drew out a crowd thatpacked the alleys from pins to scoreboard. The St. Pauls led to the half,but then fell down, and the team cap-tained by Billy GerbeT; drew awaysteadily and won by 26 pips. •

Last night the Gophers were againdowned, this tune by (he WabaShas.

The standing of the teams to date is asfollows:

Won. LostSummit 3 0Btoa&tffty -. 2 1Gopher 2 2L«fayetto 1 1St. Paul 1 3Wabasbs. 1 8

In the race for the high averagebadge and yew bat and the weekly high

score badges the following men have aricord.pfrfQ.and better:

WaWsha—Barnes, 191: Edwards, 198;F. C. Robinson, 179; Zschau, 172; Mc-Millan, 191

Broadway—G. Shugard, 185; Boll-man, 183.

Summit—Gerber, 184; Muggley, 191:'rubbering. 172; Hastings, 201; W. Shu-gard, 106.

St. Paul—Martin. 183; Herges, 187;'Beyer, 238.

Lalayette—Pelletier, 182; Haisley,17fi: Sdhajler, 211; Fiuehnut, 178; Good,184; Eachus, 222.

Gopher—Dahle, 237; Gelb, 208.

CORNELL CAN KICK. •

President Srhunnan ConsidersFootball a Manly Game.

Ithica, N. V., Dec. 15.-PresidentSohurmau was interviewed last eveningby an Associated Press representativeIn regard to intercollegiate athletics.He stated that Cornell was not troubledwith the evils of which the public isnow complaining. Allgames are understrict control of an athletic association,except that the members of the teammust get permission from the faculty tobe out of town. Of the sea-son just closed no complaintsof any kind, public or private, havebeen made against Cornell player*.

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Indeed, so* far as football is concerned,the public outcry seems to be due to theunfortunate Springfield meetiug. Thereare certain dangers to which intercol-legiate football is exposed, and on thataccount should always be regarded asmerely accidental. 1 think not be toler-ated unless the rules are so amended tomade slugging and similar brutalitypractically impossible. If the penaltyfor slugging and maltreating were thatthe offender should be ruled off thefield tor the season such dishonorableconduct would cease. This especiallyhas proved effective in England.A penalty like this makesit to the interest of everyteam to practice manliness and fair

jplay. A conference of members of! athletic associations, representing asmany colleges and universities as willparticipate should be summoned to con-

; sider this disrespectful feature ofj the game and devise a ruleI for its removal. But there areI other evils also that need constanti watching. The greatest of them is the| tendency to use the game as a means ofmaking money. If all game were

, played on college grounds, and it wereunderstood that they were exhibition

l games intended primarily for students,j and not for the general* public, andj if the rates of admission were gaugedaccordingly the game would be relievedof that commercial character which atthe present time threatens to give it theaspect of pecuniary- speculation." Pres-ident Schunnan said in conclusion that

j he thought what was needed was notI the abolition, but the regulation of theI game.

SETTLES THE YACHT RACE.

Little Prospects of a Contest forthe America's Cup.

New York, Dec. 15.—The cable mes-I sage from the secretary of the RoyalYacht squadron to the New York Yachtclub, which was posted ou thebulletin board in the club housethis afternoon, has not onlyaroused the ire of the mem-bers of the latter organization, butalso seems to have effectually settledthe question of an international racein 1895. The sentiment at the NewYork Yacht club seems, to be that LordDuuraven's proposition to come over sndrace on any terms, or simply for thehonor of carrying the emblem of theRoyal Yacht squadron across the finishline ahea.d of a boat flying the signal ofsome Yankee yacht club, is enteredwith the most sportsmanlike intentionsand the enthusiasts declare that if hecomes he will get all the racing hewants. They hold, however, that if theAmerica's cup is to be the object ot thevisit of the new Valkyrie, the RoyalYacht squadron must recede from itspresent position.

Burnt on Whist.George L. Bunn last evening gave the

second of his lectures on whist to theSt. Paul Chess, Checkers and Whistclub, his subject being ••Second Haud

?Play." About forty members enjoyed

(the treat. His lecture of next Saturday*evening willbe "Third Hand Play."

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japs take: saibashu.

A Battle With Chinese Follows —... . , Results Not Known..' Hiroshima. Dec. . 15.—A dispatch

from Autong, dated Dec. 13 says thatGen. Tachlmi's troops were encampedat So Knko and were holding theChinese in check at lien Chan Kwan.

On Dec. 12, the dispatch says, theChinese were compelled by an inferiorJapanese force to retire from Naibashuthe Chinese numbering 4.000 men. Thelatter advanced.on the following daywhen fighting occurred, the result ofwhich was not known as the dispatchwas sault

the Duke of York had not then mar-ried the daughter of the Duke of Teclc(Princess May), everybody aroundhere would rejoice. The baDy wavinghis hands from the back of the'waeron isthe Crown Prince of Greece. His fatheris the best of all the family. I think,and that Is saying a great deal."

The czar nodded back at the young! lady and the shopkeeper just before thej vehicle went out of sight, and his tallshoulders and fine head were outlinedlike a silhouette against the sky.

"I have read a great many prettyj things about the czar, and have knownI people who received friendly words

from him at tnelr presentation to theRussian court/ the young lady saidafterward, "but 1 think I am the onlyAmerican woman who ever saw Alex-ander at his best, among his littlenephews and nieces, laughing withthem over a toy counter."

Revenge.Detroit Tribune.

••Aha," he muttered triumphantly,"aha."

He looked yet again."Aha."Gathering his bath robe more closely

about him Li Hung Chang retreated atthe rate ofsix miles an hour, while theemperor, with his two carpet bags anda shawl strap, was left far in the rear.

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In Colorado.Washington Star.

"Doesn't Jorby consider himself bet-ter than the rest of his party?"

"1 should say not. His wife's politicsare the same as his."

CNOiiR 'XAXDEK.

An American Girl's Sleeting Withthe Czar iv a Toy tehop.

!Ne\v York Sun.Every autumn at about this time the j

czarina has been in the habit of goinsr

with the czar to Copenhagen to visit herparents, the aged king and queen ofDenmark. At the same time the Prin- jcess of Wales would journey north wardto Denmark's shores accompanied bythe prince, and from Greece wouldcome King George and Queen Olga. juntil the Danish king and queen,had all Itheir children about them. Three years !ago an American lady and her daughterwere visiting in Copenhagen at the tuneof the royal gathering. In vain theytried several times to get near enoughto Fredenborg, the castle of Danishhosts, to see some of the royalties; andwhen once the daughter caught aglimpse of the Princesses Victoria andMaud driving a pony through the town,she felt herself well rewarded for thehours of watching. Kor so do mortalslove the sight ofroyalty.

One morning the you user lady wantedto do a littie shopping. She went to atoy store to buy a few of the queer-looking Dutch playthings to take hometo her little nephews, and she alsowanted to buy a box of the queer-shapedcandies made there. The toy store wadcrowded- There were nearly a dozenchildren, and with them half a dozenmaid?. The whole party seemed to bein charge of a tall, stout man with afair beard and a pleasant lace. He hadthe build of an athlete and the mild ex-pression of a woman.

"Wait on the lady first," he saidpleasantly ivRussian to the shopkeeper,and then to the young lady he said inEnglish. "1 will not allow you; to waitand be served after this horde ot young-sters. They can well wait."

At this thu youngest child ofall, a boycarried in the biff man's arms, began tokicK and cry and behave very baiily.

"1 willwait," said the young lady,laughing at the youngster's screams andkicks, "for 1 see you have an impatieutmember of your party."

With a bow of thanks, the athletic-looking mau picked up a small drumwith the Danish colors upon it andhanded It to the struggling child in hisarms. Then the others each received apretty present, while some town cliil-

\ dren who had waudered in were treated: to gifts oftoys and pretty tritles. Whenjall had been served with plaything?,

! the gentreman whispered to the childi in his arms, and a mimito afterwardjthe little one, stretching out his little

i hands toward the young lady, handed! her a book.

"Uncle 'Xander says I must give youthis because 1 was so rude," he said infairly plain English, "and 1 will giveybu this myself.'" holding over a stick ofmany-colored canay.

When the company had filed out agreat sleigh-like .uTuir qn wheels drove

|up to the door, and all piled in. Therewas a struggle to get near the gentle-

! man whom the llttje lad had calledj "Uncle 'Xander;" and a tiny but prettychild, who spoke nothing but English,

J began to cry and show as much temperas the other had. But they were well-behaved children, considering that theywere all the way from two years tofourteen; and the American girl andtlui shopkeeper cast admiring eyes afterthem as they drove away. From the Iback seat of the queer-looking vehicle achild waved his little hands as far as hecould be seen.

"That is the czar of Russia," said theshopkeeper- "He is on his annual visitto Copenhagen, and this is the way heamuses himself. He buys alternately i

! of all tlie shopkeepers, and is a friend ;to every one.

"And who was the child in his arms?Oh, that was the son of our crownprince. He may be the king of Den-mark some day. And the little girl who !

jcried because she could not »lt on the II czar's knew was Lady Alexandra Duff, !who comes here every fall with hermother and grandmother. This yearher father, the Duke of Fife, is here!also. The child is a dainty mite, and if j•he were to come to the ttuglish throne

A StartlingAdmission.

In New York City, for live cton-secutive years, the proportionof Deaths from Consumption

has been three in everyTwenty Persons.

Epidemics of Cholera, Yellow Feverand other diseases of similar character,so terrible in their results, occasion widespread alarm and receive fhe most care-ful consideration for their preventionand cure, while consumption receivesscarcely a thought, yet the number oftheir victims sinks into insignificancewhen compared with those ofconsump-tion. Comparatively few people knowwhat to do for their loved ones when theysee them gradually lose strength, losecolor, manifest feeble vitality and ema-ciation, or develop a cough, with difficultbreathing, or hemorrhage. Cod liver oilwas for a long time given in all suchcases, but the poor success attending itsuse coupled with its nauseating taste hasled many practitioners, as well as thepublic at large, to place their main re-liance in Dr. Pierces Golden MedicalDiscovery. It deserves early attentionand will prove effectual not in every casebut in a large percentage ofcases, andwe believe that fully 98 per cent, of allcases ofconsumption can, if taken in theearly stages ofthe disease, be cured withthe "Discovery." Dr. Pierce does notask people to believe until they have in-vestigated for themselves. A pamphlethas been published having the names,addresses and photographs of a largenumber of those cured ofconsumption,bronchitis, lingering coughs asthma,chronic nasal catarrh and kindred mala-dies which will be mailed free to thosesending for it with their name and ad-dress upon a postal card, or you can havea medical treatise, in book form of 160pages, mailed to you, on receipt of ad-dress and six cents in stamps. You canthen write those cured and learn theirexperiences. Address for Book, World'sDispensary Medical Association,Buffalo, N. Y.

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* \u2666% Venus of Canova, 29% inches In S\u25a0x height, of the finest l'arian xg marble, only $69 %I %M. . iM Cupid and Psyche. 25 inches at %'£ base, and 11 inches, for §39

i *% Three Graces of Canova. 25 %'£ inches high and 15 inches at 2I « base §98 i

* mm kjg Massanielo's "The Fisher Boy."as 32»2 inches high on pedestal

*«* 421.2 inches high. Prices with kg pedestal $175 '46 Colijmbus as a Boy, 23 inches *t*jf high 1^35 %i *at The Little Gardener, ICV-2 inches «I high $13 £* %is In addition to our Marble Figures h% and Groups we have an immense as- '*£% sortment of French Bronzes at prices ««i? from ST to SSS each. ii

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4-Piece Silver Tea Set.

Quadruple»platedand gold-lined, iathe very latestshape, with satinfinish and em- 48^ mg» ag\bossed border. . 11l at & billTea Pot, Sugar . li M 9 111Bowl. Cream ]k jI B|vUPitcher and Spoon B a I HHolder: regular \lf [ gprice, S'-1.00. Spe- Scial on Monday.... \u25a0 H

BANQUET LAMP.Rich Gold Ban-quet Lamp, hascentra! draftburner, handsome-lyembossed fount,

day at only..* .. 'CAUGHT A BIG RATTIj&R.

Capt. Mann, ofFlorida, Secured vMuseum Prize.

In Florida the large rattlers are sel-dom found outside ofthe big hammocKs.A big fellow, the kind they hunt for, isfrom sixteen to twenty inches aroundand live to eight feet lonsr.and will havefrom ten to twenty rattles. Such fel-lows alive and in good condition willretell from 125 to 850, while the skin ofa dead one is only worth from $2 to t5.

Capt. W. H. Mann,of Mannvil!e,could,if he would, tell more stories aboutsnakes than any other man in Florida.

Two summers ago he started la visitone of his orange groves about two milesnorth or his home. He had with him acolored man who was going to do somework on the place. When about a mileand a half out they noticed two trails asbroad as a man's hand crossing thesandy road. The captain knew thatboth were made by one snake, and thathe had crossed the road and turnedback. When a snake crosses a road onecan always tell which way he is travel-ing, because in crossing little moundsand ruts the snake always drags a littlesand into the rut from trie side he came,and takes from the side he is traveling.it did not take the captain long to locatethe fellow, for at the next step hesounded the note of warning:, which wasas loud as a watchman's rattle.

lie was v line fellow. He had justshed his skin, ana his new coat was asglossy as silk.

••He was aa big around,'* the darkysaid, -'as de calf of de let: of a well-grown man, an' as long as yer body.'*

The captain was determined to eatenhim alive. He took the hoe that thecolored man was carrying and tola theman to to back to the barn, hitch ahorse to the cart.and bring a barrel witha good bottom in it. All tiie lime he wastalking he kept his eye on the rattler,and the snake never removed his fromthe captain.

Capt. Mann knew that it would taketlu* nes:ro an hour to go to the barn andreturn with the barrel, and to keep thesnake from escaping to Ins dungeon, orhimself from being struck with thesnake's deadly fangs, was a task requir-ing a great deal of courage. Hut hewas sucn a line, large fellow that thecaptain considered the prize worthy ofthe effort, and he thought he was equalto it.

The captain judged that the snakewas six feet long, and knew that hecould spring the lencth of his body andat the same time strike a fatal blow, ilealso knew that the ratUev would notundertake to strike unless he was suraof his victim. So he concluded to walkaround the rattler, keeping him at adistance of twelve to fifteen feet.

Around and around the cautaiu slowlymarched, never moving his eye fromthe ratiler. When the snake wouldsettle the captain knew ho was planningfor an escape. Then the captain wouldbeat the earth with the hoe. Thin wouldaimer the rattler, and he would soundthe alarm as loud as eyer. In this waythe battle was kept up between the twofor an hour.

At the end of that time the captainheard the approach of the cart. Therattler heard it at the same moment,and, as if he knew it was a reinforce-ment for his enemy, lie started to glideaway, but the captain was too quick.At the risk of his life the captain rushedbetween him and the point where tn«the captain thought his dungeon Jayaad intercepted the snake. The reptilewas so angry that he coiled and pre-pared to spring, but the captain jumpedto one side and the rattler fell snort.While this was going on the negroplaced the barrel behind the snake,with its open head toward him.

The man saw the snake make the des-perate attack on the captain, ami, grab-bine a stick, went toward Capt. Mannwith the intention ofKilling the rattler.The snake turned on his new adversary,and as he did so his eye caucht the bar-rel, and, thinking it a place of refuge,he darted in as quick as lightning. Th«two men ran and tipped the barrel anaput it in the cart, and now the "13os(Rattler" is one ofthe leading attractioulin a museum.