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THE PHILADELPHIA IXQUITIET1 SATURDAY MOKN1NG, DECEMBER 15, 1894. FLAKE GOES TO JAIL THE LATEST SPORTING NEWS GREAT DECEMBER CLEARING SALE THE TIME HAS COME WHEN GOODS MUST FLY The season's late and fast escaping, and yet cold weather does not come I The goods are here in legions far too great for the time ot the year, and superhuman efforts must accomplish in a few short weeks what's usually done in a season. LAVIGNE WINS IN EIGHTEEN ROUNDS THE STATE LEAGUE WAR. Wednesday's Meeting; Was Illeg-aJ, and an Interstate League Will Be Formed. The little disagreement which ac-curred in the Pennsylvania State League at the special meeting at Reading on Wednesday- last will have no bad effect upon that organization as President E.

K. Myers, of Harrisburg, stated yesterday that the annual meeting would be held in this city on the first Monday in January when the MEN'S OVERCOATS Too many, by far, and if they are not disposed of in the nexfc three weeks, they'll be on our hands all season, and that's a thing we don't permit, so clip go the prices and out goes the stuff. Good Warm Overcoats, others advertise them Jt ff MEN'S SUITS Stocked bisrher than we ever thought they would be at this time of the year. Stocked twice as hlsth as they should be. Heroic measures to reduce them, so down go the prfces Men's Knits that can be sold conscientiously yt for SU and $10, our price A large line of fine All-Wool Suits, in every style.

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Handy Smith Appears Ag-ainst Him A Pawnbroker's Clerk Held for Receiving; the Goods. James Flake, arrested on the charge of robbing the residence of Maxwell Somerville, was yesterday before Magistrate Milligan to answer the charge of robbing the residence of Senator George Handy Smith, 1041 South Broad street, last August. With Flake was arraigned Annie Gunnis, of 825 North Seventh street, to whom the stolen goods had been traced. The scene in the court room was In the dock stood Flake, who is better known among his friends as "Reddy," trying to look careless, but watching with eager glances the countenance of the magistrate, as he listened to the evidence. Just in front of the magistrate's desk, a trifle to the left of the witness stand, stood Annie Gunnis, with her counsel close beside her, her face flushed with excitement and her black eyes flashing.

Alternately on the witness stand and hovering near it was Senator Smith, his broadcloth coat tightly buttoned over his breast, and on his good-natured face the serious look of Flake in the Dock. a man who was determined to do his duty, although that duty might be far from agreeable. A muff and an Astrakhan cape lay on the magistrate's desk, and these the Senator identified as the ones which had been stolen from his house. Senator Smith testified that some time during the month of August, while he and his family were out of town, his house was entered and robbed of a number of articles. His daughter, chancing to go home for some things she wanted, discovered the house ransacked and the robbery was reported to the police.

The Senator identified the jimmy and chisel which had been found in his house, and with which the nervy man or men had entered in defiance of burglar alarms. Further evidence rendered in the case was to the effect that Flake gave the Gunnis woman the cape and muff to pawn and presented her with the ticket. This ticket was found hidden under the carpet in a room formerly occupied by the woman, at Sixth and Noble streets. when asked if he to say stepped with alacrity to the stand and said that two men had given him the goods to pawn for them, which he had given the woman, and had paid him half a dollar for the job. He denied having been seen hanging around outside Senator Smith's house near the time of the robbery, although he was identified by another witness as one of twro men who were standing on the corner the morning after the occurrence.

Flake said that he did not even know they were stolen goods when given to him to pawn, but got on dangerous ground when, in answer to the magistrate query as to how many things he gave the woman to pawn, he replied: "All we took out." Flake was also charged by Special Officer Chobert with entering a house at 311 South Tenth street and stealing some clothing. He was held in $1200 bail each to answer in court for the two offences. Annie Gunnis was held in $500 bail and John L. Hammil, the clerk of Pawnbroker Jacob Rosenthal, who received the stolen goods, was also held in $500 bail. Among the articles alleged to have been stolen by Flake was a solid silver ship, worth about which was a prize received in a race by the Mystery Boat Club, of which Senator Smith was a member.

According to Captain Miller, of the detective bureau, Flake's criminal career began about twenty years ago, when he robbed a man of several hundred dollars just outside a bank in Kensington. He has been arrested several times since for robbery. Pension Certificate Issued. WASHINGTON. Dec.

14. The following pensions have been Issued. Issue of December 4, 1H94: PENNSYLVANIA. Judson R. Phelps: Con-neautville; William H.

Stofflet. Nazareth; John Stough, Cribbs; Raymond S. Scott, deceased, Gibson: Abram L. Line, Montsera; Henry Ashbaugrh. Grapevine; Henry G.

Weid-ner. Michael Hoffman, Youngrston-n (twenty years' service'. Robert S. Hewit, Philadelphia. Supplemental Francis M.

Scott, deceased. Mill Villa.ee. Restoration James Plunkett, Monaca. Increase Harvey F. Tiffany, Nicholson; Miles D.

Baldwin, Le Raysville; Amandee Gross, Richlandtown Ephratm J. Stenser, Hanover. Increase Samuel Schlear, Reldins; Geonre C. Zimmerman, Lebanon; David Burnett, New Castle. Reissue Hiram Dixon, Bardweil.

Original widows, etc. Klizabeth H. Ihiladel-phia; Louisa C. Highland. Bristol; Anna R.

Wells, Philadelphia NEW JER3KY. Original John Quinn, Lonp Branch. Reissue Samuel M. Carr, Vlneland. Original widows, etc.

Mary Naele, Keyport; Annie er, Jerwy City. SOME FOREIGN FACTS. It is reported that Vice Admiral Tchi-katchoff, Russian Minister of Marine, has resigned. The United States ship Chicago sailed yesterday from Barcelona for Marseilles. Unusually severe and repeated earthquake shocks have been experienced at Rangoon, British Burmah, during the last twenty-four hours.

NUBS OF SPORTING NEWS. The Toung Men's Christian Association will close its athletic grounds with the Bank Clerk's-Y. M. C. A.

football game this afternoon. This department of the association has had a very successful season, considering the times both athletically and financially. The grounds will be opened again in the spring with a number of improvements. The wrestling match at Ingersoll, Thursday night, between J. C.

Comstock, champion of Michigan, and G. Perry, champion of Canada, resulted in a draw, each man winning one fall. Jack Burke, champion lightweight of the South, will be a feature with the City Sports big show, at the Auditorium the coming week. Mr. Burke has the honor -of fighting the longest battle on record, that with Andy Bowen, at New Orleans, April 6, 03, the fight lasting 110 rounds, or seven hours and twenty minutes.

Mr. Burke will be seen in a scientific exhibition with Rosa Burke, champion female lightweight of the world, at every performance, The football teams of the Sophomore and Freshmen classes of the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania battled yesterday on the University grounds. The game was a hard fought one, the Sophs finally winning by a score of 4 to O. The "95" and '08' Meds will to-day play a game for the championship of their department. BOTH CREWS WILL-GO TO ENGLAND PENNSYLVANIA DECIDES TO FOLLOW CORNELL'S LEAD AND ENTER THE HENLEY REGATTA.

CONFERENCE HELD AT ITHACA The Two Blsc Universities Will Also Hare a. Freshman Race and Columbia Will Be Asked to Send an No Hard Feelins Over Pennsylvania's Decision. Special to The Inquirer. ITHACA, N. Dec.

14. Both the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell will send eight-oared crews to England to compete in the Henley regatta next July. The Ithaca oarsmen announced that they would go abroad some weeks ago, and Pennsylvania decided to take the same step after holding a conference with Cornell's Rowing Committee here to-day. Through the courtesy of Dr. Wheeler, who is one of Cornell's main representatives in athletic matters, the meeting was held in his office.

Those present were Dr. Wheeler and W. Hastings, of Cornell, and Thomas Hunter and Otto Wagenhurst, of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's representatives said that Pennsylvania had three things to do: To row Cornell's best eight before they went to England; to accompany Cornell to England and row there, or to drop rowing at Pennsylvania for the year. CORNELL'S POSITION.

Cornell very properly stated her position in this way: That, first of all, the going of the Pennsylvania crew would materially take the glory out of Cornell's project. That Cornell had beaten every crew that she had rowed in the United States and had really earned the right of going alone, but at the same time did admit that Pennsylvania had in every way a perfect right to go if she was determined upon it. Cornell further stated that should the alumni of Cornell hear of Pennsylvania's going to England they would not feel like subscribing so liberally as they otherwise would. No definite arrangement could be made in the forenoon and the meeting adjourned until 2 P. M.

At that hour the following men met at the Clinton House: Dr. Wheeler, Professor White, Professor Hutchinson, Mr. Tre-man, Mr. Sage and W. T.

Hastings, of Cornell, and Thomas G. Hunter and O. Wagenhurst, the Pennsylvania representatives. Cornell advanced the same argument, offering several suggestions, and the only way out of the difficulty seemed to be for Cornell to row Pennsylvania before she went abroad. This proposition was advanced by Dr.

Wheeler, but was not approved of by the other Cornell men. Accordingly the Pennsylvania men announced that they would not race a second Cornell crew, bait would also go abroad next spring. Cornell's representatives s'aid at- the last moment that they would rather not have Pennsylvania take this action, but at the same time they would not feel unfriendly towards her for doing so. A FRESHMAN RACE. It was also decided to have a Freshman race between the colleges this spring.

Pennsylvania stated how absolutely impossible it would be to raise a Freshman crew merely out of the college department, and accordingly made this proposition, which was agreed to by Cornell: That Pennsylvania's Freshman crew would be made up of men who were purely Freshmen in the various departments and men who had never been at any other college previous to entering Pennsylvania. Columbia will also be asked to enter a Freshman crew in this race. Rittenhouse, 24; Middlet on O. The Rittenhouse Academy football team closed a very successful season at Middletown on Thursday by defeating Middletown A. A.

by the score of 24 to 0. The game was of a snappy nature', showing great judgment and science for both teams, but the Philadelphia boys were too much for their opponents, thereby winning easily. For Rittenhouse the tackling of Leipsner and Fulmer and the bucking and running of Captain Thompson and F. Magee was exceptionally fine. Smith, Williams and Slater did the best work for Middletown.

The teams lined up as follows: Rittenhouse. Positions. Middletown. Cross Left end Smith Leipsner. tackle Watson J.

Doyle. Left guard Guest Fulmer Centre Harris Dulon Right guard Campbell E. Goodman. tackle Raub Right end Herman F. Thompson (Cap Left half-back Jackson C.

Goodman. Right half-back Hills Golden Quarter-back Wilson Magee Full-back Davis Basket Ball Players. The first of the series of intercity basket ball games arranged by the Central Y. M. C.

A. team will take place this evening, when the local team will line up against the strong Wilmington Y. M. C. A.

team, champion of Delaware, in the Central Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.

Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. The line-up will be as follows: Central. Positions. Wilmington. Home Smith Blankron.

forward Milligan Dunaeith. forward. McAllister(Coach)Right centre Cook Scarlett Centre. Saunders Woodward Left centre Aspril Perkins Goal Moody Kelly Right back Bugbee Barger Left back Farra Drriel Institute Wins. The Drexel Institute Basket.

Ball team lined up against the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A. team last night in the gymnasium of the former and after two interesting fifteen-minute halves, won by a score of 5 to 3.

The teams were as follows: Drexel. Positions. Penna. R. R.

Y. M. C. A. Kemp ton Goal Boehm Gaskell Right back Falley Cummings Left tackle Jackson Bosbyshell Centre Stackhouse Merrick Right centre Moody Young Left centre.

Gorman Right forward Ottey Greul Left forward Bruce Shew Ho me Betson Goals Ottey, Greul, 1. Fouls West Philadelphia, 2. Umpire Buckman. Referee Holbrook. Schaef er's Challenge.

CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Jake Schaefer announces that having been unable to secure a match at cushion caroms with Frank C. Ives, he will play Ives or any other billiard player in the world three games of billiards. The Eddystone Association Football Club will meet the Brill Club on the latter club's grounds, at Sixty-second and Woodland avenue to-day.

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i BOXING AT THE NAVY. Those Will Put on the Gloves Next Thursday XigJit. The next boxing exhibition at the C. S. N.

will take place on Thursday evening, December 20. The following well known boxers will appear: 120 pounds, William Whistler, who made a great contest with Plimmer.the bantam weight champion of England, and Ellwood McCloskey, the well-known featherweight. 122 pounds, William Bachman, one of Philadelphia's best known special weight champions, and Charles A. Mc-Gowan, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, who has a good reputation in that vicinity. 125 pounds, Joseph.

Leonard, who has scored seven consecutive victories before the A. C. S. and John McDer-mott, a well known hard hitting boxer. 12,1 pounds, Jerome Quigley, who has met and defeated many the best lightweights of this country, and Leslie C.

Pearce, of Camden, whose recent defeat of Randall, of Port Richmond, has placed him in the front rank of his class. A special bout has been provided be--tween Stanton Abbott, lightweight champion of England, who has defeated many prominent men of his class, and Charles McKeever, the most promising undefeated lightweight of Philadelphia, who has defeated Jimmy Mitchell, Charles McCarthy, and drawn with Owen Zeigler. DIXON AND GRIFFO. Will PiKht Twenty-five Rounds at Coney Island, January 1J. to The Inquirer.

SHAMOKIN, Dec. 14. George Dixon, the champion feather-weight, who gave an exhibition here last night, has arranged to fight Griffo, the match being fixed up to-day by telegraph. Last evening Thomas O'Rourke, Dixon's backer, received a telegram from Kennedy, the matchmaker for the Seaside Athletic Club of Brooklyn, in yhich he said: "Plimmer wont meet Dixon. Will you go Griffo for twenty rounds January ID?" O'Rourke this morning wired his answer as follows: "Will fight Griffo twenty-five rounds.

Would prefer a "finish regardless of his weight. Will also take same terms that Horace Leeds, of Philadelphia, offers to Griffo and match Joe Wolcott to stop him in ten rounds." Kennedy alleged last wek in Owego yat Plimmer would fight Dixon at lli pounds, and O'Rourke stated today that if Plimmer would not fight at 110 he would make it 113. ATHLETICS AT CORSELL. AXDY BOWEX, OF NEW ORLEANS, KNOCKED OUT BY THE 8AGI- SAW KID. A FAST AND FURIOUS FIGHT Bowen Was Clearly Outclassed, But Took His Punishment Gamely La-vigne Led From the Start and Deserved the Victory.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14 George Lavigne and Andy Bowen fought tonight in the Auditorium Club in the presence of about 4000 people. Bowen was knocked out in the eighteenth round. "The purse was $3000, divided as follows: $2500 to the winner and $500 to the loser. John Duffy was chosen referee and Billy McCarthy, Billy Layton and AI.

Spitzf aden looked after Bowen, while Van Pragg, of Chicago, was his timekeeper. Sam Fitzpatrick, Jim Hall and Martin Murphy seconded Lavigne, and Joe Considine, of Detroit, held the watch for the Saginaw Kid. Both men were over-weight, Bowen weighing 133 and Lavigne 135. The weight agreed upon was 130 pounds. In the first round, Lavigne slipped to the floor twice.

Up to the third round he was the aggressor and had the better of the fighting, though Bowen landed some stiff body blows. In the fourth round, Lavigne had all the better of the fight, landing several Iieavy right-handers on Bowen's face, staggering the home man as the gong sounded. The fifth and sixth rounds were also in Lavigne's favor, though little or no effective work was done. In the seventh round Bowen was cut over the eye. Lavigne looked every inch a winner.

The eighth and ninth rounds were both Lavigne's. Bowen was clearly outclassed. At the end of the ninth round Bowen had bellows to mend, while Lavigne was unscathed and seemingly as fresh as -when he began. In the tenth and eleventh rounds Lavigne had much the best of the fight, Bowen being knocked all over the ring. In the twelfth and thirteenth rounds it was the same old story Lavigne did all the forcing.

In the fifteenth round Bowen was nearly downed by a heavy right-hander on the jaw and would have been floored had not the gong saved him. In the seventeenth round Bowen was knocked and fell. He received terrible punishment, though he took it gamely. In the eighteenth round Bowen was knocked out. He fought a game fight, but was never in the contest.

Lavigne fought fairly but furiously and deserved his victory. Bowen was carried limp from the ring. The doctors say he has con-cusssion of the brain and may die. THE TALENT IN LUCK. Bookmakers Get the Worst of It at Alexander Island.

WASHINGTON, D. Dec 14. A big crowd, good betting, pleasant weather and a lumpy track were the accessories to the racing at the Alexander Island course to-day. Fifteen bookmakers laid oads and they had the worst of it, as three favorites" and two third-choices captured the purses. Firse Race Four and a half furlongs; selling; purse, $200.

Reynard, 110 (Corbley), 8 to 5, won; Dashing Charlie, 110 (Konrad), 20 to 1, second; Gold Digger, 110 (Manlove), 3 to 1, third. Time, Woodchopper, Tedd Gegg, Sextus, Needmore, Glenall, Gertie, Vagabond, Absconder and Clement also ran. Second Race Six and a quarter furlongs; selling; purse, By Jove, 113V (H. Lewis), 11 to 2, won; Thurston, "107 (Ham), 2 to 1. second; Wal-cott, 116 (Foster), 9 to 10, third.

Time, Galloping King, Graceful and Fox Glove also ran. Third Five furlongs; 2-year-olds: selling; purse $200. Harris, 100 (Johnson), 9 to 10, won; Lura, 1(X (Donnelly), 6 to 1, second; Farra gut-, 103 (E. Tribe), 10 to 1, third. Time, 1.04.

Nina, William Penn, Rufus, Parthenia, Princess Alix, Amsterdam, Jewel, Brogan, John W. O'Brien and Fan Like also ran. Fourth Four and a half furlongs: selling; purse $200. Criterion, 110 (Murphy), (i to 1, won; Judge Post, 110 (Konrad), 2 to 1, second; Intimid-ad, 110 (Ham), 6 to 1, third. Time, .58.

Bon Voyage, Lady Superior, Thiers L. The Dude, Anxiety, Cadet, Jack Wilson, Bay Berry and Jim Cor-bett also ran. New Orleans Races. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.

The taler.t was in fine chape to-day, four out of five favorites winning. The summaries: First Race Seven Mifcs Gallop, 10 (Leigh), 6 to 5, won cleverly by a length; Theolore 107 (McCue), 8 to 5, second; Baby 71)1, (McDonald, 12 to 1, third. Tin.t, l.J!0. Gee Whiz and Merritt a'so ran. Second Six and a half furlongs.

Young Arion, 112 (J. McDonald), 7 io 10, won easily by a length; Prince Imperial, 112 (Elrod), 8 to 5, second Revenue, 108 (R. Jones), 3 to 3, third. Time, 1.23. Zella Bay Flower, Belle Stout and Oak Forest also ran.

Third Selling; six furlongs. Bur-rell's Billett, 107 (J. McDonald), 2 to 1, won handily by a length; Ten Spring, 113 (Penn), 3 to 1, second; Luke Park, 103 (Reeves), 12 to 1, third. Time, 1.15. Fourth Handicap; one mile.

Clara Bauer, 10t (Berger), 8 to 5, won in a gallop by five lengths; Imp. Wolsey, 10O (McGurk), 9 to 5, second; Bonnie 105 (Morse), 40 to 1, third. Time, 1.42. -Fifth Selling; six furlongs. Dr.

Work, 105 (J. Hill), 3 to 1, Flush, 108 (Penn), even, second; Red Veil, 105 (Leigh), to 1, third. Time, l.lGVi. Buckeye, Lou Prewitt, Black Satin, Burgundy and Boothroyd also ran. ATHLETIC OFFICERS.

The Pennsylvania Association Reelects H. L. Geyelin President. The Athletic Board of Directors of the University of Pennsylvania held a special meeting yesterday at the University Club for the purpose of reorganizing. The only committee fully completed was the Football Committee, vacancies being left for further consideration on the others.

The following officers were unanimously, elected for the year: President, H. L. Geyelin vice-president, George Wharton Pepper; secretary, John Neill; treasurer, Clifford Pemberton, clerk, J. II. Fry.

Committees were appointed as follows: Football Williams, Bell, Kendrick, Wharton and Pepper. Base Ball Madeira, Mcllhenny and Sinclair. Rowing Hunter and Hulme. Track Geyelin, Ellis and Coates. Cricket Sims and Cowperthwaite.

Membership Blight, Aitken, Sinclair, Kendrick, Mcllhenny. House Hulme, Bell. Hunter, Kendrick and Sinclair. Franklin Field Madeira, Geyelin, Pemberton, Pepper and Merrick. Ground Composed of chairmen of Football, Base Ball and Track Committees, with one undergraduate, Madeira, Minds, Geyelin and Bell.

i State League would be reorganized or an Interstate League would be formed, ed. A majority of the larger cities, in the State favor an Interstate organiza tion as it is now certain that Newark, Trenton and Wilmington will want clubs next season and Camden is a possibility. Ted Sullivan, formerly manager of the Washington and St. Louis Clubs, will manage a hew club in Newark. He made application for an Eastern League franchise, but was refused, and now he is helping the movement for an Interstate League.

Henry C. Myers, a veteran player, well known throughout Pennsylvania and formerly manager of the Harrisburg Club, will have charge of the new Trenton Club. Manager Myers called at The Inquirer office last night and said that Trenton would join- the Interstate League- if it was formed, and that the club would guarantee to play the season out by making a substantial cash deposit, In regard to Wednesday's State League meeting at Reading, President B. F. Zerr, of Reading, writes The Inquirer: "The meeting was clearly illegal.

It was called as a conference session and turned into an annual meeting by President Hanlon to serve his own ends. Seven or eight strangers cannot come here and say whether it will be Zerr or Witman. It will be for the patrons to say. I have received notice that a meeting will be held in Philadelphia the first Monday in January to organize an Interstate League, and I will be there, and so will Harrisburg, Allentown, Lancaster, Pottsville, Easton and Shenandoah." II i rm 1 glinm Track Closed. BIRMINGHAM, Dec.

14. Birmingham's winter race meeting, which began ten days ago, has collapsed. The long distance of the track from the city resulted In a small attendance, and the treasury of the association was soon -depleted. Sun rises T'l Sun sets 4.j?b Light lamps -l Don't scorch. Last evening the second events of the amateur races now being held in Industrial Hall were run off.

Zimmerman had promised the management to ride last night, but during the afternoon he sent a note stating that as he was feeling "rather busted" and partly because his trainer had shipped his wheels and clothes back to New York he would be unable to appear. This, however, is not believed to be the real reason, as he was sadly out of form, and probably not thoroughly satisfied with his performance of the previous evening. To make up for this the management substituted a trial for the two mile record which was made by W. C. Roome.

There were no "spills" last evening in the races. Before the heats were run T. B. Buzzard and F. H.

Rum-ford were practicing, when, through some unaccountable way, their wheels came together, and both were thrown. It was thought for some time that Buzzard was badly injured, but other than a few bruises he was unhurt and able to compete in the events in which he' was entered. Rumford was uninjured. W. A.

Barbeau, Riverside Wheelmen's crack rider, rode an exhibition half mile unpaced, and established an indoor record of 1.05 1-5. The most interesting race of the evening was the first heat of the three-mile open race. In the heat were- C. T. Earl and W.

A. Barbeau, both fast riders. Barbeau lead Earl at the start, riding down at the pole, where it was almost impossible for Earl to pass Earl knew this and ran up on the. outside of the- track, pedalling for dear life, and when near the finish Earl spurted and passed Barbeau, winning the heat, Willie Wenzel was practically the only local rider to participate, in any of the events. Charlie Church could not ride on account of the fall he received Thursday evening.

He said he could not hold the turns and not wishing to injure himself he preferred to keep out. W- C. Roome rode two miles against time and broke the indoor record. The start was a flying start and he covered the distance in 4.45 1-5. The previous record was held by C.

M. Murphy, in the Madison Square Garden, 4.4S. THE SUMMARIES. One Mile 2.30 class. First heat won by C.

T. Earl; second, Charles Leibold. Time, 2.32 2-5. Second Heat Louis Hunter had a walk-over. Half Mile Against Time W.

A. Barbeau, 1.05 2-5, breaking the world's record. One Mile Handicap 100 yards limit. First heat won by F. H.

Rumford, 65 yards; second, Howard Nester, ,50 yards. Time, 2.19 2-5. Second heat won by W. C. Roome, 30 yards; second, C.

T. Earl, 60 yards. Time, 2.20 1-5. Third heat won by Charles Leibold, 50 yards; second, P. K.

Manning, 100 yards. Time, 2.28. Three Mile Open One mile heats to qualify. First heat won by W. C.

Roome; second W. A. Barbeau. Time, 2.25 4-5. Second heat won by C.

T. Earl; second, W. A. Wenzel. Time, 2.34 4-5.

Two Miles Four-lap race. First heat won by W. A. Barbeau second, Wil-liam Pierce." Time, 5.04 3-5. Second heat won by C.

T. Earl; second, Charles Leibold. Time, 5.16 3-5. Two Miles Against Time C. Roome, 4.45 1-5, breaking the world's record by 2 4-5 seconds.

Monte Scott, Plainfield, N. crack Class rider, was in town yesterday. In the evening he attended the indoor races at Industrial Hall. Ed Rich, the local agent for the Sterling bicycle, has been frequently asked the meaning of the phrase, "Built like a watch," used in reference to the above wheel. He states that inasmuch as its movements and construction are always on time, either in way of improvements on the road or track, it has earned for it that fine comparison.

This refers to models of past years and with the present state of improvement 95 will probably see Sterling built finer than a watch. cirS-R SMITH 1001 Arcs. Street. loves 5c. 1120 1130 MARKET STREET PRESENTS FOR THE JOYS SPALDING'S LEAGUE BALL Price $1.50 SPALDING'S Official Intercollegiate FOOTBALL Price $5.00 he Same Ball that is us? (I by all th Colleges.

SPALDING'S Athletic Sweaters $1.00 to $7.00 housands of other Suitable Presents A. 6. Spalding Bros. 1216 CHESTNUT ST. THE BICYCLE FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT Pleasing, Enjoyable Healthful Practical 0UP PRICES LOWER THAN EVER OUR STOCK LARGER Variety from which to select Our experience to help you Low prices Your personal comfort Our SERVICE are considerations which SHOULD lead you to buy of tis.

Selections made now will be delivered at any time specified. Holiday price-list mailed on request. Open evenings till the 24th. 1 HART CYCLE CO. 816 ARCH STREET -iVO NEED OF THAT "BICYCLE shmo you how to avoid it.

SPECIAL NOTICE The Philadelphia Inquirer Book and Coupon Department Will be Closed To-Day (Saturday) At 4 n. Is, 5oaoo. CH I STMAS Imported, Key West, Domestic. JOSEPH WAY, 1105 Market Phili. I'SEO A BEER-GLASS.

James Dairy Seriounly Injures Henry McBrlde During a Fight. During a quarrel in a saloon at New Market and Laurel streets yesterday Henry McBride, aged 22 years, of No. 1200 Palmer, street, was terribly injured by a beer glass thrown by James Daly, aged 18 years, of No. 9.J4 Rachel street. The two men, with several others, were drinking when the fight started.

Daly grabbed a glass from the bar and hurled it directly Into McBride's face. The glass cut him terribly, one gash extending entirely across his left temple and the force of the blow fractured his skull. The man was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in a precarious condition and Daly was arrested. Cut-glass tumblers, $3.25 a dozen, at Evans's prices are cut as well as the tumblers.

HOfi Chestnut. EiRhth and Arch. 2230 North Front II II 1 Hi IMlVMi IS STILL RISING SELECT COUNCILMAN BLACK'S THIRTY-SIXTH WARD CLUB IN LINE. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY Appointment ot a Campaign Committee The Mayoralty Convention to Be Held In Mnnieal F11 ml Hall. Other Politieal Xew of More or Less Interest.

The Penrose tide is stfll rising and the nomination of the young Senator promises to be as unanimous as was that of Mayor Stuart. The politicians that opposed him bitterly in the beginning have been forced to fall in line much against their will. They have discovered that a few men cannot stand in the face of public opinion. The false charges made against Mr. Penrose by the Municipal League have proved a sort of a boomerang.

They have injured that organization in the eyes of the public and have aided Penrose considerably. The clubs are falling over one another in their efforts to indorse the popular favorite." The Young Men's Republican Club, of the Thirtysixth ward, met last night and unanimously indorsed Penrose. Select Councilman Hugh Black, who is a close personal friend of Mayor Stuart, offered the following resolution: "Whereas, The Hon. Boies Penrose, one of Philadelphia's most distinguished citizens, is a candidate for the high office of chief magistrate of this citv, and "Whereas, The Toung Men's Republican Club, of the Thirty-sixth ward, recognizes in Senator Penrose a Republican whose unfaltering fidelity to the party has made him an exemplar to the young Republicans of the city and the country; a public official who has been indefatigable in season and out of season in serving the best interests of the people and who has been faithful to every trust reposed in him; and a man of strict honor, superior attainments and splendid executive ability. Therefore be it "Resolved, That the Young Men's Republican Club, of the Thirty-sixth ward, heartily indorses the candidacy of the Hon.

Boies Penrose for the Mayoralty of the city of Philadelphia, and hereby pledges him its cordial support for that office at the coming election." IN THE FIFTEENTH WARD. The Fifteenth Ward Union Republican Club met at the northwest corner of Nineteenth and Fairmount avenue and passed resolutions indorsing Penrose and pledging "the undivided support of the club towards securing his nomination and triumphant election." The Twenty-first Ward Union Republican Club, with over 700 members, met last night in Roxborough and indorsed Penrose. Similar action was taken by the Abraham Lincoln Club, of the Thirty-third ward, at their club house, 4203 Germantown avenue. As Coroner Ashbridge has announced his determination of remaining in the race until the convention meets, he will be the only competitor Senator Penrose will have. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY.

The Pennsylvania Democracy met last night at Dental Hall and announced that the convention to nominate a candidate for Mayor and for Magistrates would be held in Musical Fund Hall on Thursday, January 10. A committee was appointed to secure permanent headquarters. The following Campaign Committee was announced: James P. Morrison, chairman: ABSOLUTELY PURE THE OLD RELIABLE SUEET CAPOrtAL CIGARETTE Has stood tb Test of Time MORESOL5 THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS COMBINED Hi MMHtHH U.K.. lr fiT.

BAILEY George McGowan, Harry J. Trainer, "William McMullen, S. C. Krause, John Smith, Thomas McGowan, Dallas Sanders, Albert H. Harris.

Anson R. Steel, William H. R. Lukens, John M. Klang, Dennis O'Brien, James Ryan, Francis P.

Haggerty, Dennis Bradley, Peter D. Glazier, John Gorm-ley, Thomas F. Byrnes, Francis M. Carr, William A. Ryan, James C.

MacFarlan, P. F. Gallagher, John F. Dougherty, John Ormsby, M. J.

Mc-Ginnis, George W. Dowler, Michael J. Ryan, James E. Kenney, George Eil-ber, Augustus Leasongood, Samuel Priestly, Charles A. Beitenmiller, Thomas Cavanaugh, Thomas Gallagher, Milton Abbott.

The cl6se friends of Hugh Black, Select Councilman of the Thirty-sixth ward, have induced him to refuse the candidacy for police magistrate, which was offered him by the Republican leaders of the city, and urged him to remain in Select Council at least for the present, or until his term expires, when a higher and more lucrative position will await him. The West Philadelphia Republican Club met last night and indorsed Penrose for Mayor. It was announced that Charles E. Connell had withdrawn as a candidate for Magistrate. MAY II rXIOX.

The Firt Baptlnt Clinrcli Makes a Proposition to Tabernacle an 1 Beth-Eden. Desiring to fall In with the plan of consolidation with Tabernacle and Beth-Eclen Churches and yet unwilling to relinquish their "poor fund" of the members of the First Baptist Church last evening adopted resolutions inviting the other two churches to unite with them under their present charter, promising, in case their proposition is favorably received, that the Boards of Deacons, trustees and other elective offices shall be equally divided between the three churches. The resolutions included the approval of article five of the printed articles of agreement' previously received by the three churches. This article is the one which provides for an endowment fund appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of the present church properties. The further details of tne plan were referred to the following committee: E.

L. Tus-tin, H. Li. Wayland, William A. Levering, W.

W. Keen, Joseph F. Page, Dr. William H. Ford and B.

Ogden Loxley. The resolutions were prepared and offered by John H. Scott. E. L.

Tus-tin presided over the meeting and ia authority for the statement that there was not a dissenting vote when the resolutions were acted upon. PUCK ASD SHREWDNESS. A Combination That Secured the Arrest of Two Darin; Men. A plucky and muscular woman and a sharp-eyed, persistent boy were yesterday responsible for the arrest of two men whom the police believe to be daring criminals. Mrs.

Rebecca Barrow, of lOOo South Eighth street, was standing on the corner of Fifth and Spruce street waiting for a car when she felt a hand in her pocket. Turning around sharply she grabbed a man who was edging away from her and held him. The captive struggled, but the woman's grip was not relaxed, and in a minute the prisoner had been turned over to Officer Boyd, of the Third district. As the officer turned to take his man away Samuel Poliski, a boy, who lives at i07 St Mary street rushed up and said: "There goes the fellow that's got the pocketbook down the street; I saw this man hand it to him." "Follow him, my boy, and when you see an officer hand him over: "I'll take this fellow to the station house," said Boyd. The boy did as directed, and the second man soon followed his mate to a Third district celL The first man gave his name as John Jacobs and the second said he was Horace Peters.

Both refused to tell where they lived. When Jacobs was searched four bottles of chloral, such as criminals use in "knock-out" operations, were found on him. The detectives think the men are Canadians. Volunteer Firemen Banquet. The Volunteer Firemen enjoyed their annual dinner last evening at Maennerchor Hall.

Franklin and Fair-mount avenue. It was the celebration of the nineteenth anniversary of the association, and the fifty veterans enjoyed the evening. "William F. McCully, the newly-elected president, acted as master of ceremonies and made the opening address. At its close he was presented with a very handsome bouquet of flowers.

Speeches were also made by George Downey, James H. Miller and David Li. Sloan, of Elkton, ML The Faculty Will Not Stop Contests With Other College Teams. ITHACA, N. Dec.

14. The anx- iously expected meeting of the Cornell faculty this afternon to decide whether or not to adopt Dr. Wilder3 -proposition to abolish intercollegiate athletics was a decided victory for the supporters of intercollegiate Although no definite result is reached yet, the final vote was post- poned until the second meeting of the next term. Professor H. Morse Stevens, the popular young professor from Oxford, poke in favor of continuing the present policy and was ably seconded by Professors Wheeler and White and other prominent members of the in- structing corps.

The general opinion is that the games will in no way be interfered with, but the agitation that is going on will tend to correct many of the evils attendant upon intercollegiate contests. THE HORSE SHOW. Officers of the Association Elected at the Annual Meeting, At the annual meeting of the Phila-delphia Horse Show Association, the following officers and directors were re-elected: President, A. J. Cassatt; vice-presidents, Rudulph Ellis, J.

C. Strawbridge, Colonel Edward Morrell; treasurer, Richard M. Cadwalader; secretary, Charles A. Newhall. Board of Directors P.

A. B. Widen-er, William M. Singerly, Lincoln God- ifrey, C. Tower, Thomas McKean, Alfred C.

Harrison, Stevenson Croth-ers, William L. Elkins, C. A. Griscom, Joel J. Baily, T.

C. Patterson, Ed- ward Browning, T. P. Chandler, Jaa. Cooke, Samuel F.

Houston. It was decided to hold the next show on May 28, 20, SO, 31 and June 1, 1803, the prize list for which will be issued about March 15. I.