SECRET POLICE FUND

Sultan of Jahore Orders Launch at

Garden Show.Senators John P. Raines and J. P. Allds were

among the Interested visitors at the motor boatshow .in Madison Square Garden yesterday. They

were escorted around the Garden by the membersof the show committee, and expressed surprise at

the gTeat Improvements made in the latest type of

boats. Despite the stormy afternoon and evening,

there was no falling off in the attendance, and themain aisles were so thronged with visitors In theevening that the exhibitors had difficulty in ex-plaining the good points of their boats and engines

to the numerous- seekers for Information.One of the marked features of the show has been

the number of boats ordered for foreign countries.Nearly every la^rge exhibitor, particularly the enginemanufacturers, reports a great increase in orders formedium powered motors, which would seem toprove that the serviceability of the American prod-uct has earned a permanent reputation wherever ithas been used. - "

One of the interesting announcements made yes-terday was that the Sultan of Jahore. a Malay

province- twenty miles north of Singapore, has Justordered a duplicate of the speed launch Red Raven.which won the championship of the I>etrolt MotorBoat Club last summer. This Is a 35-foot boat,

"quipped with a 50-horsepower engine, and is war-ranted to show a speed of twenty miles an hour.In fact, the original Red Raven. In It* 100-mile championship race, actually covered the lastmile at a rate of twenty-one and one-half milesan hour. A similar boat will be shipped to theadmiral of tbe Siamese navy, and they will bothreach the Straits Settlements In time to be used

for pleasure and racing purposes this spring.

While the pleasure launches are naturally at-tracting the chief, attention, an unusual amount ofInterest is being shown in racing boats, and. if onemay judge from the Inquiries made at the show,

the coming season will witness more high poweredracing craft In commission than in any preceding

year. E. A. Rlotte stated yesterday that the new15-metre standard, which is equipped with asix cylinder 500-horsepower motor, of which types

of smaller horsepower are exhibited In the (garden,

was put hi the water yesterday in South Brooklyn.

The boat will make some trial runs before being

shipped with the Dixie IInext Saturday for the

International races at Monaco.The racing boats Vim and Den. which are the

only typical racing boats that have been in

actual use. form an attractive exhibit at the show.The Vim. owned by George K. Baker. jr., is a 35-

foot craft, and earned a notable reputation last

season, when she won the long distance race from

New York to Poughkeepsia and back.One concern presents a new feature in the 23-foot

pleasure launch, which ha» attracted much favor-able comment. The motor, a Under 14-horse-power engine, is incased In a neatly finished port-able mahogany bonnet. The boat Itself presents

fine lines in design and is capable of making

fourteen miles an hour. She can accommodate fromten to a dozen passengers, and two automobiledrop seats are placed forward of the motor.

One of the biggest sales of the week was made

yesterday, when a 46-fo.jt cruising boat was pur-

chased by Robert J. McKay, of Pittsburg, for$s.<*o.

"One of the striking features of the show is theincreased Interest in boats of the larger cruising

type. The improvement in these boat?, both in

their seagoing qualities and the convenience intheir entire arrangements, is noticeable over pre-vious exhibitions. As one critical observer re-marked, the public has been educated from thesmall types of single cylinder boats up to thelarger sizes, and the majority of orders that havebeen placed are for boats- over twenty feet in

length. The trunk cabin cruising launch shown

by one company hi invariably surrounded by in-spectators;

MANY SALES REPORTED.

BOATS DRAW A CROWD

iicrcrrr.ici .- Ii1 a « • •i—

•Whitney .. . i (i 2 :: i5 0 3-12

Are* b'- service—

McCormick. 8; "SVhi'n»T. 7. Ace* by

rlartn?— MeCorroick. -. WUtnej-. 2. Ma by (MWBt'sir.iwe*—SleOcrmick. 5: 'U'riitnoy, S.

f*ree—

_\!b*rt Uoeencaxten. Rac<juet anj Tennis Club.Marker

—George Standing.

T^ck of confidence worked acainst Clarke in bisnatch with Brooke. He tried to smother the- ball,

•ad at one 6tape of the contest, when the Philadel-phia n \u25a0was serving; Clarke mad* eight consecutiveeffort* to meet the ball on the volley. As a resultbe tzUf~l in all but two of ids tries. Throughoutthe entire mat<-3i ihe local player seemed unwilling

to wait and tak« tlse ball from the back wall.The match was replete with rallies, boom long

arid brilliant. Tiey almost Invariably *>nded in

Brookes favor, as the latier's greater steadinessproved too much for the younger nail. Brookedepended \u25a0»•\u25a0 a atrsjajbt. hard service, which in

the end proved a surer point gainer than the oth-

er's greater variety of strokes delivered with less

Tn start tn» match. Clarke lost his first servi~\

BMte Brooke made an %<\u25a0". They wore *-v*-n up at

S for the first four hands, but Brooke, with 5 moreIzi tie next, secured a lead that enabled him to win

wtth two more aces in the next, the final count

beinjla—ll.There was 15fae to choose between the pair in

the early stages of the second e-t. After five hands

Brook*"led at 6 to 3. and then ran out with a

string of r.lne a«-s, several of which were gained

bx briuiact shots alssßS the wall.Twelve hands were required before a decision

.-ould be reached in the laet set. When the count

stood m to S in <larke-« favor every point was

stubbornly contested, and (or three hands neither,nan was able to score. Brooke evened up matters

hi the ni-r-h -a S and then forged steadily ahead,

while Clarke'* s-quenc* of ciphers continued. These

were due largely to Brooke's brilliant returns JiMtov»r the telltale- The final count was Uto 1?.

Following are the scores:FIRST SET.:IR^..SET. v 4 1

-: : *-»

t i»r!i« - •*'t <O '2*B-3

-—15-

—Ciirite. ". Brooke.

—second sttt.

2 2 0 11 s>—ISBiooV* i( o <• "• \u25a0 x— 3

6rook«. 5; Clarke, 1.THIRD fET.

Ssk \u25a0; is&&fi>i;?• « *—**

\u25a0SeV* Albert Kos«aar»n. llarker-Geor»> Btawlii*.

temcdiately aXter the final round to-day there

will be a professional match between Eontar. of

Philadelphia, and Foster, of the home club.

McCormiJ< 1 1*«Il-«\u25a0diittMT 3 •' " <• - «— 8

Ar«s by «wvtc»—

McCorrnielc. 6: Whitney. 2. Ares r-ypiacinc—Mc^ormk-k. 2: Whitney. 1. >oe* by <-.rt>nn?nt'»rr.lss**—McTormi.-k. 7: Whitney. 2

SECOND SET.• • •2•

T «—«"f"fcitr.*v 0 O ft 1.• O x- 1\~e* l>y se-vlo«- -AJoCorml~k. 7: IVhttney. I. A<-es by

j>lir;rt—

McOormick. •"' Acs br opponent* m!s*es—

He-Corrr.icit. 3.

THIRD set.

McConnicb and Brooke to Meet forRacquet Title.

The New York players -were eliminated from the

national racquet championship tournament at the

New York Racquet and Tennis Club yesterday,

when Payne Whitney and George C. Clarke, Jr.,were beaten in the semi-final round by Harold F.BlcCormick. of Chicago, and George 11. Brooke, ofPhiladelphia, respectively. This make* the secondyear In succession that a New Yorker has failedto reach the final round.

The winners will meet for the title this after-hot. Brooke, who is a former national champion.

hs* been prom'rient at racquets for the last tenyears, but McCormick never clalmod more thanpa»s!np attention until two weeks ago. when he•won the gold racket at Tuxedo in decisive fashion.

Except 'or the first few hands of the first set

McCorailck elways had command of the situationthroughout his match with Payne Whitney. The

iihif point of the first set came In the fourthhar>d. .ere the Chicago man counted six timesbefore being retired. It was then 9 to .". in hisfavor, and he practically settled all doubts with a

run of five in the next hand. :i<:-

won the FCteasily at It—s.

To start the second sot both nier. drew blanks in

the first thr«»* hands, but McCormiek's speedy ser-vlc*1 bepau tie tell, and lie won the set with suc-cessive counts of seven and six. Whitney barely

escaped a shut-out by s-»rins a sincle in thafourth hand. In this s^t the Chicago man scoredseven aces br service.

In the Brd five hands of tli» decisive S3t Mc-Cormirk quickly ran up a total of fourteen assgairtst seven for the local player. Tlie latter ranjlv- aces in his band and afcr . til men \u25a0

T-er* blar.ked in the next McCormick scored thenecessary joint. Xo less than five of his aoes inthis set were due to misses by his opponent, art ,

mil succeeded in petlin^ to the top of his name.The scores i»"v.-- as follows:

first sirr.

LOSE IX STRAIGHT SETS.

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The Ingenue Wins in Match Race

at Newbmrg.IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. 1

Newburg. N-: T.. Feb. 13.-A match race for a

championship pennant was sailed this afternoon

at Orange. Lake, between the Shrewsbury Ice

Tacht Club and the Orange Lake Ice Yacht C tab.best two out of three heats. The race was sailed

!na sale of wind. The Shrewsbury Ice "iacht Club

«as represented by C Gibbons'* Ingenue, sailed by

Captain Bates, and Commodore Jollne s Haaei L..

sailed by Captain WardelL The Orange Lake Ice

latbt Club started James O'Briens Snowflake.sailed by the owner; James S. Taylor s Junior,

sailed by C Mcrntt. and I>r. Stansborough s Odds

end Ends, sailed By its owner. The race was won

Vy the IngCnue. with the Enowflake second, in 26

minute* 23 seconds for the fifteen miles.

LONG FIGHT AT LAWN TENNIS.

Defeats Cornell Basketball Five in

Easy Fashion.For the second time this season, the Columbia

basketball team had little trouble in defeating

Cornell last night in tha Mornlngslde gymnasium

by the score of 29 to 11. With the exception of

Twaddeli, at centre, the Tthacan team was com-pletely outclassed from the opening whistle to the

call of time. Only twice was the ball caged m the

Columbia basket from the floor. While the Blue and

White five scored almost at will.Crosby, the Cornell captain, was seemingly pow-

erless against Cerussi, who played against him.

Time and again the Blue and White player, who

has won fame as a a oarsman, took the ball away

from the speedy Ithaean. and during the forty

minutes of play succeeded in making Mx success-ful shots. Crosby, however, was responsible for

all of Cornell's 11 points, scoring seven fouls in

addition to his field goal.

The line-up follows:Columbia (29). rosiiion.

'>'»*'.' ill).

Kiendl . I*X Brown

is:i:;;r::-:::::fcS::::::::::::::::::::'"SGoal* from Cerussi (6). Mtlltxer(2), Kiinbtl,Ben-

•on. KienCl. Mahon. Crosby. Mow*. Goal« from foul--croiby (li. Klondl (6.. Substitute*-!** for Klend'.M*n»mfor attobai, Epencer for Ryan. Maion for MeHt-rer Referee— Mr. Q-.iiw. New York A. C.

'mplre--M..

Davld»on. Cornell. Tln:« of halve*—Twenty minutes.

YANKEECRICKETERS EARN A LEAD.Kingston. Jamaica, Feb. 19.—1n the final test

cricket match begun here to-day between players

representing the Associated Cricket Clubs of Phila-delphia and an all-Jamaica eleven, the visitors In

their first Innings scored 252 runs for nine wickets

declared. Conyers made 100 of these. The Ja-maicans had compiled 49 runs for six wickets whenstumps were drawn for tha day.

COLUMBIA KEEPS IT UP.

Driscoll Outpoint* American Cham-

pion in Fast Bout.

On the era of his departure, for the other side.

Jem Driscoll, champion featherweight boxer ofEngland, earned the honors with Abe AttelL theAmerican champion. In a ten-round bout at the Na-tional Athletic flub in this city last night. Of

course do decision was given.IIwas the cleverest encounter seen here in year?.

DriscotTs footwork- and ducking, especially hisfamous dipping, causing general admiration. At-tell was unquestionably out-pointed.

Every available in li of space within tlie in-

closure was occupied long before the principals

crawled through the) ropes, and had the seating

capacity of the club been double the size tli« con-dition would probably have been the same. Choicepeats purchased by the members in advancebrought fancy prices.

Drtscotl ruled a favorite in the betting, although

the odds at the ringside were not bo long as quoted

earlier in the day. Th« men weighed in at «o'clock and neither exceeded 124 pounds. After along wrangle Charley White was selected asreferee.

There was little to choose between the men in the

first round. Attell tried to force matters, and. al-

tl.ough be landed a few body punches, Drlscoll*"lightning left found the American boy's face fre-quently. It was Drlacol 's round on points.

Attell improved considerably in »he second round,

reaching the body and face In rapid succession with

solid punches. Drtoooll responded, however, withstraight lefts to the mouth and eye. While theKnglishnian-s blocking,was marvellous. Attell more

than held bis own.Another left by DriacoU to Audi's eye did not

help the American boy any In the third round, andthe champion found it difficult to avoid DriscoH's

accurate left, 'me latter also staggered his manwith a right to the .law. and the Briton easily bad

the better of the argument when the bell sent them

to their corners.Driscoll shook his man up with solid punches In

the fourth, and a little later cut Altai's eye. This

was Driscoirs round, ho were all the other?, t;-e

foreigner occasionally scoring two and three times

without a return.

A change came in the seventh round, when A;-

tell after a left to the nose, staggered Driscollwith a blow on the jaw. This round ended In

Attell'o favor.

After a fairly even eighth round, in which both

men reached the face with lefts. Driacoll forced

his man to clinch in the next with a wicked right

to the Jaw. 'mis was shortly before th« bell.Both men were strong throughout the tenth

round, but Driscoll landed two blows to the other's

one. They had just broken out of a clinch when

the clang of the gong ended hostilities.

ATTELL MEETS MASTER

BELLEVUE CRICKET CLUB OFFICERS.At the general meeting of the Bellevue Cricket

Club in MontclaJr yesterday D. G. Humble was"elected captain of team A and Mark Andrews ofteam B. The executive committee waa elected asfollows: R. V. Delapenha. If. Park Parker, P. D.Reilly. W. H. Abbott and D. O. Humble. IS."A.W. Melville was named as secretary.

Governor of California Signs Anti-Gambling Late.

Sacramento, CaL, Fab. 19.—Governor Glllett signed jthe Walker-Otis anti-racetrack gambling bill to- jday, which will close the racetracks at Emeryville Lbefore the present meeting Is over, and will sound \the death knell of pool selling at racetracks in )

California, as well as wine out the poolroomswhich have thrived in all parts or the state.

The Santa Anita track at Los Angeles willclosebefore the law goes into effect. Violation of. the jnew law. which goes into effect sixty days from jdate, is punishable by imprisonment In jail for not

less than thirty days nor more than one year.•\u25a0

NO TUNNEL AGREEMENT, SAYS M'ADOO jProposed Extension Not Conceived in Un- j

friendly Spirit with Interboroogh.

In reference to the statement in a morning

paper yesterday that an agreement was supposedto exist between the Interborough and Hudsoncompanies covering the territory to be developed'by the two companies. William G. McAdoo, presi- i

dent of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Com-pand. said:

We regret that any such belief prevails in theminds of any of the Interborough management, as |no sucli agreement exists. The proposed extensionwas conceived in no unfriendly spirit to any otherinterest; we wish to build it, if we are grantedpermission to do so, because it is a logical exten-

sion of our line, designed to connect all steamrailroad terminals in New York and New Jersey, ,and because we believe that such an extensionwill be of great convenience to the public. Iam Iconfident that it will not harm any of the other .local transportation lines, but that it will,on the ;contrary, ultimately benefit them greatly.

The reports that this company contemplates other ,extensions than the one to the Grand Central !station are without foundation. It is not the .proper function of the Hudson Tunnel System to |attempt, on a large scale, th« local distributionof traffic on Manhattan Island. The extension to

the Grand Central station does not interfere withany subway that may be built in Broadway cross- ;Ing 34th street and Sixth avenue, there being ampleroom at this point for both. Imake this state- jment to Bet at rest any doubt that may exist on jthis point. . j

END OF POOL SELLING.

Says He Will Not Resign and Is

Through Talking.St. Louis. Feb. 19. Harry C I'ulliam, president of

the National League of Baseball flubs, arrived in

St. l*>'i" thi^ morning, accompanied by Stanley

Robtaxm, president of the St. Louis club.Mr. Pulliam arrived without baggage. That his

associate;' in the National league had tried to keephim In Chicago was confirmed by' friends whocame down on the same train. Pulliam refused to

discuss the indeflnltr leave of absence granted himby the leagu« of which he is president.

"I'm here for ray health, said Pulliam. "Tin

going to Cincinnati this afternoon or to-night. I'm

not going to resign. Til stick to the last ditch.Th^y can fine me. but Iwon't resign. That's allI've got to say. I'm tired and my nerves are awreck; and. besides, I'm through talking."

Kobison and Pulliam were met at the train by

Jack Ryan. Although Ryan and Pullman are oldacquaintances, tJie league president did not appear

to recognize the former until they had walked somedistance. Pulliam wont to the Planters' Hotel andrested during the forenoon. He has over exertedhimself during the last few days and shows theeffects of the strain.

PVLLIAM IX ST. LOI'IS.

Some of the Yankees will leave for :h» South to-day for a few days' work before the regular train-ing begins. Hlair. Wilson and Mant.i-.ig willstartfrom this <-ltv, while Sweeney. Newton and McCoo-nell will inn tbetO at Btalltnss'S plßii'mtlon at Had-dock, ila

Wiltsc Not Satisfied tcith Contractand Is Holding (hit.

Montreal, Que., Feb. 18.—Joe McOinnity. the'iron man." who has been negotiating for the pur-chase of the Montreal Eastern League team andfranchise, has abandoned th» proposition, the rea-son given being that he was unable to secure illsrelease from the New York National League team.

Syracuse. Feb. -George Wtltse. the New YorkNational League club pitcher, who is spending thewinter at his home in this city, refuses to sign thecontract sent to him by his club. Wlltse believesthat his services as a twirler arr worth moremoney than he has yet been offered. He has sethis price at M.OOO for the season of ISK». and hasreturned unsigned the contract he received fromthe management of the Giants.

GIAXTS SEED MGIXXITY.

One-Time Champion Will Retire

from Tournament P/a//."'hif-uRO, Ffb. 13.- H. <*hamiier Bgan. winner of

the national amateur golf championship in WA ami1900, and four-time winner of the Western cham-pionship, announced his permane.it retirement fromtournament play In a letter from Txuitßrtl'e madspublic by his father. W. C. Ej?an. to-day.

Prpssure of business is given as the reason. M:Kgan is one of th« nerviest and most resourcefulajolfers in the country. He has been noted for hislone driving and ability to get out of troubia.

EGAX TO GIVE IP GOLF.

The Country Club of Lakewood has decided tohold an open handicap on Washington's Birthday,

weather permitting. So far this winter the coursehas been in an unplayable condition for only tendays, and the outlook Is bright for good going anda strong field on Monday.

Open Championship To Be PlayedLate in June.

R. C. Watson, jr., secretary of the United .StatesGolf Association, announced yesterday that theexecutive committee at a recent meeting had de-cided to hold the national opei. championship tour-nament on June 24 and 25 over the links of thaKngl«?wood Golf Club. The date for the women'snational tournament at the Merion Cricket Clubwas also decided on. It will be played in theweek of October 4.

The latter selection i« in accordance with thewishes of the women, although Ithas been claimedthat a larger entry of school girls would be se-cured if a summer date was selected. Last yearrh«? open championship at Myopia took place thelatter part of August.

The copies of the new rules of golf as adoptedhy the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. An-drews, and as interpreted by the United StatesGolf Association, are now tn the hands of theprinter and will be ready for distribution tn a fewdays.

GOLF TOURXEV DATES.

Seventh Regiment Pair Defeats Boston Team ,After a Spirited Struggle. \

Kin* Smith and Arthur 3. Cragln. playing for the

Tth Regiment, defeated Philip I* Schuyler and

aJchard Bishop, of the Boston Cadet Corps yes-

terday, la th« first contest of th«» annual intercity

regbnestal series of lawn tennis competitions. The

•sore was 11-13, «—*.18-13,

The final i«t was another piece of lawn tennis

MarfcthoiiliiK. «uca as has been. the rule on the

:th-s courts oflate. la the «t the Bostonlans were

any number of times within a stroke of winning.

Itwas then that the «ood qualities of KingSmith'sjune saved the day for the home pair. He was••raatlle Inrapidly chaaglns from one style to an-

other and bo perplexing bis opponents that they

Jailed to ret the necessary ace. At the end bothpair* were Bufterin* from exhaustion, and the sin- ,«i«« were put -over until this morning.

Automobiles.PRINCETON WRESTLERS WIN.Princeton, N. J., *"eb. 19.—Princeton defeated

Pennsylvania at wrestling here to-night by the

score of 5 bouts to 2. Walte, of Penusylv&nla, wasthe only visitor who secured a fall. Swartze, theother Pennsylvania winner, got the decision onpoints. In the middie weight and heavyweighthouts extra periods were required.

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PHOTOGRAVURE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

MORE RECORDS FOR SMITHSON.s^B Francisco. Feb. I?,—Forrest Smithson. repre- j

league tbe - Multnomah Club, of Portland. Ore.,

broke two world records In the 60-yard high

tliudlMand »-yard low hurdles at th« Indoor meet

•f th* Original Gaelic Club here last night. Heeie&refi the high sticks In eight seconds, or one- j«fth of a second better than the former record. j*»•*« by S. C. Nortnbrtfi*e. of New York. Herevered the distance. In the low hurdles in 92-5"\u2666toads, beating th« record made by A. A. Jordan,of Kew.Torfc. la M*7.

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Seats for New York Athletic Club Games inGreat Demand.

On account of the demand aoMMag the membersof the Xew York Athletic Club for tlie oi oice ofseats in Madison Square Garden on Man-h 16, onwhich date the annual indoor games will I.c held,

It has been decided to sell th« boxes by auctionto-night m the club's gymnasium. Joseph P. Day.the auctioneer, who is a memjxr of the cl ib. willconduct the sale.

BABY ADMIRALS.

Few people axe aware that Britain rejoices Intwo lord nigh admirals whose naval tactics, itthey Indulge them at all, are still confined to thepursery tub. These two distinguished officers arethe Marques* of Donegal!, aged rive, the hereditary

lord high admiral of Ixmgh Neagh, and MusterRalph Bankes. aged six, the hereditary lord highadmiral of Purbeclc Seas. The elder of theseadmirals had the honor of receiving the King amiQueen at Kingston Lac\" when their majestiesvisited his mother at this famous house durmsthe time they were at Crichel as 'he guests of Lordand Lady Alinglon

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Forced to Bid In Kenilworth Park to ProtectHis Mortgage.

Buffalo, F>b. 19—August Belmont, the mort-gagee, bought in the Kenllworih Park racetrackiH auction this afternoon for $80,451. The sale wasconducted by Harry D. Williams, referee In theforeclosure action.It was said that the stockholder? wo iki lose a:l

of $200,000. The passage of the Agnew-Harr law inAlbany last winter was largely responsible for theforeclosure proceedings. Mr. Belmont's representa-

tive had nothing: to say as to thn future of thetrack *or whether it would be used for racing ornot.

AUGUST BELMONT BUYS RACETRACK.

TO SELL BOXES AT AUCTION.

COLUMBIA TEAMS LOSE.

Beaten at Fencing and Gymnasticsby Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, Feb. Columbia fencers were de-feated by the team of the University of Pennsyl-vania to-night by the score of Zi to 4.

First round—

Columbia, defeated tJ9r-Clintock. Pennsylvania: Pitt. Columbia, defeatedParker, Pennsylvania: Wendall, Pennsylvania, de-feated Hamlin, Columbia.

Second round— Wendell, Pennsylvania, defeatedDwyer, Columbia; Parker, Pennsylvania, defeatedHamlin, Columbia ;• Pitt, Columbia, defeated Mc-CUntock, Pennsylvania.Third round— Wendell, Pf nnsylbanla, defeated

Pitt, Columbia; McClintock, Pennsylvania, de-feated Hamlin, Columbia: Dwyer, Columbia, de-feated Parker, Pennsylvania. ,

The Pennsylvania gymnastic team also defeatedColumbia by the score of 3'» to 24. The summary

follows:"

Horizontal -Schooamahar, Columbia, first,Kelley, Pennsylvania, second; Bradford, Pennsyi-vanla.third.

Side Hanrahan and hoonmaker, Colum-bia, tied for first; Leldke, Pennsylvania, third.

Tumbling— Pennsylvania, first; Kelley,Pennsylvania, second; Lang, Columbia, third.

Club swinging Schoonmaker and Brinton, Penn-sylvania, tied for first; Mon.«key, Columbia, third.

Parallel bars—Schoonmaker, Columbia, first; Kel-ley, Pennsylvania, second; Kaeatner, Columbia,third.

Flying rings—Levl, Pennsylvania, first; KbCul-lock. Columbia, second; Bradford, Pennsylvania,third.

Mr.Ism- May Have to Settle Briar-

cliffc Race Con troversThe disagreement over the rules for the Rriarr iff

stock car automobile race this year is st:U unset-tled, but hopes are entertained by those most inter-ested !n the contest that Walter Law, the donor ofthe trophy, will arrange some plan for holding therace that will be satisfactory to all concerned.

Two attempts have been mad« to get a quorumof the committee in charge of the contest, withoutsuccess. B. R. Hollander, who is one of the activemen on the committee, is. confident the rare willbeheld. In speaking on the subject yesterday Mr.Hollander said:

"I had a talk with Mr. Law ,recently, and weagreed that the thing to be done is for him, asdonor of the cup, to take tho matter in his ormhands and start all over. He offers the trophy,and it is for him to name the conditions. IbelieveMr.Law will consult some of the authorities in theAmerican Automobile Association and some in thatrade and try to formulate rules that will be sat-isfactory. He will then go ahead and get out theentry blanks.

"It would be \u25a0 shame for this race to lapse whenthere Is renewed Interest la automobile contests.With suitable rules and a good course there wouldbe a fin« list of entries, if good management wasalso assured. It In so late now the race could nothe held In April,und hardly in May, bat wouldbare to wait until Juno. The roads are in bettercondition at that time, and the chances for fairweather are better."

li resenting the imputation that automobiles aremore harmful to improved highways than hcrse-drawn vehicles former Ajsaaembljnnm John H. Hex.at NorriKtown, I>nr... at the annual convention ofthe supervisors of Montgomery County at Xorris-

town on Thursday suggested that a practical testbe made to demonstrate the relative wear and tearof both classes of vehicles on the public roads. Hooffered to contribute to the construction of a'speclalroad, which will be oompoaed of parallel roada,exactly alike, and extending alongside e«<-.h other.Over one of these roads horse-drawn vehicles »reto pass, and over the otner automobiles. Hedeclares that this in the only way to demonstrateactual damage to the road. He advocated taxingboth kinds of vehicles in proportion to the amountof damage on the highway.

He suggested further that if Buy tax be assessedagainst automobiles it should be paid to the StateTreasurer, and assessed and collected by stateauthority, because the use at tie automobile lift*it out of the realm of vehicles restricted to homeuses merely.

He showed that local taxation would iaean prac-tically the bulk of the nftß M going to h fewtownships in the vicinity at i';iii.'Ki»-i|.!.!a. becausethere are many townships in Montgomery ('..untyin which there is not a single automobile, and astate tax consequently would be mere uniform. Jlealso advocated the proposition to bond the sta'e for

$»jmjm, with which to build state highways.

TDIELY AUTO TOPICS

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1900.

RACQUETS v« AUTOMOBiLING >< HOCKEY GOLF m: OTHER SPORTSNEW YORK PLAYERS OUT Wanderers Shut Out at HocKey

New York Athletic Club Seven Adds Another Game to

Unbroken String.

New York A. C. (B>. Position. Wanderers II C. >>.Mills Goal Woo InWhite Point MeCallura.Broedfoot Ooverpolnt DufreineS'.irrefT Hover Homfe-kCasUemaß <>ntr» BulftrPeabody Left wing McPhersonDenasha Right wing Garon

Goals for »w York A. C.—

Shlrreff <2>. Denanha '2.Fasti-man (.3). Broadfoot. R»feree— William Russfll.Hockey Cltib. Associate referee

—J. p. Forrest. Hockey

Club. T'mplres—

J. E. Berrl and Robert Reimund. Time-keeper*

—W. J. Croker, Wanderer*, and H. S. t#Jons.

New York A. C. Tim« of halves— Thirty minute*.

Yale and Harvard will take the Ice at the rinkto-night In what promises "to be one of the bestgames of the season in the intercollegiate league.

Woods still had a minute with the timers whenthe second half opened. Both Shirreff and Mr-

Pherson got close in on goal and seemed sure ofscoring, but the goalkeepers saved. MrCallu:nwas put off for slashing Castleman, and he was nosooner baok on tha ice thab he was penalized twominutes for tripping Peabody. McPherson andHornf<*ck in good combination worked well IntoMercury Foot ice. but could not score, and In riireminutes Castloman tallied on a lift from near t! acentre of the ice. Four minutes later Der/U»ha ona pass from Shlrr»ff tallied, and f'aatleman seorrdthe eighth and last goal of the game on a clever

hhot from the right.The line-up follow? :

ner, whence it was passed out and Denashaslammed the rubber into the net, which »ai unguarded. One minute later Shlrreff scored In pret-ty combination with (lastleman. and then forty-fireseconds later Shirreff got the rubber back of thanet and skated around it and added another point.The next goal went to Broadfoct on a pass fromCattleman, and Just before the half ended Castle-man seared unassisted, taking the rubber the fu!llength of the rink. Woods was oft at the time forslashing Castleman.

The New York Athletic Club added another gameto its unbroken string of hockey victories at St.-Nicholas Rink last night by defeating the Wan-derers* Hockey Club by a score of 8 goals to 0.With only two more games to play, one against theCrescents and the other against the Hockey Club,the Mercury Foot men appear sure winners of theAmateur Hockey League.

For the first twelve minutes of last night's con-test the play was fast and honors even, but theWanderers soon shot /their bolt and were never.,dangerous thereafter. They could not carry thepuck in on the nets, and did not back each otherup so well as did their opponents. Their shootingwas amateurish, and several times they would have\u25a0Cored if the man with the puck had been ableto direct it accurately.

Dufresne play.-.'i a strong defensive game for thelosers, but showed a tendency to rough work at |times, and after two or three warnings was finallyordered off the Ice for two minutes in the secondhalf for tripping Shirreff. McCallum was twice |ruled off for tripping In the second half, and .Woods, the Wanderers' goal keeper, was put off atthe end of the first half for slashing Castleman.

Oenasha played right wing for the New YorkAthletic Club in piaee of Coollcnn. who Is suffering ,from a lame shoulder. The Wanderers surprisedevery one with their speed at the start, and for atime kepi their opponents on the defensive. Mc-Fiir-rson made a beautiful run down the ice andpaspo<l to Bulger, who had a clear field, but hemissed the puck and lost an excellent chance to Iscore. The rubber was bring carried first to onegoal and then to the other by fast, hard playing.rind both goalkeepers were tailed upon to do some,-..••,.-\u25a0•- work to prevent a score

After \u25a0 little ovr *>iglitminutes Denasha tallied.Shirreff carried the puck down and shot: Wood*blocked and the jiuck was knocked over in the cor-

AT THE MOTOR BOAT SHOW

Negro Sentenced toDeath Within Twenty-fora

Hoots After Crime.Roanok-, Va.. Feb. 19.—Aurelluat. Christian, a.

negro, who yesterday assaulted and then murderedMiss Mary Dobb*. a fourteen-year-old daughter \u25a0ata Botetourt County farmer, wai sentenced to-darto die. in the electric chair in the state penitentiary

on March '-'-'. Christian made a confession., whichhe later repeated in court to the judge. The Courtheard three witnesses, who established the tin*» ami

place of the crime. Xo Jury was summoned. Thejail is being guarded to-night to prevent any- at-

tempt to lynch the negro. -:•»

QUICK JUSTICE IN VHKIIIfLA.-.

Money Supplied to Binghamby Pri-vate Citizens toHoot OutBlackmail.A secret service- force of fifteen men has been at

work for several weeks, under the direct commandof Police Commissioner Binsham, but nothing w«i

known of their activity until yesterday, when Gen-eral Biujrhsm announced that a number of wealth?men had givenhim a sum of money to carry, on thesecret service work, the funds for which bad beenrefused him by the Board of Aldermen. Who tß*donors or what the amount is he would not say.

but he said that the money came to him without:any strings attached to it.and that the work.wouldj be carried on among the Black Hand man. De-tective Jon?ph Petrosinl has been placed la com-mand of the new squad, while his place at the head jof the Italian Detective Bureau has been takes by

Lieutenant Glouster.According to a man who is familiar,with the

matter, the mone;- was contributed by a number.of bank'! ", merchants and philanthropist, whohave been the recipients of threatening letters forsome time. Some of the contributors are wealthyItalians, and one man. not an Italian, la said ts>

b* the head of one of the great Industries of thiscountry, whose great wealth has made him. the tar-

get for all sorts of letters.

Some of these men have spent small fortunes lahiring private detectives to run down their perse-cutors T-ithout result, and have decided that Gen-

eral Binjrhani. by ridding: the country of blackmail-ers, would accomplish their object for them. These

men. not knowing one another, wrote to General

Bingham at various times, and he finally managed

to get them together, and they donated the money.

In th,- mean tim» Petroelni. the new head of tha

secre' service, Is among the missing. He ha« not

b-en a' Headquarters in several weeks, and there

it was said that no one knew where he was. Bom*

time bko it was rumored that he had *»•to Italy

to study the Black Hand and it. method*, and at

first Commissioner Binghaxa denied that such was

the eas- Then he admitted that he might be tbara.but saxd that Petrosini tad lots cf money aad a.raving commission, and mightb*almost anrwbere.inasmuch a* Petroatni is the only man be-Meei

Commissioner Btn«l»am who knows^tha mea «i&•

n^w secret »emce totce. it Is not believed t&atb.

is Te" far from greater New Tor*. One maa wba

ta Ju^osed to be ~on the inside" la «reryttta» eon-

ce'ln^tnt Suce la«ghed whea asked x«t«dar tf

Petrostni was inItaly.

working Harlem street, with, m band erm MMa,

•monk* at that/ •.-i-

ENGLEWOOD VICTIM rDENTnTED-*

Body. Fotind Riddled with Bullet*'Th* at

Frank Mi"1"*!1"*!of Astoria.The body of the Italian found riddle* with W-

lets at Englewood. N. X.«\u25a0 that of P>ank Jtaßno^He lived in a furnished room in th» family «*

Rocco Onorato. at No. 104 Trownridtw mtxmt. A»-.toria. • '.

'!•

Manno hired a room there several month* a«r>»H» took his meal* at nearby restaurants- Tbe>

Onorato family understood that Manno bad a wlfe>

and famliy In Sicily. HI. cousin. Prank Bcarfo.

lived with him. Manno had been mtamtaeT **••»*••room since Wednesday. February 3. He wm em-ployed in the Star Silk Ribbon Mills,m Mm street.

Astoria.

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