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BIG ATHLETIC CLUBS
WILL CONSOLIDATE
The New Jen*} and Knickerbocker Or
ganization* to Join Forces—One
Peculiar Result of the Increased
Interest In Outdoor Sports.
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main to praise and apeedtly become en
thuaiasU.
The effect# of thi# desire on the part
of almoat every one to indulge in aonie
sort of athletics have resulted in many
other ways besides the one mentioned
of decreasing the numbers at baseball
games and other events.
Athletic club* and others of like char
acter find It difficult to make both end*
meet, for although at first sight It
would appear that the greater interest
in physical exercise would benefit such
Institutions, a little thought will con
vince any one of the contrary. Of
course many people have Joined athlet
ic clubs who a few years ago would not
have thought of doing so, but It must
be remembered that many clubs cannot
pay expenses from membership dues
and have to make up the deficiency by
jncans of special events. The members
and general public who in past years
used to flock to these affairs now are
away golfing on the links, bicycling in
the country or otherwise Indulging In
their new found pleasures, leaving the
club officials to stare ruefully at sparse
ly filled grand stands and empty bleach
ers
One of the largest and best known
athletic clubs in this country to feel
the effect of this withdrawal of support
from athletic meets is the New Jersey
Athletic club, which has Its clubhouse
and grounds at Bayonne, N. J. The
organisation has always been noted for
the attention It paid to field and track
events and the carnivals of sport held
there every year are well known all
over the country and attraot the cream
of our athletes to take part In them.
Some of the finest athletes In the world
have been members of this organisa
tion. The club has relied on the receipts
of these games to help run the club, and
when last year one or two of the days '
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mortgages. While looking around for
idans to overcome the difficulty a very
happy solution suggested Itself and
that was to consolidate with ihc Knick
erbocker Athletic club of New York,
which occupies the old home of the
once renowned Manhattan AthleiU caib
on Madison avenue.
The Knickerbocker Athletic club has
only been in existence a little over two
years, but In that short space of time
has managed to gain a name for itself
In amateur athletic rirclts. The club
has taken the famous "cherry diamond"
of the Manhatlans as Its emblem, and
once more the Insignia is seen to the
front at many an athletic gathering.
The Knickerbockers, while possessing
a magnificently appointed clubhouse
fitted up with every appliance for phys
ical exercise as as many other ar
rangements for the comfort and conven
ience of their members, have no coun
try place or grounds where they can in
dulge. In. outdoor sports. Vice versa the
New Jersey Athletic club has beauti
fully situated grounds on the shores of
Newark bay about eight miles from
New York, with a fine running track,
baseball diamond, cricket oval and foot
ball ground, with excellent facilities for
rowing and salltng, but the clubhouse is
not convenient for, winter use for the
members and has not mUf.y of the mod
ern fixtures of an up to date athletic
club. The matter was talked over in
formally between the members, and the
plan was considered beneficial for both
chibs. Mr. James E. Sullivan, president
of the New Jersey Athletic club, has
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THE KNICKERBOCKER ATHLET,C CLUB.
i those who play the game will soon, find
that the dub has made Ample itrrttigc
’ ments for them In this important* es-
I senttal.
f’HARLES E. EDWAEDI£P
The <|»rer Property Man.
There was a funny Incident that
probably passed unnoticed liy the ma
jority of the audience during the per
formance of a new play In a small city
the other night. One of the characters
opened a bottle of property wine tcold
j tea), and shortly after she pulled the
; cork the property moo, whose duty It
; was to furnish the necessary popping
1 round that Is supposed to ensue when
I champagne is opened, pushed the door
| n irest the table where the bottle was
| being opened and ’popped,’' shutting
; the door hastily, as though he had some
1 more Important business to attend to.
Property men do these funny little
things now and then, fine time, when
l Couldock was starring, there was a
| scene in which ho counted ihse' strokes
i of the midnight Kell, and he ItaJl eount
ed up to 12 when the profigdy man
, - truck 1:1. OouMdrk roared and
i dived through th-- scene with murder
! in his *jy, but ’ props’’ dropped the
I bell and flew to the loft, where he re
-1 malned until the play was over.
There are two new theaters in New
Orleans—the Tulane and the Orescent--
and ah that separates them is an alley.
More singular still, they arc owned by
the same company.
THE STAOE
NEVs" YORK.
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ten* <te a4*aataa*'» <4 >* atartf aa4
I ( a<au*a< nwia.*! it *wM nwt*. at
the hands hi Mr. Sothern's magnificent
company would he u sorry thing In
deed, '
Mr. So them concluded to go In for
something which for him would be a
novelty, and he therefore produced "A
Colonial <ilrl.’ a "new play of old New
York.’’ according to the programme.
The authors are draco Elvlngston Fur
nlss and Abhy Hago Kiohardson, the hit
ter of whom I remember onto w rote an
excellent dramatic version of Murk
Twain's “The Prince and 1h- Pauper ’
for Elsie Eesllo, who was then a promi
nent child star.
"A Colonial Girl’’ is far from being a
had play, but on the other hand it is
Just ns far from being a good one. It is
damned by the deadlines* of mediocrity.
Illogical In many respects and really
stupid in others. It nevertheless con
tains enough of a story to Interest most
of those patrons of the Lyceum who do
not care to pry beneath the surface.
The end of the play, when the hern, art
er an exciting duel, is rescued by the
“Liberty Boys” is as glaring a piece of
low grade melodrama as one would ex
pect to find at the Bowery houses de
voted to the exploitation of that form
of dramatee entertainment. Than, too,
the place itjtotnetbing of a,Waterloo tor
Rowland Buokstone. who in hi* Lime
has played many purl* and played most
of them well and none of them badly.
Mu! in "A Colonial Girl” he simply
butchers th* irascible Colonel Carteret
in a couple of scenes which ought to be
his best. In the one In particular where
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a Mta ia. - * k >. '« v.* . * ftett a. < “H*
taattaa. as faa lia* 'Waiaa
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they do really "i»p'.\k ** they pass by "
ihfj nr*- not given to lingering In each
other'* company longer than la abso
lutely nectuarr for the sake of a P‘
peara nces.
lardy Panvr rs. b; wm*- right which
do-a not clra' ■ > appear takes up her
rraldm'O In the hone r her haled rival
and b-itm everybedv a roun d jiat about
na aho plea***. flt allv. alter lit” En«*
||»h ofTlt -t* ha < tediously failed to ap
pi-head a certain dashing apy. the \II-
Inlneaa, Lady I '.in'. * ir. Rets hold of an
In TiwtnHtinff l« ti» i fr«m on**
WiiHhlnift ’n. who lat*r i***.«m* n flcnr»*
1 of Homo in f?i* afftilr-* **f tli !*
I country. Thu n hip y■ t* tin* « ut
raut-l youtvlf«* to civ** to *h<- «wi>>n(*l
who in piirmilns: h*r Inuhtin I. Th»* !f»t*
tor If, of roui*f, tho r»*:il ipy. Tht*if
aft**r ho it* » fM*iti% from hf* owu
hoUK#, from whh’h ho c oiuitv'.* to •
rapo by nioan>* of a *mvt «l > r lerl'nij
to a Fuhtorninean pawas*’. In Which
there Im Htill i».nothtii 1 eroret floor. Th*
villain of the play hn* rl<**l£nx
the young wife, and Komaen. tnaaquer-
Hdlnir in the ehitbee of a newly arrived
and unknown British officer, throws off
Ills mask and challenge* the would-os
deapoller to mortal combat. In which 1 Ir
is necessarily victorious. lie is egeuse l
from his engagement to he hanged i
little later by the timely arrival of (he
'Llti- rly Hoy*,' who sue roe. I In making
..f the meet rldleu!"iis finishes ever
seen perhaps In u theater of tile caliber
of the Lyceum.
There bids fait to be a very pretty
row over the ownership of the English
rights to the dramatic version of "The
Christian." Wilson Barrett claims to
have received permission from Hall
Caine nt the time of the publication of
his novel to make a dramatisation of It
for use ill En({land. At that time it Is
probable that Mr. Caine had no Idea
that Viola Allen would become a star
arid that she would want the play In
which she has subsequently made stteh
a pronounced hit. But things have
changed sin then, and it is said that
Mr. Caine |-i now receiving royalties of
more than ?1,000 a w from Miss Al
len for th" use of drnmatU.ition of "The
Christian'' which he made for her.
Barrett declares iliut h" will do his
own dramatisation of the novel In Eng
land. and Mr. Cain ns emphatically de
elan 1 that h" shall not. ns i|ie rights
for 'Trent* Britain iw- been sold by
him To <.'harh-s Etui mm iv Mr. Caine
admit-- Ih.it tvj.ll- Mr. Barren was In
AdstEtiin. #« had MINI eorr««ponilone» -
with' •o" - lot - ill' '.on— to u play
lo be made and used by th • ifttlee. but ,
mat the point nt.which terms tu- nsu- i
ally discussed and contracts suggested
never was eem-hed. And thus ill" mat
ter stands.
Without going into the merits of the
case one cannot help thinking that it I
Iti aa# *h j imi. - *m a ***# - a. aa
| HUwt Tte tafarna - at tte TterH
( r»t*ht pruttettei h4m «ata» «• *■»
1 i.*< >4 moter •Kk tte plara.
A manor »f a mu# >a»rat rnrfc tea
■ tenrtro* William It XV. »t » mln»tr*l
lh< „ lh , arrviroa »f lUr# Komtall
Ite t<aat In tht« .rtuntnr. tt
worn* that Woof <toairo.| that Knwlall
I .teaM <t<> h»« “turn’* la "Mark far#’*
wh'lo iho •omia.ny aaa In tte awth.
alvlna a# hi# roaann that tte p#..,.i# .4
that #o.tl.*n anukl *n4or«aml tho <nm
l r.-atiar that that I# rlJl« uk»u». for of
Ite hundroO. of ih. uaand# of tteatar
I (»or# in itua inantry thoro aro n«.n«
I m»ro diorrimlnaiinc than thnao ah*
I in #• wiuth of Maaon ami Dli<a • tm*
I Krmlalt o art l* loarntlally a *hlt** fa.#
I mr. and it would hav# tern tte teiaht
of fatty to rh.iilKr It* rotor althout
rhanalna It# #ul»Jort mntt#?. Ju#t a* tt
l« atMMird to run tte ri*k of mjurtna
..nr'a hard rarnod rrputatlon hy aurh a
ah*lion m*kr»hlft which would not un
naturnlly bo rwoniwl Ity tho Inlrltth' ut
iiooplr of tho *outh, who are ralahty
<iul(-k t« ’vatrh on” to Am- point* of
real humor er llluatratod by *u« h a
coaautnmat# artlat a# Kara K« ndalt.
Nctur illy a# whui a* It tecam# known
that th< lattor had loft tte XXVat ndn
• lirl*. ho wa# Inundated with offer*
from the boot vaudeville manager* In
th» country, and he ha* nlrendy ar
ci |ded n numbtT of date* at the protnl
n. nt honor# In the vary !nr*e clttea.
Incidentally II may he worth mention
ing that lb- #nlary he I# rrcslvlnir la
about lint! H x.eek larger than that
which wa# paid to him hy W’e*t.
N Tort
vu Inlrrratloa I'oot Mace.
An Interest : r.z foot ract- took place In
Enslun l the other day—lntereaHng no
,l shove how old Father Time
will Imp" • athl-tl * pi owe##. The con
i st.mlv woe t laity Mutt hens anti A.
|. l/own Tte format- w«“ “ cham
pion t|..n!i •'•. yeai - lie-, and the
I |at ter t • om-id u--d th- • now.
i Mtiteli-iot 1# t!mu*t old no'.-ti to ho ;
; Downer-, fill her ml In# run more j
; ptobiitly than Downer and ill j
i hi* rivnlt put t Oftv I her. The nr. wn*
lone of **th* vartf*. aml Huteh-n*i wn* ■
•riven te-vt-n y.ini*. TotnH won -a*i!y.
tint! Dpn nf r cniio -' Ha tape uhe.t I in
I the toh rahlv good time of 20 l- > #ee
| ond#. v-t tlnrrv ffiitrhi-n# an ex
tniordinai'V Kprintor *’ tiji)'*. THs
reemd of :tOO yard* In 20 rpcmda will
„ t(jn ,l long time yet. ami it wa# made
16 year# ago-
Fnoion* riie** Expert ltei-e.
Daniil Janow#kl, the French the.#
expert, recently arrived ia America.
Xnl plncr Emanuel Darker came tn
Amerlen In IS»t nnd ivre#ted the world's
ehamplonshlp from the veteran Stein-
Itr liaK a foreign master of the first
rank visited this country. His primary
„b|pct In earning here Is a match with
the Kentuckian. Jackson W. Show alter,
ex-ehamplon of- America, whom he
challenged at Cologne. The latter seems
1,, lie willing to meet the dangerous
Parisian, hut no terms have as yet been
announced between them. After the
m alt-a it 1# said that Jaaowski will
make a tour of the United States, giving
simultaneous and blindfolded exhibi
tions and playing match games.
May Have »t Purla In I!KK>.
Fail \V Peabody has been asked to
represent tit'- Aniaieui Athletic union
in the Pari, garnet, .»f Ks*U. This Is giv
cn a a reason why the speedy cyclist is
anxious nr have Chair man Mott of the
Xeagtm ~f American Wheelmen racing
boa 111 reopen his <use. All of the In
lllienee ><f the former organization will j
be used to place Peabody in good stand- j
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j <>f regret and >ymp*thy for tte man
«h» ate t* toned tn te ogntSr h*a
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coung .i. ri<m*n- Tte *liualiun ibua
i.e.h-d I* obviously In tte Ml up. of
an Impo*##. but Ite author* bar* no
hesitation in forcing ttelr way through
II or over It. At on# bound they over
lenp alt obotarle# and by tte almpl*
I , X |. .||,nt of awakening In Quick's
heart a near lo## tor rwgotby within IS
hour# <4 hi* rejection hy that lady's
nine bring the separated aw,-*dheart#
together Tte transition »#. of murae.
much too rapid lo te altogether crcd
tide but. although a palpable »-oup
,|e Ih< litre. It serve*. #ft*r all. auffl
t lenUy well to bring tte #urlaln down
tJ |K.n * acene .4 general happlneaa.
Fharb-y Hoyt and Otl# Harlnn. who
has made a hit In the Hoyt pice#, A
Day and a Night.” uaed to tr*v*l to
gether with "A Itlack sharp,” In which,
t.,,. Harlan waa Ite central flgure.
Harlan wn* born In Zaneavlllc. o„ and
I. never failed to grasp the hand of a
I follow townsman wherever thoy chane
! ixl lo meet.
1 From the time they lef< /.ane#vllla
the two never got Into a town whern
Harlan would not soon run ucro«a #omo
' one from Zanesville. He never failed to
introdu..- Mr. Hoyt to hi# fellow towns
man with great gusto.
There waa scarcely an exception to
1 mi# until they had reached El Pa#o,
Tex The two alighted front the train
together, and almost the (list person
they met grasped Harlan by the hand.
Delighted to HOC you!” cried Harlan.
•I,et me intr.wluce you to my friend,
Mr Hoyt. Mr. Hoyt, this Is Mr. Hcott
I of Zancovllle.”
Mr. Hoyt was duly delighted, and the
: three prm- eded toward the hotel. As
thev stood at the desk Harlan sprung
off to capture unother atrunger. whom
la- greeted effusively and piloted over
toward the author manager.
• Mr Hoyt.” he cried, "let me Intro
duce my old friend, Mr. Jones of Zanes
ville:"
Hoyt shook hand# with the newcomer
as he hud done before with a thousand
! Zanesville citizens. But when lie got
i Hariun away he stopped him. and. tlx
-1 ing him with a stony stare of ndmonl
-1 tlon. he gasped:
■Orcat heavens. Harlan. If all your
fellow townsmen hud staid at homo
Zanesville would have been bigger than
New York:”
A great deal of English w it nowadays
depend# upon the • iue#llon of marring®,
which the English author employ# fre
quently. A few excerpts from three
plavs in New York which are importa
tions from the mother country show
this. In ' The I.iar#” Mr. Henry Arthur
Jones say#. "Marriage# are made in
heaven, and if once we set to work to
repair celestial mistakes and Indiscre
tions we shall have our hands full.”
On the same subject Mr. Anthony
Hope, in "The Adventures of Lady
Ursula." Offer# this pert observation:
"M itriage is of divine foundation—
maybe. But when a building is com
plete the foundations are not visible.”
In "A Brace of Partridges” the come
dian says: “It's easy enough to get
married. The difficulty is to live after
ward."
Robert Mack, who plays in "Have
You Seen Smith?” has a dry way of
looking at life. He and some of bis
professional associates were discus- ing
a brother in the business who had i e
centiy married. One of the company
remarked that it. waa the bridegroom's
fourth marriage.
"It that's, the ease.” said Robert,
"he'd better look out. He’ll get caught
some day,”
“(taught? What do you mean?” ask
ed one or i lie party In surprise.
"Why.” replied Robert, "some dajl
j he'll marry a woman that will live.”