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SPORTS IN COLLEGES-

The faculty of the University of Penn-sylvania has expressed Its unanimous dis-

approval of the recommendationto them by the football committeerecess period should be set aside eachfternoon during the college year ao thatthe team would not be handicapped bythe inability of the players to appear forpractice together owing to the scholasticduties The decision of the faculty wasnot hasty by any means for they tookup the matter with all the leading cotlegwt of the East and West and the ma-jority of these colleges agreed that sucha plan could not be carried out withinreasonable bounds An attempt was thenmade to arrange a recreationhour which would be fair to both thestudents acd the faculty but the onlyrotation possible was to lengthen thelaw and medical courses one year andthis would be unjust to men who comto the university for more serious purposes than athletics Cornell suffered thesame handicap in the early part of thepast sersan but it w adjusted by a re-

arrangement of the ptayecs ireciwtJonsand the team at once skewed the benefitsuf practicing with alt the men on time

reId at one timeThe Athletic Association of Swarthmort

College has followed the example ofJohns Hopkins University and decided notto organise a baseball team this spring-as such a team miaht possibly weakenthe nrstcla s lacrosse twelve which repre-sents the college The put foothill season at Swarthmore is considered something of a financial failure as the bal-ance compared with that of the past few

was exceedingly small As tbeottEr sports all depend on the footballreceipts the outUwk would be ratherdubious if It were not for the large bal-ance on hand

A request has been made to the athletic3OclaUon of Cornell to take charge of

the toboggan slide and all winter sportsat Beebe Lake this as the skatingassociation has never been a great suc-cess and the work of direction has de-

volved upon one or two men Aside fromthis it never been a success finan-cially and it is thought that It its affairsn ro put In ts hands of the athletic asso

better results will be assuredPennsylvanias Athletic Association has

prepared four eligibility rules for the gov-

erning of alt taterscholastlc competitionsed under the auspices of the university

embodying the principles that all en-

trants must be amateurs regularly ma-

triculated in the school before October 1C

of the school year and bona fide studentsf r one calendar year before becoming elitiblj to compete for the school

It is more than probable that Pennsyl-vania will not accept the invitation ex-tended by the University of Michigannter a Indoor track meet at Ann

Arbor during the latter part of Marchfor Trainer Murray feels that It wouldbe foolish to send a team of good outdoormen such a long distance to compete ona small gymnasium track which Is four

laps to a mileFoster of the Harvard football

team has called a meeting of the varsityfootball team for Tuesday afternoon forthe purpose of electing the teams cap-tain for ext fall Parker Starr WendellNewnall and Lincoln all of whom will beseniors next year wilt be eligible buthurT a junior Is also spoken of for theposition

AH negotiations for a soccer footballgame between Harvard and Yale are offaa the Yale team has disbanded and themen do not feel like going into trainingagain In the hope of arranging a gamethe Harvard men kept up their

but now have also disbanded to re-new activities In the spring

Warren Ellis Schutt the former hold-er of the intercollegiate twomile recordof 9 minutes 40 seconds made while hewas a member of the claM of 1HK at Cornell is visiting Ithaca At present he Isthe holder of a Rhodes scholarship in Oxford University win return to England early in January

The baseball organisation of StanfordUniversity has challenged the nine ofWasedo University of Japan for a seriesof games to be played in Japan next Mayand the challenge has been accepted withalacrity

May Get a oOOOO PurseIf Burns and OBrien can stick to-

gether long enough they may succeed-in having a 4MG purse hung up for theirproposed battle for the heavyweightchampionship Word comes from LosAngeles that the Pacific Athletic Clubof that city has offered SMKO for themill which will compel the RhyoliteAthletic Club of Nevada to raise thisbid immediately or lose the fight Themanager of the Los Angeles club Is quotedas saying that if Hhyollte bids 3iCOO hewill go to 40006

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Cleveland Leads AmericanLeague Baseball Clubs

NO LEADERS AMONG NATIONALS

Cross Scnlnily Rank Highest ofthe Local Players Each Holding aThird Place The Boston Club AlsoFalls to Get n Firt The OfficialRecords of the Fielding

Six of the eight clubs in the AmericanLeague are awarded a first position In theofficial fielding averages The exceptions-are Washington and Boston Lave Croesand Schlafly made closer contests for a

first than any of the other Washingtonplayers Cross is ranked third among thethird basemen but the veteran played Inmany more games than OBrien or Brad-

ley who rank above the local thirdpacker OBrien filled In for the Browns-In twenty games and accepted alt of hissixty chances but that does not meanthat he was equal to such Brad-

ley and CrossSchlafly ran third to Shean and Lajole

for secondbase honors and again a substitute player carries off the laurelsShean was taken West by Connie Mackon the last Western trip as were most ofhis youngsters while many of the veter-

ans barnstormed in the East anti Sheanwas guilty of making only two errs intwentytwo games Of course no onewould disoute Lajoles title to the pre-

miership among second basemen and hereally Is entitled to the place held byShean That Schlafly should rank next toLajoie Is a compliment to the Washingtonsecond baseman Good averages may behad by loafing or not taking chances onhardhit balls but Schlatfy was never ac-

cused of loafing on his Job He tried foreverything In sight and that he wascharged with only twentyeight miapiaysis a most creditable showing for the flrstyear in the big league

of First BasemenRecords do not tell of the real worth of

a player This is demonstrated in therating of the first basemen There isHarry Davis regarded by many as thebest flrst baseman in the league occupy-ing the bottom position and Jake StahlIs outranked by such persons as Craw-

ford Grtmshaw Stovmll Rossman andFreeman all practically novices at theinitial corner The records give these menfew errors but there is no way of computing Uw value of hairmlstoa plays thatsuch players as Davis Stahl and otherspull oft

The rating of the shortstops is morenearly than that of any other posi-

tion on the team Turner draws ftrstplace And who dares say that he is notthe in the league Then comes BobbyWallace and George Davis two of thecleverest folders and brainiest players thatever occupied the position AlUzer followsParent and Nlll brings the rear

Fielder Jones of worlds championsearned the title of chaiKnkra outltelderalthough ho is ttad with Buck Freemanwho played only about half as manygames as Jones AH of the Washingtonoutfielders are far d3wn the CharleyJones leading with NUt Hlckman andAnderson in close DmrsuiL

Warner rates best of the catchers andstands Itfth in the list Then near thebottom comes Xittredce and WakeneMwith Hayden fourth from last Pattonand lUtaon were the best holding pitchersfor the Nationals Two New York twirlore Griffith and Laroy head the listneither having made a misplay during theseason

Cleveland h s the beet record hi dubfielding followed by Chicago DetroitNew York Philadelphia Washington StLouis and Boston

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Doe Newton probably will to goback to the minors He was offered toalt American League clubs and refused

Boston offered a bunch of about half adozen players to Philadelphia for OutSolder Sherwood Magee but the tenderwas turned down

Herrmann sad Pulttatm enemies Didntlook like it when both tilted BillCOMutts lovinaj cup te the sky at tileWaldorfAstoria

Charles Murphy with a team as largeas the standing army of Belgiumwouldnt think of parting with the cubblest of the Cubs

It is expected that Boston will secureBob Ganley as the third man in therecent deal with Pittsburg Ritehey sadPat FlaJierty being the other two

Fred Tenney has decided to play Sun-day ball next season That will make theBeaneaters more formidable on the Sabbooth than they have been in years

With the addition of Abbaticchlo thePirates will have the tallest Infield In theNational League next season NeatonWagner and Siorke being the otherhuskies on the inside

When John Heydkr who gives the ac-

counts of the meetings In the press announced that he had been elected

and treasurer of the league every-body arose and cheered

Louisville is after Bill Clarke who as-

sisted Ed in the management ofthe Toledo team last season The storythat Dan McGann may manage theColonels te regarded as a dream

Umpire Klein who is never scared bya big crowd tried to Jam his way Intothe Madison Square Garden after thecops had closed the door Klem waspinched and lined 8 and the magistratetold him to conftn his attentions tocrowds at ball games

There have been several love feastssince this annual meeting business beganAmong the kissers and kissees are MessrsJohnson and Comlskey Herrmann andPulliam and Brush and Dreyfus Itsbeautiful to dwell In harmony brethrenwhen theres nothing to tight about

The Phillies have purchased the secondbaseman Knabe who played with Toledoof the American Association last yearHe was drafted by Pittsburg which soldhim to the Phillies The Phillies alsohave under contract Jack Neuer the lefthanded pitcher who lives in Hazlcton

In winter the heart of the most fieryball tosser softens toward the umpireEverybody was willing to buy for Johnstone Klem Hurst and other arbiters-at the meeting Said Manager Clymerof Columbus rellectlyely They maymake mistakes but they are evened upall around and no one should kick

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Ever since I secured Stone fromfor Burkett my American league col-leagues fight of me when I suggestmaking any trades and look on me asthey would on a greengoods man or nwire tapper Ill be willing to bet If Ishould step out on the floor and offerStone for sale that I would not get anoffer Half of the magnates would swearthat Stone had gone blind while theother half would be willing to take anoath that he had locomotor ataxia TJssad but they wont even take my moneythat I offer to pay for players I guessthey think It counterfeit Gosh but Itstough to have such a reputation-It cannot be said that Joe Cantillon

made any steps toward making a friendof Jake Stahl during the meeting atChicago last week and when the meetingended Thursday night one of the mostdisgusted men among those who attended the American league peace conference was Stahl He had heard thatWashington was perfectly willing to lethim go and to whatever club he wishedbut It now looks as If Cantillon wasmerely talking for effect If it was notthat the former Milwaukee managermust have thought he was dealing witha lot of men just breaking Into baseballWhen he offered Stahl for Flick Rossman Buelow and Caffyn or for Mullin

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tremely easy or he desired to keep StahlIn Washington while trying to makeStahl believe he was endeavoring to tradehim Personally Stahl desired to goBoston but lois wishes In the matterhad nothing to do with the case it seemsalthough at one time it looked as If thdeal would go through Cleveland Plain

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Eiglilanders Block Deal forDoc ffillebraml

PITcHER WANTED BY GRIFFITH

Cnntlllon Offered Former PrincetonStnr to PlttMlturft for OutfielderGnnley but Waiver Was Rcfuwed-

liy Frank Fnrrcll Will CincinnatiLet Joe Kelley Go to the Giants

New York Doc New YorkAmerican League Club will make a

effort to pitcher DoeHillebrand famous as the star boxmanat Princeton University several years agoIllllobrand is technically the property ofthe Washington club but the young manafter agreeing to go there shortly afterleaving college decided that he wanted toplay in a larger city an impossibilityunder the circumstances which forceshim Into retirement

At the American league meeting inChicago last week Manager Cantillon ofWashington had a deal all cookod upby which Hlllebraad was to be traded toPittsburg in exchange for Outfielder Ganley But when Cantillon asked the otherAmerican league clubs to waive claim on

Hlllebrand the New York club declinedto de so as Manager Griffith and FrankFarrell believe that Doc HIHebnuid isjust the man needed to strengthen thelocal team in the box

Fnt Salary for HlllebrandIf Hlllebrand wants to play ball in New

York he will receive a chance to signa contract at a fat salary his releasefrom Washington meanwhile to be pur-

chased outrightBy rapid strides Harold Chase the

crack flrst baseman of the New YorkAmericans has come to be regarded asone of the best ball players in AmericaCompetent critics agreed last season thathe was the boss first bagman excellingsuch experts as Harry Davis Tenneysad Chance and more consistent in Mid

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Joe Kelley and Tommy Corcoranseen their best days Yet McGraw haspurchased Corcorans release and wouldalso like to get hold of Kelley As amatter of fact McGraw believes that theNew York Nationals wilt be able to make-a bold bid for the 1M pennant with fewchanges in their composition If Mathewson returns to his best form andMike Donlln recovers the use of his legMcGraw believes that the former worldschampions will be winners from the start

HICKMAN TO BE SOLD

Minneapolis Club Said to Have Prac-tically Secured IMaycr

Milwaukee Dec WU waslearned today that Mike Cantillon thenew owner of the Minneapolis ball clubhas practically secured Charley Hickmanformerly with Cleveland and Tip ON IU

of the Chicago White Stockings ball clubfoe the Millers next seasonmay play second base

Although Manager Cantllton has madeno deal for players for the Washington

tt is not bettered here that Hickor say other local player will to

another dull unless the Nationals willbe the gainer is the best natter on the team and Is useful eventhough he tever pretended to be an ex-

pert In any fielding position

COMISKEY FOR CITY CLERK

Cyclist Bowler Thinks However lieOught to Get Annonn Place

Chicago Dec 15 A boom for Charlesthe White Sox owner for the

Democratic nomination as city clerk hasbeen launched by Hinky fink Kennawho says a baseball man ought to suc-

ceed Cap Kenna contends Co

won the right to run when histeam won the worlds championship-

The First ward alderman thinks Comlskey would be one man on the ticketcertain of victory JImmy Bowler theexbicycle rider who is now aldermanfor the Nineteenth ward thinks the cityclerkship ought to go this time to anotherbranch of sport and he Is urging hisfriends to support him

AGGIES GET BANNER

Maryland LeagueFootball Champion

Baltimore Dec At the meeting ofthe advisory board of the IntercollegiateAthletic League of Maryland held

afternoon at the Hotel Rennertthe Maryland Agricultural College waspresented the championship banner forthe season just dosed

The only question up for deliberationbefore the board was thai of the gamewhich the Maryland Agricultural Collegewas scheduled to play at Westminsterwith Western Maryland This game wasnot played because there were not onhand proper officiate and the board deVided to let the game go as unavoidably-not played

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timore Next MonthBaltimore Dec 16 An open athletic

meet of all colleges schools and clubs inthe Atlantic and South Atlantic districts-of the A A U has been arranged by theMount Washington Club the MarylandA C and the Fifth Regiment AthleticAssociation of this city to be held Intho Fifth Regiment Armory on SaturdayJanuary 12 Special prizes are to beoffered to Princeton Johns HopkinsGeorgetown and the University of Virginia for a onemile relay and there willbe other special events for colleges andschools Milltnry numbers are to be in-

troduced in the programme for bothmilitia and regulars and the meet isexpected to be of greater Importance thanany ever held before in Baltimore

Do you know we makemore Dress Suits andTuxedos than any othertailors in WashingtonMust be a good reasonfor it

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FREE SPORT AT HARVARD-

It I Said That the Stadium Will BeOpen Free of Cost to Students

Boston Doc is said hero thatHarvard University will take over theStadium from tho Harvard Athletic Asso-

ciation In the near future according to oneof the local papers Undorment of the college tho Stadium will beabsolutely free to all Harvard men for

athletic contest No admission foecan bo charged except such a merely nom-inal one as would pay the running ex-

penses of tho Stadium or some specialcharge for a reservedvspace in some es-

pecially desirable position But the en-

trance is to be absolutely free That ispositively decided on by those who havein charge the reform of Harvard athletics

As things are shaping themselves itlooks as if tho special committee wouldalso demand that every form of collegesport shall be put on a selfsupportingboosts by subscriptions No one sportlike football will hereafter be allowed to

other sportsobjection that Harvard cannot

afford to pay for such training as itsfootball teams have always had in thepast the answer is made that the Britishuniversity Rugby teams have no suchtraining and yet manage to play a bettergame than any American college eleven

In any case no matter what objections-are likely to be made it is believed thatthe Harvard overseers will back up theproposed reforms President Eliot hearti-ly approves of them and the committeewas appointed by the voto of the corporation and the overseers

As to the right of the college to the titleIn the Stadium there is no legal questionSoldiers Field was given to the collegenot to the athletic committee by Henry-

L Hlgginson As the Stadium stands oncollege property it legally belongs to thecollege whenever the corporation cares toclaim it

If Harvard cares to play football evenIntercollegiate football on this basis andwith this positive understanding the col-lege authorities will probably not explicitlyforbid the game

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One of the principal topics oftoday the action of the Judges

last night in not deciding fourth placein flntah sprint to Matt Downey whocroat ed the line but a couple of feet be-

hind winner Folgar and yard aheadof MaeDonald to whom fourth place wasgiven

Some of the older riders had seenparallel eases in their racing careersas they had noticed quite often that when-

a rider craned the tape very close to theJudges they would not see him atail at least o far a determining accurately his place in the race

They pointed out that the Gardenjudges were stationed at outside ofthe track while at outdoor tracks theJudges stand te always inside the ovalwhere the officials can get a better viewof what te transpiring than was possiblefor the oiUcials on Saturday night Dow-ney was in fourth place whoa the lastlap began which position be sUit heldwhen Folger Walter Rutt Hardy Down-Ing and be swung Into the home stretchfor the last time

The riders will receive their prises

SWEET MARIE RETIRES

Sterling Trotter Will Be Bred andThen Used for Exhibition Purposes

Sweet Marie 2 has trotted her lastrace In the spring she wilt be bredand then used as an exhibition mare by

her new owner E T Stotesbury of Phil-

adelphiaSo the racing career of th great-

est harness queen since the of MaudS This mare by sterling merit whichcombined great speed sad most remarkable endurance fought her way stead-

ily to the top notch of sulky sport Inthree seasons

Wrapped in warm blankets Sweet Ma-

rie now placidly munches her oats in thecommodious box stall formerly occupiedby Allie Nun at E T Stotesburys Winoga Stock Farms But Mermaid loneChestnut Hill Pa

Prior to her remarkable campaign downthe grand circuit In 18W she was racedin matinees earning a matinee record towagon of 21L

During her career down the grand cir-cuit in 1M4 Sweet Marie won the Utrotting at Detroit the Electric stake atBuffalo the Knickerbocker at EmpireCity the Long Island at Brighton Beachthe Roger Williams at Providence thePonkapog at Readvllle was fourth inthe Charter Oak at Hartford the Transylvania at Lexington and the DiamondHandicap at Memphis Her total winnings for the season were 241S5 retiringwith a mark of 2 M4

PLAYERS FLOCK TO YALE

Prep School Football MaterialWhich AVII1 Help Old Eli Out

New Haven Conn Dec li Accordingto a statement made here at least tencrack prep school football players will en-

ter Yale next fall to become members ofthe freshman squad and candidates forthe 19 varsity team Capt Vaughn ofthe Exeter even who played a wonder-ful game at end this fall has decided tocome to New Haven From Andover Yalewill get Capt Daly one of the star play-ers of the season Kilpatrick the cleverhalf back and Greenough who played atcenter Bob Fisher of Dorchester for twoyears the best tackle Favorite the otherhalf back Clough and Rosendale guardsMason and Richmond ends

These youths who have signified theirIntention of entering Yale and trying forthe eleven come without urging and havechosen tiLe Blue simply because they be-

lieve their chance beet at Yale for beingmembers of a champion football teamEnthusiasts here are elated over the factthat besides the strong nucleus left fromthe varsity this fall the crack freshmeneleven of this fall will be on the gridironalmost Intact and strong enough tosome of the best colleges in the

WINS ENGRAVED TOILS

Mr Brcckenrldpre 3c t CompetitorBefore Fencing Club

At the Washington Fencers Club Sat-

urday final bouts were held In the handicap competition for engraved foils donated by Prof Darrleulat The competi-

tors were Mr A C Cunningham U SN Dr Paul W Evans Mr C T Cabrera and Mr S D Breckenridge It waswon by Mr Breckenridge Mr Cunningham second and Messrs Evans and Cabrera tied for third

The Judges were Mr Victor MindeleffMr McMillan United States Naval

and Mr MichelloniThere was an exhibition bout with

sabers between Prof Darrleulat and MrMichelloni the academic salute withfoils by Prof Darrieulat and Mr Breckenridge and an exhibition bout withdueling swords by the same

Herald Want Adwill bo received at PharmacyEleventh and G sts nw and promptlyforwarded to the main office

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of Former Years

DOPE WAS WRONG ON MILLER

Winner of 1807 Race Told byPhynlclnnn that lie Would Xot LiveSix Months Longer but Miller Is

Alive nnd Stronger than EverRiders Crazed for Want of Sleep

Every year comas the cry from the doc-

tors all ovor the country that sixdaycontests are brutal and extremely injurious to the riders In 1S87 whenCharlie Miller who was known as the

man of Iron won tho sixday grind atMadison Square Garden setting a recordof 2093 miles with only four hourssleep in six days he was told by acommittee of physicians from the boardof health of New York City that he wouldnot live over six months That wasnine years ago Today Miller is aliveand stronger than he ever was andweighs 230 pounds

Miller was superstitious and alwayswanted number seven He had the num-ber in most of his races and when hewent to Paris In 1865 he was given thisnumber In the great Roubet road raceIn WOO through some misunderstanding-with the management of the sixday racehe did not enter until two days beforethe race He asked for number sevenbut was told that Aronson had It Hewas given number eleven He looked upAronson before the race started and triedto swap numbers but Aronson wouldntswap Miller won the race with thehelp of his teammate Frank Waltermaking record of 2T33 miles thatstands today Aronson ran Into a boxon the Fourth avenue side of the Gardenand was killed In his races after thatMiller asked for number eleven

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of both eyes and wanted tissue pa-per to put In the sockets Later hethought that one side of his face wasfalling oil and threatened to quit ridingif his trainer did not tie It on A largebandage was tied around his head andhe was satisfied He went out on thetrjnek and rode like a demon and finishedsecond

Johnny Fisher the Chicago boy whoteamed with Jimmy Bowler In the 19Wrace was another rider that becamecrazed by the need of sleep On Fridaymorning he surprised his trainer JohnWest by getting off his wheel and com-ing Into the training quarters exclaimingthat he was Sandow He strutted aroundshowing the muscles in his arms whenFrank Kramer said to him WhyJohnny you dont use your arms whileriding lets see the muscles on your legs

Fisher replied I dont use my armsThats all you know about it I push mywheel along I dont ride it I haventridden since Wednesday

West coaxed him to go bajek on thetrack which he did for two hours Thenfee got off his wheel and went into histent picked up his cot and told West thatbe was going down to sleep with thehorse West thought the best thing to dowas to humor him so he fixed his cot Inone of the horses stalls There was alarge ventilator in the stall blowing in aOld wind that would freeze beefsteakJohnny stayed there about ten minuterand then came up on the track feelingstronger than ever The cold air was thebest thing that could have been givenhim

Fred Schinoer was one of the most per-sistent of riders In his training About amonth before the sixday race that washeld in Tattersalls In 3S8S he wonderedwhether he would be able to stand thestrain of the grind As a teet he workedat his trade ef electrical engineering sixdays and nights without one minute ofsleep Later he used to run up the stairsIn the Masonic Temple which is twentyone stories high six to eight times a dayWith this vigorous training he was ableto defeat his greatest rival MIMer andwin the only sixday race that ever washeld in Chicago

King and Samuelson two young ridersfrom Salt Lake City first came Intoprominence In 1992 They were unknownoutside of their native burg but theyth utfit they could win tho sixday rAcethat was to be held in Madison SquareGarden They had little money notenough to pay their railroad fare to NewYork so they decided to ride their wheelsacross the continent figuring that itwould also be a good training stunt Theyrode for months and finally arrived atAlbany half starved and with both theirwheels out of business on account ofpunctured tires They beat their way toNew York City on freight trains arriv-ing two days before the big race Theydidnt have enough money to pay theirentry fee Somehow their story creptInto the papers and they became hotfavorites P T Powers the manager ofthe race gave them some money andwheels They started in the race andlanded third prize Since that time theyhave been known as the hobo teem

George Leander who was killed a fewyears ago In a race In Paris was perhapsthe speediest rider that ever took up thesixday game He possessed a combina-tion of speed and endurance that was re-

markable In the 1902 race at New Yorkhad hte had a better partner than FloydKrebs the record of 2733 miles held byMiller and Waller surely would have beenshattered

Leander was a practical joker A weekbefore the 1902 race started Eddie McFarland secured a room at the WaldorfAstoria He invited a dozen or more ofthe riders to visit him on a Saturdaynight When they arrived they found theroom was so small that some of themcould not get in McFarland howeverthought he had a grand scheme so hetook the large brass bed apart and stacked-It In one corner of the room Then a largewhite sheet was spread on the floor andsoon a craus game started Leander wasthe first to go broke so he excused himself saying that he was going back to hishotel to sleep He walked down the halland espied a large pitcher of water Getting a chair he went back to McFarlandsr-oom and through a transom he pouredthe contents of the pitcher down on theriders

When Leander first went to Paris heknew nothing about the French language-nor the value of French money He waspassing a cigar store one day and hethought he would buy a cigar for hismanager Jack Prince He bought a fatblack Havana cigar and gave the clerk alarge silver coin which happened to be a20franc piece The clerk handed him abunch of copper coins that filled all thepockets in his trousers He wonderedhow much he had paid for the cigar andwhen he got back to his hotel he hadPrince count the change He hehad paid 95 cents for a 10cent rope

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