was the avalanche of protesting. At the time of writing no action has
been taken on these protests, and I doubt if they will affect the
results. The protest against Morgan, that he had worked for his living
at one time, seems to be invalid, for, so far as I am aware, there is
nothing in the constitution of the New York Interscholastic Association
which prevents a boy from earning an honest living. Of course, when it
comes to a question of a foul, that is a different matter; but I have it
on very good authority that Paulding of Berkeley himself denies that he
was in any way fouled by Morgan, and yet a protest against Morgan for
fouling Paulding was entered.
[Illustration: Paulding. McClave. Morgan.
THREE OF THE WINNERS AT THE N.Y.I.S.A.A. SKATING RACES.]
The preliminary heats were held on Friday evening, January 15, and there
seemed to be more enthusiasm among the skaters in the trials than there
was in the finals. There were about seventy-five entries all told. The
events contested were 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880-yard dash, and
one mile. Morgan won his heat in the 220, the 440, and the mile,
Paulding being second to him in the mile, third in the 220, and second
to McClave in the second heat of the 440.
The 880-yard event was for "juniors," and the heats were taken by Inman
of Cutler's, Einstein of Harvard School, and Rock of Condon's. The last
heat would very probably have been won by Eddinger of Columbia
Institute, if he had not had the hard luck to fall on the final lap,
when he had a good lead, and was holding his own with the field.
In the finals on Saturday evening the racers made invariably better time
than they had done in their trial heats. The 440 was won by Paulding,
with Morgan second. Morgan's defeat was undoubtedly due to the fact that
he made a false start, and was penalized three yards by the referee.
There was a pretty good field, and the De La Salle man found it
impossible, in the short distance, to pass through. The 880-yard event
was taken by Inman of Cutler's; Einstein of Harvard gave him a pretty
close race, but fell twice, and did not finish among the leaders.
The 220-yard dash was a victory for Morgan, who jumped to the lead as
soon as the signal to start was given, and was never passed. He also won
the mile in fine fashion, leaving his nearest rival, Paulding, two laps
behind him, and Paulding headed the field by almost another full lap.
The summary of events follows:
Events. Winner. Second. Third. Time.
220 yards. Morgan. Paulding. Proctor. 24-3/5 sec.
440 yards. Paulding. Morgan. McClave. 52 sec.
880 yards. Inman. Coffin. Proctor. 1 m. 43-4/5 sec.
One mile. Morgan. Paulding. Ritman. 3 m. 7-2/5 sec.
SUMMARY OF POINTS BY SCHOOLS.
Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. Total.
De La Salle 2 1 0 13
Berkeley 1 2 2 13
Cutler 1 1 0 8
Trinity 0 0 1 1
Harvard 0 0 1 1
In-door baseball has not met with very much favor thus far among the
South Side schools of Chicago, and the reason alleged is that Englewood
and Hyde Park, the two schools which are leaders in almost every other
branch of athletics, have not yet succeeded in winning a game this year
at the in-door sport. Austin, the last year's champion, was defeated by
Lake View, 7-3. This victory has led to the opinion that Lake View would
probably take the championship this season.
Hyde Park was badly defeated by North Division in its schedule game. The
score was 26-0. Englewood did better against Evanston, and besides
putting up a better game was only defeated 10-4. Englewood's next game
was lost to Lake View, 8-11. Hyde Park's next defeat was administered by
Austin.
Austin's success is largely due to the excellence of its pitcher,
Pottwin. Decker, the short stop, has also been putting up an excellent
game, and in the match against Hyde Park he knocked out a home run,
besides playing an errorless game in the field. The Hyde Park players
seem to be fairly good at fielding, but they show a great lack of
practice.
The matches in the ice-polo league of the Boston schools have developed
good sport during the recent cold weather, and the schedule has afforded
a number of close games. Dorchester played a tie game with Roxbury Latin
on Franklin Field Friday afternoon, January 15, the score being 1-1.
Only one twenty-minute period was played. Dorchester rather outclassed
Roxbury Latin in passing and driving, but was unable, nevertheless, to
get the ball into Roxbury's cage the second time.
On the same afternoon, at Mystic Lake, Winchester met Cambridge High and
Latin, and was defeated 7-0. The Cambridge men developed some excellent
team-work, and showed some pretty combination plays. In a game between
Medford High and Everett High, Medford won 3-1. Especially good work was
done by Otis, Thompson, and Glidden.
[Illustration: HOCKEY: SHOWING GOAL, CLUBS, AND PUCK.]
A number of communications have been addressed to this Department
requesting that some description be given of the Canadian game of
hockey, of which we have heard more than usual this year. In fact, in
and about New York hockey is fast superseding ice polo; the latter,
purely American game, being played mostly in New England. Hockey is, of
course, akin to ice polo, but it has a number of points of difference,
and is considered by the Canadians a much better game than our ice polo.
Perhaps one of the chief advantages of hockey is that more players can
take part in the sport than in ice polo.
The Yale Hockey Team is one of the few teams in this country, so far as
I know, that plays the straight Canadian game, although this winter
several of the athletic clubs in and about New York have taken up
hockey, and will, no doubt, eventually develop strong teams. The Yale
men have found the Canadian game so interesting, that they have devoted
all their energies to it, and it is said that they will meet some of the
Canadian teams during the winter. Space will not allow of a very
lengthy description of the game, but in a few words a rough idea of the
sport may be given, and a book of the rules with fuller information can
doubtless be obtained of any dealer in sporting goods.
A Canadian Hockey team consists of seven players, who are known as Goal,
Point, Cover Point, Centre Forward, Centre, Left Wing, and Right Wing,
arranged on the field, or rather on the ice, in the following positions:
L. W. C. R. W.
C. F.
C. P.
P.
G.
Instead of the ball which we use in ice polo, the Canadians play with a
rubber disk about an inch thick and some three inches in diameter. This
is called a "puck." The sticks of the Canadians are also somewhat
differently shaped from those used in ice polo, the main difference
being that they are longer, and wider at the bottom, and usually
constructed of lighter wood. They do not strike the puck as polo-players
strike the ball, but rather aim to shove it along the ice, and more
often than not the Canadians use both hands, instead of wielding their
club with one hand only.
In this way the Canadians are able to make a certain peculiar shove
which enables them to lift the rubber disk over the heads of their
opponents, and some of them become so skilful at this that they can
place the puck so that it will fall on edge and bound into the opposing
goal. Perhaps it is this quality of the disk over the ball which has
made it necessary in the Canadian game to allow the defensive players to
stop the puck in any way they choose, instead of as in ice polo, where
the ball may only be stopped by the sticks, the feet, or the body.
The space demanded for Canadian hockey is 112 feet by 58 feet, although
the game is possible in a more restricted area. The goal is placed at
the middle point of the two shorter lines; it consists of two upright
posts four feet high placed six feet apart, and to score a goal the puck
has to be driven between the posts. The game is played in two halves of
twenty minutes each, and the opposing teams change sides after the
interimission, which is of ten minutes.
The Canadians are very strict about off-side play, and the referees
invariably enforce the rule which declares that when a player hits the
puck any one of the same side who is nearer the opponent's goal-line is
off-side, and may therefore not touch the disk or prevent any other
player from doing so until the puck has been played by an opponent. A
penalty for off-side play is the surrender of the puck to the opposing
side; the other players must then stand at a distance of not less than
five yards from the puck; but if the offence has been committed within
ten yards of either goal the disk is faced in the ordinary way. There
are the usual restrictions against kicking and tripping and charging,
and against carrying the disk in the hand, and the goal-keeper is not
allowed during play to lie or kneel or to sit upon the ice, but must
maintain a standing position.
In the United States the hockey-players have not yet developed the team
play which makes the Canadian game so interesting, our men, having been
brought up on ice polo, relying more on their own quickness and
individual skill. But the advantage of team-work is being more and more
understood by us, and Americans will no doubt soon equal the Canadians
at this feature of the sport.
At the several in-door games of the New York schools this winter we
shall look for the development of much new material in track athletics,
for by graduation and other causes many of the best performers of the
Interscholastic League have made room for other stars. The New York
pole-vaulters will have their hands full to hold their own against
Paulding, the Black Hall vaulter, who is now at Berkeley, and I doubt if
there is any one who can surpass him. The change in the height of the
hurdles, too, will make that event more equal toward new and old
hurdlers, and the chance of the appearance of new material in this event
is excellent.
In Boston the chief in-door event of the winter for the schools is
always the big B.A.A. meeting in March, and then we will get our first
line on the New-Englanders that will come down here to measure skill
with New York in the Madison Square Garden. Judging from the place-men
in the spring events of the New England league, the Boston schools will
turn out some strong performers this season.
In Connecticut there have also been losses; but many of the best
athletes, especially of the Hartford High-School, are on hand, notably
Luce and Sturtevant. The latter will be the most dangerous man in the
high jump. I am told, too, that Hartford has a new man in the weights
who will make Boyce of Boston English High stretch himself to the
utmost.
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* * * * *
SALUTING A CAT.
There is at least one place in the world where the cat was until
recently held in high honor, and received the attention due to one of so
high a station in life. That place is India, where in a fortress the
sentries invariably used to present arms to every cat that appeared on
the scene.
The custom is accounted for by this singular anecdote, which comes from
what appears to be good authority.
Some fifty years ago it happened that a very high English official died
in an Indian fortress, at a place that is one of the centres of
Brahminic religion, and at the moment when the news of his death met the
Sepoy guard at the main gate a black cat rushed out of it.
The superstitious guard presented arms to the cat as a salute to the
dying spirit of the powerful Englishman, and the coincidence took a firm
hold upon the locality, that up to a few years ago neither exhortation
nor orders could prevent a Hindu sentry at that gate from presenting
arms to any cat that passed out at night.
* * * * *
The train was roaring along about forty miles an hour, and the conductor
was busily punching tickets full of holes, when a little thin old man
who sat in one of the corner seats plucked his sleeve.
"Mister conductor, you be sure and let me off at Speers Station. You
see, this is the first time I ever rode on steam-cars, and I don't know
anything 'bout them. You won't forget it, eh?"
"All right, sir; I won't forget."
The old man brushed back a stray lock of hair and, straightening
himself, gazed with increasing wonder at the flying landscape, every now
and then exclaiming, "Gracious!" "By gum!" etc.
Suddenly there was a crash, and after a number of gymnastic moves that
made him think of his school-days, he found himself sitting on the grass
of the embankment alongside the track.
Seeing another passenger sitting a short distance away, patiently
supporting various parts of the splintered car across his legs, he
inquired,
"Is this Speers Crossing?"
The passenger, who was a drummer, and not altogether new to such
happenings, replied, with a smile, although in considerable pain,
"No; this is catastrophe."
"Is that so," he irritably exclaimed. "Now I knew that conductor would
put me off at the wrong place."
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QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.
ON MONEY.
"What are you going to do when you get through college?" said one
schoolboy to the other a short time ago.
"I'm going to make a lot of money, and then buy a seat in the United
States Senate," was the reply.
"Why don't you go to work to get into the Senate direct?"
"Because it's too hard work; and when you've got money you can get
anything else you want."
That is a popular idea among young men, who have made "American" almost
synonymous with "money-maker." There seems to be an idea among not only
young but old men that if you make money in any way you will be fitted
for anything else. In a certain way this is true. For if you can buy
anything, you can buy men who know what you do not know, and hire them
to do certain things for you that take lifetimes to accomplish. The
truth is that if you start now and make up your mind to make money
first, you will not be able to do anything but money-making business,
and if you fail in this, there will be no other course open to you. This
does not mean that a money-making business is an unworthy one; that idea
is common among certain classes of short-sighted clergymen; but it does
mean that to start out with no idea but choosing a business only with
regard to money is wrong, and is likely to turn out to your
disadvantage. We have all seen in school, and will see in college,
fellows who have large allowances. They certainly can do things which
are beyond us. Such men can have a better time because they have money,
and they can give their friends a better time. But unless they have
other qualities their money is of no advantage; it may quite frequently
be a great disadvantage. The point is that a fellow at school must be a
good chap. He must have a certain amount of chivalry, of self-respect,
of generosity, and good-fellowship. If he has all these, he is a good
chap anyway, and sure to be a leader and a friend of all in the school.
If he has a lot of money also, and knows how to use it, he is all the
better chap. If he has the money and none of the qualities mentioned,
his money does him not the least good, and may very likely do him harm.
You will find the thing just the same at college, for college is only a
little larger school. There are many fellows at college who have money
and use it well, but the mere fact that a man has cash in his pocket
does not get him on to athletic teams, or into college clubs or
societies, or at the head of his class. It helps him on if he's a good
chap; it holds him back if he isn't. Then by-and-by, when you get
through college, you will find it just the same in businesses of all
kinds. Money seems to help a good man along, and seems to be the worst
enemy of a bad man. So that to think only of money first, and then of
doing fine things with it after it is gained, is putting the cart before
the horse. And if you want to be in the Senate, it's the wrong way to go
at it to go down to South America and work in a gold-mine for twenty
years simply and solely to "raise the cash" for the purpose of buying
the votes of a State, even if such a procedure were moral and right,
which is unquestionably not the case. Rather make up your mind what you
want to do, and then try to make a financial success of it, as well as
all other kinds of successes. If it is the hide and leather business,
try to make money each year, but try also to make money fairly, to learn
the trade thoroughly, and to keep pace with the literature, the
politics, the life of your own day. If it is the ministry or law or
literature, try to make both ends meet each year, and to make money just
the same, but don't forget that all these branches of work require
something besides cash to make them successes. In a certain way it is
just as wrong to try to believe that money is an evil as it is to let
yourself believe that money is the only thing worth having. It is a
great and good thing when you have learned how to use it, and a mighty
poor thing when it is abused. Decide therefore on what work you will set
out, without regard to money, and then try to make a financial as well
as an intellectual success of it.
* * * * *
SWIFT VESSELS OF PAST DECADES.
There are but few spots of the ocean's surface that are not traversed by
steamships, and possibly no spot into which the tramp steamship has not
poked its nose. Years ago this could be claimed for the famous clippers
of the United States, but steam has crowded them out of use, and to-day
hardly a dozen sail under our flag. The States of Maine and New
Hampshire produced many magnificent clippers. The _Challenge_, the
_Sea-Witch_, the _Young America_, the _Swordfish_, the _Dreadnought_,
_Queen of Clippers_, _Witch of the Wave_, _Spitfire_, _Witchcraft_, and
over one hundred others that might be named, carried the American flag
triumphantly around the world, and obtained the highest rates of freight
even in British ports. The ship _Natchez_, of New York, 523 tons, though
not a clipper, made the passage from Hong-kong (China) to New York in 72
days. She was originally a New Orleans and Havre packet, flat on the
floor, to enable her to cross the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi,
and had sharp ends. Probably one of the most pathetic endings of a
famous clipper-ship is that of the _Great Admiral_, built in 1869, and
owned by the heirs of William F. Weld & Co.; she is now lying idle, and
though in excellent order, will probably be dismantled and converted
into a coal-barge. She is the only famous clipper left of all the fine
fleet of nearly one hundred sail once owned by William T. Weld & Co. The
firm, like its shipping, is a thing of the past. The ship _Charger_, of
1378 tons, built in 1874 by Henry Hastings, though still afloat at last
accounts, was not making money for her owner. The splendid ships _North
American_ and _South American_, built by Mr. Hastings, and once
prominent in the California trade, were wrecked a few years ago.
Since the disappearance of clippers we have built ships of 3000 and 4000
tons for the Pacific grain trade, and though full modelled, they more
than hold their own against all nations. Our Atlantic coasting trade is
carried on in huge schooners, ranging from 500 to 1500 tons, with three,
four, and five masts. Many of these had centre-boards, but most of the
new vessels are built without them.
Although Baltimore has the credit of first applying the term "clippers"
to fast vessels, all maritime nations have aimed to excel on the water.
The French ships were generally better sailers than the English, and
hence, when beaten in naval warfare, often escaped capture. At the
battle of St. Vincent, though they defeated more than twenty sail of
French and Spaniards, they captured only four, and two of these were
taken by Nelson. But whenever the English captured a fast sailing-vessel
they copied her lines. Emerson says, "the Frenchman invented the collar,
but the Englishman added the shirt."
* * * * *
THE DISADVANTAGES OF PLAGIARISM.
A rather amusing story is told of a certain so-called "popular
preacher," the Rev. Dr. D----, whose marvellous powers of eloquence
invariably gathered him large audiences. People wondered at his sermons,
and proclaimed him an intellectual genius. Now the doctor was a
plagiarist who patched up his own exceedingly poor sermons by
introducing here and there passages from the sermons of celebrated
divines, but the ingenuous way in which he accomplished this prevented
discovery. Then, too, his audiences, he calculated, were not students of
theology, and therefore not likely to detect his appropriations. But in
this he made his mistake, and his exposure took place as follows:
One day an elderly gentleman entered the church and took a seat in the
first row. As the doctor proceeded with his sermon the gentleman broke
in now and then with such remarks as, "That's Sherlock." "Ah, from
Tillotson." "Now it's Blair," etc.
The doctor stood it for a little while, but at last, full of wrath, he
said:
"My dear sir, if you do not restrain your impertinent remarks and hold
your tongue, I'll have you ejected."
The elderly gentleman, looking the doctor calmly in the face, said,
"That's his own."
[Illustration: STAMPS]
This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin
collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question
on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address
Editor Stamp Department.
Practically all the 1897 catalogues are now on the market. The best
catalogue, containing a list of all varieties of stamps, envelopes,
postal cards, etc., can be had for 58c., postage prepaid, of any dealer;
but there are a number of smaller catalogues, adapted to the wants of
all except specialists and advanced collectors, which can be bought for
10c. each. These smaller catalogues are having a great sale, as the new
albums omit the scarce varieties in perforations, water-marks, etc.,
which appeal to those specialists who are able to invest large sums in
stamps, all of whom keep their treasures in blank albums. The catalogues
and the albums conform to each other.
C. E. STEELE.--The rare 6c. Proprietary is the orange. The 1823
dime is worth 25c.
S. G. RIPPEY.--You can buy a dime of 1837 for 35c.
H. C. Z.--Tokens have no value. The coins can be bought for 5c. or
10c.
BEVERLEY S. KING, 31 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., and W. E.
SHREVE, Ridley Park, Pa., wish to exchange stamps.
O. H. PURCELL.--The $1 Columbian is worth $5. The others may be
worth more in a few years than at present.
A. KELLOGG.--The U. S. Revenues most in demand are the general
issues. As yet the private proprietary match and medicine stamps
can be bought, as a rule, as cheaply to-day as five years ago.
Probably their turn will come in a year or two. If they should
become fashionable, there will be some remarkable changes in
prices.
F. X. SCHMIDT.--Die A, 1887, usually called the "rejected die," can
be easily identified. The bust points to the space between the
third and fourth teeth of the inside row. In the regular issue, Die
B, the bust points to space between the second and third teeth.
R. BULKLEY.--You probably have the regular rose 1861 stamp, of
which there are many shades. The pink is excessively rare. A very
few copies are known.
W. LEVERIDGE.--None of the coins are scarce, and several of them
are now uncurrent, and therefore worth bullion only, but they are
interesting aside from intrinsic value.
THOMAS LAURIE.--Many pen and ink cancellations have been removed
from stamps, but the stamps present a "cleaned" appearance quite
different from the real unused. Most postage-stamps have been
printed in oil colors; and most cancellations have been made with
oily inks. Where this has been the case it is impossible to remove
cancellation without taking out the ink of the stamp itself. No
premium on the 1894 dollar. There were few made, but still plenty
to go around and leave some in dealers' hands.
M. A. T.--The portraits used in the present U. S. stamps are as
follows: 1c., Franklin; 2c., Washington; 3c., Jackson; 4c.,
Lincoln; 5c., Grant; 6c., Garfield; 8c., Sherman; 10c., Webster;
15c., Taylor; 30c., Jefferson; 90c., Perry.
C. RAWSON.--I cannot give you values on long lists of common
stamps. You can get this and much other information from a 10c.
catalogue. If the catalogue fails, I am glad to do what I can in
justice to all the readers of the stamp column.
A. T. G.--Yes! Join the A.P.A. if you want to buy the new issues.
It will cost $1.80 per year for membership fees.