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Show V (Special Correspondence.) 5ne oy one tne ancient structures ot Xlorea floated worn tnem. recalling Europe, after centuries of neglect, are the victories of the Venetians, but falling Into decay. Westminster abbey now on Sundays and festivals the Italhas fallen a victim to the gases of ian colors float from them. London, and Is being repaired; the Another interesting object ' of the noble Alhambra, the monument left square is the clock of the Torrco dell by the Moors as a legacy to Spain, Orologio, on the top of which two has almost surrendered to the ravages bronze figures of Moors strike a hell of time and neglect; two years ago with each hour. The legend has it the majestic Campanile, in Venice, that one of these tollers of the hour crumbled Into dust in the Piazza San is a murderer. Once upon a time ' a Marco, almost without warning, and poor workman, unconscious that hour now the glory of Venice, the beautiful was about to he tolled, got within Church of San Marco, reach of one of the figures, and being which was venerable even when the struck with the swinging hammer republic on the Adriatic was In the heyday of its power, is found to be In danger of collapse. The report of Prof. Manfred! and Signor Marangoni. recently submitted, gave some alarming information about the condition of St. Mark's. The greatest danger to this basilica is in the foundations, which have been con- stantly giving way in divers directions. All the walls show such cracking and weakening that it leads to the conclusion that under the magnificent dress of marble and mosaic is concealed the most alarming decrepitude. So bad is the condition of the vaults called the Paradise and Apocalypse that their complete and definite restoration is absolutely necessary. It is a miracle that they maintain their equilibrium. That St. Mark's be preserved is no longer merely a question for Venice to answer, for artistically that glorious treasure belongs to the world. Who can conceive of a Venice without this grand old basilica, under which lie buried the remains of the saint in whose honor the ed.. Clock Tower. ifice was raised? it is the loadstone of the Place or Piazza of St. Mark, waa thrown to his death in the square and the Pluce of St. Mark, as Mr. How- below. The clock IS not only a work ells has told those of us who did not of art, but gives a variety of Informaknow it, is the heart of Venice. tion. Its dial Is of blue and gold, and upon it are told not only the Italian hours, which run from one to twenty-fou- r. Treasury of Art. St. Mark's is more than a church; it but the quarters of the moon is a treasury of art, for in the Middle ar.d the position of the twelve signs of Ages, when the fleets of the Venetians the zodiac. On the upper story, above ruled the seas, in the days when the dial, is a gigantic lion, and beTurks were to he fought in those re- neath it a gilded statue of the Virgin ligious wars known as Crusades, when Mary. During the month of May, at the shores of the eastern Mediterran- certain hours, a door near this figure ean were kept in order by the repub- opens and the Magi appear, pass belic of the Adriatic, the choicest spoils fore her,' salute her with their crowns from every sacked city or town were and disappear by another door. brought to Venice and added to the art treasures of St. Mark's. Of these, History of the Columns. The columns of St. Marks, like oerhaps the most notable are the four blue-dome- d Socker Game. Advocate One of the most vigorous communications that have recently appeared In the Harvard Crimson, the university ardaily, came out last week. The ticle dealt with the football situations at Harvard and Yale, and asstrongly urged the Introduction of sociation football at Harvard. The article took a sharp rap at Yaler Yale beats us football when it said: wv. the game of corraling giahta. This outspoken sentiment was written to the Crimson from Venice by Charles G. Falls of Harvard, 68, an old "varsity oarsman aotlvely Interested in Harvard rowing at the present time. In Its advocacy of the English game of association football the communication calls the American game "grueling and prize fighting. and Bays that it is especially adapted for blacksmiths, stevedores, and life guardsmen. Speaking of the English game in comparison with the American game, Nor is it particu the article says: larly famous for shouldering, shoving, kneeling, and mass plays. Nor is It played by meii In buckram so padded and protected that the players grandmothers cannot look at them without a shudder. But It Is football, and the kind where the player punishes the ball and not the man. White and Britt Matched. Charley Mitchell, the former Eng lish heavy weight champion fighter, who recently arrived in London from the United States to arrange a match for the world's light weight title between Jabez White, the Engllshh champion, and Jimmy Britt, the recognized American champion, met White for the first time In Birmingham, and quickly clinched the match. After listening carefully to all the details, and hearing the offer from the San Francisco club. White at once expressed his willingness to light. was sent to Tom A cablegram ORourke In New York suggesting thst the date be put off till the second week In April, and requesting (50(T traveling expenses for White from the dub. White and Mitchell will tall for America at an early date. . 'ib to end team to the United riming ihe coming Rummer will tccepi,.,! Major F. Green, man-ganri serf iary of itn Hurllngham uh, on being what reception American associations invitation likely io inreive from the clubs lo commit expressed himself as Hotrs: annot say definitely ini uni inn reaches me. but I k it highly probable the club will Pt and scud a team. Me .tV ri un-fh- e ) to Meet O'Brien. Bob Fitzsimmons has sent to Ai lOith of New York as a forfeit bind a match with "Philadelphia lCk 0 Hrien Fitzsimmons wants to kbt 0 Brien at 158 pounds, ringside. '111 place the $5.oon forfeit as a id bet on the result of the battle. 0e of the conditions of the mill is hkt the w inner lake all the money. If O'Brien fails to live up to his htllenge Kitz says he will meet my Rian under the same condi-on- . The forfeit of Fitzsimmons is ?iw on its way to New York in the t'm of certified check to Al Smith. The battle will be for twenty rounds d .will lie fought before some club I'fBsn Francisco offering the beet for the contest. Thanksgiving Game. faculty of Purdue university 1 decided to abolish the annual Thanksgiving day football contest, And President Stone announced that hereafter the football season, at Pur-f- u would close on the Saturday preying Thanksgiving. President Stone Against The Sjld: the faculty Is of the opln-lo- g that the traditional meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday should be respected by institutions of learning.1 'Chiefly Michigan Has Money. The annual report of the Michigan Athletic association is University gratifying to all members, as the organization made $3,000 over expenses, notwithstanding the short football aeatos. The receipts from football were (16,000 and the net earnings were $8,000. The baseball games brought only a little mor than $1,000, while the expenses were over (2,000. There a balance of (9,000 la the association treasury. Is-n- Chance for Middle Weights. Jack OBrien, the clever and ever busy middle weight, baa returned from his trip to Bermuda much Improved In health and still eager to light Tommy Ryan for the .middle m Games. Money In Speaking of the big money to be made In worlds championship games, When Pitts- Barney Dreyfuss says: - Post-Seaso- n American League Note. has been cut (1,000 In salary. Jimmy Barrett has sent in hla signed 1905 Detroit contract. Tim Hurst is being urged for appointment on Ban Johnson's umpire staff. "St. Paul Sullivan, as Detroit's new catcher Is termed. Is booked to deliver the goods. First Baseman Jake Stahl is to be -- next manager-captaiWashington's season. Stahl's advance has been rapid. Comisky has changed his mind regarding Catcher Eddie McFarland and will give that player one more chance to rehabilitate himself. In Frick, Stone, Edmundson. Van Zandt and Rockenfleld the St. Ixmls Americans have secured the five best batsmen In their respective leagues. Outfielder Selhach says he is hot worrying about bolding hla place on the Boston team. He will give the club the best he has and if that does not suit he will take the consequences. is quoted by the Garry Hen-maCincinnati Post as having said: We are not building for alone, but for the --future welfarb of baseball. None of us know what may happen. Ban Johnson may not be president of the American league next year Pitcher-Donova- to-da- South Bend franchise and twantyj players for (4,500, as soon ae.She: Grand Rapids men settle with th street railroad company on the rent! question sprung by the street railway i people. Weatem Association Facts. Leavenworth nas landed a player! named Elijah Wooiey, who la glad hlS fond parents didnt stick Jonah upon, ; him. The Topeka club to date hasAignedf only two players for next season.: namely Catcher Henry Landis and' Outfielder Charles rarrell. Walton Goldsby' will be a league, President Shively umpire in 1905. has signed Reagan for another season. Those are the only selections he - Jay Andrews is trying to purchase, the St. Joseph club of the Western league, with a view to placing It in thia league. Jay la studying medicine at Paris, Mo. Fred Palmer, who used to boss ball! affair In St. Joseph when Billy Klua-- . man played there, wants to put a! Western association team In Kansas City, on the Kansas side of the Kaw. The transfer of the Fort Scott ball; team and franchise In the Western, association to Guthrie. O. T., has been, effected by President Shively. The! franchise was old to Thomas A. Neal-oGuthrie for (1,000. f National League New. Garry Herrmann does not believe in the e clausie. Most every- body agrees with him in that now. Tim Murnane whispers that Billy Rogers may' get the management of the Boston Nationals an echo of an autumn forecast. Joe Kelley Is thinking of taking a young South with him for a try-ou- t Cambridge, Mass., second baseman named Michael J. Lynch. President Soden announces that the Boston Nationals will probably rendezvous at Washington on March 18 and go to Charleston, S. C., that night William louder, formerly third baseman for the Glanta, has been engaged by the base ball management at Columbia to coach the team for the coming season. Manager McGraw expects to work K. I. T. League News. endld ball was played La the Kitty league last season, and tbe per--t rentage of players ranked high both' in fielding and stick work. Considerable Importance Is attached) to the action of the league team man-- , agers In deciding to put up a forfeit) of (400 Instead of (200, which was done last season. Thia means that, the league will be on a surer footing' and insures to greater extent the stability of the league. At a meeting of league officials at) Vincennes Jan. 9 It waa decided to, allow the league to 'stand aa It didj last season and possibly add the etties of Princeton, lud., and Owensboro, Ky. A meeting will b held at Pari ducah Jan. 29 to complete tbe circuit,: WALTER PIRECT. Famous Bridge rtronze norses which ornament antique the facade. Each of them weighs a ton, and their origin is still unknown. It is said that they were treasures of Alexandria, and were carried to Rome by August us after he defeated Marc Antony in 30 B. C. It is also said that five Roman emperors placed them on as many triumphal arches in the Eternal City. That Constantine took them off to Constantinople to grace his hipitodrome. It is definitely known, however, that when the Venetians sacked Constantinople, after the siege in the year 1203. the four horses were transported to Venice and set gip on 81 Marks. When Napoleon was conquering Italy he. with his Dftrk Ages ideas, packed off the horses with such other treasures as his artistic taste dictated to Paris. From 1797 until 1815 the horses were In Paris, for with the eclipse of the first emperor of Sight. everything about the square, nave their history. They form a sort of open door from the molo, and are the first which attract the objects stranger who enters Venice from the sea. There were originally three col-um- brought from the islands of the archipelago in 1127, but one sank entirely out cf sight and has never been recovered. For half a century the two laid on the shore, for no one could raise them. Then the Doge Sebastian Giani promised to grant the request of anyone who would place A certain Nlccolo, them In posUlon. who was called the blackleg, succeeded, and then requested the privilege of gambling between the columns, for it was forbidden In Venice. This was allowed, and Nlccolo was growing wealthy, to the scandal of the Venetians. Yet their word had been given. So, instead of annulling the privilege, it was ordered-tha- t henceforth all executions should take place between the columns. That destroyed the gambling monopoly, for henceforth It was considered a place ' of ill omen. The Pulpit, Cathedral of 8t. Mark. the various countries he had plundered requested the return of the loot, and tbe klng of France, whom they had restored to his throne, could not very well refuse. treasures,-I- n St, Marks Itself would require a very considerable catalogue to merely suggest their variety and value. Begun in the year 830, the first church was destroyed by fire in 976. Subsequently It was rebuilt. snd the bullding-a- s we know it was consecrated In 1085. During its building every vessel that sailed to the East was obliged to bring a contribution for St. Marks. Within It are more than 500 pillars of rare Oriental marbles and some of the finest Byzantine mosaics. Within the baptistry the mass of granite which forms the altar is said to be the stone on which Christ stood when he preached to the people of Tyre. The altar screen dates back to 1105, when It was The brought from Constantinople. high altar, with Its bronze gates and marble columns, once adorned the Church of St. Sophia In Constantinople. There will also be found in St. Marks the famous picture of the Virgin believed to have been painted by , St. Loke. The Port Arthdr Conundrum. The Japanese general sent a conunCenturies. Familiar for The three cedar pill, or flagstaff, drum to the Russian general It read: How long can you hold Port Arthur F which rise from the pavement of the tt kept the Russian general guessing above to the church of square in front the bronze horses, have been familiar for several month a."' Then he gave it up. Cleveland objects for centuries; In tbe old day Dealer Plain ihe Cvprue. Candla and the baore'. Son of the Unbeaten Direct Hal with Whom Many Races, pounds, weight championship at the weight Ryan always contended waa the limit for that class- .- A year ago Jack would not consider fighting Tommy at less than 158 pounds, and the extra four pounds It was thought was the only atnmbllng block that kept the two crack fighters apart that OBrien has Now, however, chopped off those extra four pound the followers of the game are wondering what is detaining Tommy. San Francisco promoters have been after the pair for over a year, and Jack, like Barkis, was always willing. 154 Marvelous Timo at Ormond. At Daytona, Fla.. Jan. 17. H. L. Bowden of Boston gave hla 120 horse r Mercedes, called power The Flying Dutchman, it first real tuning np there. The only result given out waa that two miles were mad seconds. The average in seventy-fiv- e half second above the of 0:37 V4 is mile showing made a few day before with his ninety-hors- e power Mercedes. The most Important showing of the day, however, was the fifteen miles made by-R, Thomas of Buffalo, power Mercedriving his ninety-hors- e des. In 9:00)4. aa average of 0:17. This Is aa unprecedented showing, sustaining for a qusrter of an hour the rate of the best ' unofficial mile ever made on the beach. eight-cylinde- Geers Is Expected to Win jmsrjTGaz Catcher of the New York' American burg and Boston played for the world' championship in 1902 the receipts for the eight games amounted to $55,425. la the game at Exposition park the receipt amounted to 8.500, the record of the aeries. In Boston, on another Saturday, the receipts were 18,128. Boston, by the way, had the largest crowd of the series, but Pitt burg, tt should be understood, is a 51 cent town. Ittall the Beat Rifle Shot. Ittell, of Pittsburg, won the title of champion indoor rifle shot ol the country. The first annual tour-erifle of the Indoor league of the United States closed a five days session at Pittsburg, Jan. Ittell won the championship gold medal with a score of 2.145 out of a T. P. Posible 2,600. the medal In Not only did Ittell win the championship shoot, but he also divided first money-i- n the continuous match with Pope of Hart ford, each haying 299 points. four-cylind- International Fight Likely. Another International boxing match I likely to be pulled off within the Dit two month Jabes White, the acknowledged light weight champion of England, has signified his wUhng- to come to thia country to meet "Jimmy Britt He haa made p condition that the match take place late I April or early In March, and ha ked for traveling expense. Neither of these condition contains anything English Pel Team May Ceme. It is probable that the America out of the ordinary. If the boys meet polo association's lavltation to tbe be clash will probably take place la committee of the Hurlfcgham (Eng.) sn Franciaco. -- ..A dt League Club. yatcher Marshall with some degree of which now consists of Cairo. III.; p regularity the coming season. The ducah, Hopkinsville, Henderson, Ky.; youngster did some good hitting the Clarksville, Tenn., and Vincennes, lud, A 120 game schedule was decided on. latter part of last year. According to reports from BaltiAmerican Association Affairs. more Manager Kelley is to try out. a The Kansas City club has signed New York State League shortstops by Louis Castro, late of ihe Portthe name of Eddie Frank, President land dub. of the has heard Herrmann nothing Manager Ed Barrow of the Indianman's acquisition to tbe Reds. apolis club i enaeavoring to consumInstead of answering Jack Warners mate a deal for Calhoun, drafted by. slur In kind Manager McGraw simply St. Paul from Haverhill. - I am rorry to hear thia from said: Mike Kelley may branch out as a Warner. He Is one of tbe greatest cafe proprietor next year fn St, Pan) I catchers in the business, but I had to Mike has a chance to go In with Lea-npart with him because I want to bring on a desirable property, and he out the team's full batting strength In may forego the skating rink for this! I hope Jack becomes aa other business for the off season. every game. popular in 8t. Louif.as he waa in New Before leaving Cincinnati Magnate York." George Tebeau had a talk with Woodruff, the little Infielder who was with Central League Cl.atter. Evansville has signed Pitcher Geo. the Red last year. The Falls City, maa also offered-BillHart a position Collins of Cannelton, Ind. as a twirier, but It was declined. BaseEvansville haa signed First man W. A. Kelley of last seasons PuSouthern Sayings. Pitcher Pylandt has signed a Bln. eblo (Col) team. First Baieman Al Spangler, late of mlngham contract. Dayton, is expected to make 'good at Manager Fisher of Nashvilie it j Loulaville next season. foliating now for Shortstop Granville, Dayton has lost out In the race to last year wlthtUttle Rock, and who sign A. H. Walsh, a third baseman was signed by Mike Flna for Toledo-thiseason. It is very probable Jhrt from Lima, O., Terr Haute having j the deal will be closed. ... hla name to a contract for 1996. Frank KU-- , --Contracts have been received The veteran of Umpires Joe, lea, former Idol of the Pittsburg fans, President-Kavanang- h is an applicant1 for a pitching job on Bassett of Hopkinsville, Ky., aad Joel the Wheeling team, or for an umpire's Burke of Birmingham; also players) Shea and Norbett;. Atlanta; HelUlag.1 berth la tbe Central league.; Meesr Heenan and Msutner will Meredith and Garvin, Uttle Reek;! transfe to Gansel aad Arnold the Tamsett and Duffy, Mephls. on ' -- s |