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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
HISTORY OF LAWN TENNIS.
Ii Was Introduced I'm This Country
in 1874.

The Lawn Tennis Bulletin has the fol-
lowing interesting remarks to make OF
the infancy Of tennis In this country:
The Introduction of lawn tennis into
America took place as early as 1874. A
Boston gentlemen, while travelling In Eng
land, bought set, more as a curiosity
than anything else, and brought Il home
with him. The court was laid out at Ma
hant, which has since become famous for
the many important invitation tournaments
which have been held there, and I'm August
DIR. James Dwight and F. r. Sears jr, an
elder brother of the latter champion, play
ed the first game in this country of which
we have any authentic record
Nv. w. Sherman of Newport also broug hit
home set in the fall of the same wear,
but IL was not used until the spring of
1915. The implements used for the game
present outfits. The rackets were small
and light, and were made In that awkward
shape which we have all seen and smiled
at The balls We're made of uncovered rub
Der, varying in size and weight and the
net was five feet high. The two courts
above mentioned were undoubtedly the
frst lad out privately In this country, but
the Staten Island Cricket and Base Ball
Club claims the honor of first adopting
lawn tennis as a club sport
The prime mover in this instance was
Il. H. Outerbridge of Staten Island who
owned set. He, with some English
friends who had learned the game in their
own country and who were also members
of the Staten Island Club, formed a nucleus
about which very thriving little band of
tennis enthusiasts soon gathered The first
tournament of which we have any record
was played at Nahant In 1879. 1t was en-
tirely local affair, and DIR. Dwight and
Mr. Sears had become so proficient by this
time that 1T was necessary to arrange a
handicap.
Besides these two gentlemen there were
thirteen entries all of whom received large
n De M yltK-lrr F...,
the finals, both being at scratch, after a
hard and brilliant match. The scoring was
done after the style employed in rackets
each player serving until he lost a point
the game consisting of fifteen points This
placed the advantage always with the
server.
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LOCAL COLLEGE GAMES.
Contests That Have Been Arrange,
for the Coming Week.

Contests That Have Been Arranged
for the Coming Week.
In local college base ball circles next
week will be rather quiet. and not as many
games played during the past week.
This afternoon Georgetown is scheduled to
play with University of Pennsylvania team
on the home campus. No game has been
announced for next Wednesday, which is
an open date, but Saturday, May 2. the
varsity team will visit Philadelphia and
play a return game with Pennsylvania.
The playing of Georgetown during the
week has been decidedly ragged. There
was only one game played, and that We'd
nesday. with the Richmond College. but the
showing made was entirely unworthy of
the ability of the boys of blue and gray.
The team piled up errors. and wild throws
and fumbleS were frequent The work 1T
the bat was not up to the average. and in
the lucky seventh when ten runs were
made the visitors practically went to
pieces, and materially aided the scoring 10y
their errors.
The team of Gallaudet College. as pre-
dicted by The Star. has made a wonderful
Improvement, and the team is now putting
up good article of ball. In defeating
Johns Hopkins University Wednesday the
boys showed their ability. From on
till the end of the season the team can be
looked upon to play winning Dali. This af-
ternoon the team visits Rockville and plays
the strong team of the Rockville Athletic
tural College team will be met again. and
Gallaudet will undoubtedly win the game
although the agricultural boys have
strengthened their team since the first
game with the Gallaudets. Next Saturday
afternoon the boys will play the team of
the Catholic University at the Catholic
University grounds. and close game can
be looked for, the first game of the series
being won by the Catholic University.
The Maryland Agricultural College nine,
under the direction of Manager Stickler, has
been strengthened since their last game
with the local college, and better ball play
ing is expected. So far this season only
one game has been played. the second game
OF the season being played this afternoon
az College Park. with the team of the
Western Maryland Collage. Next week
there are two gaines on the schedule The
first will be played "Wednesday in this city
with Gallaudet, and the second game Will
Park with the team representing Johns
Hopkins University.
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ledc Club and the De Sales Athletic Club
in which he was a member of the former
team. and which won the race For $50
yards his record is FOG. made at Brooklyn
Athletic Club. His best time for one mile
IS 4.34 3-5 seconds, from scratch, in races of
Bay Ridge Athletic Club and the four
tenth regiment Of New York. At Riverton,
meet, he ran two miles in 1922 nat He
holds the record for ~ Of A mile, over the
Bay Ridge New York; course his time for
the distance being 1921 3-5
Saturday, April Is, he was In a race of
miles. cross-country, in which he Travelled
through mud for over one-half a mile. about
a mile of stony road, UP about five hills
Jumped twenty-one fences waded nine
brooks. and finishing on hill with a grade
OF u degrees. In the remarkably good time
OF 29.15, fiat, winning the race He will be
in the relay race of the University of Penn
sylvania this afternoon as enc Of the teams
Of the Catholic High School Of Philadelphia
The team will consist Of Dolan, Keryick
Herman and McGirr.
In the race between the Purnle Croscenta
and the University of PENNSYLVANIA last
year he ran five miles In 27U4 30 seconds.
winning the championship of PHILADELPHIA
He has raced with most all the sprinters on
the track. and while their Junior by many
He came IN second and right behind Orion
last summer, and last Saturday lie defeated
p. Hjertberg. the New Jersey wonder.
Young McGirr Is entered for races with the
Y. NJ G. A. Of Philadelphia on May 30, in
which he will enter several events, rang
ing from one to five miles. A large number
OF prizes are evidence of his skill on the
track. the most highly priced of which Is
the large silver cup which went with the
championship OF Philadelphia. He also has
water pitcher and number Of other tro-
ph1eS>
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the four-year-old child. had retired earlier
IN the evening. The women each had a
room, while Mr.. Cooking and the boy slept
in the hall room. The other children. An
ME, eight years old. and Willie, two years
younger. spent the night at their grand
mothers, having gone there direct from
school There was nothing unusual in this
for they had been in the habit of visiting
their grandmother and remaining over
night.
AS stated In yesterdays dispatches to
The Star. the first customer to visit the
store yesterday morning was an old colored
man His name Is William n. Jones, but
he Is better known as Nick Jones' He
Is more than seventy years DID, and bears
O. good reputation. His home is only a
short distance from the scene of the double
tragedy, and 1t was not more than Z o'clock
when he called at the store There he
found the front door open.
Heard Gronns In the Cellar.
Part of the fastening of the door had
been broken. and groans In the cellar at
tracted the old mans attention. Going to
the trap door In the bar room he called
down Who's dar?"
IT am came a feeble response.
whats de matter, Mister Joe?" the old
man next wanted to know.
Come down here
Use comm"
And down the steps the aged colored man
went. There was not much light in the
cellar. but old Uncle Mick" was able to
distinguish the form of the grocer seated
on box. His groans grew louder, and his
pains seemed to be on the increase.
What's de natter" the old man in
quired.
Briefly he was told what was the matter
The grocer's feet were tied with a piece
or rope, which was severed by the old man.
who used his pocket knife
Then, according to the statements OF Mr.
Cooking and Uncle Nick" the latter drag
geo the former up the steps through the
Nag oooT and made him as comfortable as
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W. Cross and George B. Wenk were also
sworn in to lend what assistance they
could. States Attorney Posey was at the
Cooking house after shutdown, and gave
orders that no newspaper correspondent
should be allowed in the house to see the
dead bodies or interview Cooking, VINO
was held prisoner.
John W. Miller, brother of the dead Wo-
men and brother-in-law of Cooking, spent
the night at the house. He walked from
room to room. and appeared very nervous
and excited over the tragic end Of his sis
ters- At times he was seen engaged in
conversation with the law officers, and
geStiCulating earnestly.
Once he appeared in front of the house,
but he declined to discuss the affair.
States Attorney Posey assumed a mysteri-
Gus air. and further than already stated he
would say not word concerning the az
fair He was opposed TO newspaper publ
cations, it was stated. because he feared
the people in the county would become eX-
cited and commit some act of violence.
The Invasion of Newspaper Cores
pOndents.
Last evenings train brought to this place
a number Of newspaper men from Balti-
more and Washington, and they made a
trip over the rough road to Hill Top last
night to get the latest developments in the
case AS already stated. the states attor-
ney had anticipated their coming. He rode
ahead Of them and gave strict orders that
none OF Ifen De CllhlLtSl 10 tnS mousse
One nan from the neiehborhood of Port
Tobacco. who was the reputed leader OF
those who favored iynching, on hand,
and his mysterious whistlirg in the woods,
1t was said, was signal for the lynchers,
If there were any on hand to dispense. The
result was that about . o'clock this morn
ing the newspaper men left Hill Top, leav-
Ing several of the Sheriff's deputies in COM
mand Besides the sheriff's officers there
were a number OF relatives Of the murder
ed women in the house. Mr.. Cooking lay
on the sofa In the parlor. and the mourn
ers, rs well as one of the law officers, re-
mainel in the room with him..
The Home of the CockinGs.
The building In which the Cooking family
lived is not far from the Hill Top store
and post Office. 1t is a two-story frame
structure with three rooms and a public
hall on the second floor. This hall is rented
for dances and entertainments, and COW
ers the part of the building over the store.
The three sleeping rooms adjoin the hall.
On the lower floor there is in addition to
the store. a dining room. parlor and kitch-
en-. Thursday night Mr.. Cooking kept his
store open later than usual. so he says,
and il was after 10 o'clock when he went
upstairs to his room. His wife, her sister,
Miss Daisy Miller, and Malcolm Cooking,
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Eastern Athletic Club Nine.
DISTRICT LEAGUE SCHEDULE.
Games of the Local Ball Clubs Ar
ranged for the SeaSOn

Games of the Local Ball Clubs Ar
ranged for the Season.
A meeting Of the District Anna teur Base
Ball League was held last night at the rooms
Of the Shamrock Athletic Club and a sched-
ule adopted for the season. Four clubs,
Shamrock. Mile-Limit Canterbury and
Eastern Athletic. comprise the league, the
playing strength being about equally
divided. and good games are looked for The
following is the schedule to be played at
National Park:
April 29-Canterbury VS.. Shamrock
May 4-Eastern A c. vs. Mile-Limit.
May 6SShamrock VS.. Mile-Limit
May S-Canterbury VS.. Eastern A. G.
May 11-Shamrock vs. Eastern A. c.
May 13-Canterbury VS.. Mile-Limit.
May 14-Eastern A. c. VS.. Mile-Limit.
May 16-Canterbury vs. Shamrock.
May 20-Shamrock VS.. Mile-Limit
May 22-Eastern A. G. VS.. Canterbury.
May 25-Shamrock vs.. Eastern A. G,
June 2o-Canterbury VS.. Mile-Limit
June 23-Shamrock VS.. Canterbury
June 25-Eastern A. C. VS.. Mile-Li1nit
June 29-Shamrock vs.. Mile-Limit
July 4Canterbury VS.. Eastern A. c., and
Shamrock VS.. Mile-Limit. Two games for
one admission.)
July o-Shamrock vs.. Eastern A. c.
July 11-Canterbury VS.. Mile-Limit.
July 14-Shamrock VS.. Canterbury
July 16-Eastern A. c. VS.. Mile-Limit
July 1S-Shamrock VS.. Mile-hmit.
July 21-Eastern A. G. VS.. Canterbury.
July 23-Shamrock vs. Eastern A. c.
July 21Canterbury VS.. Mile-Limit
July 2S-Shamrock VS.. Canterbury.
July 30-Eastern A. c. VS.. Mile-Limit.
August shamrock VS.. Eastern A. O.
August 6-Canterbury VS.. Eastern A, q
August 14-Mle-Idmit vs. Canterbury,
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story of his visit to the store and of his
CHASTITY discovery. He told how he was at
tracted to the cellar, where he found Mr..
Cooking with his feet tied. There was
blood on his hand and his shirt front, and
his coat and vest were spattered with
blood.
Burglars he said to me-" said Uncle
Nick to Mr.. Carpenter. He told me that
his hands had been tied as were his feet.
but he had cut the rope with a piece of
broken glass"
At the suggestion of the man, who claimed
to be badly injured, he went upstairs to see
about the rest of the family, and, finding
them dead, he had FASTENED to his Car
penter's store without informing Mr.. Cock
ing OF what he had seen.
Questioning Cooking.
Gan hour later" said Mr.. Carpenter, "I
went to the house, and there 1 found Mr..
Cooking lying on bed-spread on the dining
room floor. with his son Malcolm clasped
in his arms
Mr.. Carpenter repeated Cocking's version
of the affair. as already given. Mr.. Car
penter did not think his story plausible, and
Sc he proceeded to question him. Cooking
told of the noise in the store, and of his GO
ing TO investigate the cause of It, When
he stepped from the hall near the dining
room to the store he was dealt 4 STUNNING
blow and knocked down. There were two
men in the store. and they tied his hands
and feet, continued to beat him. and then
took him to the bar and threw him through
the trap door to the cellar.
wv hat time did this happen?" Mr.. Car
renter said he asked him.
Cooking replied that it vas about o'clock
IN the morning, and when asked why he sat
in the cellar for six hours, until some one
called. his response was that he did not re-
member what happened. He said however.
that he had cut the cord from his hands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
BEST TABLE GAMES
Local Contests in Chess, Checkers
and Whist.
TOURNAMENT OF THE CAPITALS
Notes of Events in the Local
Clubs.
HAPPENINGS ELSE WHERE

About thirty players will participate in the
pyramid Knockout whist tournament at
the Capital Bicycle Club next Friday even
ing. 1t will include the best players Of the
club well as some not SO good, and few
Invited guests. The tournament will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock, when all the players
will be paired. AT the end of an hour all
playing will cease, and games unfinished
will be adjudicated. Players winning in the
first round are paired for the second hours
play At the end Of the second hour the
winners therein are again paired, and SO
on until but one player remains. Losers of
games drop out of the tournament.
Four-handed chess has also been intro
duced at the Capital Bicycle Club. This
game as the name indicates, is played by
four players, on board Of 12s squares,
two rows of eight squares each being added
to each side of the ordinary board, on which
are placed set of men for each player.
Players sitting opposite each other play as
partners. The game continues until both
opponents are defeated. player may be
checkmated when he ceases moving, but
subsequent play may remove the checkmate;
then he resumes playing. A tournament for
pairs is talked of al the club.
Mr.. Hanna won the fourth game of his
match with Mr.. Usina. When play was re-
sunled Mr.. Hanna was two pawns ahead.
Later his opponent had chances for a
draw, but threw them away. The game
lasted ninety moves. Tine score stands:
Hanna 2; Usina. y; drawn, 2
Mr.. Walker won two games from Mr..
Tibbetts the past week. gaining an adyan-
tage in the middle game, and Won the
match by the score OF to 2.
Messrs. Gwyer and Gichner have played
another game in their match. the former
winning it. The score stands: Gwyer, .;
Gichner, 1.
Mr.. John I. Barry of Boston, the latest
aspirant for championship honors, gave q
simultaneous exhibition at the Brooklyn
Chess Club last Saturday evening, playing
fourteen games against twenty-one players
He won twelve games, lost one, and drew
one. In the game he lost, w. E. Napier,
Brookyn's boy champion, and A. E Swat
field, were consulting.
According to latest a1vices, the score in
the Steinitz-Schiffers match stands 5h to
Az in favor Of Steini.z, with two games to
play.
After sixteen rounds Englisch and
Schlecter are tied for first pace in the
Vienna national masters tournament, with
the score of II each. Marco and Weiss
have 10Y. and Schwarz, 10; Halpr.n, s; AL
bin. IN; Judd and Zinki, each.
The great International chess tournament
OF the year is announced to begin at Nur-
emburg on July 90 Six prizes, ranging
from 1000 down to 200 marks, will be
given.
Mr.. W. B. Mundelle, washington's crack
checker player, has just returned from
trip north, having visited Baltimore Phil
aoelQhia and New York, where he met all
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down. and had witnesses to substantiate
what he said. William. otherwise known as
NICK Jones' the old man who discovered
Mr. Cooking In the cellar. and Harry bod
son, also colored. were examined.
Mr.. Cooking also made a statement of
the affair. telling the jury his story as al
ready related. He was nervous and ex-
cited.
When all the evidence had been heard
the states attorney requested the jurors
rot to render their verdict until later and
Mr.. Wenk, who had acted as juror, was
deputized to assist the sheriffs officers.
Ioday at noon the jury reassembed at the
house at Hill Top. and commenced the
hearing to determine the manner in which
Mrs Cooking came to her death At the
suggestion of Dr. Owen. the body had been
left in the bed in the condition in which 1t
was found. and the blood prints on the
floor We're also there. These were left for
the benefit Of the jurors. to whom the cir
cumstances of the finding of the body and
the blood stains were fully explained
COckfng's Bearing.
1t was stated today that Cooking took
the affair rather calmly at first, but since
then has at times appeared to be dazed
During his conversations he sometimes
stops talking and waits while, appar-
emily to collect his thoughts He Is an
Enghshman. about thirty-eight years old
About twenty-five years ago his father
bought a farm near Port Tobacco The
young man has always been regarded as
an honest and peaceable citizen, and had
many friends throughout the county. His
parents are dead, but it Is said that he has
brother and sister living in Pennsylva-
mia. Mrs Cooking was the eldest daugh-
ter of the late DR.. j. w. Miller who was
one of the most prominent physicians in
the county. He was also prominent in
democratic politics. Cooking had been in
business at Hill Top for about three years,
and 1t Is said that his business had been
SO dull recently that he was about to close
his store.
Deputies Gross. Barbour and Wenk re-
manned at the house all night, and the lat
ter two admitted that they were on duty
because it was feared that Cooking would
be violently dealt with.
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back room to the steps which led down
airs.
stopped to Listen.

pdCh room 10 the steps Whch LED down
stairs.
Stopped to Listen.
At the head Of these steps the murderer
had stopped. 1t is thought, to listen. to
make certain that Miss Miller was still
asleep. There blood had dripped from the
murderer, probably from his clothing, and
formed pool. Then he had gone in the
room occupied by the young lady and done
his murderous work. This was apparent
from the fact that there were two blood
trails from this room to the hall.
The weapon with which the double MUIR
on the counter. where Mr.. Cooking had to
pass In order to reach the bar room, where
the trap door Is located. This Ratchet Mr.
Cooking identified as belonging to him, and
piece of cord. found in the cellar, the
piece with which he said his hands were
tied, also belonged to him, and had been
taken from the store. He complained that
his assailants twisted his neck and that
IN throwing him down through the trap
his neck was injured.
The COrOner's Inquiry.
At noon yesterday Magistrate Hindle, act
Ing as coroner. held an inquest on the body
Of Miss Miller. The inquest was held at
the home Of the grocer who is now under
suspicion, and the jury was composed of
J. I. Matungly, foreman; James 3. Wenk,
William BOWS, ]. L. Padgett, Robert Price
(coloreO. John Iceland, Robert Ferguson,
l.. b. Owen, j. p. Gibbons, Thomas Frank
lin, J. s. Green and ]. w. Golden. When
the jury met at noon there was crowd of
fully two hundred persons about the house.
1t sool became rumorad that Cooking was
suspected, and because of the excitement it
was concluded to hold the inquiry behind
closed doors. and the jurors were sworn to
secrecy. None of them was found who
would tell anything of the testimony, but 1t
was learned from another source that the
inquiry was of d searching nature, and
ali the witnesses found were examined.
What was considered an important piece of
evidence, so far as it related to the gro
Ger, was the testimony given by John Dy-
store late Thursday night. The colored
man contradicted this statement. He said
he was not in the store after about sun
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DESPITE THE WEATHER.
Quite n Good Attendance at the Ben.
ming Races.

Ihere was quite a good attendance at the
6enning race track yesterday. despite the
unfavorable weather. The track was little
aHected by the rain, being safe and far
from slow. as was indicated by Shakes
peare running six and one-half furlongs
IN LII 4-5, within a fraction of the track
record. 1.21 IL. The race which he won
was the stake event, the Federal for three
year-olds. beating Roundsman by more
than length. he head in front of Brisk,
who was twelve lengths in front Of Sep
tour. The first two were at to 8.
The first race, six furlongs, was won by
Gold Dollar, who closed at to /, Silk, the
9 to favorite, being beaten by length
and half, he twenty in front Of Daric.
The Clark lining-up machine was again
fectly.
The second race. for two-year-olds, at
half a mile, was won by the Morris Inn
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the strong checker players. except DIR.
Schaeter. He WAS beaten but three times
"hlle away. First by Mr.. Head cham
pion of the state of New York NV the
score or to l: next by Mr. Cohen of New
nOrk' D to 4. and then by Mr. Denny Of
Ihlladelphia, 10 3. He played none hut
STRONG PLAYERS, and came out four games
ahead on the total scores made not count
ing the results at Baltimore. where he won
most OF the games. He quit even with
AIT. Clawser, checker editor of the New
4 ork World and with McIntee and de-
leated the wooden man at the musee The
results show that he is able to cope with
the leading players of the country.
Mr.. I. Homer Mead. one Of the strong
players of the Minneapolis Whist Club. has
been In the city the past week He has
been down to Old Point Comfort Va, for
the benefit of his health.
Mr.. Henry Chadwick of the BROOKLYN
Chess Club, the base ball writer, was at
the chess club the past week. and met some
OF the strong players there Mr. Chadwick
is lover of all kinds of sport