Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-22

son and others who prefer to shoot o.
gauge guns to shoot from the Is instead OF
the II yards mark when the 12-gaugers
were at the 30-yards line. Messrs Hunter
and Dickerson, who are thoroughbred
sportsmen, and never whimpered about
conditions. no matter how much the worse
they might have been for them have come
to the conclusion that killing q live pigeon
or breaking a clay one either depends en-
tirely on how the gun is pointed when all
words, that In sport as in war IL Is solely
a question OF the men behind the guns"
In recognition of this fact MIR. Hunter In
a conversation last night with the trap
reporter of The Star said that he was per-
fecty willing to have the 12-gauge men
come out to the 2l-yard mark and try con-
clusions at live birds. or advance to the l6-
yard line at clay targets, he and Dickerson
ana other 2S-bore men to do the same.
No man who shoots twelve-gauge
gun" said Mr. Hunter. uses the same
load In the field at quail snipe or other
game birds as he does at the traps. All
trap shots invariably shoot heavier charges
at both live and clay pigeons. with the
twenty-eight gauge guns, on the other
hand the loads for field and trap work
are the same. neither more nor less At
twenty-one yards rise on live or sixteen
yards rise on clay pigeons the little bore
guns In my belief win do as thoroughly
good execution as the twelve-gauge /
wish you would try to get up few events
on the even terms l suggest and then we
can prove which side wants the best of 1T
This puts the question up to the twelve
gaugers. and tomorrow will see the begin
ming of the settlement.
st. Augustine Golf Tourney
The annual tournament on the links of
the st. Augustine CFla) Golf Club has
been played down to the finals in the two
divisions. In the first eight the play re-
suited as follows: Hardness beat Greaves
by default. Whitehead beat Hopkins 2 up
and to play, Watson, jr.. beat Pendleton
L up, Watson, ST., beat Dixon up and l.
In the semi-finals Whitehead beat Hark-
ness up and 6, Watson. sr., beat Watson,
jr.. up.
Second division-First round: Mason beat
McLain up and G. Farwell beat Smith 3
up and 1, Thorne beat III. w. Warden
up and 1, Summer beat W. G. Warden by
default. In the semi-finals Mason beat
Farwell up and 1, Thorne beat Sumner
up and 4.
WaIcott Too Much for McKeever.
Two thousand persons at the Auditorium.
Waterbury, Conn. last night saw Joseph
Walcott Of New York easily put out Chas.
McKeever of Philadelphia in the sixth
round OF what was to have been a twenty
round go.
Walcott had the better of It all the way
through, for while Mckeever was quick
and shifty on his feet he was no match
For five rounds ne stayed gamely, re-
ceiviDg some terrific punishment on the
body. but shortly before the end of the
sixth round a punch over the heart did
the trick. The men met at catch weights.
wheeImen Become Professionals,
The National Cycle Association board of
control has announced the transfer TO the
class of professional recing men the fol-
lowing men. who heretofore have raced as
amateurs: r. ]. Caldwell. Eimwood, Conn;
Lester Wilson. Pittsburg, Pa; W. F.
Wahrenberger, New York city: James II.
Hunter, Newark, N. J.: John King. New
ark, n. j.; /. G.. Perry, Chicopee. Mass:
X. M. Alexander, Hartford, Conn; Ped
Hickman. Birmingham, Ala; w. s. Penn,
Bristol Conn.,; Claude Hamilton, Lowell.
Mass; Joseph Turgeon, Fall River. Mass:
and Joseph Szparadowski, Waterbury,
Conn.
Base Ball Notes.
Comiskey has landed a second baseman
to replace Dick Padden. The man may be
Gleason, Connor, Lowe or some other fell
low-Commy is non-committal
McGraw is looking for a deaf and dumb
player. He wants one man on the team
who will find it impossible to get into trou-
BILE with President johnson.
Selee claims to have obtained a star
pitcher. Somebody must have taken pity
on the poor Boston magnate, Tor his team
was certainly in crying need Of assistance.
Manager Stallings of the Detroit club IS
trying to land Wiley Piatt, the star south
paw pitcher of last years Philadelphia
team.
Herman Long is one of the players who
has profted immensely by the expansion
movement of Ban Johnson's league. He
was on the list to be shelved this year by
Boston, but instead he has now been re-
signed at a salary of So 600, an increase of
5000 over last year.
Jim Hart sensibly says the public will
not tolerate war measures of vigorous
nature, and such action would prove a
boomerang to the National League. For
that reason be believes in going ahead In a
dignified manner and giving the people the
best ball possible with the players who re-
main in the fold.
Manager Manning last night signed Tom
Coughlin of Scranton, Pa, to play third
base. Coughlin was with Manning at KAN
sas City and made an excellent record.
Mr.. Manning says that Coughlin had been
offered big Inducements by National
League club.
Pitcher McGinnity has offered to bring
east with him an outfelder for whom he
has no end of praise. The name of the new
man is Snodgrass. McGinnity is so conf
dent Of his protege that he offers to pay
all expenses of bringing the young fellow
to Baltimore If he does not turn out well
Playing on the Hartford team of the
Eastern League are such old-timers as
Billy Shindle. the ancient third baseman;
Hemming, a pitcher who was with the
played with Washington: Scott Stratton,
the Louisville pitcher, and Tuck Turner,
once mighty with the stick for Philadel-
pha.
, Flick had accepted an offer of So 900 from
Connie Mack, but wanted the latter TO
guarantee him against being blacklisted by
the National League. besides making other
unreasonable requests. which, OF course,
could not be granted. There also being
some doubt as to Flick's contract with the
old Phillies, Manager Mack about two
weeks ago, finally abandoned al efforts
to secure him.
Manager Donovan. Pitcher Powell ana
extra lnfielder Kruger are the lone three
members of the st. Louis band who have
signed contracts for the approaching sea-
son. A few of the lads are holding on for
more coin, while Criger, Schrencongost-
Keister and Hamphill, not forgetting Nc
Graw and Robinson, and Jones, Young and
Buelow In all probability, have Joined in
the stampede over to Ban Johnson's forces
The Phillies manager announced yester-
day that Jack Dunn, the ex-BrookIyn
pitcher. who finished the season with the
Quaker team, had affixed his signature 10
a National League contract. 1t is reported
that the Phillies will make q Determines