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Evening star., 1902-02-11
MAKING NEW RULES.
Base Ball officials Adopt New Playing
Rules for Next Season.

Representatives Of all the base ball
leagues Of the country met at Buffalo yes
terday to revise and establish the playing
rules of a uniform basis and to have them
SO worded that they may be easily under
stood by amateurs and professionals alike
The meeting was organized by the orig
inal committee, which was composed Of
James A. Hart of the Chicago National
League Club, J. F. Kilfoyle Of Cleveland,
Connie Mack of Philadelphia, M. H. Sex
ton Of Rock Island. ILL.,, president Of the
Three-I League: Tim w. Murnane, pres
ident of the Eastern League and also pres
fdent of the National Association of Base
Ball Leagues; A. ]. Reach Of Philadelphia,
Father Chadwick. an honorary member
or all base ball leagues: John III. Farrell,
president Of the New York State League
and secretary of the National Association
OF Base Ball Leagues; Frank Dwyer. man.
ager Of Detroit; w. H Watkins of India
representing the American Association,
known as the outlaw league, were in
vited to attend the meeting.
The rule which caused the most discus
sion was section 3 Of rule 4. defining when
the umpire shall declare foul a strike.
At midnight the revision agreed upon pro-
vided that when a ball falls or settles On
foul ground inside or on the line of the
territory described by a line drawn through
first to third bases at right angles with an
imaginary line drawn from first to second
bases and extending on each side to the
limits of the field, 1t shall be arbitrary
with the umpire to call it strike.
It shall remain discretionary with the
umpire to call strike or a foul when the
ball goes into foul territory outside the
line drawn through first and third bases
to the limits of the field.
A line was added to section 1 Of rule SO,
allowing the pitcher not more than one
minute to deliver, not exceeding five balls
to warm up.
Rule II was amended so that the catcher
must stand within ten feet Of the plate
throughout the game. and rule 3 Is changed
to conform with this amendment
To make rule 30 more comprehensive the
words In which case the umpire shall
call strike" are added.
In rule 81 the word after is substi-
tuted for "and.' making the rule: 'If
the ball Is thrown by the pitcher to any
player other than the catcher Except to
retire base runner), after the batsman
Is standing in his proper position ready
to strike a pitched ball, each ball so de-
nyered shall be called ball"
Evening star., 1902-02-11
BETTING AT NEW ORLEANS.
Bookies Reported to Have Had Tough
Time at Southern Track.

The past week has again been disastrous
for the players Of good things at the New
Orleans race track. It Is difficult to tell
who is getting the money. Evidently none
Of the books has a monopoly. as, while the
average Of twenty pencilers keeps up.
msny changes occur at each meeting. some
dropping out and others coming In. About
the only ones who stayed through are Bob
Lloyd. Ed Austin. Duckworth and Harrf-
son. The eastern contingent Is not tmprov-
ing much In the matter Of form. It cut
loose a few days ago with Ed Reynolds
I.ofter, playing him from IA to 4 at the last
moment. With a prompt start Lofter might
Il have won. but there was delay at the
post and he was outln several breaks. the
result being that hefinistfed second to Bar
bara Frietchte.
Charley Fox w.. Maekan and Ed Cole.
game none too easy. Cole, however. mad
the cleverness to handicap Malay to beat
Death, and. as hee tooki the next train
north. the chances are he got away with
something to the good! 81
The leading winning Jockeys Tor the meet
ing are: COburn 51iracesi Lyme -, Dean
% Dominick IT. Cochrane ,16. Gormley Is,
Otis 13, Blake 13, Minerd3. Wtnkfeld II,
Landry, Slack and W. w! Waldo 10 each,
Dade and OBrien 3 each, Dale D. bren-
nan Z.
WINFIELD left New Orleans for Memphis
Saturday night and Win ride Tor Pat Dunne
at the Memphis me4ting,1s
Max Marks and George Levy. the new
York bookmakers. arrived at New Orieans
Saturday, cut In and were lucky enough
to beat the game at their f1rst try.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
AT EVEN WEIGHTS.
Conroy and Volodyovski Allotted 122
Pounds in English Handicaps.


The rivalry between w. C. Whitney and
James r. Keene for English turf honors
has been accentuated more than ever by
the action Of the English official handicap
pers In allotting even weights to their re-
spective champions. Volodyovski and Con-
roy. for the great handicap event Of the
season, the City and Suburban. at a mile
and quarter. Both horses are assigned
122 pounds.
Mr.. Keene is very anxious to beat Vo-
lodyovski. last years Derby winner, with
his Yankee-bred colt. Henry Spencer, who
rode Conroy last season. is expected in
London shortly to gallop him and get him
ready for the event.
Mr.. Whitney, when he realized the ad-
vantage Mr.. Keene would thus have, i'm
mediately notified Mash" Turner that he
would want him to ride his horses in Eng
land. Turner has ridden there. while Spen-
Ger Is a novice over the English courses.
In the Chester cup, at two miles and
quarter, both men are strongly represent
ed-Mr. Keene by five and Mr.. Whitney by
two horses Mr.. Whitney's great cup
horse. Kilmarnock. will be opposed by ST.
nopi. who Is rated one OF the best horses
in England. In conjunction with the value
OF the stakes. a champion prize Cheshire
cheese, worth $25. will be presented to the
owner Of the winner.
Evening star., 1902-02-11

to announce to the prospective spectators
the fact, and inform them that their cou-
pons would be redeemed at the box office.
A. special from New York says that Frank
Erne arrived in that city from Philadel-
phia at $50 last night and went to the
Madison Square Garden to see the six-day
walkers. When asked why he had refused
to meet Cans the lightweight champion
said:
''When I reached Philadelphia was re-
liably Informed that certain persons had
put up job on me and rather than take
a chance declared the fight with Cans
off. Instead OF putting up $1,000 forfeit.
the Cans people only posted 500, which did
not convince me that they were on the
level I also understood that there was a
scheme on foot to run Off a fake to defraud
the public and i would not be q party to
1t. am sorry to have disappointed the
patrons of boxing in Philadelphia, but 1
have reputation at stake and do not
think anybody can blame me for looking
out for my interests. / can beat Cans In
square mill, but nobody can buck against
fixed job. That Is certain and am glad
I acted in time. 1 have never been mixed
up in fake and for that reason I am free
to say that when I left Philadelphia be-
lieved that / was doing right"
Evening star., 1902-02-11
OLD-TIME WIRE TAPPING.
Recent Efforts in This Line Revive
Stories Of Long Ago.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The recent tapping Of the wires supply
ing information to the Covington and New
port pool rooms has revived tales Of SINH
lar ones that were equally successful. In
the palmy days OF the Over-the-river pool
rooms a gang Of wire tappers made their
headquarters In Cincinnati, and the room
keepers always had their eyes and ears
open, fearing they would be caught. The
wires were not tapped very often, the
crowd preferring to work a sucker for q
bunch of money before the coup was to be
pulled of and then tip of the layout to
the police, and a seizure would follow and
that would let them out. Then they would
have to look around for another, and II
none was in sight they would take chance
to turn a wire-tap.
While there were many that were sup
posed to have gone through no one was
ever tripped up. The one that hit the
which ran at Chicago. The wires were
tapped in that case right on the pool room
loop in Cov1ngton. Like the Lady Kent
race, everything was clear next day. as it
pool rooms got the second betting.
One Of these that did, and did not, go
through was On a race at Gloucester. There
was an awful plunge on John McGarrigie
and stood to lose three times as much as
they actually lost the other day. The wires
were working badly that day and there
was no description OF the race given. About
fifteen minutes after the states were pulled
down the official result came and McGar-
rfgle was not In the first three. But 1t was
announced that he had finished first and
had been disqualified for a foul. That
tipped the scheme OF that the wires had
been tapped and the money had been bet
on the horse that had finished first and the
judges decision saved the pool rooms a lot
Of money.
dropped out of sight. and the Western
Union felt very secure that with its double
cipher the pool rooms were amply pro-
tectcd.
There Is hardly a doubt that the wires
were tapped last Thursday afternoon, and,
in addition, the long distance telephone was
brought into play. It was a very easy
matter after the wire was secured and the
post time changed to telephone the winner
from Dayton, for there was still five or
more minutes left to get on the money.
The usual investigation is on, but. like
all the rest there VIII be nothing found or
done in the matter.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
Base Ball Notes.

Harry Steinfeldt cracked out a home run
at Los Angeles the other day. one OF those
| vermade-on-the-iot" variety.
In an indoor base ball game at Cleveland
on Friday night Tommy Leach went FIVE
times to bat and made five hits. including
two doubles At third base he accepted
nine chances without miss.
Barney Dreyfuss president of the Pitts
burg Base Ball Club, announced yesterday
that he would not vote for A. III. S0den. Of
Boston. for president of the league under
any circumstances. He Is for Spalding to
the limit.
Bonner will play with Cleveland" says
Manager Armour, land the fans need not
worry, l. for one, am not losing any sleep
over the matter: ter n.s,nS l know several OF the
like Bonner. but the latter Is too smart to
jump to a four-club league when for the
same money he can play in the American"
James A. Harts description of the base
ball business was clever. He said: MY
pie is your poison. We cannot get away
from that. We are the only paradoxical
business Institution in the world Ny good
is your i'll; your good is my ill. We COM
pete for players. we compete for points.
we compete for games: it is an antagonis-
tic business from start to finish"
Soden realize that Spalding has some cards
that he has not played, and cards that
would put the trust four In the hole.
Being In for a fight, 1t was decided to make
a bold front and let the followers of Spald-
ing know that there would be no deserting
1t is reported that Freedman has gone the
rounds and fixed things up SO that his
clubs will stick to him In his fight against
Spalding."
During the sojourn Of Mynheer Freed
man in Boston last week 1t developed how
it was he secured his new manager. Fogel
wrote to President Soden, saying he could
get some good players for a club Soden
wrote back that he had his men all picked
out, but that Mr. Freedman needed some
players. and he probably could catch on
there. Fogel took the tip, and was secured
by Freedman. hut not as the manager of
the club Freedman still hopes that Han
lon will accept the management OF his
club when peace is declared. and. Il he
cannot secure Hanlon. would like to get
Joe Kelley.
The most surprising development with
the announcement OF the Chicago National
League list IL the absence OF the name Of
Barry Mccormick. Barry has not been
signed. and, while both Selee and Presi-
dent Hart were rather reticent In the mat
ter. It appears that no effort viii De made
to get the fast At-6el6in4 se0rtstOp. In the
list Selee includes both Bonner OF Toronto.
and Davy Jones Of Mifwaukee, players
who have also been claimed by TIE Amesi-
can League He feels conAdeat bo4h VIM
turn up en- the wet N36e. .ssss ,s 3.
Manager ahetslinA ee The phllieA -
Evening star., 1902-02-11
Yale's New Athletic Committee.

Yale Is to have a new athletic committee,
composed Of representatives Of the four
leading athletic teams+the track. foot ball
and base ball teams and the boating crew
and OF three alumni. 1t is expected that
Walter Camp. the athletic adviser Of the
university, will be a member. A constitu-
tion Is now being drafted for the commit
tee and 1t will be presented soon to the un-
dergraduate body for adoption. It is point
ed out that as the undergraduate element
will have a majority Of one on the commit
tee the old Yale tradition OF Undergrad
uate control Of athletics will not be de-
parted from.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
McCaovern's First Hard Work.

Yesterday was really the first day Of
Terry McGovern's hard training at Cincin-
natl for his tight with Sullivan. He put In
an exceedingly lively day. Eugene Beze-
nah. Cincinnati fighter. has been secured
as TeFry's sparring partner. and the two
boys put In four exceedingly lively rounds
yesterday. Bezenah u fifteen pounds the
heavier. but In roughing 1t Terry more
than head his own.
{ Thu medicine ball was used for tho first
timA and all the boys took turns at pass-
m9 u to Terry. who eventually tired them
aA cat. A new and smaller punching hae
sWas also brought into play. but its finish
-wna 6eFes. for Terry Ripped Il Ill 10 places
With his vicious blows
Evening star., 1902-02-11

process. The American League might make
a valuable member Of the base ball world
out Of Mr.. Freedman. 1t would do that or
put him out of the game for keeps. Nc
Graw. to whom comparison with the other
man Is. of course. unjust, was about as
stff-necked a magnate as could be found
at one time. He was brought into line,
and says now: Johnson is the greatest
base ball man in the country. 1t took me
one year to get accustomed to his methods.
but can now see where he is exactly right
In insisting on ruling like q monarch"
Jeffries Wants to Fight Fitz.
A special dispatch from New York says
that close friends OF Jim Jeffries are satis-
fed the champion VIII eventually agree to
make q match with Bob Fitxsimu0ns on
the basis OF an equal division OF the purse.
rather than let Fitz get away without q
fight. While Jeffries considerU his so0er OF
co per cent to the winner ana 70 20 the
loser a very good one. hs wants . n8ht.
and VIII doubtless meet Fkxsimnaons
The champion figures that II the public
knovs that the purse is 10 be split the at-
tendance VIII be cOHsiderably smaller than
b there 10 q wfuneg's and q losers end. He
thinks that at 10 per cent the loser via
net more money than By dividing on ac-
count Of the increased attendance.
Before the champion leaves New York at
the end of thlD Woek u - A1se thAn Hleely
that there WIN be articles az agfeepAent 20
night In existence .betWsen Jefries and
Eit3aimmona.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
GOLDEN EAGLES.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION BoWLERS.
Tail-End Columbias Won Two Games
From Lighting Company's Team.

&1011 116 Htt16 O0111P3uy 1eo11'
Quite a surprise was furnished the fol-
lowers Of the bowling league OF the Wash
ington Traction and Electric Company's
Relief Association last night. The Colum-
bia five. the tail-enders In the race, pulled
themselves together and captured two out
Of three games from the Lighting Com
pany's team. The Columbias made a poor
start in the first game and fell easy VIC
Tins. but in the other two the Lighting
Company's bowlers were kept IN the rear
through the play.
Hitchcock of the Columbias and Ourand
of the Lighting Company were tied for top
score honors with 1S3
Following are the scores:
Evening star., 1902-02-11

the floor for the second time and got up
staggering. When he regained his feet he
was barely able to protect himself.
The men met at catchweights and Bern
stein had at least five points the better
Of 1t.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
Yaneer Too Fast for Bernstein.

Benny Yanger. the Chicago featherweight.
gained q decision over joe Bernstein OF
New York at the America Athletic Ciuo.
Chicago. last night, after Six rounds OF
the fastest kind OF fighting.
It was Yanger's battle all the way. He
paid little attention to anything but Bern
steins body, and after the first two rounos
he had Bernstein on the run. In the Ionrtn
with q left to the abdomen. befnstein BOT
up at the count Of five and ran into q ciincn
to save himself. Yanger reacnod ibeIn-
STEMS abdomen several times 0u1sne the
rernainder Of the rosii1d with both hands.
In the, fifth round. Bernstein was sent %
Evening star., 1902-02-11

The record for the twenty y-fourth hour is
$50 miles 2 laps the same as that for the
twenty-third hour. 1t having been made in
an individual race.
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Another ridiculous food fad has
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another for muscles, and still an.
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PRESIDENT ON COAL STRIKE.
Saws Politics Does Mo- Enter Into the
Matter.

Philadelphia. Sept. 6.-The Record
today will print an interview on the
coal strike with Pres ent Roosevelt,
who passed through tbs city yester.
day on his way to Washington. The
president is quoted as follows:
81 am grieved beyond measure at
the difficulty in Pennsylvania and
other coal producing states over the
wage and kindred questions.
What remedy is at hand?" he was
asked.
There is a remedy" said the pres
ident.
DO you mean that the government
of the United States can il 5erfere
ether than as law-preserving body?'
NO" replied the president, en-
3hatically.
What can be done?" was then
asked.
II would refer you to the men at
the head of the party who are in con-
trCl of affairs in Pennsylvania. l am
sure that their conservative opinion
Of the difficulties rampant will ulti'
mately result in an amicable settle
ment Of this great question. OF
course politics do not enter into the
1olning problem. 1t is my hope that
the Republican party will level the
IrOblem to an equity"
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Farm For Sale or Exchange.

$50 acres. only q mile from cor
poratlon limits Of Niles, Ohio, and
only "a mile from R. R. station
Schools, etc, In same city, has
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of II looms, with bath, furnace
laundry In cellar, etc, has large
bank barn with basement and slate
roof; has sufficient outbuildings
for all purposes. c. H. Struble, Sol
Pittsburg Bank for Saaings, Pitts
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A Communication,

Mr.. Editor-Allow me to speak
a few words In favor of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy: I suffered
for three years with the bronchitis
and could not sleep at nights.
tried several doctors and various
patent medicines, but could. gel
nothing to give me any relief unit
my wife got bottle of this valua
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-06
Supposed Suicide.

Peoria, Ills, Sept. 6.-Major Will
liam S. Bracket, Of this city, was
found dead in bed yesterday morning
with a bullet hole through his head.
1t is supposed Mr.. Bracket killed
himself because of dependency over
family troubles, having secured di.
yorce from his wife recently. Mr..
Bracket was a major in the Illinois
national guard and had large mining
Ind grazing interests in Montana.
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WelI-knoWn Woman Dead.

Cincinnati, Sept. 6.-Miss Mary
Gamble, who died at Cambridge, Eng
lard, yesterday, was one of the best
known women in this city, where she
had lived all her life. She leaves an
estate worth more than a million dol
lars. She gave thousands of dollars
annually to the support Of church and
charity institutions.
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Just Out

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She Didn't Wear q Mask.

But her beauty was completely hid
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Old Soldiers Experience.

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Beware OF the Knife.

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Pride Is something that keeps a
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Lots on Easy Pay.
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