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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

a smuggling match that babe fair to
equal the record was held at the Mount
Pleasant grounds yesterday between
St Albau and Mount Vernon teams.
The score was 1G 20 IN favor Of st.
Alban.
II the first isuing the Mount Vernon
boys started out as though they were
going 10 win. OF three hits and three
errors the boys from the Emerald
Isle" crossed the counting pan four
times. In the St. Adams half Of the
fourth the score was tied. After that
the bows IN the Lincoln Green. who
are dubbed the grass cutters, had no
show. The score:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
G0NZAGA AT LAST
DEFEATS SOMEBODY

Gonzaga scored its first victory Of Inc
season IN the Capital City League yes
terday afternoon. outplaying the Library
Of Congress at all points Of the game
and winning by 13 to 3.
Walker toed the slab for the Library
team for three innings. and In his ses-
siOns in the slabman's station. was
touched UP for nine runs, while Bergin
held the Library down without a tally.
although il scored its only three runs
in the next inning After the third
Walker was displaced by Berhans. but
GOnzaga continued TO score in every in
ming of the six played
The score: r. II. E
Gonzaga ...-.-.-- , I-l3 10 8
Library OF Congo 3 % 6 :
Batteries-Bergin and Murphy: Walk
er, Berhans. and Leech.
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GET EXCITED
OVER NIKE LYNCH
St. Louis Trying to Prove College Pitch
er Showed Bad Faith in Signing
With Pirates.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 4-Secretary
Muckenfuss, Of the st. Louis team, is
cndeavoring to prove that Michael
Lynch. the Brown University pitcher,
broke promise with St. Louis when
he signed with Pittsburg. Barney Drey-
fuss was present when Lynch wrote the
ST. Louis club, declaring that ne had
not made up his mind relative 70 pro-
fcssiOnal play.
He made no promise TO the St Louis
team, nor any team. for that matter.
So strong did the chase for this man
get that Manager Kelley of the Gin
cinnau team, sent a priest 10 see him
Oh behalf Of the Cincinnati team
Lynch joins Pittsburg June IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
Everybody Goes.

The second article appeared in Mac
nillan's Magazine" for February, and
is directly to the point. These extracts
VIII be found interesting:
Large employers of labor in York
shire, in Lancashire, in Durham. and
in Northumberland, as well as in the
Iidlands. have been obliged to yield
70 the rush of the tide and are power
less to command the interests of bust
ness against those of football. Momen-
tous events. such as the launching of
a ship or the completion of an impor-
tant order within contract time. have
frequently been delayed by the coin
CiGenCe Of a cup tie
Large establishments are occasion
ally closed in mid-Week because the
whole body of workmen take il into
their heads that their pets on the foot
ball grounds require encouragement. II
these men were ordinary heWers of
wood and drawers OF water a remedy
might be found. but they are chiefly
skilled labOrers-earners of good wages
who need never be out of work, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
FORMING
LEAGUE FOR BOYS

Another junior baseball league is in
course Of formation. and II is to be hop
ed il Will meet with success. The pro-
mOter Of the league is A G. Riley. 12I s
Street northwest.
The league will be composed of teams
averaging thirteen years. There are "a
number Of strong mines Of boys Of that
age and they should at once communi-
cate with the promoter.
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who. if turned of. would be eagerly
snapped up by n rival.
Money No Object.
Persuasion is useless. for money is
no object to men who can make their
e3. 81. and SO CS1460. $19.47. and S24.G3J
for week of five days; resistance is
verse than useless; so the tyrannized
employers have. in their own inter
eStS, actually to encourage what in
their hearts they Adetest. Thus. as
have been I)ld, a large shipbuildinS
irH. in one of the northeastern ports
has been forced 70 find good berths for
Il couple of first-rate football pl"vers
during the Sumner months. merely to
retain their services for the local club
and to prevent them from being tempt
ca away by a rival.
"If a man or a half dozen men are
absent from their posts on a WCdnes-
day or a Saturday nobody asks where
they are, or If they are i'll or dead; it
being taken for granted that football
somewhere has attracted them away.
To ask leave of absence IS, OF course,
an archaic superfluity. Jamie or
George wants TO be at n certain game;
he goes, and there is no more to be
said about it.
The objection to football in England,
then, is that il inteTfcreS with bust
ness and not that ii occupies the time
and uses up the pocket money Of coli
lege students.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
RHE.
AMATEUR BASEBALL.

The Nationals defeated Goldenrods by
II to 3. The feature Of the game was
the batting Of entire team. The line
up: w. Hale. catcher; c. Jones. first
base; J; Richards, second base: L. Can't
wei, shOrtstop; r. Fitzgerald. third
Dase5 +. Roach, center field: L. Com
merford. left field: w. Williams. right
held. The Nationals want games with
teams averaging fourteen years. ChaI-
lenges 10 w. Hole, 5u Tenth Street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Left on bases-Chicago, 6; Washing
ton. T. Two-base hits-Green and Dono-
hue Sacrifice hits-Clarke and Tame
hill Stolen bases-HcImes and Green.
Double plays-McCormiclz to Clarke.
1annehiH 10 Davis 10 DonOhue: Stahl
10 Clarke. Struck out-By Smith. 3. bv
Eatten, !. First base on balls-Off
Smith, 2; off Patten. g. Wild pitch
Smith. Hit with ball-Stahl and Smith
Umpire-Mr. Dwyer. Time OF game-I
hour and = minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
PATTEN UNABLE
TO,BEAT SMITH
Southern League Twirler
WallOped Senators.
SHOULD HAVE COME HERE
Victorious Pitcher Was Signed for
Washington, But Was Allowed
to Get Away.
Chicago. 3: Washington. !.

Chicago, D, Washington, J.
Washington had it handed out to it
sgain. and this time by a young twirler
who should have been a Senator by this
time, But, as luck has it, the good ones
usually slip away from the Senatorial
camp.
Under the regime of Tom LOTUS young
Frank Smith. then with the Southern
League. was practically signed to pla.
with Washington. but. for some reason
never made plain by Lotus, Mr.. Smith
refused 10 show up when called upon.
Best Southern Pitcher.
Mr.. Smith at that time had the reputa-
ton Of being by far the best pitcher
IN the Southern League. and had rec
ord of twirling more consecutive shut
out innings up to that time than any
pitcher who toed the slab.
Mr.. Smith looked easy for Washing
ton. Coughlin and Moran led off with
clean singles. and a sacrifice by Clarke
and long fly TO the outfield by SeIbach
scored Coughlin. But after that tho
Senators never had look-in with
Smith, while Case Patten. the star of
the local slabmen, was touched up for
five runs.
The Score.
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Bitten by Dog.

Painfully bitten about the hands. Viola
Brown, a Seven-year-old negro girl was
removed to the Emergency Hospital
and had her injuries cauterized yester-
day afternoon. The girl was plavfng
with pet dog at her home, 242 Della
ware Avenue northeast. when the ca
nine snapped at her hands several times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

First base by errors-St. Adams. S.:
Mount Vernon. g. Left on bases-St
Adams, s.; Mount Vernon. T. First base
on balis-Om Lewis. J. of Thomas, J.
Struck Out-By Lewis Z; by Thomas g.:
by King. J. Home rIn-Krauss Three
base hit-W. BUrdette Two base hit
Erwin. Sacrifice hits-R. Shaffer Feen-
ey. Thomas Stolen bases-Earlv 49,
shaner Farrell. Anderson. Lewis %.
King. Double plays-Krauss TO Field:
Field (unassisted). Hit by pitcher-By
Thomas. Lewis. Williams. Wild pitch
Lewis. Passed balls-By Erwin 3. bv
Farrell. J. Umpire-Mr Belts Time OF
game hour and % minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
Mostly Professional.

1t must be remembered that football
in England is largely professional, as
baseball is in the United States, and
that it is played six or eight months
in the year and not confined to two
months in the autumn. There are in
tercollegiate and intcrschOOl matches,
but the chief interest in the game CEN
tiers in the matches played by the pro-
fessional teams.
The interest felt in the game can b.
measured by the attention given IL BY
the newspapers. Every Gay the an
nOuncement of games TO come and the
report Of games played the previous
day occupy several columns in the lead
ing newspapers. and the Saturday
games demand a page and a half in
Monday mornings newspapers.
From this IL will be seen that foot
ball is a much more serious subject in
England than in the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
Mount Vernon Started Like a Winner.
But Had No Show After
Fourth Inning.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
TODAY'S GAMES.

Mount Pleasant Methodist VS. Sixth
Presbyterian. White House Ellipse.
Fourth VS.. Wilson. Fourteenth Street
and Lydecker Avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
JOHNSON'S FINE
ITALIAN HAND
Suspension of Wilson Re
veals Real Owners.
REPORTED ROW WITH DWYER
Windy President at Last Shows Signs
of Keeping Some of His Hot
Air Promises.

THAT Ban Johnson and the American
League stiH own the Washington team
TO all intents and purposes, was shown
today when Abe Wilson, the pitcher. re-
ceived a telegram from johnson notify
Ing him that his salary had been cut
of by the local club until his arm got
in better shape and he was willing and
0ole TO pitch.
Along with this announcement comes
another from Chicago that the big
president of the league and Dwyer. rep
rc5entative of the local stockholders,
haG a lively set-to as soon as it was
possible for the Washington man 70
locate Johnson after the Senators
reached Chicago. DwyeT. il is said, ac-
cused Johnson Of butting in too fire.
qUently, and not carrying out his many
Promises to the temporary controllers
OF the Washington club. The outcome
OF this argument is said 70 have been
that Johnson Will now make more siren
uOus attempts 70 obtain for the Sena-
tors the players which he promised
them when the men from this city took
hold OF the club.
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Eastern League.
ToDAY'S GAMES.
American League.

Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia at S.. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland
New York at Detroit
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After New Material

Washington is still scouting after
players capable OF lifting the team out
of last place in the American League.
Since before the season began there was
talk that IsbeH would don Senatorial
toggery. but Comiskey refused 70 let the
big White SoX come here out Of charity
to the new owners Of the local club, and
has since found much use for him at
second base.
But now comes another report from
Chicago that ii is probable ne will 30
sold to the Washington club, along wit
SOUthpaw Flaherty, for whom COmis-
key finds no use The Chicago magnate
is long on twirlers and now has about
eight. which shape UP to be about as
valuable as one another. and Connie is
confronted with a guessing contest as
to whom 70 keep. At that Flaherty is a
better and more useful twirler than sew
eral Of the Washington staff, and viii
be welcomed here.
The club would also like TO get Hay
den. the fast hard-hitting outfielder of
the Baltimore Eastern League Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
POTOMAC REGATTA
A POPULAR EVENT
Races Viewed by Many En-
thuSiaStS.
BEST CAN0ElST
Reddington Landed Single Scun Honors.
Junior Eight Out-owed Inter
mediate5.

The Potomac Boat Club held its thir-
ty-second annual club regatta on the
Upper Potomac yesterday afternoon
under the most favorable auspices.
Clear weather prevailed. and the river
from in front OF the clubhouse, at Thir-
ty-secoud and x Streets, to the Aquc-
duct Bridge was literally covered with
yachts. decorated. with gaudy. vari-col-
ored ribbons and banners. The spectacle
lent additional strength and skill to the
o9rsmeu. and several hard fought. close
contests resulted. Those who were not
SO fortunate as to obtain places Of van
tage or the clubhouse veranda and or
boats IN midstream gathered on the
Aqueduct Bridge.
Marean Is Some Pumpkins.
Guy N1arean, in the first event, demon
strated his superiority over Eberbsch. F.
L. Blue Medbury. Matthews, and Sher-
man in the single canoes. The men de-
feated by Mr. Marean finished in the
order Eamed. The length of the course
was 800 yards. The single scull race.
at mile and a half down stream, AZ
tracted only two entries. Richard Red
dington won from George Herman. who
represented the Potomac Boat Club IN
this event, in the junior single scuu
race at the American Henley.
The double canoe race provided excel
lent sport. over a 5JO-yard course
Matthews and Scott finished ahead Of
Marean and Garrett, and Sherman and
Gordon.
The double SOUL race had two entries.
Clarence HecOX and Richard ReodingtOn
finished in front Of George Chase and
Joseph DAILY.
Rah for Juniors!
The mile-and-a-half race between the
junior and intermediate crews OF the
club coccluded the days sport. The in
termediate eight was in none too good
condition, and the event was won by the
youngsters. The personnel Of the crews
was:
Junicrs-LUnsford. stroke; Ourand.
No Z; Cardua. No. 6; Scott. No. 3; Lesh.
No. 4, King. No. 3; Ullmer, No. 2; BOs-
well, No. !; Hcnike, coxswain-
ermediates-MUt' Ct, stroke; 9. our
and. No 9; Foster. y O. 6; Barber. No >;
BOcock No. 4; DAILY No. 8: Edmunston.
No. 2: Chase. No. 1; Bresnahan. cox
swain.
Doyle, He Started.
The officials were: Referees. Capt.
Carl Mueller and Lieut. John La Gorce;
starters. John HadIey Doyle and John
Nolan; clerk Of the course. D. F. Nc
Gowan.
A smoker will tonight be rendered to
the intermediate crew, which viii par
hcipate IN the Peoples Regatta. at Phil
adelphia- on July 1. Each member is
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National League.

Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Kew York
St. Louis at Boston.
PittsbUrg at Brooklyn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Great performance Of Hickey, Of Low
ell, on Decoration Day In the two
games he made seven hits. four doubles
and a home run. and five runs. In each
Of two games this season he went to bat
four times and made four hits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

The thoroughbred yearIlngs from
James 3. Iiaggin's Rancho del Paso
stud are now on the way from Cali
fornia to New York. They Will be on
exhibition at the sales paddocl,s at
Sheepshead Bay until Suburban Dav.
when the first Of the lot will be offered
for sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Jack Blackburn. who has been under
the weather for some time, is about
again and has started TO train. He is
likely TO be busy once he gets started,
as he has offers Of matches with Joe
Cans. Dave Holly. Ed Smith and
Charley Mulhan. Blackburn IS open to
pounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Umpire Kennedy and Second Base
man Altizer. of the Meriden team. had
a husky exchange of fsticuffs in Merid-
en-. The umpire was WOrstcd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
Eastern League.

Baltimore at Newark
Toronto at Buffalo.
Jersey City at Providence.
Montreal at Rochester.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

It's come at last. The Southern poets
are getting busy with pad and pencil
inditing paeans Of glory 20 Bobby Wal
thour In Atlanta they make his name
the first word the children are taught
10 spell in the primary class.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Z. D. Burns. manager Of Ed Smith.
the coIored lightweight, writes that
Smith IS ready at any time TO make
a match with Sam BOlan for any num-
Der Of rounds before any club in the
country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia at 81. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland
New York at Detroit.
National League.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Rev York
St. Louis at Boston.
PittsbUrg at Brooklyn.
Eastern League.
baltimore at Newark
Toronto at Buffalo.
Jersey City at Providence.
Montreal al Rochester.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
American League.
St. s-Athletics-rain.
Cleveland. 2: Boston. /
Chicago. ); Washington. I.
Detroit. 5; New York, 4.
10 innings.
National League.
Chicago. 4; Philadelphia. 3.
Boston. 1; St. Louis. 0.
13 innings.
Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburg, 4.
y innings.
Cincinnati. 8: New York. ?.
Eastern League.
k-Baltimore-wet grounds.
Providence, /; jersey City. q.
Montreal. 4: Rochester. 3.
Buffalo, 4; Toronto. 2.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Mike Donovan, OF Glens Falls. n. Y,
established a new record for the pro-
fessional heel-and-toe walkers for the
distance of 800 yards at Natick, Mass.
Monday. doing the distance in l minute
3 seconds. the old record being ! min
ute 8 2-5 seconds, made in England In
1854.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

The Philadelphia Americans come
nearer 70 observing the letter and spirit
OF the rule forbidding kicking than any
team this season. 'Umpires have not
lost US any games" says MANAGER
Mack. with refreshing candor. All Inc
games we have lost. we lost ourselves d"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Fred BUrlew will ship several Of the
Bennington and Lorillard horses 70
Buffalo 70 race at the Kenilworth meet
ing. Among others, he will send Hello,
q Buffalo Derby candidate. Burlew
wired 20 Otto WonderIy, at Toronto
Offering him the mount on the colt in
the stake.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

In last Monday afternoons game Jim
my Williams ran hard, stuck out his
hand. and knocked down q live hit. a
fine stop. That's an error isn't it?"
asked a woman of her escort. Ger
tainly." was the response If games
were scored along these ideas fclders'
would have averages Of about COO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

who. if turned of. would be eagerly
snapped up by rival.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04

Willie Fitzgerald, accompanied by his
trainer. Harry Tuthill. Will leave To-
ledO in a few DAYS for Frisco. where
Fitz viii meet Rufe Turner or Battling
Nelson IN a twenty-round go.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-22
East KGGkWdn Is
0nlV d Minor
Position.
Loss Of Hill Not
Regarded as
Serious.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2l.-Mili-
tary critics here do not attach vital
importance 10 the capture OF the
north fort OF Keekwan Mountain. They
declare il is not part OF the main line
Of defenses Of Port Arthur and there
fore is without direct influence on the
fate Of the fortress.
While declining to give details. the
Admiralty admits that Russian advices
from Port Arthur, sent by General
Stoessel, substantially confirmed the
japanese advices Of the partial wreck
fnC Of the Russian ships in the har-
Dor and the. censor has been instructed
TO permit the publication of the dis
patches. II is claimed that several of
the larger ships ana a respectable
number Of tOrpedo-bOat destroyers are
still seaWorthy. but they are not being
considered as a factor in the coming
fight between Admiral Togo's ships
sId the Russian second Pacific squad
ron.
The whole series of misfortunes
which has attended the Port Arthur
squadron is a bitter chapter in Rus
sian naval annals, but since the ar
rival Of the latest advices there has
been less disposition to criticize Rear
Admiral Wiren's failure TO make a
sOrtie. General Stoessel having decided
AHdL A4IAuEI QtleIlSC OF the fortress
would be impossible il the guns of the
Warships and the sailors landed were
re-embarked. Had the ships been able
10 go out under the conditions exist
3nF they would have been at the
mercy Of the Japanese and have been
sacrificed without hope of inflicting
commensurate damage.
The mobilization announced yester-
Gay Of the reserves in seven military
districts affects a portion of about half
OF the military districts of Russia.
While some of the reserve men called
Il the cOlors Will be used to complete
the strength of the regiments going
20 the front, by far the greater num-
Der viii be formed into reserve units
20 replace troops which have already
gone 10 the Far East.
This year the conscripts taken num-
ber about half q million men, being
shout double the number usually
called TO the cOlOrs. The number OF
young men annually liable TO military
service is more than 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-22
PENNSYLVANIA Coal
Mines Forced
to Close.
One PittSburg Company Re-
leases All Unmarried
Employees.
Scarcity Of Water Threatens t
Cause a Total Suspension
of Operations
Special Dispatch TO The Call.

PlTTSBURG, Pa, Dec. N.-The
Pittsburg Coal Company has found it
impossible to run it's mines, on account
of the three months drought, which is
assuming alarming proportions, and to-
day it announced that until further
notice there would be no work for it's
unmarried men. All those who have
families dependent upon them will be
taken care of, so far as possible. though
1t may be necessary to shift them from
mine to mine. About ten thousand un-
married men were ordered off work to-
day.
This is the first time in the history
of mining in western Pennsylvania
that so many mines have been ordered
closed through drought. Little or no
coal has been sent down the river since
late in the summer and it will now take
several days rain to start the coal out
and open up the mines.
The scarcity of water also has caused
the coke ovens and the railroads to
partially suspend operations, and un-
less relief comes soon the mills will be
seriously affected.
The public schools of Wilmerding
dlu w ucdI WCIC Olb-
missed to-day on account of no water
The production of the coke region is
demoralized. The output of the ovens
has been reduced One-third and the loss
is estimated at 81 900 900 a month.
The Westmoreland Water Company,
which SUPPLIES Greensburg, Jeanette,
Pennmanor and Irwin, announces there
is barely enough water to last through
the week and it will be necessary to
shut off water to keep enough for fire.
fighting purposes.
Eight towns in Turtle Creek Valley
were without water to-day and there
were great dread of fire and many un-
washed faces, while the schools were
compelled to close. The engines of the
Pennsylvania Water Company, supply
ing the towns. broke down this morn
ing leaving the villages dry. aa.
The water in the rivers is low and is
filled with sulphuric acid, causing much
damage to the machinery in the mills
and the boilers Of locomotives.