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The Washington times., 1904-08-17
GEORGE GARDNER
uCKS jEFFORDS
Heavier Man Lost His Head and Proved
Easy for the Lowell
Pugilist.

BUTTE. Mon. Aug. T--Jim JeTords.
Of Philadelphia. at one time considered
a prominent aspirant 10 tho world s
heavyweight championship. lasted less
than three rounds against George Card
Eer. the former lightweight. of Lowell.
Mass, in what was TO have been a TWEEN
ty-rOund fight before the Montana A. c..
in this city. Starting in Ike a winner.
the big fellow was goaded into frenzy
by Gardeners jabs TO the stomach.
From a cool-headed fighter. with a
good chance TO win IN the first and sec
ond rounds. he changed 70 a rOugh-and-
tumble scrapper in the third. Gardner
had played for this development. and.
with Jeffords swinging wildly, he
brought his science and hard-hitting
powers into work. Twice he sent
his opponent 70 the floor with we'll
directed punches to the wind. JeffOrds
came back, was knocked down Il third
time. and failed to respond before the
count II was purely a case Of science
against weight, and the former won cut.
Once JcffOrds had a possible chance to
win In the second round. when he upper
cut his opponent in breaking from a
clinch. The blow was terr.uC enc
but did not catch Gardner fair on yh5
jaw Had II done so the Lowell man
would have gone down and out The
blow glanced off. however, and this fail
urc, aided by the stomach punches,
probably lost the fight 20 JeffOrdS.
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Third Division.
"OLD BONES" Is RIGHT,
YOU CAN'T BEAT EN-
To the Editor Of The Washington Times:

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
In your issue Of yesterday. 1 noticed
an article entitled. How Not to Play the
Races" and while I read II very care
fully. I must say that I'm my opinion.
the article Is calculated 10 do harn-es-
pecially 10 those who are not now play
ing them-from the fact that by implica-
ton II asserts that there IS a right way
TO play the races Ny objection 70 play
ing horse races Is not based upon n
moral standpoint. but upon a practical
one. The writer Of the article above
referred 10, says that one should hardly
ever play a horse third. for the reason
that the percentage is vastly greater
against him when playing a horse third
than when playing him 10 win. That
statement is, I believe, absolutely true.
md the same thing applies 10 playing 4
horse for a place. but the writer tails
to point out the fact that the percent
age Of a straight book IS, on an aver
age about 10 TO Is per cent at the track
(where the best odds are ObtalnabIe,.
and from 20 TO 50 per cent IN "a pool -O0m
Especially the one across the rivcrj 7
simply mention the percentage If a
bOOkmalIer, because / wish 10 compare
il with faro bank. IN the latter game.
provided il is conducted fairly the per-
ItALAat j. Dlll1 4 ana Il traction OF !
per cent iu favor Of the house, vet What
sane person will you find who will tell
you that you can beat the bank" II
you stick 10 IL long CuOugh2 Why? Be
cause there is operating against YOU a
percentage Of enc and "a small fraction
IN favor Of the house Now pals., A
few moments, and compare these figures
with those Of "A bOokmaker-lO to Is per
cent at the track, and from % 60 % per
cent over at the pool room. Does , uud
2 make ~
There IS but one way IN which 20 beat
the races. and that IS 10 let them alone
There IS no system on earth that viii
enable you 90 beat them. II IS simply
mathematical impOssibility. This per
ccntage Of which I have just spoken. has
broke such men as Plungcr Walton Ri
ey Gr3uucn. Davey Johnson. Mike Dvy-
or, and scores Of others whom / night
mention but hardly think II necessary.
II broke Mike Dwyer when ne had one
Of the finest stables OF horses ever got
/ ten together in this country. including
such stars as Hanover. Kingston, Ban
! quet Harry Reed. and others. 10 say
nothing OF that peerless jockey. Jimmy
Mclaughlin, and his great trainer, Jim
me- Rowe. II with such a stable Of
| horses. such n great Jockey. such a keen
/ trainer, and the great amount Of 'valu-
able information" that ne was enabled
/ TO obtain he could not Withstand the
! percentage that was operating against
/ him, then l ask you, my readers what
! are your chances Of success2
"OLD BONES"
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CHAMPION JEFFRIES
GOES IN FOR SPEED
Cuts Out Deer Act and Goes in FOL
Solid Work-Fight Only
Nine Days Of.

SAN FRANCISCO. Au0- 11.-Cham-
pion Jeffries has cut out the deer act
and has started in for good solid work
Yesterday was his hardest day so far
at the game. In the morning before the
heat became intense he took a full hour
and q half in the gymnasium. During
the time he had eight fast goes, four
Kennedy.
In the evening he went on the road,
running as far as AdiduIetOwn- Jack
while Dick Adams and Joe Kennedy set
the pace in the cart II Is speed that
the champion IS working for now. Nine
days only remain before the fight and
they viii be given up to fast work
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WASHINGTON WRESTLER
WINS HIS MATCH

Harvey TyrreI. the champion light
weigh wrestler Of the South. defeated
Kid Black Durn before the Jack Quinn
Athletic Club, Indian Head. Md.
Tyrrel gained the first fall with = scis-
sors hold and half-Nelson. and the third
with a double-Nelson. The second fall
went 20 Blackburn by the use If n dou-
bic Nelson
1t took seventeen minutes for the first.
twenty-one for the second, and twenty
seven minutes for the third f,ills
The winners manager. Bob Mulhall.
desires 10 arrange d match with any
lightweight OF Maryland or Virginia. 10
meet the champion Tor u side bet
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GARROLLS TRIMMED
BY TURNER ATHLETICS
Gymnasium Men Nosed Out in the
Eighth Session by a Sin
gle Run.

Turner Athletic Club defeated Carroll
Institute on Georgetown Field yester-
day in one Of the best games played i'm
the Capital City League this season. )
10 2
Up to the fifth inning the score was a
tie. when Harris drew "a pass and Carr
pumped one for two sacks After that
the gymnasium people held the leaders
safe, Wheatley working overtime.
The eighth inning proved CAROLS
Waterloo. Carr apparently wanted 10
make reparatiOn for the harm he did
Turner, 80 proceeded to let Wukers0,.'s
roller pass him. and the next minute
threw the ball away IN the direction Of
Cullen Kelly plucked Babson's bang
from the clouds over second base. and
thinking IL possible 20 catch Nilkersou
at Station No. 2 threw TO Carr. but tho
runner was there a few instants ahead
Of the pigskin. Then CARROTS lusty
second baseman tried 10 catch Babson
before he arrived at the initial hageock
In his attempt 10 perform this feat. he
sent the ball out Of eyeshot and both
Turnerites tailed The score:
Turner. / 0 0 0 o 0 0 % 6 2
Carroll. / 0 0 0 % 3 9
Batteries - Fulcher and Beckett:
Wheatley and NinnaTan.
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The result of the game between the
Sixth Presbyterian and the Foundry
teams Of the Church League. at Van
Ness Park, yesterday evening. was a
victory for the latter, to p
The MethOd1sts took the lead in the
first by making one run and IN the fifth
they performed some batting stunts
which Melted them five more marks. IN
the ninth two more Of the winners am
bled across the tally spot, with the aid
OF an error. VermiltOn' 5 One-bagger. and
RandalIs twO-sack punt
The boys Of the Presbyterian faith
secured their only two runs IN the sixth
Herbert was hit by pitched ball. after
Gordon had singled. COnnOr walked. ad-
Fancing both runners a base. and Rider
singled. scoring Gordon and Herbert.
The grnrG-
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COMPANY A WON BOTH.

While at camp, Company A, OF the
Washington Light Infantry, met and
defeated the strong Brunswick team, Of
Brunswick. Nd. IL 20 5, and also the
Charlcstown team. Of Charlestown. w
Va, 10 !. The Charlestown team
claims this their first defeat II claims
the championship of Virginia and West
Virginia.
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Earned runs-CIeveland. s. First base
on Washington, i; Cleveland. ].
TwO-base hits-LajOie ~. and BeTnis
iOie. Sacrifice hits-Lush. Turner On.
Mccormick. Stolen base-Bay. Double
play-Turner. Laioie. and Carr First
base on ba,is-Oh Jacobsen. l. Left on
Struck out-By Bernhard. 3: by Jacob
sen. p Umpire-Mr. Dwyer Time or
game hour and . minutes
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Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

granted his release upon application He
leaves the city tonight for Woodstock.
Va, where he has an engagement to
play on the independent team Of that
place.
Vinson. 1eftheIder for Providence. IS
the best Latsman in the Eastern League
His average is .403- Halligan and Grim
shaw are tied for second honors with
.3lg
Frank Smith, of Chicago. won another
game from Boston on Monday, making
his record twelve won and four lost. He
IS the leading tNirler In the American
League.
Lajoie. who leads all the sluggers Of
the country. yesterday made a home
run and two doubles in four times at
bat.
Two teams that have been accused Of
being cutters in the past-the Pirates
and Reds-annOunce they are willing 20
play any American League team a post
season series.
Rube Wadden is making another great
strike-Out record. In twenty-uiue games
the Rube has tanned d. OF his oppo-
ucnts. an average Of more than seven
TO the game Last season Waddell
struck out 3U men IN thirty eight
games
William J. Glover, Jr., the champion
long distance swimmer Of Maryland.
has gone - Colonial Beach. on the Po-
tomac, to challenge Lippe, the national
expert, now showing there.
Denver Ed Smith. who won a twenty
round decision over Sam McNey, Of
Oxnard, in Los Angeles, Cal, on Friday
night. is now ready 10 take on Jack
Johnson, the colored heavyweight cham
pion.
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HAMACHER WAS PoPULAR.

Walter Hamacher, the young man
who was drowned at Colonial Beach
last Saturday, and who was playing
with the Mount Pleasant Methodist and
RadfOrd teams was one OF the best
known amateur baseball players in the
city. HamaCher had been playing base
ball for fifteen years. and by his good
playing and quiet manners won a repu-
tatiOn wherever he went
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First base by errors-FOundry. >; Sixth.
,. Two-base hits-Randall 2 Stolen
bases-Bryan. VermiIliOn, and Conner.
Double play-Bryan 70 Harveycutter.
Left on bases-FOundry. Z: Sixth, 3.
First base on balls-By Randall. ?; by
McCathran, l. Hit by pitched ball
Herbert. Struck OUt-By Randall, 4, by
McCathran, 5. Passed balls-Le Foe
and Randall. Umpire-Mr. SIMPLIFY. Time
OF game-1 hour and > minutes.
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WASHINGTON BOY
MADE MANAGER

Merrill Vaughn. a Washington boy,
who signed with the Clarkesdale team,
of Mississippi, has been made manager
and captain Of that team Vaughn Is
still playing his position in the infeld.
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A game between DumbartOn and
Rockville baseball teams will be played
this evening on Georgetown College
Field, at O'Clock. Rockville Is expected
TO put fast team In the field, and
good game may be expected.
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J. Gray Kennedy, the Washington boy
who played the greater part Of the sea
son with the Savannah team Of the south
Atlantic League. is home. having ncrn
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Batting was

Batting wasn't a feature of yesterday 5
game. Although six Of the Foundry
team made one or more bingles. Randall
was the only one TO make hit good for
more than one base. Two twO-bs.gger
went TO his credit.
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Was Former Champion.
Baker Ranks Third.

In the second division I. J. Baker Is
showing up strongly. and has an excel
lent chance Of winning. He has played
in more Games than any man in the
tournament. and ranks second. having
won three matches and lost but one. $.
F. Davenport jr, and a. W. Drake are
the only ones ahead Of him, each having
won three games.
The third division also finds a Wash
inEton player leading. Henry Wahly,
who won honOrs at the tourney several
years ago. shares the honor Of holding
first place with H. T. WEBB, Of West
Chester.
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[ORBETT AND O'BRIEN
HAVE SIGNED ARTICLES
Meet at Quaker City in Six-Round Bout
on September 9.

NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-Jim Corbett
and Jack O'Brleu have at last agreed
to terms. and are to met in a six
round battle in Philadelphia on or pc
fore September @ Articles for the
fight have been signed.
Corbett and O"Brien met by appoint
ment, and, after a fairly long talk over
terms. settled the conditions of the
match and signed articles. The articles
call for a siX-round bout in the Quaker
City The men are to meet at catch
weights. and will divide the money even
~ The bout is to go to the club offer
ing the best inducements. The articles
follow:
August l6. 1904.
I'VE, the undersigned. James ]. Cor
bett and Jack O'Brien. hereby agree to
meet In "A six-round boxing contest, to
take place on SeUtember 9. The condi-
lions to govern the said contest follow:
The bout is to be limited to six
rounds, and Is TO take place before the
athletic club i'm Philadelphia that offers
the best inducements We are to meet
at catchwelghts. The money is C. be
evenly divided among the BOXERS. Soft
bandages are TO be allowed, but these
bandages are TO be put on in the ring
and are to be satisfactory to each fight
er. The referee is 70 be selected by the
boxers one week before the date Of the
contest. Bids Tor the contest are 70 be
open for one week from date, when they
Will be opened and the bout awarded to
the club making the best offer. The
bids are 20 be sent 20 harry Bcecher
sporting editor OF the Evening Jour
nal A guar 1ntce must be posted with
each bid.
JAMES J. CORBETT.
JACK O'BRIEN
Witness: Harry BeecheF"
Corbett has left for his home at Bay
side. where he VIII train for the fight.
He is already I'm pretJ- good shape.
O 'Brien started home at once. where he
also Is TO put in his time getting ready
10 meet the clevercst man he ever faced
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Jimmy Britt has been offered match
with Jabez White, at London.
Jack Munroe and Kid Mccoy have had
the gloves on for three fast rounds at
the miners training quarters. Mccoy
says the Butte man has improved.
The record for attendance at a cricket
match in England was broken on Au-
gust l. 2. and 3. when no less than g.
600 paid for admission to witness the
game between Yorkshire and Lancashire
the gate receipts for which went TO
Hirst, the popular professional On tho
first day Of the game the ATTENDANCE
was 80. 600, on the second II amounted to
90. eco and on the third 30 1900 A large
sum Of money was realized. which IN
accordance with the practice in Erg-
land. will be invested for the beneficiary.
James r. Keene leads the winning
owners of the season. The amounts won
by his horses are:
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SIXTH PROVED EASY
FOR FOUNDRY TEAM
Presbyterians Could Not Hit McCathran
and Fielded Mis4rably.
sTANDING OF TIIE TEAAIs
TODAY'S GAMES.

Mount Pleasant Methodist VS.. Mount
Pleasant Congregational FOurteentf
Street and Lydeckcr Avenue.
Wesley VS.. St. Stephens, Van Ness
Park
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NOTES OF THE GAME.

Bad fielding was SiXths uLdoing The
SIX errors chalked up against them
netted their opponents five bases.
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McCathran was there with the goods
-Four hits was all the Sixth people could
get of his delivery.
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AMATEUR BASEBALL.

After winning fifteen straight games,
the Crescents went down to defeat yes
terday for the first time. Stupid play
ing enabling the Pirates to win out, 8
to s. The Crescents will play the South
ern Athletic Club at the Monument Lot
today. Taylor and Mandley Will be the
battery
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Eastern League.
ToDAY'S GAMES.
American League.

Washington at Cleveland.
New York at st. Louis
Boston - Chicago
Athletics at Detroit.
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ST. STEPHENS WALLOPED
WOODWARD & LOTHROP

II the Woodward & Lothrop team can
not handle dry goods better than they
played baseball yesterday evening, when
they played the team representing St
Stephens. they must hold their jobs by
good looks.
Seven tiresOme innings were played
and when the storcmen revived they had
been beaten IS 20 4.
The game was prominent for the
losers errors, and the institutes heavy
batting, otherwise II was Of the most
salty variety.
The score:
Il. II. l.
st. Stephen's...,.... s 2OO19 X-18 Is 2
w. 81 L............... Q 0 / 2l-4 8 10
Batteries-Buscher and Graves; Cham
berlain and Cole.
The Washington times., 1904-08-17

Bryan showed a good head when he
assisted Harveycutter in the Orly dou-
bic play Of the game. He threw 10 sec
Ond without a minutes hesitation
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The Atlantics would like to arrange
games for tomorrow. Address. J. II.
Watt. SD Ninth Street northeast.
The American Boys. in the Public
Playground League, defeated the Silver
Stars on the Southeast playground yes
terday, 10 to S. Score by innings:
Amer. Boys......1 0 0 0-10
Silver Stars.....-3 l y l 1 y
The Tip Tops again defeated the
Young Senators, TO 5. Winning bat
tery-BeerbOwer and Cuehn- Losing
battery-Birch. HOrner, and FURNACE
The Woodward & LOthrOp juniors de-
feated the boys from Kanns Is 10 g
Four pitchers were tried by Kann's. hut
none Of them were able TO hold the vic
tors down. KilrOys pitching was chief
" responsible for the victory for Wood
ward & LothrOp Woodward & LOthrOD
Juniors will cross bats with the Golden
berg Juniors this afternoon. All teams
desiring games with Woodward & Lo-
throp. address H. Speaker, lib Ninth
Street northwest. The score:
w. & L............O 0 8 x-iS >
Kann's ............3 l 0 0 As
The Athletics defeated the Young Pr
rates. TO D. Teams averaging thirteen
wears desiring games address Lawrence
Lang, sos Seventh Street northwest.
Teams wishing to join the Colored
League address G. E Jessup, $50 AckeT
Street northeast.
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National League.

81. Louis at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston
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SENATORS EASY
FOR CLEVELAND
Jacobsen Batted Harder
Than Usual.
TOWNSEND AS A SLUGGER
Delaware Peach Cot Two Singles and
Was Robbed of a
Two-Bagger.
TOWNSEND AS A SLUGGER

CLEVELAND, Aug. I7.-Cleveland de-
feated Washington here yesterday, to
l. Jacobsen was in the box for Wash
ington and was batted hard for the first
time during the Western trip. His slants
proved especially easy for Lajoie, who
bagged two doubles and home run in
four times UP and batted in four Of the
Blues runs
Bernhard was batted nearly as hard
as Jacobsen, but was much more effect
i've with men on bases.
Patched-Up Team.
The Senators presented patched-up
appearance with Clarke on FIRST in place
of Jake Stahl, who is laid up with a
broken finger. and Townsend in right
in place of Donovan, who was III. This
change, however, did the Senators no
harm. as the regular men would done
no better than the subs. who played best
for their team. Each got two singles
out Of three times up and played their
positions faultlessly. Townsend batted
the ball harder than any OF the Sena-
tors, and had ii not have been for an
excellent catch by Bay in center. the
twirler would have added a two-bagger
to his swatting record.
Blues Take Lead.
Cleveland took the lead in the first
inning. scoring one run on Bays infeld
hit, a sacrifice, a stolen base. and Kit
tredge's high throw to catch the fleet
centerfielder at third.
Washington got back in the second on
Turner's error Of Huelsman's drive, a
sacrifice hit, and Townsend's single.
In the third Flick's single and La
fCfp's double rrovp the T2lu1s anOther
run. They cinched the game in the
sixth. Lajoie started the proceedings
with a double. and Cassidy missed Tur-
ner's grounder. Bemis' double sent in
both men A single by Lush, a triple
by Flick, and Iatoie's home run over
the left field fence Melted three more
runs in the seventh.
The Score.
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The two free bases which either Mr.
McCathran's generosity or wildness
caused him TO issue. resulted in the only
two runs Sixth secured
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A Special Race.

on Friday. after the races. there will
be a special sweepstakes for hunters.
The starters Will be Thomas HitchCOck's
Sea Gull and Mrs. TOrry's Head Mas
ter. The latter will be remembered as
Semper Ira, the name he carried when
he raced in the cOlors Of Mr. Chamblet.
DaylesfOrd Will be entered in the race
to avoid complications with the rule
which prohibits match races. Another
race Of the same variety will be run
after the days racing on Tuesday next
In this the contestants will be Gort-
nagallon and Head Master
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WASHINGTON MEN
LEAD At ROGUE
Show Up Well in National
Tournament.
FOUR ARE AFTER THE PRIZES
c. G. Williams Heads First Division,
and Henry Wahly Is at Top
of His Class.
FOUR ARE AFTER THE PRIZES

-Four Washington players are partici-
pating in the national rogue tournament,
which is being held at Norwich. Conn.
They are Charles C. williams, c. NJ.
Bryant, l. J. Baker. and Henry Wahly.
At the end of yesterdays play c. q.
Williams was tied with c. G. Cox. cham
piOn of the UnIted States, for first posi-
ton. each having won three matches
and lost none.
Was Former Champion.
Mr.. Williams formerly held the cham
pionship,-whicb he won at Norwich sew
eraI years ago. but relinQuiShed ii to
Mr.. Cox at last years tournament Mr..
Williams easily won his match against
A w Dickey, Of Norwich, yesterday,
and Mr.. Cox defeated J. II. Mcdonald,
OF Marthas Vineyard. and followed up
this victory by defeating Charles J.
Jacobus in the first game which that
promising player has lost during the
tournament
c. NJ. Bryant. Of Washington. is the
only other player who is entered in the
first division. Mr.. Bryant has not as
yet succeeded in winning q single game,
having been defeated In all three Of his
matches.
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The Atlantics would like to arrange
games for tomorrow. Address. J. II.
Watt, SD Ninth Street northeast.
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Eastern League.

Rochester at Baltimore.
Montreal at Providence.
Toronto at Jersey CITY.
Buffalo at Newark
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Jimmy Britt has been offered a match
with Jabez White, at London.
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granted his release upon application He
/ leaves the city tonight for Woodstock.
Va, where he has an engagement to
play on the independent team Of that
The Washington times., 1904-08-17

L5HILyIIts = = uIcItT aUU BNCkCtt. I
Wheatley and Ninnanan.
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DUMBARToN VS.. ROCKVILLE.

Batteries-Buscher and Graves; Chan
berlain and Cole
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-12
KEEPING WELL.
1t Is Better and More Economical
Than Getting Well.

1t Is Better and More Economical
Than Getting Well.
I have often been Mortified by find
ing people at Carlsbad or Marienbad
Or some other of these severe water
cures who had come there simply on
their own initiative and without any
medical advice. This is really tam
pering with ones constitution.
I am coming to the conclusion in
recent years that it is better to trust
to air and to exercise than to waters
for the renewal of the physical sys-
tenn. Since have taken to golf I find
SO much improvement in my health
that no longer pine, as used to do,
for the water cure But there again
every man must judge for himself If
man has too profound love for the
pleasures of the table it is almost a
necessity for him to go to one Of those
places where the system seems to get
thoroughly complete washout.
But If a man be Of moderate appe-
tite and be able to keep himself well
under control even when temptation
is great, then he has no reason for
going to Homburg or Carlsbad or
Marienbad. He had better seek good
mountain air, play golf and keep out
OF doors.-London M. A. p.