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NEW YORK MAGNATEs HOME.
Ebbets Says Hermann Will Favor
Brooklyn.

From the New York Sun.
c. II. Ebbets. president of the Brooklyn
base ball club, arrived nome yesterday from
Chicago where he attended the meeting of
tie national base ball commission which
considered the Ridgewood Sunday ball case
and then postponed action for ten days.
Ebbets declared that he was confident that
a decision would be rendered In favor of
Brooklyn Speaking of the meeting he said:
1T was the hottest that ever attended.
The American League people commended that
the commission had no Jurisdiction but
Chairman Hermann overruled them. Then
they raised the point that Hermann had
previously committed himself and that no
arbiter decided a case after having pre-
judged it.
But we went ahead with the testimony
Just the same. Farreifs assertion that
Manager Han.on mad agreed to divide the
games with him at Ridgewood Park was
shown to be a mistake.
The matter is still under consideration,
and Hermann will decide IL in good time
in my favor. ! am quite sure
Treasurer Farrell OF the New York Amer
leans also arrived from Chicago yesterday
He was not inclined to discuss matters, be-
yond saying that Hermann is IA man of ex-
trcme fairness and has been placed IN a de-
cidedly awkward position. 1T was stormy
session in which there was much partisan n
ship" said he but | made Ebbets admit
that he had personally negotiated with Am
brosc Hussey for the lease OF the park a
few days after L had offered to split up the
Sunday dates with Hanlon. l shall have
SON ething Of Importance to say tomorrow :"
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time he would have dealt his lifelong
friend Johnson a heavy blow and would
have precipitated a disastrous base ball
war.
But, IL. on the other hand. he had de-
cided in favor of the New York Americans
he would have caused an internal ruction
in his own league that would have meant
financial ruin and a crash all along the
line. 1t is not strange, therefore, that Herr
mann hesitated and wanted more time. He
is q man of fairness and is not inclined to
be hasty. 1t Is a hard place to put him in.
and nobody can blame him for his demand
for time. But as matter of fact the ma
tonal commission should have been differ
entity constituted. Each of the big leagues
could have had their present representative,
but the chairman should have been nom
partisan who would not have been directly
interested financially, as Hermann is in
his Cincinnati club. The commission is top
heavy as 1t stands. and this Ridgewood tam
gle shows It,"
The postponement of action by the COM
mission is taken to mean that since the
members convened Thursday afternoon new
evidence was submitted to them. The fact
that when the American League received
permission to enter Chicago no stipulation
was made as to the home of any club in
any particular locality was one of the
points that the commission wrestled with.
for the American Leagues entrance into
Greater New York was similarly arranged.
Hermann. 1t Is said. wanted to have the
trouble compromised but Brooklyn OBJ
jected usual 1t looks very much as il
there would be serious trouble over this
question unless Brooklyn yields.
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the number of purses they are sure to an
mex will Keep him well i'm the lead.

the number of purses they are sure to an
mex will keep him well in the lead.
In the two-year-old races Jennings has
taken no part. He says he has some good
youngsters, but thinks too much of them to
be r.skiiig them for cheap purses.
One reason for Jennings marked success
this winter is his policy of always having
fresh horses to race fer the best prizes. He
gets good horse on edge and wins with
him two or three times. and then rests him
again. If he meets a good horse belonging
to some one else and Is beaten, he tres
again; if that results in another failure, he
tackles the rival with another horse; and, il
that proves no good he gets another one
on eG.Ee and goes after him. In this WY
he manages to beat all the best at some
time or another, which gives him much
personal satisfaction.
With the cream of Haggin's breeding to
draw upon. he, of course. has consider
able shade" over every one but his jockey,
Jack Martin. is no wonder. and undoubtedly
much of the stables uns form success is due
to Jennings careful and skiilfui training.
In the three-year-told division he is weak.
He was without a starter in the Oaks, and
that after going outside OF the Hagg fill
lies and buying Sill cate, the sister of Fossil.
He was a little late in getting her ready.
and when he gave her a hurried trial she
performed unsatisfactory.
1t seems quite likely, too, that he will not
have a colt rum rig for him in the Caiifor-
MIA Derby. as none of his three-year-oks
form. and this year it will be useless to
start anything that has not a lot Of class.
With such colts as Bearcatcher, Formaster,
Rockaway, Toledo, Judge, Mendon. Cas-
cine, Military Man. The Mighty and Cele-
brant in training for the classic, che up
colt has little chance.
With the Oaks it was quite different. Ten
went to the post because it looked as IL any
of the best selling piaters of the requisite
age and sex would have chance. Garnett
Ferguson's Miss Betty was thought to out
class the field a little. and, having worked
fairly well, she was made favorite, and was
backed with some confidence. But she met
a good deal of interference, and had to run
the best race to fin sh third. Mrs Coffey S
Anirad that just beat her for the place, cut
her off badly three furlongs from home, and
might have been disqualified.
Cap and Gown. the winner. was not re-
garded probable starter three days be-
fore the race. The Thursday morning be-
fore the Oaks day Doc Rowell took her
out and worked her the full stance-a m lie
and a furlong-which she covered in LII
with her weight up, much to his surpr Sc.
AS she was none the worse for the work
out, Rowell wisely engaged Johnny DAILY to
ride, and the result exceeded his expecta-
tons. She was backed by few horsemen
and their friends, but went to the post at Z
to l. RoweIl did not bet on her. being sa it's
fed to stake his $50 starting fee against the
first money, which wss 400
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its Inventor and friends attempt TO Justify as
sound proposition which the analysts have been
working at. for and against, for eight years
Oh This Is the Berger innovation, which the
Vienna master claims makes the gamiat untenahls
Champion Laske- and the Russian expert Tschi-
gorin here play QxR immediately. which Prof
Berger says is favorable To White.
tcl This Is Prof Rice's reply. which he says is
the .sbvious which Prof. Berger orerleuks ia
this column Prof. Rice ertainly made a good case
for his game as the result of this move. Black il
compelled to his king either to o ar HI:
square. and in either Is subject to further
tack and has difficulty in developing his rocks
King Gambit Declined.
One who plays the king gambi.s nova
days, of which the Rice attack is one Of I,
score or more of leading variations, quite
commonly meets with a counter attack and
is not accommodated with an opportunity
to play a gambit at all. The writer In or
der to test Prof. Rice's versatility to meet
such an emergency played. in a skittle
game with the professor the other even
ing at the Washington club, z, - POI in
stead OF accepting the gambit pawn Said
the professor: Now, l will candidly admit
that | am not up on the intricacies of The
Falkbeer counter gambit. which results
from B.. .kPKQP. so l will play the more
conservative kt-KB3. declining your gam
bit just as you declined mine An inter
esting "skittle followed, which resulted in
draw on the twenty fourth move pawas
being even and the opposing bishops being
OF opposite color The score follows:
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BowLERs HOME.
Washington Bowlers' First Efforts in
Big Tourney Very Creditable.

The Washington bowlers who went to the
Cleveland congress returned home yester-
day highly elated over their first efforts in
national tournament. To win a first prize
in their first attempt is quite a feat, and
by next year 1t will be waIkover for the
Washington boys. In the five-men team
contest the Washington bowlers curled up
and went to the bad from the start, but in
the pair contest. Krauss and Spiess walked
away with the first prize, and. although
Harlow and Roderick did not roll up to
their true form, they finished fifteenth and
hauled down $40 prize money In the indi-
vidual bowling the Washington boys were
again remiss. but taking the conditions into
consideration their first attempt against
the best bowlers of the country was most
praiseworthy.
The congress closed Saturday with the
finals in the Individual games. The fol-
lowing are the first ten. their scores and
hn Of oh
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Barger Won Gold RACQUET.

The finale in the tourney for the gold
racquet brought together at Tuxedo yester-
day Milton Barger and z. Edwards of New
York. Barger undoubtedly showed decided
ly better form than Edwards and put all
doubts on one side as to the title of racquet
champion. Edwards put up piucky game,
but was certainly outclassed Barger win
ming by 3 games to l.
In the first game Edwards started off with
terrific service which kept his opponent
guessing as to how ne should handle it and
before Barger had thoroughly sized up his
man Edwards took the first game by a
score of 15-S. Barger then settled down to
good straight racquets and to service
which easily outciassed his opponent, win
nirg the next three games and title The
score S--15, 15-9, 154, 15--l.
On account of business duties Mr.. Barger
cannot enter in the coming tournament at
Boston next Saturday, where he would have
a chance to meet Quincy Shaw for the anna
teur championship of the United States.
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IN A TIGHT PLACE.
Hermann Puzzled Over Ridgewood
Controversy.
rom the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
The failure of the national base ball COM
mission to reach a decision in the Ridge
wood case because Garry Hermann stated
that he wanted week or ten days more to
think the matter over was not surprise to
the base ball world. and strengthened the
belief that in making up the commission
somebody had erred in placing two Ma
tional League men and one American
League man in power.
Hermann was placed in most awk-
ward position" said a stockhoiier in one of
the New York clubs. He found himself
do. As Johnson and Pulliam were rank
partisans. naturally, and decided how TO
vote weeks ago. the final decision hung on
Herrmann's vote. II ne decided in Brook
iyn's favor he would have atisfSd his Ma
tionsi League colleagues, but ;-e9the same
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scoRPIo BEATEN AT LAST.
Roue Lowered Colors of the Sprinting
King.

Before the largest crowd of the meeting
with the exception of that on ladies' day.
Ed Trotter's sprinter Scorpio. after winning
seven straight races, went down to defeat
in the De Soto Handicap at the New Or
| leans track Saturday. Seorpio was the nat
ural favorite, and 2 to l looked too good
to be true when the layers chalked up that
price against him. At that. because the
best sprnters in training were in the hunt
his price went to II to at post time.
Not one of the fancied ones defeated the
animal that owes the best port ion of his
glory to the New Orleans track. 1t was
the despised outsider Roue that turned the
trick Opening at 30 to /. there was de-
termined play him all around the ring
for the stable thought well of his chances
The track lust suited Roue who is owned
by f. l.. Tally & Co. and it is estimated
that the, stable connections took about
s1o,e00 out of the ring. The heavy play on
the Others, however. more than balanced
that
tween the pair Starter Fitzgerald had his
troubles. Both broke through the barrier
more than once. but when the webbing did
shoot up the fractions ones had the better
of poor start. Those horses who were
fancied by the wise people and who were
mediums of plunges Were away very poorly
{ Big Ben. Roue and Scorpio made up the
forward van all the journey. and the long
Shot outran the crack pair in the early part.
Big Ben was asked to shoulder 10 pounds.
and this impost caused him to stagger out
of 1t after going five furiongs. Seorpio.
under Fullers guidance. WIS not urged in
the early part and evidently the great
Jockey thought that Roue would come back
to him in the stretch. That was mistake,
however for Roue had tie speed all the
way and won by two lengths pulled up
Scorpio got into a jam after Big Ben
stopped and he got up just In time to stall
off the rush of New York at the end. The
Richards sprinter came from behind. and
had he gotten away better he would have
been bigger factor in the race than he
was
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Washingtonian Leads.

In the Brooklyn Chess Club championship
tourney Albert w. Fox, formerly of this
city, is in the lead with score of = TO l.
His only loss is to H. M. Barrett who
stands second with score of So to ~
Charles Curt. whom Mr.. Fox recently
worsted in championship match by IL
score of three straight. stands third with
a score of to 2. c. S. Howell, the we'll
known chess expert and editor, Is fourth
with score of TO 3. and Harry Zirn.
cent champion. is fifth with score of -.
to 2ie-
There are twelve entries in the tourna-
Taent and eleven games for each man to
,slay. Mr. Fox. therefore, has only one
game to play. and that is with the veteran
Howell. Upon the outcome of this game
hangs the Brooklyn championship. Barrett
sas yet to play Zirn. and Curt meets Lii
barre. who stands sixth with score of .
to 3. These three games are all hard ones.
and the outcome may depend upon the set
Element of tie
The last victory of Mr.. Fox. in the game
with Dickerson has one of the most bril-
liant end.ngs in the history of the game.
The former sacrifices both queen and rock
and mates with a bishop The score fol-
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Turf and Track Notes.

Foxaall Keene's Cheiro. bred in America
by Horoscope. out of veya. won a two-mile
steepiechase at Nottingham. England, on
February ..
Lung fever has attacked the stable of two
year-olds owned by John Fay. which are
wintering at Memphis. Fay is the western
hustler who developed Hunter Raine and
sold him to Alex" Shields
The first foal the produce of the famous
Nasturtium was born at the Elmendorf
stud, the property of J. B. Haggin, recently.
John W. Schorr has engaged as light
weight rider Terre Haute lad named John
Graham. The boy will be able to ride at
ninety pounds.
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DUFFEY WON AGAIN.
Champion Splinter Won Forty Yard
Dash at Boston.

The indoor athletic meet of the Boston
Boston. Saturday night brought together
an assembly of runners. jumpers and srrolg
men from nearly every college and athletic
association in the east, with the result that
the various competitions We're keenly con-
tested.
The feature was the Harvard-YaIe relay
race. that closed the evening, which was
won by Yale by twenty yards The race
was for two miles. ana Yale led from the
start, at one time opening up a gap of half
a lap. Caldwell. who was Harvard's fourth
man, cut Yale's lead considerably. but could
not catch the blue. runuer.& Harvard. how
ever, had the satisfaction Of breaking the
mile relay record in the race with Pennsyi-
vania, lowering it from 500 to 3.Os 20.
Champion Duffey won the forty-yard in
vitation dash easily, and Alex, Grant, the
weli-known Pennsylvania runner, took the
mile run from scratch Summaries:
Forty yards, invitation REHABILITATION by
Arthur Duffey Georgetown. Time. O.O4 4-5
Forty yards, novice (scratch)-Won by G.
c. Cunningham, Harvard A, A. Time, 0.o5.
Forty-yard dash (handfcap) Won by A.
Murphy, jr., Tufts Is feeD; W. B. Henne-
bury. jr., Harvard A. Az q feet, second:
NJ. J. Stearns, Williams. third. Time
0.04 3D.
Team neutrality-suspicious. beat Massachu-
sets Institute OF Technology. 9Time, 3:14
Mile run (handicap)-Won by Alex. Grant
(scratch). New York A A Time, 4:37 80
Team Williams defeated Dart
mouth. Time. 3:l12-3 Bowdoin defeated
Brown. Time 3:23 3-5. Tufts College de-
feated University CT Maine. Time, 3:21.
Harvard class race-l9ei defeated 1905
Time. 3:22. 1906 defeated 1901. Time,
3:23 30
Harvard defeated University of Pennsyl-
vania. Time, 3:oS 2-.5 trecordl
Relay race uwo miies)--Yale beat Har-
ward. Time, 0:D3 40.
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Palm Beach Golf Tourney.

The semi-finals for the Jefferson and Con-
ISOLATION cups were played at Palm Beach
Saturday. C. B. Cory won the Jefferson
cup beating George T. Brokaw in the semi
finals by up and 1 to play, winning from
A McClave. who beat A. Havemeyer in the
semi-inals by up and to play. Mr.. Cory
made a record for the course of 40
Jefferson cup-Semi-finals-C. d. Cory
beat George r. Brokaw. 3 up and to play;
A McClave beat A. Havemeyer. up.
Finale. B. Cory beat A. McClave, Z up
and 6 to play.
Consolation eup-J. Dunlap. jr.. beat s. ID.
Walton / up. in 10 holes; E. Ciue'- beat
r. F. Mcqueen, 3 up and to play
FINAL. Dunlap, jr., beat E. Cluett. 3 up
and to play.
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Fine Race Horse Dead.

Aristocraey. John e. Madden's crack
three-year-old colt, 10y imp. Mirthful-
Fatty, by Kingston, is dead at Churchill
Downs race track Louisville. Among the
good races won by Aristocracy last year
was one division Of the double event and
the Saratoga special.
Two weeks ago the horse ran away. run
ming five miles before he could be stopped.
He Immediately developed acute pneumonia.
The report that Pulsus, owned by Madden,
is sick is denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-15

the T. NJ C. A gymnasium Saturday night.
ard the home teams cdotnred both. The
first was between the team from the Elmer
son Institute and the YliMs C.qA. Reserves.
the score being p to 8, snd the second the
Y. NJ C. A. first team and the Crescents.
representatives, of Galladdet College; score.
So to g.
In the big game of tine evening the Cres-
cents did some very clever team work at
times The home team played together ex-
cellentlY. The line I'D:
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JENNINGS A BIG WINNER.
Popular THURMAN Leads Owners at San
Francisco Trer,a

Walter b. Jennings. who Is we'll known in
Washington win finish the winter at the
head of the list Of winning owners at San
Francisco. Already his horses have won
sa50oo in stakes and purses. and no other
owner has chance to catch him. He has
a large string of useful horses In good con-
ditto and even il no more stakes are won
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Bank Clerks Rolled Well

The Metropolitans and Bell & Co. boys
presented four-men teams in the Bank
Clerks League championship games Sat
urday on the Palace alleys, and the Nets
took two games. losing the first contest of
the series. Eckloff rolled one of the high
est games in the league, his second score
being DIG The scores: - 50. Hf'i i>'
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Corcorans Defeated ordways.

The Corcoran Cadet Corps basket ball
team defeated the Ordway Rifles in a regu-
lar league game Friday in the guards ar
mory by the score of AZ TO is. Although the
Ordways showed great improvement over
their last game the Corcorans were never
in danger. Barker played the best game for
the Ordways making five goals, while Drae-
ger was the star for the Corcorans, caginS
the lea ther seven times. The lineup
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EAfERSONS


Referee = Mr. Moriarty. Timer - Mr. Carver
Seorcr-Mr Fowler Length of halyes-20 minutes
Goals from fe,d-By Y. NJ. C.. A. Reserves, 20
Emersons, 2 Goals from free toss-By Y. NJ. c
A. Reserves. .: Emersons, /. Total score-i. NJ
90. EInerSonS 3.
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WINTER BOOK.
Odds Posted Against Brooklyn, Handi

Goodwin, Bros. of New York are making a
book on the Brooklyn, Suburban and
Brighton haudicaps. I'm the Suburban Nc
Chesney. waterboy and The Picket are
equal favoEites at Is to 1. e -.
The complete odds offered on the Brook
lyn are reproduced as indicative Of the
opinion held Of the great handicap horses
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DOWN THE ALLEYS.
Columbia Title Insurance Team Beat
LAWYERS.

The leading teams in the Title Insurance
League met Saturday afternoon on the
Rathskeller alleys, and the Columbias
were successful against the Lawyers. Two
of the games exceeded 500 in points, the
Columbias securing 500 in the first and the
Lawyers piling UP $40 in the last. which
game they won. Bishop rolled the best
70
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Chess Masters Tourney.

Early yesterday morning the game played
between Marshall and Schlechter in the
sixth round of the International rectangular
tourney at Monte Carlo, was ended in a
draw The position of the leaders remains
therefore unaltered, as will be seen from
the scores to date as appended:
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STANDING OF TEAMS.
Victory for Carroll Juniors.

IL one-sided game of basket ball Car
roll Institute Juniors won from st. James
Choir, by the score of Is to 2. The feature
of the game was the goal throwing of keli-
her and Cantwel The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-15

Players having games OF over 200 axe: O'Donneil,
PAT. 200 and 80: Eekstein 236: Crfst 235 and
202; Naehman, 2ls Bewsher 202 e10, Dol. zo3 and
21J Hoffman uIstriet) PIG. Waters. 204 and g 9;
Spefll. 20s: Rodriek 205: Talbsrt. 2l0: Williams.
115; Mitchell. 2o4; Campbell, 203, and Hoffman
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Games
Royal Arcanum Bowling Averages.

The following is the standing to date Of
teams and players of the Royal Arcanum
Bowling Association, with the exception of
a few games of which no record has been
furnished: