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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

he viii return TO the Pacific Coast 20
train Corbett for his return fight with
Nelson
AS there is no known opposition. it is
expected that the selections for the
dominating committee of the United
States Golf Association will be unani-
mOusly elected at the meeting 10 be held
In February. The nominees are Ransom
II. Thomas for president, and T.
Sheldon, Of Chicago. for vice president.
In connection with the victory Of Nell
son, the old, old story that the proceeds
of the fight were 10 lift "A mortgage on
the old homestead have been resurrect-
ed.
The Cleveland fans are said to be
thinking over the advisabllity OF sending
a monster petition 10 the management
Of the American League club IN that
city, asking them TO trade as many as
seven OF the Cleveland surplus players
Tor Jt Ike Stahl, the Senatorial first base
man. Come again.
The Lo0O-yard run has taken the place
OF the halt-mile run on the program Of
nearly all the New York indoor meets
scheduled for this winter.
Joe McGinnity has set at rest all ru-
morS that he VIII not be the with the
Giants next season by signing The con-
tract offered 10 him by McGraw
The crOss-cOuutry run under the au-
spices Of the Carroll Institute on New
Year S Day. is the first ODen event OF
that sort held i'm this city for n num-
Der of years, but IL is hoped that every
.ong-dlsiauce man of any ability will
take part IT the New Year event IS
a success 4 series of the runs viii be
conducted during the winter months.
II was wise move for the manage
meut OF next Saturdays Army-NaIy
game 10 get NJ. j. Thompson To referee
me GeorgetoWn man Is one Of the best
gTidirOn officials In the country ami
entire satisfaction Is assured both
teams. TOM ROLAND
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Other Offenders.

Not only have the club athletes put
themselves in this pTecarious position,
but I believe that a proper investigation
would show that the Georgetown and
High School meets have been so loosely
conducted that improper entries have
been received, thereby JeOpardizing the
standing of crack varsity and inter
scholastic athletes OF the city, for those
who compete against a professional or
man subject to suspension put them
selves in he same category with him,
THE situation is so bad here that /
do not think il would ever be untangled
in the ordinary way, and the best thing
10 10 would be 10 let bygOnes be bygOnes
and start fresh with the assurances that
in the future due regard will be paid 20
the laws governing sport This, OF
course, does mean 10 admit men who
have accepted money or those who have
deliberately offended. but those who
through the general ignorance Of the
subject i'm this city, have unwirtingly
offended
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TEAM A TOOK ALL.

Team A took three games from Team
3 In the Carroll Institute Bowling
League last night by comfortable mar
gins. None of the scores We're very
good. the l87 OF J.. Mccarthy being high.
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Harry TuthIll, Young Corbetts man
ager has arrived I'm the East with a
story that his protege had too much
dinner just before the fight with Nelson,
and that accounted for the cramps
which attacked him I'm the second round.
Tuthill viii remain in New York until
after the Christmas holidays and then
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Jimmy Collins is negotiating for the
transfer OF Long Tom Hughes from the
Senators TO Boston in exchange for
George Winter. and the probabilities are
that the deal VIII be put through.
Kid Bernstein is scouting the West
looking up matches for his cousin, the
Pride OF the ghetto.
The managers Of the armories in New
York where the indoor meets have been
held have decided TO taboo the spiked
shoes, and in the future nearly al! the
meets viii call for creepers on the rum
ners.
Jim Jeffords and Jack O'Brien Will box
ten rounds before the Physical Culture
Club, OF Reading. Pa, tomorrow even
ing. IT catch weights
Champion Lasker is ready TO play
Marshall a match game of chess for
&. 900 with the stipulation being eight
games and fourteen moves an hour.
The Yale athletic authorities are max
Ing an effort 20 raise money among the
alumni TO build "a S25 900 baseball cage
for early spring practice. The Blue dla-
mond candidates are annually hampered
IN their practice by cold weather with
the result ludL llCE are sE44DiA III WHEN
il comes TO their Southern trip.
Twcuty-One players were awarded the
varsity + by the Pennsylvania athletic
council. The tide was seven years
changing. but now that the Quakers
have at last developed a winning grid
iron aggregation they are likely to be
more Important factors in all other
branches Of athletics than they We're
ing annual drubbings a, .he hands Of
Harvard.
Harry Forbes. who was booked for "a
trip through England, has decided not
70 make the trip unless he receives
liberal allowances for training and
travelling expenses. Only the other day
Forbes defeated Joe Cherry, of SaginaW
Mich. who was hCralded the coming
bantamweight champion.
Yale has decided that in view of the
examinations which are engrossing the
minds Of the men al New Haven. the
election of captain for next falls eleven
win not be held until the members of
the team return from their Christmas
holidays.
Harry Tuthul. Young Corbetts man
ager. has arrived I'm the East with a
story that his prOtege had too much
dinner just before the fight with Nelson
and that accounted for the cramps
which attacked him I'm the second round.
TuthilI Will remain i'm New York until
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THREE VALU iBLE
NAVY ADDITIONS
Two Hundred - Founders
Will Strengthen Line.
THREE BANDS AT GAME
Hard Practice for Army Team Is Over
Light Work TOmorow-Meeting
This Morning.

The Navy team which is TO clash
with the Army eleven AZ American
League Park on Saturday, had an hour
oil fast signal practice at the Navy
yard parade grounds this morning UNI
der the direction of Coach Wefers.
The arrival of three men who viii av-
ela6e nearly 30 pounds has caused con-
siderable citation among the followers of
the Navy, and they are now looking
confidently 10 a victory ON Saturday
The three men TO arrive yesterday from
the New York eleven Were BrufT, guard .
Mcdonald, center, and Meredith, tackle
These constitute a trio OF the largest
men ever seen ON "a Washington team
In the practice this morning WefeTs At
once put the men in their regular po-
sltICns and they surprised the on
lockers by the way they jumped into
the game from the very beginning.
The Navy viii have a long practice
this evening, which viii end with a
scrimmage between the regulars and the
scrubs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Yale has decided that in view of the
examinations which are engrossing the
minds Of the men at New Haven. the
election of captain for next falls eleven
viii not be held until the members of
the team return from their Christmas
holidays
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The nersonnel OF the Interiors has
lnseD tie same for the past three years
and that undoubtedly IS the cause on
their excellent standing, me HAsn
thoroughly understand eaeh otheI ana
work together in perfect h1liiiloHs-
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Army Practice.

The Army practice this afternoon Will
be held at the Washington Barracks.
Yesterday, instead of going outdoors,
the coaches kept the soldiers In the
big tan-bark riding academy at Fort
Myer and put IN about two hours hard
work. Today viii be the last OF hard
work for the Army team, as tomorrow
the coaches viii give the men just
enough work 10 keep them on edge
Three eleVems took part in the practice.
and today IL is expected that a like
number viii report 10 the held coach
at Washington Barracks.
A meeting of the representatives of
the Army and Navy was helu at the
Washington Barracks this morning, and
all arrangements finally completed Tor
the same. Lieutenant Peak. who repre-
senteI the Army, expressed great con-
hdence i'm the ability of his team and
believes that practically every soldier
around Washington viii go TO the park
on Saturday 10 cheer.
Tickets Selling Well.
The demand for tickets continues and
the management is now quite confident
that a tidy sum Will DE turned over 10
The athletic associations OF the two
teams after the expenses have been paid.
Instead OF TWO, as was nrst expected.
there Will be three fun reglmental bands
AT the game TO furnish music through
out the contest. This IS the first time
that more Than two bands ever at
tended a garae in this city, and the
chances are that there VIII not be a
dull moment. After considerable debat-
ing iI has been decided 10 call the game
al 2:30 so that the full 3O-mlnuJe halves
can be played.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Joe McGinnity has set al rest all ru-
mOrs that he viii not be the with the
Giants next season by signing The con-
tract offered 10 him by McGraW
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

The 1o0J-yard run has taken the place
of the lalf-mile run on the program Of
nearly all the New York indoor meets
scheduled for this winter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

To Jimmie Ward, of the Postofnce, is
mental League.
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Why doesn't FoWle ron regularly with
the Treasury He's a good one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Rice Of the Interiors Is said TO be the
best anchor" man In the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Some OF our bOwlers have made mar
Vicious scores I'm other cities. Take kaier.
of -.e Commerce and Labor team, for
instance. once in Detroit Le made rs
and then woke up.
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II hasn't come 10 light that George
Land. of the Bureaus found q "Dlack
arrow" yet he had o. diagram the other
night. and knew just where 10 look
for IT,
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Col. Joseph Noble. who manages The
Treasury team, is an Oid-ttme noWiet
ana occasionally gets I'm the game and
,,-1ts nm satisfactory scores. He was at
lis best IN the early lts.
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he viii return TO the Pacific Coast 20
train Corbett for his return fight with
Nelson
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08
DANGEROUS ULCERS
ROOTED IN THE BLOOD.

Whenever q sore or Ill
oeris slow in healing then
you may be sure some
thing is radically wrong
with your blood. Some
old faint poison thathas
been siumberiug there for
years IS beginning 20 as
CT ilc.If nnI Lr-al-a n-,t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

In connection with the victory of Mel
son. the Old old story that the proceeds
of the tight were 10 lift "a mortgage on
the old homestead have been resurrecJ-
ed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Ladies are frequently interested spec
tators al the Departmental games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Crist, OF the Saengerbunds, Is consid-
cred by many to be the best "spare'
bowler ia the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Every mother feels 9
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upoE
the most critical period
of her life. BECOMING
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-08

Wouldn't q match set between Bros
nan and ROdrick bring out a crowd
Each has a large following.
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Graceful Harry Pearson is not bowling
this year IN any league. He would be
tower of strength 20 some weak team.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-06
HEWED WAY INTO CHURCH.
Sensational Affair Occurs at ALE

SiiSHyy I'd
Pittsburg, Sept. 5-After hewing
way into the church with an ak, the
Rev Father Bekayac of st. Nicholas
Croatian Roman Catholic church, Al
legheny, held early mass, while a
large number of his former congre
ton awaited him outside aand made
frantic efforts to assault him at the
conclusion of the ceremony. He was
saved from violence only by the pro
lection Of so policemen. When Faith
er BekaVac reached the church he
found all the doors locked and nailed
fast. Returning to his residence he
secured an ak, and applied it to one
of the doors, while the police aided
him to force it down under the
weight Of their bodies. Excitement
by this time had reached a high pitch
in the mob of probably 500 men and
women who had gathered to prevent
services being held. About so of Faith.
er Bakavac's adherents attended the
mass. At the conclusion of the cere.
IL4O1y IuG pOlIC6 dWdIGCu L dLI1ST Bd'
kavac to escort him to the parish
house.
At this stage the mob became bold.
er, and spurred on by one or two
women leaders, 8scended the stone
steps to the church door and as the
priest appeared shouted threats OF
vengeance, while women and men
alike called upon their followers to
attack him. The police surrounded
the priest and with their clubs,
fought back the crowd, finally land.
ing their charge safely III the parish
house. Eight of the mob leaders,
three Of whom are women, were taken
to the central station in the patrol
wagon. st. Nicholas church has been
the scene of facttonal disturbances
for several months, and the dissenters
demanded the removal Of Father Be.
kaVac, charging misrepresentation OF
funds. Bishop Phelan upheld the
priest and ordered him to hold ser
vices in spite of the protests.
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At 80 Years Learns to Walk.

Ft. Wayne, Sept. 5.-HeId bedfast
for 25 years, apparently by the power
Of suggestion, Miss Ella Conklin, OF
this city, 80 years old, is learning to
walk At the age of her back was
injured by a fall, and the physician
in attendance said she never could
walk again. She went to bed and has
staid there since, eating no solid food
and hardly moving. Recently, hav.
ing been taken to a hospital because
her stepmother became i'll and could
care for her no longer, she was exam.
ined by a physician, and he could find
no reason why the patient should not
walk She now moves about, takes
solid food and is gaining strength.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-06
RUSH OF PROSECUTORS.
Vast Deposit of Gold Ore Found In
the State of Utah.

the State of Utah.
Silt Lake, Utah, Sept. 5.-Miners in
the SandstOrm mine at GoIdfeId have
uncovered the greatest deposit of gold
ore in the history Of the west for
many years past, and a wild stampede
from all parts of Nevada is in prog.
ress. The ore shows a value of
$4,000 to the ton and is in an enormous
blind lode 40 feet in width.
The value Of the ore is said to sur.
pass all previous records, and the fact
that it is Of the free milling variety
makes it the most valuable. The
Sandstorm mine is just north of the
old town of Goldfe1d and is Joined
by the Columbia Mountain, Kruger,
Stimler Fraction, Kendall, Argosy,
Yankee Doodle, Desert Rose, Magne
ton and May Queen properties.
The latest strike follows close on
sensational finds in the Jumbo combi.
nation and Florence mines at Gold
field and the excitement in the local..
ty is said to be greater than during
the rush caused by the White Pine
discoveries 40 years ago. The scene
at GoldfieId is said to border on a
panic, and the effects of the great
strike are already being felt in adioin
ing states.
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INSTANT DEATH FROM GUNsHoT.
Grandson of Thomas jefferson Meets
a Tragic Death.

Grandson of Thomas Jefferson Meets
Tragic Death.
Tallahassee, Fla, Sept. 5.-Hon. H,
W. Eppes, of BaltimorevTTIe, was as.
sassinated last night in the public
road 2 miles from home and miles
from Tallahassee.
He was riding alone in a buggy and
was shot from behind, the charge en-.
tering the spinal column, tearing away
the base of the brain and killing him
instantly. Mr.. Eppes was peaceful,
inOffensive citizen, aged about 60.
He was a great-grandson of Thorn.
as Jefferson, and served in the confed.
crate army. A wife, four daughters
and one son survive him. For IL
years he was superintendent of schools
and had recently been renominated
for the same office. 1t is now re.
ported that the coroner will bring in
a young negro who shot Mr.. Eppes.
The only object Of the crime seems
to have been wanton depravity
A report is current that one negro
shot and killed another last night
miles west of Tallahassee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-06
RAN AMUCK.
Man At Columbus, Ga, Goes on Ram.
page.


Columbus, O., Sept 5.-After roam
ing naked for several hours, terrifying
the people along Fourth street, VIII
liam Monahan, a blacksmith, employed
at the Kilbourne, & Jacobs factory
was lodged in the city prison.
Monahan has been an epileptic fo1
some time, and upon a previous occa
SION was confined in the state hospital
Lately he has shown sign of returning
insanity, which was augmented by
religious delusion that he was going
to be destroyed.
Wednesday evening he beat his wife
Then he began his wild rampage. He
was running down the street when a
driver Of q delivery wagon pointed
his whip at him
Monahan seized a rock and struck
the man in the back painfully in.
juring him. Then he started for Tim
Bresnahan's saloon, on Fourth street
and the bartender seeing him coming
closed the door Monahan in his fren.
zy did not stop for the door. but
went through the window, taking the
window sash with him. He smashed
several show cases and caused a pan.
tc among the loiterers in the saloon.
Then the frenzied man started out
on his wild course encountering sew.
eral people whom he assaulted if they
did not move out of his way. He did
not attempt to. insult women and all
of the women of the neighborhood re.
mained indoors until the police depart
ment was notified and landed him in
a patrol wagon after he was properly
dressed.
Arriving at the city prison Manahan
began to destroy things generally and
1t was feared that he would iniure
himself. He was then removed to the
county Jail, where he was lodged in a
padded cell. MOnahan spent She en-.
tire night in raving, and used his
head as battering ram against the
walls.
Monahan tried to commit suicide
several months ago at the KiIbourne,
Jacobs plant by throwing himself into
crusher of pig iron Afterward he
was not allowed to work near the
machinery
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His Magic Wand Makes Them Dwell
In Harmony-Grip of Giant Com
bination Renders Helpless all the
Smaller Roads.
New York, Sept. Six men con.
troll ali of the trunk line railroads OF
all the railroads of the United States
| Consolidation and community of own.
| ershtP have placed the destines of the
great American railway system in the
hands Of John D. Rockefeller, J. P.
Morgan, George Gould, E. H Harri.
man, ]. J. Hill and w. K. Vanderbilt.
And five of these men report to one
man John D. RockefelIers hand is
over ALL
E. H. Hartman, the most remarka.
BILE of the group, has at last formed
a friendly alliance in the west with
George Gould. That places all of the
lransconttnental lines, with 81, ,OOO mile.
age. under their control except J. ].
Hills road. Only the Santa Fe is
free, but it is not dangerous. Har,
riman has destroyed one opposing
force after another, until he placed
himself at the head of the Union Pa.
cific, Southern Pacific and the Illinois
Central. 1t looked for a time as if
he might try conclusions with Gould.
He is after Hills scalp in the Northern
Pacific litigation
Morgan controls directly or indirect.
ly all of the lines south of the Ohio,
and is strong factor in the Pennsyl
vania and New England group. Van.
derbilt controls the Central, affiliated
lines and the Chicago Northwestern.
Mr.. Rockefeller is asort of titulary
diety over the group. The Rockefel
lers have one particular pet, the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Texas, which is
known as the "Katy"
Against this combination all other
lines are helpless. And outside of
the ownership of this group are only
two systems, the Rock Island and the
Santa Fe
Ten years ago there were so groups
of railroad owners. After the panic
of '93, when more than half of the
lines went into receivers hands, the
process of consolidation began. The
last keen struggle for individual free.
dom was made by Cassatt, of the
Pennsylvania, Gould, through the aid
of Rockefeller, whipped him into sub.
mission.
Hartman and Gould might have
had peace or war. They are rivals
in the Western Field. Rockefeller
said to both: let us have peace"
and peace it is to be-
All report to Rockefeller
Interesting in view of the combining
Of all transcOntinental railroads under
control of a single group, is the fact
that the Canadian government this
year will begin the construction of
trunk line from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cific
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-06
AFTER SEVEN YEARS.
Long Search of Mother for Her Chill

Long Search of Mother for Her Chill
dren.
Chicago, Sept. 5.--After a search
of seven years for her children, who
she says were forcibIy taken from her
by her former husband MiIey K John
son, Mrs. Sadie Smith has succeeded
in finding them in the hands Of the
Illinois Children's Home and Aid So
ciety and has fled a petition for a
writ CT habaas corpus in an effort to
again secure their custody.
Mrs. Smith states in her petition
that she was forced to leave Johnson
in 1896 en- account Of his cruelty to-
ward ho~ and in 1899 obtained a decree
Of divcTce rom him, but no disposition
of the children was made by the court
In the meantime, she charges, Johnson
obtained possession Of them and she
was unable to find where they were
placed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-06
Clergyman Is Robbed.

Louisville, KY, Sept 5.-Divested
of a gold watch and chain valued at
800, a gold-headed ca1f< valued at
$40 and $50 in money, the ev Tom
M. Meyers, of Corbin, KY, returned
to his home accompanied by his son,
who came to Louisville to find that
his parent had been drugged and rob
bed by two crooks and left in corr
field 10 miles from Louisville with
out a cent of money.
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Rosary CIasped In Finuers.

Philadelphia, Sept. 5.-With a TO
sary clasped in it's fingers, a dead
baby, newly born, was found by DR.
Charles Bland in the yard of his home
at No. 645O Ridge avenue, wrapped i
a newspaper. Investigation of tn -
by the detective department is
way. The only clew is the ro1
composed of white imitation %
beads and a metal cross. The be
was wrapped in a cloth and brow
paper, the outer covering being !.
German newspaper.
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Cars Heir Sturdy Mite.

St Petersburg, Sept 5.-The latest
reports from Peteroff state that the
czarina's condition is satisfactory, and
that the young Grand Duke is doing
well. Two hundred extra guards have
been placed on duty around the palace
The little prince is said by those who
have seen him to be strong and
healthy, with brown eyes like his faith.
er. During the day the czarina her
self takes care of him, handing him
over to the two nurses at nightfall.