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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-01
HIGH SCHOOL BASE BA11.
Play for Championship Promises to Re
Very interesting

commissioner Mcfarland viii oman +aa
series of Inter-High School base hall cbann
piohshlp games tomorrow afternoon az the
national Base Ball Park by presenting to
the contesting teams the ball with which
the nrst game of the series will be begun
This series promises to be the best that
has been played in years. as the teams are
pretty evenly matched Moreover. all the
games will be played at the National Base
Ball Park
Tomorrow's game, which is between the
Technical and Eastern teams, will be par
ticularly interesting. Eastern has prae
ucaliy the same team which made such a
good showing last year against Technical
and is especially strong ia her pitching
staff.
Though the Technical team has lost a
few of Its good players of last year, notably
Haring, Ballinger, Moore and Gieb it
promises to give a good account of itself
This team Is now under the direction of
Mr.. Bean. who recently succeeded Mr. Dun
ming as coach of the base ball team Al
though late In the season when Mr. Beall
took charge OF the team. there Is a marked
Improvement In its work, and tomorrow's
game will show of what stun this team Is
made.
This game was to have been played at
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averages of 300. Two players. M. Cross
and Grimshaw, have clear records of LOCO,
but neither has been to bat over once.
Ossie Schreck. who has played In four
games and been to bat seven times, really
leads, his average being ST.. Mil Of the
Nationals and Moran of st. Louis, each
of whom has been to bat but twice. come
next, but the real second man on the list
Is Harry Bemis of the Clevelands. with an
average Of $3.50 for six games. Sam Craw-
ford, who could not hit lick last year.
is next, and then comes a bunch of New
Workers and Athletics. Willie Keller, Nc
CURE and Conroy are punched in the .3JOs,
and then comes Knight, the high school
boy. who is subbing for Monte Cross. He
is followed by "Topsy'' Hartsel kleinow
of the Highlanders, O'Leary and Kitson of
the Tigers, the quartet possessing aver
ages of 1888. Hoffman and Murphy of the
Athletics are well up with averages of 314
and .3O5 while DOugherty and Lajoie bring
up the rear of the 300 hitters, just getting
inside the class Others that are close up
are Seybold, Collins, Wallace and Schaefer
Willie Keller leads the league In both
hits and runs, having fourteen of the form
er and having crossed the plate no less than
ten times. Charley Jones of the Nationals
is second as a run getter with eight, WIN
Conroy, Murphy and Seybold tied for thlrd
honors. The averages, including Inurs-
fnIl
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Anacostia and Vicinity.

Charles Thomas, a nine-year-old colored
boy, who lives on Dumbarton avenue In
Georgetown, ran away from his home yes
terday. He was found in Hillsdale by
Policeman William E. Stewart and sent to
the house of detention. 1t proved to be the
second time the boy had left home, and he
was accordingly charged with incorrigtbiI-
ity.
According to the announcement made
yesterday May devotions will take place
each Wednesday and Friday evening dur
ing the month in st. Teresa's Church
Washington and Fillmore streets, Ana
costa.
In connection with the sewer improve
ments that are under way in this section a
large engine that is being used in the work
has become lodged on Howard avenue,
Hillsdale, interfering with traffic. report
of which has been made to police head
quarters.
Mounted Sergeant C. A. Stevens of the
local command returned to duty last even
ing after leave of absence, relieving
Mounted Officer A. w. Green from the de-
tail as acting sergeant.
Raymond Forrest, colored, sixteen years
old. has been missing from his home, No.
Ill Bowen road, since Friday. Last even
ing the boys parents requested the police
to find him.
The work of demolishing the seventy-five-
foot brick stack formerly used in conjunc-
ton with the laundry plant of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane has been
commenced, there being no further need
for the structure.
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Base Ball Notes.

The Nationals open a new series in
Philadelphia today with the Athletics
In seasons past the Quakers have baen
something of 'hoo-doo' to the WASH
ingtpn club and it is to be hoped that the
new title will overcome all that.
The Commissioners and Georretovp
game Wednesday afternoon should be a
corker, and is practically for the local
championship.
Amateur leagues and clubs are sprfn pinp
up like mushrooms in the District and are
hard to keep trace of. All of which il
good for the game.
President Noyes and Secretary Minor
could stand the strain no longer and left
for Philadelphia this morning.
A group of about 200 Y M. c. A. mem-
bers are going to the game next Friday in
a body and it is more than likely that
other organizations will send big deIega-
tons to welcome home the Nationals
The champions will have to make up lost
ground. by doing up their old rivals from
What is the matter with Parentg And
Parent himself says he can't answer it.
Il seem to be juggling more grounders the
past few days than I usually do In q
month. '-Boston Herald.
New York club officials want to wager
81 600 to $4,000 the Giants will repeat this
season. Is this at catch weights or weigh
Tn at the ringside?
Frank Selee thinks New York, Chicago
and Cincinnati will fight It out for the
National League pennnnt. Frank should
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
Season Starts Today With Game Be-
tween st. Stephens and Columbia.

The opening game of the season of the
Capitol City League will be played this
afternoon ON the diamond at the Coliseum.
14th and A streets northeast The opening
contest will be between the st. Stephens
and Columbia Athletic Club teams At
a special meeting of the board Of direc-
tors of the league it was decided to take
the st. Joseph Parish team into the league
to replace the Washington Light Infantry
team. Permission was granted the Bureau
Athletic Club team to change its name
from the Bureaus to the Columbia Ath-
letic Club.
The following schedule has been ar
ranged:
St Stephens VS.. Columbia A. C-May 1
and 20, June and %, July IL, August 3.
Carroll Institute VS.. Aloysius A. C.-May
and 10, June Z and "a. July ID. August A.
St Joseph's and st. Patrick s-May and
10. June s and 20. July IA. August s.
Columbia A. c. VS.. Carroll Institute-May
and %, June and q, July 10, August Z.
St. Stephens VS.. st. Patrick's-May 3 and
%, June 10 and IS, July II, August s.
Aloysius VS.. st. Joseph-May and "a,
June II and %, July Is, August Q.
st. stephens VS.. Carroll-May s and 81,
June l3 and 80. July 10. August 10.
Columbia A. C. VS.. St, Joseph-May and
26. June IA, July l and 20, August II.
St. Patricks VS.. Aloysius-May 10 and %,
June -. July and q, August II.
ST. Joseph VS.. st. Stephen's-Afay II, June
and 10, July 5 and %, August IA.
Aloysius VS.. Columbia a. sC.-May II,
June and II, July s and "a. August 10.
Carroll Institute VS.. st. Patrick ST. May
Is, June and 10. July and %, August 16.
st. STEPHENS VS.. Aloysius-May Is and 81,
June 20. July and 26, August IL
St Joseph's VS.. Carroll Institute-May 16
and 70. june 81. July 10 and 81, August IS.
Columbia A. c. VS.. st. Patrick SHAY IT,
June and %. July IL and %, August 49,
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Comment Of Boston Papers

Washington may feel well satisfied with
It's new team and Jake Stahl as a man.
ager, with Kittredge clever adviser.
Don't forget this. In 1901 Collins team
lost ten Of the first fourteen games PLAYED
and almost beat out Chicago for the pen
nant
Think of a discard like Kittredpe win
ming two out of three games by his stick
work. which included four doubles Talk
about old-timers being out of it; that de-
Ponds on their skill and nerve.
Last night the Fan Club met and seAt
this telegram to DR.. Osler: Come on here
at once with enough chloroform to put an
end to Battling Nelson, the worst mascot
that ball team ever picked up"
Don't knock the world beaters too Sc
verely. Several times before Collins and
his men have made the fans, or some of
the fans, take back water. and it is the
HUNTINGTON avenue park against a village
playground that they will do 1t again.
Washington has a find in Knoll who
saved three runs yesterday by great
ground covering and because he had nerve
enough to dive and block what looked like
a homer from Grfmshaw
The Washington boys put up grand all
round article of base ball and were en-
titled to their well-won victory. the sixth
out OF series OF seven just played with
the champions.
Open and shut sacrifice hitting is being
overdone by the champions. Parent walked
into trap yesterday. Bang the ball past
keep him guessing. That's up-to-date base
ball.
No young player in either league gives
more promise of soon becoming one Of the
stars of the base ball world than youthful
Joe Cassidy, whom Boston fandom saw at
short stop the past four days for WASH
ington. Cassidy has been a sensation since
he made his debut with Washington last
year. He Joined the Senators practically
unknown. and with no league experience
he made good at once. He is slightly
built chap, but covers an immense lot Of
ground and hits the ball hard. His three
Dagger in the ninth inning of Wednesdays
game, after two were out. gave WashinA
ton the game. for a second later he scored
with the winning run on Mullen's single
Cassidy played 152 games for Washington
last season and hit for .234, a most credit
able showing for anyone in his first year
in fast company. Cassidy was the hero of
the Washington team at home last fall
and his brilliant fielding and timely hitting
has made him a big favorite throughout
the American League circuit.
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Play Athletics Today.

Today the Athletics will begin series of
four games with the Nationals at Philadel-
phla. and as Is suggested by the latter's
performances so far. Comics bunch will
have to let out all the stops to win. The
Athletics have been playing grand ball since
season opened, being In every game thew
nave played, and winning out ON the most
when they appeared to be doomed for de-
feat. Their capacity to make strong fin
ishes suggests the campaign of 1902, when
they won the championship against the
greatest obstacles that ever confronted any
club. They don't appear to know when thew
are licked. and they are never licked until
the last man has been retired. And that's
the very quality that will carry them to
many victory in this glorious season Of
1905
George Edward Waddell was to have
thrown the ball against the New Workers.
on Saturday. and In all likelihood he will
operate against the Nationals this after
noon Mr.. Schreckengost Will perform the
other end OF the stunt. II looks as though
Case Patten will officiate for the Nationals.
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Atlantics Won Close Contest.

The Atlantics journeyed to Alexandria
Saturday and took a well-contested game
from the team representing that city by
the score of to 6. Alexandria was forced
to change pitchers three times, but they all
looked alike to the Washington boys. Guam
TITLES catch with one hand while leaning
over center-feld fence was the fielding fea-
ture, while the three-base hit of Sullivan
was the best in the batting line.
R. H. E.
alexandra. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10
AtlantlcS. neutrality-suspicious.. 3
Observation-Disclosures. Martin, Sullivan.
Purcell and Kraft. Atlantics-Barry and
Salb. Umpire-G. R. Salb.
Uniformed teams wishing games address
j. II. Watt, So 9th street northeast.
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Wednesdays Big Game.

The Commissioners Club will play the
Georgetown University team on Wednes-
day afternoon at American League Park
This will be the first meeting between these
ciubs, both Of which are playing good,
strong games and close contest may be
expected. The game will be called at
haII past four, and arrangements have been
made to post the scores OF the American
League games on the score board giving the
fans a chance to follow the game OF the
Nationals in Philadelphia while watching
the local boys perform
This game will be one of the most In,
portant local games OF the season, as the
Commissioners are probably the strongest
Independent amateur team in the city, and
they VIII endeavor to stop the winning
streak of the collegfans.
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Fears for Entombed Miners.

Thirteen miners were entombed and prob
ably killed by an explosion early yesterday
In the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Coal
Company's mine. near Wilburten, Okla.
Their bodies may not be recovered for sew
eral days
1t is suggested, from the force of the ex-
plosion, which could be heard for miles
around and which tore heavy timbers aside
and piled tons OF dirt into the shaft, that
a bad shot had set on some dynamite.
which had been stored conveniently FOR
work In pushing the entries The shaft 10
$50 feet deep.
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NATIONALS WON AGAIN.
Shut Out the Patersons This Time in a
Good Game.

The Nationals stopped over at Paterson.
N. j., yesterday to play a game with the
team of that city, which is represented in
the Hudson River League, and defeated
them by score of to 0. Both teams
played a good game and about 5000 spec
tators witnessed the contest. OF the three
runs scored by the Nationals but two were
earned. as they made one On an error Du-
quette was on the slab for the home team
and kept the six hits of the Nationals well
scattered. Wolfe and Hayden was the bat
terry for the Nationals, and the blonde
twirler allowed but three safe hits. The
score:
Washington. ...... o o 2 9 O O Ga 6
Paterson U o D o o o 90 3
Batteries-Wolfo and Hayden Duquette and
Westlake.
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Batteries Nearly Equal.
JAPANESE.
Russians Squadrons to Unite

Russians SquadronS TO Unite.
It is almost a certainty that Rojestvensky
will not sail finally to engage Togo until he
has been reinforced by Vice Admiral Neb-
ogatoffs squadron, which sailed March 20
from Somaliland and which is daily ex-
pected to pass through the Straits of Nal
acca. 1t is Imperative that Rojestvensky
have every available gun and ship for the
coming fight. From Singapore to Kamranh
bay is about 450 miles. and to the waters of
Hainan in the Gulf OF Tonkin, about LOCO
If Nebogatoff's mixed force averages eight
knots he should effect a juncture with his
chief about May 5. and. thus supplemented,
Rojestvensky' force will be superior, thus
giving him the odds in the game for the
command of the sea. and which, II gained,
will entail the relief of Vladiyostok, the
falling back to the sea of Oyama, ana pos
sibly bringing peace within sight
The strategic situation today has parai-
lei in that Of the eastern Mediterranean.
Immediately preceding the battle OF the
Nile; when Nelson destroyed the French
feet at Aboukir. he forced the loss OF
Egypt to France and compelled Napoleon
to abandon his dream OF aneastern empire.
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Victory for Hahn Bows.

The Hahn & Co. base ball team scored a
victory over the brawny soldiers of Fort
Hunt yesterday in their first game of the
season on the latter's grounds by the score
OF ID to A. The features of the game were
the all-round team work of the Hahn team
and the twirling of the Fort Hunt pitcher
The Hahn team would like to arrange
games with any of the amateur teams Of
the city.
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TECHNICAL
Amateur Base Ball.

The Tigers (colored) have organized for
the season and would like to arrange games
with all the colored teams Of the District.
The lineup is as follows: Robert Mason.
first base; Ernest Mckinney, second base;
William Wilkerson shortstop: Arthur
Scott. third base; Henry Wilson, catcher;
Lucius Hollins, catcher; Henry Shipper,
John Dyson. Clarence West, pitchers; Jack
Dorsey. center field; Henry Dale, left field;
Andrew Moss, right field Send challenges
at once to E. r. Mckinney, 10 Howard ave-
nue.. Anacostia. D. c., as the schedule is
being prepared now. The team has good
diamond Also
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GOOD SUNDAY GAME.
Aloysius Boys Beat Atlantics Before
Big Crowd.

The Atlantics were defeated yesterday
afternoon in a good game of ball by the
Aloysius club of the Capital City League.
the score being II to ). The Aloysius team
won the game by its timely batting. Ow-
ing to the large attendance, ground rules
were made, a hit into the crowd being
good for but two bases. Anderson did the
slab work for the winners and was in fine
form. The batting of Kicker, Smith, Kelly
and Anderson for the winners was one of
the features. The score:
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Lowe to Box Stein.

Next Wednesday night Tommy Love- the
local favorite. will meet the hardest nut of
his career in kid Stein Of Philadelphia,
before the Eutaw Athletic and Social Club
of Baltimore. Stein is well known as the
boy who came within an ace of stopping
Young Corbett when the latter was in his
prime, and has never met with a knockout
in 200 fights.
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have stopped two towns sooner, and he

WOuIuT HHVt UttI WIUTIS.
The National League seems hoodooed by
it's inability to get close championship
race. For three years PittSburg had a
walkover. Now New York looks to be In
line for about three more.
The joke is on McAleer. He ANNOUNCED
that Willie Sudhoff would only be the
sixth or relief pitcher this season. In the
two games Willie has so far pitched just
one run has been made Of his delivery
There is one great consolation In Bos-
toms failure thus far. None of the Ameri-
can teams has been able to draw away.
and this morning New York leads the
more victories and six less defeats, making
five full games In one week 1t is possible
for Boston to pass New York. VIII 1t
happen?
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AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
Cleveland, IL; st. Louis. 1.

Cleveland defeated ST. Louis in a one
sided game in the latter city yesterday by
a score of IL to l. The home team was
saved from a shut-out in the ninth when
Stone scored. aided by Bradley's error Joss
allowed but three hitss while Howell of st.
Louis was knocked out of the box and Blu
cEanan. who was substituted was touched
UP for nine hits. The score.
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Del Ray Beat Southern Railway Team.

At Del Ray. on Saturday, the base ball
team of that place defeated the Southern
railway team of this city by the score of
II to 10. the home team winning out In the
ninth inning. The pitching Of Frank Smith,
who relieved Birrell in the third inning. and
the fast fielding of the Del Ray team were
the features.
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AIOYSIES.

Earned runs-Aloyslus, 4. First base errors
Aloysius q Atlantics. /. Two-base hits-Kelly 81.
Spillane. Kicker. Smith. Anderson. Mccarthy Hun
Quantrille, 3. Base on balis-on Anderson, 1; OF
Quantrilie. g Wild piteh-Quantrille. balkan
derson. Hit by pitcher-Quantrille. Double play
Carrick to Handboe to Mcmahon. Left on bases
Aloysius TO- Atlantics, 5. Umpre-Mr. Much.
Time of game1 hour and 30 minutes.
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Chicago, 6; Detroit, o.

White shut out Detroit yesterday at Chi
cago with three hits the visitors having
no chance against his curves. Two hits, a
base on balls. hit batsman and an error
were punched in the third inning, giving
Chica go four runs. The score:
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Howell. g; by Joss. =: by Buchanan. 2. Hits-Of
Howell In fvs innings; off Buchanan. g in foup
innings. Left beses-St. Louis, 3 Cleveland.
g. Umpire-Mr Sheridan. Time of .game-1 hour
and Al minutes.
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Left on bases-Chicago ,; Detroit. g. Sacrifice
hits-Davis and Mcintyre. Stolen bases-W. Sulli-
van and Jones Struck out-By White, 6: by Kill
liam, 3. First base on balls-Of White g; off Kill
liam. 1. Hill with bal-Homes. Umpires-Messrs
Kelly and Mccarthy. Time of game-1 hour and 50
minutes.
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BATTING AVERAGES.
Mill and Knoll Lead Nationals with
Stick.

Twenty-three American League batters
who have participated In anywhere from
one to eleven games have secured batting
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National League Games TODAY

Philadelphia at Brooklyn
Pittshurg at st. Louis.
New York at Boston.
Chicago at Cincinnati
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$50 o'clock. but owing to the fact that Mr..
Belts who Is to act as umpire. has to UNI
pire a Church League game later On the
afternoon. the time was changed to 5
o'clock sharp.
The probable lineup of the teams to-
morrow will be:
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Thousands Of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns OF The
Star.
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Yesterdays National League Games.
New York. ,: Brooklyn 3.
Chicago. 3: Cincinnati, g.
Pittsburg. TO- ST. Louis, 4
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ap12- 90t.eJ

boi. 1890 tons -four S-inch and sixteen g.
inch). Rossia, 12,5 500 tons -four s-inch and
sixteen 6-inch), and Bogatyr, $500 tons
twelve 6-inch). When 1t Is remembered
that II cost the Russians six battleships and
two cruisers to torpedo two battleships in
Jure one cruiser with mines and sink three
Inferior craft it will readily be seen that
the force that Togo can bring to action
with Rojestvensky must be considerably re-
duced, for he will probably reinforce Vice
Admiral Kamimura and leave him to cover
the Straits of Korea to give battle again to
nls ola Toes, with whom he has already
1ought one brilliant action. Should he di-
vide his vessels then, and assign to his lieu
tenant four of his armored cruisers il
would leave him with his four or five bat
tleships and four cruisers.
Range Of Opposing Guns.
So much for the composition of the lines
of battle; the next question to be consld-
cred Is the probable range at which the bat
tie Will be fought. In the action last Au-
gust the distance between the two fleets
varied from $500 to 5000 yards. condl-
ton which threw the torpedo entirely out
Of action, rendered the six-inch guns and
less almost useless, gave the advantage to
armor, and left the brunt of the battle to
the heavy guns of the twelve-inch, ten-inch
and eight-inch. 1t goes without saying that
the fleet that has the greatest speed can
choose its own distance in beginning the
action, and 1t is fair to assume that as
TOgo's ships, fresh from the dockyards
have a great advantage in clean bottoms
and newly oyerhauled engines, he will hold
the balance of distance If, then. he de-
cides to play at long bowls and thus avoid
the Russian torpedoes and the vexatious
fire of their six-inch guns. he will have six
teen Tor twenty twelve-inch guns. one ten
inch gun. sixteen eight-inch guns to oppose
Rojestvensky's twenty-four twelve-inch and
four ten-inch.
Batteries Nearly Equal.
Assuming. however, that the Vladivostok
squadron succeeds in joining Its chief, and
that the feet action is fought with the en-
tire battle line engaged on both sides, and
that the Russians succeed in forcing an ac-
ton close enough to use their six-inch guns.
then the batteries will very nearly be
equal, at least numerically:
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I"o-base hits-Bradiey, Turner and Flick Sac
nase hits-Bay CD and IaJois- Double plays
yachson TO Carr. Stolen bases-Bay, Turner and
Csrr Hit with halliday. First base on balls.
On Howell. /; on Buchanan, 2. Struck ouf-By