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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
DOWN BEFORE MINORS
Major Ball Teams-L o3t Many
Practice Games.
LUCK OF THE BOSTONS
MATERIAL THAT GIVES PROMISE
OF GOOD WORK.
Nationals Lucky in Securing Services
of Jake Stahl-Expected to
Work Wonders.
Special Dispatch to The Sunday Star.

Special Dispatch The Sunday Star.
BOSTON, April 1J-There has never been
a season when the ma ior league teams have
gone down so often before the minors as
this wear The Boston champions went
down before Macon, Savannah and New Or
leans: in fact every major league team
that visited New Orleans went down before
the club of that city. There is no doubt
at all that the foul strike is great leveler.
Nothing tends to bring clubs down to the
same level as this rule. In the spring the
minors bend every effort to take fall from
the majors. The young pitchers spare moth
ing to achieve a victory which brings them
so much glory. Then often the majors try
out their young pitchers. Certainly Boston
gained nothing by this. 1t had corps of
five veteran pitchers, and 1t was more prof
table to find out how these men were doing
than to try a pitcher who might pitch In a
few games during the summer. There are
plenty of demands for the superHuous ma
terial of the majors. so not very much
money Is thrown away. 1t looks as II the
quintet of the Boston Americans could take
care of anything that came their way
Young, Dineen, Tannehill, Gipson and
Winter II these pitchers worked regularly
they would not each work in more than
thirty games during the season. and that
would mean one game IN every nVe, WHICH
Is aSSuTedly not enough Woth 1OI sOHuc
Few of the players secured for trial by
the majors are taken by another club. They
go back to the company from which they
came, and in most cases never get another
trial. Kellum. the left-hander now with the
st. Louis Cardinals. got trial from the
Boston Americans u 1901. then went back
to indianapolis. Were he pitched effective
ly was taken by cincinnati, and then st.
Louis took him in hand. So far as the
Boston team is concerned it does not look
as If any new pitcher would get much of
chance this sea son. as there Is no opening
for him. Winter has mastered the spit ball
so effectively that he is likely to rank with
the best and added TO the fact that he Is
one of the best fielding pitchers in the coun-
try and very speedy, he ought to prove
more effective than ever. 1t viii be remem-
bered that he did not pitch in many games
last season, but this year he is In first-class
shape and very bothersome.
Doran Looks Better.
Catcher Doran looks fully 25 per cent bet
ter than he did last season. He is throw
Ing In fine shape. and II he were worked
regularly Ii looks as If he would rank with
the best In the country He has hit very
well indeed during the spring and ought to
help the team enough with the stick Bos-
ton has very fine pair of catchers in Do
ran and McGoyern. and the pair ought to
do all the work of the season IL called upon
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election and opening of the club house is
over the Potomac Club will start right in
with season of activity. At the election
the following officers were chosen: Presi-
dent. John Hadley Doyle; vice president.
w. f. II. Merritt; secretary. E. Richard
Gasch; treasurer. Charles G. Warden; cap
tain. Carl Meuller; first lieutenant Frank
B. Gordon; second lieutenant, Robert NJ.
Heth. Members of board of governors:
John Hadley Doyle, Charles g. Warden and
T.. Richard Gasch. for three years, and
Robert NJ. Heth for one year. Finance COM
mittee: Claude r. Zappone, w. E. H Mer-
rift and James A. Nolan. House commit
tee L. Richard Gasch, Robert NJ. Heth and
John HadIey Doyle. Membership commit
tee: Charles G.. Warden, Joseph T. Daily
and Robert NJ. Heth.
With such staff of officers the club ex-
poets to do well. Capt. Meuller. having re-
ceived much experience in the role of cap
tain last year, lost no time before telling
his clubmen of the hard season ahead and
urging their unfailing support He was
very agreeably surprised at the large crowd
of old and new men at the first meeting,
and ne felt more at ease when he remem-
bered the number of boats the club mas
ready for all candidates.
The club has five eight-oared shells, three
OF which are in the finest order, and the
other two although they are not up to the
standard set by the other three, are yet
amply fit for the breaking in and training
Of junior crews. The club. although it has
not of late taken up four-oared rowing. has
one four-oared shell and one four-oared gig
| In which those left over in the forming OF
| Fights go out and receive coaching.
The Potomacs are especially proud Of
| their assortment of single and double
shells They have the finest collection of
| individual single shells of any club in Amer
lea there being at present fourteen new
ones upon the racks. The club intends en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
THOUSANDS OF CHAUFFEURs
New York State Has More Than, 20 OOc
Buzz Cars

According TO reliable reports there are
something like 10000 automobiles in use on
the roads of New York state, while the rec
ords on file at the office of the secretary OF
state show 5000 professional motorists reg
istered under the requirements of the mo-
tor vehicle law. This indicates a tremen-
dous growth of automobilng in the empire
state. for in 1901, which is the first wear
that automobiles required registration
there were only 1900 machines owned and
operated in the state
Although not all registered mscbines are
owned by persons residing in New York. al
Ieast 70 per cent of them can be so rated
VI course some motorists own two and
three machines. Col. John Jacob Aston
heads the list of individuals with twenty
TWO OF various styles and horsepower under
his name at Albany
Next TO him comes W. K. Vanderbilt ir
who is credited with fourteen The largest
owners are the great department stores and
mercantile establishments which operate
their delivery system by this means The
largest single owner is a big express COM
pany' which owns thirty-two delivery
trucks located in New York and Rochester
ne system by which the state keeps
track OF every automobile owned by one
OF It's residents requires such owners to file
with the secretary of state his name and
address. with brief description of the vc-
hicle. including the name of the maker.
factory number, style and motive power.
Since the law went into effect, nearly four
years ago. between $1,000 and 1900 ma
chimes have been registered. Among these.
however, are many which have worn out
and gone to the scrap heap. Since the law
has been In force only four years. how
ever. and the average automobile is built
to last considerably longer. it is not likely.
that the figures would require much reduc-
ton for this reason.
The first automobile owner registered on
April 20, 1901 The total number to March
1. this year, was 1854. The increase has
proceeded at remarkable rate At the
end of the first year the record showed
only 1,020 vehicles owned and operated in
the state. A year later, March /. 1903. the
number was 2.0ST. A year ago the number
had increased to 9035. and over 5000 ma
chimes were added to the list between
March l. 1904 and 1905
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and the following officers elected: L. A.
Wood. president; George C. Knocke. vice
president; b. A. Ledy. secretary, and j. s.
Bryant, treasurer 1t is the plan of the or
ganization to arouse more interest In auto
MODELLING throughout the state of Mime
sofa.
x X X
Elliott c. Lee of Boston has been elected
to the presidency of the American Auto
mobile Association
* x X
The Washington dealers in automobiles
say that the demand for renting machines
has Increased greatly since the weather has
become brighter, and that the prospect for
numerous sales during the coming sea-
son is bright. The larger machines
seem to have taken the public eye
and generally now the man who comes
largest machine to be found in the house
They come high. but the American people
must be gratifed.' seems to be the motto
OF the manufacturers.
X 4
The directors OF the American Automobile
Association have elected Robert Lee Nor
rell chairman of the racing board. to sue
coed w. c. Temple of Pittsburg, who re-
Gently resigned. The business of the last
meeting of the racing board. which took
important action concerning the Vanderbilt
cup and other matters without a quorum
being present, was approved and made reg
ular- The only club elected to membership
In the association was the Hartford Auto
mobile Club of Hartford. Conn.
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them.
UmpireS of Experience.

II was an excellent idea to have umpires
OF experience in the games in the south this
spring. Latham In Savannah. Kelley in
Jacksonville. and Carpenter in New Orleans
all were men of experience, and the visit
Ing teams were given a fair show. In Ma
con there was a local umpire but there was
no doubt at all about his suuareness and
ms evident intention TO be fair Poor UNI
plring brings about almost all the sauab-
nllng one finds In the game, and there was
scaicely an occurrence to mar the pleasure
and the record of the spring of 1905
Inc games of the spring, if they show
anything, indicate that there is every rea-
son TO believe that New York will secure
another pennant in the National and that
Boston Will put up very good argument
Tor 1t in the American. There Will be lots
of fireworks if those two teams fight it out
IN the fall, as they should have done last
OCTOBER, but they will not if Clark Griffith
has anything to say about the matter Crit
nth thinks Boston had more luck last sea-
son and that he had the better team He
will not lack for chance to show his met
tie this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
Georgetown, Potomac and Analostan
Crews Are Hard at Work.

gattas of the n. A. A. O. that there be no
races for juniors the club must count on
forming senior and intermediates crews.
There are at least four very good interme-
dates at present in the club. and even
should the club deem it inadv,sable or find
it impossible to send crews to Philadelphia
four good juniors could easily be found to
fill up in the intermediates
The Analostan four, which has rowed several
years together, and which won the Junior
event in fine shape at the middle states last
September. is still TO be had and should
the club decide to enter only an e.ght-oared
crew these four men would make a re-
markedly fine stroke four. The men of lest
years crew-Messrs. Robinson, Burke New
ius and Garnett-are all in the club this
year and all are anxious to renew their sue
cesseS begun last year.
Their new eisht-oared she, has beautiful
lines and is a sister to the boat which the
Nesper international crew will take TO Lon
don this year. Their other old eight of the
famous paper make now almost extinct, has
always proven herself and always been con-
sidered a remarkably fast craft. At the
club eglttaS the Analostans will have the
final race between the olu and the new be-
tween the paper and the cedar, to test the
speed of the new boat to the famed going
of the old Waters make
The club is very we'll equipped in four
cared craft, both of the shell and gig order
They have practically new four-oared
shell and two or three others of a ques-
tionable age. Their gigs are in good shape
and the races with them always have
proved a pleasant feature of the Analos-
tans club regattas.
The Potomac Club.
Now that the formality of the annual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
OARSMEN OF LOCAL CLUBS
NOW IN ACTIVE TRAINING

tering crews at the peoples regatta in
Philadelphia on Independence day, and will
enter many events at the national in Bal
timore. Those events in which the club has
already decided upon entering are: Inter-
mediate and senior eight-Oared shells, Sc
nior gigs and intermediate single and dou-
BILE souls. Whether there are to be any
senior scullefS enter or not has not yet
been decided.
Besides the election of officers at the
meeting the other night it was decided
, that an endeavor should be made to secure
the services of Pat Dempsey as coach for
the Potomac crews. because of his gratify-
ing successes with the Red and White last
year. The crews he picked for both the
middle states and the Potomac river
gatta We're equal to the best in the land.
! They defeated the best crews in the United
States and also the best crew from Canada
, in New York. and they were considered by
most critics the best crew of the year.
1t was also voted at the meeting that the
club apply for the middle states regatta to
| be held here in Washington on Labor day.
If this is granted. and Washington has q
large following in the NJ. S. A. the season
will be complete from start to finish-nter
est galore in nearby regattas and spirit
enough to keep all the oarsmen on the jump
all summer.
There are cards issued for the annual
opening dance to be held at the boathouse
on the evening of Easter Monday, when all
the members and their fair friends gayly
inaugurate the new season.
The Georgetown University Club.
The crews of the Georgetown University
club. after long month of drudgery upon
the machines and a short one upon the wa
ter, opened their season yesterday at An
napolis in their annual contest with the
Naval Academy crews. (The detailed ac-
count of which is in another part of this
sectionD
The squad will come back to the city and
will after a day two's rest. start in
again in preparation for the American Hen
ley and the Poughkeepsie regatta on June
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ST. Paul. Mimi. has an automobile club,
1t having been formed short time ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

of Il special interest the national regatta
in Baltimore. which will be -held on the
18th and 18th of August There will be an
endeavor made 10 obtain the middle states
regatta for Washington on labor day, but
this will not be settled until the governing
board of that institution meets during the
latter part of May.
The Analostan Club.
If the Ideas and plans Of the newly elect
ed captain. Mr.. Tod" Robinson OF the An
alostans. are carried out the season will be
a banner one for that club Capt. Robinson
is at present out of town on business con-
nected with his firm. and while in the north
will visit the lighthouses there and advance
the interests OF his club. Mr.. Robinson has
been a member of the Analostans for quite
a few years. and his great popularity has
won him the Captalncy. which he has 50
long desired.
He has already begun mapping out his
plans for the season. and, speaking wonder
fully for his control over the club mem
bers he has had crews upon the river al
most every day He has decided TO hold a
club regatta during the second week of
May and now that the new eight-oared
shell has arrived the regatta should be bet
ter than any previous one.
There is talk among the younger and ac-
tive men OF the club OF securing the services
of a coach who would be put in supreme
control over the Oarsmen. Should this be
the case he would be put in charge soon
after the club regatta in order 70 select a
junior crew in time for the American Hen
lev on May % Whether they could get
the crew In shape for this race or not, they
Will in all probability send a crew 10 the
peoples regatta on the Fourth OF jury
In these regattas the club hopes TO win more
Intermediates and seniors, and to have the
crews well seasoned in time for the ma
tional regatta In Baltimore.
Since il Is the rule at all national re-
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J
Francois, Commercy. Paris, Orleans, Tours,
AngouIeme. Biarritz. Pau and Bordeaux in
France were seen. This period covered five
months and during that time Mrs. Mum
covered over a total distance of $4,000
miles.
The council of the city of Louisville. Ky.
has passed an ordinance making il unlaw-
full to exceed at certain places speed
limit OF eight and twelve miles an hour.
the greater rate of speed allowed CORE
spending to the limit placed by statute in
the District of Columbia
+ X n
Much interest has been manifested by
motor enthusiasts In this city by the an
nouncement coming from Cincinnati that
motor matinee is TO be held in that
city during June of this year Ii is prob
able number OF visitors will be present
from this city.
\ 4
ST. Paul, Mimi. has an automobile club.
it having been formed a short time ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
Motorcyclists, Fndurance Rum.

The Federation of American Motorcy-
clists has selected Waltham. Mass. as the
place of its next annual meet which will
occupy the first week of August. Contests
Of every nature will make the week. inter-
spersed, Of course. with considerable enter
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tainment. 1t Is probable that the organi-
zation's annual endurance contest will ter
inmate at Waltham and be in the nature or
strenuous days run of $50 miles from
New York with time limit OF eighteen
hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-04
The Chicago Election.

One year ago the people Of Chicago
voted for municipal ownership of street
railroad companies. All the candidates
for Mayor are in favor Of such owner
ship. The question Of municipal owner
ship, then, Ia not an issue. IN 1o=day's
election. Prohibitionists, Republicaps,
Democrats and so-called Socialists are
al municipal Socialists All wish the city
TO 20 into the street railroad business,
and hang the expense. ...r .
Either Judge DUNE, so-called Demo-
crat, rather OF an independent Demo-
crat hitherto; or JOIN MAYNARD HAIR
Ian, Republican Of the ,Mugwump sort,
will be elected Mayor. Judge DUNE
wants TO bring condemnation proceed
ings against the traction companies at
once, to buy their franchises, tracks
and other property. This plan is too
slow for Mr.. HARLAN. Besides, he In
sists that ultimately the courts would
give the wicked traction companies too
much money. He IA for a fair bargain,
70 be approved or rejected by the people
by means Of a referendum, for the early
extinction Of the franchises without law
suits. II this plan fails, he would have
the city build municipal car lines. tH
In effect, each candidate poses as the
truest friend ofmunicipal street car lines.
Municipal Socialism will win to-day,
whether dunno OF HARLAN wins. The
careless gayety with which Chicago
proposes to spend nobody knows how
many millions is characteristic, oharac-
teristically American, perhaps. The
thorough honesty, the alert intelligence,
the sound business principles and the
sublime altruism with which the Chicago
city government has been managed are
appreciated thoroughly. Why should Il
not shine in the traction business as it
has shone in pure and candid politics
and reform?
The Hon. BATE House JoHS and the
Hon. HINKY DnyK are reproachsd to
Judge dunno, who has specifically COM
mended the latter. 4 city eager for
municipal ownership will find in men
like Mr.. DIEK and Mr.. JOHN Jealous
railroad experts and managers. -.--
Mr.. HARLAN has set much native talent
against him by asserting that he will
not appoint a superintendent OF police
who writes poetry. '. '''-f' .- -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-04
An Entertainment Of Riches.

The Premier Diamond Mining Company
Of the Transvaal has acquired what
appears to be too much Of a good thing.
Everybody knows that it is a diamond
weighing one and three-fourths pounds,
four inches long, two and a half inches
high and one and a half inches thick
Judged by the standards of JEFFBIEs
and TAvERSIER, who established the
rule that the value Of cut diamonds is
proportional to the square Of the carat
weight, this stone, II cut to one-half its
present weight, will be worth some
thing like S4SOOO,OOO This valuation
makes the present market value Of the
shares Of the Premier company look
small
A few years ago the Excelsior diamond
Of Jagersfontein vas cut into several
pieces and the largest one, weighing
$50 carats, has not yet found a buyer.
The Porter-Rhodes and the Victoria
diamonds, weighing 100 and $50 carats,
are valued by their owners at $780,
900 each. The net weight Of the Premier
stone, which the crystallographers say
is "purer a. well az bigger than any
Of the other great diamonds, is a little
over 3,O24 carats and, il reduced 10 one
half, the cut stone will weigh ,5l2 oarats.
Where is a buyer for this precious COM
modify? This question ia agitating the
Transvaal newspapers.
1t is declared with one voice that all
who have Toasted their eyes upon the
beauty and grandeur Of this splendid
work OF nature are convinced that it
would be an act Of vandalism 10 break
1t up. 1T would be a dissertation,
says the Trdnsrddl Leader, TO cleave il
for commercial purposes. even if that
were economically feasible.
The Leader and the South African
Mines have hit upon a solution Of the
problem and are urging it for all il is
worth, There is but one fitting resting
place for such a wonderful gem, and
that is lin the crown Of the greatest
empire in the world" Let the value
Of the stone be fixed at about 81 500, 900
as something negotiable, and IL should
not take very long TO shower into the
strong box OF the Premier company
100000 shillings and transfer the stone
TO the King and the empire. The shil-
lings would be 100000 messages Of
loyalty from the sfeotionate subjects
OF his Majesty,
With such an elephant on lie hands
the Premier company would probably
be happy to head the subscription list
with a patriotic and substantial contri-
button. Meanwhile the company has
insured the gem for $1,000 900 and il
will be that much in pocket, even II
the greedy ocean should engulf the
treasure on its impending journey to
England.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-04
The New Panama stan.

BY very intelligent plan Of reorgani-
ration, President ROOSEVELT and Secre-
tary TAFT have separated the immediate
and practical work of digging the Panama
Canal from the remoter and theoretical
question Of a sea level waterway.
The canal digging department can 60
right ahead under the law authorizing
the construction Of the canal. The
consulting board Of engineers can mean
while give expert attention TO the posi-
bilities of the ultimate achievement OF
A lockless canal across the Isthmus, and
they can cipher at their leisure over the
arithmetic Of time Of construction and
probable cost,
A Bosphorls between the Atlantic and
Pacific is an engaging ideal, but it will
require further legislative action by
Congress before it is undertaken. The
practical canal diggers need not await
the recommendations OF the eminent
advisers TO whom Is referred, this branch
Of the subject. The country and the
world need a canal at Panama in the
fewest number OF years sufficient for the
completion Of one which actually can
be navigated by ships, no matter at what
level. Remoter possibilities may prof.
tably be studied while the digging Of
pich a canal is in progress. venture
the prediction, however, that the students
Of sea level possibilities in the way Of
engineering will find themselves travers-
ing ground which became very familiar
TO their French predecessors at least
. score Of years. ago, after DE LEssEPs
had started his enterprise with enthus-
iasm for the sea level idea
We commend especially the appoint
ment Of CHARLES +. MACON as Gov
ernor Of the Canal Zone He IL the right
man for that job. As the law officer
Of the Bureau Of Insular Affairs under
Secretary Roof and later under Secre-
tary TAFT he has proved his adequacy
and has won the grateful admiration Of
his official superiorA Probably no ser-
want OF American expansion has con-
tributed, in proportion TO the apparent
magnitude Of the post he has held, more
Of sound Judgment, sagacious policy and
unassuming but efficient industry than
Judge MACON,