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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
RECQUET CHAMPIONSHIP.
Clarence Mackay Won First Honors
in Tuxedo Tourney.

Clarence H. Mackay, former amateur
racquet champion Of the United States,
won his way into the final rank Of the Sec
ond annual tournament for the gold rae
quet, played on the courts of the Tuxedo
He defeated George C. Clark, jr runner-up
in the recent national championship held
at New York, by the score Of 11-15 15--9,
15-O 1911, 15-19.
The final round of the gold racquet cham
pionshfp tournament was played yesterday
and brought together Clarence H Mackay
of the New York Racquet and Tennis Club
and /. Townsend Irvine Of the Tuxedo Ten
mis- and Racquet Club. Mackay won in
three straight games.
Irvine reached the final by default, as
Erskine Hewitt was unable to play because
of the death Of his uncle. Irvine played
pluckily throughout and stuck to his OPP
ponent until the last ace was won.
Mackay showed his form three years ago
when he defeated all Corners. AS he was
not a competitor in this years national
championship and in this tournament dis
posed Of George C. Clark, jr, who was the
the best, and racquet enthusiasts are look
ing forward with great interest to match
between these two champions.
1t was limited by several of the specta-
tors that two matches may be arranged.
one to be played at Tuxedo and the second
on the courts of the New York Racquet
Club. The man with the majority OF
games OF the two matches to his credit
will be declared the winner.
In the match yesterday Mackay defeated
Irvine 15-2. 15-12 15-0 In addition to
a special prize, Mackay, through his vic
tory. gets leg on the gold racquet pre-
scented to the club for competition by Hugo
Barring.
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NELSON THE FAVoRITE.
Battling Boy Has Call Over Corbett at
6 to 5.

When Young Corbett' enters the ring
with Battling Nelson at San Francisco to-
morrow night he will attempt a feat no
other defeated champion has ever sue
cessfully performed. He will endeayor to
rehabilitate his status in fistiana by beat
ing man who effectively placed him in
the class of mediocre pugilists by prac-
tically knocking him out in thirteen rounds.
Puglistic champions of other days have
tried and failed to regain their champion
ship laurels from their conquerors. VIII
Young Corbett" be an exception to the
rule?
Ninety-nine out of one hundred follow
ers of the glove events will answer the
question in the negative. They believe that
the little westerner has reached the end of
his tether as a fighter, and that several
years dissipation having left It's marks On
his constitution, the Denver boy cannot
hopes to regain his lost prestige from a
youngster so rugged aggressive and con-
servative in his habits as Nelson.
"Corbett,'' however, claims to have re-
gained his old form, and will knock prize
ring tradition to the winds by defeating
the Battling One He says he is strong
and just as fast and clever with his hands
and feet as ever. Both men are known to
be in good condition, and a rafting fight is
expected
Nelson laughs at "Corbett's" idea of
besting him, and says that he will beat
him in shorter order than he did before.
Nelson is slight favorite, at odds of 6
RI
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HAYMAN LEADS WINNERS.
Lands Nearly $4,000 In Purses at
New Orleans.

That winter race meetings no longer are
turf sidelights has been demonstrated at
New Orleans. They are potent factors in
racing and its results. Where once the
sport OF kings was frowned upon during the
winter season it is now considered neces-
sary adjunct TO the summer sport and is
regarded by all turfmen as important as
the latter.
Some idea of the magnitude of winter rae
ing is shown by the fact that the Crescent
City Jockey Club which began a meeting
on Thanksgiving Day. has passed out S271 =
$50 to horsemen in purses and stakes. This
sum means much to horse owners. 1t has
enabled many man who had poor luck
during the summer to reimburse his de-
pleted purse and to meet the heavy ex-
penses of conducting a stable of thorough
breds. During the thirteen days of racing
at the Panama track nearly $4,000 was
paid out by the New Orleans Jockey Club.
An eastern horSeman. NJ. l.. Hayman,
heads the list of winning owners. During
the meeting at New Orleans his thorough
breds won SIG, 995. This is So, 900 more than
his nearest competitor has earned. This
money represents nearly all purses offered
the Hayman horses were singularly I'M
fortunate in the stake events and failed.
except on two or three occasions to finish
in front.
George c. Bennett, the Memphis book
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maker, is second on the list, with III. 614.
Benefits horses won several important Tx
lures. 8. w. Street & Co. are third. with
81. 100. The doctor Of white pipe clay fame
took down q number Of castoffs from James
r. Keene's stable. and with these horses he
promises to Guido his last years record.
The other leading owners are James Ar
thur, with $11 O10; w. s. Williams 81, 256;
]. Phillips. $9.OS8: w. H. Snyder & Co,
$8023; Mrs. Al. Goldblatt, $5.O7e: Mrs. III.
Dernham, $4,824. and c. r. Ellison. $4.767.
Williams won the greater part Of his money
with his two fast horses. Rams Horn and
Phil Finch. Snyder secured his mainly
with his colts Trapper and Anodyne.
Two women, Mrs. Goldblatt and Mrs
Dernham, have managed their stable so sue
cessfully that they are among the leading
owners. They displayed good business
judgment to pass some forty odd turfmen.
H. Phillips now leads the list Of winning
jockeys at the Crescent City track, with
seventy-one victories to his credit. Up to
the time that the City Park track opened
Nicol was the leader. He went over to the
new course and that left the field open to
Phillips. Although he has not ridden at the
old track for two weeks Nicol Is close
second with sixty-seven winners. The lads
who won four races or more during the sea-
son at the Crescent City track are:
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will be allowed to remain in the barn for
similar reasons, Mr.. Thomas feeling that
either horse may have chance 10 win
the rich Suburban with careful preparation.
Jimmy Mara, the steeplechase Jockey.
will leave New York for Benning this
week to begin work with J. w. Colts sta
BILE Of jumpers. Mara probably received
more injuries from falls In jumping races
last year than any other rider. He had mis-
collarbone broken on three separate occa-
sions but as soon as he had recovered he
was back In the saddle. He was on the
ground when the campaign ended, carrying
his arm in a sling, but with a long win
ter's rest Mara Is ready for business again.
and says lie is afraid of nothing. Few
persons realize the chances these steeple-
chase Jockeys take with their lives. NOT
one of them knows, he rides out of the
paddock. when he will meet his fate. TWO
Jockeys were killed outright at Brighton
Beach last summer but the other riders
went right on accepting mounts In races
that courted death. 1t Is the money that
these men are after and need. and as they
have no other profession they are Wiling
to go into the races with reckless daring.
There was considerable of an outcry
against steepIechasing last season. because
of the numerous accidents and for the
reason that some of the races looked queer;
But this particular branch of the turf VIII
continue Just the same because 1t Is pop
ular with most of the men In control Oh
affairs.
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Base Ball Notes.

First Baseman Chase. who was drafted
from the Pacific Coast League by the New
York Americans. Is wanted by Toledo.
He may be turned over to the Mud Hens
Manager Nichols of the st. Louis Ma
tionals has signed a Detroit semi-profes-
sional for try at third base in the spring.
His salary has been fixed at $3.50 per month
while it lasts.
Volz the new outflelder of the Boston
Nationals. halls from San Antonio, Tex.
OF course, 1t is predicted that he will prove
find"
son $3.50 per month and he has signed a
Tri-State contract, turning down offers
from Jersey City. Toronto and Buffalo.
Connie Carter of Leesburg Va, formerly
a member of the Dumbarton Athletic Club
of this city. and of the University of Vir-
ginia Club. has signed pitcher for the
Syracuse IN. " team.
The Clevelands will have to seek a new
nom de diamond. Manager Lajoie has de-
cided against blue uniforms and trimmings
this year. and therefore to call the team
the Blues would be a misnomer. Ma
poleons has the call.
Thomas LOTUS, former manager of the
Washington American League base ball
team, who was reported to be negotiating
for the Kansas City American Associa
ton team. denied yesterday in Milwaukee
that he expected to buy the team.
Catcher Marshall sent word to Secre-
tary Knowles of the New York Nationals
yesterday asking Tor MS contract, ana Leon
Ames notified the club that he would be
in Savannah on March for preliminary
practice. Most of the members of the team
will sail for the south March on the
steamer City of Macon. President Brush
will join them in Savannah.
Manager Clark Griffith, of the High
landers yesterday put an emphatic denial
on the story that John Cancels release has
been sold to the Detroit club. Camel has
not been Sold said Griffith, "and will not
be. This club is looking for good ball play
ers and not selling them" Two clubs are
after CAMEL Manager Armour of Detroit
wants to play Hickman on second and
wants Camel for the initial bag. President
Comiskey. of the Chicago White Sox. wants
Long John" because Frank Isbell has be-
come magnate and "Jiggs' Donahue does
not quite fill the bill.-New York Sun.
Garry Hermann made an open state
ment recently that he wished Johnson was
the president of the National League in
stead of Puliam. This is in line with the
assertion that Hermann favors a twelve
club league, plan which he has advo-
Gated on several occasions to base ball men,
But just how Pulliam has incurred the
opposition of the Cincinnati magnate has
not been made clear. Herrmann's decision
In the Comlskey-Hart case Is awaited with
general interest. He was to have written
his opinion last Sunday, after which 1t was
the plan to mall it to Johnson and Pulliam
for their signatures 1t ought to be ready
for publca ton In a day or two.
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Prep. School second. Time

Georgetown Prep. School second. Time.
IA As.
Georgetown fnterclass relay race-l9O6
won, 1908 second Time, $50.
Relay race-Western Maryland College
won, George Washington University sec
ond. Time. 2.48 3-5.
Relay race-Central High School won.
Baltimore City College second. Time.
246 3-5.
SSG-yard collegiate rune. A. Stewart u.
H. u won, @. NJ Griffith q. H. I'd sec
ond. Time. 2.12.
Relay race-Cornell Gould, vonnegut.
Carpenter and Rogers) won. Columbia ed
dingield, Naltz, Knabal and Metzenthin)
second Time, 2.41 AS.
Relay race-Georgetown Sullivan, Nc
Gettigan, Mccarthy and Mulligan) won.
Princeton (Runyon, Comstock, Connors and
Nuelle) second. Time, 2.37 3-5.
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Anacostia and Vicinity.

The funeral of Mrs E. r. Wiley. the wife
of Rev. G. w. Wiley, former pastor Oh
the C. NJ. E. Church of this place, whose
death took place Tuesday last in Hunoolt.
Tenn, where Mr.. Wiley is in charge OF
church was held yesterday afternoon from
the local C. NJ. e. Church. the remains hav-
ing been sent here. where the deceased
who was the daughter of the late william
Butler once made her home. Rev. Mr. Car
riett, the pastor. conducted the funerai
service The interment was made in WOOD
lawn cemetery.
Rev. ]. d. Mari pastor of the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception, in Washington,
delivered the sermon yesterday afternoon
at the chapel services in the Government
Hospital for the Insane. He was assisted
by Rev NJ. Z. Egan, assistant pastor OF
ST. Teresa's Church, Washington and FIJI
more streets, AnacoStla, who conducted the
rem ainder of the exercises
Protracted meetings are 10 De ihaus ula.
ed this week at the Bethlehem Baptist
Church. on Nichols avenue. Rev. Joseph H.
Matthews. pastor. In addition to the pas
tor. local ministers Will participate IN the
services. .,,
force has recovered from his recent Illness
sufficiently to resume his patrol duties III
the Hillsdale circuit. -
A Washington company of players, with
Miss HARRIET f. Hawley as manager, pre-
scented a vaudeville bill Friday evening In
tho theater of the Government Hospital for
the Insane, where an interested audience OF
employees and patients enjoyed the per-
Torrance Those who had parts were MI
Harry Haulein, Mr.. George Buckler. Miss
Lola Williams, Miss Semaj def Bolce, Mr..
Milton M. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Buckier
There was a well-attended session of the
Ladies Foreign Missionary society OF the
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church on
Minnesota avenue, Anacostia, Friday even
ing, in the ediice, which the ladies had
handsomely decorated for the occasion. The
feature of the evening was an address upon
foreign missions by Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe of Washington, who dwelt upon sucn
work in China, Japan, Corea, etc. Mrs M.
p Smell. president of the organization, pre-
sided over the meeting.
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Wisdom Show Girl. Seaforth, Judge Tara
gon. May Tarragon and Evernear.
G. E. Smith has The Muskeeteer. who
has been one of the fastest sprinters IN
America. winner Of twenty races; the
speedy Jane Holly, Lochinvar. Videiia and
Ortheo.
P. Gallagher's string Of eleven is headed
by that sterling performer. James F., who
was second in the Washington cup last
autumn: Scarecrow. Mcbride, Meddler. 3r..
Belknap. Floriform, Queen Edgeley, Miss
Carl. Miss Russell. Edgeley and Phelps.
Theodore Coles has twelve, the property
OF A. r. Hancock. James Starry, Charles
Stuart and A. c. Brewer. Ten Of these are
promising two-year-olds, principally the
get of imported Fatherless. There are sew
eral of these two-year-olds which have
been very highly tried.
Charles Talbert has a string Of six. the
get Of Lithos. Spunwell. G. w. Johnson and
Applegate.
Leo Evans Richard Wallach and Ernest
Hayes will reach here from Warrenton with
sixteen today. all steeplechasers.
Secretary s. T. Walton of the Washing
ton Jockey Club Is now located at room
AZ. Dockon building, 1874 18th street north
west.
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Turf and Track Notes.

John E. Madden has sold Waterside and
Councilman to M. H Tichenor & Co. of Chi
cago. Madden cleaned up thousands with
Waterside upon one occasion last year but
Councilman was not so successful when the
checks were down. Drake and Gates lost
So, 900 on Councilman the day they dropped
nearly $4,000 In unsuccessful bets on Lady
Amelia and Ort Wells.
Jake Hoffman, who was talked of as a
possible successor to C. j. Fitzgerald as
starter in the east. has signed to handle the
barrier at Memphis where Mr.. Fitzgerald
has usually officiated. This means that Mr.
Fitzgerald will give up starting permanent
iy as soon as his engagement with the Cres-
cent City Jockey Club is at an end, when
he will come north to assume his new du-
ties as managing director of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association.
Wyeth, winner of the American Derby in
1902, is expected today at the Sheepshead
Bay race track. He wintered at the Walnut
Hill stud farm, Kentucky. He will be placed
In training as soon as he arrives at John
A. brakes stable at the Coney Island
Jockey Clubs track. which is in charge of
Enoch Wishard Wyeth has not started
since the fall of his four-year-old form.
He is considered to be sound, but
whether he will stand the severe ordeal to
put him In perfect physical condition for
severe contests is problematcal He will
not be hurried along, he will only be
raced IN the long-distance events late in the
year. His forte is a long journey
HorSemen are predicting a victory for
Rams Horn in the Crescent City derby, to
be run week from next Saturday at New
Orleans. They say that If the track is
good this colt can pick up his weight and
easily take the measure of such horses as
Trapper, Jake Sanders and Song and Wine
There is every indication, therefore that
Rams Horn will go to the post warm ia
vorite
Ed Feakes, who first trained for James
Galway in the early sos, will no longer
act in that capacity. but will train a public
stable in future. His successor has not
been named but Mr. Galway has several
time trained for Gideon & Daily, and earned
his distinction by developing the cele-
brated stake winners for that firm, Jean
Beraud and His Highness
1t is said that admission to the rival
tracks at New Orleans has been reduced to
such a point that anybody can get in who
is sober and not a minor and succeeds in
passing the eagle eye of the gate detect
ives not warranting arrest on the dan
gerous and suspicious charge. It is also
stated that the Western Jockey Club has
granted permission to the Crescent City
track to conduct racing long as the
gates of Panama Park remain OPEN
E. r. Thomas has decided not to start
either Hermis or Stalwart in the Metropol-
itan handicap at Belmont Park. because 1t
will be impossible to get either of these ia
NOUS horses ready for such an early event.
While both have been named for the Brook
lyn handicap, 1t ID also possible that they
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Fine Spring Golf Program.

This week will set the golf balls rolling in
the annual East Coast Golf Association
open tournaments at the links of the Mas
sau Golf Club, in the Bahamas. The next
tournament will be at Miami; then at Palm
Beach, Ormond and st. Augustine. r. H
McElwee of Onwentsia, in gaining the
south Florida championship at Palm Beach
on Saturday, scored his third victory in the
event. w. j. Travis won it last year, but,
with the topnotchers away, the westerner
seems to find it cinch to win out. The
women's south Florida championship will
begin at Palm Beach on Wednesday. Miss
Mabel Higgins, the title holder Is in south
ern California, but out of the game tempo
rarily In consequence of a sprained ankle.
The open championship at Palm Beach,
won last year by Gil Nichols, will begin on
March z, and the southern California open
championship is fixed for Coronado Beach
on March 10 and IL. Aieck Smith is the
title holder. George Low, former winner
Of the title, and A. II. Fem are sure to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27

Frank j. Marshall the Brooklyn chess
player. won his seventh game In his match
with D. Janowski at Paris, Saturday, and
now needs only one more victory to win
the match. Janowski will have to win six
games to take the stakes for even If he
should take four games before the Ameri-
can got one he would have to contest a
drawn.
Janowski selected the Ruy Lopez as his
opening Saturday. After the routine
moves had been made Marshall assumed
the attack, and won after fifty-four
moves,
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Mixed Foursomes at Pinehurst.

The universal popularity of golf at Pine
hurst remains undisputed. and many special
competitions are being arranged in ad-
dition to the winters regular program
Among the special contests last week was
medal play mixed foursomes handicap
arranged by the Tin Whistles" who Of
fered handsome cups for the best net
scores. J. d. Foot of Rye. N Y. and Miss
Huselton of Pittsburg won. scoring 81 net
and playing with a handicap of IS. with Mr.
and Mrs. Parke Wright of Buffalo, whose
allowance was q strokes
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Naval Movments.

The gunboat Bancroft has arrived at
Norfolk for repairs
The cruiser Brooklyn has left Guantan-
amo for New Orleans to take part in tho
coming Ma,Gi Gras
!. The Tacoma and the Arethusa have ar
rived at Guantanamo.
The gunboat Scorpin has left San Juan
for Guantanamo.
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LOCAL BoWLERS DID WELL.
Lord and Hardie Won Second Prize in
the Pair Event

When it is taken into consideration that
the best bowlers of the country were in
the competitions at Milwaukee last week,
the showing made by the Washington boys
was very commendable. Last year Krauss
and Spiess won the double class, and this
year Hardie and Lord won second place
in the same event. Just consider for q
moment the numerous cities represented at
the Milwaukee bowling congress, and then
the winning of one trophy stands out as
quite a big event. Lord and Hardie di-
vided $225, and other prizes going to Wash
ingtonians were fifth place in the singles
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Worlds Record Shot Put Beaten.

w. w. Coe. jr.. of Somerville broke the
worlds record for putting the 16-pound
shot at the Lawrence Light Guards ath-
letic meeting in Bedford. Mass, last Satur-
day night Coe made an actual put of 40
feet LIS inches. The previous record was
48 feet inches, made by Ralph Rose at
st. Louis last summer. Rose was present
at the meeting. but did not compete He
assisted in weighing the shot and found 1t
just fraction over sixteen pounds.
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Sponsor for the Washington.

The governor of Washington has desig-
mated Miss Helen Stewart Wilson. daugh-
ter of ex-senator Wilson, and now at
school in New York city, as the sponsor of
the armored cruiser Washington which is
to be launched at the yard of the New
York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, NJ
j. on the Goth proximo
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starters In the open at Palm Beach. Other
wise the players In the two contests, on the
links that border the Atlantic or that are
washed by the Pacific, will depend largely
on the itinerary Of the professionals who
were in the City OF Mexico last week-Will
Anderson. VIII and Aleck Smith. Bernard
and Gil Nichols and George Lawson.
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Amateur Base Ball.

The Majestic base ball team. colored.
formerly the Barons of Anacostia has been
reorganized for the coming season and will
be found among the strongest teams in the
District this year. The team has the fol-
lowing players: John Wilson, catcher; Wal
ter Queen. catcher; Ernest Mckinney. first
base: Robert Mason. second base; Roy
Pleasant. third base; William Wilkerson.
short stop and pitcher: John Dyson. center
field and pitcher; Charles Norris left field:
Thomas Pure. right field: Arthur Frye.
substitute outfielder; Fred Spencer. substi-
tute infielder; Thomas Prue and Frank
Harris.
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to A. Allison, fift1n mace to A. Bum
:. chicago captured e championships and
st. Paul one.
Gunthers No. team OF Chicago. with q
score of 2.795. carried or first money In
the five-men class: Strech and Rolfe, Chi
cago took first ho10rs inuthe doubles. with
1918. and the scorelof q NJ Anderson of
St. Paul. 651, made in the individual class
Friday. stood the tf!st t, the end.
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Champion Gotch Too Much for Grant

Joe Grant of this city met defeat Saturday
night at the Washington Light Infantry
Armory. when he tackled Frank Gotch in a
wrestling match. Gotch agreed to throw
Grant three times within one hour and sue
ceeded in accomplishing the feat within half
an hour. He apparently toyed with Grant
until ready to win the contest The visitor
used toe and hammerlock holds on the
first fall. which was gained In eleven min
similar holds in eleven minutes and forty
five seconds. The last fall was in shorter
time, as Grants shoulders went down In
six minutes
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Railway Relief Bowlers.

The averages in the Washington Rail-
way Relief AssoctattonQB Bowling League
for the week endias last Saturday night
are as follows: