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Implements for Swimming.

The approach of summer renders imple-
ments for swimming important. One of the
most practical of recent contributions to
safety in the water is Morrisons life belt
1t consists of two inflated sections which
may be worn underneath or outside the
bathing suit. When Debated 1t weighs but
eleven ounces and rolls up to carry in the
coat pocket. 1t may be inflated In thirty
seconds and is an absolute safeguard from
drowning.
The Agnota swimming glove Is another
implement which will interest the natatorial
student. 1t Is made of pure rubber with
webbing between the fingers, and will great
ly increase the power and efficiency of the
swimming stroke. This device Is particu-
larly valuable to beginners, since the trouble
most young people have in learning to swim
is based upon the difficulty in keeping head
and chest above the water. The leg stroke
Is generally more successful than the arm
stroke, and this glove will greatly assist
the student to master this important ac-
complishment.
Many implements for the sportsman have
been named after the President. but few of
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TO PROMOTE ATHLETICS.
Association Formed by the Episcopal
Base Ball League.

At a meeting of the Episcopal Base Ball
League Thursday night at Epiphany Chap
ell, a permanent athletic association was
formed to be known as the Episcopal Ath-
letic Association. Its object Is to promote
athletic sports for the benefit of the young
men of the different Episcopal churches in
Washington. The officers elected are Rev.
C. Smith. Epiphany Chapel. president: Rev.
j. Blake. Christ Church, Georgetown, vice
president; Jos. Plant secretary; William
Birchard, treasurer. A field day will be ar
ranged for shortly. Any Episcopal church
wishing to affiliate with the association
correspond with one of the above officers.
The churches now in the association are
Christ Church, Georgetown; Christ Church,
Washington; Epiphany Chapel. St. Andrew,
st. John, Georgetown; st. John, Washing
ton; ST. Paul and Trinity.
The Episcopal Base Ball League will
play two games each day beginning Mon
day, as 1t has obtained one of the diamonds
in the Monument grounds.
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IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE
dence OF The Star.
BOSTON. June o. 1905.
BY J. @. MORSE.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BOSTON. June o. 1905.
The ups and downs in base ball are many.
and there is no telling what there may be
in store for winners as we'll as losers. The
winners of this week may be the losers of
next and so on through the race.
We have the champs with us now. They
team to be banked upon to do good
work. and that is enough for any city.
To come so near as to break even on a
long western trip is good enough for any
club. and with the long siege before them
on the home grounds there ought to be
some catching UP. A week of hard work is
before them, however. with Cleveland on
for three games and Detroit following for
four, the latter club playing a morning
game on the 18th, which falls on Saturday
morning next.
Last year the champions led the process
sion at this time. and were proceeding at
q merry pace. Cleveland was well up in
the race, but failed to maintain the pace.
and the question now is can that club con-
tinue to do the strong work it has shown
thus far this season. There is nothing like
getting a good start. A club In the full
fidence than the team behind with a good
sized margin between it and the clubs
ahead.
1t was something of a performance for
the champions to reach home in fifth place
after leaving in the last position. 1t has
passed one western team and is on the
heels of another.
one reason for the failure of the team to
maintain the pace of the last season was
the fact that the pitchers are not in as
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George Washington
Foot Ball Schedule


Manager Roy c. Henebower OF the George
Washington University foot ball team an
nounced the schedule for his team for the
coming season yesterday. 1t will be seen
at a glance that many of the smaller
teams have been left off and games with
larger teams secured In their places The
schedule which has been presented to the
athletic council of the university and re-
ceived its approval. IS as follows:
October 7. Gallaudet College upon Uni
yersity Field.
October "A. Swarthmore College, at
Swarthmore, Pa.
October Is, University of Maryland upon
University Field.
October "a. Johns Hopkins upon Univer-
sity Field.
November a. st. Johns College at An
napolis, Nd.
November II. Delaware College upon
University Field
November Is, Western Maryland upon
University Field.
November % Georgetown University upon
Georgetown Field.
November 80 Washington and Lee upon
University Field.
This year another new feature in the
shape of training quarters is to be added
and IL will. to great extent, add TO the
comfort of the eleven.
The team this year Will be made up as
follows: Capt. Benjamin G. Stevenson,
quarter back is from Minnesota, where
he attended the Shattuc Military Academy
and was q member Of the foot ball team
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a swivel at one end for attaching a cord.
Each hook is attached to the strap SO as
to form swivel. and all metal parts are
brass. The idea of this stringer is to pro-
vide a means of keeping fish alive after be-
ing caught, and at the same time providing
a convenient method for attaching and
holding them. 1t has long been agreed
among critical anglers that the correct
method of attaching fish to stringer was
through the lips and not through the gills.
The fish will live longer. are easier to han
die and the wire forms very convenient
loop. The separation of the fish one from
the other by short distance also iengtnena
their life The price Of the strtnger Is u.
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Washington, but did not engage In foot
ball there. and this year is his first year
at the sport.
Frank West, fullback, brother of william
West. Is also Central High School boy,
having served as sub-fullback last year
on that team. He is eighteen years old.
weighs 154 pounds and measures little
over six feet
F. A. Law, tackle, is Washington boy,
and has had much experience in foot ball
at Business High School and on various
local athletic teams He played left tackle
on the team last year. He weighs 16O
pounds, is six feet tall and Is twenty-five
years old.
r. NJ. Kilgour, guard, is twenty years old.
measures feet ~ inches and weighs 175
pounds. He was a substitute guard on last
years team. receiving his first chance in
the Georgetown game
r. F. Kirkman. quarter and halfback. is
another Washington and Emerson Institute
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WORK AT GALES FERRY.
Yesterday Was Rather an Easy Day
for the Yale Oarsmen

GALES FERRY. Conn, June 10-Little
work was done by the Yale oarsmen on the
Thames river today, and with the excep-
ton of two-mile brush with the fresh
man crew. in which the freshmen were de-
feated by about six lengths, a generally
quiet day was passed. The line up of the
varsity eight was as heretofore. with the
exception of No. 2, in which case Daily has
been reinstated in the varsity eight and
Ortmeyer has again taken his place in the
four-oared shell.
Advisory Coach Julian Curtiss, General
Skiddy and Mr.. Sheffield are here today
and 1t is expected that they will remain
until after the race. Tonight there will
be large bonfire started In the neighbor-
hood of the camp to celebrate the Victory
or the Yale base ball team over Princeton
today
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OVER 800 CONTESTANTS
ANNUAL INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
AT CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. June 10.-The fourth annual
interscholastic meet held today under the
auspices of the University of Chicago was
won by Lewis Institute of Chicago, with II
points. Oak Park, Detroit University
School. Manual Training School of Kansas
City and Robert Waller School of Chicago
tied for second place, each winning 10
points. Englewood was third, with points
Every event was holly contested Ten
states were represented in the contest and
seventy-five schools and academies had en-
tries in the different events, making more
than 800 contestants.
Summaries.
440yard dash-First heat-Won by Rose, Oak
Park, Chicago; Burke, Wendell Phillips second:
Morris, La Grange, Illinois, third. Time 053 fat
Wisconsin,; Hyslop, Whitewater Wisconsin, sec
ond; Harris, Western High School, Des Moines
Iowa, third. Time, 0.53 80.
The discus throw-Won by Talbot Mammal
Training School, Kansas City; Griffin Joliet town
ship, second; Maddigan, Engelwood third. Dis
22O-yard low hurdles Won by Berqust, Morgan
Park Academy; Lord, North Dixon, III, second;
Nichols Ida Grove. Iowa third Time, 26 fat
22o,yard dash Blair, Hammond Ind, first;
Strother, Louisville Male High School second;
Malcolmson, Detroit University School, third.
12-pound shot-put-won by Kelly Duquoln Ill,
second Capro shat1c srbSo ira
sso-yard run-Rose, Oak Park, H. first; Mer-
Ram. Wayland Academy, Wisconsin, second; An
derson, Sioux City, third. Time 202 3-5. This
breaks the interscholastic record of minutes
seconds.
10o-yard dash-strother, Louisville Male High
School, first; Richards, Geneva, ILL.,, second Mer-
rill, Englewood, H., third. Time 0.10 fiat
2-mlle race-Won by Ocl, Ann Arbor. Mich;
Atkinson, Crane School, Chicago, second; Page,
Lewis Institute, third. Time, 1870.
Quarter-mile championship relay race-Won by
Detroit University; second. Englewood; third.
Wendell Phillips. Time. 0.46 fat
Pole yault-Won by Rogers, Robert A. Waller
School, Chicago; Rudolph Crown Point. Ind. sec
ond; Frceney. Ida Grove. Ind, third Height, 10
feet inches.
one-mile relay race, for grammar schools-Won
by Walter Scott School; Humboldt, second;
Kenwood, third. Time, 3.35 3-5.
12-pOund hammer throw-Won by Talbot, Man
ual Training School, Kansas City; Simpson, Peters
burg ILL.,, second; Griffin Atkinson Wis, third.
Distance. 160 feet ~ inches.
Running high jump-Wou By Patterson Detroit
University School, Richard. Calumet. Michigan.
second; Watson. Lewis Institute. Chicago, third.
Height, 8 feet 10 40 inches.
Mile run-Butler, Englewood High School, first;
Andrews, Eastern High School, Des Moines
ond Jones, Pillsbury Academy, Minnesota, third.
Time, 4.40 As.
12O-yard high hurdles-w. p. S,eppen, Robert A.
Waller School, Chicago, first James, Carroll Col
Iege, Wisconsin, second; Patterson Detroit Uni
versity School. third. Time, 0.16 fiat
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Athletic Club Formed.

A new athletic club was recently organ
lied at meeting held at 2416 G street.
with John ONeil. president: Walter L. Car
ter. vice president; j. L. Storier. secretary,
and Chris Schbog, treasurer. In addition
to the officers the membership includes
Walter R. Foley Henry J. Fosden. Ray
mond Miles, Charles Scheible, c. Copeland.
Hugh Linthicum, Walter Steuben and Otto
STUNNED.
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DEFEATED THE ARGoNAUTs
Good Work by the Syracuse University
Eight.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 10-In a regatta
on Onondaga lake this afternoon the SYRIA
cuse University varsity eight defeated the
crew Of the Argonaut Rowing Club of To-
ronto, Canada. over one and one-half- mile
course by length and one-quarter. The
time was: Varsity, minutes A seconds:
Argonauts, minutes so 3-5 seconds. Coach
James A Ten Eyck expressed himself as
well satisfied with his crews when the races
were over He says they will win again at
Poughkeepsie.
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good condition as a year ago at this time.
Other clubs are in the same fix, however.
New York fell into the trough for the same
reason.
The New Yorks showed in their series
with the champions that they will begin
to make things hum from this out. They
have had lots of hard luck. but are not so
far down the ladder that they cannot work
up in good style.
Washington has shown itself to be good
team at home, and any club that wins
ball in the capital city will have to work
hard for It, The Nationals have more than
twice as many games won at this stage of
the proceedings as they had a year ago
at this time, a state of things that ought
to be exceedingly encouraging to the stock
holders of that institution Now that An
derson has Joined the team added strength
has been given to the club. He came high
but there was every encouragement to Sc
cure frst-class material, and no expend'-
ture in such a case can be considered as
extravagant when the patronage is en-
couraging as 1t has been in Washington
The patrons will be sure to show their
approval of such moves by turning out in
added numbers. and any OUTLAWS Will bring
In rich returns.
Washington gathered mighty good man
in Hunter Hill. the former Texas Lacquer
who was not good enough for the Browns
who gave him for Moran, the former
Georgetown college player Hill proved by
far the better man of the two. while Moran
has not played regularly on the st. Louis
team. Hill is certainly of major league
caliber. and no third baseman has played
the position any better than he played 1t
here in Boston in the early part of the
season.
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HEBREW BASE BALL PRIZE


draw from and a great game of ball is ex-
pecJed when their outing takes place. Both
teams are putting in every spare. moment
they can find in becoming proficient and
showing up wonderfully well with their
team work.
The cup is a handsome silver one, with
buck horn handles. standing about sixteen
inches high. 1t is perfectly plain with the
exception of a small line of fresco along
top. bottom and where the handles are at
tached to the sides. On the cup will be en-
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Such a rivalry has been shown among the
base ball enthusiasts of the Washington
Hebrew congregation that the members of
the board of the church have donated
beautifM loving cup to be given to the best
team.
The Octagon Club and the Progress Club
will contest for the possession of the trophy.
Both are teams made up from boys out of
the Sabbath school. The cup will go to the
team winning the game to be played the
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them have really been entitled to such COM
plimentary introduction. John King of
Oakland, Me-, makes what he calls the
President ak, combination knife and ak,
which Col. Roosevelt has personally order
ed and used. The knife blade of this fine
implement Is four and one-half inches long
and when screwed into the ak handle makes
the handle OF the ak fifteen inches long
The weight is then two pounds. The ak
is made from the best of steel and sells
for S1.75.
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OF that school. He entered George Wash
ington University in 1901, and played left
end that year on the varsity eleven The
past year he played two games at his old
position and then went to quarter where
he remained during the remainder of the
season. Always an energetic worker, he
has showed excellent qualities as a PLAYER.
and recognizing this the team elected him
captain for 1905. He is twenty-five years
old, weighs 155 pounds and is five feet 49,
inches in height. The other old men who
are expected to show up for practice are
as follows:
b. c. Perry. guard. received his first foot
bail training last year as tackle on the
Columbian team. He is from Kensington.
Nd. is twenty-five years old weighs TO
ard measures feet IL.
Charles Morris. tackle, is from Utah He
attended the University of Utah and played
foot ball there before entering George
Washington. He is feet / and weighs
$50 pounds.
Stewart Van Vliet. end, is a Washington
boy. and has attended Emerson Institute
and played foot ball there. He is nineteen
years old. weighs 145 pounds and is 5 feet
10 inches tall
Arthur Camp Stanley, guard. is from Mil
waukee and has played there on the East
Side High School. He is twenty-one years
old, measures feet ] and weighs 10
pounds. He played guard on last years
team.
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Charlie Comisky the old base ball Com
anchie now making big money with his
base ball plant In Chicago, has come out
strong after Umpire SILK OLaughlin, the
man who umpires with a chip on his Shout
der. When COmiskey makes a kick it's well
to tie tag on the play. Comskey was
player. and knows the feelings of a man
out TO win. The player is often pressed
and in bad humor over the loss of the game
and should never be nagged into a corner
where he must show his colors I have
heard OLaughlin boast of his wonderful
ability 10 be always letter perfect even
after umpirtng rank game OF ball, and
can well understand how he could rile
sensitive ball player.
Comiskey has the proper feeling for his
players-al old ball-playing managers and
owners have like feeling-and while they
are usually the last to protest an umpire,
they prove the most stubborn when they
once get after the arbitrator.
Umpres should go about their business
fighting shy of trouble, but never quitting
once bad deal is handed out.
When IL comes to handling a game
O'Laughlin is a clever umpire. but his lit
tie side play, tipping a player that he Will
get him. Is not business-nor is it good UNI
pIring.
The major leagues picked up a couple of
crackerjacks this season In Kelly and
Bauswine. but real swell umpires are today
the most difficult thing to dig up; In fact
the game has only produced about one
dozen men who filed the bill and kept their
heads. Jack Sheridan and Robert Emslie
are gems of the purest water. They never
look for trouble, but never jump a fence to
avoid a scrappy player. l hear Sheridan in
tends quitting the game for the undertake
ing business, handling the outs" as 1t
were. Jack has handled the Tive ones"
in good style, and will no doubt become
a big favorite ferrying the lost ones across
the river.
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Users of autos are gradually getting 1t in
their heads that what were considered
under the head of unavoidable accidents a
year or two ago are often the result of
oversight or plain carelessness. OF course,
punctures are still a matter of luck, but
there is much to be said the subject of
keeping a tire in good condition; In a state.
that is that keeps the resisting qualities
of the rubber and cotton at their best. Are
you careless about getting oil on your
tires? You know, doubtless, that ii is easily
absorbed and renders the rubber soft and
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Novelty for Anglers.

A novelty for the angler Is the Excelsior
fish stringer. which consists OF a strap Oh
strong webbing, one yard in length, having
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An American by the name OF c. H. Mar
tin has asked the insular government for
a franchise under which to carry passen-
gers and freight by automobile from San
Juan to Ponce, Porto Rico. over the old
military road. In return for franchise he
offers to carry government supplies and
employees free. Mr. Martin wants a five
to ten year franchise and says that if it
is granted he will invest $1,000 in the en-
terprise. He expects to twenty pas
senger cars, and cover the distance between
San Juan and Ponce in nine hours. The
passenger rate Will be five cents a mile
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Do you try your brakes from time to time
so as to be entirely familiar with what they
can do and how to make them do it? You
must be as well practiced in handling them
as you are in any other part of the ma
chine, or you may regret 1t when an emer-
gency arises with the suddenness common
to such things.
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game ITO allow these clubs to retain every
player they now have.
* y
When ball team is weak at the bat the
men lose their ginger and make weak
hearted fighters. It's then that opponents
realize the condition of things and work
all the harder, with increased confidence to
win. and the result lis Invariably that luck
breaks for the aggressive team. Therefore
1t is always well to have bunch of BOYS
who can bump the oall as vel. as do a few
fielding stunts. There is no chance to coach
unless you get men on the bases. Now for
that reason, ball players should practice at
least twice as much with the bat as In
fielding. But they never do, in fact, not
one-tenth as much, at least in the profess
sional arena.
The college boys have the right idea of
batting practice. You will always find at
their ball parks and in their cages nettines
surrounding the players taking batting
plate so the batsman can return the balls
If the professional players would follow
the example of the college boys in regard
to batting practice it would increase their
stick work about 10 per cent.
L know of at least two major league ball
players who have this season injured their
batting eye by reading small-printed books
at night. Nothing could be worse than
reading small print by electric or gas light,
and that is one of the reasons that few
college players remain great batsmen when
they follow the game after leaving college,
and the very reason that Hugh Duffy lost
his wonderful batting eye a few seasons
ago while with the Boston club. Ball play
ers should avoid all reading at night as
well as stop reading trains If they care
to remain in the business with good hit
ting lamps
The greatest ball teams the game has
bAan Of bO
read but little. and made one morning pa
per go the rounds of the club. Mike Kelley
claimed cigarettes was the most dangerous
thing ball players could indulge in. If that
was true can you imagine player doing
his daily stunts on cigarettes and his even
ing novel.