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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL.

The meeting last week between the asso-
citation foot ball teams OF Harvard and
Haverford marks the Inauguration of a
new college sport Several colleges have
fostered the English game in a desultory
way. but nothing has ever been done toward
the arrangement of intercollegiate games
to settle championship. Haverford has
always had association foot ball teams but
could never get other colleges to take up
the sport At Harvard the game has a very
strong follSTing, and promises to become a
serious rival of Rugby foot ball and other
sports The success OF the sport at Har-
ward has inspired Columbia University to
take 1t up. and the New Workers organized
a team this week. The game has been
played off and on at the University of
pennsylvania, and IS always used In the
fall as a preliminary training for the foot
ball eleven. Serious plans are now being
laid by Harvard and Haverford to organ
ize an intercollegiate association, and there
is every prospect of its complete success
The game is available for great MANY
students who are not physically fitted for
the Rugby game, and therefore should have
every announcement
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Good Pair for Carter.

1t Is entirely probable that Henry T. Ok
nard will have two horses to carry his silks
in the running of the Carter and both of
them fillies. When Santa Catalina defeated
Roseben at Benning last Saturday and hung
up a new six furlongs record for the track,
Wyndham Walden. the trainer for the sta
BILE. decided that this FLY was good enough
10 keep Bohemia, on which the stable had
been relying to win the event, company in
the race. In the two crack three year olds
Mr.. Oxnard will hold a strong hand in the
race. for among turfmen here Bohemia Is
considered better than Santa Catalina.
Both FLIES are fast beginners and II they
are able to get away from the post in good
shape 1t will take a fast one to catch either
OF them. The question of jockeys for the
pair In the Carter is giving Mr.. Walden con-
siderable worry. He hopes to secure the
services of either Baird or Hoffman, and
both, IL possible.
This will be the last year that Jockey
George Odom will be able to ride in this
country, and already he has begun to make
plans for a European invasion. George HIM
self admits that he Is growing too heavy
to make the weights in vogue here, and says
by the time the season on the big tracks
gets under way, 1t will keep him hustling to
maintain that weight. At present George
strips at 113 pounds. II am afraid" said
Odom at Benning the other afternoon. that
this season will finish me, so far as riding
In America y concerned. am now taller
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COLLEGE WRESTLING

wrestling has at last gained a hold In
intercollegiate athletics, the first intercol-
legiate championships being held at Phila-
delphia on Friday night. Until the present
year wrestling has hourished at the diff
1erent colleges, but has not been an inter
collegiate sport Various attempts were
made to form an intercollegiate associa-
ticn. but all were abandoned because of
FACULTY opposition. This year Pennsylvania
went ahead and arranged an invitation
tournament, and offered to pay half the
expenses of the visiting teams This offer
had the desired effect, and teams were
present from Yale, Columbia, Princeton
and pennsylvania. Attempts were made to
interest both Harvard and Cornell, but
Harvard has done very little at wrestling
and Cornell not much more, so these two
decided not to participate until next year.
There Is no question about the great good
or wrestling as sport, and the college
men are to be congratulated for taking 1t
up as they have. similar effort has been
made to take up boxing, but although the
sport Is foStered at the various univer-
sites faculty sanction has always been
withheld for intercollegiate matches. 1t is
doubtful, indeed, If the laws of many OF
the states would permit even friendly inter
collegiate championship bouts.
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1t is likewise reached by means of a row
boat ferry and is the home of the Sycamore
Island Club. This stretch of the river is
dotted with many Islands. large and small,
and they present splendid maze through
which the canoeist may paddle. Little
shuteS here and there between two of the
group provide variations in the sport with
out the danger that is sometimes present In
such instances. This spot may be called
the Thousand Islands" of the Potomac.
with little stretching of the Imagination
virginia shore, just above Plume Island,
so called because there stands on it a large
plume-shaped tree that Is visible from
points along the river. is known as THE
Cabin The cabin is built of rough-hewn
logs and Is the property of Adrian Sizer,
John 0. Evans and Fred O'Connell of this
city. 1t Is one of the most attractive
structures on the river. Cold Spring Camp
who love Gods out-of-doors" 1t is nearer
the city and also on the Virginia shore
There Is fine club house here. Still far
Their down on the same side is the "Kolum-
the XXX. K s." This is lust above the
long dam which is thrown across the river
at this point to turn a portion of the rivers
water into the canal feeder.
Along the river front in Georgetown there
are innumerable boat and club houses, in
which crafts of all descriptions are stored
and from which hundreds of people go up
the river nearly to Chain bridge every fair
day In the warm season of the year. AL
ready there are lively scenes in this sec
ton. The Georgetown University and
Potomac Club racing shells have been skip
ping over the water for several weeks,
while the pleasure craft have also been out
In no small numbers Soon, on mild
evening, the surface of the water will be
dotted with hundreds of boats and the
merry laughter of youths and maidens will
float with the gentle wind. From the shores
alSO will come the strains of banjo, guitar
or mandolin, and perhaps of the human
voice, as the time is whiled away by the
care-free.
There is one thing which those who are
interested in the river for its beauty are
thinking about, that Is likely I'm the near
future to at least partially spoil this scene
1t is known that the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad is contemplating the construction
of a branch road from a point near Chevy
Chase to the edge of the river in the vicin-
ity of Chain bridge and continuing down the
bank. between the river and the canal, to
Georgetown, where a freight station will
be erected. 1t is gravely feared that the
whistle of the freight engine as is pulls a
heavy load of freight cars over a trestle
extending partly out into the river and the
rumble of the wheels on the bridge work
will sadly effect the quiet charm of the
spot. But such Is the way of modern day
commerce and devotees of the river sports
no matter how hard they try. would prob
ably have a hard time to prevent this desc
Grafton of their little world.
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zone need never expect to be we'll and
happy" s~-.l
~
One Of tie most attractive places for
camping out and enjoying the pleasures of
fishing, canoeing and swimming to your
hearts content is High Island just few
miles above Chain bridge. This is in the
possession of the High Island Canoe Club,
and is reached by the members and their
friends by means of an improvised ferry-a
large, fat-bottomed row boat, from which
the steersman standing on the bow can
reach wire cable suspended from shore to
shore across the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
feeder. The island itself is difficult of ap-
proach to one who does not know the secret.
Its name fits it well, however, for its rug
ged, wooded top can easily be seen from
nelghboring points, and the view that greets
the eye as one looks upstream from It's
rocky prow-for 1t is shaped like great
battle ship-is magnificent, extending nearly
to Cabin John bridge.
The club house is on the highest point
an ideal situation. 1t is reached by climb
ing long and steep flight of steps con-
structed on the side of the hill. The fifteen
or more members of the club have recently
been engaged in painting and refitting their
quarters and otherwise putting their island
home into shape for the coming summer.
In this connection there Is an incident that
should not fail of relation. To reach the
foot of the steps 1t is necessary, besides
stream OF water-a stillway, which runs
rapidly at the foot Of the hill and provides
an escape for the overflow from the feeder.
This is pretty wide and deep, and there is
usually strong bridge across it.
During the past winter, however, the
bridge was washed away, and the only way
to get over, except in a boat, which is
rather unmanageable in such place. was
to walk on a couple of narraw fallen trees.
AS soon as mild weather came the young
men started about building another bridge,
which was to be, stronger than the other.
They do all the work on the island them
selves, and in THIS way get more than half
of their pleasure. sb5
Several Sundays ago the new bridge was
almost completed. A number OF the work.
ers. roughly Clad, were out on the center
of the structure, putting on the finishing
touches, when suddenly, without any warm
Ing, birch sappling snapped and down
went workers, bridge and all into the foam
ing current. 1t was a beautiful scramble
for the submerged ones and a first class
occasion to laugh for the members on the
bank.
Today the bridge is again under con-
struction, and is nearly finished Care was
taken this time to secure ,firmer Orders and
the bridgebuilders will swear that it won't
Gave in" any more.
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DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
War Department Clerks Taking I'm
usual Interest.

The officials and employees at the War
Department are taking unusual interest in
the organization of the departmental base
ball league and say they will undoubtedly
have strong nine to represent them in the
games this season. They have secured a
diamond in the White Lot from Col Brom-
well. the officer in charge of public build
ings and grounds, and will begin active
practice about the 18th instant
over 500 has been already contributed
toward the expenses of the War Depart
ment team. Secretary Taft and Assistant
Secretary Oliver headed the list with con-
tributions of S. each. and Gen. Chaffee
Gen. Ainsworth and other army officers
each contributed a similar amount 1t is
understood that Mr.. Searle. appointment
clerk. who has had considerable experience
In athletics, will manage the team.
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CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING.

The first definite steps toward making
cross-country running an International
sport have been taken by Cornell which
has been appointed a committee to bring
about a meeting between Oxford and Cam
bridge Universities of England, and the
members of the American Intercollegiate
Association. Although there is little pros
pect of the success of the suggestion. the
meeting would be of incalculable good to
cross-country running in this country.
American colleges only took up this sport
in the east In 1899. Since that time there
has been a noticeable Increase in good dis
lance runners in which America has al
ways been weak compared to England
If the international contest Is arranged 1t
will take place some time next fall, either
before or Immediately after the inter-
collegiate championship run in November.
The matter has been left In the hands OF
the Cornell runners. who are working
through w. E. Schutt. their former dis
lance champion, who is now q student at
Oxford College. Cross country running has
gained its first foothold in the western col
leges during the present spring Chicago
and Michigan are the leaders in It, the lat
ter institution having squad Of nearly 200
men at work. This = one Of the secrets to
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Odom will be missed when the time comes
for him to retire.
That Sam Hildreths application for REIN
statement was turned down by the Jockey
Club stewards did not come a surprise
to the knowing ones, who are in touch
with the workings of the ruling turf body
In the east The campaign for Hildreth's
reinstatement has been vigorously carried
on and nobody has worked harder for his
reinstatement than his employer, E. E.
Smathers. Turfmen generally believe that
Hildreth made the mistake of his life, if
he ever really believed that he had chance
to get back into the good graces of the
ruling powers, by not accepting the punish
ment handed out to him with good grace
and retire until the suspension was lifted.
But Hildreth, 1t is believed by those who
should know, was acting for Mr.. Smathers
when he made extensive purchases in his
own name of yearlings during the midsum-
mer sales. The belief became fact when
the yearlings were subsequently transferred
to Mr.. Smathers and by him entered in
stakes to be run during the coming sea son.
Had Hildreth taken his medicine quietly
and had not there been such a spectacular
campaign made in his behalf, he might have
had chance to get back on the eastern
turf. but at present, as things stand, his
case looks hopeless.
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COLLEGE AUToMoBIL1Na.

That there Is no sport which the college
men do not take up is shown by the reor-
ganization of the University of Pennsyi-
yania Automobile Club during the last
week and the organization OF similar clubs
at Harvard. Columbia and Yale. A racing
machine has been constructed by several
Pennsylvania undergraduates who are stu
dents in the engineering department. and
they have issued a formal challenge to any
college organization which has a similar
car. The Quakers have even gone so far
as to send challenge to Harvard for an
intercollegiate automobile race, but to date
the famous race has never been held.
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Benning Getaway Day
But a Short While Off

than my brother Jack and he weighs $50
pounds. 1 expect to ride throughout the
season on the eastern tracks. but as yet
have no contract with any particular sta
ble."
England or France will probably see Odom
next year, and there is little doubt that the
most popular riders In this country. will
be able to hold his own on the foreign
tracks. Odom bears the same reputation in
this country that Archer did in England.
In all the years he has been riding horses
no word of suspicion has ever been directed
against him. Thoroughly honest and eapa-
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VIRGINIA BESTs MIDDIEs
Ragged Game on Grounds at Annapo-
lis

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, April S.-The base ball
team of the University Of Virginia defeated
the Annapolis midshipmen here today by a
score of to 3. The game was ragged at
times and very close and interesting at
others.
With the score 3 to against it Vir-
ginia started in the first of the ninth and
succeeded in piling up five runs and cinched
the game.
A questionable decision of the umpire
caused an unpleasant dispute and almost
stopped the game.
In the ninth inning Virginia. with three
on bases hit short one to Theobold, who
threw home to put out the forced man OF
third. The umpire claimed the navy
catcher did not have his foot on the base
and called the runner safe. This called for
vigorous protest from the navy players,
and it was only after lengthy discussion
that compromise was effected and play
resumed
The score by innings was as follows:
R.H.E.
Virginia. 2 o o o 0 ST
Navy. ........0 o 0 0 o o 0 O-3 8
Batteries: Virginia, Adams and Chandler
and Daniels; Navy. Needham and Fields.
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NEW THREE-MILE RECORD.
Fast Time by Ellie on the Oakland
Track

SAN FRANCISCO, April "a worlds
record for three miles was established by
Ellie on the Oakland track, tho distance be-
Ing run In 5:22. 1t was twenty-one years
ago when Drake Carter. at Sheepshead
Bay race track, hung up the record Of
5.24. and that has stood to the present
time.
The California record for the distance
Is clipped by six and one-half seconds. The
new record holder is a four-year-oid geld
Ing BY st. Carlo-Jude, and = owned BY
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GRAND OLD MAN ANsoN.
Hugh Duffy Says He Was the Greatest
Batter Ever Lived,

"Anson IL the greatest batter who ever
lived" says Hugh Duffy, manager OF the
Philadelphia Nationals. II never saw a man
who could hit so hard and consecutively
as the manager Of the old Chicago team.
His record shows this.
His fielding. too, was OF q high order.
though not quite SO good as his batting.
Though not SO fast and graceful as some
Of the modern fieIders he seldom made
an error.
1.-The fine points Of the game he under
stood thoroughly, and he had a faculty
OF imparting them to his players. He
was the greatest manager in the business
for developing young ball players. He
took a personal interest in the new men
and spent hours drilling them. There was
one thing he demanded. That was fight
Ing spirit. Arson would rather have had
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first turn around half of them dropped out.
hid under the stand, and Joined in again
on the last lap.
For several weeks the old man wonder
ed why the daily run failed to reduce the
players weights. It went hard with the
offenders when he became aware Of the
deception"
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Rifle and Revolver Club Incorporated.
The National Capital Rifle and Revolver
Club. organized Wednesday evening in U.
v. L. Hall, 80 Pennsylvania avenue. has
been incorporated, with J. C. Bum, q. J.
Dimmick. James e. Bell, w. N. Farrow
and A. Y. Babine as incorporators. The
stated object CT the organization Is to pro-
mote general target practice. with rifle. -
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c. Stuebenhard, jr. Ellie carried 100 pounds
and was ridden by Jockey Jones' DIR. Leg
go, lavorite, was beaten by three-Quarters
OF a length; Verano was third.
The long distance racing today attracted
large crowd. No event on the cards was
less than one mile
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1t has been well said of Washington that
there is scarcely another city of it's size in
this country that has such charming rural
scenery and such excellent spots for boat
Ing, fishing and swimming within few
minutes ride from it's business center.
Everybody knows the beauties of Rock
Creek Park and the attractive rolling coun-
try to the north of the city, and the resi-
dent who has not enjoyed himself to his
hearts content along the banks or on the
waters of the Potomac is to be compared
with one who would refuse a pot of gold
were it handed to him as gift
Each spring and summer sees an in
creased appreciation of these unsurpassed
opportunities for outdoor enjoyment and
healthful exercise. If one will ramble
Creek Park on a fair morning or afternoon
he will find he has many pedestrians for
company and he will see human interest
and activity added to the picture by smart
teams, whirling motor cars and gay horse
back riders. But there Is one sport that at
present is bounding into greater popularity
with longer strides than any other. This
is boating-of all kinds, from the run up
or down the river In power launch with
a merry party and a good lunch on board
to padding quietly about near Georgetown
or excitedly shooting the rapids in the upper
river in light canvas covered canoe. There
are thousands Of people who think no sport
can equal the aquatic sport, that no pleas
ure Is so keen as that of drifting or shoot
ing rapidly over the surface of the water,
drinking in the cool river breezes and hear
ing the swish of the water against the stem
of the boat.
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the members as marksmen, and thereby
increase their influence as American citi-
zens, SO that they may be the better able
to render the government valuable aid in
case of necessity. Prize and practice
matches OF all kinds. including trap shoot
Ing. 1T is set forth, will be arranged by the
club.
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Straight up stream from High Island and
lying close to the Maryland shore is Syca-
more Island. which Is long. low and ex-
cellently located for boating and fishing.
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Still, tainted dollar" has a way Of
buying just as much bread as any other
dollar.-Columbus co., Dispatch.
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COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

the success of Keene Fitzpatrick in track
athletics.
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Tarhealers Beat Wakeforest.
RALEIGH. N. c.. April S.-University Of
North Carolina, 5; Wakeforest College, g.
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Being small state perhaps Delaware
thinks one senator is enough for it.-Con-
cord Monitor.
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The Island Of Sakhalin il about as hard
for the Japs to capture as Porto Rico was
for the United States forces under Mics.
Houston Post
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If one will spend an afternoon walking
along the banks of the river almost any
place between Georgetown and Great Falls,
at this time. he will see here, there and
everywhere evidences of this popularity.
Practically every island stable enough is
being used as the basis of operations of
some boating or fishing club. while the
banks of the river on both sides are being
secured with eager eyes for the best places
to build log cabin or pitch tent. Canoes,
row boats and launches are being over
hauled with careful eyes and put into trim
and not a few of them have already felt
the cool water of the early spring freshet
against their sides.
After a long winter of indoor life and
battling with the icy blasts, it is with a
shout Of JOY that you take your good, old
canoe on your shoulder, hurry down to the
waters edge with it from its winter rest
ing place, and. sliding 1t into the river,
jump aboard and WELD the light paddle
once again. The good times of former sum-
mers come back to you and visions of the
future float before your happy eyes.
III one can't be well and happy at this
time of the year." remarked q man whom
spring touched in this way few days ago.
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What Russia needs is George Washing
ton. Portland (Me.) Advertiser.
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BILE. always doing his best in the saddle,
Odom will be missed when the time comes
for him to retire.
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the Jesse Brown cup, which will have its
first running this year, and the probable
starters will include the Barbarity stables
Legerdemain or Proteus. w. s. Diffenherf-
fer's Racine III and Rocket, Frank Fosters
Mamie Foster and Little Rose. III. c. Crit
fms Rose Croix, r. c. Halls Ambitious, A.
b. Hancock's Gold Castle. w. l.. Maupin's
T. S. Martin. Pater. Merry Belle or Lady
Chiswick; !. NJ. PARIS Uncle AL and r. w.
Walden's Verdant or Consistent.
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.one need of
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f A. Whitney's Toscan, 8, 100 pounds which
finished first In the first handicap was dispuali-
fed for violation OF rule to sale with contin-
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investigating Assassination.

Constantinople, August 29.-The po-
lice and other officials here are max
ing inquiries into the mysterious de-
mise by assassination on Aug. &c, OF
Apik Undjiian, prominent Armenian
who was shot in the Galatea quarter
of this city by man named Ghirkis
Vartanian, who claims to be natural
lied citizen of the United States. Ac-
cording to the official version of the
affair, Vartanian, who is a native OF
Kharput, and resided for ten years in
the United States, says he was order
ed to kill Undjiian, but refuses to say
by whom the order was issued.