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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

Base Ball Team of Maryland
Agricultural College is
Unusually Strong.

The base ball team representing the
Maryland Agricultural College, which is
looked upon as almost District institution,
is regarded as one of the strongest in the
history of the college and Manager Caul
and Capt. Dixon are encouraged to believe
that the Maryland intercollegiate cham
pionship viii be captured this year by the
Agriculturists. Four games have been play
ed this year and all have been victories.
The Technical and Central High School
teams of this city proved easy picking, and
Delaware and Fredericksburg colleges were
defeated in games which demonstrated that
the farmers have a club that can make
good against the best IN the state.
Capt. Dixon, q senior and cadet-major of
the battalion of cadets. is popular with the
players, and his fine work has been
source of much encouragement to his team
mates. He has pitched all of the games
this year, his latest and best work being
in the game with Fredericks burg College
Tuesday when he relieved Terrell In the
eighth inning and pulled victory out of
what seemed to be sure defeat. Dixon has
great speed, and variety of benders and
shoots that will be a stumbling block to
the big colleges in the state when the
championship series begins. HIS control is
almost perfect. When not pitching Dixon
plays at short. Besides being an excellent
fielder he does good service with the stick.
one of the best college players in the state,
and is in the game at all stages. He is an
accurate thrower, fine batsnlan and usu-
ally manages to have a couple of stolen
bases to his credit. In the game with the
Central High School he made three hits,
two of them being good for two bases.
Bosley. at first base, handles himself like
a veteran, his work on ground balls being
especially fine. He is good sticker and
fleet base runner Besides being fine ball
player he carried off the foot ball honors
at the college last fall.
Grason, at third base, is one of the most
ambitious players on the team. His star
work this season was done in Tuesdays
game against Fredericksburg, when he had
three assists, four put-outs three hits
three runs and had four stolen bases All
this was done without the semblance of an
error.
The outfeld is composed of Byrd, lyle
hart and Evans. all of them big fast men
and good hitters Byrd also works behind
the ash and keeps the team on the move
all the time Reeder. at second is a big,
husky fellow, and with another years ex-
perience will become one of the best play
ers in the college. Terrell, the south-paw
box artist, is not in condition yet, but is ex-
pected to do fine work before the season is
far advanced. When Capt Dixon is in the
box Terrell covers shortstop, and is re-
garded as one of the best hitters on the
team.
The intercollegiate championship series
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"HONEY" MELODY A
PROMISING WELTERWEIGHT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. April 14.-Among the well
terweights few have fought with more per-
slstency and consistency than William
Melody, the Charlestown, Mass. boy. and
with the complete eclipse OF Mike Twin
Sullivan by the formidable Cans Melody
now has as much chance among the white
145-pounders as any man that be
named. He is rugged. courageous chap
and while he does not class with Cans, still
he would be able to hold his own with
Gardner, Lewis. and the other white welter-
weights Melody is only twenty-six years
the soubriquet of Honey coupled with
men for a fighter.
The one man whom Melody found to be
an insurmountable stumbling block was
Buddy Ryan. but that promising weller has
been compelled to retire from the ring on
account of the loss of an eye. Ryan had
three decisions over Melody, one points.
one on a foul and the third by a knockout
in the first round. On the other hand, Mel
lody, who began fighting In 1901 disposed
of such tough fellows as Nose King, Billy
Gardner Bolfield. Walcott, Matty Mathews.
Eddie Connolly. Patsey Sweeney. Otto Sic
loft, Jack O'Keefe. Martin Duffy and Fred
Douglass. In fact Melody has a most ex-
cellent record. the only bad spot In 1t being
his three defeats at the hands of Buddy
Ryan. But almost all boxers have their
hoodoo. McGovern had his Corbett and Cor
bett had his Nelson. Melody had his Ryan.
Perhaps, now that Ryan is out of the game,
Melody will get to the front. But he will
do well to avoid a conflict with that cv-
clone. joseph Cans.
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HARVARD WILL
RETAIN FOOT Ball

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON. Mass. April 14.-Foot ball is
not a thing of the past at Harvard, and
1t will be played next fall on the Soldiers
Field gridiron with practically the same
colleges as last fall.
The athletic committee announced its
finding, holding unanimously to the sport
under the revised rules. and also to have
intercollegiate contests. as In the last dec
ade.
II is up to the board Of overseers 10 take
final action, but as that body has promised
its support to the committee. Coach Reid
has already started in to arrange his
games for next fall. Yale win be Harvards
chief rival. but it is doubtful II Pennsyl-
vania holds her place on the Crimson
schedule.
The board of overseers will put their
approval on the game at it's next meeting.
and then Harvard can count on stil being
a figure ia the intercollegiate athletic
world.
The Harvard athletic committee guar
antees foot ball for next season only, and
If the new rules meet with the require
ments OF those governing foot ball at Cam
bridge then another lease of life Will be
granted in all probability. II Is thought
now that the extra officials and the open >
play Will do away with brutality, and Har-
ward feels, with this feature eliminated,
that the grumbling viii cease.
President Eliot was very anxious to
abolish foot ball for at least two years and
do away with intercollegiate contests. The
board Of overseers does not look upon the
game in the same light as the president.
and the majority are anxious for these
contests to continue.
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President aud Captain Of Interior 81 Team.
but twenty-odd remaining. in order to
complete a most interesting campaign, and
decide the question OF supremacy among
the competing clubs. The results of these
games have demonstrated that the depart
meuts can muster some experts of whom
any club might wen be proud, and who
could hold their own In almost any com
pany The contests (which are taking place
at the rooms of the Washington Chess
club are attracting considerable atten-
'iou. and the finish promises 20 bring out
some play of very interesting character.
Mr.. Roberts the captain Of the Agricul-
ture team. is generally regarded as the
originator OF the Iesgue. He. however.
mOdcsty declines to pose as father of
the league The first team, however, was
organized i'm the Department of Agricul-
ture. by Messrs. Cross. Parks Roberts and
others and q sweeping def thereupon
issued 20 the other departments, who at
once got busy and organized teams. A
meeting Of representatives OF the various
clubs was held about the middle Of No
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KINGDOM GOULD TO
TAKE UP ATHLETICS
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April lexington Gould,
second son of George Gould, has announced
his intention of taking up track athletics
and has begun work with the Columbia
track team. Goulds speciality. according to
those who have seen him. is the hurdles, In
which he Is said to have done well in prac-
tice.
Goulds ability was discovered only re-
Gently. Reggie Caushois, who was one of
the sophomores at whom Gould fired re-
Volver eighteen months ago, when he was
pursued as fitting subject to grace class
dinner, was responsible for the find. Since
the revolver episode Gould and Caushois
have become intimate friends and while the
upper ciassman was visiting at Lakewood
the two young men tried some athletic
stunts Caushois. who is a long-distance
runner, Immediately recognized Gould s
ability.
Those who have seen Gould at work say
that he has an excellent stride and displays
good form in the jumps.
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AWAITING OPENING
AT PIMLICO'S TRACK

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE. April IA number of
Jockeys and trainers are now at Pimlico
awaiting for the opening on April Ii.
Among those who have made regulations
on the turf are Richard Jackson, who now
has charge of Mr. Beale's racers. This lad
at one time headed the winning boys at
Pimico and later gained experience at
Nashville and Lationia, and, IN fact on all
the prominent tracks. At St. Louis last
year, Just before the tracks were closed. he
made a fine reputation by carrying off a
big race Jackson underwent uch a strain
keeping down weight that lie finally aban-
doned the pigskin and began training for
Mr. Beale. He says, however that he will
ride over the jumps at the coming Pimlico
meeting.
Herbert Sheppard, George Prock and VIII
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DistiIIery at Roxbury, Washington Co., Md.
ESTABLISHED 1883.

will open April 2S, when st. Johns College
Annapolis. viii go to College Park for 4
scalp. st Johns has been going some
this season, and if the Agriculturists sue
coed in defeating 1t the pennant is as good
as won. There are four clubs in the race
Maryland Agricultural College, St John :
College. Western Maryland College Of
Westminster and Washington College Of
CheStertown.
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In the match between Interior A and Inte-
rior b. to take place tomorrow night, the
game at board No. !. between Messrs. Sour
MIN and Walker. VIII not be played until
Wednesday night. AS this viii be the last
meeting between these two crack players
during the present tourney, there viii prob
ably be a crowd on hand to witness the
contest.
Navy match. between Messrs. Pratt and
Molkow. Thursday night, was won by the
latter, thus scoring the third win for Navy
In this series. But one game remains to
be played to finish this match. in which
Burke of Interior b will be opposed to
Lerch of Navy. This game win be played
"Wednesday night In all probability.
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vemLer officers chosen. and later on a
constitution and schedule were adopted.
The plans already atoUt FOR next season S
campaign include the project OF securing
and gquippinE permanent headquarters,
and making the affair something in the
nature OF general departmental club.
With chess as the moving cause. II is be-
leyed that such an institution would be a
boon not only TO departmental chess play
ers. but 10 their non-chess playing friends
generally, as extra accommodations in the
shape OF reading, whist rooms. etc, can
easily bee provided for those who do not
care for chess.
Officials and Members.
The following is a complete roster of the
new organization: President, Mr.. +. B.
Walker interior b; secretary. Mr.. c. II.
Cross (Agriculture): treasurer. Mr.. G. H.
Parks agricultural. Messrs. w. r. Lowe.
John Roberts. James HID. F. b. Walker,
II. W. Graham, II. G.. Croker, y. p. Web
sIer. +. Satterley and II. c. Lewis consti-
tute the executive committee, and are also
captains of their respective teams.
The personnel OF the teams Is as follows:
wAR-NIai W. r. Lowe. team csptain: sIessrs.
Saas H. Whipple, Il. A. TIbhetts aud d. Z. Lat
AGRICULTURE-SIr John Roberts, team cap
tain; MessFs. c. Ii. Gross g. II. Parks c. b.
sted, J. W. Pew. $. NJ. Woodward. Doctors II. W.
Wiley, II. ". Lawson and Andrew Fossum and
Prof. A. S. Hitchcock
INTERIOR A-CaDt. James Hin. team captain
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New Race Track Near pittsburg.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
CHICAGO. April 14.--John Condor. the
blind turfman. who Is the leading spirit in
the Western Jockey Club, is planning q
new race track to be located at Holidays
Cove. w. Va, about forty miles from Pitts
burg. and also within reach OF Wheeling.
East Liverpool. Ohio and other towns
where there is supposed to be considerable
sporting blood. 1t Is said that Condor will
have the financial aid of several rich Pitts
will cost about $500, 1850 will be ready for
racing next year.
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DEPARTMENTAL CHESS
LEAGUE CONTESTS

The match between Interior B and Navy,
scheduled for last Monday night, developed
into a controversy which for a time resem-
bled unusually lively session OF the d.
\. r. BY the time all disputed points were
settled the evening was so far advanced
that 1t was decided not to begin play, but
to adjourn until later In the week
1t seems that by reason of the Indictment
weather Navy had but three men on hand,
while Interior b had four, the proposition
being to start Il six-board match. When
it came to pairing absent players the trouble
began. Interior stood out for an ad-
Journment at board No. 2, while the Navy
captain claimed and was awarded a for
fixture, Byler, the Interior player at that
board, not being present. 1t was then de-
cided that Navy should forfeit two games
QeaVing three to be played, and the ques-
ton of which men should forfeit and to
whom, provoked another discussion 1t was
finally agreed that Byler of Interior should
forfeit to Webster of Navy and Smell and
Collamore of Navy should forfeit to Walker
and Lounsberry of Interior. respectively.
This left three games to be PLAYED between
Pratt. Flick and Burke of Interior against
Molkow Buck and Lerch of Navy The
game between Flick and Buck was nlaved
off Wednesday night, being won by the
latter, two games remaining unplayed at
date of last report.
War and Treasury also met for their
final match Of the season Monday NIGHT and
War will probably add another to its long
strinG Of victories. Lowe and WhippIe both
won their games. the match between LAT
timore and Curns not being played owing
to absence of the latter player 1t is, how
ever, claimed by War on forfeiture. The
Tibbetts- Halstead game was postponed
Wednesday night Justice met Agriculture.
and the result of the match (yet unfinished
will probably~be a victory for the iurists.
Out of the three games played they got
away with two in handy fashion Messrs,
Finn tone of the much-discussed notaries)
and l.. b. Smith proving a winning com
bination. But one game remains to be
played to complete this match. In which
Dr. Fossum of Agriculture will tackle
Mitchell. the other notary.
The following are the scores:
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Neszrs Vladimir Sournin. Chas H Hinton. G. s.
Rafter, G.. NJ Beatty, l.. Taarp. Il. E. Lowe
Drs Patrick +. Maggie and Arthur T. Randall.
INTERIOR B-Mr, +. Il. Walker team captain;
Nessrs J. w Byier W. II. Pratt. G. NJ. Flick
.. y. Burke, G. j. Reed. VIM. II Wlitten, jr., A.
II. BarrowS and G.. \. Louusherry.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFiCE-Mr. II. W.
Graham, team captain Nessrs. J. 4. Mccormick.
a. J. Benton. Fred l. Arends, Il. A. Martin, W.
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L. Gutellns; Joseph W Fritz, E. b Chambers and
Geo. Il. TalluaB.
sTATE--Mr. il. G. Croker. team captain;
MeSsrs. J. :. Martin, ". c Wells Frank n.
Bauskett + NJ. Aten and E. L. Whitehouse.
NAVY.Mr. \ B. Webster. team captain;
Messrs. L. Z. Hanna, G. l.. Smell. F. T. M0lkow.
r. L. Lerch, y. X. Buck. E. Collamore Il NJ.
Strickland and II. W. Thayer.
TREASURY-Alr F.. Satterley team captain;
Messrs. j. Il. r. Upper, Z. VI HalstaaGl J. F.
Curns. ]. ". Wheauey, J. f. Il. Ray, W. D.
Cannon and F. II. Bassett-
JUSTICE-Mr. H. c. Lewis team captain;
Messrs L. b. Smith w. T. Borland r. S. Pier
son. Charles nrayton. X. C. Yipond Vim. Finn
and + +. Mitchell
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SOME EXCELLENT
PLAYERS FOUND
Over Sixty Contests Played by
the Departmental Chess
League Past Season.

Though starting rather late in the sea-
son. the first regular match not being
played until November p, 1898, over sixty
contests have taken place in the Depart
mental Chess League in the past winter,
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liam Zell are experienced boys, but rs they
have about all they can attend to looking
after Mr.. Jordan's horses it is doubttul
if they viii ride this season.
Col Lownes has 9. y. Brown and II.
Weeks, both ex-jockeys. and several other
bows whom he thinks will make fair riders
Mr. Jordan thinks he has found a good
boy In little Max Prock. thirteen years Old,
who tips the beam al just seventy pounds.
He is under contract TO Mr.. Jordan Al
though he has been thrown of horses sew
eral times he has always pluckily re-
mounted and continued his exercise. Those
competent to judge boys work say Max
will be star, and that very soon, II he
continues to ride as well In the future as
he has for Mr.. Jordan in the past
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There is every indication that in the near
future Montgomery county will rank with
any county in Maryland in breeding the
light harness horse. Much of the impetus
given to breeding the trotter and PAGER in
Montgomery should be credited to the
Montgomery County Fair Association. Single
individuals like Charles G. Waters of Ger
mautown have done much toward making
the light harness horses popular. OF late
years young men of Montgomery like Lee 5.
Dorsey have done much toward keeping up
the interest by Offering purses for contests
over the county track at Rockville at in
tervals, and doubtless the time is not far
distant when matinees will be given at the
track with the same frequency during the
summer months as is now the, case at
Brightwood.
Mr.. Dorsey writes The Star that the stalls
at the local track are gradually filling up
and that the indication is that the season
of 1906 will see more horses in training
over the Rockville course than In any pre-
vious one. w. II. Rabbit has commenced
to jog his PAGER Ella P, 221A; also his
brown three-year- colt by Brown Hal,
2.12 dam by Star Pick, 211M, and a gray
mare, four years old, trotter, by Golden
Nugget, that promises to be fast AS the
season advances he hopes to increase his
string very materially. For years past no
meeting at Rockville has been a complete
success without the presence of Mr.. Rabbit.
proved to be one of the best investments
in the way of horse flesh that has been
made by a resident of the county He
has sired q number of excellent roadsters,
and only a small percentage of them have
lacked speed.
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T. c. Reyes of Montgomery has a
youngster by Nugget that, without much
training, has shown a mile in 240, and
he will give him a chance this summer to
go as fast as he has mind to go. Per-
haps the best of the Nuggets is the now
celebrated Montgomery Mack. This colt
received all of his training the country
roads in the hands of a. farmer boy. The
first time he was turned in race he stepped
to a mark of 231J2. Charles Viers, one of
the popular young men of the county, is
daily jogging his new western purchase,
which, 1t is rumored, can negotiate miles
around 2.15. Thomas Viers can also be
seen daily Jogging a very handsome chest
nut that is afflicted with speed at the trot.
All of the horses mentioned will be entered
in the class for Montgomery owned horses
at the coming county fair.
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TRAINERS BUSY
At BR|CHTWOOD
Preparing the Horses for the
Meeting at Norfolk
Next Month.
By L. D. SALE.

The past week has been busy one
among the trainers at Brightwood The
horses that are to be entered at the Nor
folk meet next month are being given a
trifie sitter work. Bedford Boy. .. 1874, was
stepped mile during the week in 2.3t a
mere jog for him. however while others
We're given miles around 500, among the
number so rated being PauIding Boy, 81 3A.
Ais Well, the green serrel gelding, in
charge of Thomas Cannon, was given an
eighth in nineteen seconds during the week.
and is coming to his speed rapidly. Charles
Weiss of Annapolis sent to Mr.. CANON last
week the gray mare Lady Amicuss, 2.3214
to be trained and raced, and also a green
PAGER that with little training, has shown
go speed.
w. Ii. Richardson's Eva. 2.2514. negotiat-
ed an eighth with Mr.. Cannon up last week
in seventeen seconds, and trotted a last quar-
ter in thirty-seven seconds.
quite u number of Neutrality-suspicious. at
tended the Mcmillan sale of brood mares,
stations and young things at Calverton.
Va, April 6. Nearly all of the animals
sold at high prices, especially some of the
brood mares with choice blood lines f F.
Hall of Washington purchased the Waxy
mare a sister of Sunol 20S14. A brood
mare by NutbuTne was also purchased by
Mr.. Hall, who is interested with his father
in a stock farm near brandy Station, Va.
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c. c. Waters OF Germantown has a half
mile track on his farm and will give his
horses their early preparations over it. The
latter part OF June he will take upward OF
ten head mostly of his own breeding, to
the Gentlemen's Driving Park, Baltimore
Mr.. Waters reports that he has a grand
looking lot of Minister'S at the farm and
that every one of them that has been hitch
ed steps off like drum major. Thus TAR
there is not PAGER in TIE lot. Ex-Pay-
master General J. A. Smith of the navy,
long q resident of Washington, and now of
Philadelphia has removed his horses from
Pleasant Fields. the Waters estate. to Wa
tertown, n. Y, where they will be trained
by w Van Valkenburg. One of the lot
shipped is the very promising four-year-old
colt Doublet by Kinster, 2 14A, out of Josie
g.. 227, by Cuyfer Clay, second dam Cress,
the dam of Kinster, by Kentucky Prince,
thus making Doublet inbred to his sire.
The handsome and speedy bay three-ye
old FLY Kinetta, full sister of Doubiet, was
also q, member Of the consignment. Others
In the lot which Mr. Van Valkenburg will
train for Mr.. Smith are the o-year-oid
stallion Ray Bell, by Bow Bells 219A q
young son of Easter Bud by Great Heart
219, while another is by Highwood 22lk
ington Gen. Smith was a breeder on a large
scale. 1t was he who imported from Ken
lucky to Washington late in the seventies
the ultTa-handSome Morgan stallion Ma =
mion GoldduSt. and later on brought to this
section from the same state the noted Guy
Ter Clay, son of Cuyler. Gen. Smith sold
several consignments or trotters and thor
oughbreds to the Japanese government a
few years since.
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In spite of April showers, the Rockville
track is in fine shape for jogging purposes.
By the time the May meeting takes place
Mr.. Dorsey hopes TO have 1t in the best
condition. Owing to the fact that recent
wet weather has affected the condition of
horses more or less, the heats will only be
half miles. The stake races are filing rap
idly, and Mr.. Dorsey says 1t now looks as
If the initial meeting of the season will
draw large and fast fields as winning
horses get neither records nor bars In con-
testing IN half-mile heats newcomer
that Mr.. Dorsey likes much in his stable is
a daughter of Monocacy, called Lady Bell.
record 2.3212, but very much faster As a
matter of fact, she has been driven a mile
In 2.23 by Mr.. Dorsey.
The record horses he has In hand at this
writing are Harry c., 221A, q record ac-
quired when seventeen years Of age; Noble
Boy, 222A, by Gambrel and he by Gam
BETA Wilkes a five-year-old chestnut mare
called Grace D.. by E. H g., 221Is: a dun
mare by Meta Wilkes which has shown a
quarter in OBS a half in 1.121s and a mile
In 2.3o; q sorrel three-year- filIy by Joe
D., dam Princess Orleff, 2 25A; Nettfs C.. a
three-year-old gray FLY by Harry c.. and
six others that he Is samplng In the way
or speed from time TO time. The chestnut
filly Is the property of John Dugan. while
the gray one Is owned by Louis Collins Mar.
Dorsey is banking heavily on Noble Boy
and Harry ID. to do great things the COM
Ing season. The former has been a bang-up
second in ais. while the latter has shown
the capacity to negotiate miles around the
same notch.