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The Washington times., 1906-06-25
COLLEG|ANS EXCEL
IN POLE VAULT|NG
Only Event in Which RahI
Rah! LaddieS Are Better
Than CIubmen.
GREAT WORK THIS SPRING
Records Have Been Repeatedly Broken
During Past Season-Now Stand
Twelve Feet Five Inches

Pole vaulting is on the upward swing
Collegiate celebrities are topping the
bar at record-breaking heights. the
spring competition having been produc-
tive OF some wonderful performances.
Little Gilbert, of Yale. soaring over
the cross stick at u feet inches.
smashed Norman Dole's record of Z
feet l 32-1O0 inches. but scarcely had
Gilbert turned the trick on the Cali
fornian. when his own record was bet
tered by Leroy Samse. the He=culean
Ioosier, who succeeded In hurting him
self over the bar at the remarkable
height OF u feet 8 inches. There are at
least a dozen cOllcgians who have better
ed eleven and a half feet this season
This speaks well for the sport.
Lack of Vaulters in Clubs.
There is one fact. however. which is
causing adverse comment among the
followers Of the vaulting game. and
that is the lack OF vaulters among ath-
letic clubs.
To the lovers Of pure club sport this
is not palatable. but nevertheless IL is
the truth Instead OF improving, the
sport has deteriorated-
In view of the tremendous bounds
which other branches of sport have
taken in the last decade, this is Ia
mentable.
The reason for this deterioration Of
vaulting is evident. There is not enough
competition. Few tournaments. outside
Of championships. where. thanks II for
jner observing patrons OF spor,, pole
vauiting is a compulsory event, con-
tain this muscle making and strength
developing contest
Vaulting a Grand Sport.
Pole vaulting is a grand sport II is a
great body-builder. requiring suppleness
and spring OF body and limb muscle.
great skill and strength Of arm. II pre-
sents fine field OF endeavOr for noVices.
being mastered rather by earnest work
than by natural ability. 1t is an inter
estlng and spectacular event for the on
lockers. Something should be done TO
put it in the place II should have IN club
competition. Something must be done
for its betterment. Clubs and games
committees should see that vauhing be
made a feature OF every competition and
should offer prizes OF value 20 induce the
athletes 10 take part Pole vaulting is
the only event wherein athletic clubmen
are not the equal Of collegians.
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BIG TOURNAMENT
FOR HEAVY TITLE
That's the Pipe Los Angeles
FiStiC Promoters Are
Smoking Now.
LEAVING OUT DEAD ONES
Nothing Doing for Hart, Rubin, and
Johnson in This Series of
Scraps.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. June "a
heavyweight tournament 20 take place
in this city to bring \ legitimate worlds
champion out Of the 0unch OF claimants
now trying TO tell the sporting world
how good they are. is the latest state
ment Of Tom McCarey. manager OF the
Pacific A c.
Here are the men he wants 10 get
together and sift out a world beater
from their midst:
Jack O'Brien. Hugo Kelly, Al Kaunf-
man Sam Berger. Jack Root. and
To-. ny Burns. Six men and FIVE fights
- = listens good on paper"
DEED Ones Put Away.
or course. We VIII pass over the out
ragged howl which will so up from Mar
vim Hart. Gus Rubin, and johnson.
Marvin Hart is a mighty pert young
-ti-ow, but he won't do.-GUs Rubin is
the best that Herkimer county ever
produced, and Johnson has the saffron
stripe.
You may wonder where Hugo Kelly
gets his license 20 break into the heavy
weight class. He beat Jack O'Brien In
a limited round go. and anybody who
can do that deserves credit. He viii 60
with o Brien. Then Kaufman and Ber-
ger, the san Francisco neaVyWeightS.
Will mix IL for keeps. They have always
been friends. but lately they have come
10 regard each other as stumbling
blocks These men are heavyweights.
Jack Root and Burns viii make the
third couplet- Burns is really not
Uorld-beater, but he should be able 10
make Root step some
The winner OF the Kaufman Berger
mill VIII meet the winner Of rhe Root
Burns tangle snd the winner OF this
night wiz take the winner OF the Kelly
o. Brien -rouble."
But IN case anything should go wrong
Thomas Is there with 4 supplementary
vision which he has in view
he wants to get the best lightweight
IN the business 10 meet Battling Nelson.
Did anybody whip Joe Gans2 Hush.
Joe Is too good He is barred from this
competition.
Lightweight Dream.
Here is Toms other dream:
Britt 10 meet McGovern, Herman to
meet Hook Keyes. the winners OF the
two fights 10 meet for the privilege to
hight Nelson the first week Of the rae
Ing season this winter.
Morris Levy Is after a September card
IN san Francisco. bat the men who
made the fighting game so profitable in
san Francisco are scattered al over the
country.
IL looks very much as II il viii have
20 be Los Angeles or nothing for the
sh2rt-haired gentlemen
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= = - AEXPELS g
- - - BLOOD HUMORs

Itching dishguring euption rashes bos, we'll
heads and rough skins irritating
huor the blood These with which
being constantly thrown off through the and glands and
diseased
applied externally condition the blood
outflow
The countless washes lotions that
hunrladen blood temporary
cleanliness in
the of the trouble be effected
b real blood purifier all the neutral
lie and huor from the circulation completely eradcaes
OF purity S. s. cool the pouring
out ad matter the skin it feeds noushes it with hehsus
BOOK Skin Diseases and medical free.
5HE SWIFT SPECIFIC Coz ATLANTA Ga
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HELD FOR FAST DRIVING
ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE.

Policeman Holmes. of the bicycle
squad OF the First Precinct, put up a
plucky fight last night with a colored
man and three colored women, who
were in buggy driving recklessly down
pennsylvania avenue After an excit-
ing struggle. he landed all but one be-
Eind the bars. Those arrested were
Thomas Taylor. Katie Jones, and Edith
Anderson Taylor is charged with as
sauit and fast driving. and the women
viii answer the charge of assault.
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LIGHTNING HITS TWICE
IN THE SAME PLACE

AUBURN, n. Y. June 9Th omas
Sullivan. OF Montezuma. merchant and
politician, was stricken by lightning in
a peculiar manner while driving across
the marshes. He raised a steel rod uIn-
brella, and the electric current took it
for a lightning rod
The greater part of his clothing was
ripped from his body, and he was rep-
dered I-sSconscious for two hours His
horse was also badly disabled. Mr.. Sui
livan was struck by lightning near the
fifteen years ago
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cow DRAGGED BOY KEEPER
IN FRONT OF LOCOMOTIVE

OWENSBURG, Ky, June 25.-while
grazing cow along the Henderson
Route railroad, Lucien Lewis came near
losing his life. A passenger train, run
ming at the rate OF fifty miles an hour
frightened the COW. The animal dragged
the boy. who had a rope around his
wrist, across the track, just in front of
the engine. The pilot of the engine
struck the boy and knocked him thirty
feet. Aside from three broken ribs,
the boy was not seriously hurt
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RACING.

The weights for the Commonwealth
Handicap. the race popularity known as
''the Suburban Renewal one mile and
a quarter, for tbree-year-olds and up
ward. to be run July at Sheepshead
Bay. have been announced, with Oiseau
as the top weight with l2e pounds. and
Go Between. the Suburban winner under
an impost OF 1l6 pounds. next in the
handicap with 124 pounds. The other
horses OF the high weigHt division are
Agile. l1s; Cairngorm. us: The Picket.
H. Tokalon. III; Proper. 116; Dandelion,
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BOXING,

Mike Murray, manager of the Lincoln
Athletic Club of Chelsea Mass. is try
ing to arrange a match between Aurelio
Herrera and Kid Herman, of Chicago.
Murray has sent the men an offer and
is waiting to hear from them. He would
like to put them on the latter part of
next month
The postponed bout between Dave
Barry, of California, and Jimmy Barry,
the Kansas City middleweight, will take
place at La Sale on July 4
Jack Dougherty, the Milwaukee well
terweight, has been signed by the Lin
coin Athletic Club OF Chelsea, Mass to
meet Joe Walcott, who has decided TO
re-enter the ring
Willie Fitzgerald. who put Amby Nc
Garry away last Friday night, has re-
ceived an offer from the Grand Rapids
Athletic Club 10 meet Jack Dougherty,
of Milwaukee. some time next month
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Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

tl3. and WaterIight. 1l2. The race
winch in the two years OF its history.
mas been won only by hree-year-olds.
Ort w els with 10 pounds in 1904. and
Sysonby. with III pounds last year. viii
nave value this season OF about $l7. 900
The Corey Island Jockey Club on
thursday OF this week Will close for the
autumn meeting at Sheepshead Bay the
newest of the popular private sweep
stake races, the Waldorf. six furlonEs
on the main tracks FOR colts and geld
81 400 and 500 In plate added 70 a
sweepstakes Of $3.50 each, half forfeit,
each subscriber 70 have the right TO
name two horses and start one. The
original subscribers are p. J. Dwyer.
2. II. McCarren. r. r. Hitchcock. An
drew Mille- and the Oneck Stable, and
the invited subscribers are II. =. Dur
cock, Jr.. r. T. Wilson. jr., and Thomas
Clyde
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The second team of the Washington
Boys Club will meet the fremont A c.
today on the Monument grounds. Teams
avera ging fourteen years address Cap
tain Sellers, 1920 Jefferson street north
west Boys Club lineup: Evans or
Copperthite. pitcher; Sacks. catcher:
Hoagson. first base; Sellers. second base /:
Bromley, shortstop; McDonough, third
base; Bromley, left field. Keane, center
field; Connolly, eight teId
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KING EDWARDS HEALTH
CAUSE OF MUCH ALARM

LONDON. June 25.-Alarm is felS to-
day over King Edwards s health, organic
troubles having come with the increase
in flesh. DrOwsiness is his greatest
enemy, and il is whispered during the
luncheon tn Mrs. LongwCrth he was
several times asleep and also dOZed in
his box at the Ascot races.
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President Ban Johnson OF. the Ameri-
can League, is considering the case of
Charlie Jones. Washington's outfielder.
Jones lost control OF his head the other
day and SHE'D a drinking glass against
the grandstand to show his indignation
at Umpire She dan. Flying glass put
some st. Louis ION an in fear of the
wrathful Senator.
The Washington times., 1906-06-25

After winning ten out of fourteen
games, the Detroits drew less than 1000
persons on an ideal day. Some of the
fans couldn't understand, though. why
Detroit couldn't afford To keep half q
dozen extra players in idleness.
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In Harry A. Eells. the stocky Kansas
City recruit, Manager LaJOie has a
twirler who is an adept in watching the
bases Eells shoots them over to first
with cannon ball speed and the oppos-
ing runners do not seem TO care to take
too much of a lead when slippery is
on the rubber.
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Standing of the Clubs.

Columbia A c. vs. St Stephens. at
North Capitol and L streets.
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IS YALE BLUFF|NG
ABOUT SLOW TINE
Suspicion Arising That Her
Crew Is Much Better Than
Figures Indicate.
CAMPAIGN FOR A CAPTAINCY
Bacon Expected TO Lead Harvard Next
Year and Sophomore Noyes
Old Eli.

GALES FERRY. Conn, June 25--Sly
John Kennedy, the Yale crew coach,
has wound up the training OF his three
crews without giving the anxious a
chance to get line on them.
The crafty "Old Fox he picked out
the worst weather conditi, a which
TO force Yale for her tin ws ever
since the oarsuen came he. Harvard.
meantime. has been looking for snap
easy conditions and has picked them for
he- time rows In consequence. Harvard
has made from one and one-half 10 two
minutes better time than Yale in all
the four-n1ile spins
Yale's Time Really Good.
The impression has cot abroad that
Harvard has a record breaking crew on
the one hand and that on the other
Yale's set Of slender oarsmen are liable
TO fall out Of their shell from sheer
exhaustion before the last mile IS row
ed. Yale's time. however. is about equal
70 that Of Harvard. and those in a posi-
ton 10 know say the teams are about
equally divided.
Today marked the first practice with
out tine work since the crews came
l4fit A4Atf " III rum AON on hNlh OAL
two or three miles daily at just enough
Of pace 10 timber UP for their battle
OF Thursday Racing starts were to
day practiced for the first time in both
camps
Bacon and Noyes.
At both quarters the campaigning for
the captaincy OF another year is going
on in a lively fashion II IS taken for
granted at Harvard quarters that Bob
Bacon viii lead next years crew He is
son OF Bob Bacon. who rowed for
years on .-FoXey' Bancroft's crew, and
who IS now First Assistant Secretary
OF State He has been number six IN
the varsity eight for two years and
captain OF the freshmen crew
Al Yale the choice for the captainCy
now seems to be pretty clearly Robert
Hale Noyes. OF ST. Paul, MINI. who is
also rowing number six he is only
sophomore.
The Washington times., 1906-06-25

The committees of the Automobile
Club. of America. in charge of the al
cohol and commercial vehicle tests
which the club viii hold in the fall are
now working on the plans. and the con-
ditions for the tests will probably be
sent out early in September.
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Crew Deserves Warm Sup
port and Another Trial
at Poughkeepsie.
SULLIVAN AND HANLON
May Meet in Baltimore on July 4.
Leonard and Levy Nearly Bet
on Coming Bout
By THOMAS S. RICE.

Defeat with honor. Such is the record
of Georgetown at Poughkeepsie.
The lightest and youngest crew in the
regatta, it worked under more adverse
conditions than any crew that ever en-
tered the intercollegiate and the fact
that it finished last is no disgrace at
all. The fight 1t put up with Columbia
to escape the tail-end position was a
splendid exhibition Of the nerve Of the
men in the boat. and they deserve the
thanks of every Georgetown man for
the game manner in which they rowed
for the honor of their alma mater
1t is hardly possible that any man
can be found who will take the defeat
OF this year as an argument for
Georgetown dropping out OF the intercol-
legiate. Also. it is hardly probable that
the faculty will again throw so many
Instructions in the way of the develop
ment Of the crew. but will give the can
didates a chance to show what they
can do in competition with other col
leges on equal terms. The spirit of
gameness which animated the eight last
Saturday should be the spirit with
which it is received by the student body
and alumni. To quit the regatta now
would place Georgetown in a most un-
enviable position and give rise to COM
ments which would be hard TO bear.
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Standing of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Cincinnati. 4: Pittsburg. 3
Chicago. 5. St Louis, !.
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BASEBALL.

BASEBALL.
For the first time since leaving Pitts
burg, Bransfield, the Quaker first base
man, has been accused OF not moving fast
enough or hitting hard enough TO be OF
great value 10 his club. a swatting set
back appears TO be the real cause Of the
big chaps worries once out Of IL. he
will make his Quaker mates happy by
his behavior
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Games Today.

Philadelphia at New York.
Plttsburg at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Boston
St Louis at Chicago
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lust as fast in the mud as on dry
ground is not a description of d horse
They say this and more about Mike
Doolin, the Quakers' shOrtStop
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TOday's Games.

New York at Washington
Boston at PHILADELPHIA
Cleveland at Detroit
Chicago at St Isor,is
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AMATEUR BASEBALL.

The Washington Boys Club took their
initial game in the Monumental League
from the Navy Yard Stars, who for
feited to the former. on Saturday.
There were many spectators on hand
to witness the game, and not to dis
appoint them the club boys played a
picked team, whom they defeated by
Is to 2.
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Any time Fred Clarke can lead his
Pittsburg team into a victory over the
Giants there is a fine dialogue between
McGraw and the equally fiery Pirate.
The other day the splttering kept half
a dozen policemen in fear of being forced
into action
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AUToMoBILING.

Charles E. Duryea, in speaking Of
some experimental work he made in the
use of alcohol for motor purposes In
1882. said he discovered that alcohol re-
quired either little more heat or a lit
tie finer pulverization than is needed in
the use of gasolene. He thinks that an
increase of power is obtainable from the
use Of alcohol. but is unable to say
with certainty how great this is. For
aeronautical purposes, as in flying ma
chimes, Mr.. DuryeR believes alcohol
ought to prove very serviceable.
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Fred Beell wants to meet Gripman
Rooney, the giant wrestler For all his
size Rooney is not of championship cali
Der, and II Beell doesn't throw him II
will look had
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Standing of the Clubs.
PRINTING OFFICE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
MONUMENTAL.

Today's Games.
Memorials VS. HiEhIanders. Eighth
and Florida avenue northeast. $50.
Epiphany Chapel VS. Navy Yard
Stars. Ninth and y streets southeast,
$50.
Standing Of the Clubs.
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The veteran Tim Murnane tells how
the good pitchers are being batted this
season. Then his personally conduct
ed Boston American League Club is
held TO three or four dainty singles by
some rude newcomer who pried into biz.
league baseball without even being in
troduced 10 Tim.
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of The Clubs.
AMATEUR LEAGUES.
DEPARTMENTAL.

Standing of the Clubs.
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SEBALL !: GOLF RACING BOXING ROWING ATHLETICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Detroit. 3; Chicago. .
Cleveland-St. Loufs-Rafn
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| The Toledo club, of the American AS
sociation, counts on getting Pitcher
Louis Leroy, of the Yankees, TO even lIp
| the Moriarity deal Half a dozen East
| ern League teams would take the In
! dian.
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Through the defeat of Pittsburg by
Cincinnati yesterday at Cincinnati the
Giants took step upward on the pen
nant ladder. McGraw's men are now in
second place. tied with the Pirates. Chi
cago beat St. Louis, and the Cubs tight
ened their hold on the leading position
in the race
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SUNDAY SCHOOL

Today's Game.
Metropolitan VS.. Ce:vary.
Standing Of the GIBBS.
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Oiseau, the horse which was regarded
by many hOrSemeu last season as second
only 10 Sysonby. after having been com
PEELED 10 pass the earlier OF the great
doubtful starter for the S25,0O0 Brighton
Handicap. nearly a month away Oise9u
IS not really amiss, but his preparation
has been delayed by a succession OF
minor miShdpS which have prevented
his trainer. NJ. u. ANol, getting the
William X. Vanderbilt's gift of the
American stallion Halma TO the Jockey
Clubs Bureau of Breeding. and the eX-
pected arrival Of HalmT In America
about July !. Will leave the Vanderbilt
without an American-bred stallion.
though Mr.. Vanderbilt has on his farm.
the HaIas de NillebOn. about twenty
two American thoroughbred mares In
addition 10 the English and French
mares OF his establishment Halma was
and the departure Of that horse for
America viii leave the place Of honor
open TO the French and English horses
Alpha. Turenne. aid ElSmere.
The most valuable stake for two-year-
olds of the spring season, the so, 900
Great Trial, at full six furlongs, over
the Futurity course. will be the big rae
ing event of this week al the Sleeps
head Bay track. The entries for the
Great Trial include about all the best
horses that have raced this spring.
among then. Water Pearl, Charles Ed
ward. Superman. Ballot. and Oran. The
race will be run Saturday. when also
will be decided the $1,000 Advance
Stakes, one mile and three furlongs. for
three-yesr-old and upward, at weight
for age.
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TodaY's Game.

CAPITAL CITY. 6
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The Manhattan A. A. defeated the
Ninth Street A. c. at Rock Crek by S
TO {. Score by innings:
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MARQUETTE.
Today's Game.
St Vincent VS.. st. Patrick.
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The latest news from Kid Sullivan is
that the clever Washington lightweight
may get a bout with Eddie Hanlon in
Baltimore. on tJuly 3 The Kid has
been out of the ring a long time now
because of an injury to his left hand In
the bout with Unk Russell but he says
the portside duke IS now in shape again
and that he would Ike nothing better
than a chance to mix in good scrap.
Sullivan and Hanlon went ten rounds
TO a draw two or three years ago, and
II made an interesting engagement
Since then Sullivan has improved very
greatly both in hitting ana speed, while
Hanlon has been defeated several times
and has probably gone back. On this
Is famous for his ability to take pun
fshment and II will be a hard job for
the Kid to knock him out ramon Is
a crouch fighter. which takes some
of the liveliness out OF his goes
That bout between Eddie Crowley. the
peevish one, and Tommy Lowe. he of
the large chest. ts still hanging fire, but
will take place soon. 1t has been delay
ed so long now that X Will probably
have to be postponed until after the
Fourth of July, as Tommy says he is
due in New York on that day to take
punch at some unknown in a private
engagement for the edifcation of
bunch Of hot sports who want to see
warIike doings on the holiday.
Down on d street. where Tommy is
one of the family, they think he is about
the best ever ana can See "HeLt sllSiS
is any ground whatever for criticising
him. They think he is so good that
they are willing TO bet money on him.
and If the match does take place II
promises TO be the best betting PROPOSE
ton ever held around Washington. Ris-
tie Leonard. who first brought Crowley
out. thinks his peevish protege viii
knock the block off Lowe He and Joe
Levy got together yesterday and dis
cussed the question so fiercely that there
was q flash Of real money. Leonard Of
fering to bet all of the $3.50 he had left
after being angel for a show and Levy
digging up 81 which a stranger with the
aged tch-stick-and-bottle trick over
looked when showing the hoary device
70 him. They really came near betting.
but as the fight was still in the air they
decided 10 walt a while
E-ed Reeu wants tO meet Crionnan
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% {. Score by innings:
R.H.E.
Manhattan 2OO10l2oo 613 4
Ninth Street,. 900 2000O-4 6
All teams averaging fifteen years ad-
dress A. Garner. u29 Seventh street
northwest.