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dent which occurred when Booker was abor.
fifteen years old. DR.. Washington was eoi,
away for the summer and told Booker that b.
must spend half Of each day at bricklayr,
and could DO whatever he liked with the ra,.
Of the day Within fortnight Booker wro,s
his father that ne wanted to work all day =.
his trade Booker expects to become an arcb
tect and builder, and Davidson a physician.
Booker T Washington gave his children
entirely different surroundings in their chilli
hood from those he himself had They wera
born at TUskegee and reared in the enIiehtereI
educational and patriotic atmosphere for which
their father has made that tiny corner Of tSs
'Aiabau,a black belt famous The father was
born = slave, never knew who his rather was
was brought up in a One-roorn quar,er-ho,.ea
with . dirt floor and = potato hole" I'm ;sa
middle CS the room, where sweet potatoes were
stored in the winter months After the war
his T.other took him 70 AIal,.en W Va where
no worked nine months a year az the salt fur
naccs and went three months to school IA
secured work in the house of a kind New Eng
land woman, Who helped To teach him and vrho
paid him So = month until he went 10 the I4ausn
ton Institute. in 1SI1-
DR.. Washington has Decn married three times
His first wife was a Mss Fannie y Smirh
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hey church. to which he was himself to retire
as monk in his old age, and when the religious
orders were subsequently dissolved the school
was established by Edward vi and enriched
with monastic properties. The, castle builders
benefactions used in building and main
tanning one of the great public schools long af-
ter he himself buried in his own abbey,
which escaped cOnfscation because il was a
parish church, and the gatehouse and portion
of the keep are the relics of his stronghold of
power as the abandoned pulpit in the coal yard
is the remnant of his mOnastic refuge. The site
of the Tudor school was finally condemned as
insanitary and a one selected ON high
ground on the opposite side OF the Severn, where
there would be spacious playing fields and fine
reach for rowing, and the municipality now has
a unique public library with statue of Charles
Darwin, an old Shrewsbury boy. in front of the
ment of the modern spirit where the power OF
the COnquerOr's piOus vassal was once supreme
These old Shrewsbury houses are haunted with
storied memories In one of the approaches to
the library there is half -timbered work. which
can be identified with the original school opened
by the first headmaSter, Thomas Ashton. Sir
Philip Sidney's father was loyal supporter and
friend of Edward vi, and the boy himself was
one of the earliest pupils 70 be enrolled in the
famous school. He met his first school day
another promising boy, Sir Fuke Grevine and
they b, came lifelong friends. They worked and
played together under the walls of the castle
shared ne same taste for poetry and the records
of chiv cy and were at Queen Elizabeth's court
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A BUSY FAMILY.
DR.. Booker 4. WashingtOn's Has
No Idle Member.

DR.. Booker It. Washington. in need of relax
alton from the cares of the administration of
Tuskegee Institute, used to love an old fash
ioned game of marbles with his two sons. who
arc grown up now. DR.. Washington has three
children. The eldest is POrtia, who is a teacher
az the school of which her father is the head, is
a graduate of the Normal School at Framing
ham. Mass, and is especially skilled in instru-
mental music. Each of the boys spends every
other day in the fields at work. Booker T., The
elder, is in the executive department OF the
school, while Ernest Davidson is az, assistant to
the resident physician. DR. Washington is in
tenseIy fond of family life. and his keerect re-
gret is that he can spend only six Or seven
months at home each year. His hapIiest mo-
ments when he pass evening a home.
surrounded by his family, telling stories or
listening to some one read.
All three children went through the Tuskegee
Institute, and learned trade Booker T., for
instance. learned the trade of brick mason and
worked at il. His father is proud of an Incl
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the regular circuit, but also many quaint towns
which a few years ago were seldom, if ever Wis
tied. Among these is ancient Shrewsbury near
the Welsh border. It is easily reached from Ches-
ter, of which Mr. Howells has recently given SO
sympathetic and vivacous description. / wish
he had gone on to Shrewsbury which in enVi-
rOnment and architecture is even more pictu-
rescue The Severn makes a horseshoe bend
around the town. that there is a marked re-
semblance to Toledo lying within on the deep
gorge of the Tagus, and cut off by mountainous
masses from the open plain of CASTLE; but there
many decorated timber fronts and old
churches that prefers to call it the English
Nuremberg. If there be no cathedral either ST
Mary's, with its artistic blends of styles from
earliest Norman to latest Gothic, or the ancient
abbey, the companion piece for the castle, is a
substitute for one; and if the ramparts of Henry
III are less impressive than the walls of Chester
the medieval houses are as quaint as the Rows
with their galleries and arcades. Shrewsbury,
with its steep streets leading to the stone
bridges, it's hillside maze of tangled lanes and
blind alleys, it's Norman towers and Tudor
library and it's famous cakes and ale warns the
cookies of the American heart. 1t belongs with
Tewksbury and Tintern in the western circuit
of tourist travel.
undermining processes obscure, without COM
pletely concealing, the relations of the oldest
Shrewsbury Institutions A covered bridge leads
SSom the railway station 70 the walk under the
castle WALL and from a watchtOwer may be
seen the Norman abbey and the Tudor school;
but behind the ancient gateway the keep has
been transformed into modern residence, and
across the Severn the only relic of the four
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teenth century monastery except the church it,
self is the stone pulpit of the refectOry where a
monk used to read to his brethren at mealtime;
and this now stands sentry among piles of lun-
Der in coal yard. The school itself has been
converted into a municipal institution, with
spacious apartments for public library. read
ing room and a local museum. Yet the cOnnec-
tiOn between the medeval structures was close
and logical. The COnqueror's vassal. Roger de
Montgomery, as the lord of Shropshire, built
the castle where it would command the en-
trance to the town, and almost simultaneously
he founded and endowed the monastery and alb
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Il WEEKEND JAUNT.
Ancient Shrewsbury, sCith Its School
and MediGUQL Memories.
Shrewsbury. June s.

Shrewsbury June :.
Picturesque England remains the heritage of
lhe American who goes everywhere and sees
everything. The motor car is enlarging the tour
st's itinerary. Not only the cathedral
owns Devonshire, Cornwall Warwickshire the
Dukeries and the Lake district now included in
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FAMOUS GOLD CUP
CASE MAY DRAG

NEW YORK, May MURRAY Howe ran
resenting the Memphis Racing Association.
mas asked the board of review of the
National Trotting Association, which meets
today at the Murray Hill Hotel. to post
pone the hearing in the famous gold Gun
case until the November meeting. The ra-
quest has been made In writing and tho
board VIII announce its decision when tho
case Is reached on the docket.
The action hinges on charges of fraud In
the race at Memphis between Lou Dillon
201. driven by c. X. c. Billings. and Major
Delmar. 2.O1h. driven by E. E. Smathers
The Murray Howe faction created a turf
sensation by bringing a civil action for the
possession OF the cup, which they obtained
by sherin's attachment from Smathers.
who regained 1t by giving bonds smathers
has been vigorous In denying the charges
and at his request. to avoid the delays of
the New York civil courts. the board of
review took up the investigation. although
after the biennial meeting In February the
board had decided to investigate the matter
before the receipt OF the communication.
Il am ready with my side Of the case"
said Smathers yesterday. Il will be at the
board OF review meeting when the case is
called. do not know on what ground the
postponement Is asked, nor what action the
board Of review will take on the request"
William H. Gocher of Hartford, secretary
of the board of review, arrived last night
at the Murray Hill Hotel He said that a
request for q continuance OF the gold cup
case had been sent to the board OF review
by the Memphis representatives which
would be acted on at the session.
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Notes From Quaker City Papers.

Hickman was pie for the Chief, Plano
Legs tanning three times at the Indians
wide curves.
Those four hits In succession by the
Washingtons in the ninth went off the bat
with the true ring, but the big lead of the
champions was too much for the Senators
to overcome.
Jack knight and Jimmy Byrnes are sick
swollen ankle. The Athletics hard-luck
streak IS starting to work early.
Armbuster did not have anything to do in
the field and. although he hit the ball hard
at the bat, he could not get IL safe
Powers threw to second In a manner
which aroused the enthusiasm Of the crowd.
Mike caught three Washingtons trying to
purioin second, and after that StahI ordered
halt on the suicides.
Manager Stahl nearly tore his entire uni
form sliding to second in the fifth and he
had to hustle to the dressing room to Dor
row another pair of trousers Those pants
are about good for the rag bag now
Yesterdays game at Columbia Park will
be memorable for the fact that First Base
man Stahl got five assists, the Athletics six
sacrifice hits and II required seven players
to put Danny Murphy out.
1t required Kittridge, Cross Anderson
Nil. Stahl, Falkenberg and Schafiy to run
down Murphy in the second. and even at
that Danny made desperate slide to the
plate before being put out
Put 1t over: he can't hit it, yelled Kit
fridge on Monte Cross In the eighth And
Monte promptly sent the ball to center for
a single
To batsman Falkenberg must look as
tall as a church steeple He Is about the
biggest individual in uniform.
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HARVARD GIVES
SNUB TO PENNSY

CAMBRIDGE. May Little surprise
was expressed by the Harvard undergrad
yates today over the announcement that
Harvard had dropped Pennsylvania from
her foot ball schedule for next year in
case the college plays foot ball. Prof
White. chairman of the athletic committee,
announced last night that the athletic COM
mittee had notified the Quakers. in reply
to a letter asking of Harvard's position,
that there would be no foot ball games
next year. This Is taken to mean that
there will not be another game for at
least a number of years. It probably also
means that Harvard VIII drop Pennsylva-
MIA In all branches of sport.
No reason was given cut for the action
on Harvard's part. but the reason Is well
known. Harvard thinks that the Philadel-
phia college has widely different ideal OF
sport than she has, and that nothing can
DO gained from playing them.
Harvard's spring foot ball practice began
ON Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon ana
will last for several weeks. a. long as
the weather permits. For the arst dine
scrimmaees Will be held In spring practIcs
TO give the coaches an ldee Of the poun1-
biiify Of the new rules. nunHbar e Gnr-
mer players were u TIE spqa4 s&at re-
ported.
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the two New York clubs there win be only
one. The schedule places the Athletics at
American League park on Friday and sat-
trday ana Boston at the Polo grounds. The
Friday game OF the Nationals has been
postponed until June 30.
The Greater New Yorks are beginning to
let their surplus material 60. Keefe and
Whalen, both pitchers, were turned over to
the Montreal club, and both helped to beat
the Jersey Cftys on Saturday. Yesterday
Pitcher Tom" Hughes was sold to the
Atlantas of the Southern League.
Another st. Louis bunch that IL upsetting
preseason pickings is that commonly called
the Browns. This wild-eyed tribe Of trans
Mississippians Is handling all sorts OF pack
ages containing hard bumps to would-be
leaders--Chicago Chronicle.
play ball." Batter up They're OF"
are quoted az stock phrases for announcing
the opening OF the base ball season They
are scarcely less familiar than the follow
ing three which appeared last week:
Police care for Grifath" "McGraw put on
the field" "Dahlen suspended"
Says the Chicago Journal; The SWISS
colony ia respectfully requested not 70
heaye rocks at Gessler when he comes
here. A close investigation has shown
that he IL only distantly related to the
fellow who made William Tell shoot the
apple, when William wanted to shoot the
chutes.'
A fan with a liking for statistics hgures
out that base ball costs the people of the
United States more than $o,OOo.0oo annuii-
ly, and the Is growing HEAVIER
year; but so small Is the per capita expenoi-
ture and so great the enjoyment which Is
derived from the game that 1t Is contributed
with no complaint.
President Harry Taylor has issued an OF
der to all Eastern League clubs that row
dyism on the field must stop at once. he
has fined Manager Bannon of Montreal $oo
for removing his team from the field at
Jersey City last Friday. and Players NC
Cam, yandergrift and Merritt of Jersey
City have been fined so each for using OBJ
scene language to the umpires.
Jesse Burkett reported to the Boston Club
recently and Is drawing salary from the
Boston Americans for the season. while
keeping an eye out for his base ball prop
osition at Worcester. Burkett Is looking
well and keeps up practice so as to be IN
shape should Manager Collins call on him.
They tell good one about a big Dutch
pitcher named Schmidt, with the Macon
(Ga.) club. Schmidt was pitching great
game, and in the seventh the score was 2
to l in favor of Macon. But in the eighth,
with two men out and a couple on bases,
the shortstop muffed a bill, picked it up and
threw wild to the first baseman. This man
sent 1t high to the second baseman. A
fielder got 1t and threw 1t mile above the
third baseman's head. Schmitty looked
around in despair. He slowly shed his
glove and walked up to the umpire. Thkng
that official by the arm and drawing him
away he said dis is no place for US. Desc
felers II be trwoin' dat ball round till
somebody'n be killed.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEAGUES GOOD START

One of the old-time crowds. running well
over the two-thousand mark, turned out
yesterday afternoon to witness the inaugu-
ration of the 1906 ball season of the Church
League AL of the old rooters were there,
most OF the players of former teams in the
league. and hosts of the Nationals admirers
were on hand to see the first 1908 ball bat
tie of the pioneer amateur base ball league
in the capital
Commissioner West, who was to fire the
opening gun and deliver the first outshoot
was detained by pressing business, and Mr.
Provost. who did so much toward the sue
cess OF the league last year as president
started the sphere on its way, with some
high tributes to President Bolgiano, whose
hard work last year In Section B was an
inspiration to that division. Mr.. Provost
also spoke in high praise of Mr.. Belts, who
is popular alike with the players and fans,
and also referred to the equal distribution
of the players of the teams formerly repre-
scented, which, he said, should be productive
of some excellent ball games this year.
As for the game Itself, 1t was not one of
the sensational thriller sort, but it was
mighty pretty game of base ball, in which
Foundry took the lead from the start and
held to the end, winning by the score of 5
to 1. Frank Symanosk made the stellar
play OF the day when he romped into the
crowd In left field and pulled down Bryans
long drive while on the jump. Cleal also
made pretty catch of would-be Texas
Lacquer by Atchison in the fourth inning.
Woodward's work behind the bat was OF the
midsummer sort. his throwing to bases be-
ing unuauslly accurate and speedy.
Calvary, first up, went down one, two,
three In the second f. Symanoski laced
the bali to left with one down, but was
doubled at second on Pomeroy's drive to
Bishop. Their only score came in the third.
Quantrell, first up, lifted one past Sheckells,
]. Symanoski walked. Taylor famed, Lord
beat cut a bunt. filling the bases. Clear
lifted a short fly to left, scoring Quantrell.
Vic Bteask fouled to Woodward and f.
Symanoski put down the side on three inef-
fectual swipes at the sphere.
For Foundry Biship hit past short, after
Bryan had slded to Taylor. Atchison drew
g. pass. Vaughn's single and Quantrell's
error scored Bishop Atchison and Vaughan.
In the third an error by Lord, McKenney's
two-bagger and Woodward's blast, which
took ugly bound over Quantrell, scored
King and McKenney. Warrants liner to
Lord resulted in a double play. Woodward
dying at second Foundry had two on bases
In the fifth, but Sheckells punched out
Shecl6ells had slightly the better Of Sy-
manoski. allowing only five hits and strik-
fy,oy i0ot
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GEORGETOWN BEAT
WASHINGTON AND LEE

Georgetown simply Smothered the boys
from Washington and Lee yesterday after
noon upon Georgetown Field, when the Blue
and Gray vas victorious over the White and
Blue of the boys from Virginia by a score
OF 10 to 1. Porter was on the slab for the
lads from the Old Dominion and the way
the boys Of the Blue and Gray too.. to his
delivery in the first inning would have GER
tainly discouraged many q pitcher But
Porter did not come all the way from
Lexington to lose his nerve when the oppos-
Ing team managed to make three scores of
his delivery. So he did the next best thing
that he knew how, and that was to speed
them over like lightning. He did not try
any fancy shoots He just sailed them
over with all kinds of steam behind them.
The tactics succeeded for several innings
the Blue and Gray stepping back from those
fast shoots. but after making score in
both the second and third Innings they
were bianked In the fourth. In the fifth
Porter tried to put them over too fast and
to make the drops just drop a little bit
lower. with the result that he lost all con-
troll OF the ball and began pitching wild
ones In great shape. In this inning George
town piled up two runs. Then in the next
inning the trouble started. when George
town took to his delivery like young duck
ltngs to water. In this inning they batted
him all over the lot, and with his continued
witness Catcher Trfmbie became disheart-
ened and allowed run or so to come In on
a wild pitch that. with some little exertion,
he might have stopped. Then 1t was that
Porter made q bee-line for the bench OF
tine visiting team. with the evident intention
Of leaving the game without waiting to
be taken out OF the box The members Of
the Washington and Lee team tried to per-
suade him to remain on the slab, but he had
enough and Johnson came In from left field
and Porter took his place. Johnson had
much better luck with the opposing bats
men and the Blue and Gray side went out
In short order. Cantweli had been shoot
ing them over for the locals and In the
TSroushoit the time he played CsnfWsii
had perSect control and the Ytr9tniaas
nexer had even q speaking acQnafntanna
With his delivery. He gave 40 bases on
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Base Ball Notes.

There is one satisfaction, Bender cannot
pitch every game for the Athletics
Patten Is about due this afternoon, and
Connie Mack may try Dygert again.
Two doubles for Mr.. Schaldy has a nice
look, as the youngster has been fielding in
great form.
The Nationals move on to Boston tonight
and start series of four games with the
Collinsltes tomorrow.
Pitcher Starkell got a bad start with the
Baltimores last week. but he may do better
against the opposing batters this week.
The Nationals batting rally in the ninth
mining yesterday must have woke up the
Quaker spectators as the Athletics had
been beaten before with greater odds
against the Washingtons
1t was to 10 against Clark Griffith at
the track yesterday and Ii to 4 against
Clark Griffith at the ball park
The Cleveland team Is now leading the
American League by a narrow margin
Fritz Buelow makes the prediction that
Davy Jones VIII prove the best pinch hitter
on the Detroit club this year.
Ed. Hanlon must brace up very soon or
his boys Will be too far out OF the hunt to
hear the bugle call; and that would not
please the Cincinnati scribes who have
doomed Foxy Ned"
Goodwin seems a poor substitute for Buck
games at Philadelphia he struck out more
than half the time. It's not so easy to
replace "a good man, even though he has
seen service
Five straight days In a huckleberry
patch is very pleasant entertainment for
the Giants is the way some New York
player put 1t as he was packing his grip
for the trip to Boston.
Chance won a game for Chicago last SAT-
urday with two down in the ninth, where
neither team had scored, by stealing home
This was doubiy hard as Jake Weimer was
pitching against his old team and doing
great work.
They say In Toledo that Bill Clarke has
injected more ginger into those Mud Hens
than the Maumee fans thought was In ex-
istence.
Jack" Dunn, manager Of the Providence
club, champions of the Eastern League, ts
anxious to secure Delehanty from the
Greater New Yorks, but II is not likely
that he will succeed
Pitcher Powell OF the st. Louis American
League base ball club was suspended for
falling to report for duty when the team
departed for Cleveland Sunday night. Man
ager McAleer announced Poweils suspen-
sion for not maintaining himself In con-
dition 10 play base ball.
President Tip 0'NeiH OF the Western
League declares he is the iuckiest man in
base ball. Il WAS offered the San Fran
cisco ball club to run this year and came
near accepting the place. but something
told me not to-"
Sunday base ball playing In Jersey City.
so far as Eastern League games are con-
cerned IL doomed. Q q result OF q protest
by q number Of ministers Of that city yes
terday, Mayor Pagan and Chief of Police
Murphy promised that Sunday games here
after will not be permitted.
Instead OF two clashes this week between
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SPLENDID FINISH
BY CHICAGO RUNNER
Lightbody Defeated British
Long-Distance Champion at
Olympic Games.

ATHENS, May 1.-The chances of the
athletes from the United States for ulti-
mate victory in the Olympic games here
were made practically certain by the re-
suits of yesterdays events. The wearers
of the red, white and blue took three firsts
and one third place. One of these victo-
ries was in the 1,500 meter event and was
all the greater triumph because of the
prestige of defeating the British long-dis-
lance runners to whom the event practi-
cally has been conceded The man TO
bring home the laurels for the United
States was James D. Lightbody of the Uni
versity of Chicago. the winner of the 800.
1900 and 900 meters events in st. Louis
In 1904 and the holdes of the worlds rec