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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
EVANSVILLE CLAIMS HoNoRs.
Baker Says His Club Need Not Play
More Games
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md. September 1. 1908.
Manager N. D. Baker of the Hyattsville
base ball team claims the championship in the
Suburban League. and declares that his club
has closed the season so far as league
games are concerned. The last game sched-
uled In the Suburban League was Saturday
August Is. and Manager Baker claims that
his team is not compelled to pay any games
after that date. He claims that each OF the
four clubs had played twenty-five games
I'D to that time. and that Hyattsville being
in the lead. he sees no reason why post
poned games not played within the sched-
ule season should be-played now. The
Hyattsvine manager also intimates that
his team being In the lead. the managers
of the other clubs have persistently striven
to embarrass his club. and that he proposes
to strike back by taking advantage of the
technicality.
Manager Bakers decision Is calculated TO
engender a violent protest on the part of
the other magnates. especially Manager
Bond of the Laurel club. Since Howard
Beckett of Lanham started to pitch for tie
midway city club the latter has steadily
climbed to the top of the ladder and is
now within two games of winning the PEN
nant Manager Baker declares he Is ready
to play Laurel exhibition games. but that
no will not allow these games to figure
in the championship seriexs which. as stated,
he claims came to a close Saturday Au-
gust Is. ..-4.- -. .sA---
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vigne. the aginaw Kid The fights and
fighting OF Lavigne. before, say, 1893 or
1880, anc Nelson are, to my mind. star
tlingly similar. Thousands will recall the
way the Michigan man conducted himself
and instantly there will come back to them
that steady persistent, logged boring in,
the wearing down of the opponent and
finally victory. Most wildly I recall today
Everybody knows what a fighter Walcott
was. and all will recall how. for the first
part of the fight. the negro simply beat
the white man as he willed, but the Kid
took 1t all smilingly,- and then. when
strength and nature gave out 1t was La
vigne's turn. and his victory in fifteen
rounds is historic.
Take his fights with kid" Mcfarland,
Jack" Everhardt. Andy" Bowen-twen-
ty, twenty-four. twenty-five rounds all of
them. and all of them won by the tactics
Nelson uses today. In his prime Lavigne
was practically immune to knockout Is
Nelson second Lavigne?
AS to the fight itself 1 believe it will be
square" So far Nelson is concerned,
there has never been breath of suspicion
against him, and this time Cans will fight.
From what have heard. he really believes
he has shade on the white man, as the
saying is. and that will spur him on.
II 1t were otherwise. If Cans were
not so sure. would not be SO GER
down. l am sure that he has neither
the stamina nor the heart Of the white
man. If Nelson were capable of inflicting
one-half the punishment that Cans will in
fict on him. would be a strong believer
In the success of the Dane. Cans could
not stand the catering he will give the
Dane and If he saw that he was getting
1t believe he would quit
But he does not think he will get hurt,
and that will make him go into the ring
cool, confident and in condition. He may
meet his Waterloo for no man can tell
what the outcome of ring contest will be-
Whatever its outcome, 1t will be an epoch
making fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

as said before. has ever been able to
daze him or to check his advance. The
hardest blows of Herrera. Britt. Young
Corbett. Hanlon and ire others appeared
to be to him no more than playful slaps
from an eight-ouncs glove Has Joe
Cans the punch? 1 DO not know. nor may
any man confidently say. 1t will remain
for the fight.
without any great stretch Of the imagina-
ton. figure out Nelson to win that fight.
There are two ways of doing this. and you
need not consider the chance blow. which
has often upset every ring prophet.
Cans today is past thirty. although /
see that he is given as having been born
in 1875: he must be older than that. he
has fought hundreds of fights and for
ing. That takes something off man every
time, when ne gets above twenty-sx.
do not know for sure, but L read mat
this Is his first open-air fight and for
five thousand feet or more above the sea
level. What that means only men who
have gone into the high altitude of the
west can say. 1t Is certainly the most
wearing OF all places to fight.
Pace Will BE Furioua
Can Cans. past thirty. stand the pace
that a man ten years younger than he will
put up? Will his splendid lung power be
able to maintain the proper circulation for
him. or will It be 80 strong that hemor-
rhages from the nose and ears will follow.
as they frequently d. In great exertion be-
fore proper acclimatization? That is one
important element. and here is the other:
Study the record of Nelson and IL you
have paid close attention to the history OF
boxing and boxers you will suddenly dis
cover a parallel between the records OF the
young Dane and the greatest man of his
class that ever put on a glove-"Kid" La
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
GREAT CROWD AT WINDSOR.
Two New Track Records Established
Yesterday.

A record-breaking crowd witnessed the
sport at Windsor today. Racing condi-
lions were perfect. aiding not little In
the establishing of two new track records,
Wexford running one and one-sixteenth
miles IN LAS 1-5. and Boofa turning FIVE fur
longs in 1.O0&. Favorites had the better
OF the argument in the majority OF the
events. Summary:
First raee-Six furlongs Gold Mate, to 1.
won: La Gloria, to 5. second; Peter Paul, 20
to 1. third. Time. lis
Second receive furlongs. Entire vous, to 2
won; Leopaul. z to L. second: 0uardi to 2.
Third race-Steeplechase. short course. Manzano.
20 ;, won; Trencht the Mere, 5 to I, second
Sam Farmer. to 1. third. Time, 3.41 S-5
Fourth raee-Mile and q sixteenth. Wexford. d
TO 8. won; Cholk Hedrick, to I. second; Scion
Single IS to 5. third; Time. LAG l-5
Fifth receive furlongs Boola, Z to 10, won;
Grip. to l. second; Eminola, to l. third. Time.
Sixth race-six furlongs. Miss Leeds. to 2
won; Garrett Wilson. even. second; Orderly, 10
to I, third. Time. 1.13 Is.
Seventh race Nile and an eighth. Reservation,
to 8. won: Monte, to 2, second; Scarecrow 10
to 1, third Time, LA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
CORBETT TALKS OF
FIGHTERS CHANCES
Ex-Champion Discusses Char.
acteristics of Nelson and His
81.
CoIored Opponent.
By James J. Corbett.

Every one In the least interested In box
ing. professional or amateur. finds in Mon
days contest at Goldfield between Joe
Cans and Battling Nelson the most I'm
portant ring encounter of recent years.
At last the two great modern styles OF
boxing or fighting are to come together in
the persons of the two greatest expo
nents of the two particular styles. Science
skill and the highest type of ring general
ship are to meet bulldog strength and reso-
luton. Strategy is to assail fortress which
hitherto fighters have found impregnable
but 1t will be strategy combined with more
force than ever before employed. In that
lies the added interest in the contest.
Let us draw picture of the ring just be-
fore the bell sounds for the first round:
There will be, of course, the gray-haired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

There was a large gathering of base ball
rooters Of the Capital City League at Ameri-
can League Park yesterday afternoon to
witness the contest between the Atlantics
and Columbias, which proved to be, one of
the best games of the season. The final
score was to g with the Atlantic boys
on the large side. Handboe was on the
rubber for the winners and pitched a good
game, allowing but five hits and tanning
four batters. Curnane did the twirling for
the Columbus. and with better support
would have probably won his game. as he
struck out mine batters. He was wild at
the opening of the game, but soon settled
down to work.
The feature OF the game was the batting
and base running of Pete" Hoffman, who,
out of five times at the bat connected for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
Tennis Cracks Start Well.

NEW YORK. September Letters re-
ceived In this, city say that Wsiie C. Grant
and H Tavern Westfall. the two young
lawn tennis players who are making a tour
of the meetings on the other side of the
ocean. have started OF very well An old
friend of the Grants. S. L. Fry. invited
the two to compete at Greystones. wyIie
got 10 the final round In singles and the
two players were in the doubles final The
eventual result of the tourney Is not
known Against Fry and Mccormack. two
of the crack players of ireland. the Amer
leans did very well. giving the IrIshmen a
handicap OF fifteen and winning after n
great match. The two are entered for the
east of Ireland championship at Kingston
as their next engagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
ROCKVILLE TO THE FRONT.
Poolesville Threw Away the Game on
Errors.
Di,patch to The star,

BOYDS. Nd. September lat Pooles-
vile this afternoon Poolesville played the
regular county league series with Rockville
in a holly contested game befofe$a crowd
of 1000 persons Pooiesville virtually throw
ing the game away by errors and wild
throws. Beavers pitched his usual fine
game. but his support was poor. due to a
patched-up team behind him. Rube Clark,
for Rockville, succeeded Taylor in the
eighth inning Score:
Rockville. 5 runs. hits. o errors; Pooles-
ville runs. 8 hits. errors. Batteries
Poolesville,. Beavers and Willis: Rockville.
Taylor, Clark and Dawson. Umpires-
Messrs. Higgings and Spates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
Good Price for Colt.

NEW YORK. September lat the sale
of yearlings held at Sheepshead Bay today
E. Cassin paid $500 for bay colt by
Hamburg-Semper Fidele, c.. r. Ellison
paid s., 800 for FLY by Nasturtium-Souffie
and J. A. Bennett bought a bay FLY by
Ben Strome--Voltario for s., 200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs
Games Tomorrow.

Atlantics st. Stephens Mt American League
Arlingtons vs. Aioysim at; Malone Lot at $3.50
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

Stolen bases-Hoffman a.. Handiboe. Taylor.
| Sacrifice hits-Bishop. Smith. First base
balls-Or Handiboe. 2: Curnane 4. Struck out
| Atlantics. 4; Cou,nbias. 4. Wild pitch-HandI-
| Doe. Time Of game-1 hour and 35 minutes. Um-
pires-Messrs. Collifower and Handboe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-07
By JEROME <. JEROAfE

AM chary nowadays of offering
counsel in connection with sub
Jeets concerning which I am not
and cannot be an authority. Long
ago I once took upon myself to
write a paper about babies. It did
not aim to be a text book upon the
subject. 1t did not even claim to ex-
hauSt the topic. I was willing that
others, coming after me, should con-
tinue the gument-that is, If upon
reflection they were still of opinion
there was anything more to be said.
L was pleased with the article. I went
out of my way to obtain an early copy
and the magazine in which it ap-
peared, on purpose to show it to a,
lady friend of mine She was the pos
SCISSOR of one or two babies of her own
specimens in no way remarkable,
though she herself as was natural
enough did her best to boom them.
1 thought it might be helpful to her:
the views and observations, not of a
rival fancler, who would be preJudiced.
but of an intelligent amateur. I put
the magazine into her hands, opened
at the proper place. 'Read it through
carefully and quietly" I said: don't
let anything distract you. Have a pen
ell and Bit of paper ready at your
side, and note down any points upon
which you would like further Informal
ton. If there is anything you think I
have missed out let me know. It may
be that here and there you will be
dlSdS IG61lS Win me- II so, 90 not neSl-
tate to mention it; I shall not be an
cry. If demand arise, I shall very
likely issue an enlarged and improved
edition of this paper in the form of a
pamphlet; in which case, hints and
suggestions that to you may appear
almost impertinent will be of distinct
help to me" Il haven't got pencil -
she said. What's it all about?'' ITS
about babies 1 explained.
L lent her a pencil. CThat is an
other thing I've learnt. Never lend a
pencil to a woman if you ever want to
see it back again She has three an
swers TO your request for its return.
The first; that she gave it back to you,
and that You put it in your pocket,
and that it's there now; that if it ism t
it ought to be. TIE second: that you
never lent it to her. The third that
she wishes people would not lend her
pencils and then clamor for them back
again. just when SHE has something
else far more important to think
about.)
What do you know about babies p
she demanded eff you will read the
paper" replied, you will see for
yourself. It's all there" She flicked
over the pages contemptuously.
There doesn't seem much to it." she
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comes up points out that the law reads
so and SO. THAT cuts no figure" says
his honor. "the decision is rendered on
an opinion handed down by Justice
KnowitaL, an that settles it" What's
more it does Yesterday it was an
opinion Today it amt nothin' of the
sort. It's a law. It's a fact. If you
take it up to the court of appeals three
guys that know everythin' says it's all
right an two guys that know everythin
says it's all wrong. The guy that says
it's all wrong today says it's all right
tomorrow. Now there're on one side
an then they're on another. The client
gets in as the dice drops It's a great
game. An I want to tell you there
won't be no improvement till the peo-
pie gets together an wipes out about
seven thousand laws a minute for a
hour or two. All we need on the statOot
books is laws that preserves to a man
his right to liberty. We don't need
none that takes away any of his liberty
An that's about all we've got. Laws
again murder is all right. People
should be punished for steaIin' an so
on, but if a man wants to sleep in a
tree he ought to be allowed to do it.
There is some men that likes to put a
ten spot on the first race. That
shouldn't be considered a crime 1t
amt no more than a symptom of in
sanity.
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an that amt no nineteen hundred an
six jest at that. The question OF laws
is a serious game There's over forty
legislatures in the country, an each
of EN- is turnin' out about three hum
dred moo laws every session by an
by, IL they keep on, we'll have to get
out a writ of habeas corpus every time
we want to look at ourselves in the
glass. OF course in some cases this IL
he in the line of a blessln', but ltil pc
q restriction of liberty just the same
If some guy like Sir Thomas Upton
comes over here again, an wants 70
run his chances by lookin' at himself
of a mornin'. it wouldn't be right to
check him by law, even if he is
foreign alien.
It's all very well for Americans to
wave the flag an chew the rag ABOUT
life an liberty an the persu1t OF nap
piness, but when you get down TO
cases, the liberty end Of the contra ct
amt nOthin' more than Joke. q
course there's lots of liberty took with
yOu but when YOU sail in to take a
piece for yourself there's trouble brew
In. An it's all because we've got
too many laws. What's more, the laws
we've got is the wrong sort. You see
man in his natural state don't need
no law at all. Take one man Twin by
himself in a wildern ess Say he's in
Columbus, Ohio. He don't need no
law does he2 Of course not. But as
soon as the second man hobs on the
scene things is changed. He's goln' to
graft on the first guy if he gets a
chance. If Number one has a bear
skin overCOat an Number Two Amt
got nothip but a blade of grass to
Keep away the winter blasts, there's
bound TO be a row. If Number Two
is a good husky guy he sails UP to
Number One, bats him on the head
with ire bought when the snow be-
gins to fall. ard the bear skin belongs
to him. An so on it goes. Mr.. Dig
freeze on to another bear. There ain
no argument Tor him. He's up against
it. OF course at this stage of the pro-
ceedins there amt no law There s
nothin' to * but what Bill Shakespea e
called q clout Yer the mazzard. The
guy that got his mazzard beat in most
lost cut It's the same thing today.
only we've got dIi ferent methods. Bat
to get back to the law When the third
an the fourth man hobs UP matters
begins to take serious turn. OF
course they amt Twin in Columbus
now. You can't find four sensible
men that would live in Columbus.
Very we'll then. Number One aim
satisfied with the bear skin overcoat.
Number Three has stone knife that
he's made. He wants that. Number
Four has manicure set, an so on.
Number One, bein' the main squeeze
on the muscle thing. sails in an an
nounces himself as the real goods In
a lnCnth everybody works but father.
An that's what started law. Two,
three an four got together an see
where it was necessary to have some
regulations So they fixed things so
that If Number one swfped Number
TwO's peg TOP trousers the three OF
'em would sail in an beat the stuff
fin out of him. If he wanted peg top
rants ne could go out an make EN-
or he could pay somebody else for
maxim EN-, but he mustn't swipe no
body else's leg GOVERNS. An there's
the whole point of law. Men has GER
tain natural rights-that is they used
to have-an' law should be rules tc
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after two or three days absence, I re-
turned and found a pair of sparroWs
comfortably ensconced therein I Just
felt mad. I saw Mrs. Sparrow looking
out. Maybe my anger was working
upon my imagination, but it seemed to
me that she nodded to me- Nice lit
tie house, amt it What call well
built" Mr.. Sparrow then flew UP with
a gaudy feather dyed blue, which be-
longed to me. I recognized it. It had
come out of the brush with which the
girl breaks the china ornaments in our
drawing ROOM At any other time
should have been glad to see him fly
ing off with the whole thing, handle
included. But now felt the theft OF
that one feather as an added injury.
| Mrs. Sparrow chirped with delight at
the sight Of the gaudy monstrosity.
Having got the house cheap. they were
going to spend their small amount Of
energy upon internal decoration. That
was their idea clearly, q Liberty in
terror" She looked more like a Cock
I ney sparrow than a country one-had
/ been born and bred in Regent street.
no doubt. There is not much justic6
i in this world" said to myself but
! there's going to be some introduced
4 into this business=that is. if I can
find a ladder" I did find a ladder.
and fortunately it was long enough.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow were out when
arrived; possibly on the hunt for
| cheap phOto-frames and Japanese
/ fans. I did not want to make a mess;
I removed the house neatly into a dust
: pan and Wiped the street clear or
! every trace of It. I had just put back
| the ladder when Mrs. Sparrow return
ed with a piece of pink cotton wool
in her mouth. That was her idea of a
/ color scheme: apple blossom pink and
/ Reckitt's blue side by side She
dropped her wool and sat on the wa
| terspout and tried to understand
things. Number 1. number ?. mum
\ Der 4, where the blaze '-SparroWs are
/ ffa1 q nd
as bad as the men-''is number ~
Mr. Sparrow came up from behind,
over the roof. He was carrying a piece
of yellow fluff, part Of lamp shade
as far as I could judge Move your
self" he said, whats the sense OF sit
ting there in the rain IT went out
just for a moment" replied Mrs. Spar
row; 81 could not have been gone, no.
not a couple of minutes. When came
back "Ch get indoors said MI.
Sparrow, talk about it there" ITS
what I'm telling you" continued Mrs
Sparrow "if you would only listen.
There isn't any door. there isn't any
house" isn't any" Mr.. Spar
row holding on to the rim of the
spout. turned himself topsy-turvy and
surveyed the street. From where I
| was standing behind the laurel bushes,
I could see nothing but his back He
stood up again. looking angry and
| flushed. What have you done with
| the house? Can't I turn my back
''I amt done nothing with It. AS !
/ keen on telling you, I had only Just
| GONE "Oh, bother where you had
gone Where's the daTned house gomez
that's what I want to know. Ihey
looked at one another. If ever aston
lishment was expressed in the attitude
of a bird, it was told by the tails Of
those two sparrows. They whispered
| wfckedIy together. The idea occurred
to them that by force or cunning they
might perhaps obtain possession OF one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-07

prevent any one infringin' on 'em.
Every law outside of them that insurss
liberty. takes so much liberty away.
Here in Indiana you can't smoke q
cigarette. Its again the law Put
they'll let you live in Terre Haute
which is by far the worst Mind YOU
amt uIshcld1n' cigarettes. Any man
that can smoke a cigarette could kiss
J. p. Morgan if he was properIv
trained. The point is that a man ought
to have the right to If he wants If
you look over all the laws we have
you'll find that nearly every one is a
restriction on liberty An things has
reached that pass where You can't
breathe with safety in a big city. Of
course It's been like this for a long
time in Pittsburg, but I'm speaking of
other places, too. You start down the
street an the mounted cop waltzes ap
an says you cant do It The chisf OF
Police says you'll have to 60 GoXn
the ether way. What do YOU do?
you go You thought you had a right
to walk the streets, but you was mis-
took. The only right you had was to
pay your taxes to fix up the pave
ments- You might think you have q
right to NOW your own lawn. of sun
Gay, but over ssachusetts they'll
give you tlsIi. Y days if you try it on.
In Moo York they fix it so you can't
break the law by takin' away the
lawns
There is hundreds of other laws that
could be mentioned that don't DO uotn-
in but restrict liberty. An who're the
people is fooled is that they're COINED
into believin' it's the viii of the people.
1t AIM nothin of the SORT. AS I've
said, the legislatures is turnin' out
about three hundred laws a year each.
But them amt really the laws. Them s
only some of EN-. The real laws is
made by the judges OF course it amt
their business, but they make EN- just
the same. If you're a Democrat it
amt your business to chip in to the
Republican campaign fund, is it? an
visa versa. But you're doin' it just
the same. You're insured, amt you (?
Very we'll then
You see in the old days when they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-07

Two or three, like villas in their own
grounds, stand alone, and others are
seni-detached. 1t makes me angry
that the sparrows will come and steal
them. The sparrows will hang about
deliberately waiting for a pair of swal-
lows to finish their nest, then, with a
brutal laugh that makes my blood boil,
drive the swallows away and take pos
session of it. And the swallows are
so wonderfully patient. Never mind,
old girl" says Johnny Swallow, after
the first big cry is over. to Jenny Swal-
low. Tets try again." And half an
hour later, full of fresh plans, they
are oh oosing another likely site, chat
tering cheerfully once more. watched
the building of a particular nest for
nearly a fortnight one year; and when.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-07

The wife of a Philadelphia clergyman
recently sold a box of waste paper to a
ragman. says Success Magazine" In
the box were a lot of manuscript SER
mons Of her husbands. A month or so
thereafter, the ragman again came
around and asked if the lady had any
more sermons to sell.
I have some waste paper" said she.
but why should you particularly want
sermons %
Wen, mum. you see I did so well
with them that I got here a month ago.
I got sick up in Altoona, and a preach
er there boarded me and my horse for a
because [ hadn't any money. Since then.
he's got q great reputation in those
parts as a preacher. III give ten cents
a pound for all you have