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The Washington times., 1906-09-24
.FOOTBALLIST BLINDED
BY STING OF HORNETS
Players Ran Into Nest and AL Are
Nursing Swollen Faces and
Hands.

NEW YORK. Sept. PA nest of hor-
nets caused the sudden ending of a
football game among the pupils of the
Watzesing public school at Bloomfield.
y. J., and as a result nearly All the
players yesterday were nursing swollen
faces and hands. while one is unable TO
see, Henry WHberg is the blind youth.
Henry Wilberg "downed" the ball in
the center OF hornets nest and before
De could rise 10 escape the suugs the
rest Of the players were on top OF him.
Then the hornets became busy with the
rest of the players and kept IL up until
the teams dashed wildly away.
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MAN CAUGHT IN COFFIN;
TRIED TO SCARE WIFE

CINCINNATI. Sept. 24-AuIlionafre
John J. Ryan, the former plUnger. in an
attempt 10 friEhten his wife at the faI
festival came near sufocating to death
in coffin. In one Of the restaurants
Coffns serve as tables and the lights
are always turned low, sometimes being
cut altogether.
Tt was while the lights were out that
Ryan Crawled into a coffin. Just after
he had laid himself out a waiter passed
and seeing the coffin lid disarra lged
screwed it down. Ryan finally was re-
leased after he had poked his head
through the glass top and his wife had
tainted from fright.
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CONVICT ACTING CADDY
STILL CHASING BALL

WINSTED. Conn. Sept. 2E-Joseph
Cote, who has served several terms in
the county jail in Litchneld. where
he was regarded as a trusty. escaped
from keeper of that institution.
Work being dull in the jail workshop.
Cote with others was sent out to the
golf links To act as caddy. one of the
players made long drive. Cote
chased the ball, but did not come back
&c complete his sentence of ninety
daVS.
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TRIED TO STOP RUNAWAY,
BOY OF 4 FATALLY HURT

NEW YORK. Sept, 24-Whue trying
to stop runaway horse which he had
frightened by teasing. four -year-oId
Stephen Byrne, of S24 East 161st street,
received injuries from which he will
probably die.
The horse was attached to a heavy
coal wagon which stopped In front Of
Stephens s home. While the driver was
away he gra abbed the reins and the ami
nal ran. The boy tried to stop him.
but was jerked from his feet and thrown
under the wheels of the heavy wagon.
They passed over his legs and body.
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D0WlE breaches FAREWELL
IN ZION CITY TEMPLE

CHICAGO. Sept. 24-Less than twa
hundred persons assembled yesterday in
the Zion Temple 10 listen 10 the fare
we'll sermon Of John Alexander Dowie.
Women sobbed as he, az the close Of the
sermon, started 10 sing God be with
YOU till we meet again"
The Washington times., 1906-09-24

The demand for s. has steadily increased first placed
all blood
he 1t has Won its success because ET CURES DISEASE
and there few homes where the blood
As the blood very life body nouishng supply
strength to every disease follow
becomes
SKIN affections due to oved and impure bloodsupp
Rheumatism Soua and Ulcers,
Blood Poison all deepsad blood diseases and will
and the impurities
blood all blood
has itself perfect remedy and well earned the right
the of all blood circulation and
forces out all posons impurities humo and unhealthy matter
festTeam s.
inherited blood ant enrch the circulation
standing cured
nature real blood purifier Book the blood
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Cos ATLANTA, GA
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CHANGES SUGGESTED
FOR THE NEW RULES
Report Has it That Majority Are
Greatly Dissatisfied With Regula-
tiOn of Football Game.

BOSTON, Mass. Sept 24.-So great is
the dissatisfaction with the new football
rules that. although they have been in
use only a scant three weeks, a meeting
has been called to revise them.
The information comes from Harvard
that a meeting is 10 be held in Chicago
some time during October for the pur-
pose of either revising or Of putting
them in more simple. form. At whose in
stance the meeting has been called is
not stated.
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SOPFl HELD PRISONER
ON ROOF ALL NIGHT

ALTOONA. Pa. Sept. 24-After keep
ing him a prisoner on the roof of the
new High School almost all night a
member of the sophomore class stole
down the fire escape in his stocking feet.
eluding the vigilance of the officers, and
escaped to MS home. His two compan-
ions, who had gone TO the roof to plant
the class flaG, after a battle with the
Junior class, had previously been arrest
ed.
The two classes had fought for sever
al hours for the PR yilege of placing the
class nag on the roof
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Yale and Penn Prepared.

Judging from their style Of play last
fail Yale and Pennsylvania read the
handwriting on the wall a yea ag0
and began To switch about and develop
more open play. They are expected 10
do still more OF il this year. and it is
up TO the big teams 10 bring out the
good qualities Of the new rules. If good
qualities exist Coach Reid OF Har-
ward & is said. is going TO pin his faith
10 fast eleven playing an open game.
Grafton OF what always has been a
pretty open play the quarterback kick.
This year If the kicked ball strikes the
ground everybody IS on side not mere
~ those who were behind the ball when
j. was kicked.
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BASEBALL.

BASEBALL.
Jimmy Barrett, one Of the fastest
men on bases in baseball. viii be bach
in a major league next season. He
/ has signed with the Boston Ameri'
cans.
Pittsburg's new outhelder. Hallman
has been doing high-class work IN
the outer garden He is fast and
/ covers a great deal OF ground.
Red Morgan has improved in boti
batting and fielding since joining the
Boston Americans and is expected
to be still better next year
All Frank Chances major league
playing has been done in Chicago. and
IL is fitting that he should be the first
manager IN twenty years 10 land q
pennHnt there Twelve Of the Cubs,
including Chance, are products OF the
West.
Johnny King Is a bigger man than
he looks 70 be in baseball tOgs. He is
feet "a Inches tan and weighs 10
pounds.
Kid Elberfeld is slapping the bali
around at a lively rate on the West
tfu tIlNs IN Idct5 ne mas bttu nlLllEB
hard ever since he recovered from his
spikinR, and promises 20 be among
the first half dozen batsmeu.
on form the White Sox Will have
easier opposition the next six games
than the New Works. Washington
and Boston tackle the former neat
while the New Yorks viii be wrestling
with Detroit and Cleveland Form.
however, is a fTail foundation for cal
culation IN baseball
Two of the very best fielding pitch
ers are southpaWs- They are Doc
White, OF the White Sox, and Hooks
Wiltse, OF the New Yorks.
What about these elaborate spring
training tTips2 The Cubs trained in
the North last spring, and iu the
words OF President Murphy, mostly
on railroad trains, at that
FOOTBALL.
II reports are correct Tufts Will have
the prize heavyweight team. The line
from tackle 10 tackle will average more
than 230 pounds.
Tire new rules are regarded as very
favorable 70 the Carlisle Indians. since
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SULTAN'S NAL ADY
CANCER OF KIDNEYS

PARIS. Sept. 24.-From an unques.
lonable source. -he Temps states med.
ical men have established the fact that
Abdul Hamid has cancer Of the kidneys
and cannot live a year.
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The Score.

Left on bases hlcago. g. New York, 8
TWo-base hlts-Donohue Hoffman. and Con
roy Sacrifice hit-Elherfeld. stolen bases
Chase and keeieT- Double plays-Dagis 10
Donghue ~ Rohe. Walsh u DonOhue Struck
out-By Walsh, & by HoEg, s. Bases on
balls-Or Walsh. 8. OF Hogg. g. J'mpires-
Hessrs. Sheridan and O'Ioughlin. Time OF
game hours and 10 minutes, Attendance
p. 800
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HOGG'S WORK PUTS
NEW YORK IN LEAD
Griffith'S Pitcher Has Chi
cago Buffaloed From
Start to Finish.
BUT ONE RUN WAS SCORED
Cox Could Get But Single Hit Of
Young Recruit-Silk O'LOughlin
Object of Much Abuse.

| CHICAGO. Sept. 4-One run and only
one, gathered In the opening inning to-
! day put Grifith's men on the top Of the
/ baseball heap and sent the White So,
Aoundering into the quagmire Of des-
/ pondency,
/ That one run was collected while ths
game was young and before the players
/ had fairly settled TO their stride Al
! first that one run did not seem so very
large, but as the game went on il loom
ed bigger and bigger until the ninth in
ming saw it towering with monumental
size
Chicago Buffaloed by HOgg.
Hozg pitched the game of his life for
the New Yorks and the Chicasos were
even as little children before his speed
and short. sharp curves one hit by
Donohue was all that was made off his
delivery. ana he famed eight batsmen
The men behind him played brilliant
ball and worked Ike demons all the
way.
Walsh. for the SOx. also pitched
splenddly and had good backing A
mighty multitude came out 10 cheer
and stayed 10 weep. In the eighth they
IibAItA q STORM OF bollAeS on umpire
SILK O'Loughlin, but did not attack
him after il was all over.
The story Of the one run was the story
OF the game. After Keller had been re-
tired IN the first inning EIberfeld drew
four balls Chase hit 10 left and Dough
erty fumbled for an instant, ElberfeId
making third and Chase reaching sec
ond. Williams hit TO short Like clock
work the inheld flashed the ball over 70
nrsJ. then back 10 third TO make a
lightning double play The double work
ed 10 a dot, but Elberfeld had sprinted
over the rubber and his run counted.
Desperate Battling Throughout.
After that each inning was marked
by desperate battling-the Sox striving
20 make something. the Highlanders 10
prevent IL. But the attempts 10 break
down Hoggs defense were vaIn-he held
them safe, the innings went steadily
on. and the last batter ended il all with
a pop 10 Conroy.
The Score
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TEAMS ON LAST LAP
IN PENNANT RACE
With a Small Lead Over
SOX the Yankees Have a
Slight Advantage.

Having come up 10 the expectations
Of their most ardent admirers during
their stay in Chicago the HighIanders
today. begin the last fortnight of the
season with a clear lead over the White
sox.
While the Yankees last week battered
down some OF the toughest obstacles 10
their penEant aspirations. they still
have some hard going before them be-
fore the season ends. But so have the
White Sox, for that matter, and after
this week the Highlanders look TO have
a shade the better Of the Comiskeyites
on the schedule
Highianders Have Thirteen to Play.
Thirteen games remain for the
Yankees to play before the season closes
on October g. Beginning today they
play a series of three games with the
Detroit Tigers. The Yanks have beaten
the Tigers eleven games out Of the nine
teen already played. From Detroit
Grihth's men journey to Cleveland,
where they viii play four games with
the hard-hitting Napoleons. One of these
games was postponed during the High
landers' last Western trip. The New
Workers now lead Larry's men by nine
victories 10 eight In the series. One
game postponed during the Napoleons'
last visit to Washington Heights cannot
be played.
From Cleveland the Hishlanders jour
ney 10 Philadelphia, where they are
booked TO play the Athletics four games.
one Of these was postponed on July 8.
The Broadway Boys hold the Athletics
by twelve games to six on the season s
series.
The Washington times., 1906-09-24

the Indians always have shown aptitude
for trick maneuvers. shifting. spread
out plays. and plays calling for speed
and quick moving.
PrincetGn rs bit worried about hoa,
10 fiji me vacancies cu the end of the
line. but should Rulon-Mnler, the crack
halfbacH of 1904, who die not play at
all last year, be shifted TO end, the
Tigers VIII have one Of the fastest ends
on the griciron.
Coach NV-tner. of Cornell, figures that
the new eligibility rule barring fresh
men from varsity teams viii be more
beneficial TO Cornell than 10 the others
that have adopted ii. for the reason
that Cornell draws fewer prep school
cracks than the otter big colleges.
If the new rules pat a premium on
quick thinking. so much the better for
the new -uleS. There is still the acci-
deat proposition. and the friends Of
football are anxious 10 see II the new
rules viii decrease injuries, Some ex-
pcrts say they won't. No injuries were
chronicIec last SATURDAY however.
Coach Vail. Of Gettysburg has ne"
wrinkle TO timber up the men under
his charge. II is the use of "a game
called polite also tag, you're -.
When the man running Wllh the bail Is
touched By player ne must pass the
bail 10 another player, and soon.
Snacks Of rugby. Again. a little more
politeaess wont hurt tLc game any.
The Boston Globe, speaking OF the
Harvard candidates, makes this obser-
walton. THE squad impresses one as
a much more intelligent lot OF men than
the average who come out for a football
team and this is one OF the most en-
couragiug things about the Harvard
candidates. Good brains and quick
thinking are essential this year. and
Harvard seems To have q EUDu supply
of them
At Yale. there is the nucleus fOi
strong. fast team, bear stories 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding With II.
Jones and overall for ends. EiglpW and
Forbes tackles. B0ggs. HOckeuburger.
Biddle. Erwin. and Aadrews for middle
men. Dimes ami T.. Jones. quarters. and
Roome. -iLn. Morse. WyIie, Knox. and
Needer for other hackheld U1eiLicu, not
To- mention the va-ioHs substitutes auT
the freshman team Of last wear, t-a
team won't be so apraLinely feeble.
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KING WILL COACH
CENTRAL FOR LOVE
Idea That High School viii
Pay Celebrated Player
Ridlculed.

! The statement made by one of the
faculty athletic advisers Of one OF the
/ high schools % the effect that it WAS
wrong for Central TO employ the ser
vices of Phil King as football coach. as
/ was stated exclusively ia these columns
/ last week. has caused adverse criticism
at the o street institution.
When seen this morning one of those
| interested in athletics at Central said
! that the whole matter was absolutely
[ ridiculous as the question of paying AIr,
King for his aid I'm making as mucu on
the t=am as possible had never been
preached and that the great football eX-
/ pert had voluntarily offered to instruct
the boys in the garie
It Is TO Laugh.
"'The chances are. continued the in
structor. that should such a subject as
paying Mr., King been mentioned TO him,
ne would have given the suggestion "a
merry laugh The very idea Of a coach.
who commanded in the ntighbcrhpud OF
s.. 800 for q seasons work with one OF
the strongest colleges in the West last
year. and could have received mucu
larger remuneration Tor his services l1d
he wished 10 go 20 them again this
year is really funny, and should be
treated a Is lightly as possible. II Mr..
King decides 10 coach our boys this fall
he viii do so for no money cOnsldera-
riOn. but merely because OF an interest
he takes In the schOoi, since one OF ms
nepheWs was q member of the team last
wear and another VIII probably Try FOR
the eleven this season.
Another phase of the subject, which
also comes UP, went on the teacher.
'fs that of whether or not. the high
schools shall be allowed to employ paid
coaches for their teams. As matter
of fact il is positively known that in
1883 OrI900 one of the high schools old
this thing, and made no secret of the
matter for the simple reason that 10
is, so far entirely above board and
within the regulations of the inter-high
school scholastic association Not only
is this known, but 1t is also no secret
that last year this same school agreed
to pay a college man as coach OF the
team. but that whether he was paid or
not as he quit the team in the middle
Of the season is not known for certain. /
To make the matter stronger this same
school is at the present time dickoring
for the services Of salaried coach.
Other Teams Employ Professionals.
add to this the fact that last season :
one of the baseball teams had as a coach /
a professional athlete who apparently /
had no interest at all in the school. /
Whether or not he received a considera- !
tion for his work is not known.
Now, in view OF these facts. and of 4
the fact that Central. has never yet /
paid a penny for help in teaching her
teams, It appears even more laughable
than at first Fhn nearest that our
school has ever come TO paying for in
struction in athletics. was In 1900, when
the expenses of the present athletic in 3
structor Of the high school. Bill Foley, /
from PaWtuCket to Washington and re-
turn were by the management OF the
school in order that he might help out
In the work. ~
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IS TEN-YARD RULE
HURTFUL TO GAM? E?
Saturdays Football Contests
Show Little in the Way
of Explanation.
WILL AID A FAST TEAM
Pennsylvania and Yale Foresaw the
Change Last Season and Revised
Their Play Accordingly.

The first football games under the
new rules. played last Saturday. proved
nothing as 20 how the revised code viii
work out on the grldiron. 1t was not
expected that they would Il viii be
three or four weeks yet before the new
rules viii have been tested sufficiently
for q fair idea to be had Of what they
win bring forth.
There were two scoreless games last
Saturday and two in which good-sized
scores were made. The new ten-yard
rule did not prevent q couple OF teams
from gaining ground freely. but the
best test OF whether the rule is TO mill
tate against ground gaining will be for
two good evenly matched teams to play
against each other For the extra
amount of ground to be gained in three
downs the new rules contain a greater
variety of plays with which TO gain IT,
Rules Worked Nicely Saturday.
In the Pennsylvania state-Lebanon
game Saturday the new rules worked
nicely. there being long passes, drop
kicking speed and open play generally
To those teams that have the enter
prise and football intelligence to de
velop the possibilities OF the new rules
there VIII be plenty OF opportunity for
speed and play in the open. On the
other hand there IS nothing 10 prevent
teams from clinging 10 the old driving,
hauling tactics. with only an ocCa-
SI0ual iuCursiOu into the new rules
Much depends on the teams them
selves on the policy adopted ia eX-
pounding the new rules. on whether
the chances they afford 70 improve the
game viii be COnscienJlousiy developed
or whether they are 10 be used merely
as introducing variations Of the old
gaIne.
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Close on October 9.

For the wind-up the Hlghlanders have
two games with Boston ending Satur-
day. October 6. This will give the Broad
way swells ample time to journey to
Chicago TO begin the worlds champion
ship series with the Chicago Cubs on
October s. as the National Leaguers
play their last game Of the season IN
Chicago on October Z
The White Sox have fourteen sched-
uled games 10 play before they wind up
their season.
Following Is the schedule Of the High
landers and the White SOX for the re-
mainder Of the csasOn.
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Complete Schedule.

September 2l-New York at Detroit
Boston az Chicago.
September 25-New. York at Detroit
Boston at Chicago.
September 26-New York AT Detroit
Boston an Chicago.
September 27.-New York a Cleveland
Washington at Chicago.
September 2S-New York At Cleveland
september 29-New York at Cleveland
Washington at Chicago.
september 30-MaShiHetOn al Chicago
october Chicago al St Louis
October New York at Philadelphia
Chicago at St. Louis
october 2-New York at Philadelphia
Chicago al ST Louis. Two games
october New York at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Chicago.
october New York at Boston. CIeve-
land at Chicago
October 6-New York at Boston. Cleve-
land ~ Chicago
October Detroit at Chicago.
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TOdayy's Games.

Today's Games.
PITTSBURG AT BOSTON
CINClNNAII AT PHILADELPHIA
CHICAGO AT NEW YORK
ST LOUIS AT RRDOEIVy
Standing Of the Clubs.
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Accountant Has Top Weight.

Accountant has top weight for the Oc-
cldental Handicap. for all ages. one
mile and furioHg, TO be run tomorrow.
The Holly Handicap. for two-year-olds.
about six furlongs. viii be run on
Wednesday. as win also the rich Hindoo
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Teday's Games.

WASHiNGTON AT ST. louis
fHLisADbl-FHIA AT pLEVEr.AN-D
NEW YORK AT DETROTT
BOSTON AT gFTTcAcr
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Matinee Races at Brightwood
IS Nednesday afternoon.
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Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

! the Indians always have shown aptitude
| for trick maneuvers, shifting. spread
ont plays. and plays calling for speed
and quick moving
The Washington times., 1906-09-24
SEBALL GOLF RACING BOXING ROWING ATHLETICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Resultr.
81 Louis. 8: Philadelphia q
81 Louis, o. PhiladeIphia q
Cnicago. 0s New York. 1
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Johnny King Is a bigger man than
he looks 70 be in baseball tOgs. He is
feet 9z inches tan and weighs 10
DquUdg
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Games lost 81 81 "a 70 81 81 % 95
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FOOTBALL

II reports are correct Tufts Will have
the prize heavyweight team. The line
from tackle TO tackle viii average more
than 2)l pounds
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1t Is not probable that there will be
any sort of price against either. as they
are thought 10 be evenly matched Both
Trainer Weir. the handler Of Rlsebap.
and Jack Joyuer who viii saddle tbe
famous mare are sure of victory In
TACT they are chUckllug over what each
believe is q soft thing
II Aleck Shields Halifax. another
wonderful sprinter should ne entered i'm
the sweepstakes on Thursday the race
would become even more interesting 10
the pubic, with the prospect Of a new
world = record for The Tfsf4n9a
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Standing Of The Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Games lost "a IS 50 81 G8 q 50 q
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THE new rules are regarded as very
favorable 70 the Carlisle Indians. since.
The Washington times., 1906-09-24

Red Morgan has improved in both
batting and fielding since joining the
Boston Americans. and is expected
TO be still better next year