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League Notes.

The following matches are to be played
this week: January %, Treasury agt JUS
tice, Navy agt. State; January 81, Interior
A agt. War Interior B agt G. P. o.
The match between Interior and Treas
ury. postponed from November -, was to
have been played off last Wednesday night,
but the money counters failed to material
ize It is understood that Capt. Hill Of
Interior will claim the match by forfeiture.
Mr.. Walkers friends take his defeat last
Monday night much to heart, and many Of
them still think him at least a match for
Mr.. Sournin, his Interior rival. 1t is
hoped bv his admirers that he will square
matters with Sournin later in the season.
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MEETING OF CRACK
CHESS PLAYERS

Two more games of the chess match be-
tween Interior A and Interior b were play
ed last week, the former team winning
both events. This makes the score to in
favor of A. there being one game yet 10
be played.
The center of interest Monday night was
the game between Sournin and Walker.
the star players of the above teams. A
large number gathered to witness the con-
test, and they were wei rewarded for their
pains, by seeing one of the best-play ed
games of the season. Mr.. Sournin's victory
was most creditable achievement, as his
opponent had by skillful plays, gained
strong advantage early in the game, and
was pressing the IA champion hard as
the final struggle began. BY an exhibition
of clever tactics. however, aided In part
by an unfortunate mistake on the part or
his adversary, Mr.. Sournin succeeded IN
turning the tables and finally won out on
his 62d move,
The other game between Rafter ami
Burke, was annexed by the former, buf
the game between Hill and Byler, which
remains to complete the match, was I'M
finished at date of last report.
The G.. 7. o. team appeared for its second
match Wednesday night, and for two hours
made things interesting for Agriculture
At the end of the session each side had
won two games, there being one unfinished
and one postponed. Although as yet this
is anybody's match, it is evident, from
samples already received, that the typos
Play strictly to win, and the Agricultural
experts will not land the two remaining
games without struggle.
By special arrangement Commerce and
Labor and State played off the third game
Of their pending match Wednesday nlsht,
Commerce and Labor thereby adding
another tally to its score. The reckoning
now stands Commerce and Labor >; State,
l. there being one game yet to play.
IN,
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London Flower Show.
al Cablegram TO The Star.

LONDON, January 27.-The first flower
show of the year. held at the Royal Horti-
cultural Society's hall. is already social
and financial success. It was generally adj
mitted that the most remarkable flower in
the hall was the orchid exhibited by Major
uolford, which experts nkened to a bulldog.
It has been awarded a frst-class certificate.
It's name is Cypripedius alcibiade magni-
fius Its bulldog likeness lay In its squat.
heavy-jowled appearance. The squareness
of its dorcel and inferior sepal and the
petals being so round made IL an almost
perfectly round hower-a remarkable thing
In an orchid.
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CORNELL TO ROW HARVARD,
Race to Be Held on the Charles Rive
Nav &C.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, January 27.-It was
announced tonight by w. T Emerson, man
a8er or the Harvard crew, that arrange
ments have been made for another Har-
Fard-CorneIl boat race. The race will be
heIa on the Charles river on May 26 and
the crews VIII row over one and seven
eighths mile course, the same distance as
last year Cornell expressed a willingness
10 row here again this year on the Charles
as the harvard second crew went to Ithaca
Tor three successive years to compete in
the Cornell regatta.
In the race last year, which was rowed
on the last Saturday in May, Cornell de-
leated Harvard decisively.
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the 1OO-mile race was being run a strong
wind blew from the south.
There are ten events remaining to be run
off before the tournament is completed. The
officials are going to try to run off all ten
on Monday, but unless things are different
than they have been during the past two
days this will be impossible. The Stanley
steamer had been fitted with a new engine
by o'clock this evening and is in shape to
continue it's marvellous performances on
Monday.
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DISCUSSING FOOT BALL REFORM.
Meeting of the National Intercollegiate
Committee.

NEW YORK, January 27.-The national
intercollegiate foot ball rules committee
met here today and first took up the sub
ject of elimination Of rough and brutal
play from the game The entire morning
session was occupied in discussing the re-
port Of a subcommittee composed of John
c. Bell of Pennsylvania F. II. Curtis of
Texas University and Prof. James Babbitt
of Haverford, Pa, which submitted work
ing plan for eliminating brutality. The
discussion was not made public.
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TWo-Men Team Match.

In a special tWo-men team match yester-
day afternoon on the Palace alleys between
the Columbia and Lawyers teams of the
Real Estate League the latter won the
contest by a score of SOC pins to 704. The
fine rolling of Maedel of the Lawyers team
gave them the contest. He rolled a high
score of 255 in the second game. Marsh and
McKnew, for the Columbias, also did very
good work. The scores:
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viii Take Part in Johns Hopkins Meet

Many of the local athletes viii be entered
In the indoor meet of the athletic associa-
ton of the Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore next Saturday evening. George
Washington University and some of the
local high school boys will be among the
list of entries in the different events
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The Bowling Tourney in 1907.
ian pIspatch Do The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, January 27.-very few bowling
authorities here credit the rumor that a
determined effort will be made to bring the
national tournament to this city in 1907,
Some leading alley men favor the idea, but
the general sentiment appears TO be that
the tournament is not desirable for next
year. On the other hand, the fact is en-
phasized by those in position 10 know that
a good deal OF feeling has been engendered,
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EXCITING BASKET BALL.
West Branch Y M c. A. of Baltimore
Wins at Carroll Institute.

Three fun twenty minute halves, in
stead of the regulation two, were required
to decide last nights basket ball game be-
tween the Carroll Institute Reserves and
the West Branch Y. NJ. c. A. of Baltimore
in the Carroll gymnasium, and the Wis
itors won by score of 10 to 10. 1t was
an exciting and evenly contested game
from the beginning, and the result was in
doubt until the last second of the last min
ute of play At one stage of the final round
a spectator in the gallery almost won the
game for Carroll by knocking rather wide
throw into the basket but the maneuver
was called to the attention of Referee Gull
len and he put the ball in play again.
In the first half the West Branch quin-
tet located the basket for three field goals
and OmohondTo scored on Il free throw
q. Collifiower scored thrice for Carroll
AT the opening of the second session of
the contest Carroll started with a rush
but three more goals from the field and
one from foul We're their limit. In the
last few minutes of play Capt Russell
Fowler for the Y. NJ. c. A. tied the score
with Two goals from fouls. The contest
ants agreed to play off the tie-the first
goal from the field to decide the game
twenty more minutes of the fastest play
OF the evening passed before O'Connor for
the visitors. accepted Il difficult chance
and won the victory for his team Capt
Russell Fowler easily carried off the palm
Tor Y: NJ. c. A, while George ColiAower
probably played the best all round game
1Or Carroll The line-np-
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Naval Academy Foot Ball Games.

Special D1spateh TO me star
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 2f.-Manager
Robert F. Gross of the Naval Academy foot
ball team has secured games at Annapolis
next fall with the Princeton, Carlisle In
dams and Lehigh foot ball teams.
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Death of piggy Ward"
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

SptcIHI D.sIdtCn STAT.
NEWARK, n. J., January 27.-Frank
Ward, widely known to ball players
throughout the east as Buck Ward, died
this morning at his home, 245 Plane street,
of hemorrhage of the lungs. Mr.. Ward
was about fifty years old In the early
eighties he was one of the best semfpro-.
fessonal base ball pitchers. IN the late
eighties he played with one of the pro-
fessional teams. He was a bachelor.
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in the right direction, of course. by the re-
cent aff1liatlon with the eastern faction, and
that the powers here should be very willing
to have the national congress conducted in
New York or Philadelphia next year.
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heferee-Cullen. Umpire-Ricketts Timer
klcketts. Time of halvcs-Twenty minutes with
twenty minutes additional TO play off tie Goals
from held-R Fowler "a. pmohondro "a, O'Con-
nor IL. g. tolliAower a.. Grogan IN J. Coli
flower ~. Goals from fouls-Omohondro a. r.
Fowler ~, Gregan IL. Final score-West Branch
\. NJ. c. A, 10; Carroll Institute Reserves i3
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Frank Ward will be remembered by base
ball patrons as member of the Washing
ton Base Ball Club a number of years ago.
He played second base.
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OR.LtGGO WINS EASILY
Captures the Burns Handicap
in Record Time.
PROPER, FAV0RITE, THIRD
Eugenia Burch Thirty Lengths Be-
hind the Field.
LONG DELAY AT THE POST
Red Leaf, Well Ridden by Radtke.
Takes the Place-Miss Gusts
Breaks Leg at New Orleans.

San FRANCISCO January 27-Befors
one of the largest throngs that has ever
assembled at Oakland track, DIR. Lego to-
day won the $4,000 Burns handicap at
a mile and a quarter, in 2o5A, record time
for the event. The winner breezed home
an easy winner over Red Leaf, the to
l shot, while Proper, the favor!te was
third. When the books chalked up the odds,
Proper opened favorite at 3 to .. Under the
influx of big money his odds dropped and
at bugle time to l were the prevailing
odds The wel-known eastern performer
and a grand locker Eugenia Burch, could
be had at TO l. while DIR. Lego. last
years Derby winner. had many admirers
at TO /. The others all came in for sup
port at prices ranging from to / to 40
to /.
The start was good after a six minutes
delay at the post. Proper and Lubin acted
unruly and when the barrier was sprung
Red Leaf was first to show, with Sir Bril-
lar, San Nicholas and Proper all in mo-
ton. AS they passed the stand for the
first time their positions were about the
same and were maintained until the three
quarter pole, when Sir Brillar began TO
falter, and fell back beaten.
DR.. Lego then moved up and it was
evident that McCaferty's crack horse had
the race at his mercy. The son of Puryear
d kept on coming and easily landed first
and held second position in a fierce drive
from Proper and Lubin.
Eugeuia BUrch ran a disgraceful race.
She could not raise a gallop, being thirty
lengths behind her field
Summaries.
First race Gnc-balf mile-Yi0la H. III tTtadtkeD,
10 /, won; Native Son, 10. DHEan ia :.
oHd: Sylvan Dixon. lO7 Miller, I TO J. third.
Time, Gas our Auna, Prosperity, Nappa, PaladB,
Irish Mail, DIR. kismet. EOro and Ia Rose also
Second race. mile and a quarter Orchan. 1O7
iR&dikei, even won; honar, los a.. Nilliams).
TO /. second: Dusty Miller 100 Grreubeh 40 TO !.
third. Time, 2011i. HI Col Cap, Inyictus, Roy
atty and Frank Woods also
Third race, six ftrlUngs-Sir Wilfced los (RRdt-
ke. : TO 20 won; Pal 1893 knapp. 10 to /.
ond; Boloman, lo3 H0Hillalnl. 10 l. third. Time,
lib. Rey Del Mundo, Fullctta J. h. F. and Sea
Fourth race. mile and a quarter: the $4,000
Burns handicap-Dr. Lego Ia Prior. I To .
won; Red Leaf. 100 I.adfle TO /. second;
Proper III Knapp, > TO =, Third. Time. 2a5l,.
Lubin san Nicholas Ncaon Sir BriIlar and Engenia
Burch also ran.
Fifth race. mile and fifty yards Bannork Belle,
"a walsh, 10 l. won: Fisher Boy. - t>chade,.
- 10 I se,ord Vino. 1906 tClaril. r. 10 !. third.
Time, l4iii. Briarthorpe, Northwest, Clydeo,
sails and SJnosn also ran.
Sixth race. hye ana onp-half furluHgs- FiTcbali,
lol w Miller, II to =. III BincrO. ~ Nv.
Kelly, 20 TO /, second; Cloud Light. 100 sadtkel,
to =. third. Time l06&. Grazialo, COnreid
Duclist and Chassis also ran.
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Scores in Detail.
. lothl ....-. 800 :
am and Hitchcock adjourned
nd Mccormick postponed.
lg of the Clubs

I0taI
Game between Graham
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the bedroom. and holding the lamp
high above him, he stared into the
room. The huddled figure Of Mrs.
Crue lay on the carpet. Her head was
splashed with blood, and her clothes
were wet. A quilt partly covered her
lower limbs. The woman was quite
dead-and it was murder. The hus.
band ran out Of the house.
Presently the family OF Augustus
Woods. the nearest neighbors Of the
Crues, were disturbed at their supper
by peremptory knocking. Woods
hurried to the door and opened it.
Crue stood on the stoop, bare-headed
and wild-eyed.
Somebody has murdered my wife,"
he shouted. Come quick"
Groton became tremendously ex-
cited over he deed, and the medical
examiner and the constables immedi.
ately began to make their investiga.
tions. They found two bullet holes in
the woman's head and another in her
breast. But there were no signs OF a
struggle, and there was no robbery.
The officers retained the bullets and
took impressions Of the imprints in
the snow outside the house. Crue was
questioned closely, but he proved an
albi. Then the officers surmised that
tramp committed the deed, and
searched the village thoroughly for
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He served his time, and left tho
prison jail.bird for life. His drst
destination was Ills home. He wished
to see Claremont, even though no
we're jail-bird and his home .
wretched blur on the rural landscape.
He found nothing changed. His moth.
er was still suffering patiently; his
brothers and sisters were still pale
and hollow-cheeked. Everybody there
needed the commonest necessaries OF
life, so Stearns Kendall Abbott the
youth, more self-reliant and energetic
than Stearns Kendall Abbott. the
child, went forth to obtain them, not
caring greatly how he obtained them
so long as he succeeded. He broke
into small store and was possessing
himself OF it's money when the coun.
try constables arrived and possessed
him. For his offense he served six
years in Concord prison.
Thence he went into the army for
service against the confederacy. Some.
body cheated him out of his bounty
money, and he deserted in Hartford,
Conn. He was at once confronted by
the problems of feeding and clothing
himself, and he followed his bent.
One day he espied mail bag without
protection. He stole the United
States property, opened it and ap-
propriated its contents. But they
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The Strange Case OF
>,,A:,STEARNS, .;@{m
2A&NKENDAIL W
~ ABBOTT
Nctm9fEnyhon'nen(

| Der land and out OF sight. His wife
watched his departure with phleg
matte interest.
During the afternoon a neighbor, on
his way across the country, called to
pay his respects to Mrs. Crue. He
knocked on the door and then, with.
out further formality, turned the knob
and entered. Mrs. Crue sat In her
kitchen talking with a stranger The
neghbor excused himself, said he
merely stopped to say word OF greet
ing, and then withdrew.
Stranger Opened Door.
Later in the afternoon Miss Jennie
Carr, wellknown Groton young
woman, also called. She knocked on
the door several times. Nobody an
swered Then she noticed that the
curtains OF the front window were
lowered. But 1t occurred to her that
Mrs. Crue might be somewhere In the
the house, so she continued to knock.
Presently the knob OF the door turned,
the door opened few inches, and a
man looked out cautiously at her. He
was a stranger to her. She asked II
Mrs. Crue was at home. He replied
CURLY:
"No, she has gone to town for the
afternoon, to make some calls"
Then the door closed without
further ado.
OF the history OF the day, which i'm
only authoritative source. He returned
from Aver Junction shortly after sun
set. Much to his surprise, the house
was quite dark.
Failing to secure an entrance
through any door, he went to one OF
the windows and vainly tried to raise
1t. He concluded that his wife had
taken excellent precautions to prevent
the entrance of strangers. Yet the
drawn curtains, staring him blankly
in the face, made him uneasy. He
walked around the house to the cellar
door, Through the gloom he CROPPED
his way with caution, always sensing
impending disaster. This promonition
grew stronger and stronger as he
mounted the stairs to the kitchen.
Now he proceeded more warily than
ever, listening for any significant
sound. The house was quite silent,
and at last he struck a match and hur.
ried to the lamp. The light partly re-
assured him.
Then he decided to look into his
wifes room, and with the lamp In one
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One Dudley Morgan Suddenly Finds
Fame by invading Casino Dance
Bewitchingly ALFRED.

Newport, r. AT the Casino dance
the other night there was a sensation
which the governors of that aristocrat-
ic place say will not occur again. 1t
was the sensation of the dull season.
young man, dressed as woman,
appeared in the gold and white thea
ter and danced and flirted as a wom-
an. The young man in question was
Dudley Morgan, son Of William Rog-
ers Morgan, who owns a villa on
Rhode Island avenue.
The young man had been at 4 din,
ner for young people. and he entered
the Casino theater with Miss Pauline
French, daughter of Mrs. Henry
French, and niece of Mrs. Alfred G..
Vanderbilt.
When Morgan, superbly gowned in
white embroidered net, in empire
style, with a coral necklace, long,
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MOToRMAN TOO SLOW so SHE
TAKES CHARGE.
Male At the Controller Fails to Realize
Her Hurry, So She Pushed Him
from Platform and Turns on
Full Speed.

Chicago-Because motoman NO
SIG on the Halsted street line OF the
Chicago City Railway company refus-
ed to put . little speed on his car
the other day Mrs. s. H. Chichester,
who was anxious to catch train Tor
her home in Evergreen Park. seized
the controller lever and turned the
current on to the last notch.
BY way Of emphasizing her deter
mination to reach the train, she push
ed No SIG of the front platform
when he objected to her summary &C
ton and for six blocks the big car ran
at full speed through the crowded
street.
Stops we're made neither for cross
ings nor for passengers to get on or
of and three members Of the team
sters' union were shown that other
citizens have a little right to part OF
the street. Three coal wagons, on
which they were riding when the car
struck them. are laid up for repairs.
Mrs. Chidester was finally overpow-
cred by the conductor and some OF the
passengers on the car and taken to
the Stockyards police station. She
was released later after convincing
the officers that she was not insane.
Mrs. Chichester got on the car at
Thirty-ninth and Halsted streets and
at once informed the motorman that
she was in hurry to reach the Grand
Trunk station at Forty-ninth street
At Forty-frst street the car stopped
to allow a teamster to make up his
mind whether he was going to get OF
the tracks or not, and Mrs. Chichester
got nervous. At Fortythrd street II
took two old men a little longer to
get on than was necessary and Mrs.
Chichester went out on the front plat
form further to impress upon the mo-
torman the importance of caching her
train.
No. SIC resented her interference
and told her that he considered him
self capable of adjusting his own at
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AIRY GARB SHOCKS VILLAGERS.
Inhabitants Of physical Culture CITY"
Cause Bushes in BucoIc Buru.

Spotswood, N. J.-Farmers and 9th
ers who have never Travelled ten
miles away from the idyllic spot and
who therefore have never visited the
seashore and seen sylph-like maids in
bewitching bathing suits have been
shocked by the sight of the inhab.
itants of Physical Culture City, sew
eral Of whom wander about clad in a
sketchy and aboriginal manner
That many believe in this plan was
evident the other day.
lank fellow who had been putting
vigorously about in the lake finally
swain ashore and, running to a sand
bank, threw himself at full length.
near a handsome girl gracefully clad
He wore pair Of short swimming
trunks. Not far away lay the girl who
for an hour or so had been basking in
the sun. She was dressed in tight
fitting sleeveless jersey and a pair Of
boomers that were gathered tightly
several inches above her knees She
wore pair of leather sandals that re-
vealed sun-browned toes.
In the gymnasium the leader an
athletic young fellow, whose muscles
heaved in knots under his rudy skin
wore jersey and trunks that had left
much of the bolt of material from
which they were taken All the girls
wore boomers, and one or two of
them had on stockings.
The villagers assert that men and
women scantily attired have been seen
in Spottswood. Where they came
from the residents do not know. Last
sunday several men and women.
uressed IN garb less formal than
bathing suit, passed through the vii.
laSe, apparently on a walking match
Their bare arms and legs shone
brightly in the bright sunlight. and
solemn villagers took ono glance
olushed profusely and then hid their
faces in their kerchiefs.
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white suede gloves. japanese fan. and
blond wig, with jewels in the hair,
came in with Miss Pauline French
and seated himself all eyes were CEN
terec m him.
AS Mullaly's orchestra .startrs the
music. Little Girl. You'll Do. for
the waltz, several OF the men present
went toward the stranger, thinking ii
was some one they knew. but upon
closer view the joke was discovered.
and the ballroom was in an up-oar.
Sidney Colford not to be baked. TOOK
the lady en- the floor and danced
with her amid great laughter
Morgan was one Of the guests a. a