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The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
SOMMERS is CHOSEN
Will Captain the G. w. U.
Football Eleven.
ON VARSITY FOR THREE YEARS
Veteran Gunrd Has Earned Three
Letters Since Entering InstitutiOn
I'm 1905-Tke Unanimous Selection
of the "W" Men-Member of the
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.

Walter Atwood SOmmers, twenty
three years old, of Hamilton, Ohio, was
unanimously elected captain OF the
1908 George Washington football team
at a meeting Of the 'W" men yester-
day evening in the medical building.
Sommers. although born in Ohio,
commenced his education at Hehy In
stitute in Brooklyn, n. Y, and went
from there TO st. Lawrence University,
where he took the degree Of Bachelor
OF Laws in 1905.
In the fall of 1906 he entered George
Washington and this year took the de-
gree of Master of Laws He is now
taking a course in the college of Po-
litical Sciences.
Sommers has played tackle on the
varsity for the three years and is pop
ular with the student body He is a
member Of the Delta Tau Delta Fra
ternity
The W. present at the meeting fol-
low: Aston, Brookes, Crafts, Calf
Cunning. HarroIson, Holmes. Hough,
Maxcey, Pearce. Sommers. White,
Whitehead, and Witten.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
GLOWING is a list of expenditures:
RULERS LEAD BOWLERS.

T0tal.............sl03. % TotaI.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
SPEND $t4O,76O FOR PLAYERS
American League Clubs Pay Big
Sum to Minors.
Washington Has Already Made an
Outlay of Nearly $4,000 I'm Effort
to Strengthen Team.

The Washington ball club has al
ready spent Sl1.S5O in recruiting from
the minor leagues in an effort to
strengthen the team for next season.
OF this sum. s4.5OO has gone for the
outright purchase OF players and
1880 for drafts.
The total sum spent by the eight
clubs In the American League is $40
80. Practically all OF this money has
been spent since the drafting season
started last August. Much of it viii be
wasted, as far as the major league is con
cerned, for the greater share Of the minor
league '-phenOms" are bound TO be sent
back to the bushes.
The Boston club has been by far the
most eXtravagant This club has over
fifty players on its roster for next sea
son. and il three of the new players de-
velop into valuable men the club will be
considered exceedingly fortunate. Bos-
ton has expended S40250 in purchases and
$3.50 in drafts. Five other clubs. New
York, Cleveland. Philadelphia. Detroit
and Washington, have spent heavily for
new men, though none come close TO the
mark set by Boston. Chicago and St.
Ln Iis have laid out the smallest sums for
recruits.
Figures compiled by Secretary Bruce.
OF the National Commission, and given
out by President Ban Johnson in support
Of his contention that the minor leagues
have all the best of the present rules on
the purchasing and drafting OF playefs,
show what each club in the American
League expended for recruits for the 1908
season.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
USE OF FORWARD PASS.
More Prominent Football Coaches
Favor Play Than Oppose It.

More football men favor the forward
pass than oppose il, but quite a number
would like to see restrictions which would
result in its less frequent use
r. According 20 printed interviews, Glen
S. Warner, coach Of the Carlisle Indians;
Coach Crane. Of Harvard. and Bill Ed
wards. of Princeton. think the forward
pass, as used during the past season, is
all right, since it helped the weaker
teams more than ii did the strong ones,
and as a result made more interesting
games. Al Sharpe suggests notifications
which would Tighten the labOrs Of the
officials George Brooke and Carl WI
liams, and Roper, of Princeton, would
restrict the play so that it would be more
dangerous 10 use, and Walter Camp
thinks the full possibilities Of the forward
pass have not yet been discovered.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
INDWIDUAL AVERAGES.
BASEBALL NOTES.

Brooklyn has purchased Pitcher Findav-
son from Nashville.
Hughey Jennings has been taking the
rest cure IN sanitarium In Pennsylvania.
Lou Criger, of Boston. is in st. Louis
undergoing treatment by a nerve spe-
cialist.
Lave Cross has decided to sell his Della
ware farm and take up his residence in
Cleveland.
Meek. Birmingham's first baseman led
the Southern League batters with $40 for
20 games.
Harry Pulliam. president Of the Ma
tional League, has come out strong for
Sunday baseball.
Jiggs Donohue. of the Sox. is spending
the winter months as manager OF a Chi
cagO bowling alley.
Joe and Mike Cantilion have opened
their new baseball Office in the Hamilton
Club building in Chicago.
Although he got poor start when he
joined the Nationals, Bill Shipke hit AT .
"a clip in the last twenty-three games
Of the season of 1907
Jerry Edinger, the Nationals. trainer
is assistant manager Of Cantillon's log
Cabin in Chicago. Jerry will be back
at his old job in the spring.
Gene Demontreville. the former Wash
ington player, has decided to quit the
diamond. He has accepted the position
OF secretary-treasurer of the Alabama
State Fair Association.
Jakey Atz, who got his first lesson in
baseball on the sand lots of Washington.
batted at a 81 clip for New Orleans. ac-
cording to the official averages which
have just been announced.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
BOWLERS WILL MEET.
Second OF Intereity Matches with
Baltimore This Week.

The second OF the series Of inter
city matches between Baltimore and
Washington bOwlers, which was 10
have been held on the Palace alleys
Wednesday. has. at the request OF the
visitors been postponed until some dav
later in the week
The individuals. doubles and three
men events viii be rolled of in the
afternoon, starting AT 2:30 o'clock.
and the five-men match win be started
a $3.50 o'clock
In the individuals, Krauss. Of Wash
ington, Will meet either Bradley or
Krichton, of Baltimore. In the dou-
bles Collins and KraUss wiz be pit
ted against Bradley and BrOuer. OF
Baltimore The three-men event will
bring together Collins, Waters. and
Krauss, Of this city. and Bradley.
Brouer. and Krichton for the visitors
In the ive-men event the contestants
have not been definitely decided upon
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
WRESTLING AT GEORGETOWN.
Seven Bouts to BE Feature of Ath-
letic Tournament


Keen interest is being manifested by
nastic tournament 10 be held in the
Ryan gymnasium next Saturday even
ing
Entries for the wrestling bouts. which
viii be the feature OF the programme.
have been closed. There will be seven
bouts In the different classes. and the
grapplers have been matched as follows:
j. A Fury against V. Bailey. 16S-pound
class: George Mellon against NJ Mad
den, l5O-pound class; L. Joliet against
Dowd. f40-pOund class; Chapman, l33,
against Parker. 124; Woods against
Glennon. and PringardIner against Hun
haling the heavyweight class The win
ners Of the Woods-Glennon and Pringar-
diner -Munhall matches viii meet for the
title in the heavyweight class.
In addition 10 the wrestling bouts,
there will be rope climbing contest.
high jump from springboard vaulting
from horizontal bar, running jump from
ring. running high Jump. and putting
G-pound shot. Gold and silver medals
Will be awarded for first and second
prizes in the events.
Interest in basketball Is on the in
crease in the university, and an excep-
tionally large turnout Of candidates Will
answer the call Of Capt. Downey to-
morrow evening. Among those who have
signified their intention of coming Out
for the team are the following;
Scott, Crogan. Leahy. J. ConidOwer, c.
Collifiower, Joe Drury, W. Rice, Fred
erick Rice, Jerry Quinn. Samuel Simon,
Mullin, Munhall, Bellairgion, Laven.
Moran, c. Woods. Murray, Doonin,
Whelan, NJ Fitzgerald, Glennon, and
Capt. Downey. Michael the all-high
school center last year, win also try for
the team.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
DELEHANTY GOES mol FLORIDA.
Washington Player VIII Join Or
mOnd Club After Christmas.

mOnd Club After Christmas.
Special 10 The Washington Herald
Cleveland, Dec. 9.-Four Cleveland play
ers will take advantage of the winter
baseball in Florida, known as the hotel
league. Jim" Delahanty. the Washing
ton second baseman. decided yesterday to
play at Ormond, and Mig Clarke, as well
as Terry Turner, will also be on the
same team. At Palm Beach Howard
Wakefield viii play This winter work
out will do Wakefield lot OF good. for
he Will have the advantage Of a good
workout before the regular spring train
ing trip, which will begin in March. Flick
reported TO the Cleveland club in Macon
last year in the best Of shape after his
sojourn in Florida, and II would not be
the least bit surprising 10 see Wakefield,
ClarkS, and Turner also in the best Of
shape to report 10 the club.
This is certain. Mig Clarke could not
have been overworked last season If he
keeps up the present clip He is at pres
ent in Cuba, and will leave that circuit
TO report TO Ormond on Christmas Day
And this was the one man that many
claimed was being overworked by LaJOie
last season. 1t is different now. since he
Is working on his own hook and can
make few extra dollars Should Clarke
go stale this summer it will be the same
old cry, but there Will be only one man
to blame. and that will be Clarke himself.
He has been warned TO take things easy
this winter, but he persists in playing all
the time TO earn the easy sheckles in
these hard times.
Delahanty wired the Ormond Hotel peO-
pie that he would report tomorrow II
they wanted him. but the season does not
open until Christmas.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
CONWAY PREPS' CAPTAIN.
Right Tickle Is Unanimously Elect
ed by Georgetown Players.

ed by Georgetown Players.
Fifteen members of the Georgetown
Prep School football team yesterday
unanimously elected n. T. Conway, OF
Troy, n. Y. captain for next year. Con-
way plays right tackle, and has been a
member OF the team for two years.
Although defeated in the championship
game with Technical High the past sea-
son was most encouraging for the Preps.
as it marked their re-entrance into inter
scholastic sports in the District, and
next fall promises TO be most interesting
as a better schedule will be arranged
with the Tech game the feature.
The following received G. P.'s in recog-
milton for their work on the gridiron:
Capt. Sitterding. Commit, Daley. Stohl-
man, McQuail, Conway. Lucas Bloom.
McFaddeE. Slattery. Mellon. Fury. Smith.
Walton. Miller. and Manager Fleishman
With the exception Of Sitterding. ConnifT.
Daley. and Stohlman all Of these players
viii be available for the Preps next sea
son. The four graduates will join the
varsity squad and should make a strong
fight for the team.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
CLOTH vIRGINIA's CAPTAIN.
Center VIII Lead 1905
Football Team.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Charlottesville Va. Dec. 9.-Wnliam c.
Cloth was tonight elected captain Of the
University of Virginia football team for
the season of 1908.
He has played center on the Virginia
eleven for the past two years. He is an
alI-round player.
His excellent showing has won for him
a position as center on the An-Southern
Football team for two season in slcces-
sion. Cloths home is in Erie. Pa. He
came TO the University of Virginia from
Pennsylvania, where he ranked next to
Torrey as a center.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
Mobile in southern League.

Mobile Ala Dec S--Secretary Charles
ClOsson. Of the Mobile club. returned to-
day at noon from Vicksburg, where he
had held a conference with President
Compton He reports that a compromise
viii be effected where Mobile is TO get
out Of the Cotton States League for
1850 in order 10 go into the Southern.
The annual meeting Of the Cotton States
League has been postponed until Decem-
Der II.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
KEENE'S SUFFRAGE DIES.
Famous Mare worth $4,000, Victim
of Blood Poisoning.
pecial 10 The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald.
New York. Dec. 9.-James r. Keene
suffered a big loss to-day IN the sudden
death of his famous four -year-old mare
Suffrage.
About a week ago an attempt was
made 10 ship the mare from SheepsEead
Bay TO Mr. Keene's Castleton stud in
Kentucky. As Suffrage was about TO
step into box car. she stumbled and her
forelegs slipped through ar opening be-
side the platform
She was badly cut, and was immedi-
ately taken back 10 the barn. On Satur-
day blood poisoning set in. and, in spite
Of heroic methods, she died
Suffrage, as a three-year-Old. earned
fame By defeating the great ROseben-
Turfmen who discussed the death Of SUf-
frage to-day said that Mr.. Keene would
not have parted with her for SIS. 600 cash.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
Heads Teams I'm Union League-Tny-
Tor Best individual Record.

Rulers continue TO lead the teams in
the Union Bowling League with a per-
centage Of .T33. having won twenty
two games and lost eight. and also
have the highest team average, 156.
Stampers are close up with a percent
age of zoo. and team average of
1871
OF the individuals. Taylor Is best. he
having grand average of 1916.
Thompson is second with 1913. The
team standings and records Of each
individual bowler follow:
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
BURNS TO FIGHT PALMER.
Articles Signed for BOut with Eng
IISh Reavy-wefght.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
New York, Dec. 9.-Word comes from
London that Tommy Burns has been
matched to fight Jack Palmer, the Eng
lish heavyweight. on or before February
7. Articles have been signed for $500 a
side and a purse of not less than $500.
Of which % per cent goes TO the winner
and . per cent 10 the loser.
Palmer visited America not long ago
and was knocked out in Jig time by a
third rater
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
sutton Beats schaefer Mt Billiards.

Philadelphia. Dec. 9.-In the after
noon game of billiards. Sutton defeated
Schaefer rather easily by the score of
zoo 10 19S Sutton was of 10 good
start and kept in the lead all the way.
In he fourteenth inning he made
high run Of so. and I'm the last inning
ran out the game with an unfinished
run of 13.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
WEIR'S HORSES A SUCCESS.
Famous Trainers Charges Clear Up
SsS,O0O on Season.
ecial to The Washington Herald.

Secial 70 The Washington Herald
New York. Dec. Shocking over the
record made by the horses owned by D.
C. Johnson, F. J. Farrell. and T. D. Sui
----NlL. - 81 ~Aom were trained by Frank
d. Weir. IL has been discovered that they
won in stakes and purses this year more
that SSS.0c0.
II DR.. Gardner had been able to race
up 70 expectations this amount would
have been swelled 10 more than 500 900
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
Zbysco Wins from Russian

London, Dec. 9.-The Galician wrestler.
Zbysco and his Russian rival. Padoubn.
wrestled this afternoon for $1,000 a side
and the right to meet Hackenschnidt
for the worlds Greeco-Roman champion
ship. PadOubn was. disqualified for trip
ping. and the match awarded to Zbysco
without a fall.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
Game Cock at white House.

A red game cock in a lattice-cOvered
box was taken into the White House
ofiice building yesterday morning, and
this gave rise 70 an entirely Unauthorized
report Subsequently it was explained
the cock belonged to one OF the coIored
employees.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
Austin Gibbons Dead

Austin Gibbons, once a leading light
weight pugilist. died yesterday at ST.
Joseph's Hospital. Paterson, n. J.. a
victim of tuberculosis.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
PINKOLA'S HANDICAP
Fizer's Horse Wins from
KeatOr in Hard Drive.
LATTER IS HEAVILY BACKED
Heavy Going, Caused by Early Rain,
Was supposed to Be tO the Liking
OF keator, and He Carried "a VOI-
ume OF Money in Feature of the
Opening Day at New Fair Grounds.

New Orleans. La, Dec. 9.-The racing
scene shifted to the newly bailt Fair
Grounds this afternoon.
The Inaugural Handicap. worth 81 $50
to the winner. was the feature. and was
won by W. H Fizer's Pinkola after a
hard drive in the stretch from Keator.
The heavy downpour of early morning
made the track sea Of mud, and there
was number Of scratches.
In the going Keator was supposed to
De the goods, and was backed into fav-
oritism at post time. Pinkola opened a
6-to-o shot, but the volume of play which
centered about Keator sent his price to
. to , Pat Dunne's Lens, four-tine
winner. finished third.
Despite the fact that Telling was con-
ceding two pounds TO Mortiboy. in the
mile ana sixteenth handicap. the heavy
players backed McCormick's horse. horti-
boy raced into safe lead at the rise Of
the bearier, and lasted long enough TO
beat Telling a length
Pat Civil and his following cleaned I'D
nice wager over the victory Of DR.. Nc
Ciuer In the final event. McCluer was a
le-to-1 shot Cella's La Soeur galloped
over a lot of ordinary two-year-oId
maidens in the opening event La Soeur
was 6-to-5 choice, and won with plenty
IN reserve.
Dainty Belle repeated her last victory
IN the second, at S 10 l. Fizer scored
another victory with Almuller in the six
furlOngs for -year-oids- AlmulIer held
his field safe from start to finish.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
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The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
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The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
The Summaries.

FIRST RACE-Fire fyulong- La Soeur. 10 Not
ter 70 s. won. Donalde lo3 Is HeideD. 10 /
second; Edna. loo ueibeTtJ, 30 % ], third. Time.
la6 5-A Night Mist. Helen Holland. Culture. Mar
rsgo. Aiuren. Wild Iush and Two step also ran.
SECOND RACE-One mile and serenity Yards.
Dainty Belle. l55 lNotteri. 20 ]. wen: Couuuni.
paw. lM Warren B 20 J. second. Tinker lO7
iPickeusl. 10 !. third Tine. Is3 i5. s.. Noel.
Tens Rod. jungle Imp. Druid. Goldway. and Pro
tcls sls) ran.
THIRD RACE-SI fIIrlOngs Almuucr los Min
der, 20 5. Won, Georgia Girl. l03 CAIcDanieI 90
4 sec9ndi Miss Dclancy l15 DelenyJ 10 o
third. Time lis IS Rebel Queen. Rustic Brown
Thistle. Miss Mazzoni. and Knight Head also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Sn furlongs- Piukola. la5
lMnderl. 10 p won; Keator. IL lBrisseIJ. 70
> second. Lens l05 Mountain % / third
Tine l-9. Jac0bite. Lad Of Laugi0n Riekey. Gri-
maldi, and Deoro also ran.
FIFTH RACE-One mile and seventy yaris Nor
uhoy- g C. Henry, 90 J. won. Tileing III u
Sumpteri. 20 10. second: Orphan Lad 4O3 NC
DanleD. % 70 l. third Time, - ~ Tamacco also
nn.
SIXTH RACE-One, and threo-sxteeuths niles
br. Mccluer 100 (Pickcnsl 20 J. won: Foaso-
lucd. s. lHufraCel. : % l. @ec0ud: Beucgier. g fS
Flyuui. 10 third. Time. 2lL Grace Larsen
Anna Day. Athena. Charles Thompson, Veneeu-io
and Little E.kin also ran
The Washington herald., 1907-12-10
CARS TO KENslNGToN

Cars from 18Th 81. md \. 7. ave. eTery Is MN
Pass Rock Greek Bridge and Park main eutrancs
Z00 and Country Club 20 Chevy Chase Lake. Con
nect with keusinS10n cazG Roznd TIP ticketA
sc. FussailS
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-09
TELEGRAPH NEWS

Commencing September / no ad-
in the future.
In a wreck on the Chesapeake &
Ohio road Monday seven people were
Killed and seventeen injured.
bloody riot marred Labor day cele-
bration at San Francisco. Several
men were wounded, one of whom may
die.
Lewiston. Idaho. was visited by a
deluge of horned toads during a rain
Tuesday. Where they came from is a
mystery.
Vice President Fairbanks received a
hearty reception upon his arrival at
San Francisco to attend the national
irrigation congress.
A giant cap In a boys pants ex-
ploded while his mother was using
her slipper on him. This happened in
a Wisconsin town Sunday.
Recent speeches OF Governor Hughes
Of New York revive speculation as to
figure he may cut in Republican ma.
tional preconvention campaign.
Fire losses during August show an
Increase over the loss in August. 1906
and the total for the first eight months
of 1907 exceeds 1906 by s35.00O.0O0
In a game between Lincoln and
Des Moines Sunday the Lincoln clut
scored nine runs the first inning. Pret
ty near "a bad as some OF the loca
clubs.
New York Sun commends President
RoOsevelt's utterances to the effec
that joint statehood for Arizona ant
New Mexico had ceased to be one o
his policies.
| Paul Morton says Republicans hav'
FIVE men well fitted for the presidenc!
Root, Taft, Hughes. Knox or Fair
banks. No mistake In nominating an.
one of them.
Moronzo Chico. matador, wa
caught on the horns OF n bull In Jaure
Plaza del Toros Sunday afternoon an
horribly mangled In the presence O
1000 spectators.
Throng of visitors on the Swedis
cruiser Fylgia in New York harbor ca
ried away as souvenirs nearly ever!
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-09
Incidents Of the Tragedy.

Ii was late in the afternoon of Sep
, tember 6, 1901, few minutes after 6
o'clock, TO be more eXact-that news
boys began rushing madly through the
streets of Buffalo, themselves over
come with the CONSERVATION that their
cries aroused in the breasts OF others,
wildly shouting:
"Uxtry, Uxtry' President McKin-
ley is shot by er anaroussl"
1t was only 8 minutes after the mad
man had fired the fatal bullet that the
first extra of the Buffalo papers was on
the street News of the tragedy that
had occurred at the Temple of Music.
on the exposition grounds. spread like
wildfire. The first reports were con
ficting, some of the papers declaring
that the president had been stabbed
but all agreed that he had suffered
serious and perhaps fatal injuries
Every loyal citizen of Buffalo was over
come at the disgrace of the city, each
Individual taking upon his own shoul
ders n partial responsibility. In the
first outburst of anger the police and
detectives were roundly scored, al
Nthough the wrath of the populace cen
tered on the miserable assassin cover
ing wretchedly in his cell, his totterIni
brain filled with fear that he woult
BE dragged forth by mob and tori
limb from limb.
The various shades Of emotion will
which the people of Buffalo received
the news would have supplied an nm
precedented field for psychological oh
servation, If there had been in But
falo man who was sufficiently cain
to undertake such a study. Even TIL
newspaper men. tried veterans O
many tragedies. to whom life an
death was but "story," were ovel
come by the universal panic and worl
ed under stress Of excitement an
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-09

The bills sent out advertising the
range certainly tell the truth. More
money has been appropriated than In
the history OF the association. Since
the first appropriation of $500 addi-
tons have been made making n total
o. over $1,000 in prizes and premiums
for the four days. In addition to the
$3.50 Increase for live stock and as
much more for Indian races and
amlsements, the directory increased
the agricultural appropriation $3.50 last
evening while baseball was increased
$3.50 on condition that Telluride and
Pagosa Springs are represented. max
Ing the net purses for baseball 3700
with $3.50 contingent expenses. This
makes the baseball appropriation $3.50
and probably means two games each
afternoon in addition to the other
attractions.
From the way the people have gone
to neighboring towns this year to at
tend ball games and other amusements
and the crowds assembled at Silver
ton. the fair directory feels that with
the best program ever presented the
attendance will be larger than ever.
This being the case fine display Of
agricultural products and live stoch
will be money well spent.
Now let every Durangoite get down
to business and pull for the fair. N