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The Washington times., 1907-08-25
SPRINTERS DIE
EARLY IN GAME

NEW YORK, Aug. 2A-The athletic
life" Of a weight thrower CUtlasts shat
Of a runner nearly double Men like
John Flanagan, Martin. and Dick Sheri-
dan, Dennis Hargan. Dick Sheldon, Al
fred Plaw, and J. S. Mitchell were good
q decade ago. and all look to be able
20 90 along at the same clip for five
more years. But what of the runners
who were tOp-notchers a decade ago.
What has become Of A. c. Bowen,
George orion. Alex Grant, O. o. Jarvis.
W. f. SChutt. Johnnie Cregan. and Dick
GTant-the boys who were famous as
runners six or eight years ago2 Their
athletic life Is over, while the big
weight throwers are stin in their prime,
after six or eight years campaigning.
Difference in training methods may be
said to be responsible for this condition
of affairs. The weight man wakes fat
on training; his object being to take on
weight and still retain mis- speed He
has his beer and cigars If ne wants
them. and seldom If ever IS in danger
of becoming fine" The weight throw
ers effort in competition seldom costs
him more than d pound or two.
Weight Men Outlast SpTinters.
compare TINS me OF WOEk Win Aildl
Of the average runner and 1t Is readily
seen that the weight man stays in the
game longer. The runner is no good IN
til he gets fine" and begins to look
drawn in the face. While he is in flesh
he might just as well stay at nome foI
ell the good it will do him to 90 into
a race. Then his effort in competition
is vastly more wearing than a weight
- agaI FrIln Ia nrrnH
weight lost the nervous strain is great
A half-mller generally drops about tive
pounds in his race. while a man running
five miles generally loses from four t
SIX Besides this the runner Loses
weight In his training every day, and q
il undoubtedly this tearing down ant
building up that affects the runner 4
the extent Of making his period of use
fulness on the Cinder path mUCh shorte
than that OF his fellow athlete, TIT
weight throWeT
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
HE PROBLEM
OF DEVELOP ING
RAW MATERIAL
Many Managers Doubt
Wisdom of Leyying on
Minor Leagues.

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The advisable
aty Of digging among the players OF
the bush" leagues for material TO de-
velop In the fast company Of the majors
Is subject often discussed by baseball
mana gers.
There is considerable difference Of
opinion. Some say that il IS good tao
tics. pointing 10 the fact that nearly ali
the great baseball phenoms were men
picked up from obscure teams and de
veloped by the wise heads of the Blk
bail teams. Some think that minor
leaEuers are more bother than they are
worth. preferring TO wait until a man
has proved himself and then buy him,
even at a much larger price, and others
think that the number Of minor leaguers
who fall down when in fast company 50
far exceeds the number OF those who
make good, and there is so much diff
Guilty attached to placing a man who
mas failed that a manager takes great
risk in picking up what promises 10 be
Ia phenom. They have very little to do
with the minor-league men, Secretary
Navin, of the Detroit club. is Of the
latter opinion. He said:
Detroit Strong Against Youngsters.
I'm not looking for tips on players
who are starting out in the small
leagues. Not a day passes that 1 dom
receive scores of letters telling me about
q certain young pitcher on such and
such club, or a great hitting outfeldel
on the home team, but 1 have beer
initiated. and one and all OF these letters
90 into the waste paper basket. YoJ
cannot get desirable men from the little
leagues" insists Navin. The Detrol
club has had experiences before ant
doesn't want TO epcounter any more.
The drawback lies in the fact tina
II this or that youngster fails to max
good in the big league we find troubI
IN placing him Usually the manage
viii say that he could have secured tn
youngster from the same league If h
wanted him, and naturally a good mino
league club balks on taking a green one
Lakan. Rowan. and Forester are ex
amples. was forced TO place Rowan
and Lakan twice and Forester tire
times That's why I contend that Il 4
better to get better pitchers from stronI
leagues, Ike Suggs, Of Memphis. AM
Summers. Of Indianapolis, instead o
digging in the bush organizations an,
pulling out phenoms"
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
DIAMOND ARTISTS
ARE, AS A RULE,
VERY SENSITIVE
Baseball Players Attitudes
Disprove Alleged Indif-
ferenCeof Professionals.

The Detroit Journal makes HeydOn's
desertion the occasion OF a timely COM
ment on the attitude OF players toward
their work. The deductions are as fol
lows.
'.sensitiveness Is one Of the character
istics OF baseball players, many mem
bers OF the profession being touchy in
spots. and some all over. They dislike
70 have their work criticised in de-
rogatory way. as il units them for duty
and keeps them in a disturbed state of
mind. They keenly feel the stings Of
sarcasm. or the jibes OF disappointed
fans. In other words, adverse criticism
breaks them all UP.
While the majority of the present
day managers advise their players to
keep plugging away and ignore criti-
clsm, many are unable to follow that
sensible advice. They cannot stand
the gaf of adverse comment.
History Bears This Out
Baseball history tells Of a number Of
good players who chose to retire from
the profession rather than be subject
ed 10 remarks which ranked within
taeir bosoms and upset their equili-
BRUINS. Posing as they do in the con
tinuai ImeHght as public celebrities
ball players should possess nature i'm
pervious to attack, but all are not pull
alike.
when the bleacherites get after I
player the music begins and is con
tinuous unless the offender turns th'
tide BY making a good play and Il
! forgiven. Baseball fans are a fiekl'
/ cIass-always have been and Away
viii be. They are apt to hand bal
player a bouquet one day and a lemon
i the next
Few fans are lenient in judgment
but once a player makes good wit
them he possesses an army OF friend
who hold him up as an idol until tn
passing years bring stiffness to hi
/ Joints and he drops out of sight Int
! q lesser league
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
GRIDIRON HOSTILTTIES
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 81
WITH 4 GOOD GAMES
Most Important of These Is Indian-Abrght Contest
First Championship" Struggle Set for
November 10.
By MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-In less than
month now football will be with US. and
from. then until Thanksgiving Day the
gridiron viii be 1T so far as amateur
sport IS concerned.
The game viii be played under almost
the same rules as prevailed last year,
and while It Is too early 10 begin 20
consider the personnel Of the various
teams there is every reason 10 look for
ward TO many close and exciting games
with a desperate finish for the cham
pionship AS remarked, the season viii
open September q with four scheduled
games. Of which the most important Is
the clash between Carlisle and Albright.
The games come thick and fast after
that, Wednesday and Saturday being the
favOrite football days
Games on October Ie.
on october ls the Quakers and Browns
have an engagement at Philadelphia;
West Point and Annapolis have games
with Yale and Harvard. respectively;
Cornell meets Penn State at Ithaca. and,
in the West, Chicago will play Illinois
on the latter's field.
November, the real football month,
opens ausplciously on Its second day.
The Professionalism game, at New
York. will be about the best of the day.
The first Of the so-called champion
games Of the season is set for Novem-
Der Is. when Princeton and Yale clash
at New Haven. Pennsylvania will be
playing Michigan at Ann Arbor on the
same Gay. and at Cambridge Harvard
/ will play Dartmouth. The Indians have
the date set with Minneapolis. and Navy
will meet Penn State Seven days later
Yale and Harvard will meet on the lat
/ ter's field. Pennsylvania and Cornell
I will wind up the season at Philadelphia
on Thanksgiving Day, November 3
Army Navy wind-up.
As sort of general wind-up, a bit OF
roquefort to aid digestion and put the
/ football world completely at its ease the
/ Army and Navy try conclusions two
days later in Philadelphia.
The football event IN the South will be
the clash between the University of Vir-
| ginia and Vanderbilt. These two institu-
lions have not met on the gridiron fo1
several years, and a contest between
| them would come pretty near settling
the Southern championship
The West viii not be denied in tennis
and il Is possible the next attempt to re,
capture the Dwight Davis Cup will be
made by Westerners. or that at least on.
westerner win be on the train. The cas-,
with which Hackett and Alexander bea.
both the Eastern and Southern cham
pions at the doubles. places them easily
II In the front rank Of tennis experts.
Laden with laurels and medals. Mis-
MAY Sutton. the California marvel. il
again with US. and there is every pros
pect that her collection of laurels ant
The Washington times., 1907-08-25

The Junior octuple sculling race for the
Kemp Cup promises to be one Of the
most exciting races OF the Middle States
Association regatta on Labor Day. Al
ready three Harlem river cIubs-the
Union, Nonparen, and Metropolitan
have crews in pickle, and the trio OF
scuiling crews are to be seen 6aring
away at 4 every evening on the Speed
way course. The Union Club already
has two legs on the prize. and one more
will be enough-if the other crews per-
nit any such monotony, which they
say they won't
Alfred Shrubb, the great British dis
lance runer. certainly is a wonder. He
recently gave an eight-mile exhibition
run In this city Shrubs time was as
follows: First mile, 1850; second mile
1926; third mile. 1881; fourth mile, 20:35
fifth mile, 1855; sixth mile, 32:39 2-5i
seventh mile. $40; eighth mile, - 80.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25

medals viii be largely Increased before
she reaches her home on the Pacific
coast
She is TO play in the Canadian cham
pionships and various American tourna-
ments before continuing her Western
Journey As there is no woman so far a.
known in her class at the meets the
chances are she will land everything she
goes after.
If the American yachtsmen were
beaten at KieI, they have some consoIa-
ton in the fact that they won the Can
ada Cup in the races on Lake Ontario
easily. and that the blue ribbon for
motr boats also came to this country.
The motor boat Dixie Is home after
winning the British International Cup
in southampton waters with the great
est ease, and Capt. S. BARLEY Pearce.
her skipper. is an enthusiastic convert
to the believers IN British fair. play in
sports. He says: Everything was on
the square, and I have come back 10
tell that Englishmen are the fairest I
have ever met.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Big Four Junior.

The second big four was Jim White,
Dan Brouthers. Hardy Richardson. and
Rowe and they were sold TO Detroit by
Buffalo in the fall of 1885. They, too
were winners. for they pulled Detroit VI
to second place in 1855, and won the
championship IN 1857. They possibly
would have won. too, in 1883. but the
Detroit club got cold feet and split VI
that great combine of players
And Jock Rowe and Sam Crane
worked the squeeze" play together II
1887. Jock was batting and signaled Il
Crane. the latter being on third, ;hat
he was to lay the ball down. Crane
started in when the ball was pitched ans
scored, for Jock made a perfect bunt
But they never followed up that play.
But that only goes 10 show that Their,
is nothing new in baseball
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
NEW
in THE GAME,
SAY THE VETS
Alleged Novel Plays Often
Worked by Old
Timers.

There is nothing new in baseball. &C
cording TO sam Crane and other old-time
players. Mike Tiernan. the old New
York outhelder. declares that the sacri-
fee bunt originated with him ana John
Ward. and that they used 70 work Il
right along during 1855 and 1889, the
years that the old Giants, with Buck
Ewing. won the championship.
Many fans know that Ward and Tier
nan used 10 work the hit and run game,
and thereby stood opposing feeders
on their heads, but did not know that
their batting scheme was premeditated,
But Herman asserts that he and Ward
worked signals between them, and even
got in the squeeze" play, and scored
many a run thereby.
Ward has been heard TO say that the
squeeze" was not a new play, and thai
he and old Tiernan had worked Il to-
gether. but II they did they had very
close combination and never gave il
away.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25

Laden with laurels and medals. Miss
May Sutton. the California marvel. is
again with US. and there is every pros
pect that her collection Of laurels and
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
The Original Squeeze Play.

Veterans who were playing ball at
the time Tiernan says he and Ward
worked the squeeze" play must ac-
knowledge that they didn't get on to It.
Many remember when both Ward and
Tiernsn hunted. and often beat out slow
hunts toward third base. but that there
was any 'collusi0n" between them was
never guessed.
The hunt did not come into general
use until a comparatively short time
ago. Their used TO be fair faul worked
when a batter would make the bah hit
in fair ground and then bound out foul.
and the best player at that shrewd game
was Ross Barnes, the old Boston and
Chicago second baseman. Barnes was
one of the original big four''-Al spald-
ing. jim White Cal MacVey, and Ross
Barnes, the quartet Of stars who jumped
the Boston club in 1876 and went to
Chicago. They were a winning four, too,
because as long as they held together
the Chicagos won championships one
after another. And that was a quartet
OF winners They held the pennant In
their hands and never did let go until
spalding went into business and broke
up the combination,
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
WHEN SLEEP FAILS

Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Half teaspoonful In half a glass of
water just before retiring brings re-
freshing sleep.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
100 CARPENTERS
LEAVE THE CITY
Striking WOFkmen Chain
Work 0ut-Of- Town al
Good Wages

Fully one hundred and sixty of the
local carpenters. who went out on a
strike May the first, have obtained
work in other cities at the wage scale
they demanded here.
OF this number the largest part Of
them is working in New Jersey towns
along the Atlantic coast, where build
ing operations at present are brisk.
Most Of the men remain away during
the week returning home on Saturday
nights. There is scarcely a day passes
but that Secretary Flndley, of the
local Carpenters Union. receives let
ters from builders in Philadelphia and
New Jersey requesting him TO send
them men at union wages. These re-
quests Mr. Findley is complying with
as speedily as possible. and the pros
poets are that but few good carpenters
Will be left in town Within a few days.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
DELAWARE BUILDING
CREDIT TO STATE

Mr. and Mrs. c. r. Smith. custodians Of
the Delaware building at jamestown,
write entertalnngly of conditions there
for the Information of Delawareans Thor
letter Is as follows:
Editor The Evening Journal
That the readers of yor paper may
now something of the exposition and
how best TO reach the grounds
write you a brief description. The
jamestown Exposition is on the waters
and shores OF Hampton Roads. THO
exposition site contains 400 acres Of
ground, q 40-acre enclosed water basin
and has a water frontace of two miles
on Hampton Roads. and the other
sides of the frounds are enclosed by
wire fence covered with honoysucklo,
crimson rambler rose and trumpet
vine Tho exposition rs a great white
and red city Shade trees are in
abundance. beds of native flowers and
decorative plants adon the grounds
and State plots
The exposition military drill grounds
is a great glass plot of thirty acres,
surrounded by trees and cement walks.
All the state BUILDINGS are near the
water front and from them can he
seen ships and steamers going out to
sea and coming in from an parts of
the world.
Building a Credit
Tho Delaware state building is a
credit 60 the state and TO the CONF
missioners. We have near us build
ings that cost 100000, but the Dela-
ware building compares favorably with
any of thcm considorin- the cost and
IT rs located near the deep water pier
old Point Comfort is directly In front
of us, four miles across the water We
have e. splendid view OF an the war
ships and can sit ON our porch and
sec whore the first naval battle oc-
CURED during the civil War between
the Merrimac and Monitor.
The prevailing style of the state
buildings IS colonial. and an of them
and many of the exhibit buildings are
to be permanent structures. ON the
"Warpath" are the latest novelties and
an collections Of amuscments. The
Board of Governors have made special
provisions for the comfort of visitors
bv placing along the shaded walks
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
GET WHAT You Ask FoR.

When you see an article well adver-
tised in the newspapers. you may be
sure it's a good article, for advertising
only pays If the goods are honest and
possess merit The people who make
specially of one advertised article, Ike
Cascarets, Candy Csthauic, for exam
pie, stake their whole business eXis-
tence on it's doing what they say it
will. They must make good" as the
saying is. Readers OF this paper are
urged TO be sure that they get what
they ask for. when they ask for an
advertised article, FOR it's the good
thing that is initiated and counterfeit
ed. Don't accent substitutes Insist
ON gelling the genuinelH
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY
ORDERS ISSUED

General w. II, Moystin, commander OF
Admiral DUPONT Pose, GA. r., has is-
sued the following orders relative to
Memoyal Day;
Memorial Day. with It's beautiful cere-
monies is near at hand and in obedience
to general orders you are hereby request
ed to attend the following musters Of
this post:
l. Sunday morning, May 6th, at $50
o'clock. TO attend divine service at ST.
Paurs NJ. T., Church, Market and Seventh
streets.
II. Sunday afternoon, May 26th. at 2SO
o'clock. to attend joint memorial service
az G. A. r. Hail. southwest corner Third
and King streets
III. Thursday morning, May aoth, at
o'clock, to proceed in hacks TO the tomb
Of Admiral s. II. dupont, and the outlying
cemeteries on the west side Of Market
street.
". Thursday afternoon, May Soth at
2sO O'Clock, TO take pant in a short street
parade with our sister posts. Let every
comrade that can be in line at each mus
ter In uniform and with badge, as near as
possible.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
DEATHS.
Charles Hafner.
Ellen O'Brien.
Bridget Biggins.

BIGG1NS-In this city. on May %.
1907. Bridget. widow Of the late John
Biggins.
Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence. No. 10S South
Franklin street. on Monday morning.
May p. at 9 o'clock. Requiem mass
at ST, Paurs Church. Interment at
Cathedral cemetery.
O'BRIEN-In this city. on the 22nd
inst. Ellen. widow Of the late John
O'Brien.
Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited 70 attend her funeral
from the residence OF her son. Thomas
O'Brien. No. 1s Lord street. on Satur-
day morning, at 9-oclock. Requiem
mass at st. Mary's Church. Interment
at West Chester.
HAFNER- May 2i. 1907, Charles
Hafner. aged 65 years.
Funeral from Chambers undertaking
rooms, No. PA West Ninth street, on
Saturday afternoon, May 25th. at 3
o'clock.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23

drinking fountains. benches and tables
where visitors may rest and partal<e
of lunches brought by them to the
grounds All Of the buildings are not
yet complete, and some have Just be-
gun only about half of the boule-
wards are finished. but they are being
pushed as RAPIDLY as possible.
Greed a Drawback
The great drawback, TO the exposi-
tlon Is greed. IL seems that people
are afraid they win hot get all the
money you have. And the worlmen
have eight hours for the limit of a
day and spend much of that time i'm
killing time. The exposition itself
win be all right when the buildings
and grounds are complete, but unless
the management and the business mon
interested in the success of the eX-
position do something that will stop
the greed that Is manifest toward vis-
itors. the financial part of the exposi-
tion win be q sad failure.
l hope something viii be done in this
direction. for there never was a nicer
site fer an exposition than this. and
none since the Centennial, held at
Philadelphia. SO near and convenient
to the people of Delaware. So mucn
for the exposition grounds. Now for
the way to get there. There are two
ways one TO go by Norfolk, thence
by trolley cars through a thicSly set
tied country of eight miles, The other,
get Off at Old Point Comfort and take
steamer to the deen water pier AT
exposition grounds. This IS the nearer
and better way. for it is only four
miles from old Point TO the pier. and
at the end of the pier YOU win find the
Delaware state building, where an
Delawareans are welcome, and we
want you TO come sec u.s.
After a rest you can take the board
walk along the water front TO all the
State buildings, or take a ride on the
smallest steam railroad train in the
world for five cents TO tho "War Path"
and public buildings.
Yours truly,
c. Il. and Z. NJ. Smith,
Host and Hostess of Delaware Build
ing.
jamestown. Va, May 2s
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
Wanderinn In Country

KENTON, Dell May 23.-Wnbur
Wilds, "a farmer, living near Kenton.
discovered a man walking about his
house and buildings shortly after dark.
and, being unable TO ascertain from
him who he was or some account Of
himself Mr. Wilds loaded the stranger,
who was well-dressod and apparently
much exercised, into his wagon. and
started for town. Mr. WilGs found a
number Of carriages ana searchers out
securing the countryside for his cap
tive, who proved to be j. NJ. Lattomus
a prominent citizen of Clayton. who is
deaf and dumb. Mr.. Lattomus had
gone out for walk in the country and
lost his way.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
CIVIC PRIDE AT
THE POSTOFFICE

Haliock Ray the fireman and night
Waterman at the Federal Building, is
meeting with much success in soliciting
funds from the government officials and
employees at the p.stofhcc, TO be used
to bcautify the grounds surround ng the
structure. in the way of flower beds and
other improvements.
Among those who generously contribute
cd 20 the fund are Federal Judge George
Cray, Federal Judge Edward C. Bradford.
Postmaster Henry c. Conrad, Assistant
Postmaster Jester, Collector of Castoms
David s. Clark. The curriers' and clcrks
and janitors also contributed Their shaie.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
CANNOT PAY SICK BENEFITS
Royal Areanum Committee Ur1os
Change Of Dues.

BOSTON, May 2s-The recommends.
tion Of the Committee ON Laws Of the
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcan-
just and equitable system of duos that
with $500 death benent. WAS accepted
.at the session Of the supreme body
to-day. The report of the Commute
tee on Sick Benefits, which was also
accepted, was as follows;
First. That an official circular be
issued canihg the attention of the
order TO the iniWity and danger OF
attemptlng TO provide benefits for sick
and disabled members under the press
ent uniform system of dues
second That This report he re-
ferrei to the Executive Committee 10
consider. IL deemed expediont TO pre-
pare thereirom ana promulgate safe
ust and equitable system of due, that
will enable councils clocting to do So
to provide for the payment of the dues
and assessments of memhers during
temporary disability"
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
Employers Recommend the l. c. S. to Ambitious Employees
B. F. STURTEVANT G CO.
Boston, Mass.

The International Correspondence
Schools present an opportunity to
those who wish to place themselves
in line for advancement, to do so at
reasonable expense. And as regards
our own employees, we should be
glad for their own good to see them
take advantage of such an offer.
Evening journal., 1907-05-23
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing svrup

Has been used Tor over siNty-fve years by
millions of mothers for their Chldrcn
while rcethng, with perfect Success IL
soothes the child. Soitens the gums. iallaNs
an pain. cures wind collie. ana is the hest
remedy for diarrhocl. Sold by drugs SITS
in every part of the world. BE sure and
ask for "Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup"
and take no other kind. Twenty-Five
cents "a bottle Guaranteed under the Food
and Drugs Act June 30th, 1905. Serial
Number 10gS
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY