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The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
McGoVERNs SAD PLIGHT.
Terry's Mind Is Gone and His Family
Is Now in Want.

New York. Jan. 14.-Terry McGOvern,
former idol Of the fghting world, the
winner of a quarter of a million dol
lars. is to-day probably hopelessly In
sane in a sanatorium, his fortune gone,
and his family in want.
Within ten years McGovern's fortune
mas slipped through his fingers, not a
cent remaining or the S2O3.200 he won
with his fists. Strangely enough. Nc
Govern did not lose his money in seek
ing pleasure. His mania was gam
bling, and his friends say that 1t was
this passion that destroyed his reason.
He thought and roamed OF nothing but
the race track. lie tried to make
jockey OF his brother Scheming horse
men discovered McGovern's weakening
mental powers, and sold him a racing
stable Of rank selling platers. Terry"
played his own horses and lost in gam
bling 10000 Jockeys and trainers
imposed on him, and to them alone he
gave over S25o00. The racing stable
did nothing but drain his pockets.
He concluded that If he could not
beat the books he would play the game
the other way. McGovern became a
layer. but Dame Fortune did not smile
upon him. McGovern's book was hard
nit and he lost $4,000. These heavy
losses told, and he mortgaged all his
property
McGoyern did everything for his
family and the friends of his youth To
poor friends of his family he gave
$4,000. and it is estimated that he
loaned out $4,000 OF which he kept no
record. McGovern set his mother and
brother up in business, but these ven
lures came TO nothing.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
FREAK MACHINES SCARCE.
Big Cars VIII Not Race in Coming
Contests I'm Florida.

New York, Jan. 14--DiscussIng the fu-
ture Of automobilism Senator W. J. Nor
gan said: "A few weeks ago It looked as
If we would not have many fast cars al
the Florida meet, but we are now sure
Of several large and powerful racing cars
The amateur driver win be seen in larger
numbers at the coming meet, and it is
safe 10 predict that the records Of one
to one hundred miles will again receive
a shaking up. There was much feeling
over the so-called freak car being al
lowed to compete. and at least one Amer
lean manufacturer went out OF his way
to try to induce other manufacturers to
stay out of the Florida races because Of
these cars. which under the rules must
be accepted as competitors. The tourna-
ment promoters had no alternative
The 'freak-caT' alarm however. seems
70 have been premature. The big eight
cylinder Darracq probably viii not be
present this year. as Arthur Lee GUM
ness. the owner, has a wealthy uncle who
does not want his heir to cross the At
lantic The big twelve-cylinder Maxwell
car, which was not ready for the Wander
bilt Cup race, Will not be in the race;
neither Will Alfred O. Vanderbilts eight
cylinder car, which was not success. 50
that Stanley. OF Massachusetts. is the
only nightmare to the manufacturers who
believe that all automobiles should have
four cylinders and weigh only 2,20l pounds.
Stanley intends t. get back at the gaso-
line engine manufacturers at the meet
and will use a new steam car built for the
Vanderbilt Cup race, but not finished in
time Gasoline engine advocates have
cried that the steam car could not keep
company with q gasoline car for 100
miles. This Stanley intends to accom-
plish on the -Daytona beach. and
two ears Of the Stanley make Will be en-
tered in the 100-miIe race
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Tommy Burns, Pipe Dream.

DO you remember poor old John l.
Sullivan when he fought Corbett. nearly
fifteen years ago?' asked Tommy Burns
of several friends. the other day ''Wen.
when I meet Jim JeffrfeS it will be the same
story over again. Jeffries has been tax
ing life so easy for two years that he IS
as big as a mountain. He weighs nearly
215 pounds. and when he decides to train
again he will have TO get off at least so
pounds in order to have any OF his old
speed and cleverness. This is sure to
weaken him, and he may prove as easy
for me as Sullivan did for Corbett Just
as soon as JEFF makes up his mind that he
wants to fight again, 1 will be on the job.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
ARMY-NAVY GAME.
Annual Contest VIII BE Decided Mt
West Point on May Is.


Annapolis, Nd. Jan. 1.-THE annual
baseball game between West Point and
Annapolis viii be played on May IS. in
stead Of May y, as had been previously
arranged. The change has been made be-
cause the original date would be in con-
fiict with the annual examinationssOf the
midshipmen. The game this year viii be
played at West Point
Midshipman Richmond K. Turner. Of
Stockton, Cal, second class, has assumed
the duties Of manager Of the team in
place of Harold v McKittrick. of Roch-
ester. n. Y, of the present senior class.
who, 1t Is expected, viii qualify for grad
uation next month.
From present indications the schedule
viii contain twenty-five games. the Iarg-
est in the history Of the Academy The
season viii open on March 3 with St
Johns College, the local institution. and
the West Point contest viii be the closing
one. Some of the games TO be included
IN the schedule are Yale Harvard. Co
lumbia, Cornell. and Dartmouth.
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Ine-up and summary
Entries for -. 5.ooo stakes to Close.

New York, Jan. H-Entries close to-
morrow for an event that may be of much
general interest and Importance as the
American Derby used to he when it was
run annually at Washington Park. Chi
cago- 1t will be known as the $4,000
Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes, for
fhree-year-olds, to be run at the June
meeting over the fun Derby route
The race viii be worth S20.000 to the win
nerr with an additional starting fee of
$50 As an extra Incentive the Coney
Island Jockey Club will give $4,000 addi-
tional to the winner, provided he should
happen 10 capture both the Tidal and
Realization stakes
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HARVARD'S THREE RACES.
Crimson Crew VIII Row Yale, CO.
Iuni bin. and Cornell

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 14.-It is now
almost positively settled that there viii
be three races for the Harvard varsity
eight this spring Besides the regular
Yale race and the one with Cornell.
which is rapidly becoming a fixed insti-
tuition. Columbia viii come here for q
race on the Charles River.
The race with Cornell will be rowed
at Ithaca this year There has been
some opposition to the Columbia race
by the Harvard athletic committee. but
the announcement was made yesterday
by Manager Whitney that in all proba-
bility the third race will be roved in
May The Cornell contest will also be
decided in May.
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WANT UNIVERSITY CENTER.
Virginia Educators Discuss plan of
Centralized schools.
cal % Tho washington Head

Special % The Washington Herald
Richmond Va. Jan. 1t-PrCmiGent
educators from all over the state were
in session in this city to-day. with a
view To establishing a university CEN
ter in Richmond. around which all the
other schools fer higher education i'm
the State viii ultimately gather A
committee was named 20 take up the
practicability of the venture and To
plan ways and means.
Col Joseph Bryan has already agreed
20 donate a tract OF land as site and
t54R5Uce other wealthy men 10 do ike
wise. 1t is said that Andrew Carnegie
is interested in the matter, and viii
probably render financial assistance
All the schools located in Richmond
wilt come into the general plan.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Middies to Fence Officers.

opeciai % The washington Herald
Annapolis. Md. Jan. 1A-Laurence A.
Austin. manager of the midshipmen,s
fencing team. has arranged for a contest
between the middies and the trio Of
passed midshipmen now assigned to duty
aboard the battle ship Virginia now at
Norfolk. The team of the Virginia is
composed of Russell S. Crenshaw, Harry
G. Knox, and Herbert F. Leary. all OF
whom were members of the Academy
fencing team while at the institution.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Newport News After Franchise.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Newport News, Va, Jan. 1.-THE pros
poets appear to be bright for the admis-
sion Of Newport News to the Virginia
State League this year. c. B. A. Booker,
who Is directing efforts 10 secure fran
chise, has been advised that the Danville
club viii sell its rights for $1,000. a fund
is being raised here now TO make the
purchase and TO provide for operating ex-
penSes for the season.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
HIGH SCHOOL DATES
Faculty Advisers Adopt Base
ball Schedule.
BUSINESS HIGH IS REIESTATED
StenOErapheIs' Application for Ad-
mission Into Scholastic League Is
Diamond VIII Open April 10, When
Central Plays Tech-List OF Games.

At a meeting Of the faculty athletic ad-
visers Of the high schools, at the Techni-
cal building yesterday afternoon, the
baseball schedule for the coming season
was adopted. and the application of Bust
ness High School for reinstatement in the
scholastic league was favorably acted
upon. With the exception of G. w. Kelly,
CentraTs representative. who has been III
for some time, all of the members Of the
board were present at yesterdays meet
ing
Last September Business faculty went
on record as being opposed to athletics
during the first season. and the school
was not represented on the gridiron.
thereby forfeiting It's membership in the
league which governs athletics in the
high schools. At a recent mass meeting
at Business the student body voted to
once more place teams in the field and
the first opportunity for reinstatement
was offered at yesterdays meeting Of the
faculty board. The return of Business is
considered a good move. as all five Of the
schools viii be represented In the base
ball series, and 1t is likely that the school
will have football team IN the fall.
The baseball campaign will extend over
a period Of month. beginning with the
Technicai-Central game on April 19. and
ending May p with the Technically West
ern contest Last year the championship
was won by Technical and. following the
usual custom, the manual trainers offered
the rough draft Of games at yesterdays
meeting. The dates were adopted with
few changes
1t has not yet been decided where the
games will he played. As the Nationals
viii be at home during a part Of the
high school season. it viii probably be
impossible TO have the whole series al
National Park, but the leading games
VIII be played at the league grounds.
The schedule follows.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
TWO-AIEN TEAM
INDIVIDUALS.
Arranging Herman-Corbett Go.

New York, Jan. l4-Nate Lewis. mana
ser of Kid Herman, the Chicago light
weight. whose championship aspirations
recently received severe jolt at the
hands Of Joe Cans, arrived in New York
to-day with the manager of Tommy Muir
ply and Young Corbett. Lewis expects
to arrange a six-round bout between
Herman and Corbett, to take place on
Washington's Birthday, February ., at
Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
New OrIeans selections.

First race-Duchess MontebeHo, Ounce.
Lady Nimout
Second race-Dekaber, Big Bow. sur-
finch.
Third race-Minnie Adams Zienap. Pen
Thyn.
Fourth race-Minnie Adams. Alma Du-
four. and Peter Sterling.
Fifth race-DelmOre. Scalplock, Gold
Coin.
Sixth race-AIencon, Toboggau, Rebo.
Seventh race-QIian Brady, La Cache,
Consideration.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Rnrlem 3 n,NeiII,r winninm.-

New Orleans, La, Jan H-Burlew &
O'Aeili still have a big lead in the strug-
gle for stakes and purses. Not including
yesterdays races. the young turf part
ners had won $3.50. Charley Ellison is
second on the list with S5,o72
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Departmental Quint Wins.

The Departmental basketball team.
Of the Y. NJ c. a. League. defeated the
Southern Railway. Of the same league.
by 9 10 9. The features were the all
around team work of the winners and
the playing Of Wills for the losers. The
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
CHEAP Platter Wins
Jerry c., 5O-tO-1 Shot, Easily
the Best of Field.
RING LOSES SMALL FORTUNE
RustIing SILK, the FavOrite, Unable
to Meet Tom Mannix's Horses Burst
Closed at IL to 1-TudOr, Rt 13 TO I,
Runs Away with the Fifth Event.

New Orleans, Jan. H.-TOm ManniX' S
Jerry c. a cheap platter. pulled of a
killing here to-day. The horse opened at
30 TO ! and was played down to Z TO /.
He proved easily the best of his field, and
after running around Rustling silk. the
favOrite drew away in the stretch and
won full OF running. Il is whispered
about that-a small fortune was taken out
OF the ring on the victory. most of it go
ing TO a select party of local players.
GIorifier. a to favorite. easily won
the mile and one-sixteenth purse affair.
Dawson, = to 1. won the steeplechase
after a hard fight with the field Dawson
secured the decision by nose.
Rebel Queen. well backed. galloped
home easily in the twO-year-old event.
Tudor, at 10 to /, wen the fifth from end
10 end. Tom Dolan and Nicol were a
winning combination in the five furlong
selling affair for three-year-olds.
The Summaries.
FIRST RACE -Thrce-yearolds and upward; seven
furiongs. jerry C., 100 u. Johnson) y 70 l. won;
Rustling Silk l0l lNl0uutainl. TO J. second; Gold
Duke. 81 fBilacl 10 l. third. Time, l>S 10
R0soboro Doubt. Goddess. Gamestcr, Onisro Arguer
Elncrys ArtY Nan- fltiaWlck. ana DutSea also Idi-
SECOND RACE-Stceplechase four -year-olds and
upward; short course. Dawson, lB lHaganl. Is 10
], won; Subador. li9 lRusseD, 20 . second; Plea
80 (Toylc) 10 l. third. Time. sos 3-5. Lulu
Young Little Waily. Lights Ont, Molo B., Oliver
Nc. jackson Day, Clarified, Arabo, and Kempler
also ran.
THIRD RACE-Two-yea three furlongs.
Rebel Queen. 10 (AIountaiul. Is 10 s. won; Baole
us L. Martini 5 70 !, second Hazel NJ. is II.
Lee. 3 70 5. third. Time. 05j 81 Queen AIelba,
Lady Frankfort. Letphatichie, Black Mary. Gather
ine T.. Lady DE OT0 Princess Sue, Hannis, May
Newman. and Bitter Gold also ran.
FOURTH RACE -Four-year-olds and upward
mile and a sixteenth Gl0rifoT. l04 tGamCT) 4 20 j.
won: Gold Mate. l02 NIountsinl . TO J. second; ;
James Rcddick 100 -. Hennesseyi. 9 to J. third.
Time. As 3-S GreviIls. Granada, aud L. NacFar-
Ian also ran
FIFTH RACE-ThTeey year-olds and upward; SIX
furiougs. Tudor, s9 lEnslanderl, l3 10 I. won;
Meadow Breeze, l04 lR Love-, 10 ,. second 81.
Valentine. 10 Ns0unJainl. 10 5, third Time.
rs Is. Foxmead. Gamara. Ohyesa. John /. In
glis. Grace George. Elected. and Bumper also ran.
SIXTH -Threeyear olds; fve furlongs.
Tom Dolan 10 lNicoH. to /. won; Bonart IDS
Mountaiul. To l. second: Blue Dale 90 j. Hen
uesseyl, p 20 ]. third. Time. l07 % DE Oro,
Bivousc. Belle Of the Bay SDion. Zick Abrams.
Nissa, Ny Bessie, Camp, Dry Dollar. Skinner als1
ran.
SEVENTH EACE-Four-year-ol and upward:
mile and an eighth. Or. Mctluer loi lMoUntainl.
to 8 won; Eyie Greene. lG2 lH0ggi. 8 to 3. sec
ond; Lady Charade. l12 ttowel. , to !. third.
Time, Is As Lampadrome and Liddon also ran.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Jcnries 10 Referee.

Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. 14-Abe Atteu
and Harry Baker are to meet in the ring
here as scheduled January IS in twen-
ty-round fight, and JeffTies has agreed 10
referee.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Cornen in Georgetown Meet.

oIII'Iai % IIIs v dsIIII.IlH IIEiHIII.
Ithaca, n. Y, Jan. 1.-THE Cornell field
and track management announced to-day
that, if suitable arrangements can be
made, the varsity oDe-mile relay team
will be sent to the Georgetown meet on
March g.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
The Schedule.

Friday. April ls-Technical vs. Central.
T'Irsday. April Z-Westem y. Eastern.
FRIDAY. AUul G-Busiul-s rs Western.
Tuesday. April 50-Tec.uical vs. Eastern.
Friday. NIay 5-CeutFal IS. business.
Tulsday. Nay E-BuSiness vs. Eastern.
Friday. May 0-Ceutral vs. Western.
Tuesday. Nav E-Business vs. Technical.
FRIDAY. May l7-Centml vs. Eastern
TUESDAY. May L-Tecluical vs.. Western.
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nnkInnN.

apprentice allowances claimed twalsh entry.
Newman entry
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
-sixteenths Of a mile sell
BOWLING SCORESLASTNICHT

Apprentice allowances claimed
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Totals.... IA 823 S57 Totals.
CHTRCH IEAGTfE
Richards bowled second ard third.
NAVY YARD LEAGT-E
ITaI7---- % % Tl0- IU-ITs----- -
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
City Tourney Entries for To-morro,,
FIvE-NIEN TEAMS.

'Wilkens rolled third game.
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q a - T q R ia.
Bears tho AI@ Kind You lIa.s AIxaIs Bought
S',s'''' q &1HAZzzssx
Fro In Anderson County.


Fl. G. Routh, of Fork township,
lost his dwelling house and part OF
the contents by fire yesterday about
II o'clock. When the fire was dis
covered the entire dining room was
in a blaze, and there was barely
time to>remove the furniture in the
downstairs rooms Of the main body
of the house before the whole ho, -
was in blaze. The fire is suppo ID
to have started from a defective
stove fiue. The house alone was
worth $4,000, and Mr.. Routh also
lost a quantity of household goods.
He had only $1,100 insurance
derson Mail, January 10.
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Micah Jenkins Holds On.

Major Micah Jenkins has been re-
appointed Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. for South Carolina. His record
in the Office has been first class and
the President was delighted to give
him four years more. E. III. Deas,
the notorious negro politician, has
resigned the position of Deputy Col
lector, because, no doubt, of re-
quest, and the position has been
offered to U. B. Hammett, until last
week chief of the dispensary con-
stabulary. Mr.. Hammett is said to
have rendered his resignation to
Governor Hayward 80 as to leave
MIR. Ansel free to appoint whomso-
ever he may choose. 1t was not de-
veloped whether Mr.. Hammett will
accept the position of Deputy Col
lector but the probability is that he
will unless Governor Ansel shall de-
sire him TO remain in his present
position.
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Farmers Union Should Mako Call.

present size.
Farmers Union Should Mako Call.
The Farmers Union at its next
national meeting in Atlanta, Ga, on
July 22d, should there formulate a
call for the gathering of representa-.
tive Farmers Union men, cotton
glnners, cotton association, ware
house men, and mill men to confer
together in this matter of improved
methods of baling, storing and han
ding the South's cotton.
AS whole, the South should be a
unit on cotton. No business or in
dustry in the South, it is said, is a
part of itself or independent in a
measure from profits from cotton in
some form or other. No man or oc-
cupation in the South liveth unto
itself alone independent from profits
in our cotton! As we go up to-
gether,, 80 we go down together.
1t is an astounding fact that we
farmers, engaged in the. occupation
most interesting OF all others, are
the least active in these reformed
methods The farmers have the
reputation of not sticking together.
l say that they never have had any
thing heretofore to stick to, except
wind and sentiment. Show the
average farmer the dollars and he
will stay just as long as he can see
the dollar, and when the dollar
leaves, none but the pure in heart
and the bravest of patriots will stand
for sentiment alone. 41,t
President w. @. Moore, of the
Farmers' Union, makes the follow
ing suggestions:
Without making any effort to
comment on the great necessity of q
better and more sensible way of bal.
ing our cotton for market, will
offer the following as suggestive of q
probable solution of tho difficulty.
1t is an estsblished fact that any
thing that costs much money, no
matter how good, will not be taken
or used by the average ginner or
farmer, 80 I suggest that they only
be required to out down the length
of the bale in the common press by
lining each end down to thirty-six
inches. This can be easily done and
is not expensive. The block can be
cut off to pass up this narrower box
without interfering with the machin-
cry in any way. The bale then
would be about 36x30x36 and weigh
400 pounds. The need of this is to
bring it to the capacity of another
press that would be built on the
plan of the one used to press the
oil from the seed, and while slow in
operation would be sufficient output
for requirements. This press would
be able to compress the bale into a
very compact bale of about 36 inches
long, 30 inches in width and 12
inches thick, and by double. decking
these short bales one hundred can be
loaded in the ordinary car, which is
just about four times as much as you
can ship now, and this press would
be so cheap as to be in reach of
every small station and warehouse /;
so all cotton would start on its Jour
ney from the first shipping station
in first class condition and would
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Tribute Of Respect.

Whereas, it has pleased our ALL
wise Heavenly Father to remove one
of our workers in the Saviour's
cause, George Meredith; therefore,
be it resolved, by the Conneross Bap-
tist Sunday school, of which he was
the superintendent at the time of bis
death, and also a worker in our little
Sunbeam Society:
1. That we feel deeply the loss of
our CO. worker, who was always faith
full and ready to work in the cause of
our Saviour.
2. That while mourning his de-
parture, we nevertheless bow in
humble submission to the will of him
who maketh no mistakes.
8. That we extend our heartfelt
sympathies to the bereaved family.
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