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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
CORNELL LEADS THE
COLLEGE BASE BALL MINES

The intercollegiate base ball season has
now advanced far enough to indicate that
the Cornell team has been playing the best
ball to date, and likewise has the best
chance to win the championship honors.
The Ithacans already have victories to their
credit over Harvard, Yale and Columbia, to
say nothing of the strong minor college
teams they have taken into camp. 1t Is I'M
fortunate that Princeton and Cornell do not
play this year. for If there is to be divis-
ion of honors IT will probably be between
the Ithacans and the Tigers.
Yale has been putting up splendid game.
but is handicapped by having erratic pitch
ers. especially In Parsons. who Is either
strong with the bat and in the field while
Tad Jones is generally admitted to be the
finest back stop in the college world. Prince
ton has just one good pitcher, this being
strong with the bat and is picked to win
from Yale in the championship series.
Harvard has all the advantage Of vet
eran team. but the Crimson is very weak in
the pitching department. Hartford is doing
well here, but he Is not the equal Of such
men as Garrison, Castle and Coburn. The
University Of Pennsylvania is making poor
Roadway with poor hitting team, and her
only victories are due to the fine pitching
of Brady and Simpson. The graduate coach
Ing system as now practiced at Pennsylva-
mia has proven to be failure, and it is
likely that the Quakers will return to the
professional coach next spring. Too much
good material has been wasted this year
to make another such experiment a profita-
bile one. The Cornell team. which is being
coached this year by Coogan, the old Penn
sylvania star whom the Quakers let 60 for
the present incum bents, is making good with
Deshon and Lovejoy, and his whole team
Is hitting and fielding like professionals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Why Should Not West Point
Row at Poughkeepsie

The Secretary Of the Navy has issued
formal orders for the Annapolis crew to go
to Poughkeepsie, so that nothing now stands
In the way. This regatta will now become
doubly important, for there is an interest
attached to the athletic competition OF both
the naval and military cadets which not
even big university can arouse. The mid
dies have been cutting a wide swath In col
lege rowing during the last few years They
have been able to hold their own In every
branch Of athletics in which they have COM
peted so far. and are certain not to be dis
graced at Poughkeepsie.
The Unexpectedly prompt acquiescence of
Secretary Metcalf in the suggestion that the
midshipmen row at Poughkeepsie, thereby
breaking all traditions, has encouraged
lovers OF aquatics to hope that West Point
may also soon be included in the contests
on the river not many miles above the Mill
tary Academy. West Points facilities for
training are far superior to those of Annap-
oils. The cadets quarters are near the
river, where q row of any length may be
taken, and the trip to Poughkeepsie con-
sumes less than an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
LoNaBoAT's GREAT FEAT.
The Marathon Race Described by .
Witness.

The recent remarkable performance of the
great Indian long-distance runner. Thomas
Longboat, in breaking the worlds record for
Boston's Marathon road race from Ashland
to Boston, has attracted the wonder and adj
miration OF the athletic world from coast
to coast and even lovers of amateur ath-
letics In Europe. The dusky-hued foot
racer covered twenty-five miles in 2 hours
"a minutes and 20 4-b seconds. which lie
minutes and 2 As seconds better time than
that made by the former record holder.
]. J. Caffrey. In 1901. Longboat accom-
plished this feat easily and without ap-
parent effort, finishing with a smile on his
usually immobile features we'll in front or
q field OF ia starters.
The story Of the race. which though now
q matter OF history is still a topic OF much
worth retelling. It follows:
Twenty-Five miles, uphill and down,
through dust, rain. snow and mud, in 2
hours and "a minutes. Is the latest bit OF
Longboat, the redskin runner from hamil-
ton. Ontario. The son Of the forest was
as fresh upon the fnishing-fresher. in fact
Las the average local boy who goes his
"Longboat used the same tactics that won
for him In the Canadian Marathon at Ham,
and kept within striking distance until the
last ten miles, when he came through and
won with ridiculous ease by half a milo.
''Of the bunch that went out and killed
IT. early In the race. Longboat was the
only one that survived The rest persisted
through the folly Of their killing pace early
In the race. Not so with Longboat, how
ever. He rated along behind the flying
leaders, matching their sprints with q
hardly perceptive frightening of his stride,
until his eagle eye saw signs of distress
in his rivals trimmings. Then out went,
Longboat. Uphill and down he hit the
same merciless clip Five miles from tho
finish he was q third Of a mile ahead and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
next SATURDAYS REGATTA
FIFTH AMERICAN HENLEY WILL
SURPASs ALL PREDECEssoRs,
It Is Said That Yale Will Send One
Of the Best Junior Fights Avail
able-Clubs Represented.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1S.-From the
rapidity with which all Of the events are
filling for the fifth annual American Hem
ley" next Saturday, this meeting will sur
pass all Of its predecessors. Not only
will the Junior college race be better filled
than ever, but the scholastic race and all
the other events will likewise contain an
unusually large number Of high-class
crews. The colleges represented are Cor
nell, Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania
while practically every important club
from Baltimore, Washington. New York
and Brooklyn. with perhaps a representa-
tive from Boston, will be on hand.
The stewards are delighted because Yale
is to send one Of the best junior Fights she
can muster. This will be the first time
that the Ellis have sent anything but a
freshman crew. The stewards have at last
gotten Yale to appreciate the great value
of this race for giving her oarsmen expert
ence. 1t Is for this purpose that Cornell,
Pennsylvania and Harvard have been
are more in need of experience than ever,
because their crew is made up almost en-
tirely of men who never before rowed in
varsity or second eight. The Harvard
crew is fully experienced and will therefore
have decided advantage over Yale at
New London. -.es.s- =
The race for first club Fights promises
to be a splendid contest 1t will bring to-
gether the New York Athletic Club and
two, and perhaps three, Philadelphia
crews. There is one crew from this city
made up almost entirely of former Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania oarsmen which Is
certain to make lots Of trouble this year.
This is the Bachelor Club eight. The crew
is being stroked by Ralph Zane, the former
Pennsylvania stroke, and, in addition to
Zane, contains several other Pennsylvania
stars
Although the University Of Pennsylvania
Is the only college which will have an
octopede crew on the water, the stewards
intend to keep up their agitation in favor
of this kind of q crew until more colleges
take it up. This year Pennsylvania will
have to row against three strong club octo-
pede crews, two from this city and one
from New York. The Quakers won the
event a year ago. and, as the men have
been rowing together for two months
Coach Ward thinks they will triumph
again.
Challenge cups will be presented in six
events as follows: The Farragut cup, for
first single SOULS; the Schuylkill cup, for
first double sculls; the Puritan cup, for
first four cared shells; the Franklin cup,
for school eight-oared shells; the stewards
cup, for first eight-oared shells and the
New England cup, for collegiate Fights.
Besides these cups there will be prizes for
second single sculls. first four sculls CEN
tipedes), first fair cared shells, second
four-oared shells and second eight-oared
shells. All the races will be at one mile
and $50 yards, straightaway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
BEN BANS TOBOGGAN
RECALLS MARTINS TWIN CITY

and the colt was running for his owner In
the race.
Among those opposed to Tom Martin in
tne great race Withers four year-old King
like was the favorite. He had swept the
pest OF the handicap horses before him at
Monmouth Park, carrying more weight
than he was asked 10 nick up in the Twin
City.
Auction pools sold Kinglike $500. Loril-
lard entry 800. Jack of Hearts SiUp
Cleaner saCo Gen. Monroe $3.50, Ferg Kyle
*Ioo Thackeray $3.50, and the field with
eleven horses in IT. $1,000. This made the
held the favorite in the auctions, and show
ed wide range of speculation that en-
phasized the uncertain character OF the
contest. Certainly at the weights nearly
every horse in 1t looked to have a chance.
Tom Martins Victory.
In the books as much as % and 30 To I
ruled against Tom Martin in spite of hist
clever warm-up. The general body of Law
ers and hackers. like the colts owner. did
not take his Brighton form any too seri-
ously. for he had not beaten a horse at the
Beach that was the equal OF a dozen he
was meeting in the Twin City
Still, owner Fox's confidence nearly
equaled that of West as the. track grew
muddier, and commission he sent into the
ring was duplicated by the Louisville dele
CATION Supplemented by the Lakelands
Engemans and other beach combers from
Brighton, Martins odds We're backed down
" 10 10 at post Tune. west stood to win
$4,000 on him In the future books
In spite of the pouring rain Fox West.
Lakeland and other hackers of Tom Mar
TIN went over into the infield TO see the
race. Young Churchs orders were to lay
as near the leaders as he could for six fur
longs and then to make his run, as Martin
was fast rater and not a colt of great
speed.
Little George" Church, knowing what
sort Of a colt he had under him. fulfilled
these orders to the letter. Although tho
position he had at the post was next to the
extreme outside, he got Martin OFF under
full Roadway at the break. and passing the
stand he was laying fourth to Aranza, Jack
of Hearts and Cleaner.
Rounding the first turn into the back
stretch the four leaders punched up and
raced down the far side of the track lap
ped to the great delight of the Martin
party, for they were confident IL Martin
had SO much speed this early in the race
that he would outlast the others.
Rounding for home Martin moved up as
Kinglike and Ferg Kyle Joined the leaders.
and the SIX horses reached the fomestretch
nearly abreast. Now the race became a
general drive. AranEa and Cleaner were
the first to weaken, and at the last furlong
Church got Martin in front.
This lead Martin never relinquished, and
under whip and spur the three-year-old
won the great race by a short length,
the Kentucky yelP mingling with the roar
Of applause that greeted his victory. At
his heels were Ferg Kyle, Kinglike and
Jack Of Hearts, necks apart. And once
more the west had triumphed over the east
in q sectional turf struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
SIZING UP THE
CRACK COLLEGE ATHLETES

With the approach of the intercollegiate
track championship meet, the various dual
meets take on particular significance as a
basis for determining the chances Of the
various colleges in the big contests. Heavy
tracks and raw. cold weather worked
against fast time of late. and the records
made cannot be considered as criterions of
thu ability Of the athletes. Pennsylvania
buried Columbia under a big score; Cornell
ha,! little difficulty in defeating Princeton;
Harvard had a comparatively easy time
with Dartmouth, and Williams defeated
Brown handily. Dodge of Harvard ran the
220-yard dash in % 2-5 seconds and E.
Bonsack of Pennsylvania and Gamble Of
of second slower. These are good per-
formances considering the conditions Cor
nell showed up particularly strong in the
distance runs. Magoffin of Cornell and
Eisele Of Princeton fought a beautiful con-
test In the two-mile run. the former win
ming in 955 40. This was nearly a half
minute faster than the time made in the
other dual meets. Lewis of Cornell won
two. three in the half mile. which goes to
show that Mookley did not show his full
hand at the Pennsylvania relay games.
Another good performance was that of
Shaw Of Dartmouth. who ran the high hur-
dies in OBS 3-5. There was nothing remark
able done by any of the colleges in the
field events. L. ]. Talbot. the young giant
from Mercersburg. established worlds
record in the Yale interscholastic games by
heaving the underground hammer 1913 feet.
His work with the shot was on the same
par. for he put the underground sphere
40 feet Oh inches.
Michigan athletes have 1t all doped out
how the Wolverines are going to win the
eastern intercollegiate meet, which opens at
the Harvard stadium on May 80 Judging
from the showing the Michigan team made
at the Pennsylvania games. the Ann Arbor-
ties have the winners in the various events
already picked. In this meet they lost the
high jump. which went to MONT of Penn
sylvania at 6 feet. Patterson. Michigan 8
high jumper, was suffering from tonsilitis,
but 1t is said he has cleared six feet many
a time. and that easily. They also expect
Heath. Michigan's one-armed wonder. to
win the broad jump. Heath, too. was Ill
and did not compete. The Wolverines de-
clare they have all the long running events
cinched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
P0UGHKEEPSlE CREWS
ARE THE FASTEST

The victory which Columbia University's
eIght-oared crew won over Harvard a week
ago has furnished an unanswerable argu-
ment for those rowing experts who contend
that the crews which row at Poughkeepsie
are superior to- either Harvard or Yale,
whose crews have far refused to enter
the big intercollegiate regatta on the Hud-
son. choosing instead to fiock by themselves
on the Thames at New London. The two
successive and decisive victories which Cor
nell has won from Harvard proved beyond
question that the winner of the Poughkeep-
sic regatta deserved TO be ranked as the in
tercollegiate champion OF America. But no
one was prepared to urge that the tall
enders OF the Poughkeepsie regatta could
beat the victor at New London. Yet now
that Columbia. whose eight has almost an
nually finished almost In the rear at Pough-
keepsie. has taken the measure of the Har-
ward eight nothing more need be said on
the subject
As was to be expected in case OF defeat
Harvard men have begun to make excuses
and have thereby made themselves appear
foolish In the eyes of the rowing world.
Our crew Is essentially four-m!le COM
hination,'' say the Harvard men. "and were
not as we'll prepared for short sprint as
were the Columbians."
Such talk as this everybod knows to be
the height of absurdity. The Harvard eight
Is no more OF a four-mile combination than
the Columbia crew, for four miles is also
the standard distance which the New York
ers row. Everything favored the Harvard
eight. The race was rowed on the Grim
sons own course and a knowledge of the
water Is indispensable in short race OF
this kind. Then. too, the Harvard eight
was made up almost entirely of veterans,
most of whom had rowed in England last
summer Columbia. on the other hand, had
only green crew and labored under the
further handicap of having a new coach
who has just been teaching his charges a
new stroke. Finally the Columbia elgh,
was weakened by the illness of two of the
men the week before.
Now that two Poughkeepsie crews have
shown Harvard up the college world would
like to see Yale tested with one of the
crews which row on the Hudson. Attempts
have been made by several of these crews
20 arrange a race with Yale, but the Ellis
have been wary and have invariably side
stepped.
Some of the shrewdest observers Of col
lege athletics think the time will soon come
when Harvard. at least. win send an eight
TO Poughkeepsie. Yale men have announced
several times In the last few years that the
Ellis positively would have nothing to do
with the Poughkeepsie regatta, and now
that Harvard has lost three times In sue
cession to Poughkeepsie crews Yale will
PROBABLY be more thoroughly set in her de-
termination not to risk certain defeat on
She hudson. At the same time Yale would
DC warmly welcomed to the Pou0hkeepsie
regatta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
WILLIAM MORRIS ALBERT.

Very little that is new can be said about
Albert to horsemen who are regular read
ers Of the green sheet of The Sunday Star.
He; Is the highest exponent of modern
breeding, being by Governor Stanford,
221A, son of Electioneer, and out OF
Virginia Maid, by Albert W., 30, great
race horse and brood mare sire, and also
a son of Electioneer. Albert, it will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

seen, is inbred to the leading sire Of trot-
tiers, Electioneer, he having 1853 trotters in
the 2.3O list while Onward, his closest COM
petitor, has only 1872 Nutwood 1877 and Red
Wilkes, which ranks third, 1T. AS q rule
the Electioneers trot fast early, and, at one
time or another, have held worlds records
for all ages from one to five years, and, in
addition, the stallion crown for aged entire
horses.
Albert is strongly made bay gelding of
highly organized nervous temperament He
Is in his four-year-old form, stands tribe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Slim Prospects Of . Race.

MONTREAL. Quebec, May 1S.-The pros
poets Of sculling race between Jim Wray,
the Harvard rowing coach. and Durham,
the Toronto oarsman. for the professional
championship Of America, appear to be
very slight at present. Wray cannot race
Durham before October at the earliest, and
as the latter expects to be In Australia by
that time there appears to be no chance
for the much-discussed contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

over 1b.1 and is gated to go fast when he
shall have been properly educated and
given sufficient track work. Alonzo Corbin
has him in hand at present, but to Thomas
Cannon should be given the credit Of teach
ing him the greater part Of what he now
knows. No young trotter owned in Wash
ington has a more brilliant future than
Albert. He Is bred right, gated right, has
the race-horse temperament and next sea-
son will be given q chance by his owner.
William Morris, to go out in fast company
and make q name for himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

going along as easily as though he was out
for practice jog.
by more than five minutes, and the WON
der of 1t was the conditions under which
the Indian races. Blinded by dust at FIRST,
and then rain and snow, with the last ten
miles of the going decidedly muddy, the
plucky redskin bettered the record of Caff-
rey-admitted to be one of the greatest
Marathon runnrs that ever lived-by nearly
a mile. To do this Longboat had to run
every mile of the twenty-five in about five
minutes and forty-five seconds. Caffrey
made the former record in 1901 under Ideal
conditions.
in this years race, Fowler, the second
man, and Hayes, the third were away be-
hind the leaders early in the race. They
both came from the rear with a rush In the
last five miles and caught all the leaders
except the Indian. Fowler led Hayes but
200 yards at the finish.
"Of the twenty-three Boston men en-
tered in the race, Hayes was the only man
to get In the money. He finished third after
being held up two minutes by freiS hit
train lining up across the road"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Late Betting on the Derby.

LONDON, May 1S.-Following is the late
betting on the Derby to be run June 8:
Two to against Sieve Gallon, 8. Darling;
s to 1 against Galvani, P. Gilpin; 10 to l
against Bezonian, G. Blackwell; 100 to 8
against Wool Winder, Enoch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Michiean Alone Missing

CHICAGO, May 1S.-Fourteen track
teams have been entered in the big middle
west intercollegiate meet on Marshall
Field, June l. Besides the big nine uni
versities, eight other schools have sent en-
tries The maize and blue of Michigan
alone 10 missing from the big nine entries.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21
FARM DISTlLLATION.

Commenting on the Importance of
the Hansbrough free alcohol measure
which was passed by the last con-
gress, the New York Tribune, the
leading newspaper of the entire coun-
try, says editorially:
One of the most important pieces
of legislation by congress at the last
session was the adoption of Senator
Hansbroughs amendments to the free
alcohol law. Many supporters of the
original measure had expected that
1t would enable the farmer to manu-
facture small quantities of spirits for
use in running portion of his ma
chinery. To some agriculturists that
privilege would be more welcome than
any increased demand for their corn
by wholesale distillers. When, there
fore, it was discovered that the proper
provision had not been made the SEN
ator from North Dakota took the lead
in a movement to correct the over
sight, and was entirely successful.
The new law does not go into effect
until next September, but it will then
be permissible for anybody who COM
plies with the regulations which the
commissioner of internal revenue is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21
A MIDNIGHT FIRE IN
THE NORTHERN
HOTEL
Spontaneous Combustion in Oil
Soaked Rags Causes a
Small Blaze.

But for the prompt action of one
of the night men employed in that
popular hostelry, the Hotel Northern
might have been destroyed by fire
last night. Shortly before ~ o'clock
the smell of smoke filled the lower
halls and immediate investigation was
responsible for the discovery of we'll
defined blaze in the basement. where
heap of rags was burning briskly.
The employee took immediate steps to
smother the flames.
A later investigation indicated that
the fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion, the rags in which 1t Or
iginated having been used in oiling
the floors in the hotel and being left
in saturated condition.
No damage resulted, though for a
time there was considerable excite
ment. The floor in the neighborhood
OF the rags and where the oil had
spread. was charred but the blaze had
not progressed sufficiently to get a
good hold in the wood.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21

be an economical source in one region
might prove wastefully inexpensive
elsewhere. Without helpful guidance
in the choice of materials, therefore,
needlessly iisheartening mistakes
may be made.
Foreseeing this possibility, Mr..
Hansbrough has suggested to the Sec
rotary of agriculture that a circular
be prepared for the enlightenment of
such farmers as wish to attempt dis
tillation. The plan is an excellent
one. The senator from North Dakota
is doubtless aware that documents re-
lating to the subject have already been
issued under Secretary Wilson's au-
spices, but he may think that they
are so voluminous as to be confusing
to the novice. Other men entertain
that opinion, at any rate, and have
wished for more succinct presenta-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21
Who's Who?
I Adams Budget.


The Walhalla Mountaineer hits the
nail squarely on the head when it
says that next to the fool two cent
a mile law which has been occupy
ing the attention of our esteemed leg
islature for two months past, is per-
haps, the proposition to do away with
publicity measures-the cutting out of
publishing insurance statements, the
cutting down Of county official news
papers from three to one and open
ing the doors of competition to for
eign printing establishments - all
smack of short-sightedness common
only to men who have no business
experience and whose scheme of econ
omics is a theory that experience ex-
ploded century ago.
And 1t Is the insurgent-demOcrat
element that is responsible for this
sentiment-the very element that ask
ed support for it's candidates on the
grounds that publicity was the SAFE
guard and redemption of the country.
Nine out of ten of the men elected
to both houses of the legislature own
their elevation to the newspapers. The
state of North Dakota owes it's pro-
gress and development to the news
papers OF the state, of which a half
dozen only can be said to have made
more than low interest on their
investment"