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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-07

The Southern Railway team got the game
scheduled with Columbia Athletic Club yes
terday afternoon by forfeit. owing to the
non appearance OF the latter aggregation
After Umpire Parsons had called the
game OFF an exhibition game was arranged
and the picked team played under the Co.
lumbia name. composed of six of their regu.
lar men and players picked from the crowd
The game resulted In an easy victory 70;
Southern by 10 to 3. McKnight's twirlinp
was the most notable feature of the game
he having Tanned five and allowed hui
three hits. Zannelli played a fast gam.
at short for Columbia The score.
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CATCHER BYERS LEADING
EASTERN LEAGUE BATTERS

BIZ Byers. the hard-hitting catcher Of
the Oriole outfit. continues to swat the
ball and leads the Eastern League batters
with mark of 1857. OF those VINO play
regularly Thoney Of Toronto Is In the
front. with an average OF .349. The latest
compiled averages Of those In or above
the $50 class. including August o. are as
fnllnWs
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Victory for Norfolk.

LYNCHBURG. Va. August THE locals
could not hit Fox yesterday afternoon at
the critical stages. and Norfolk won-2 to l.
In the fifth inning the Shoemakers could
have scored a single, but they could not
find Fox Oakley pitched a winning game,
but he could not win alone Evans work
behind the bat with a bad finger was
feature of the game. Score:
R.H.E.
Lynchburg. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ii @ 4
Norfolk. ......... 0 0 0 l l %
Batteries-Oakley and Evans: Fox and Edwards.
Umpire-Mr. HandibOe
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Harned rlns-Hyattsvile. s; Berwyn. 9. Two
basa hits-Herring, J. Baker. G. Shipiey. Stolen
Ssses-Boykin (2). L. Whiting. Herring. Msloney.
Evans. W. Whiting. J. Torbert CO.. B. Shipley.
Green (2) r. Torbert. Burch. Double pay-Boy
Kin to L. whiting. Left bases-Hyattsville 5;
Berwyn. 7. First bass on balls-on Hickey Z; OF
Mowatt 2. First base errors-Hyattsville. 3;
Berwyn 2 Hit by pitched ball--A. Baker. Struck
out-By Hickey. 4: by Mowatt. 3. Passed balls
Green 2 wild pitch-Hickey. Time Of game
/ hour and 20 minutes Umplre-Mr Brown.
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Athletics Won on Costly Errors.

PHILADELPHIA. August T. Three
dropped thrown balls gave the Athletics all
their runs and a victory over Cleveland
yesterday by the score of to 2 in the
final game OF the series. making 1t four out
Of the five games played for Connie Mack >
pennant chasers. 1t was a closely contested
and interesting game from start to finish.
and the crowd OF 4.753 remained until the
!. rstIral Tia
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Fast Colt, Big Price.

SARATOGA. N. r. August 7.-John E.
Madden announces that he has sold to Sam
Hildreth the two-year-old chestnut colt
Uncle for $50 900 and half Of the SARATOGA
Special providing Uncle should win. He is
by Star Shoot-The Niece.
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Browns Bunched Their Hits.

BOSTON August 7.-St. Louis punched
hits yesterday and won handily, to /.
Glaze's home run saved the local team from
being shut out by Howelrs splt-ball pitch
ing
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New eya YORK i: ....:...... %
First base on errors-Chlcago. . Left on bases
New York I; Chicago, 8. First base on balls-On
Moore. 8; of Chesbro. 1: of Smith. 2 Struck out.
By Moore 1: by Smith, 2 Thres-base hits-Hof-
base hit-Moriarity. Sacrifice hits Jones, Smith
PASSED bsll-Keinow. Umpire-Mr. O'Loughlin
Time of game hours and minutes.
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BY Fuleher: 2; by Beckett. g. Hits msds .,
Fulcher, 4; OF Beckett, @. Struck out.By Fuicnef
l. by Beckett, /; by Mcknight. g. Home runs
Copeland. Darna Mullen Three n, atsNCo COPE
Gallagher stolen base-Zannelli. Double play
Mcknight to Doyle to Copeland: Hit by pitcher.
By Fucher l. Umpire--Mr Parsons Time OF
game-l hour and 1S minutes.
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Sox Get Best of Yanks.

NEW YORK, August I-Chlcaso pea.
New York yesterday 6 to = thereby getting
the better of the series by three games 10
two. Chesbro relieved Moore after the
seventh inning. Score:
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Brooklands Won Pitchers Battle.

Brookland Methodists and lexington
pulled Off a fast exhibition yesterday after
noon. the former having been victorious by
the Score of 9 to 4.
Keller and limbaugh were pitted In the
box. and 1t Is toss-up as to which got
the better break. Both artists had a bunch
Of players on their staff, the former having
famed ten. while the- latter made eleven
go down by this route. The score:
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Earned notwithstanding 2; Langdon l. Two
base hits-sThonss. H. Andereoo. Phelps. Bailey.
Stolen bsses-Burgess Mcneil o. Thomas. ii.
Anderson (2), Muir. Dor. Left on bass.--Bladens-
burg. 2; Langdon. 8. First base on balls-O6 @
Anderson. 2. First base errors-BlsdensburH
s: Iangdcn l.. HIT by pitched ball-Dorr. STRUCK
out-By II. Anderson 8; BY o. Anderson A
Time Of game hour and 80 minutes. Umpire
Mr. Cleveland
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Twobase hits-Brennan, Clark. Birch. Sacrifice
hit-Buscher. Stolen bases-Clark. Hughes ca. B..
Sebastian o.. Dove. Kraft. Left on bases Trim
ity. 8; Picked Team. 8. First base on balls-Of
B. Sebastian, l. First base on errors-Trinity, e:
Picked Team. I. Struck out-By B. Sebastian. s.;
BY Birch. q By Kraft. l. Passed bal.Wise:
Wild pitch-Kraft. Umpre-Mr. Hood. Time OF
game-1 hour and 3 minutes
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Richmond won the game from Portsmouth.
1 to 0. Portsmouth failed to take advan-
tage Of several chances to score and played
rather listless game. Score:
R.H.E.
Portsmouth. 0 o 0 0 o o 0 0 % 8 o
Richmond ..... O o o o OIL D
Batteries-Revell and Bell: Salve and Walsh.
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Earned runs-Cleveland. 2; Philadelphia, 1. First
base by errors Cleveland. 10; philadelphia. 5.
First base on belisaoG DyEert. Struck out
By Dygert, 9; by ClarksoD. }. Three base hit
Murphy. Two-base hits-Lajoie. Flick Sacrifice
hits A: Hinchnan. Davis, Powers. Stolen bases
Flick. Turner. Double plays-Murphy to Powers to
Collins; Turner to Lajoie. Hit by pltcher-By Dy-
CERT z. Umpres-Messrs. Hurst and Stafford
Time Of game-1 hour and IS minutes.
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Double Victory for Danville.

ROANOKE, Va. August 7.-Danville yes
terday won e. double-header from Roanoke.
Walsh pitching both games for Danville
The visitors scored five runs in the first
game after two men were out. Scores:
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Earned runs-St. Louis. 2; Boston. 1. First base
BY errors-St Louis, 1 Boston. l. Left on bases
St Louis q Boston, ). First base on bails-On
Glaze / OF Howell. 2. Struck out-By Howell. 3;
by Glaze. 8. Home run-Giaze TwO-base hit
Wagner. Double play-HOwe to Wallace to Jones
Umpire Mr. Connolly. Time Of game hour and
30 minutes.
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Married Men Won.

The married men of Petworth defeated
the single men in an exciting game of base
ball yesterday afternoon at o'clock by the
score of 10 to f. The game was played
on the grounds corner Of Upshur street and
Brightwood avenue. Petworth. and was
witnessed by large audience.
The Ere-,Ir of he m q follows:
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SCORES OF OTHER GAMES,
American Association.


At Indianapolis-First game: Indianapolis, s.
Milwaukee, l. Second game: Indianapolis, 7; NIL
waukee. 3.
At Toiedo-Ftrst game: st. Paul 6; Toledo. 2
Second game; st. Paul. 2; Toledo. 1.
At COlumbus-First game: Columbus, @: Mime
apolis 2. Secoad game: Columbus. 4 Mnneapo
At Lousy.lle-Lou,sville. 7; Kansas City, 2.
Connecticut League.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. 3; Norwich 2
At Hartford-Sew Haven, g: Hartford g.
At sprinsfeld-Hoiyoke. 8; Springfield. 2 Officer
innings,.
At Bridgeport Bridgeport, g. New London,
tfotrtee innings; game called On accoaut OF dark
ness)
Now York State League.
At syrscuse--wnkesoarre. 0; Syracuse. l.
At Albany-A.. J. and e.. o. Albany. 8.
At Troy-Cticn. /: Troy. 2
South Atlantic League.
At Augusta-Augusta. !: Macon. 3.
At Savannah-SavannAh. 9; Columbia, o.
At Observation-Disclosures. l; Charleston, O.
Western League.
At Lincoln-Omaha. 1; Lincoln. 2.
At Pueblo-Denver. 3: Pueblo. /.
Southern League.
At New Orleans-Memphis 2; New Orleans o.
AT B!rming ham-Atlanta .; Birmingham (ter
innings.
Al reveport-shreveport. 3; Little Rock. (ter
At Nashviile-First game: Nashville 3: Mont
gonery, 2. Second game: Montgomery, 4; Nash
vile. 3 (ten innings)
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South Atlantic League,
New England League.
At Lawrence-Lynn. O: Lawrence, 0.
At Haverhili Worcester. /; HaverhilI, 0.

Tri-State League.
At WilliamspOrt - Williamsport, 10: Whining
ton, 2.
At Altoona--Altoona 1; Reading. 3.
AT JOhnstown-First game JOhnstown 8: Ian
caster. 2. Second game: Jamestown, :; Lancas-
ter 2.
At Hsrrsburg-First game: Harrisburg, O.;
Trenton, 1. Second game Harrisburg. o; Tren-
ton, I.
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
Standing Of Teams.

w T. Pct W L. Pet.
Trinity IL 4 S24 st PETERS 9 8 .429
St ['s Martin. > .s5a St tncenss g :$s$
ST. Teresa's 10 .412 st. Dominics 5 10 333
Today's game-st. Teresas St. Dominics. at
Olympic Park.
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Standing of thu Teams

Richmond Shut Out Portsmouth,
NORFOLK. Va. August by punching
hits In the NTH inning yesterday afternoon
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE.

Today's Games.
Richmond at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Lynchburg.
Roanoke at Danyiile
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Southern Won on a Forfeit.

Game today-St. stephens vs.. Atlantics.
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Yesterdays Nat

Cincinnati. /: Boston. o.
Cincinnati. =: Boston. I.
Brooklyn. 3. PttshurC, l.
Pittshurg & Brooklyn, o.
Chicago. 2; New York
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LoNGWooD TENNIS.

tied at Luz for thtrty-eecond place. and Il.
Ainslie of Westward Ho won the play OF.
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Now York State League.

At syracuse-wilkesoarre. 0; Syracuse, l.
At Binghamton- Scranton. 2: Binghamtop, 1.
At AIbany-A.. J. and g. 0. Albany. 8.
At Troy-Cticn, /: Troy. 2
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American League Games Today.
Cleveland At Washington.
Detroit ut Philadelphia.
st. Louis New York.
Chicago at Boston
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-05

the house SO far as she knew it. It
was comparatively new, having been
built by the man whose widow still
owned it. Mr.. Hardy, who built it,
was in the habit of raking out the
kitchen fire at night, of filing his wood
box just before throwing OFF his boots
for slippers, and it was his custom on
hot summer nights to go down to the
pump In the middle of the night for
water. The noises of the cellar and
side doors were explained by the fact
that Mr.. Hardy's sister, heavy wo-
man, died of apoplexy, falling against
the cellar door as she died. Mr..
Hardy's mother died suddenly as she
was entering the side door.
IT she gave me the particulars of
Mr.. Hardy's death, have forgotten
them. There was nothing that espe-
cially connected him with the house as
lingering personality except his fond.
ness for the house. Soon after the
SCOTS left it Mrs. Hardy took it, rent
ing a part and living in the other DOR.
ton. Nothing has ever been heard of
further manifestations =
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! other locks, he took the dog and went

other locks, he took the dog and went
to bed.
From this time the sounds and mani
festations were made audible to all.
They would hear the raking down of
the kitchen fire just before bedtimes,
the sound of armsful of wood thrown
into the woodbox in the kitchen, the
taking off Of mans boots and the
sound as each boot was dropped on the
floor, and the whining of a dog, a
small dog that had been shut up in the
closet under the stairs. Many Of
these sounds were of regular and al
most nightly occurrence.
Mrs. SCOTS uncle, missionary to
the Indians, came to make them a
visit. On the day after his arrival he
inquired at the breakfast table if any
of them had been i'll, as he heard some
one pass softly but hastily through the
hall past his door late in the night. He
repeated his inquiry the next morning,
and by his mannerit was clear he did
not believe their previous denial, for
he assured them this time that he got
up to see II he could help and caught
sight of a woman's figure passing
through the hall some distance away
but got no answer. s:..:. : 80
He occupied j. Emma's room during
his stay that being in reality the guest
chamber. Mrs. Scott had noticed from
the first that every morning o. corner
Of tina rug 81 front Of the dressing case
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in his room was turned over. The
third morning, somewhat annoyed that
he should do such a trivial thing, II
J there was anything wrong, she tackled
the corner down. The next morning
it was turned over as usual and the
tack lay upon the upturned corner.
| Then she asked her uncle why he did
| it. He replied that he had been on tie
point of asking her the same question
! several times, for he found it so every
time he returned to his room, although
he had turned it back, face uppermost,
before leaving the room.
The last incident involved Mrs
Scott only. Emma had school friend
visiting her for three weeks during the
last summer of their stay in the house
The girls were occupying Emma's
room. One very warm, moonlight night
Mrs. Scott heard a step in the hall
pass her door and descend the stairs
There was nothing furtive or guard
edabout it as it passed on to the front
door. Mrs. Scott heard the step dis
tinctly, as the person reached the front
door, heard the key turned in the lock
and the bolt as it was thrown out of
the socket, heard the step on the out
side after hearing the door open, heard
it pass around tot the side and down
the gravel walk to the pump. She
heard the chain as it clanked with
the turning of the crank, heard the
water as it gushed from the spout and
the clink Of the tin cup which always
hung on the pump. AS she lay in bed
she could command good view Of the
pump, the bed being close to the win
dow on that side. Looking out and
seeing the person, whom she believed
to be one of the girls, in the act of
drinking from the cup, she called out:
Bring me drink, please"
The chain clanked again, the water
gushed from the spout, the person re,
traced the route taken in going out,
locking and boiling the door, all Of
which Mrs. Scott followed until the
step reached her door, which stood
open, and the figure which appeared
there approached the bed with hand
outstretched, bearing a cup of water
Then, she says, she realized that it
was not one of the girls, that the water
bearer was not a being in the flesh,
and, appalled, and terrified, she hid her
face in the bedclothes. For the first
time in her life she was afraid.
asked her whether it was the figure
of man or woman. She was unable
to say. She had no recollection of a
face
Shortly after this the family moved
out. They realized that the house was
getting on their nerves." particularly
affecting William, who was not so
strong.
Mrs. Scott gave me the history of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-05

It was only when those with her
failed to see these people that it came
to her youthful mind that there was
anything out of the usual in her ap-
pearance. She was naturally fearless,
and the fact that these appearances In
variably bore the resemblance Of liv-
ing people served to strengthen her
lack of fear.
Nothing followed the ringing of the
bell until, about three weeks later, she
and Emma were busy with their
needles one stormy afternoon. 1t was
o'clock. They heard the sound of a
mans step on the piazza at the side,
heard him kick his feet against the
step to knock off the snow, then open
the door and enter the dining room.
Emma looked in surprise at her moth
er as she remarked that she thought
that she had lacked that door. Without
waiting for her mother to reply, she
called out to her father, telling him
to put on his slippers and: come in with
them. Receiving no answer, she went
out to the room from which the sounds
had come. There was nobody there,
and the side door was locked as she
had left it. She came back in surprise
and reported TO- her mother, who then
related#the bell incident. It was de-
.cided to say nothing about it to- Mr..
Scott or William. As time passed
various other. sounds, unexplainable
on ordinary ground s, were heard, chief Il ::
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-05
Book Vandals at Washington.

In spite of the watchfulness of the
employees Of the Library Of Congress
book scribblers are said to have be.
come a common nuisance in Uncle
Sans large and artistic reading rooms
up on Capitol Hill. 1t is also said they
have made their marks on volumes
in the public library. A librarian OF
experience, in discussing this subject,
said the men or women who indulge
in book scribbling are usually cyclists
who think the book is valueless after
they have read it. Sometimes they
strike out the passages they do not
like, while those that appeal to them
are heavily 'underscored or placed in
brackets.
It is said considerable time is ex.
pended by attaches of libraries in eras.
ing the work of the scribblers, 1nclud.
ing criticisms or suggestions written
on the margins Of the pages.
In many cases the officers of the
libraries learn who defaces the books,
but in. almost every instance the per.
petrator denies the deed. He Is evi.
IDENTIFY ashamed of the thoughts he was
so proud of when he wrote them in
the margin of the book.
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TRUE GHOST STORIES
Phantonns Who Lit the Gas, Raked Do,un the Kitchen
Fire, and Played the Piano.

Some time back in the early 70's Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Scott rented a two.
story and attic house situated on one
of the more sparsely built streets of
Mount Vernon, N. Y. The house stood
at a considerable distance from it's
nearest neighbors on either side. It's
own grounds were large and fenced
with the ordinary style of picket fence.
At the side of the house and a short
distance from it stood a chain pump.
The house itself was of frame, with a
small front porch and side piazza
Nothing of Importance occurred to
lead the family to suppose there was
anything unusual about the house for
several weeks.
The family consisted of Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott, their daughter, Emma, and their
son, William. Emma was eighteen
and William two years younger. One
afternoon in the early winter just after
the first snowfall, which had not been
cleared from the paths, Mrs. Scott sat
alone in the house sewing. There
came a ring at the front door. She
answered, to find nobody there and no
track in the fresh snow upon the door
step. She returned to her work, puz-
zled at first, then concluded that some
mischievous boy had attached string
to the knob. The bell rang again, with
the same result. Mrs. Scott found no
string on the knob and no track on the
step or on the path leading up to the
door from the front gate, therefore she
decided to remain at the door to dis
cover, if possible, who was at the bot
tom of the mystery. At the third ring
she threw the door open before the vi
bration had ceased. There was no.
body in sight.
She resumed her sewing without
alarm, but determined not to say any,
thing of the matter to the rest of the
family unless further causes should
arise.
From her earliest childhood Mrs.
Scott had at intervals seen apparitions
of different persons, particularly when
she was in localities unfamiliar to her.
These ASPIRATIONS were always in the
form of grown persons-old men,
elderly wonderland on rare occasions
persons in middle life. They were al
ways dressed in the costumes suited
to their age and were always lifelike,
appearing without apparent reason.
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| ly when Mr. Scott and William we're
away
There was the sound of a heavy hui
man body falling against the cellar
door at the side of the house. Nothing
came to the knowledge of Mr.. Scott
Or William until one evening when all
but Mr.. Scott left home to attend a
musical entertainment which would
keep them away until about midnight
1t was arranged that they should lock
the front door before going and take
the key Of that door with them, so that
Mr.. Scott, who was not feeling we'll
enough to go with them, should not be
obliged to sit up or be disturbed by
their return.
He was to leave only a small light
for them in the fror: hall. When they
returned they noticed from a distance
that the front of the house was bril-
liantly lighted. On reaching the house
they found the front door wide open
and several lamps fully lighted. Mr..
Scott was in bed sound asleep, with
Williams little dog on the foot of his
bed. Their first thought was burglars,
but thorough search convinced them
that nothing in the house had been
disturbed, therefore they concluded it
was a queer joke of Mr.. Scott, and
made up their minds not to crafty him
by referring to it.
When they met at the breakfast
table he abruptly interrupted the dis
cussion of the party by asking them if
they had ever seen anything queer in
the house. He then told them that on
the evening before, as he was reading.
he was conscious of presence that
he could not see. Draughts of air
would pass by him like the slight cur
rent occasioned by person moving
about the room close by him. Then
he heard the piano. There was no
tune played, but the sounds were
those of the keys being struck by the
idle hand of an unmusical person.
Thinking Emma had left the piano
open and a cat might have got into the
room, he investigated, only to find the
piano closed and no cat in the room.
He laid down the paper and tried play
ing on his flute. The presence was
teven more manifest, and he heard, or
imagined he heard, soft whispering
around and near him. The feeling be-
came so uncanny that, after locking
the side door and examining all the