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CHAPTERS FOR PASSES.
A Class Of Annoyances Endured By
Ball Players.

Base ball players, like actors, arc often
annoyed by gentlemanly panhandlers. who
would lose a days work in order to graft a
pass into the games.
Jimmy Ryan was a player who could
handle this class of gentry to perfection.
and do it with a smile on his face and the
manners of a Chesterfield
He would do 1t quickly, too, and have it
over with while his fellow players wers
either giving up the passes-whlch. by the
way, are extremely hard for the boys to
get, though the public seems to think
embarrassing explanations regarding their
inability to procure the requested dead
head" tickets.
One fellow who worked in some Of the
Washington departments was well known
as a hold-up man on the free-pass graft.
and after he had touched most OF the
Younger members Of the club he approach
ed Ryan with the open hand and the giad
smile.
like q gentleman. He caught up with Ryan,
just as the player was going in the grand
stand gate, and thrustin& his hand out he
exclaimed: Hello. Jimmy! 1 suppose you
remember me? You saw me last In chi
cago."
warmly and with that stereotyped smile OF
his, exclaimed: "Glad to see you again-in
Chicago. And before the CRATER had re-
covered Jimmy was In the club house get
ting into his uniform.
Lajoie tells of Philadelphia CRATER who.
after exhausting every other means OF
"deadheading' 1t into the games, evolved
the hardly original Idea Of pretending to
represent some newspaper and claiming
that no was sent out by his paper to re-
port the game.
AS he was comparatively ignorant
mutt one publication seemed as good as
another to the fellow. so when he applied
at the grand stand gate for admittance on
the plea that he was base ball writer. he
was asked with what paper was he con-
nected.
Putting on a naughty look and frowning
at the annoyance, he replied: II am the
sporting editer of the Ladies Home Jour-
NAL"
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Regulars $50 or Better.
HAD A TEN-MILE RUN.
Hounds Of the Chevy Chase Club
Again Out.

The hounds of the Chevy Chase Club were
out yesterday afternoon for the second hunt
Of the season and during the hour and a
quarter that they followed the scent they
covered a distance Of about ten miles. The
ground was not as hard as that required
for good cross-country riding, and the menu
bers of the club did not turn out In as large
numbers as they will doubtless do later In
the season. The start was made shortly
after O'Clock at Cabin John bridge. with
the huntsman leading upon Masterpiece.
The trail led over the Cowling. Naylor,
Gofdsborough, Stotts and Dulaney farms
thence through Woodmoft. the Beans and
Kline farms to the Chevy Chase Land Com
pany's subdivision. Crossing this property
the pack led back through the Dunlap and
Ray farms.to heskeaAe3as
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NAVY YARD TEAM
CANNOT LOSE NOW
Have Lead of Nearly 200 Points
in Percentage in Depart
mental League.

Chief Of the surprises in the Depart
mental Bowling League during the past two
weeks was the reversal of form of the Conn
missioners. While not as strong as In
former years. they have made all the teams
bowl good tenpins TO win, but came back
in their last three sets. winning one lone
game out Of nine, Navy Yard and Aggies
taking three straight. and Commerce and
Labor two. The Interiors former cham
pions. with Bum and Lennon In the line
up. also fell of. placing them In second d.
vision, the Treasury Bureau White House
combination passing into first division. only
three games behind the Commissioners for
fourth place.
Since the Inauguration of the league sew
eral seasons ago the Bureau and Interiors
have alternated la punching the prise,
with the Commissioners the most serious
contender for championship honors and the
Navy Yard coming better with each sea-
son. This year the Sailors, with Bowsher
In the game regularly and Fritz filling up
the gap in NTH place. took the lead at the
start and have never been headed. They
now have lead of nearly two hundred
points In percentage. and this season can
not lose the championship nonors for which
they have fought SO determtnedly
In past years the individual championship
struggle has always been between two men.
This year many have come and gone from
the head OF the list Fritz Garrett and
O'Donnell and others close up. Bowsher
now has lead that can hardly lose, with
but few games to be rolled.
The work Of the veteran Rice has been
the individual feature Of the past few
weeks. Tony" is always we'll up but he
has been In his best form this year and 10
tied with Hardie and Eckstein for third
place in the individual list. In his last set
he ran a total Of 646
The following averages include last
Wednesdays game:
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BASE BALL CLUBS IN COURT.
Interlocutory Judgment in Suit Of
Baltimore Team.

NEW YORK, March 18.-The interlocu-
tory judgment entered two weeks ago In
the suit OF the Baltimore base ball club
against the Brooklyn base ball club OF the
National League was opened today in Jer-
sey City on an order issued by Judge Fort
to the Baltimore club to show cause why
the Judgment should not be set aside.
The suit was originally brought to re-
cover $4,000. which the Baltimore club
claimed the Brooklyn club owed for play
ers sold to the Brooklyn club seven years
ago. Counsel for the Brooklyn club In
court today attacked the regularity of the
proceedings by which the judgment was
obtained.
Judge Fort said he would give the Bal
timore club Ave days In which to file a
bill Of particulars. and would then call
upon the Brooklyn club to file bill OF
hearing.
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Los Angeles.
Bill Hassamer's Philosophy.

Piggy Ward and Bill Hassamer. who
played on the Washington team in the mid
d. nineties We're ball players who laid no
claims to college education. They were
ta- kind OF lads who iourished in the days
when the game was thought to be low
sort Of business for one Of the 'rah-rah-
Tsh-boys" to indulge in for the where
withsl TO purchase meal tickets.
The social ban on base ball never worried
players Of the Ward Hassamer caliber. In
fac. nothing seemed to bother wild Bill
except the stretch between pay days.
one morning out at the clubhouse Ward
was reading a newspaper and coming to
item which appeared TO excite him he
gave Rrunt as Of disapproval
What's the natter inquired HASA
mar.
Why. this paper says that no thief can
look an honest man in the eye" replied
Ward Now what do you think of that?''
Well" said BIZ. If he can't look him in
tue eye. he punch him in it
And with that the profound thinker dis
missed the subject from HIS mind.
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reached the bench. as did Brett and Den
man of Cambridge
Historians of the Oarsmen,

One advantage the English crews have
had over those Of this country is in hav-
ing friends willing and able to compile
the histories of the annual races. with
biographical sketches Of those who rowed.
1t Is comparatively little trouble to know
the whereabouts Of those who battled on
the Thames thirty or forty years ago. The
reverse is the case with those for Har-
ward and Yale. it being dif11cult, If pos
sible. to get the names Of the crews that
rowed In the "ffties.' Yet it is well known
that these colleges have sent good men
into the world to battle for God and hu-
manity that rowed under the crimson Of
Harvard and the blue Of Yale.
All the Improvements made from time to
oars. sliding seats and otherwise. have
been utilized and made popular by the Ok
ford and Cambridge race
The first race. rowed In 1929, was in
heavy barges. and they continued to be
used until 1S46, when Cambridge won in
a down-river race-frOm Mortlake to Put
ney-in an Outraged ciinker- built boat
sixty feet long, thirty-twO inches wide.
with ends uncanvased, the Oxford boat
measuring fifty-eight and a half feet long
In 1857 the present style Of shells was
first used. as were round oars. all of the
same length-twelVe feet seven inches.
Change in Style.
A change in the style Of rowing also
marked the year. and both the crews were
taught the art Of catching hold of the be-
ginning of the stroke which was not at
all part of the old style. but which was i'm
peratlve for the new light boats without
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The Bloomingdales Practice.

The candidates for the BioominRdale ba se
ball team practiced yesterday afternoon at
hcDevitt's Field under the instruction OF
Manager Worey and Assistant Manager
Turner From Indications this years team
will be the fastest aggregation ever turned
out to represent the club. Harry Nichols
has been appointed captain. Three games
with the Hamilton Country Club of Balti-
more have been booked
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keels. which otherwise slipped away be-
fore the work could be cot on. Oxford had
the best of the practice, and in the race
rowed clean away from Cambridge, win
ming easily by thirty-flve seconds. although
rowing a much slower stroke, demon
strating that the old style Of high feather
ing and pulling out hard at the end was of
no use.
In 1873 the then newly invented Ameri-
can sliding seats were first used in an
English university boat race. Both crews
rowed in cedar shells-that for Cambridge
was SIS feet inches long, 25 u in hes wide
IN inches stem, IA. inches amidships
and ~ inches at the stern. The Oxford
and a little fuller bottom. The slides were
very crude and required no end of oil to
minimize the friction. Cambridge. how
ever. won the race in 10 minutes 80 sec
onds. which Is still the fastest time on
record The race was. however, rowed on
a strong flood tide.
Some Noted Contests.
Several Incidents have marked the race.
There were two contests In 1S49, Cam
bridge winning in March and Oxford in
December on a foul. In 1859 the weather
was so Dad that postponement was sug-
gested The crews would not hear of any
such thing. Both boats came near sinking
in taking positions. Oxford won the choice
of position and chose the Fulham shore.
from the start the Cambridge boat sink
ing a mile from the finish. a most gallant
performance for it was known that one of
the crew could not swim. All We're res
cued The dead heat" in 1877 was due to
the fact that in the last mile Oxford had
but seven oars, bow" having sprung his
at the beginning of the last mile
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American League.
National League
&S3.l7H.0O

The Maps are down to run OF thirty -four
rides the longest Of which II from st. Louis
to New York-1.O60 miles. The rest Of their
journeys are not long, barring an 622-miie
jaunt between Philadelphia and Chicago
near tho seasons close. Their shortest ride
10 between Washington and Philadelphia,
covering 100 miles. and they are due to
take Il three times. No less than eight
times do they do the hop from Cleveland to
st. Louis or return. which bridges a dis
lance OF - miles.
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ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
New Orleans-Fair Grounds.

First race three quarters Of a mile; selling
PnstIrk-r. 100: Lady Carol. 101; Fancy Dress
Gutter Enverite. LsSy Henrietta, 1903: BAIL, j.
W ON-I Tom Mankins, Woodssw, lG5; Dapple
Gold io1; Wild Irishman, 10: Foxmeade. 1l2.
Second race. four and one-half furongs; purse:
woyear-ods Headline, Sabado. Bitter Sir 96;
Manuscript. 100; Brawny Lad, Lady Caroline H.
Dew of Dawn, io9; Mollie Montrose. us; F. NJ
Fry 121.
Third race mile and one-eighth: selling Tinker.
NosI ~; Don't Ask Ne. 100: Henry o.. Harry
s,rph~ns, lo2 Merry Pioneer, los: Foreisner ios;
Grenade. los: Grenada. King Ellsworth. no.
Lucy Marie. IS: Donna, 81; obsrHn, %; John L,
IngSis Marvin Neal lo2: Light Note Se loi; orbicu-
Firth to- r. 'e asa and one aat tnrongs purse
.asd f'" -; Toy Boy. 90 ohiyesa 100: Lens: iol;
Norsi-s. Refined, 100; Lady Either: no: Fronte-
ma. Belle Srome, ia; Athlete, us; Goldsmith
$.rh seven fuTonss Owners Handicap P,n,
Coins. hob Edgren. 1o2; Columbia Girl, st. Nalen-
tue. Pasadena, 100.
Hope My Thumb. Lady Vimont. 30: Bye Bye IL.
81 Agra Us; Kaserh"r. ouagga. Kemp Ridgisy.
Inc Hal Bard, loi; Bitter Miss, lo2; Bonart, 1o';
Colrness. los.
Oakland.
rir>. race four fuflongs; purse-Import, Ruster
Az Runf Macsn. Charles A, Affair, Apache
Chief. Arthur Hyman. 1I2; Sangil, Memorize. 100
second race. i've furlongs; selling-Tawasentha.
RS. Cherry, Maia, Blanche C., Pescslora, May
Pink. Dainty Morsel. Handmaiden, no; Silver
Lac. Maud MCG., 1n5.
laird rsce-One mile and furong; selling
Chestnut, \abonasSar. Mudicus, liz; Bonar. lo9.
v.tarsrp Last Knight los; Exapo. Brlarthorpe,
1n1: C:-urg. Y. McNeAr lo4, Gaice. lUS; Pro-
Fourth race one mile and fifty yards: selling
Msniator Dorado. 1903; Benford, lo2; Earl tog-
ers. 100: Corrigan, 80.
Ffth race seven and one half fqrlongs; selling
Gov. Davis, 100; Taiamund los: Daniel G., Cadi-
chon. Elevation. Captain Burnett 100; Roila,
Hs!gsfh0rn. 100.
sixth race. seven furlongs: -Rightfu Eek
crsslI. 1l+: Box Elder. III; Snow, los; Edith
yim-S Nina Gibson. 101: Florence Fonso. 100 {;
Lord Rossngton; Kruka. 100; Curriculum, %; Fur
N Doc Craig. %.
Los Angeles.
yfr.t race four furionss; purse-Karodo Swsger-
Is.ar Harvel Ed Davis Reno Rebel, 1oS; Paniits.
Daily. Ts'ien, 1o5.
second race. six furloDgs; selling-Tim Hurst
Mintis 10: Critic Fustisn, The Roustabout. Mon
~ Muss Rodolto, 1O1: Dsrums. Rosinini 100
Third race. mile; selling Montebank, 10: Rama
Red Wood H. OIL Bronston. los; Baron Esher
capable 1906; SUMMARY, Huapals, 1V3; Needfu
Lea: M0hur IS.
Fourth race six furongs; handicap-Don Domo
l2,. Firsbsu. ll3; Sir Edward. 1l2; Toupee. 10o;
VI Cszador. 100; Dom,nus Arvi. 50.
Firth race. Bile: selling-Antara- 10i: Lucrece
images. i. v. Kirby 1902: sam Craig 100; Taos,
81 Stella A. 80; Buna, As
sixth race. six furong.; selling-Taylor George
1l2. Laura =. NJ. 10; Lord Provost. King of the
Nisf lJT; Startling. Lacene. Film King. 100; Canto
Beach 81 Gsmbol. ".
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Worlds Greatest Wrestlers.

1 was asked the other day whom l con-
sidered the greatest wrestlers Undoubtedly
the gigantic Turks, Nouroulah, Yousouf-
chaps like them. No white man can hope
to cope with those 400-pound hulks. unless
he can get back of them and work on their
feet. I've been looking for some one to
show me how to get back Of them. Don't
let anybody tell you any white man ever
beat Nouroulah, for he didn't. In America
we have had a gallant array OF wrestlers-
Whistler, Joe Acton. Stranger Lewis, Tom
Jenkins, Farmer Burns, Dan Mcleod
Charley Olson. There's splendid seven.
and then today we have Freddy Beell,
man but a notch above a middeweight and
yet one Of the greatest OH the mat. 1t Is
something to hold a championship title In
the face OF such competition as exists I'm
the country Of the Stars and Stripes today.
and 1 hope / am not egotistical when l say
I am proud to have won my right to defend
the American championship.
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New Pool Record.

ELM1RA. N. T., March 1e.-Thomas
Bush. a local pool expert. In q private
club recently ran lightweight balls from
the break which is said to be one point
better thaa the WofidS record
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The Distance Travelled.


League clubs will have to travel a distance
of .2s3 miles in order to fill their cham
pionship dates. while the National League
will traverse 92.155 miles in pursuance of
the same object. Assuming that each club
carries eighteen men on a trip (and that
average Is not high, as the Highlanders
often went on a tour with over twenty in
the party last SEASON. the amount to be
paid to the railroads for fares alone will
foot up $67 .s376s. Of which the Johnsonites
will pay S34. 661. SO and the Pulliamites will
furnish $33. 1880.
If the pennant races were to be decided
by the number OF miles each club had to
travel the next series for the worlds cham
pionship would be fought between the Pitts
burgs and the Clevelands. while the tail
enders would be Philadelphia in the Ma
tional and New York in the American. The
Pirates will have to go over more than 5000
miles of territory than the Phillies are
being that the Smoky City men are con-
stantly leaving home to fill Sunday engage
ments in Cincinnati. Chicago and st. Louis
The same reason applies to Cleveland's
heavy mileage.
The New York and Brooklyn teams in the
National will have a great money saving
advantage in jumps. for while the Pitts
burgs are slated to move around thirty
nine times. the McGrawites will take only
twenty-five trips and the Donovanites only
twenty seven Journeys.
The longest jump on either circuit Is from
Boston to st. Louis. gap of 1.223 miles
The st. Louis Americans will take this hop
once during the year. the Boston Nationals
twice and the st. Louis Nationals once
The number of miles each club will have
be expended for transportation (fare alone)
are as follows:
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FRANK GOTCH'S
WRESTLING STORIES
Continued from First Page.)

the Farmer would smile as he swung dam
Cling at the end of the rope. Then. Burns
has always saved his strength. He believes
in letting the other fellow do the work in
q match Some Of EN- start in like two
year-Old colts, says the Farmer. and we
have to give 'em a chance to work of SUI
perfiuous steam. But the time comes when
their grip reaxes. and we find they are
looking for a breathing spell themselves
Then we say. Now the old Farmerli wres-
tie a Bit and. CAD snipes. you know what
happens next"
II Burns has a vice. and 1 don't know
that you would call II q vice. It IL his fond
ness for the dance. Out In Big Rock. Iowa
Burns home-the population consists OF
slxty-eight and one-half souls; the half is
q widow. and a better half. too. they say.
Well. the Farmer is high card monte at the
Big Rock socials. and no one could put up
q more gallant front than the old scout. as
he weaves about the hall with some buXom
partner on his arm. to the strains OF the
Blue Danube. They do say that the Farmer
was once asked to choose between a 81 900
purse for a Chicago wrestling match and
at the New Year ball In Big Rock. When
the bells rang out that first OF January
they had some other man In the ring In
Chicago and the Farmer was fitting UP and
down the polished boards In the Big Rock
town hall.
One Of the Good 'Uns, Charley Olson.
And then just another word for another
preciated in America-Charley Olson of St
Louis. a man whose weight may keep him
out of the first rank. but who Is destined To
make an emphatic impression on the public
before whom he appears. Olson is another
physical marvel. He weighs not much over
ITO pounds II that. is built tall and thin
and angular. They generally laugh at
Olson when he strips for a match. They
don't laugh after the match is over. 1 es-
TEEN Olson one of the most dangerous men
on the American canvas. Those long thin
arms of his possess wonderful natural
strength, he has unusual powers of en-
durance, Is game to the CORE and he has
mastered we'll the tricks of the sport. If
Olson don't get to the top In the future
he'll come pretty close to 1t. l don't notice
that he is losing many matches these days,
and he Is turning down no challengers.
The deceiving physique OF Olson has led
to many ludicrous incidents. in which he
has played the star part. In Kansas City
not long ago about half the wrestlers OF
the continent were congregated for a tour
nament. boisterous strong man in one of
the hotel cafes got to drinking a Bit and
throw any man in Kansas City" They
brought Olson In and the strong man
laughed at the boy of meager frame. Five
times a minute for you!' he roared. Five
times an hour for your retorted Olson.
quietly. They put up 500 a side on that
last proposition and stripped right there
and then. in the billiard room. When they
fall. which happened in about eight min
utes he was quite sober man.
"Nuf!" he calculated. guess I've made
a mistake. There's one other man besides
Gotch l can't throw, and this bean poles
the man."
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CAR FARES A BIG
ITEM FOR CLUBS

In the budget of expenses of the base ball
clubs this season there Is one-item that is
sure to be considerably higher than it was
In 1903. That item is for railroad fares.
Representatives of the trunk lines gathered
around Presidents Johnson and Pulllam
when they were at New York at the recent
meeting. and told them that owing to the
rate regulations they would be unable here
after to grant any cheap fares, and that
all traffic OF the base ballsts would be at
the tariff Of 2 cents a mile per capita
Heretofore rate Of ~ cents a mile has
been often secured. and as the teams now
travel around the circuits with party Of
from sixteen to twenty. instead of about
fifteen. as in the old days. the increase is
going to eat up quite a number of admis-
sions.
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George stone 10 the third st. Louis left
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Totals
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-26
GOODBYE TO THE
ROCKABYE CARS
New Barn Completed and
Double Truckers Install
ed Tomorrow.

The new extension to the Hammond.
Whiting and East chicago street car
barns on the north side Will be COM
pleted tomorrow. and by the first of
the month will be ready to accommo-
date ten new cars OF the double truck
variety.
This morning G. r. Folds. general
superintendent OF the lines. said that
beginning August 1 the ''rocka- bye"
cars that have been plying between
Hammond and East Chicago for tho
last fifteen years will be taken off and
all new double truckers put on, and
the poor service" will be no more
Another change Will also be made
The Whiting cars. which have been
running out OF the Hammond barns.
win. from the first of the month. run
out directly from the South Chicago
barns and the Hammond barns Will be
used exclusively for the cars running
between the Standard Steel Car works
and East Chicago.
The dinky cars which are now run
ming between Hammond and East Chi
cago viii be given over to the junk
pile and will he seen no more on the
Hammond run, according to what the
officials say.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-26
FIXING UP PUBLIC UTILITIES
West Hammond Trying Hard TO Out
grow Reputation; Many New Families
Moving In.

If the West Hammond board of local
improvements decide to let the sewer
contract for the space between For
sythe and Freeman avenues at their
regular meeting tomorrow afternoon,
which viii cost approximately $4,000
il means the total amount expended in
West Hammond for sewers for the year
will reach to over 100000.
During this year more money has
been expended in West Hammond on
improvements than since the advent of
the village upon the map. Real estate
has been booming and now that the
dives have ceased to hold forth along
Whiskey Row a more respectable ele-
ment are building residence in West
Hammond and the little village viii
soon be classed as a town. il the reign
of improvements continue and the re-
srected class of citizens make their
homes across the line.
In addition 10 the sewer improve
ments, new cinder sidewalks are be-
ing put in on the principal streets of
the village and things in general rep
resent new era in the history of the
village across the line