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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

from Jack O'Brien. Burns has been
claiming the title, and his quick defeat
of Bill Squires, the Australian heavy
weight champion, has served to
strengthen his claim.
johnson has defeated all the big men
who he could induce to fight hin and
for a long time has been striving to
get Burns to agree to fight. 1mme-
diately after the Johnson-Fitzsimmon
fight, which the dusky heavyweight
won in the second round, Burns an
unc tha he was willing to fight
Johnson. But when Johnson showed
alacrity in accepting the match Burns
declared that his wife would not let
him fight the negro.
Mrs. Burns's objections seem to have
been overruled, probably because of the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

big amount offered for the battle. and
she has given her consent and will al
low her pugilistic husband to fight
johnson Just this once"
For a long time followers of fsticuffs
have been clamoring for a fight be-
tween johnson and one of the other
prominent heavyweights, but until
Burns agreed to meet Johnson the big
black has been unable to secure a
match with any of the white heavies.
His match with Fitzsimmons was justly
regarded as a joke, for poor old Fitz
was long past his usefulness and effec-
tiveness as a fighter when he met John
son in the Philadelphia ring.
Both of the lighters will begin light
training today, and after two weeks
will go into active preparation for the
contest.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

Jimmy Jones made his third home run
this season yesterday.
The Colts will be idle today and to-
morrow, giving them a chance to steady
Jersey City has asked Manager Burn
ham for the loan of an infielder. New
ark Is shy, itself, in that department and
the request was not granted.
The Colts will begin an important series
with Jersey City Wednesday. The Skeeters
are closely pressing Newark.
Mccarthy got in two more hits yester--
day, but failed when the bases were filed.
The fans Kissed Captain Sharpe y~ester-
day for taking Pitcher MeCafferty ont of
the box with Newark three runs ahead.
Mac threw down the glove in disgust son
being called to the bench. but Manager
Burnham says the player was sore at his
own wildness. not at being taken out of
the box.
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'7#' . =s T SPORTS OF ALL SORTS 7 "' # 7@$: * sv
BURNHAM GOES SCOUTING

three other clubs are so close behind tina
the locals are In danger of dropping into
the second division before long, II the nee
essary remedies are not applied. The team
has lost eight out of its last nine games.
Manager Burnham has made tempting Of
fers to the Philadelphia and Detroit Amer
lean League clubs for players. but so far
without success. He is in hopes. however.
Of landing a player or two ON his present
scouting trip.
The jumping OF Carrick has weakened
the pitching department. The other pitch
ers have been compelled to work more
frequently. which has affected their eff
fe~ctiveness. Outfelder zacher has gone
home. owing TO n death in his family, n
Infelder Mcdonald may not be able to
play for another week. wing to his Grip
pied land. All this has had its effects on
the team and is responsible In a measure
for the losing streak.
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Manager Burnham is expected to leave
on a scouting trip today IN search of
players to doctor up the Newark Eastern
League team. "A cog has slipped some
where on the team admitted the man.
ager. land I'm ready to buy, IL only suit
players can be had, Tt is a difficult
task TO purchase good ball players at this
time Of the season, but the money uues-
ton will not stand in mysway. I'm GO
ing out to look players over myself, how
ever, before making any deals.'
The Newark manager would not say
just where changes will be made. If any,
but it Is safe to say that the first weak
spot to be bolstered up Is at short. NAH
ling is a second baseman by trade, and he
could not be expected to shine at short.
Errors at that point have cost many runs
and games.
The Colts are still third in the race, but
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in THE AMERICAN
DETROIT HAS THREE MEN IN
300 CLASS.

Detroit's fine playing in the American
League is easily explained by a single
glance at the batting figures, which show
three Tigers among the first five hitters.
They are Donovan, Crawford and Cobb.
Flick is still the real leader. though he
has been out of the game for about two
weeks. Clymer. Washington's star. from
Pittsburg, heads the list for the twenty
one games in which he has taken part,
with a big average of APO.
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Newark Beaten, 9 to 6, After
Gaining Lead Of -Four
Runs.
EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Yesterdays Results.
Baltimore. o: Newark, 8.
Providence. 70; Jersey City. s.
Jersey City. L: Providence, 0.
Buffalo, 5; Montreal. l.
Games Today.
Jersey City at Providence.
Rochester at Toronto e games).
Buffalo at Montreal.
Games Tomorrow.
Buffalo at Montreal.
Ned Hanlon. manager of the Cincinnati
National League Club, who has come east
on a quiet hunt for players to patch up the
Reds, took In the Newark-Ba1timor game
here yesterday. He possibly thought he
might cast his eagle eye on one or two
wonders here, but after the game Ned
boarded the first trolley car back to the
railroad station. He saw a game dragged
through two hours and twenty minutes,
saw seventeen bases on balls issued, saw
errors and dumb playing and saw the
Orioles trim Newark, 8 to 6, though there
was little to brag about in the Baltimore's
victory.
A lead OF four runs was not sufficient
for the Colts to land the game. With the
score s to Q in Newark's favor and two
Baltimore men out in the fourth, pitcher
McCafferty was taken out of the box on a
charge of wfidness. Mccarthy, who was
bothered with q lame arm, though Man
aRer Burnham was unaware of that fact,
was substituted. Before the inning was
over the Orioles had scored four more
runs on two hits, four passes and an er-
ror. took the lead and thereafter were
never headed. The score:
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NATIONAL BATTING
MlGHTYWAGNER ONCE MORE
IN LEAD.

Hans Wagner, P%ittsburg's big short
Stop has a clegr title to first place In the
National Leagte batting. He has the ad-
vantage of eighteen points over Sherwood
Magee, his nearest competitor. The lat
ter's average has shrunk to 1903. Chicago
Is the leader In club batting apd fielding.
The averages foIlow
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

Two-base hits-Westlake %, ]. Kelley.
Three-base hits-N. Kelley, Westlake,
Davis, Hambacher. Home run-Murray.
Ter, Reyes, Fay. Bases on bails-On Boice,
2; or Villerman, 3. Struck out-By Boice,
6; by villerman, /. Batter hit-By Viller-
man Davis). Wild pitch-Boice. Double
play-E. Kelley to Murphy to Fay. Left
on bases-Newark, 8; Easton, 4. Time of
game-1h. S5m. Umpire-O'Brien. Attend
ance-300.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

LEAGUE
BATTING
Catcher Byers Tops Stand
ing With Average Of
.367.

Catcher Byers. of the Baltimore team.
continues to lead the Eastern League bat
ters with a mark of 1857. OF those who
play regularly, Thoney still shows in
front with a mark of $40. Mccarthy, Of
Newark. by getting in two more hits yes
terday. boosted his average to 1880. The
averages to date of those who have rec
ords of $50 or better follow:
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

MONTREAL, Aug. 5.-Buffalo beat Mon
treal 5 to l in the second part Of what was
intended to be a double-header yesterday.
Rain stopped the first in the second inning.
when Montreal led, 2 to 0. and continued
for thirty minutes. Five minutes later the
second game was started In sunshine. Mon
treal could not hit Tozer. while Stanley
pitched poorly. The score:
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

The most important game of the First
Regiment Baseball League took place yes
terdav morning at the Parkway Oval be-
tween Company f players. the leaders In
the league. and Company C representa-
tives. Who were second. The score was
IL to 5 in favor of Company f team.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

Two-base hit-Byers. Home run-Jones.
Stolen bases-Mahling, McCafferty, Dem
mitt. Sacrifice ~hits-Engle, Sharpe, Jones,
Kelly, Byers. Bases on balls-On McCaf-
Hardy, 5. Struck out-By Mccarthy, 8;
by loren, 2; by Hardy, 4. Hits-Of Nc
Cafferty, 5 in 8 2-3 innings; off loren, 8 in
4 innings. Left on b~ases-Newark. ID; Bal
timore, 9. Time of game-2h. Pom. UNI
pires-Kelly and Mccarthy. Attendance
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PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Aug. 5.-Provi-
dence split even with Jersey City in a
double-header at Rocky Point yesterday.
winning the first game by score Of u to 6
and losing the second by a score of l to O,
in a Sc yen-inning contest. Mack and Plan
miller were both batted out of the box in
the first inning of the first game, and while
Cronin was very effective. Norwood was
about as easy as his predecessor. Merritt
finished the game in the box, the Grays
making no effort to hit the ball. In the
second game Whitney pitched the finest
sort of ball and was grandly supported.
Attendance 1914. The scores:
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TOY
With EASTONS
Newark Scores AImest at Win
and Beats faiIenders,
10 to 5.
MAKE EIGHTEEN HITS

AOot 49,
Yesterdays Results.
Newark, 16; Easton, s.
Allentown, 8; Elizabeth, 2.
Allentown, s; Elizabeth, 3 Q3 In
,nings).
Pottsville, s; Reading, l..
Brooklyn. 3; Tamaqua, a.
Gnuaes Today.
Newark at Pottsville.
Brooklyn at Elizabeth.
Easton at Allentown.
Reading at Tamadua.
Games Tomorrow.
Newark at Pottsville.
Brooklyn at Elizabeth.
Easton at Allentown.
Reading at Tamaqua.
Newark toyed with the tailend Easton
team in the Atlantic League game at Nor
ris Park yesterday and won hands down,
II to 5. The Invaders hammered Pitcher
Villerman for eighteen hits, sending six
runs over the plate in the fourth inning
and four in the olxth. Manager Westlake
contributed a triple and a pair of doubles.
NEWARK.
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AT Des Moines-Des Moines, 5: Omaha, 4.
AT Pueblo first game)-Pueblo. 10; Lin
coin, 9; (second game) Pueblo, 5; Lincoln, !.
AT Denver-(frst game)-Denver, 5;
Sioux City, 9; Second game) Denver, 8;
Sioux City, 2.
Central League.
At Grand Rapids-Wheeling, /; Grand
Rapids, O..
At South Bend-South Bend. 2; Can
ton, 0.
At Terra Haute-Terre Haute. 4; Day
ton, 8.
At Evansville-springfidd IA; Evans
VILE, 10.
New York Stnte League.
At Syracuse-Scranton, 8; Syracuse, 3.
At T~roy-Troy, IL: A, ]. and G., 1.
AT Albany-Albany, 8; Utica, 0.
Southern League.
At New Orleans-Memphis, z; New Or
leans, 6 (fourteen innings).
At Shreveport-Little Rock, 10; Shreve-
port, 0.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Today.
New York at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Yesterdays Results.
At Chicago R.H.E.
New York;. oO100OooOO0d s 0
Chicago ..-.... 0 0 010000000 1-2 II l
MISUNDERSTANDING and Bresnahan:
Reulbach and Moran.
At Cincinnati-First game: R.H.E.
Cincinnati -. 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 x-4 5 0
Boston 900. 0 0 0 0 0 OIL 3 0
misunderstanding and Mclean; Bonltes
and Brown.
Second game: R.H.E.
Cincinnati ......... 2 o o OIL x-7 IL o
Boston ..........A.. o 0 0 l 0 1-2 5 l
Batteries-Weimer and Mclean; Young
and Needham.
At ST. Louis R.H.E.
st. Louis: .......... 0Oo00o0001-1 4 8
Philadelphia ....... 0 0 0 100000 90 s 2
Batteries-Beebe and Noonan; Moren and
Doom.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

Club. of the Texas League, has been sold
to the New York club of the American
League, The price is said to be $1.S00.
Loudon is to join the New Yorks early
in September.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

Manage Wolverton, Of the williamsport
Tri-State League team, mas purchased
from Lancaster the release of Outfelder
Thomas O'Hara. He win be used in cen
tire field, which has been the only weak
spot on the team for several weeks.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

OF all methods Of reaching the public the
newspapers are by far the best.-A. M. Palmer.
Palmer's Theatre.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05

ELIZABETH, Aug. ga large crowd
saw Elizabeth drop a double-header to
Allentown yesterday. Both were very
close. the last going thirteen innings, the
third extra-inning game that the locals
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
Germans Started Fad.

The dead letter Office in Washington,
throws awav two barrels of misdirect-
ed souvenir postal cards every day.
This represents only fraction of the
millions that reach their destination.
This fad, which has swept the coun-
try from ocean to ocean and from the
lakes to the gulf. is borrowed from the
Germans and was introduced in this
country only four years ago A Phila-
delphia printing house brought out the
first American cards with reproduc-
tons of the United States mint, the
old Statehouse and the Liberty Bell.
The idea started a hundred firms in
the different cities to printing souvenir
cards, and in short time the mails
were flooded with a deluge of picture
postals, representing every phase of
life from the cradle to the grave.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
"When a Mans In Love"

The enlarged size Charles Dana Glib
son picture given with last Sundays
World caused great demand. Next
Sundays subject is even more famous.
1t must be seen to be appreciated,
When Mans in Love" gives a touch
of delicate satire, and at the same time
shows with what wonderful facility Mr..
Gibson can WELD his pen in putting
on paper the dreamy fancy of his
brain. This beautiful picture, enlarg-
ed size, 10xl5 inches. on art paper,
suitable for framing, will be given
free with next Sundays World. Other
large size Gibson pictures to follow.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
The Oldest Goose.

Among the interesting assets which
Moran has to his credit is a goose
which has reached the mature age
of seventy-one years.
This oldest inhabitant of the fowl
tribe in Allen county is owned by
James Strong. Mr., Strong has own
ed it for many years and is greatly
attached to it and does everything
to make its later days pleasant. There
are, of course, reasons other than
those of sentiment why this goose is
safe from being served up as a table
delicacy.
In 1871, when William Jones left
Iowa for Kansas, a friend gave him
a goose which was thirty-five years
old at the time. 1t was regarded as
fairly venerable bird then, but II
stood the hardship If pioneer life in
Allen county with no complaint
When Newt Strong married a niece
of Mr.. Jones he gave them the goose
Later they moved to Iowa and left
the goose with James Strong, who
still has it-Kansas City Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23

If there is any one thing sure. 1t is
an evident fact that the railroad mag
mates of this country are beginning to
realize that they can no longer cast
aside the common people in their race
for financial supremacy. The president
has made il clear that he is standing
for justice to all, and that no fiuctua-
ton in Wall Street markets will scare
him for an instant The railroads must
act squarely or they will find still more
stringent laws enacted to regulate
their management Well may the diff
ferent railroad presidents call to see
Mr.. Roosevelt in regard TO their des-
perate situation, but when they SON
vince him that they ale acting honest
ly with the people they will find that
The president is their best friend. Only
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23

Palm Sunday in Wales is the day
above all others when the people give
themselves to memories of their de
parted friends They go to the Gem
etery where their loved ones are buried
and reverently place over the graves
palm leaves, which simple custom is
symbolical OF the fact that they wish
to keep green the everfresh and ten
der remembranees of those they hold
dear.
Every year the old palm leaves are
replaced by fresh ones, and the graves
present a most picturesque aspect
when the several together are thus
beautified No visitor neglects to visit
the cemeteries If he happens to be in
Wales on Palm Sunday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
Breaking the Rock.

If it takes thirteen strokes from a
sledge hammer to break rock, and
you quit after the twelfth stroke" says
Trade, you will have accomplished
absolutely nothing. You might as well
have not begun at ALL" The man who
starts out to shatter the rock of pub
lie Indifference with the sledge-ham-
mer of advertising must be prepared
to keep up a steady pounding. Pro
vided the blows are skillfully deliver
ed, perseverance pays. But it doesn't
do to work with poor tools. The ham,
mer must be equal to the task. There
is none better than an influential daily
paper.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23

Among the thousands of persons
who visited the extremely interesting
exhibition of postage stamps held last
year in the hall of the Horticultural
Society Of Westminster there may
have been few who realized for the
first time what hopelessly difficult
and complicated business the collect.
ing Of postage stamps as a hobby has
become. The long rows of glass cases
each Of them filled with beautifully
clean and fresh specimens, as be-
wildering In quantity as in variety of
color, in differences CT watermark, in
minute detail Of perforation; speci-
mems of essays" of proofs, of pat
terms submitted for royal approval, of
errors" OF locals, above all, of
complete new sheets of stamps so
rare as to make the obtaining of a
single used specimen an occasion, for
humber collectors, TO be marked with
a white stone the effect of the juxta-
position of such galaxies of rarities
must surely have been, even TO the
connoisseurs, little depressing in its
completeness. If the layman, IMMERSED
in the mysteries OF watermarks and
perforations, adds to that sense of de-
preston the realization that what is
apparently complete is in fact incom-
plete, and that every month increases
the number of issues which must be
added to representative collection,
the futility of trying to keep up with
the postoffices of all the different
countries is plain enough-or it is
plain enough for the average person
In the sixties" and seventies" al
most anybody could make a good col,
lection of the stamps of the world;
today it may take a man of means
to make-that is, buy--a decent col
lection of stamps of single Gen.
tury.-London Spectator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
The Canals of Mars.

1T has been said" writes Wade
mar Kaempffert in his article what
We Know About Mars" in McClure's,
that when our earth has so far vast
ed away that its inhabitants will de-
pend for their water supply upon the
melting ice and snow of the Arctic
and Antarctic oceans, a gigantic ef-
fort will be made to devise some
means of conducting the polar spring
and summer floods 10 the parched
equatorial and temperate zones. To
Mars the unlocking OF the polar seas
is of as much moment as the annual
inundation of Egypt by the Nile. AS
Stunning that Mars is inhabited by be-
ings as intelligent as ourselves, it is
reasonable to infer that they would
dig huge trenches to guide the fresh
cts of the poles to those regions where
water is most sadly needed. If we
would find signs of Marian intelli-
gence, we must accordingly look for
trencehs and sluices.
In the hands of Schiaperrli, Low
ell, Pickering, and few others, the
telescope has revealed to us long,
dark stripes which Schiaperrli called
canals, and the discovery of which
may well be numbered among the
most noteworthy astronomical achiev-
ments of modern times. They are in
truth the life lines of the planet.
Their existence was doubted for years
because no astronomer, with the ex-
ception of Schiaparrell, who saw them
first, had been able to catch even a
glimpse of them. Later a few pains
taking observers at last succeeded in
discerning them (for they appear only
in flashes, as it were, by reason of the
currents in our atmosphere their
reality was doubted. Some of the very
men who had seen them refused to
believe their own eyes, arguing that
the stripes were merely optical illu-
sious induced by eyestrain. Two years
ago, Mr.. Lampland, OK Professor Low
ellis staff, performed the very remark
able feat of photographing them, there
by forever disposing If the assumption
of their illusory character"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
Drummers Are BUSY.

The knights of the sample case are
exceedingly busy just now, and
swanns of them are out on their
spring trips. AT Hotel Berkeley on
Wednesday "a travelling statesmen were
registered, and Host Martins ingenu-
ity was taxed to afford satisfactory ac-
commodations over night. The travel
ers were all well cared for, however,
and "drummed" the city and adjacent
towns until today.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23

From the various reports in regard
ITO the manner in whicl the aims house
Tssshas been conducted for the past two
years, it would seem that it has been
ian expensive institution. Some one
remarked that the inmates could have
been boarded at the hotel at much less
expense than IT cost to keep them at
the poor house. AS to the truthfulness
90 OF this statement We are not at pres
ent prepared to say. but we do promise
the readers of this paper that this mat
; ter will be thoroughly investigated and
the facts made public. If there has
been unjust expenditures it should be
exposed, and If Mr. Bartles has been a
Cheap superintendent the public should
also know ii. Whatever NAV be the
y case, the records will reveal the true
result of his management. We hope
that it will make good showing, as il
will be a credit to Mr. Bartles to be
INDICATED of any such charge of ex-
trayagance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
In a German Law Court.

A German law court was the scene
lately of an amusing incident. The
magistrate, uresoma and longwind-
ed person, was deciding a small case
in which the plaintiff claimed damages
for abuse. ITO call man a>'pig' or
a dog ruled the Judge, lis certain
ly an insult; but to say that he is a
pig-dog' is inoffensive, for no such
animal exists" The plaintiff glared at
at the bench. .Schweine-H Humid" he
remarked with bitter emphasis.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-23
Salvation Army.

The American Salvation Army has
opened headquarters in this city with
Lieutenant S. A. Gabel in charge. He
is accompanied by his wife and daugh.
ter, and have their local headquarters
for the present at the Washington
house. After April / they will be per-
located at the Boaman
building. The Army will be in this
city for at least year and ask the
help of the citizens OF the town in
their work