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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-11
TRAVIS LEADS THE
FIELD At CLEVELAND
Makes Best Score in Qualifying
Round of Amateur Golf
Tournament.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 11.-Walter j.
Travis Of Garden City led the field in the
qualifying round of the amateur champion
ship tournament of the United States Golf
Association over the links Of the Euclid
Club. Travis, with round Of II yesterday
returned a thirty -siXhole total of li6. This
is six strokes better than his winning score
a year ago at Englewood, when he made
rounds of Il and IS for 152.
Closely following this brilliant perform
ance of the three times national title holder
came the scarcely less remarkable score of
LAT by w. T. West, the former Princeton
captain. who now plays from the Philadel-
phia Country Club. Fred Herreshoff of
Garden City and Walter Egan Of Exmoor
kept up their good work Of the previous
day. with rounds of 7G. which placed them
next to West, with l51 each. while the real
favortes H. Chandler Egan. Exmoor, and
Jerome d. Travers, Montclair, followed,
with 153 each.
The scores in fnll follow
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BY defeating Commerce and Labor. 10 to
), Post Office yesterday clinched second
place in the Departmental League and in
creased it's chances for the championship
In the first inning the Blues started scoring
in whirlwind fashion. Bruce Bielaski, the
first man up, ripped off a triple to left.
Kinney was safe on McGraths tumble, scor-
ing Belaski. Exams singled Kleinschmidt
walked and Evans counted on Fenton s poor
throw to first the ball going into the crowd
Commerce and Labor could get but one
more run. however as Waller settled down
to good ball twirling and the Mail men be-
gan hammering Wheatley, thirteen hits.
sandwiched in with nine errors, netting
them ten runs. 'Mooch' Fenton had his
busy day playing good and bad ball. with
eight accepted chances, besides being mixed
up in three double plays. Belaski led In
batting for the losers with a triple and
double
Herrng's three singles were hard, long
drives that would have gone for doubles or
triples but for fast fielding. Rapp covered
lots of ground in right. as did Bacon in CEN
ter. Score.
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS G. CAFES.
Where to Dine.
TWO MORE GAMES WITH
SEATTLE SCHOOL TEAM

for tomorrow between st. Stephens Insti-
tute of this city and the team from the
Seattle High School at the National Park
has engaged Mr.. Newman as the umpire
for the contest.
Capt. Hughes of the ST. Stephens Insti-
tute team today said he had not fully
decided on all his players. but a strong
aggregation will face the western lads.
A double header will be played at Ma
tional Park Saturday. the first game be-
ginning ct o'clock. The Seattle High
School team Will meet the Post Office team
of the Department League and the Treas
ury team will play Columbia Athletic club.
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FARQUETE LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs,
vs. game-Trinity VS.. St. Peters
st. Dominic Defeats st. Vincent.

Failure to connect OPPORTUNITY with Meis-
ter's shoots cost ST. Vincent the game with
ST. Dominic yesterday at Olympic Park.
to 4.
Meister was in grand form. allowing only
six hits, striking out eight men and allowing
no passes to first.
St Dominic opened up on Merrill early in
the game getting three runs across the
pan in the first inning, but several hits
coupled with two costly errors in the second
and third innings netted St. Vincent three
runs which tied the score.
ST Dominic made one in the fourth. this
being the last tally made until the seventh
inning, when each team scored one.
The features were the batting Of MCGEE
and Riston and the fielding of Mullin
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Totals. 10 $3.50 Ii II Totals. 3 10 q 10 4
dawson out for cutting base.

st. Stephens. ............. 2-10
Government Printing Office. D 0 o . o. s
First base by errors-St. Stephens, .; Govern
ment Printing Office, l. Left bases-St
Stephens I: Government Printing Office i. First
base balls-Oh Clark, ; on Brown. = off
Jewett .. Innings pitched-By Brown, C; by
Jewett, /. Hits made-Of Brown, s: off Jewctt
/. Struck out-By Brown, 3: 10y Clark 4 by .Iewett
/. Two-base hits-king. MorIarity. Jewctt Stolen
hases-liughes. Heinrich 90. King, Buscher Mo-
r.arity. Kerr. Double plays Buscher to Heinrich
10 King %. Hit by pitcher BY Brown, l. I'm
prc-M Mr.. Parsons Time of game hour and 80
minutes
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Anne, icar League Clubs, Standing.
Nat onal League Clubs Standing.


CHICAGO, Ill. July 1l.-Joe Cantillon and
his Washington braves, slated for set OF
five games with the SOx. blew in yesterday
and watched the battle between the SoX
and Athletics. Ball players are just like
actors. Give an actor an off-day and he
goes 10 see some other actor work, sits
down in the pass seats and growls rotten
Al everything he sees. Give d ball player an
off-day. and If there's a game in town he
hurres thither. perCheS in the stand and
assumes blase air. So it with the
NatioEals-they swarmed into Comiskey's
park sized up everything in sight, and
criticised the game.
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I I n III /
'Batted for Hahn In eighth inning.
fBatted for Jones In ninth inning
chicago ............... o 0 0 0 O-1
Philadelphia .......... 0 0 0 o 0 %
First base on error-Chicago. /. Left on ba SEES
Chicago, 3. Double plays-Murphy to Davis; Pow
to Murphy. Sacrifice hit-Nichols Stolen
bases-Walsh. Collins. Bases bals-On Plank
3. Struck Out-By Walsh Z; by Plank, L. Wild
pitch-Waish. Passed ball-McFarland. Umpire
Mr. Sheridan. Time of game hour and 40 min
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Enrncd Detroit. 1. First base by errors
New York. = Left on hases-Detroit. 9; New York.
Z First base bals-Oh Donovan. /. OF New
ton =. of Moore 3. HITS made-On Newton in
I innings: or Moore. in innings. Struck out
BY Donovan, /: by Newton. l; by Moore, l. Three
base hits-Cobb. Elberfed. Hoffman Two-base hit
-OLrary. Sacrifice hits-Downs. Schaefer, Con
roy Stolen bases Moriarity, Crawford. Rossman.
Double plays-OIfary to Schaefer to RoSsman:
Schnefrr to OLeary 10 Rossman. Hit by pitcher
by Donovan, l. Wild pitch-Newton. Umpires-
Messrs Hurst and stafford Time of game-l hour
and min
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Even Break at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July u.-Cleveland
and Boston broke even yesterday, each
scoring a shutout. Boston took the first
one easily. In the second H.nchmanS
single drove in the only runs scored. La
joie was spiked by Unglaub in the first
game and retired with blood streaming
from his foot. He resumed playing, how
ever.
Tannehill and Criger were ordered off the
field in the second by Umpire OLoughlin.
Scores
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any. 10; X. 1. NJ, g. First base on balls-OG
Wolfe /; off Symonoskie, q. Struck out-By Wolfe
5; by Symonoskie, 5. Home run-Brooks. Three
base hit,Wynkoop, TWo-oase hit hitIRider Sacrifice
Wolfe, King, Buckley. Double play-Shedd to Bal
lnger, Hit by pitcher-By Symonoskie, l. Passed
game-1 hour and 40 minutes.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Bethany Defeats Methodists.

Bethany defeated the Rhode Island
Methodists yesterday afternoon In a loose
ly played game. Score to 8.
The Bloomingdale boys could find Wolfe
for only four safeties. Brooks getting one
half of them. one OF which was a four
sacker. The Rhode Islanders punched hits
in the third inning, making their only
runs of the game. c. Richmond and
Souder played a fine game. the latter back
stopping in the absence Of Champion.
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Yesterdays Winners.

The following were the winners on the
running tracks yesterday:
Brighton Beach-Roseben, Rye. Meggs
Hill. Charles Edward, Jimmy Lane, He
Knows.
Latonia-Caper Moscow, Carthage, Full
of Fun, Telegrapher. Blaze O. Light.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William G.
Lyon. Lee Harrison II, Lyndhurst, Sir
Ralph, Cousin Kate.
Observation-Disclosures, Beldemo Ben
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Athletics Win Close Game.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Wa!sh and Plank
were a great match yesterday in the play
OFF of Saturdays thirteen-inning tie the
Philadelphia left-hander winning, to /.
H. Davis scored a runner from third on a
long fly in the sixth. and his single in the
eighth rrnduced the win linz, run Ennro.
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jaw Gould Defeated.

LONDON, July 1l.-At the Princess Club
this afternoon the professional tennis cham
pion. Punch Fairs, giving fifteen, beat
Jay Gould of New York by 80 The
scores were 6-5, 6-5, "a.
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ToHIueT.e anu LaOor: D ! o o 3
Earned runs-Post Office. 8: Commerce and
Labor. l. First base by .errors-Post Once i:
Commerce and Labor. 8. Left bases-Post OF.
fee 8: Commerce and Labor, 4. First base on
balls-Or Wahler, l. off Wheatley. /. Struck out
BY Waller 4; by Wheatley o. Three-bas hit
Bieask Twobase hit-Bie!aski. Sacrifice hit
Orrison. Stolen bases-Mct;rath % Pennington
90. Kraft Wahler. Schrener, Rapp Double plays
-Fenton TO McGrath to Herring McGrath TO Her
ring: Kraft Fenton. Wild pitch-Wheatiev
Passed ball-Erwin Umpire-Mr. Belts Time Of
game-l hour aud SO minutes.
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Seattle Bows Defeated.

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. July 11.-Hagers-
town won a twelve-inning game from the
Seattle High School team at Hagerstown
yesterday afternoon by 4 to 3. Finn, Hagers-
towns new laft-handed twirler. pitched
fine game, having to his credit two strike
outs in each of six innings. he scholastic
champions of the Pacific coast simply could
not hit Finn. while Firms single in the
twelfth inning scored Hagerstown's win
ming run.
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Two-base hits-Mullin, RlstOn. Sacridce ht-Me-
Gee. Stolen bases.Meister O.. Niece @. Rogers.
spalding to Harris to Schriyer: Riston to Ryan.
Left on bases-St Vincent 5; st. Dominic 8.
First base balls-Merrill. l. First base err
rors-St Vincent. 81 ST. Dominic. 2. Hit BY
pitched bas-By Meister, l; by Merrill. 2 struck I
Out-By Meister. s: by Merrill, O. Passed balls,
Mothtt Umpire-Mr. McConn. Time of Same-1
hour 80 minutes.
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Easy for Detroit.

DETROIT, July n.-Cobb's triple in the
fourth inning. with the bases full drove
Newton cut OF the game and made It easy
for Detroit yesterday. Moore who succeed
ed. was both wild and easy. Running
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Junior Irish Americans.

The Irish-American Juniors defeated the
Haines Athletic Club in one-sided game
Tuesday, the score being 10 to 3 The
pithcing of Yeatman and the fielding Of
Brown and hurry were the features of the
game. The 1rish-American Juniors would
like to arrange games with clubs in the
District averaging sixteen years. Address
Mike hurry, manager, Alb 10th street
southeast.
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Southern League

Rirmin yham. (: Atlanta. 3.
Memphis. 3; New Orleans, O.
Montgomery. 9; Nashville, o (forfeited)
Little Rock. 4: Shreveport. q.
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Virginia Lea que.

Roanoke. .: Portsmouth, 8.
Lyrch5urg, >: Norfolk. }
Richmond. / Duny!lle. 0.
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
St. Stephens Defeats Printers

Today's game Columbia Athletic Club VS.. Al
lantics at LIST and NJ streets mort beast.
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Totals Totals 1t
Rated for Crlger In eighth inning ot

~I'alIeu ITIRtr III tIYhth lHHiHg-
Cleveland ............ 0 0 0 D o *
Boston ................ 0 y 0 90
First base by Cleveland, 2. Left bases
Cleveland, 3: Boston. 4. First base balls-On
Young. !. Struck out-By Joss. 4 by Young 6.
Two-baSe hit-Ferris. Sacrifice hits-Bradley, Tur-
t2J, Hinchman. Lajoie. Ferris Stolen bases
Turner. EMPIRES Messrs O'LOughlin aud Evans.
Time of game-1 hour and 80 minutes.
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Cantillon's Confidence.

Seems to me- said Cantilon, that
here is where Brother Charles is swatted
some. Five games. l see they're doped here
as four in five for the Sox. Vel, I'm not a
betting mau-it's against the rules. you
know-but if l were risking any money I'd
offer two to one that we get two OF the
five and three TO five that We get three of
the SERIES
Cantilion said tina. his men were shaping
up well. and that the addition of Clymer
had been big boost 10 the team. If ely
mer and Ganley were too weak for Pitts
burg slid the Knight of the Red Vest,
''that team must be a pretty husky PROPOSE
ton. They are good enough for me and
good enough for anybody's club. Ganley
has played good fast ball all season. doing
the best kind of work. and l never saw
any one go a faster gait than Clymer has
struck since he joined US. He looks bet
ter than any OF the men Pittsburg. kept in
preference 10 him
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Milwaukee. 9; Indianapolis. 3.
Minneapolis. II; Louisville, 3.
Kansas City. ): Columbus. 2.
Toledo .. 81. Paul l.
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National League Games Yesterday

Philadelphia. s. Pittshurg. .
Boston =; Cincinnati 4.
New York. = st. Louis, |.
KrOoklyn. !: ChicaEO. D.
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National League Games Today.

Cincinnati New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at Boston
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BASE BALL, RACING
AND 9TH Err SPORTS

catches by Laporte and Crawford and
throw to the plate by Cobb divided atten-
ton with the batting Of Coughlin Inc
teams plaY a double header today. Score:
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OTHER BASE BALL RESULTS.
Eastern League.
Rochester, 5: Buffalo. 3.
South Atlantic League,
American Association.

Savannah. .; Jacksonville, 1.
Macon, >; Columbia. l.
Augusta, /: Charleston. 0.
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Talk of Letting Hickman Go to
the White Sox.
NATIONALS ARE IN CHICAGO
Walter Travis Makes Top Score at
Cleveland.
NEW MILE RECORD AT BRIGHTON
Brentwood Takes Lead in the Subur-
ban League-Keene Heads Winning
Owners at Sheepshead Netting
NEW MILE RECORD AT BRIGHTON
American League Games Today.

Washington nj Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
New York at Detroit
Boston at Cleveland
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The Stahl Case

\ conference. with Com!skey, Caut,IIon
and Jake StahI as factors. is expected Ia
mdtegia!ize daring the day, and it is figured
that the big first basemaus troubles Will
be finally adjusted. Both Comiskcy and
Cantiion th.Hk the world Of S;ahl person
ally and the Old Roman is more anxious
than ever to get him into harness. as Sulli-
van and lsoeI are both disabled and Davis
l. rrin..t
Johnson ard Salpke. the newest Access
siuns L. CautiI.On's team. are expected TO
SNOW up today Johnson is tuutrd as a
wonder. and Shipke is said to have i'm
proved TO q point where he is entitled to
another trial ia fast company.
Il " give both OF them a show" said Joe
AS 'bV.'haniy IS not in the best Of trim
and am certainly 10 the bad for able
bodied pitchers. Johnson has all kinds of
recommendations. and / always thought
SAipkc would have made good if he had
been given i fair trial"
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DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Post Office Clinches Second Place

Today's Interior vs.. Navy.
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Continued on Thirteenth PageD
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Nav Let Hickman Go.

rumor that would not down bobbed up
persjstently during the day-that Hickman
was To be sold, traded or pitchforked over
to the White Sox. COmskey is all on edge
to get a husky right-hand batter. one of
the kind that can go up and drive the
leather mile or two. Cantillon IS said to
be ready to part with Hickman. who
doesn't exactly fit in with the Washington
club "Hick' never hit better or in more
timely fashion than al the present time, but
the team is SO arranged that it is hard to
find regular place for him. Com1skey fig
ures that he could do the work originally
Intended for Stahl, play wherever needed.
and break up the lett-handed pitching of
the hostiles
None Of the parties concerned would say
much about the trade. but it is generally
believed that there is something doing UNI
der the hats OF COmiSkcy and Cantilon and
that Hickman will wear a White Sox uni
form in the immediate future. One reason
why Comskey would like him is the style
OF his batting Short hitters. hunters and
men who depend on speed to beat out
groUndeTs are lost on the South Side
grounds. while the fellows who hit them
into the pastures are not so much hampered
by tn" sOegy basas paths. Hickman hits
them far ana hard and would do lot Of
damage - tn opposition.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-05-15

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-29
GRIMES.
YEAR AND A HALF

Richard Moore. who first attempted TO
cut dp his lady fren'," Maggie Penn,
with a knife. last Saturday night. then
went into RosenthaTs second nand
store. and after borrowing a gun from
the clerk and loading it. leveled IL at
that unfortunate young mans head ard
informed him that he would owe MIN
for IT, and finally proceeded 10 make
off with the weapon, viii have nice
long time 10 think over the evils Of
a hasty temper, at the expense Of the
Government.
Richard was brought before the two
Judges of the Police Court this NOM
ing, charged with three different Of
lenses; assault. larceny, and carrying
concealed weapons In eXtenuaticn Of
this running Of the gamut Of crime, the
defendant explained TO the cote" that
He couldn't get on wifout Maggie. %
and also that n the officers had not in
terrupted his pleasant little pastime, he
firmly intended shooting himself. While
fully agreeing that n he intended 10 run
amuck any more ~ would be a good
idea to remove himself from this ter
restrial sphere the court p nted out,
deIiCately that his good inl--.tions to-
ward himself did not excuse him for
the fright lie gave the unoftending clerk
and imposed sentences in the three cases
aggregating q year and a half Richard
intends reforming, so he says, when
he gets ont.
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Deaths.

Frank NJ Krause. Il years. 1857 P
street northwest.
Ethel F. Earl. l year, Brigh.wood.
D. c
Clifton II. PixtOn, 8 years, 90 Ingra-
ham street. Brightwood.
Abraham O'ConnOr, years, 1905 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast.
Nora p. Wall, IS years, go T street
northwest
KatarIna Kaschka, 50 years, SO JEFF
ferson street, Brightwood.
Eugene J. Tighe. AZ years. 1862 Irving
street.
Robert G. Rutherford. 50 years, 1911
Nineteenth street northwest
Klara Dohnea, 90 years, 0l7 C street
northwest.
Sarah n. EIgin. IS years. eO4 Fifteenth
street northeast.
John E. Bates. IS years. 1929 Eighteenth
street northwest.
Mary w. Pool, 81 years. s36 S street
northwest
Daniel NJ Thompson, 81 years, 1908
Eighth street northeast
Joseph Donahue, 10 months, 1913 p
street northwest
Charles E. Belson, 16 years. 637 Eighth
street northeast
Ernest P. Schnitz, 70 years. Rupert
Home. Anacostia.
Ida T. Thackare, . years. 712 G street
northeast.
Bertha Daniel. p days. Hope and Help
Mission.
Martha NJ. Holland. So years. 15e0 H
street northeast
Samuel fash, months, 1929 Fifth
street northwest.
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Loeb Gratifed
By Confidence
RepoSed in Him

Il am Of course very much gratifed
and feel highly complimented that my
friends should have turned to me with
the confidence that 1 am the man they
want 10 place at the head Of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company"
said WILLIAM Loeb, jr.. Secretary to the
President. today.
Mr. Loeb had. beyond this. nothing
20 add 10 or take from the story The
Times published exclusively last week.
about his having been rendered the
presidency Of the big traction company
by the powerful combination Of local
interests that expects 70 come into con-
troll of the property after the expira-
ton Of the voting pool in June.
Mr. Loeb is not permitting the rail-
way matter in any wise 10 interfere with
the duties Of his position at the White
House, and wanted II understood that
the contemplated change is still con-
siderable time In the future, and that
meantime he will continue where he is.
II is difficult 10 learn the exact status
Of the cOntest-for IL is now frankly
considered a contest-for ConIrOi OF the
voting power in the Washington Rail
way after the POOLS expiration. II Is
said that the opposing interests are now
working 10 get proxies. and neither SIDE
seems positive where II stands.
The interest which is represented by
W. B. Hibbs. however, manifests serene
confidence that IL is going 10 land in
control OF the property, and this Is the
opinion apparently Of most people who
have had opportunity 10 know some
thing OF the details Of the affair.