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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27
STRONG HOPE OF SUCCESS.
Potomacs Encouraged in Fight for
Middle States.

The Potomac Boat Club is receiving
strong encouragement in the fight 1t Is
naktng to obtain the National Middle
States regatta for 1903 here on the Poto-
mac river, and this is pleasing to mem
hrs Of the regatta committee Of the or
.anization who are pushing the matter
butte an effort Is being made by several
other places for the honor of managing
his important aquatic meet, but at Inc
present writing Washington and the
Potomac Boat Club seemingly have
good lead.
Many of the clubs of Philadelphia are
more eager to get the Middle states thah
he annual National, because of the 1ac'
that more clubs of that city are actlVels
engaged in rowing than any otner Sec
ton. and as the Middle States gives ever!
lass q chance to row, they argue that II
s the best one for the place: II is prac-
ically settled that the National VIII &c
gain to Philadelphia, and the leadliie
parsmen Of that city think that with tle
American Henley in May the Ieop!e > ~
:uly and the National in August, it wouio
be good politics to go after the Middle
States These spirits are Whooping II VI
or Washington.
New York always want the date, but as
had it last year. it is unlikely that tht
tIIlCeTS Will NOlt " Ai'i' - "a 49,
Iyer in 1903 If a bid Is made by any othei
arominent place. The Patapsco Navy OF
baltimore would willingly assume the
ate. and It may be that 1t Will enter the
ght for the privilege. There arr two
iyely. up-to-date clubs over there-the
umping kind that enthuse over efforts
nd they will make things hustle II they
of down to double-harness work.
|. The Potomacs realize. they have stu
,andous job to land the prize; but they
ave never fail d to accomp lSh the 1eal
N the past, and as they are going IN 10
vim as they do in everything they under
Ike. they do not fear defeat. The DE-
>ision will not be reached until early
spring. ~ ~ e,..b
he drawings of the new home OF tn
po+omacs. a mass meeting OF the club Will
he held and all the details of the struc-
.ure as well as the future of the clup-
viii ha discussed. The new move on
he mart of the Potomacs is gigantic IN
proportion. and If carried through 10
success will rebound with interest to the
club. ,. ,o o,o. :,
The Arundles of Baltimore made a clear,
sweep OF the Ariels in the recent annual
r,ratta of the Patapsco Navy, defeating
them in every race. but at the none
coming" regatta last week, the AIleds
turned the tables and defeated the cEain-
NON Arundles IN senior tours senior
ights and senior gigs. It was crush
ing blow to the Arundels' prestige as the
winners of the championship for 1901
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What Hulen Recommended.

Hulen, former shortshop of the Phil
adelphia National League club, and a
left-handed one. at that was touted as a
find when he Joined the major league
ranks a decade ago: but after the Phillies
had given him a thorough trying out dur
Ing which process the little fellow PLAYED
brilliantly in spots 1t was decided to at
tach the can to his person.
When Hulen was Informed of this pro-
in philosophical manner AS he didn't
over the matter. the management asked
him If he would mind stopping in Fall
River, Mass, and talk with the great
LaJole regarding his joining the Philadel-
rhia team
AS Hulen readily assented. he was let
go that night. When he showed up at
Falls River the following morning, and
went out to the ball grounds to see Nap.
that great bail player received him as If
he were prince, and soon all the PR
liminaries to Larry's joining the Phillies
were settled
As Hulen was IN a hurry TO get to his
home in Maine he didn't spend much
TIM in Iarrys company, hut just n
said the final goodbye, and was beating
it toward the exit gate, Lajoie raced after
him and asked
"Oh. 1 forgot to ask you: how is the
best way to go to Philadelphia"
Dead, If possible" shortly replied HUI
len. us he continued to hot-foot IL to-
ward the gate. while Larry stood as il
dazod. and gaznd after the retreating
form OF Mr.. Hulen while his expressive
cOunttnaHCe did IA" cham leon act W. =
Il came tC-. Lin g--g - Ll--a Oh Qges. II ~
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BASE BALL STORIES.

something interesting as well as original
On the Washingtons' second trio Ia
iCetrolt last season Delehanty was one o.
Inc members OF the team, and while
crossing from Cleveland to Detroit a ter
r.bie wind blew over the lake, and when
a busy wind weeps Ger any of the five
great lakes you can gamble on it tina
there Is something doing
On TINS particular. occasion the wind
carried on som thing scandalous" TIL
ooat got rocking all right. and the
roiks In both Cleveland and Detroit b.
gan to have some fears for the safety O.
the boat which carried the nimble spik =
shoe lads. The wind increased as tn
night advanced, and people in d troll
remained up all night on the lake front
the steamer.
Several of the members of the Detroit
club became 50 apprehensive that they
made 1t their business to loiter around
the water front until the boat finally
much weatherbeaten, came slowly I'D T.
her wharf the next morning
one of these Detroit payers was tn
celebrated William Coughlin. of beloved
memory in Washington. and tn frs;
person who caught sight of Bill was
Delehanty, who. when he saw tn good
natured countenance of Capt. Coughlin
threw himself into his arms and with
many heroes faxed a weeping spell.
When Bill was able at last to get Jim
into a sensible mood. he said to that
merry cut-up:
That was a terrible wind you had on
the lake list night, wasn't it. Jim?"
Was it?" cried Jim, with c-imace
as If the recollection OF the mig IT'S ex-
perience was almost too much for him
You can we'll say it was. Bill Coughl'n
Why, believe me or not" want on Jim
the wind was SO furious that II r.
nuired the services of six strong sailors
with the assistance OF Charley Hckna7
and myself. to hold TIE capt aims
whiskers on"
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By Revere Rodgers.
Davy Jones' Warning.

Detroits fleet left fielder. Mr. Davy
Jones. is the proprietor of a little drug
store up in Wisconsin. and it's claimed
that Davy Is also something of a physi-
clan when it comes to giving good advice
to those of his ailng patrons who are too
tight around the purse strings when It
comes to calling in graduate medicine
man.
AS Davy Is himself economical when 1t
comes to burning the long green in
punches. he no doubt sympathizes with
mis- clients. and to show them that he IS
all right as a physician he has all the
latest appliances employed by this fra
ternity.
One of Davy's directions to his patrons
is that every Rube must have thermom-
eter. SO that he can take his own temper
allure, especially when in an ailins con-
dition. and after he has performed that
feat all he has to do is to bring the result
TO Davy and that ball-play.ng druggist
doctor will dish him out the dope" guar
antced to put the disease ''On the blink. "
AS all the huskies UP near the burg
where Jones Joint is located swung on to
the druggists hint about buying Their
mometers. the genial Mr.. Jones soon
found it necessary to order a cargo more
OF tIIt S.elSS LliDts DIS tiIc III i!S vi
dered from sent him a batch of catchy
looking fever takers Davy thought It
would be good idea TO hang one of the
thermometers outside the door in order
to attract the eye of some prospective
purchaser.
Acting on the inspiration. Mr.. Jones Sc
lected one of the newly arrived thermom-
tiers and nailed It to the wall outside
th.. store, and then he W mt inside and
waited for the rush. But the rush was
slow in maturing. so Davy w mt outside
to see If any one was looking at the
thermometer. when he found that the
glass tube affair was gone.
Davy, who is terribly hard loser. be-
gan to say awful things about the chap
who had done the second-story stunt with
his two-bit imported thermometer. In the
midst OF his TRADE against the Hght-f1n-
gered gent who had flched the goods a
thought struck Davy and &c darted in
| side the store and selling a paint brush
| and a pot of marking fluid he got real
busy
The result Of MS labors soon attracted
| q large crowd about the Jones drug store.
| for Davy in his iresome mood had painted
| 2 sign which ne hung on the outside OF
his store in the place where the Their
! mometer had stood. and which contained
| the following sentence:
| The person who took the thermometer
| from outside of this store had better r.
| turn 1t. as 1t Will do him no good where
| he is bound for. as 1t registers only 100
degrees"
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What Sam Crawford Read.

Sam Crawford. the big Detroit out
Aelder, used to be a great fellow for cad
ing those highly colored weekly papers
that are usually to be found in ba,
shops. and which are filled with blood
curdllng stories of horriDl. things that
happen throughout the country.
sam perhaps acquired his love for this
uplifting literature when he was working
at his trade as a barber out in Nebra ska.
At any rate. the bloodie- the account
OF the tragedy was the more pleaslr 1t
seemed to arouse in Mr. Craw ord $
mighty breast, ard he us to .etdii
these pink papers to those of his com
rades who would listen.
Toward the closing days of the recent
base ball SEASON It was motto - by sew
eral of the Detroit players that Crawford
= med 10 have lost all interest IN his
favorite periodicals. and much comment
among the members of the club ensued
rs to the cause of Sans strange deser-
ton.
One day, when the team was in Wash
ngtou, and Sam Crawford was found by
Ty Cobb stretched out on a sof1 in the
lobby of the hotel where the D troits put
up, reading a local paper with interest OF
the devourinG variety, Ty went UP to him
ana inquired:
How IS It. Sam. that you yer read
those barber shop papers any moro,
which tell of murders. suicides, and so
FORTH"
Not exciting enough any mora" re-
piled Crawford. as h ramn.ed a wad OF
chewing gum in his mouth and kept on
though. in lunches" h added. as he
turned over TO the next page. by realins
thesa remarkable cures effected by the
different patent medicines"
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EXPERTS WILL MEET.
Arranging Three-Cushion Billiard
Tourney at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS Mo. October 26.-Promoters
here are endeavoring to secure the entries
Of Emilio Marva of Paris and Eugene
Sanchez, SPANS billiard champion. for
an international. three-cushion tournament
TO be he'd in the city next month. If none
of the foreigners can be induced to COM
pete the tournament will be a national
affair
Lloyd Jevne, who IS considered the clev-
crest cushion player in this country: AL
fredo De ORC. former pool champion:
John HOrgdn and Thomas Hueston the
latter being the pres Mt pool champion
and the former having held the title
twice, are among the three-cushion pay
ers now appearing in academy games in
St. Louis. In addition TO their entries the
promoters expect 20 get Jerome KeOgh,
the former pool champion, who is now
playing three-cushion games at Buffalo:
Joe Capron and Billy Cation. Narva has
consented to cross the At autic If the
winners end is enough to make it worth
his while.
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order that Albany might be proclaimed
the champions but the plot miscarried,
and the association decided that the Ma
tionals were entitled TO the pennant.
In 1880 the Nationals again won the
coveted trophy. defeating almost every
team in the circuit; chasing their old
rivals the Albanys, out Of the race en-
tirely. 1 want to say right here that the
Nationals had n team in 1850 that was re-
garded az the best in America. and in this
opinion l am not giving one-man view,
but they proved it by defeating the lead
ing league teams that played special
games with them. and al the sporting
writer's of that year gave them the credit
for the best all-around team then before
the public.
hey were the quickest team workers
I ever saw. and with Charley Snyder and
Jack Lynch IN the points 1t was the I'M
expected that always happened. as that
tricky pair were constantly working off
some play that would catca tn ir oppo-
nents unawares. Joe Gerhardt. the great
est second baseman of that period. was
another quick thinker Of plays. and. liz
the famous King Kelly. there was no tell
ing what he would do next.
THE team of 1880 was composed of
Lynch and Derby. pitchers; Snyder, Trott
and Baker. catchers Powell. first base :
Gerhardt second base: MOrrissey, third
base; McClelland. shortstop; Mansell, left
field; Baker. center field. and Derby and
field. 1t was a powerful batting team
was terror to all pitchers. in fact, all
pitchers looked alike TO this aggregation,
which led the country in fielding"
Champions in 1884.
In 1884 the Nationals were in the new
orga nization which was called the Union
Association with teams in the cities of
New York. New Bedford, Baltimore,
Richmond. Albany. Worcester and Spring
field. and this association at once became
the first affair of the east. as the teams
had the cream of the players of the coun-
try. The local grounds were at the corner
of New Jersey avenue and street north
west. and the games attracted wide atten-
ton everywhere. those in the early spring
being attended by nearly all of the base
ball inclined representatives, who were
only a square away from the grounds.
In this association were Sam Crane
now a base ball writer; Tin Murnane o.
the Boston Globe: Jim Mutrie. later the
manager of the New York Giants: Ed
Chapman. the old Atlantic of Brooklyn
leader; NJ. B. Scanlon o. this city and
others. and the organization pros perad
from the start. The Nationals won the
championship. defeating the Richmond
club for the honor. having a fine team OF
youngsters who a few years afterward,
when the organizations of the country
got together and formed the big National
League. became stars of the first magni-
tude.
Hence become tired when l hear peo-
pie constantly prating about the pity that
this city never had champion team
when for three years we had the best in
America and which l hope to see come
our way again"
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NATIONALS OF THIS CITY HAVE BEEN
BASE BALL CHAMPIONS SEVERAL
TIMES IN THE PAST.

How many of the people of Washing
ton are aware that the National team of
this city won championship hcnors since
professional base ball was started In
this city," asked one of the thirty-third
degree rooters last night at the sporting
rendezyoux.
Il near people constantly saying that
with all of Its base ball history the pity OF
It Is that the city cannot gst a winning
team together, and lately, while watching
the Cnicago-Detroit games IN front of
The Star office the remark was made
many times of the shame that the Ma
t:onais did not capture the pennant at
Least once IN order to make things look
good for the capital.
Now, as a matter OF fact, Washington
has Won three championships, and each
vas won while the team carried the name
Of the Nationals at its head, never win
ming any honors while the legend Wash
Hgtons was fioated from the flagstaff.
Back in 1879 and 1880 the country wGs
literally base ball mad, and, somewhat
like unto the present period. there We're
any number Of leagues and associations.
but the two leading ones were the Ma
ttonal League and the National Associa-
ton, the Nationals OF this city being rep
resented in the latter organization. The
cities represented were Albany, Roches-
ter, Springfield. Holyoka, Worcester
Manchester, New Bedford and. OF course
Washington.
Right here I want to say. for the pure
article of ibass bal, that that circuit in
those years could not be eXcelled by any
of the major leagues Of the present days,
for each team was made up of the best
players OF the land and the contests at
tracted crowds that taxed the capacity OF
very park where the games were played.
1T was in this association that left
hand batsmen began to attract attention,
cor it was always the opinion of the old
fans-thosA prior to 1sTS-that left-hand
batters were weak In making up the
batting order these players were general
~ placed at the bottom of the list In
1873 the Manchester team revoiutionized
things by sending five left-handed hitters
to the bat to start with. and this move
caused more newspaper talk than any
thing that had come up for years.
''All Of the know-it-all predicted an ut
ter failure OF the scheme of s'nding left
Rand ID batsinen TO face the pitcher first
The fight for hOnors In this association
hen going on In the National League. Is
cho Chicagos as In the past season, were
tha whole thing, and the fight between tn
Nationals Albarys and New Belfords
was as highly interesting. and at the
same time as exciting, az that which later
occurred between the Detrolts, Chicasos
and Atlantics. The mere announcement
that they vera to meet would cause al
most an entire cessation from business
pursuits in the cities where the games
were played.
Nationals Two-Time Winners.
THE Nationals won the pennant in 1879,
and a move was made to throw out some
of their victories from the Holyokes. in
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AUTUMN RIDING
THE CYCLERS' DELIGHT


For perfect cycling weather. ard days that In
spire the rider with the sheer Joy Of living no
other season OF the year be compared with
autumn.
The roads at this time are at their best FOR
folks a-wheel. Hardened by the summers traffic,
they easily resist the first fall rains, and It IS
not until winter has secured firm grasp with
alternate sharp frosts and softening thaws that
the roads will cease 10 beckon 10 the true lover
of nature and sane, revivifying recreation. III
deed. in nearly every latitude of this great land
wheeling in the open is an Ideal sport until the
new year comes in.
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Klinr for Cincinnati Reds.

.'ISCINNATI. October 26-lt Is re-
U that Catcher Johnny King. the
~ lagKstop Of the worlds champion
go cubs will be picked as the man
.rr - the Reds next year To succeed
Hauluu. Who has retired from active
ball Hermann has some good
AT for the management IN his own
ml but he may wish o. iufu-- a BIT
new blood in t-r team veins, and
.lr.1 chan pionsh'p rorpusrI"s may look
b.. pretty good stun COR such infusion
without doubt klius would make an cx
.auent leader Tor team
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Charley Hickman's Experience.

Charley Hickman, who is daservedly
popular wherever hn hangs his hat Is at
present making Washington his head
quarters.
Hick always manages to steal away
rom tn" cares of business to take a five
mile walk daily, and his figure is well
known to tn average Washing oman
The other day Charley, was sauntering
along street. and just as he got In the
vicinity of 9th street he was help up by
beggar. who. putting out his hand in an
appealing manner, pitifully cried:
p. as. SIR. wont YOU In 4 poor blind
man by giving him dime?''
"Why, you're not wholly blind" said
HEX. You can see out OF one eye" ha
added
We'll, then" said the beggar, with des-
peration In his tone, gimme a nickel -
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culture teachers were able to achieve IN the hfty
years that preceded the palmy days OF the b.
cycle. Every dny that Is lost IN bringing back
its sane and salutary is loss IN good red
blood. clear brains and the sort OF muscles We
need for the daily struggle all wag!ng
At present prices and with better materials and
helpful accessories than were known ton
years ago. we all can ride, and all should
So here's long life to our returning friend-Ihe
Wheel"
That there is much truth in the foregoing
statement that high quality and low prices are
at present happily combined IN the bicycle. Will
be confirmed by all who have looked into the
prices of wheels this year. They not alb
surdly cheap. of course. Worth always brings
honest price. But there Is no gainsaying the
fact that the wheel OF today has qualities and
high grade features that could not have been
supplied at any figure a few years ago. because
they are part OF the modern bicycles perfection
and development. And II is also true that grade
for grade the general reduction in prices is most
gratifying 20 new riders and the many thousands
who are today returning to the wheel.
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the wheel. and other resorts where wealth sne
culture seek recreation were not slow to follow
suit.
At Newport there a degree OF cycling that
compared favc-ahly with the so-caled Rad days
OF the wheel. Tor once. at least. our physical
culture advisers. long headed medical men and SO
ciety with big : were OF one accord.
4 prominent eastern paper. referring 10 this
combination and 10 cycling In general says
The wheel was the best friend. from a physical
viewpoint, that the present generation ever saw.
II did more for the men and womcn-now in mid
die age-thau all the gymnasiams and physical
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Harry White and the Ticket Man.

When Harry White, the Chicago twirler,
frs; hroke into fast company. h sign d
with the Philadelphia team and. much
elated over his contract. HE'D himself to
the railroad depot in Washington. and
going up to the tickle chonnrr's window
said to the man behind the wicket
Il want to get ticket to Philadelphia
can l also take a sleeper to the Quaker
city,
You sure can" replied the man who
doled out the pastnboard; but that town
is overcrowded with them alread~S'
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Another Fight Place in San Francis

san FRANCISCO. Cal, October cit
looks as though Jimmy Coffroth would
have opposition in San Matco county. as
the Palm Athlete club : making ar
rangements to have a frst-class arena.
suitable for skating as vel as for holding
boxing contests. erected within seven MIN.
utes' ride of I'd and Townsend streets The
people behind tie venture state that they
have been granted = license ~ hold forty
FIVE round bouts,
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Jim Delahanty's Descriptive Powers.

Jim Deiehanty who has all the ear
marks OF being star ball player IN the
season OF 1905. and il IS hoped for sew
eral seasons after, Is n young gentleman
who might be termed a master. when IL
comes 20 language OF tie descriptive
variety
when Jim starts out TO tell anything
one may be sure that he viii get of