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is where the fallacy in the reasoning be
gins. All pitchers don't think alike. By
that I mean that what may be one bat
tsr's weakness with a certain twirler
might be just what the batter can hit
when served by another twirler.
The best two reasons that l know (from
actual experience. as the official batting
average will show at the close of each
sea son) are these:
A pitcher when working on an average
of about two games week don't get to
bat often enough to make himself ia
miliar with the art of meeting the ball,
which is the secret of good hitting.
A pitcher who is in the game about
twice a week will in the course of that
time go to the bat about seven times.
while the player who is in. the game ev-
cry day will face the barrier about TWEEN
ty-five times. This fact alone means quite
little to the man who expects to hit with
any degree of consistency.
Another good theory advanced, and one
that seems very reasonable, is the one
that while the twirler is on the slab serv-
ing up the benders to the opposition he is
watching the ball as 1t goes away from
him. but when at the bat the conditions
are reversed and he has to look at the
ball as it is coming toward him.
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FOOT BALL GAME
SHOULD BE EXCITING

The Gun Factory team and its fol-
lowers are confident of success when
they line up against the All Navy to-
morrow morning at American League
Park for the Anal game Of the year.
Gun Factory money is plenty. with few
takers at even money. On dope the
Gun Factory team should be easy win
ners, as it has some of the best foot
ball players in Washington In their
line-up-men who have proven their
ability on other teams. The back field
Is hard to beat in Licarion. DeAIar and
DeWitt-all nervy. aggressive players.
The quarterback Hoover Is well known
to foot ball players as the best 1.35
man in Washington. He was a member
of the old Olympia team when Kerr
was the STAR
The center, Genthler, weighs 200
pounds, and is steady as rock. His
trade, blacksmithing. keeps him strong
and hard, and he is always in condi-
ton. Clements, the right guard, played
first base on the Navy base ball team.
bone and muscle and exceptionally fast
for line man. Burlingame is an old,
experienced man at tackle. having
played foot ball for ten years in Balti-
more and Washington. Robert Roy
Mackey, the right end. is another ex-
perienced man, having played foot ball
for fifteen years on every team around
Washington. AS a whole, the Gun Fac
tory team is one of the best in the
country. All they need is team work
and practice to weld them into a gil
gantic playing machine. 1860 pounds
OF bone and muscle. backed by brains
and nerve.
The Navy team will be in better con-
dition, but the Gun Factory players
rely on strength and past experience
to save the day.
The All-Navy men who are out for
practice are Hair, Blake. Lovereheck,
Anderson, Watson, Bache, Hamerstedd,
Clarity, Feitner, Gaskin, Higgins,
Lange, McHuffer. Scheuer and Duffy.
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LEWIS GIVEN THE
DECISION OVER O'KEEFE

BOSTON. December 24-Harry Lewis
of Philadelphia hammered the life out
of Pat OKeefe of Ireland in a twelve
round bout held under the auspices of
the Winnisimett Club of Chelsea last
evening.
For the first ten rounds the rhiladel-
phian made O'Keefe look like a novice.
Lewis gave him a bad beating for tina
number of rounds and at no time did
the Irish boxer appear dangerous.
The only time that OKeefe showed
any comeback was in the eleventh
round. when he slugged away and got
in close and managed to hit Lewis
some fairly good wallops. but that did
not reverse the tide much.
The spectators were very pleased at
the showing O'Keefe made in the elev-
enth and twelfth rounds. Up until
that time Lewis made the son Of "Old
Erin look like beginner, as he did
not land half a dozen blows in all
the first ten rounds
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FIREMEN FISH OUT MAN.
Had Gone Overheard, But Found the
Water Too Cold.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Firemen
David Sullivan and Dick German were do
ing the deck watch on the fireboat New
Yorker in the heavy fog last night and
chewing the rag when Sullivan. happen
Ing to glance over the side. saw two arms
reaching I'D from the water. They fetch
ed long boat hook and were surprised to
find they had caught man. He was so
numb with cold he could not speak.
An ambulance was summoned from the
Hudson Street Hospital and after some
time the man revived sufficiently to say
that he was Leo Shapiro, twenty-nine
years old. a music teacher living at 90
Henry street. Shapiro said that he had
jumped from the breakwater intending to
commit suicide. When he struck the water.
however. it's tempeGature did not suit him
and he commenced 70 swim. heavy over
coat and ALL The two firemen had pull
ed him out in the nick of time. Shapiro
didn't say why he had wanted to commit
suicide.
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BURTON TO FIGHT FOR TAFT.
Says Foraker's Candidacy Is Scheme
to Balk the Secretary.

CLEVELAND. December 24.-Declaring
that the candidacy of Senator Foraker is
scheme to balk the aspiration of Secre-
tary Taft, Representative Burton yester-
day declared he would fight for Taft
delegation to the state convention from
this county
1.-The question" he said in a signed
statement. lis whether representative of
the progre ssive policies of the present
administration shall be rejected in favor
OF another resident of the state. Whose
candidacy really is not taken seriously.
except as an effort to hamper and defeat
the candidacy of Secretary Taft"
Burton wants the delegates selected
from the county as a whole.
The Foraker leaders hope to have the
delegates elected by wards. Over this
question will come the first fight of the
presidential contest in Ohio.
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MOODY LOST HARD
BOUT TO LOUGHREY

PHILADELPHIA. December 24.-Willie
Moody OF Port Richmond narrowly es-
capped q knockout at the handssof Young
Loughery Of Manayunk at the Spring
Garden Athletic Club last night. Moody
injured his left hand in the third round
Of the contest. and when he returned to
his corner his seconds wanted him to stop.
But the Port Richmond lightweight was
too game to quit. saying that. he could
beat his opponent with one hand. In this,
however. he was mistaken. With one
hand helpless at his side it was all he
could do to hang on with the other In
the three remaining rounds and escape
a knockout.
After the third round the bout was a
veritable farce. Moody Rugged and clincl-
ed and held Loughery's head under his
arm; in fact, resorted to every artifice of
the ring to escape punishment.
With all these the Manayunk slugger
did not know enough about the game to
finish his opponent. While Loughery
earned the verdict. because he had two
hands to punch WITH vet it was a vic
tory which carried with it very little
credit.
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WOODRUFF FOR HARMONY.
Will Not Oppose Permissive Direct
Nomination Scheme.

NEW YORK. December .24-Timothy
J.. Woodruffs latest move to bring about
harmony in the Kings county republican
organization is an announcement that he
is ready to withdraw his opposition TO the
permissive direct nomination scheme. This
plesses the INDEPENDENT republicans who
have been in favor OF that scheme for
several years. Senator Eugene w. Travis
introduced the bill! at the last session OF
the legislature but MIR. Woodruff at that
time opposed it, He then favored a man
datory direct nomination bill.
Mr. Travis will draw UP another bill
and will try to get it enacted at the next
session of the legislature. II het sue
ceeds the republicans in Kings county will
make their nominations next fall under its
provisions
Mr. Woodruff and others believe that
the direct nomination bill will please
everybody and will strengthen the party
in Kings county.
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WALTER CAMP PICKS
ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

Walter Camps all-American foot ball
team of 1907 is as follows:
End, Dague of Annapolis. Exendine of
Carlisle and Wister Of Princeton: tackle,
Draper of Pennsylvania, Horn Of SYRIA
cuse and Lang of Dartmouth; guard,
Zeigler Of Pennsylvania. Rich Of Dart
mouth and Goebel Of Yale; center. Schulz
Of Michigan, Grant Of Harvard and Phil
lips Of Princeton; guard. Erwin of West
Point. Thompson of Cornell and Krider
of Swarthmore: tackle, Bigelow of Yale,
O'Rourke of Cornell and Weeks Of West
Point; end. Alcott of Yale. Scarlet of
Pennsylvania and Mcdonald of Harvard:
quarterback. Jones of Yale. Dillon of
Princeton and Steffen of Chicago; half
back, Wendell of Harvard, Marks Of
halfback, Harlan of Princeton. Hoilen-
back of Pennsylvania and Hauser of Car
Isle; fultback, Mccormick of Princeton,
Coy of Yale and Douglas of Annapolis.
Walter Camp. whose eagerly awaited
all-American foot ball team will appear
in this weeks number Of Golfers. his
honored the west by naming Schulz of
Michigan as the best center Of the year
and placing him on the first team. Stef-
fen of Chicago Is made quarterback OF
the third team, and Capron OF Mime
sofa also is given berth on the third
eleven.
Yale, the championship eleven. Is given
three positions on the famous experts
all-America, while Princeton and Penn
sylvania, the two next best teams. are
represented by two players apiece. Michi-
gan, Annapolis, West Point and Harvard
each landed one star on the hypothetical
eleven.
Mr. Camps selections and the reasons
therefor are perhaps the most interest
Ing he ever submitted.
His observation-disclosures and freedom from
prejudice are quickly recognized when 1t
Is noticed that Mccormick of Princeton
was given the fullback position in prefer
ence to Coy of Yale. who was directly re-
sponsible for Yales victory over Prince
ton, and by executing the crafty plays
that had been taught him by Mr.. Camp
himself.
In picking the team Yale's noted ad-
wiser lays stress on the need of equip
forms OF attack and defense essential to
attack by, and defense to, that most i'm
portant feature, the forward pass"
Tad" Jones of Yale Is considered by
the famous authority par excellence the
most skillful man in any back field in
executing the forward pass and frhstrat-
ing the efforts of the opponents to use
the same play.
He picks as the ends to assist in that
play Alcott OF Yale. 1.-THE best man to
take any kind Of a pass" and Dague of
the Navy, who was the best man on the
gridirop at securing a loose ball-a quail
ity exceptionally valuable in the chances
that are from time to time occurring in
the new game.
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| The first of the cheap yearlings OF last
fall TO take place among the stake-win'
ming possibilities of 1908 has been nomi,
mated for number Of the Coney lsiano
Edward Griffin's Nasturtium- Fieur q Or
colt. The colt, which has been highly
| tried cost 500 at the fall sales
A. ]. Joyner, who for years. has trained
J. B. HaggXs 3 Glm 1a Af farm n in in Ken.
| lucky, will make one more effort with the
once famous horse Cairngorm, now com
ing six years old, an agreement for Cairn'
| registered with thu Jockey Club. Cairn-
gorm was just behind the best horse of his
age as a three-year-old, and though at
four and five he fell far short of his prom
Use, Trainer Jeyner still has hope that the
horse will race up to his three-year-old
record.
American-bred horses have attracted
quite lot Of attention at the English
sales since the recent sale of the brood
mare Gravestnd Cay by Henry OF Na-
mont, for $4,000 The most recent sales
Of Amercan-bred horses included three
head owned by ]. c. Curtis. and all from
the one mare. Star Actress. which raced
Thoebald OF these Mrs. Kendall. by Ten
ny, brought $3.50 and Leslie Carter, by
Saville. brought S1:1Oe, both being brood
mares. The stallion Star of Hanover, by
hanover, Drought $oAU.
NJ. J. Wynn, manager of the two tracks
conducting winter racing at New Orleans,
will spend a part Of Christmas week at
his home in Louisville, and under that ar
! rangement the conference which he Is To
hold with James Butler, president OF the
Empire City Trotting Association. will be
held in Louisville instead of in New Or
leans. Mr.. Wynn managedtthe race meet
ing at the Empire City track last August
for Mr.. Butler and made such success
Of it that on his advice the plans for EN-
His plans as outlined SO far contemplate
list of stakes Of value proportionate to
the requirements Of high-class racing on
the metropolitan circuit. but beyond the
suggestion for the stake program MT.
Wynn has made no announcement OF his
ideas or wishes in the matter Of dates:
The first nominations for the Futurity.
closing January next, to be run in 1910
at Sheepshead Bay. have been received,
two newcomers on the turf sharing the
honors Of being the earliest in the field.
Maj E. ]. Cassatt. son of the late A. ].
Cassatt. and H. ]. Casson are the new
nominators. The Carson nominations in
clude. besides the produce Of the regular
stations Of the Carson farm. the produce
of Star -Pi,lowdex. which would be
a half-brother or sister to the $4,000 Orig
gon-Pillowdex colt bought by H. B. Dur
named Strike-a-Light. Maj. Cassatt 6
nominations, six In number. include the
produce of the famous old Cassatt mare
Equipoise. dam Of The Rhymer and other
winners. and Chatter and Northminster.
all bred to Matchless. Mr.. Cassen of Ok
lahoma, enters the list Of nominators with
an entry Of Bewaxxee, bred to Cayuga.
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TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS.
Gov. Hughes Will Recommend Ap-
preparation of $50, 900.

ALBANY, December 4.-Gov. Hughes
has promised his assistance to State
Health Commissioner Porter to secure from
the legislature at its coming session an
appropriation of $4,000 to fight tubercu-
losis in this state. Commissioner Porter
has already communicated with number
of prominent physicians Of the state. who
have accepted an invitation to become
members of commission to cooperate
with the state department.
The commission to take up this work
includes DIR. Willis G. Macdonald of AL
'bany; DIR. Edward B. Baldwin, Saranac
Lake; DR.. Thomas Harrington. health
commissioner, New York city; DR.. Law
ingston Farrand. secretary National So
ciety for the Cure and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis of New York; DR.. Homer Folks.
New York DR.. George W. Coler. Roches-
ter; DR.. Alfred Meyer, New York: DIR.
Veranus NJ. More. Ithaca: DIR. John II.
Pryor, Buffalo, and DR.. William H. Wat
SON. Utica.
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Policeman Complimented.

Capt. Charles E. Schrom of NO. 10 en-
gine company, in letter to .apt John
c. Daley of the ninth precinct station.
received by the Commissioners. highly
commends Policeman Robert Tapscott for
his action irf stopping runaway horse
December 10 at the risk Of his life. Ac-
cording to the fire department captain the
horse was attached to a delivery wagon
and was running down Maryland avenue
northeast at breakneck speed when Po-
.iiceman Tapscott, who was mounted, gave
chase. Tapscott, it is stated. leaned from
his horse after catching up with the run
away and turned the frightened animal
into 18th street northeast, bringing it to
a standstill According to Capt. Schrom
the corner of 18th street and Benning
road was crowded at the time with pedes-
TRANS and teams and serious accident
would have doubtless been the result IL
the runaway animal had not been stoppe-.
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COLUMBIA CHESS
EXPERTS IN THE LEAD

NEW YORK, December 24-At the
close of the second round of the intereol-
legiate chess tournament at the West Side
Republican Club last night Columbia re-
NAMED in the lead with score of six
points. well ahead of Harvard. Yale and
Princeton. The Morningside Heights lads
had succeeded in placing another match
to their credit by disposing of the Prince
ton quartet to the tune of games to 1,
Only three games of the Harvard-Yale
match were finished. and of these Yale
scored to Harvard's /. The Crimson fol-
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London's Friends Fear Acct
dent

SAN FRANCISCO. December 24.-Rela-
tives and friends of Jack" LONDON. the
novelist, and his wife are anxious over the
failure of the steamer Mariposa to bring
mail from the author, who. with his parity
in the power boat Shark left Hilo
October for Papett. Island of Tahiti.
They had not been heard from I'm that
place when the Mariposa left December
for this city. London. upon leaving
Hilo, wrote to relatives here that he eX-
pc cted to reach Papett in Ave or six weeks,
With Mr.. and Mrs. London are Cap.
James Langhorne Warren of Washington,
D. c., Martin Johnson OF Independe nee.
Kan. one sailor. a Chinese cook and O
Chinese CABIN boy.
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HILDRETH TO HAVE
E. DUGAN FOR WINTER

SAN FRANCISCO, December &c. E.
Durnel has turned over the jockey K.
Dugap to S. C. Hildreth, in whose keep
ing he will remain for the winter. Dugan
departed with Hildreth for Los Angeles
last night The boy is under contract to
report to Mr.. Harry Payne Whitney at
the opening of the New York season. on
April 10. 1908.
Hldreths reason for sending his horses
to the Los Angeles track is that the con-
tinued heavy rains have made it difficult
for him to train them at Emeryville. AS
the dates for the stake engagements ap-
proach, however, Hildreth will ship his
various candidates back here to race in
them.
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SUE p. R. r. FOR 1000, 900.
Coal Companies Allege Discrimina
tiop and Rebates.

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, December 24.-Suits
were entered in the Cambria county court
yesterday for $l.6OOO0O damages by the
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
and the Webster Coal and Coke Company
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany.
The plaintiffs declare in the papers filed
that the Pennsylvania railroad since 1903
has Disseminated against them in the dis
tribution Of coal cars and in favor of the
Glsn Campbell Coal Company, and also
that rebates have been granted to other
corporations which have greatly injured
the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs have a score of mines in
this county and others in Blair county.
Their capitalization is 10000, 900.
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Wireless to Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, December PA sys-
tenn Of wireless topography is to be estab
lished between New York and Philadel-
phia. Yesterday a permit was issued by
the building department for the erection
of a wireless telegraph tower on Chestnut
Hill by the United States Wind Engine
and Pump Company of Batavia, III.
A similar tower is to be erected on some
high point IN or near New York. 1t is the
intention of the company to send wireless
kilograms between the two points and
distribute them by telephone.
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MUSCATINE LADS =
DEFEATED I'd REGIMENT

large crowd Of enthusiastic basket
ball sports was on hand at the Center
Market Armory gymnasium last evening
and saw the downfall Of the I'd Regiment
team at the hands Of the Muscatine, Iowa,
team by score of 30 to q. The contest
was of forty minutes duration, and in
that time both teams played fast game
The Regiment boys started off witt,
rush and at the end of the first half the
score was In their favor, IL to Is AS
the game progressed Kautz, for the WIS.,
itors, took advantage Of the free throws
from fouls of the Soldiers and tossed the
goals, which gave his team the game. He
was the star Of the game. as he made %
Of the 20 points for his team. Schlosser
played a fine game for the local team and
was the only player who was not penal
lied for fouling. The lineup:
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WINTER WORK FOR
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS

Nearly all the golf professionals have
completed their plans for the winter,
A good many will. as usual, identify
themselves with southern greens. while
the percentage of those who have de-
cided to forget work and spend few
weeks with friends and relatives in
Scotland is larger than ever.
Willie Anderson, a four times ma
tiohai open champion. has finished his
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Air Brakes Cause a Wreck.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, December "a
AS result OF failure of air to work prop
,erly on an eastbound freight train of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ten miles
west of here this morning one man is
dead, one fatally injured and one badly
hurt Brakeman John Norris. twenty
eight years old. Of Orleans Crossroads,
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lowers. however. are hopeful of getting
another point as the result of adjudica-
ton of the pending position between
Johnson and Thurston. the two top men
in this match. The Harvard player is a
pawn ahead. and Thurston's defense is
quite difficult. .-....
A decision by DR.. Lasker, the worlds
champion. is expected before the close of
the tourney today. At present Princeton
Is in second place. but hardly within hail
Ing distance of Columbia whose players
are likely to retain the trophy captured
last year. There is little to choose be-
tween the positions Of Yale and Har-
ward.
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died at the Kings Daughters Hospital
yesterdal afternoon.

Fireman Thomas Keesecker of this city
has a mashed chest. He is at the Kings
Daughters Hosital and likely to die. Con-
ductor McGallis, of Brunswick. Md. has
his left arm badly hurt and other
col tusions on his body. He was removed
to his home. The wreck occurred on the
lowgrade cutoff between Cherry Run and
the Hedgesville tower. The eastbound
freight was being helped up the grade
by helper engine when the air hose on
the train broke. causing the brakes to
tighten and the train to stop. The helper
engine, under full steam. crashed into the
caboose. wrecking it and throwing cars
of coal in every direction. All the vic
tins were in the caboose Fireman Keo.
seeker being on his way home here after
completing his run. This was the first
fatal wreck on the cutoff since 1t was built
four years ago.
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BOWLING BATTLES.
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
BASE BALL NOTES.

Manager Jim Mcguire OF the Boston
American League club has decided to re-
tain Jack Knight as substitute infielder
Ban johnson is confident that there will
be no war with the American Association.
He expects. to see peace before the spring
meeting of the big leagues and the west
erners.
Connie Mack, who is in California, is
confident that Kruse, his California re.
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The records to date:
HARVARD.

IOtaIs. 8 IT TVtdIs. 81 ~
The third and final round will be played in the
following order today: First board. Wolf. CO.
lumbia, Johnson Harvard; second board
Blumbers. Columbia. VS.. Hit. Harvard; third
hoard. Ramsdel. Columbia. VS.. Parshley. Har-
ward; fourth board. Comstock, Columbia. vs..
Browne, Harvard; fifth board. Thurston. Yale
vs. Williams, Princeton; sixth board. Jefferson
Yale. Stephens. Princeton; seventh board. E.
r. Burgess. Yale. VS. Alexander. Princeton
eighth board, q. Burgess. Yale, vs.. Tiemann
PRINCETON.
W6if Hit. Ramsdell Browne. Thurston. Ste
phens, f. Burgess and Tiemann will play the
white pieces.
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,Goals-Earnshaw, Keliher, Schlosser g. Bopp
g: Reyes, Fuller g.; kautz g. L!ilihridge; Free
thTows,ksuts ~. keilher ~. HUBBARD 49,. Of
Volger. Time Of halves-20 minutes.
In the preliminary game the Caprons
beat the Fendalls In close game.