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WORLDS HAMMER RECORD.


WCbFutb ~ WOW uWfh -. Ss HuFOW3 W.
Feet q Inches at rippcrsry Games.
Matthew j. McGrath Of the New York A.. C..
broke the worlds record for throwing the 10
pound hammer from q seven foot circle yes
terday at Celtic Park, his distance being
i7S feet 9 inches. II everything turns out
TO be correct according 70 the rules Of record
making McGrath's throw wipes awsy the
previous worlds mark Of i72 feet II inches
by John J. Flanagan. made on the same
ground on July 81, 1904.
McGrath is . native Of the parish Of Boher.
county Tippersry. Ireland, and. :pproRriately
aIy Men. ANNUAL games, which, were open
blond Tipperary map's second year 10 open
composition, although he has been practising
for about ak years. Last yenr he won the
Junior METROPOLITAN championship and in the
throw of 10 feet . inches. MoGrath In Q feet
/ inch tall. weighs ,2o pounds and has a chest
measurement OF 80 inches. His trials yester-
day were 40 feet, III. feet II inches, I72 feet
Q inches, i12 feet 10 inches and rs feet 9 inches.
Lee Talbot Of the irish A. A. G. was second,
q throw Of 100 feet.
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Games Scheduled for To-day.
Baseball Notes.

There were nineteen shutouts In the big leagues
last week. OF which fourteen were in the National
Leag
Not only are the Brooklyns worrying the beat Of
them by their good ball playing, but they are max
ing the M gnates sit up and take notice by the
crowds they are drawing. The Donovanitcs are
the sensation Of the len que at present.
With their manager and captain enjoying an en-
forced vacation. the Cubs have not been playing
with their customary speed and ginger.
We will be hitting the spit ball all over the lot
by the end OF the year" declares Kid Elberfeld,
We have worked out a system TO beat II. but as II
has not passed the experimental stage yet, I won't
say what lines We are working on" So AR as the
Kid Is concerned his natural ability 20 hit II 4
system that beats most pitching.
The New York opinion that Burnett OF the Cardi-
nails 10 . pretty likely newcomer Is seconded in
Boston.
Adrian joss says Clark Is the best catcher In the
business, There is none better than the Cieve-
land backstop,
nsssssit fcle Grsunss. Today . ?. n.
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New Cycling Record From New York 10
BOsfOn.

Bosros. Mass, July i4.-Wiliam +. Rhodes.
the Roxbury cyclist. who left New York at
. o'clock yesterday morning. arrived In this
city this morning at .l:0s. covering the dis
tance In % hours sminutes, breaking the pre-
yious record Of u hours 81 minutes. rmsrly
held by Warren r. Taylor, the old road rider
the nrst Of miles TO bridgeport in i've hours.
AZ noon he arrived at Hartford. lis miles
from his starting point. A short run TO
dinner he set out for Worcester. The roads
between Warren and Palmer we're particu.
larry bad: but ne arriysa :son w sa sop ~
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LOCAL TENNIS THIS WEEK,
Enslewood and seabrisbt Journeys Schcd-
uIcd TO Be .slayed.

The two lawn tennis tournaments Of thS
week locally are those Mt Englewood and
Seabright. The Ensle.ood tournament has
attracted n good entry. especially in the com
petitions Tor Somen. who have great liking
for the tournament. The tourney begins to.
day at the EnFlewood r. C.. witt play carded
in TIE mems singles and doubles, women's
singles and dounles and mixed doubles. Louis
=. Coe is chairman OF the tournament com
mittcc. Last year r.. q. Anderson won the
mems singles, II. r, Dewhr rat and y. r. Y.
Lyon tho mems doubles. Miss Marie Wagner
the women's singles md Mrs. l.. s. Coe and
Mrs. II. d. Plat. then the national cham
pions. the " mons doubles.
The invitation tournament NJ the Seabrtsht
Law Tennis and Cricket Club will he rather
an extensive affair. In tie round robin
doubles there are four teams. r. &, AleIAn.
der and II. II. IIackett. William A. Larned
and ". J. Clothlcr. RID. Little ard ". Ward
and =. Il. Pell and Robert Leroy. There
also will be lose and quit" singles. in which
are entered " A. Larned, r. G. Colston. BIS
Leonard, u. Z. Larned and q. d, Little. Stuart
Duncan has presented cups for the doubles.
f.. B. Alexander Is the present holder Of the
Achelis cup for singles. Samuel Riker. Jr.
has presented a cup for the winner OF ths
tournament.
The programme Of matches Il.
To. day Doubles. alexander and Harkett w.
LINE aud Ward. singles, VI. A. Larncd vs. CoI.
singles. Iiitlc VS.. =. p Larntd, Prentice VS.. Leon
and Ward, thursday Doubles. Pcll and feRoy
Is. Alsssnder and hSGke!l singles; winner W.
winner Clothler Carleton W. winner Prentice.
LEONARD, Friday Finals in singles; doubles. Pei
s i.nsr Lf fpaSd Us in L siss. eeG d @tIS, S Ssi"T Ong IehSI
vs.. Larncd and Clothier.
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sweet Iars pgurnG well. In the steeple-
chase. over the short course. Pagan Rev
SunEIow and The Doctor have rood chances.
IN the third race. at elk furlongs. CressIna,
sister Frances and Gambnnus have a look in.
Msdens will run in the sixth event. at a mile
and a sixteenth, with Littleton Maid, Howard
Snean and Hsensel perhaps the best. The
entries follow:
First Race-For two. year olds; selling. .x fur.
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Totals. u. 0 II Is p 2 Totals. , s.44 10 s
1.-TWO out when winning run was made.
Newark. o o. O I o 0 o I o o Is
Montreal.O o O o o ! o %
Two base hits-Mullen, StanAge. Corcoran. Sac
Ss.esn Ensls ~ S,ansss. Mullen. '5 Joyce. Si FIST
base on balls on PaIdee, ?: OF Herbst.. g. Struck
out--By Pardec, o: by Herbst, q. Wild pitch-Herbst
Fiut base on e~rrors-Newsrk. 2. Left on bases
Newark, II: Montreal, 4. Umpircs-McCarthy and
CusAck. Ttme-3 hours and 20 minutes. Attendance
1000.
AT ROCKY POINT.
'. "
Rochester. ....,.,.0 O 90 o o o o 90
Battenes-Bary and Peterson: Barger and
RAsTsRN LEAGUE STANDING.
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Chicago, 8: washington, 5 Double piays-NIn
and Owen. Three bsse hitsNaAndsnon. Hickmsn:
hits-Smith, Davis. Stolen hsscs-Aitiser, Dele
hanty. az. anderson. Dcnohue. HitsLOn Smith.
2. Struck out BY Smith. d BY Owen, O. by Patton,
Z. Hit BY pitcher by smith. !; BY Pattep. l. I'm:
DO minutes. Attendance-it0oo. E4,-
LnAous n ANpINo
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TlJRF.
e. r. Wilder. g. NJ. Alpin, 8: Flcischman, 1; Forbes, o.:
Nernan. ]: DIR. Humphreys, I. ToNA q.

~ r. WHIT, J, NJ. NIpIH, ., FItSCHWhn, IT. FOrDeB, o.
Vernan. !: DIR. Humphreys, 1. ToSl "a.
The fifth round for the presidents cup for
men was also played. and ID. II. M. klpiD,
whose score was 2 up or bo"rN won with 3
points. Enos Wilder was psSeB6 I up, an!
received 2 points. and T.. Shippep. even,
scored ! point. The other scores were A.
Swords. . down: C. Fieischman. ? down; Y. Z.
Smith. 2 down: Vanderpool. 3 down: A.
Vernan 5 down.
BAY SIDE, July Is.-Henry- Z. Bogert quail
fed to-day to compete In the final for the
governors cup at the Oakland Golf Club.
In doing SO h- returned the low net score OF ~.
Mr.. Bogert also had the best gross card OF tho
day. The scores:
Henry L. Bogert. 10, f5-T4 Y. II. Gordon, Jr.,
90, IFS; W. b, Donncii. 90. IL rs: Lott Majone,
e2, $50 p H.. Moore. %, 1851: Clarence Y.
Colgate. s5. iO-sS: j. c. Wilson. iso, SIS.
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WARRINGTON.

First base on error-Chicago. l. Left on bases
Chicago. :: Washington. o Double plsy-Fsik-
Davts. Stolen bases-Hahn Mcfarland, Dclehaniy.
First base on bsLs..0n FalkenberS,, Struck
Fnikenbers. .. Umpires- O'Loughhn and Hurst.
Time-i hour and e minutes.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago and Washington Break Even In q
Double Header.

CHICAGO. July A-ChicaKo and wsshin Rton
broke even in q double header this IN
Errors by MI and Shipke netted three runs for the
would have scored q shut out victory. Smith was
In the eighth two doubles and a triple were made
on Ovena The acOre.
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A MISUNDERSTANDING. 2: Columbus. I.
A Kansas City City. Z; Indiana polls, 3.
Al MINI a pois-P1rst game-Minncapods,3 .: To-
ledo; Second e,Minneepotls .: Toledo. 2.
game-Louisvflle. 4: 81. Paul. 4.
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New York state League.

A. Ctica-ScrAnton. ?: Utica, 4.
A. Troy-Syracuse 10: Troy,
SECOND game BinghAmton. o Albany. ..
A. Ticonderoga-Wilkesbsr Z: A. J. q o., s.
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EASTERN LEAGUE.

NEWARK, 8; MONTREAL. 2.
NEWARK. July H.-Eneles single. q steal and
Corcoran's nun of Mahltng's ny gave Newark q
victory 70 day. There were two men out nj the
time, The score:
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southern League.

~ Memphis Nom phis. A TrtIe Rork,
~ New Orleans NV or cans, g. .hrrrport.
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Hawkins Wins Long Island Cycle Derby.

VALLEY STREAM. y. V. July IL. %.
Hawkins. G. Y, &. A.. with n handicap OF
5 minutes won the Lone Island Derby. a
twenty-mile handicap road race held this
afternoon under the auspices OF the Century
kRad CLUB Association. The course was
OYER the famous Merrick road, from Tom
Vests hotel, Nalley Stream, to Baldwin and
back twice. There were hfty-two starters
and the time was SIS minutes rs seconds. e.
Nerent of the Thrower Wheelmen won the
first time prize from scratch with SIS minutes
3 seconds.
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Central League.

Central League.
A. Grand Rspids-G1nd Rapids, .: Dayton. ..
Al south Bend South BEND, o; Springfield, 2.
Al Canton-Canton 4: Evansville. 8.
A. MISUNDERSTANDING, I; Terre Haute. 0.
Games Scheduled for To-day.
NATIONAL LtAoun.
Cincinnati In New York: Pittsburg In Brooklyn:
Chics 20 In Philadelphia: 81. Louis In Boston.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York in ChioAG 20: Philadelphia in Cleveland:
Washington IN Detroit: Boston In st. Louis.
KAsTkRN LEAGUE.
Buffalo In Jersey City: Montreal in Newark:
Toronto In Baltimore: Rochester In Providence.
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BsssAall. Pole Grounds. To-day. q r. ~.
eiaats vs. Cincinnati. Adm. sOc.-Ads.
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The racing at Brighton so far has been
highly successfu nj and the attendance has
been greater than ever before. President
e.. !. Fitzgerald has catered to the demands
az the public and the Brighton Beach Racing
Association is .reaping the reward in full
measure. Tomorrow the Sea Gate Stakes.
Tor three-vear-olds, ono mile and a furlong.
will he run with supermsn, Montgomery.
Etbon. Kentucky Beau. Faust. Arctic. Charles
Edward. Dinna Ken. Frank Gill and others
an the eligible list. The Venus Stakes. for
iwo-year-old Niles. i've and q half f%urlongs.
will be run ons Wednesday with Stamina.
Fancy. Tartar Maid, Lady Winifred. Ella
oNeill. Laughing Eyes. Keep Moving and
julia Powell probable starters.
On Thursday the Queens Stakes OF $500.
for mares. one mile and q half. is the feature
aith Court Dress. Flip Flap. Yankee Girl.
Belle Of Pequest. Misgivings. Gold Lady and
others. Saturdays card 10 the best OF the
week. The Curragh Steeplechase has all
the good Jumpers. The Islip Handicap ut a
mile and a furlong has such ell giblee as FLIP
Flap. Nealon. Montgomery. Tony Faust.
Superman. Frank Gill. ~Cairngorm. Far West.
Electloneer and First Premium. A third
feature is the 81. 500 Neptune Stakes. for two
yesr-olds. six furlongs. with Masaue. Chspul-
tepec, Smoker. Long Ball. Monopolist. SIR
Ileses. King James. Stargowan. Ben Fleet.
Beaucoup and Kings Plate possible starters.
The feature OF the card for Brighton to-day
IL the Atlantic Stakes. for two-year-olds. nvs
and a half furlongs. with Royal Vans. Masks
and Faces and WOODLAND possibly the best.
in a handicap at a mile and q sixteenth Cairn-
CORN, Rye and Rapid Water have chances.
while In another event OF the same nature
Arimo. Cederstrome and Miniota should go
well. Two-yesr-olds will run In the first race.
a. six f~urlonss, with ssnsuine. Youthful aud
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NoRRIsTowN. July i+.-In a team match
at eighteen holes between the Morris County
Golf Club and the Seabri2ht club yesterda y
the latter was defeated by a score OF Pa.
The score.
ght-D Dwight, q Porter. O: Kellogg, q. II.
lnRwood. o. Symington, o; Moore. o: Robinson, o
Charneiil. o; Dewing.o Kerr D KnoI o. simmons. o
Morris county-A. S. Woods. /; r. Thomas. a
Van Derpooi, ]; Smith, o. X. Swards, o Y. shippen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
CHtERlD TO The ECHO.
Murray County Democracy a Unit for
Hon. Lee cruee for GoVernor-ls
Ably Represented at Davis by
His Brother
Ardmorclte Special.

Ardmoreite Special
Davis, / r. April 20 -lnr largest
and most enthusiastic audience that
has gathered To hear a political
speech during the present campaign,
assembled at the city hall this ar
tcrnoon N hclr the Hon. Lee Crucc
candidate lrr governor Of the state
OF Oklahoma.
Tho candidate htm',lf could not be-
present, he having other pressing en-.
ragcmcnts, but his brother \. G.
Cmcc Of Ardmore. was ON hand ana
represented his brother.
The Democracy Of Murray county
was represented four or five hundred
strong and good sprinklng Of Ia.
dies taxed the capacity ~ the city
hall, until standing room was at a
premium,
The audience was we'll entertained
by the speaker. who Is a natural de
batter. and fluent speaker. lie pre-
sontcd In Mrccful manner the
claims Of the Hon Lee Crucc for tuc
once TO which he aspiros. and while
he did not unnecessarily abuse his
enemies he showed mp m their true
light. the unfair and unr'r. um0nly
methods being used 60 advance the
cause OF the Haskell Doyle forces.
whom It appears are combining their
forces N dofam" the fair namc Of Ice
Crucc. whom the voters Of the Chick
asaw nation have known for tho ptS,
sixteen years, and that acquaintance
has ripcned into love for the man
Leo Crucc, whom these people have
selected as their choice for their first
governor The speaker was frequent.
~ applaudcd during his address, and
when the name Ice Cruce was men.
toned he was chcorcd TO tho echo.
The citizens ~ this section Of Mur.
ray county are as unit for Ice
Crucc only one man has so far been
found who expressed a desire TO vote
nor Haskell, and he may yet change
his mind and vote for the popular
candidate, Lee Cruce,
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TWO SHIPS FOR PEARY.
Scientists viii Take Passage on Aux.
Hilary Vessel-eelief Expressed
Conditions viii Be Favorable
This Summer to Reach Pole.

New York. April 2O-Commsnder
Robert T. Pearys next expedition to
the Polar regions will consist of an
auxiliary ship. carrying tourists in
addition to the steamer Roosevelt un-
der the explorers command. II Is
purposcd To charter vessel and load
It with provisions to be cached at
Etah.
II is known that several members
Of the pcary Arctic club. including
some OF thc most widely known sci
cntists and gcographcrs OF the coun.
try. desire to take passage on the re-.
lief ship. Others also have indicated
a desire TO go. so that there is a
possibility Of making up party %
fifty tourists.
Pcary Is confident Of reaching the
goal this time The severity Of this
winter must have extended 10 the
Arctic zone. he told friend the 9th.
or day. and as intensely cold win.
ters run In groups up north there
will be comparatively little chance OF
leads or open water to rctard his
progress when he makes his next
dash.
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Cruce o. X. at Sulphur.

Sulphur, !. T. April 20-Our peo-
Pile are heartily in favor of Lee
Cruce and will vote for him. Mr..
Cruce is greatly admired for his
great equanimity displayed during
the recent futile attempt to besmirch
him with mud batteries A certain
loud assistant vlllifier need not come
to Carter county for the purpose Of
telling the farmers how bad Lee
Cruce is; the people are well ac-
quainted with him and his record.
Lee and his record are o. X.
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Strong Artesian Well.
sI,,prat,A CnAnia1

Sulphur, |. T.. April 20.-The drni-
ers of the artesian well, near the
Vendome, struck a copious flow OF
water about 400 feet below the sur
face. No. 6 is ,he strongest flowing
well in town. The drillers went through
some lead, lots OF pyretes of iron and
some oil before the big subterranean
reservoir was reached. The Vendome
natatorium will have a plentiful sup
ply Of good water nearby TO refill the
spacious swimming pool every night.
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HUGO IS ALL RIGHT.
That Section Is Strong For Lee cruce
For Governor and For Charlie
Carter For Congress.

Hugo may be safely put down in
the Cruce column when the votes
are TO be counted after the battle
Of ballots is over" remarked w. d.
Gill OF Hugo, who was in Ardmore
Saturday morning on short business
trip The town cannot he supplied
with Cruce buttons, and Haskell but
tons are about as scarce as hens
teeth. The few followers of Haskell
with one exception and that a poor
misguided individual have been con
verted and are now bowling Cruce
men. The Ardmorc candidate will get
the reception Of his life when he Wis
Its the city Of Hugo, and II advertised
the ontirfe country popula-
tion will be out to hear him.
The voters of Hugo are for clean
mou in politics and are not going to
get the wool pulled over their eyes
by tricksters but want and intend to
have clean men IN charge of affairs.
Not only have they picked Cruce
for a winner but are going to do some
scayy voting for Charlie Carter when
It comes election day What we want
is the removal Of restrictions and
that right now, and we believe Char
lie Carter to be the man to do 1t and
for that reason we are going to sup
port him for the ONCE for which he
aspires.
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Grip Quickly Knocked Out.

Some weeks ago during the severe
winter weather both my wife and my.
self contracted severe colds which
speedily developed into the worst kind
Of In grippe with all it's miserable
symptoms avs Mrs j. $ Eglcston ~
Maple Landing. Iowa Knees and
joints aching, muscles sore. head stop
ped up, eyes and nose running, with
alternate spells Of chills and fever
We began using Chambcrlains Cough
Remedy aiding the same with dose
OF Chamherlaiu's stomach and liver
Tablets. and by It's liberal use soon
completely knocked out the grip"
Sold by f. J. Ramsey, w. h. Frame,
Ardmoro Drug Co, Bonner 4 Bonner,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
WAURIKA TO Be DIVISION
POINT ON ROCK ISLAND

Waurlka. o. r.. April 2O-The In
teresting attitude manifested by the
Rock Island railroad company in the
town Of Waurika by the recent quiet
purchase Of large tract OF land "
ing along their right Of way through
this city for the establishment OF =
round house and machine shops at
the junction here. Of their main line
from Chicago to Texas and the Law
ton branch. is causing coIsidcrable
business attention TO be directed to-
ward the development Of what is nov
believed to hold an undeniable pros
pect Of the greatest growth Of any
town or city I'm Southwestern Oklah0-
ma.
The impression that Waurika would
make good town wd3 entertained
several years ago when the town
was first established. but 1t was upon
the supposition entertained at that
time that the Frisco extension from
at once, and when that prospect seem
ed to be abandoned. the idea that
Waurika would ever attain to 4 city
Of any Importance was given Uh,
though It now appears that the Fris-
Co or Rock Island extension west
from Ardmorc has never been lost
sight Of by the company and rh't
they have been settled all the while
as to the propitious location Of Wau
rika for a division point. The i'm
mediate neceqsity, however, for tne
location Of shops at this place, Is
that clause in the constitution ~ the
new state which prohibits al rail
road companies from working I 'eir
employees more than sixteen consoou-
tive hourl. the consequence being that
this road Is Obliged TO mee- the 1,w
contingency by shortening its diNis-
ions from Fort Worth north.
In addition to the Rock Isla'i 3 &C.
tlyity Is acquiring land for its own
use. company manfestlv ictlns in
conjunction with the railroad IS lu'et.
ly at work gathering in all surplus
land available for townsite IJr Jses.
None Of this land is being placed on
the market at present.
The business portion of the town
IL constructed chiefly along one main
street running north and south and
lying between the Rock Island railway
AMI Beaver Creek or river. a beauti-
ful ever-flowing stream which has its
source in the Wichitas and which
carries a bountiful supply OF clear
water the year round.
The tow mis- located partly on orig
inal Oklahoma soil and partly In the
Chickasaw nation and by reason OF
its Oklahoma claim. Is the only town
along the Rock Island which can en-
gage in the liquor business.
Waurika is located 65 miles di.
rectly west OF Ardmore and 11s
miles north OF Fort Worth at the
junction II the Rock lslpnd main
line with the Lawton branch Of the
same road and Is also the objective
point of the Frisco extension from
Ardmore, as well as the Wichita
Valley road via Stamford and Byars
Texas.
Its agricultural situation is unrival