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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
RECENT WORK OF
NAVY YARD BOWL ERS

The Navy Yard bowlers have been doing
some excellent work in the past week,
as Is shown by the accompanying aver
ages. AS the season advances the players
are fast rounding into form, and al
though their work at this time is about
as good as that done in the middle of last
season, they are expected to give more
creditable exhibition when cold weather
sets in.
The averages include all games played
this season and indicate the work of the
players, with an average roll Of 14O and
over. Miller has made the best mark, his
average being 1sl, with high roll of 211.
and as he has played in twelve games he
Is deserving of first honors. Fritz Is next
in line. with an average Of 1872, with a
high score of 1875 in nine games. D.
O'Donnell is a close third. with an average
score of 1856 and Is also third best high
score man, his rus in a game being 219.
Dexter, although far below the other
players in the averages, tops the sailors
for the high game, he having made the
grand score of 224. with Fugitt second,
with 222, and D. O'Dopnell third.
The West Gun Carriage team is leading
the league, with but five points separating
them from the Gunshop outfit. The Tool
shop team is nicely coming around, and Is
third in the standing, with but six games
between them and the leaders.
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JENNINGS PRAISES GAFFNEY.
Declares That in His Prime He Was
the Best Of Umpires.

Hughey Jennings passed through Wash
ington last Monday, coming from Ithaca,
n. Y. where he had been with his yell to
help his alma mater. Cornell. defeat
Princeton last Saturday. Hughey bore
the marks of the celebration, as a giant
frecracker he was fooling with went of
too soon and burned his hand rather Sc
yerely. In a casual talk on base ball the
drift turned toward umpires, and Jen-
nings remarked that the greatest one In
his experience was John Gaffney IN his
best days I'm the days of base ball prior
to 19OO.'' said Jennings. mo one man filled
SO important a place in the minds of the
base ball public as Gaffney. called by the
base ball world the king Of umpires. He
was the most intrepid man that ever
faced crowd Of roysterers, and his firm
ness and determination kept in check
many of the pugnacious element, ana
quite a number of this class was on that
Baltimore team of which was member.
1t took sand to Withstand such scrappers
as lack DOYLE, Bill Gleason. Jack Crooks,
NcGraw. John Tebeau, Kelly and Brodie,
but Gaffney had them all under his con-
troll, and they all honored him until ne
went wrong. and then he was chased 10
the gate. While Gaffney adhered to the
far above all of his associates. and his
decisions were the cause Of more base ball
rules than all of the umpires who have
preceded or have been in the limelight
since his time. 1t was Gaffney's decision
made here IN Washington in game with
Baltimore on a bail batted by myself that
at the timo caused lots OF newspaper
discussion. raised merry howl from US
Baltimore players, but which was after
ward held by the board of arbitration to
be sound base ball philosophy. Umpires
usually-that is, up to the time Of Gaff-
ney's decision-made a practice OF 1udg-
ing fly balls while the ball was still In
the Enclosure. holding that they lost con-
troll when it passed out of the lot. Gan-
ney held that the last seen OF the ball,
whether on fair or foul grounds, gov
erned and 1t did not matter what course
1t took afterward. This decision, as
said, made us Baltimore players warm,
as the ball, a very high hit one, went over
the fence fair but diverted afterward and
struck on foul ground-that Is, If the line
continued right on through and over the
fence. 1t meant a home run for me, ana
all of US record players like to be cred
! tied with extra long hits, and hence l
| howled a howl because was robbed.
| Jennings left for Virginia sanitar1um,
where he will take needed rest for quite
a period.
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ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
of Horses From the Eastern
Tracks.

SAN FRANCISCO. November 2-The
string of Thomas II. Williams, in charge
of DR.. II. E. Roweu, has been out on the
track and looks exceedingly well after the
long trip from the east. There are seven
on the list, including Firestone, Creation
and Walter Miller. Colonel White. a re-
cent purchase, belongs to Dr. Rowell
This horse belonged to NJ. Buckley. when
he won at Jamaica last spring a odds of
100 to /. Firestone's last races would in
dictate that he needed a rest also that he
is a Splinter The $1,000 beauty, Walter
Miller. did nothing to distinguish himself
in the racing line, and Walter Miller, the
riding celebrity, under contract to Mr..
Williams. has probably gone stale and
advised by mis- employer to take rest
after the close of the season around New
York Tommy Sandy will ride DIR. Row
ellis charges until the premier joc--N-- ar
rives on the scene. Only about three
boys rode better than Sandy around New
York this season-Miller E. Dugan and
w. Knapp.
Four carloads of R. F. Carman's horses,
in charge of James Butte have just ar
rived at Emeryville. On the same trar
were the remainder OF the S. c. Hildreth
string, fifteen in number, including Mont
gomery, Meelick and Uncle.
Andy Blakely, who is anything but a
stranger in this part Of the world. will
have charge Of six horses that will race
at Emeryville during the coming season.
Frank Ireland, who has been a visitor in
California several times. will train the
big Thomas string now in Kentucky. Phil
CHM, who has not been a winter visitor
TO the coast since the bay district days
will leave early this month with a car
load of flyers for Emeryville. Billy
c'Hoot Mon') Oliver and Pat Sheedy
will make up a carload of gallopers with
| winning ways and start for Emeryvill,
| shortly.
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THANKSGIVING DAY SPORT.
Years Ago the Game Was Played
Late in the Fall

It Is interesting to pore over the ill-kept
records of the halcyon days of base ball,
when it was played by gentlemen alone,
and compare them with the records of the
present.
Nearly all of the league seasons, great
and small. closed this year about October
1. and the game was given a rest until
spring. foot ball supplanting the greatest
and best of all outdoor games.
But such was not the case in the days
when the game was slowly working Its
way into the esteem of the public. In
those days there was no foot ball to d.
vert the attention of the public, and base
ball held the center Of attraction until
Thanksgiving day. that being generally
regarded as the day to close the seasons
work.
Il is refreshing to note in an old scrap
book the fact that November 10, 1869,
when the famous Atlantics of BROOKLYN
came down here to play a game with the
Nationals, the day was Charming in ev-
cry respect for base ball and large crowd
of beautifully attred ladies graced the
occasion" Then in another place it is
learned that the Nationals made their last
trip to Brooklyn November %, and
though the air had a frosty chill. the
te ans played with the ease of athletes
'samboling on the green in early Sep
tcmber."
Think Of standing around the corner of
11th street and Pennsylvania avenue
these frosty evenings watching the plays
of worlds championship series being
shown by The Stars bulletin service.
With all Of its allure ments not even The
Stars great electrical exhibition of the
game would hold corporars guards at
tention, but the odd sports of bygone
days used to follow the games with de-
cided patriotism In those times.
In the days of the game between the pc
riod OF 1865 to 1870 the custom prevailed
Of making the dates for all games prior
to July Is and after September I. using
the interval for a sort of siesta, and, as
stated before. closing the season Thanks
giving day. In the musty records of the
ancient scrap book one Is amused by the
announcement that base ball held forth
all day Thanksgiving day of 1856, the Ma
tionals and Unions playing in the morn
ing and the Jeffersons and Kendalls deaf
and dumb students) in the afternoon; so
1t would appear that this annual day of
gratitude was set aside for sports just as
our collegians fix up the day for their big
foot ball games.
The weather then must have been more
propitious for base ball than at present,
not only for this section. but the entire
east. as the records taken from the old
Philadelphia Mercury and New York Clip
per all show games announced to be
played up to the end of November.
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Alfred Shrubs Winnings.

NEW YORK, November 2.-A1fred
Sbrubb. the English champion long-dis-
lance runner has won over $1,000 in the
course of his racing in this country and
Canada. Thanksgiving day. at Fall River,
he wild undertake to 0efeat an American
team of four runners. each man ~ run
two and a half miles apiece over a dis
lance of ten miles. The American team
win be composed of Frank Kanaly of
Boston, J. Smallwood of Long Island.
Davis, the Canadian Indian. of Canada,
who ran second to Longboat in the recent
Marathon race. and A. Cook of Fan River.
who ran SO strong against Shrubb in his
last race In that city. = ~ =
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METHODS PRACTICED BY THE
AMERICAN HUNTER IN PURSUING
DEER-DEATH OF CHALK HORNS

The mountains of West Virginia are full
of deer. and the stringent game laws or
the state are working a great beneft IN
preserving this most sought after of all
game of the mountains.
There are thtree methods practiced by
American hunters in killing deer, desis-
mated in general terms as fire-huntfng,
still-hunting and driving. Fire-hunting Is
considered the least legitimate, and is
seldom resorted to by the conscientious
sportsman. except when game is very
scarce. and consequently, from being
much hunted, rendered too shy to ap-
preach in daylight. Two persons are
necessary for successful f1re-hunting, one
to cary and attend to the torch and one
to bear the gun. The hunters are gen
orally accompanied by a cur dog, one
that Is we'll trained and VIII not open"
on the trail. If the weather is favorable.
it must be a still. misty. dark night after
a rain. which renders the fallen leaves 80
moist that they will make no noise under
the feet of the hunter. A person of much
experience can generally distinguish be-
tween the eyes of a deer and those of
othter animals when 'shined'' by a torch;
first, by their brilliancy: secondly. by their
unusual size; and thirdly, by their great
distance apart when compared with other
animals. A colts eyes approach nearest
in appearance, but they are dim. The
deer also gaZes at the light with great
steadiness and intensity, while the bear
about, being of more fretful and fiery
disposition. The deer. fascinated as it
and wolf are constantly moving theirs
Is by the illumination. remain motion
less. giving the hunter ample opportunity
to approach within gunshot If a hunter
once loses the "eyes'' after they have been
'shined," he is satisfied that the crea-
ture Is alarmed and is moving off, and
he embraces the first favorable oppor-
tunity to fire. AS general thing, If
the shot Is at all successful. the victim
falls, and Is at once secured; but If NOR
tally wounded and yet possessed Of
strength enough to make an effort to es-
cape, the track dog is Embossed from
the cord that has fastened him to his
master, and he lows in pursuit. If
no dog is employed and the deer runs off.
the spot is carefully marked. and the hun
ter returns home and waits until day
break to secure the reward Of his mid
night labor.
It is related that Daniel Boone. while
t1re-hunting. "shined' pair of mild blue
eyes which struck him as not belonging
to the game he was seeking to destroy
He lowered his rifle. and made farther ex-
animation. when, to his surprise, he dis
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ors Mcintyre was jennings selection for
left field, while Cobb played center. Matty
and Ty didn't agree any too well, and
Jennings had about decided he preferred
Mcintyre to cobb.
Just then a happy idea struck him. He
shifted GRAY ford to center and Cobb to
right. The -Chene worked like charm,
and was a lucky one for Jennings, as
shortly after the season opened Mcintyre
broke a leg and was out for the season.
Had he sold Cobb he would have been up
against II.
The fans who saw Cobb perform in the
worlds series didn't see the same Cobb
who was the star of the American League
Cobb had three batting slunps during the
season, and one of them befell him during
the post-season games. Because of his
weak hitting de~SaiIed to get on the bases.
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Transfer of Brooklyn Stock.

BALTIMORE, November 2-F A. Abel.
formerly of Brooklyn, and Edward Han
lon OF Baltimore have sold their stock in
the Brooklyn National League base ball
team to Charles Ebbitts and Harry Medi-
Gus. both of Brooklyn. Announcement
of the sale was made by Mr.. HanIon to-
day. The law suits instituted by Hanlon
and Abel against the Brooklyn club,
which have been pending In the New. Jer-
sey courts, will be discontinued, 1t Is
said, as a result Of the stock transfer.
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averages follow:
Marathon Race Thanksgiving Day.

YONkERS, n. z, November 2-On
Thanksgiving day. November %. t-s Mer-
curry Athletic Club OF Yonkers will hold
its first Marathon race. distance twenty
five miles. and open to all registered ath-
letes Of the United States and Canada.
Each competitor will be accompanied by
a bicycle rider. who will tender him all
the aid necessary. Each mans attendant
will see that he has every attention. and
should the runner desire to stop, through
any cause whatever. ample provision will
be made for his safe return to the club
house. A corps Of physicians will examine
the men before the start of the race, and
any prospective starter. who fails of this
examination will not befperudltted to run.
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Americas Ten Greatest Pugilists.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 2-George
Sler. James ]. Corbett, Tom McCarey
and some other fistic authorities have
Informally decided that these ten men
are the greatest fighters that the prize
ring has developed in this country: James
]. Jeffries. Peter Jackson Jim Corbett
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack Dempsey, Joe
Cans. Joe Walcott. George Dixon, Young
Mitchell and George Lavigne John L.
Sullivan, Tommy Burns, Kid Mccoy,
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett were
not given a place in the roll because they
were considered mere -sluggers.
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covered a young girl. who was equally
surprised at the adventure. Boone ex-
pressed the most eloquent gratitude that
he had not fired the weapon, and waited
upon the woodland nymph to her home
hardly: in. time the damsel became the
wife of this most famous of backwoods
men.
"Stfll- hunting resembles the English
practice of stalking" and with many
gentlemen sportsmen is preferred to any
other method To an individual who is
fond of nature, ard can find amusement in
communing with the solitudes of the for
est, still-hunting possesses manifold
charms. a good still-hunter must be
thoroughly acquainted with the habits
of the deer, know where he ranges, be
able to tell his tracks from other cloven-
footed beasts, and the time that has
elapsed since they were first indented in
the SOIL He must know which way the
game in the locality walk when feeding.
and the direction they take at nightfau
things which seem to be strangely de-
pendent upon the moon. The abundance
of acorns or mast is also to be consd-
cred. At this particular season of the
year the still-hunter is In his glory. The
woods seem to be alive, the deer are so
active.
It was still-hunt in which old Chalk
Horns" was killed. This buck had been
the king of deer on South mountain for
years, and sportsmen had used every
means possible to kill him: 1t would be
a safe estimate to say that Chalk Horns
had been shot at a hundred times. but he
seemed to have a charmed life, and 1t
was not until party of still-hunters got
after him that he was finally brought to
the ground. He had given the hunters
many a merry chase, and got the name OF
Chalk Horns from the fact that his horns
were white The best hunters OF this
section, as we'll as sportsmen from abroad,
had tried to get old Chalk Horns, but
after him. If any of the balls struck, him
they had no.effect, and it was not until
party of still-hunters from Romney and
Silver Springs determined that they would
take Chalk Horns scalp that he was cap
turod. The hunt was near Hanging
Rock, and the first shot brought Chalk
Horns to his knees. and the second fixed
his career on South mountain.
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The morning is always selected for the
drive" and at daybreak the party is in
the woods. The hounds are kept compact
ly together, and. as they become interested
in the progress Of things, witness the
cheerful prancing of the horses and hear
the encouraging voices of the riders. They
become constantly more enthusiastic, and
in spite of all discipline, will occasionally
yelp forth their impatienca The noble
steed also sympathiZes with the work
in which he is engaged. and as he steps
upon dead tWigs that crush and break be-
meath his feet, he affects to start as If he
had already seen the game. The hunters
finally reach the drive" A consultation
is held as to which Stands" are most
available. This question settled. they sep
arate. and each quietly moves to the
driver" accompanied by the pack Of
hounds. scours through the outside OF
the range, circling round until the dog
come upon the trail of deer. This don
they instantly open" as. no longer able
to restrain their Impotence. they make
musical with their cries.
The hunter at his stand is often
taxed to the utmost in maintaining
patience. Suddenly he hears the distant
breathing Of sweet intoned horn. In q
moment lassitude is gone, and in a mo-
ment he springs to his feet inspired with
life. The distant echoes play upon the
air. as will the sweet sounds Of the aeo-
liam harp. Under those notes are the
breathings of the maddened hounds who
are now sweeping on in the path Of de-
struction. Nearer and nearer the ex-
citing sounds approach; the hunter is
now on the alert. Another moment and
lordly buck comes plunging into the
open space; his head Is erect. his eyes
filed with alarm; he has scented an enemy
In front. and those fearful demons are
ringing what may soon be his death
knell in the rear. Undecided he gazas
turns to fly back to his haunts. and then
wheeling round, rushes on with headlong
speed. The rifle Is raised to the eye
and the echoes which follow tell Of the
messenger of death.
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Killing deer by driving" furnishes more
excitement and true sport than either Of the
methods already referred to. In driving"
the cheerful clamor of the horn. the thrill
ing cry of the hounds and the inspiring
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Jennings Lucky Move.

The man of the hour in the eyes of
the Detroit populace then appeared on the
scene. Hughey Jennings took charge Of
the tame Tigers and infused fighting
spirit, as well as one of harmony, that
brought the American League pennant to
the city of straits. IN the march to vic
tory no man helped more than Tyrus, the
former disturber. Jennings all but dis
posed of MIN III the spring. and had he
done so the Chicago Cubs might have had
different contender for the worlds hon
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Ply Umpire BILLY EVANS.

Tvrus Cobb. outfelder extraordinary,
cbanpion swatter of the American
League. nsation Of the league race ana
dfsan-oInfrnent of the worlds series Is
an example Of the strenuous NE MI
Cobb was the rnost-talkcd-of man III tite
country during, the last six months
Although the season just closed was
only Cobb's second as an American
Lacquer. he was the real live wire OIL IAe
organization He was a big drawing caro-.
and he delivered the goods as rule IN
large packages The wonderful Work OF
Cobb in the field on the bases ana at the
hat had much to do in the winning oil the
remnant by Detroit. He should be tower
Of strength to the Tigers again next year.
Cobb's sudden rise to fame in the base
hall world makes his debut into the big
Iaae11e interesting. He was discovered by
Bill Armour, the former Detroit manager
and now leader of the Toledo team top2'
who, by the way, has just reach5d ms
maternity, was then nineteen years ol d6r'
and was d member of the Augusta team
If the South Atlantic League. He looked
good to Armour. who purchased hlnl Iol
the Detroit team. The story goes Ilat
Augusta was 10 receive 5000 tor Copp III
case hs made good The beuolI C!up
paid $3.50 down with the Understanding
that the remaining amount was to De SEM
TO the Augusta club at a certain spec4lleu
date. When the appointed time came
around the club management hesitated
about paying the additional amount, ouI
when Armour offered 10 put up the 500
out of his own pocket, the club owners
decided that he must he the goods ana
came across. With only two years eH-
perience III the minors CobDs entry llllo
the big league wasn't anything out OF TIE
ordinary. One day he would look IKE
diamond in the rough. the next ne wouIu
appear corrcspondingly bad HIS merry
disposition didn't make nit with some
of the veteran members of the team, ana
il wasn't long before Cobb was IN oad.
Trouble, brewed, and the yUungster from
the south mixed ii up with several or ms
team mates and the breach was opened ali
the wider In one sense of the word
Cobb was as much TO blame for Detrolts
moor showing in 1905 as he was the good
showing in the present year.
Naturally Armour favored Cobb mas
mich as he was a protege of Toledo Bill
Armour had a number of close friends
among the players, and they sided with
him. The players who had a grievance
against Cobb opposed Armour, and as
result the club was divided into warning
factions With such conditions existing
Detroit's poor showing was not to be
wondered at.
1t seems that the mighty Cobb of today
broke into the big league for the bush
salary Of $1,000 or $40 a month Those
on the inside claim this was the cause of
all the trouble. The result was Armour
lost his job.
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sympathy OF the well-trained steed, make
the pleasure at times as perfect as it is
possible for the hunter to enjoy. To be
successful in the drive" the hunter must
be acquainted with the character of the
surroundings, must be perfectly familiar
with where the game haunts, and must
know at what place to enter the drive
for deer are fond Of retracing the tracks
which they have formerly pursued, and
will continue to do SO even after they
have been hunted ''on the trace 1t Is
a well-known habit of the deer to skirt
in the shade of thick woods. In ascending
the mountains they never take a direct
route, but wind about after the fashion of
a turnpike road; anud in descending to
the plains they observe the same rules.
Hence 1t is that the hunter takes his
stand" in the lowest gaps between the
hills; and by so doing he is sure to occupy
the path the deer will take when driven
from the vicinity
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FULL BROTHERS IN FIORSELAND
OFTEN PRETTY NEARLY EQUAL IN
NEUROLOGICAL OF FAIR COUNT


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