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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

oarsmen to visit America. and he says he
is sure the winners Of the great German
National regatta will be sent to America
to get in at the National regatta OF
America as well as the Middle States.
which. says Prof. Musehold. all the Ber-
lin rowing clubs are DESTROYS of seeing
held at Washington.
Last summer at the National regatta
Mr.. Sand announced that his visit was a
hurry-up affair: that with proper In
ducements made to the oarsmen of the
old country, outside of England. the very
best would be glad to come to this coun-
try. and he intended on his return to
Germany to work Up an interest in get
ting several crews to visit our shores next
summer. Judging from the quotations
from Prof. Musehold's letter it looks as
IL Mr.. Sand was carrying out his inten-
tions, and the prospects are good that
Germany will have plenty of representa-
tives in the American regattas in 1903
crews. too. that will make the best In
America look we'll to their laurels.
The closing Of the gates at Henley this
year not only against crews from the
United States. but also the champion
Belgians. who for two years have won
the Grand Challenge plate. has started a
movement among the oarsmen of America
to get this great crew here next summer.
They certainly would be a drawing card.
and 1t Is up to the National association
to start the wheels going In order to get
the Belsians over here as an Offset to the
action of, the stewards of the English
Henley for their narrownesS In keeping
out two-time winners.
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PAPKE TO FIGHT KELLY.
Meeting Will Take Place in Mil
waukee Monday Night.

CHICAGO December 28.-One of the
really great fighting men of the ring will
meet one of the really clever box me
when Bill Papke attacks Hugo Kelly at
the Badger Athletic Club In Milwaukee
on the evening of December 30. Then it
will be known whether this illinois cy-
Clone" who has moved down second
raters as If they were amateurs, can be
stopped by a man who knows every
Of the brilliant pupils Of Tommy Ryan,
goes down before the fighting marvel
then the road to the middleweight cham
pionship will be straight and except for
one black obstacle in the way will be
clear For Papke must not be hailed as
the greatest of the middleweights until
he shall have conquered Sam Langford,
the Boston negro.
Papke has a mighty rush. great speed.
tremendous power and the peculiar
ability to stand UP under blows that
would fell men of constitutions which
contained less iron. Since the young
fellow began fighting last March he has
knocked out almost every man who has
iladelphia, have stayed to the end, but
at fearful cost. They have been pounded
and battered so that they will never for
get.
Papke is not clever. He himself and his
manager. Tom Jones. say he knows lit
tie about boxing. Moreover they don't
care much about 1t. Papke violates es-
tablished rules of the game, and yet he
has not been beaten. Papke was twenty
one years old last September. He began
fighting In March Of 1905.
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TO RECOVER THE CUP.
Challenge Received by British Motor
Boat Men.

NEW YORK, December 2s.-Lord Mon
tagu OF Beaulieu and Lionel de Rothschild
are to issue joint challenge for the
British international motor boat cup.
which was Won last summer by the Dixie
and which is now held by the Motor Boat
Club OF America. The Motor Boat Club
of America some time ago received noti-
fication that challenge would be sent
by the British Motor Boat Club. and now
other countries can enter and race under
the conditions arranged by the first chal-
lengers and the challenged. The entries
for this race close on February ]. and
each country entering can be represented
by three boats. II there are more entries
for any one country eliminating trials
must be held to select the three repre-.
sentatives. It is very probable that elimi-
mating trials will be held here TO select the
defenders OF the trophy. The boats must
not exceed forty feet over all length. and
there is no limit to the power OF the mo-
tor. The races are held without time
allowance.
Just where the races will be held has
not yet been decided. It has been sug-
gested that the traffic on the Hudson
river, which is the regular course OF the
Motor Boat Club, is SO large that 1t would
not be fair to have such an important
event as an International race decided
over that course, and that some other
course, perhaps on the sound. be selected.
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GOING TO THE NATIONAL.
Three and Perhaps More Teams Will
Go to Bowling Tournament.

Local bowlers are preparing for the
national tournament, which is to be held
in Cincinnati in February. At this stage
of the season it is natural for all bowl
ers to be in the best of form, and that
the local men are going we'll is being
each night. as the scores
made by several of the teams show an
improvement over previous years.
AS to the national tournament from
present indications this city will be rep
resented in the fve-men event with three
teams, namely. the Fat Men. Bureau and
All-Washington. There has been a rumor
current. that Interior of the Departmental
League will also send out its representa-
tives. and IL So Washington will be there
with q fine lot of rollers. 1t is the wish
of those interested In the tournament to
have as many teams as possible, that Is,
and are considered strong enough to do
Bureau teams are well known locally, and
as all the members Of both quints have
in national tournaments they
should make favorable impression.
1t has been rumored that a movement
is on foot whereby Dick Burdine and
Bontz of the Seengerbund, with Leonard
Collins Of the Palace alleys. and two other
prominent local pin artists, will form a
team and take In the trip. II these bowl
ers get together the prospects for a fine
showing by the locals will look excep-
tionaliy good.
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The railroad split" 4-7-6-10 occurs
often when a straight ball down the CEN
ter Of the alley strikes No. pin full on.
That has been made occasionally. prob
ably once or twice during q season. The
ball picks of the At side and the 4 pin Is
struck SO thin that 1t slides across the
alleys and gets the clio. If struck too
thin the 6 pin only goes down. II not quite
thin enough the 10 slides of into the pit.
The tandem shot is one which is not
illustrated. The % or 80 pins form
this. 1t looks very easy, but the front
pin must be struck straight or the pin
will 60 one way, the bail another and the
blind" or rear pin escape.
Like billiards. the possibilities Of bowl
ing are unlimited. and one never knows
what peculiar formations game will
bring out. Hits which 60 into the
CROTCH" that is. midway between the
one and two pins or the one and three.
will sweep on certain other pins and
leave standing formations which make the
bowler wonder how they possibly could
occur. They do happen, though, and
picking UP the difficult ones is what
marks the finished bowler from the man
who prizes loose a good score by accident.
Strikes are not 80 hard to get and often
are accidents. but the man who can go
through q series Of games getting spares
with regularity IL q more finished bowler
than the man who shoves them all down
with the first ball and misses one or two
pins. A
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The Illustrations which appear in the
diagram will interest every one who
has bowled or has seen the game.
The break" or split" is the bane Of
the man who would pile up big scores.
Just why and how they happen Is q
mystery, but they do occur, and 1t is
one Of the fates Of the game that they
usually come in the middle of long
string Of strikes and just where they
will do the most harm. The break Is a
most discouraging calamity. as 1t
throws the bowler OF his stride and
causes many q good man to lose his
nerve
Some of the breaks in the accompany
ing illustrations seldom II ever occur.
One Of the most frequent splits" the
5-1O. Is not shown. All are familiar
with 1t and the way Of picking 1t up.
The ball Is sent down the alley to
strike the pin thin on the right side.
That takes care Of 8, and sends the
ball further to the right SO It will pick
of No. 10. Some bowlers start the ball
for this break at the left side Of the al
ley and make it cross over, but few do
1t that way.
Explanations Of the breaks illustrated
follow:
First-5-7-9 split-Ball strikes 5 pin
lightly on right side: pin caronis and
gets Z; ball carries pin.
Second-7-10 split-Should be rolled
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Man at His Best.
Sunday School Chronicle.

From the Sunday School Chronicle.
At what age is a man at his best and
most likely to achieve his life work? The
Rev. F. B. Meyer once put the age at
forty-six. That seemed late to a critic
but DR.. Leonard Guthrie at the Royal
College OF Physicians supported the state
ment.
He quoted Jastro's table dealing with
specially precocious people. which showed
that the average age at which great art
lists did their first work was 1913; their
first great work. 2S; their greatest work.
467: and that the average age at death
was 6O1. For poets the figures IN the
same order were 1915, 2I-s. 1919 and 61.6;
for philosophers. 17.6. 32.1. ATT and 66.3
Here Is comfort for those who think Of
middle life as nat prose.
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Who Roll Consistently.

with smallest ball handy. Hit pin
three-quarters on left-hand tide: Z
must rebound from back cushion to
get 10. Most difficult shot on tenpin
alley.
ThirdA-7-9-10 split--BalI strikes 4
pin very lightly on left-hand eide: 4
caroms and gets and 10 pins; ball
carries 7 pin.
Fourth---3-5-9-1O split-Pins close to-
gether. but very dificult. Ball hit 3
pin just full enough 30 that pin will
hit pin on the inside to catch y; ball
gets 10 pin.
Fifth-Strike split. 900 to I shot,
but possible. Ball barely touches 8 pin
on right side, sliding 1t across to 10.
Sixth-2-4-5-S-10 split-Ba1l hits 2
pin full and hits 3 pin thin on left side:
8 pin caroms and gets 10 pin; ball takes
seventh-3-8-s-1O split-BalI hits 3
pin one-third full on left-hand side: 8
pin caroms and gets 6 and 10; ball gets
8 pin.
left up when a big ball; ball hits 2 pin
on extreme left-hand side; : caroms
and gets 9. 0 and 10 pins: ball carries
and Z pins.
Ninth@-6-S-10 split-Use smallest
ball handy; hit 6 pin thrse-auarters
full; get a rebound Of 8 pin from cush-
ion on 8, which will carry 4.
Tenth-2-5-1O split-Ball hits 2 one
fifth full on right side; caroms and
gets 5 and 10 pins.
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AWAITED BY HORSEMEN
BIRTHDAY OF THoRoUGHBREDa
WILL SOON ARRIVE.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, December 2s.-A few
more days and the birthday Of the thor.
oughbreds will be at hand, they being
one year older on January 1. This day
is eagerly looked forward to by the horse.
men. as from that time on many a future
champion goes to the post for the hrvt
time. At the three racing centers. the
New Orleans tracks, and those In Oak
land and Los Angeles, there are any
number Of youngsters which will be two
years old on the first OF the year. and
reports from California state that the
largest number OF coming two-year-olds
that have ever been in California are
CHARTERED at the two tracks.
From the courses that are now racing
comes the information that many fast
youngsters are being prepared for juve'
nile events and some of them have shown
a lot of speed. At Oakland Sam Hill.
dreth comes pretty near being the star
trainer at producing speedy two-year.
olds, and he Is said to have barn full
Of fast youngsters. awaiting the call to
the post. Anything he sends out In tbs
early part Of the year Is always worth
watching. He has established this repur
tation at the winter tracks. and always
sees that he has q hustling rider up when
he sends his colts to the post for the
At Los Angeles there are number Of
coming two-year-olds, the eastern horse.
man, r. F. Carman, having q big string
Mr. Carmen was a liberal buyer Of year!
lings at the summer sales, and he has
them all quartered at Los Angeles. Hs
thinks that he has the best string OF
coming two-year-olds in California. and
has them entered in all the two-year'
old events at Oakland and Los Angeles
He will send them along after the frst
of the year.
Barney Schneider the Missouri breeder
who races his own breeding. has a big
string Of youngsters that will carry his
colors next year. He has divided them
into three sections. the New Orleans,
Oakland and Los Angeles tracks all hav'
ing a string. They are now being pre-.
pared for their early races.
At New Orleans the biggest bunch OF
baby racers that has ever been CHARTERED
there is getting early preparation for
Juvenile events. which will soon be placed
on the program. Burlew & O'Neill, Ed
Corrigan and many other well known
owners have baby racers that may De-
come future stars.
Owners before sending the youngsters
to the post. are on the lookout for good
riders for two-year-olds. There are very
few. Miller, Mcdaniel, Notter, Mountain
and G. Burns are the ones that Will get
many mounts in these races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
FOR REFORM IN
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Topics Discussed by the Asso-
citation Holding Its Second
Annual Meeting in
I New York.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 2s.-Projected
reform in intercollegiate athletics was
the keynote at the opening OF the second
annual convention Of the intercollegiate
Athletic Association today at the Murray
Hill Hotel. Capt. Palmer E. Pierce, presi-
dent OF the association. now stationed at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, opened their
meeting with q brief talk, in which he
urged the most open discussion Of the con-
dition Of collegiate athletics in all parts
Of the country. He led of with a paper
on THE intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton Of the United States-Its Origin,
Growth and Function
He detailed in it the way in which COL
legiate athletics were found two years
ago, particularly as to professionalism,
and then. in contrast, he pointed out the
high standard upon which college ath-
letics now are, quoting some well-known
sporting authorities and writers to that
end.
1--WE hold that man in life will carry
with him the ethics he learns in college
on the athletic field
Said Capt. Pierce: Already the force
of the association Is profound
Prof. Alonzo Stage. delegate from Chi
cago University, said the west was in
need of information as to what the asso-
citation is doing.
Prof. James F. Kemp, delegate from
Columbia University, read a paper on
The Function of Athletics in College and
University Life
He thought that perhaps collegiate ath-
letics are taken altogether too seriously,
and, while that fact has its bad side, it
has good one. and that is the one of
loyalty. He proposed to discuss the little
place to be had by intercollegiate athletics
in the field of the professional school, but
he said that distinctly there is place for
intercollegiate sports.
He said that the plan Of college athletics
is, and should be, for the purpose OF doing
away with the i'll effects of the sedentary
college life. When they take up the stu
dents time and go beyond the field of
recreation and refreshment and lead in
stead to a nervous strain, that is not
good. Prof. Kemp scored those phases of
intercollegiate athletics which took teams
long distances and out of the proper field
of competition.
He urged base ball, lacrosse and the like
tournaments in summer vacation time
after the close of college. and to. have the
championships in that way settled just as
the boat races are. That is the only way,
he said, that the proper standards of work
could be maintained with intercollegiate
contests.
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SURPRISES CAUSED BY
HOME RUNS SOMETIMES

run. The score was Boston. 1; Cleveland,
1. tate In the game and both pitchers
going well when Cy came to bat. At
that time the score board was in right
neld and extended to within a short dis
lance OF the ground. Immediately in
'front.' 1t was protected with a wire net-
Wright picked Young for an easy mark.
and as his control was bau that day he
ied the opposing pitcher notD.ng but fast
looking offering and pasted IL for keeps.
The ~, ball lodged past the right fielder.
board Now, Young isn't what you'd
might term a whirlwind on the base paths.
but he managed to complete the circuit
before the sphere was retrieved. II Ia
doubtful II any home run ever drew more
generous applause. for your Uncle Cy-
rus Is one of the most popular players
IN the country, and II anybody was to
have luck fans all over the circuit would
rather see 1t so his way than anywhere.
a.
Harry Bay made a home run once,
strange as It may seem. Bay is known
throughout the American league circuit
as a holy terror In getting on bases. but
he usually accompiishes II by q base
on balls. getting hit. a hunt or little
chop-single over the infieid His cels-
brated home run was one OF the chop
hits. aided by the remains Of a deserted
circus
The homer came before Bay had attain.
ed the big league. At the time ne was
playing with Peoria. Ill. The day before
this game circus had used the ball lot
as show grounds and had dug numerous
post holes. One OF these CHANGED to be
back of second base. Bay sent a pop
fly In that direction just beyond tho reach
OF the second baseman and too close In
for the center fielder. The ball fell
between the two and rolled into the hole,
while Bay hurried all the way around
before it was dislodsed.
4 + p
freak homers are greater even than In
the majors because OF detective fences
and crowding within the fence. In Con-
nellsville, Pa. in the West Penn league,
last Fourth OF July a dog aided IN .
homer that gave the home club the game,
Piedmont was the opposing team In the
afternoon, and both sides had gone soore.
less till the eighth inning. O'Hara for tho
home club was at bat. He hit low
liner just inside third base. and a. tho
farther and farther to the left. Finally
1t rolled under . picket fence and Into
a collection Of horses and carriages lined
up behind the railing. =
The Piedmont outfielder jumped the low
fence easily and just as he was about
to pick up the ball small dog
grasped II in his mouth and ran out the
horse gate. The Piedmont player pur-
sued as rapidly as possible. but the dog
was too fast and the ball never was re-
covered. This was the only tally Of the
contest.
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Newspapers In Brilliant colors.

From the Westminster Gazette.
The Chung Ngoi San Pc. which recently
celebrated its Jubilee by appearing on
scarlet pages. has had many equally I'M
conventional predecessors.
When the stock Of white printing paper
in the Island of Trinidad once ran out the
Port of Spain Gazette made brilliant APP
pearance on mauve paper. with bright
yellow inside supplement. followed by an
issue printed on cerise paper. with a
magenta supplement; Cape newspaper
was once published on brown paper. the
normal use Of which was for parcels, and
two successive issues Of a native journal
Of Ahmedabad were a brilliant yellow and
q dark green.
Even more remarkable was LIE Mouchoir
de Poche Politique, a French daily paper.
which was printed on linen, and served
the double purpose Of a news purveyor
and q handkerchief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
BY Edward r. Bushnell.

Yale leads the universities of America in
the number intercollegiate athletic cham
pionships its teams have won during the
year of 1907. Out Of twenty-one sports in
which the eastern colleges have held
championship meets the Ellis are supreme
In six. and II Yale chose to dispute Cor
nell's right to the rowing honors she
could claim tie in this sport. Yale was
first In foot ball. basket ball. shooting.
water polo. wrestling and golf. But in
justice to the Ellis it should be said that
there were four Of these sports in which
they did not compete.
Cornell ranks next to Yale in the num-
Der OF championships won. the Ithacans
capturing the title In three and tying for
a second Pennsylvania and Princeton
are tied for third with two and one-half
each, while Columbia follows with two.
the other champions being content with
one each.
The following table gives the result of
the championship fights In twenty-one
sports.
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HOME

Home runs, the fond desire OF every
bali player. often come when least ex-
pected. Enough accidental homers have
been made in major and minor leagues to
I'LL a book.
Napoleon Lajoie. manager of the Cleve-
land club, holds the record for about the
queerest homer made in recent years.
Larry's four-base ''phoney'' came early
last August in a game against New York.
When the big Frenchman comes to bat
the outnelders usually move toward the
fence. On this particular day Danny
HOFFMAN. who was playing middle field
for the Highlanders, did the usual stunt
and moved out. He was not disappoint-
ed.
Lajoie met a high straight ball right on
the nose and away 1t went The force
behind the ball was terrific. 1t sailed
out and out and finally hit the screen
which surrounds the subway leading to
the right field bieachers. The ball struck
the netting with such force that It pried
apart two Of the meshes and stuck in
plain view Of some 5000 excited fans
HOFFMAN hurried to the fence and tried
to pick out the ball. He dug away hard,
cutting his right hand 50 that he was
out OF the game next day. While all
this was going on Larry was hiking the
u,
saw Hoffman laboring at the fence and
hurried to second. Observing that Hoff-
man was till busy he ventured to third,
and on getting the high sign from "Dus-
y Rhoades, who was coaching at third.
continued to the bench. Just as he
turned third HOFFMAN succeeded in pryinR
loose the ball. but 1t fell into the subway
out Of his reach
Danny Murphy Of the Athletics pulled
on another homer the very next week
on the same grounds that was Just as
peculiar. Murphy had been hitting into
right field. so Elmer Flick moved over
toward the foul line when he came to
bat. Murphy hit hard liner just inside
the line. The oall hit the fence near
the pig exit" gate and should have
bounded back into fair territory. Flick.
who had played the right held for several
years, knew all the angles of that fence
and laid for the ball where he thought
It would return. riick hao nabbed lots
OF them there and invariably held the
runner at second.
But the ball never came back. It
s SKI along the fence and disappeared.
The last Murphy saw OF Flick he was
down on mis- hands and knees near the
big gate like a puppy dog at a rabbit hole.
He dug and dug. but the ball refused to
come forth. When the park police OPEN
cd the exit at the close of the game they
round the Dali had fallen in a big knot
hole. The next day the management
had new board put on.
81
old Cy" Young. the Boston Americana
pitcher. won his game from Gene Wright
in Cleveland IN 1902 by q queer" home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
CREEPING UP
ON THE AGG|ES
Gain in Averages by the In
terror and Navy Depart
ment Bowling Teams.

Since the latest publication Of averages
Interior and Navy have pulled up on al
most even terms with the Aggies In the
Departmental Bowling League. The War
riors sprung big surprise on the Farm
ers by trimming them for two games,
which pulled them down within one game
Of the Interiors.
The principal feature of the past fort
night was the fine string Of Joe Hardie,
256.
Field dropped OF two points in average
and Lennon and Miller each gained one.
which places them five points behind the
leader.
The following averages cover all games