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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
LOOKING TO NEXT SEASON
.,
TO CONTINUE AMATEUR BASE
BALL COMMISSION.

The affairs of the amateur base bail COM
mission that has conducted the local cham
pionshp games have been closed I'D as
far as the championship question and the
distribution of the funds in the treasury
are concerned. though the commission will
probably hold over for a few weeks longer.
At the last meeting the team representing
Trinity of the Marquette League was unan-
imously declared the champions and then
each manager of the four teams was hand
ed a check for SCI q as his share of the
receipts of the games. a sum in excess OF
any previous season.
The purpose of the commission in hold
ing over for few weeks is to take steps
looking forward to a permanent organza-
ton to control these championship games
and to adopt more stringent rules i'm re-
gard to eligibility of the men playing In
the different leagues. and to chang, its
title. which. TO say the least. Is a MISSIONER,
as 1t would be an exception to find bona
hde amateur in any of the teams contest
ing.
The question of eligibility of players on
the competing teams is vary hard NUT
to crack. and. Ii is claimed never will be
successfully handed until the commission
Is composed entirely Of disinterested per-
sons and membership is denied to any one
who is member or connected in any way
with any Of the teams or leagues entered
In the pennant race. .... .a...
prominent amateur athlete of the city
Is discussing the base bal situation In
Washington said the whole thing was a
disgrace. and those in authority ought to
call halt and get back to the good. clean
amateur sport. This so-cai1ed amateur
league, he asserted. was Just as much pro-
fessionaI as the Washington Base Bail
Club. The commission. he declared should
adopt stringent rules in regard to the ELI
giblity of amateurs or strike out anna
teur" and let it go as the FOCAL league
championship
Mr.. A. V. Rice of the Agricultural De-
partment was much pleased. with the ad-
mirable manner in which the post-season
games were conducted. and stated that
they caused a decided movement over in
his Office to put q team in the field in 1908.
Mr.. Rice says the teams ought to form
an organization this winter create n COM
mission OF outsiders to run the affairs Of
the championship. make rules and regu-
lations pertaining to such. So that all bick-
erings would cease and no one could claim
that the schedule was arranged to suit this
or that team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
LEADING AMATEURS COMPETE
MEET FOR BENEFIT OF KANSAS
CITY FAIRGROUNDS.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. September 2S.-A
number of the leading amateur athletes of
the United States contested this afternoon
in track meet at Association Ball Park.
The proceeds Of the meet are to be de-
voted to equipping public Fairgrounds in
the public parks Of Kansas City. and the
attendance was large.
No records were broken the track being
improvised in the base ball field. Sum-
marieS:
Track in good shape; weather conditions perfect
won: A: Giarner. Olympia A. C.. second; Paul fis-
grim: y. y A. c. third Tine 2si nS 3d. ur.,
A e !handlesp. 10 feet tied for first place -. IS
second. AZ feet inches; II. ksnatzer. Manual
Training High school Kansas City. third. Al feet
1oo-yard dash. hests-FinaI-H; J.: HUH. tairago
A. e.. won in 10 seconds fiat; r. Hsmilton First
Regiment \. c.Uf Kansas City. second H. Z. lay
Tor. Illinois A. c., third: t. Se!tz Chicago A. c.,
fourth. Seitz was set back one yard HUI Teeen t
sooyard handicap-R. f. Taylor. Illinois A. C.
iment A. C. OF Kansas city. second J. yickcry,
cnsass e. ssss Tms osi t. ucr.s
Y. A. C.. 16s feet. won; Earl Alexander. Kansas
4; g. 40 fsst. second; H. Carrie, St Joe H. s.
So pound weight for distance. handieap-Matt
McGrath; New iork A: C. scratch. 50 feet won
feet,, 30 feet. second.
Running high jump handicap-COn Leahy Of
Ireland scratch. feet " inches, won F. Z.
Mcconnell. Central Hg! school Of Kansas Cty
(handicap. 81 inchesj feet inches. second:
frank Irons. Chicago A. c. (hsndcap. inches,.
5 feet 10 inches. third. Although with his handi
cap Mcconnell tied Lcahy, the event went to the
latter scratch
sso-yard handicap-A. Giarner. Olympia A. c.
(scratch,, won: James Mccartney, First Regiment
A. C. OF Kansas City thandicap. 20 yardsl. sec
end: H. W. RntGneer. , Battery . Of il Kansas City
=, Standing broad jump; hsndiespTHsy Ewry. NeT
W. Schwab. Manual Training h 5. of Kansas
City thandicap. IA inches'. 10 feet inches. sec
Ond; Gus V. Herr. unattached (handicap, l6
inches,. 10 feet inches, third.
Running broad Jump. hanicap-Frank Irons. Chi
cago A. c, tscratch) p feet IL inches. won: II.
Woodbury.. Central High School. Kansas City
thandicap. 20 inches, 10 feet, second p. Roberts.
Kansas City A. C. Handicap IA inches,, 10 feet 7
inches third.
Standing high jump. haDdcap-Gus C. Hertz
attached thandicap. 10 inches,. feet inches
won: II. Chiids. Kansas City A. c. (hindicap. II
inches). feet 4 inches second: Ray Ewry, New
York A. {. (scratcht, , feet. third.
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RALPH ROSE MAY QUIT ATHLETICS

pletely buried anything Rose had ever done
On the day of his defeat Rose said to his
conaueror. Well. Bill. l Will get back at
you If It takes me five years" No one
thought he would, but this year he made
good his promise. Rose topped Goes great
put at Portland BY just one-half inch.
On the athletic field Rose dwarfs the Or
binary husky weght-tosser. His height In
six feet five inches. At Travers Island
Rose lowered head and shoulders over the
local men. and appeared like a big over
grown lad taking part in games of the
smaller boys. His length of arm is ire
mendous, and the 16-pound shot appears
like a pill In the grasp of his gorilla like
fist. While he knows what his good right
arm is capable of doing he never boasts OF
his ability and is the last man to look for
trouble.
Rose is seriously thinking of quitting
athletics. His loss would be a terrible one
for America in the London Olympic games
next year. he could win the shot put
with ease, and probably score in the discus
as we'll '.f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29

NEW YORK. September 2S.-Ralph Rose,
the latest sensation Of a remarkable ath-
letic season. is a champion by nature. The
first time he ever put the iron ball against
his shoulder and flung 1t out into space his
performance was OF championship caliber.
He came out of the west in 1904 and was
gobbled up by the Chicago A. A. for their
olympic team of that year At the st.
Louis olympiad Rose put the shot Al feet
inches-at that time a worlds record. He
also tied the great Sheridan at throwing
the discus and was hailed as a marvellous
athlete. In the winter of 1904-5 Rose came
to New York and made show of the local
shot-putters. beating them all with ease
and setting a new worlds record with the
A-pound shot which still stands.
A year later Rose was at the nationa!
championships at Portland. Ore. Here he
met his first defeat at the hands of Wesley
Coe the Bay state boy. Coe made mar
velous put of 40 feet inches. which COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29

I'mplr~-Chrsley % Independents SCORERS
Iiurkah,,I and AbcII. Fly catch"s-Stourwa ads. 7:
Oulyk,'rps Home Tns-Wi!iiamS, Fox (3J,
EustaiuHujc. Mallory, White.
This was the first game on record at the
old College. but since that time the institu
ton OF learning has gone 10 the front in
athictics. and particularly in base bali. Its
team was for years the leading one in the
college world. and every season some of Its
stars have gone Into the big league and
made good from the start | might call at
taEtion TO the few who today are the big
guns IN their teams: Hart and White.
with Chicago. Arthur Devlin. with New
York. Louis Drill. with team in Pueblo
IA manager and player. Jimmy Maloney.
with Brooklyn. Jimmy Morgan. with Provi-
dence: Charley Moran. Big Mike Mahoney
and Tommy Dowd. also from the law
partment of the college. It's a great place
for bright ball players. and they're the kind
that make good. for a combination of brains
and Drawn with a dash of Celtic blood
makes the best sort of up-todate ball
player
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
Red Bananas New to London.

From the London Graphic.
There seems to ba 2iut of rare fruits IN
the market just now. After passion fruit
and espartilas we come TO a freak variety
of the homely banana. This Is the -ea
banana of Jamaica. and it is now TO he
seen In a city fruiterers. Much Ike the
ordinary canary banana in shape though
a trifie fatter AMI shorter. its skin is OF n
dull red color and rs flavor very much
richer 1t costs th:ec times the price of IT'S
yellow brother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
Golf, the CONSIDER.
From Country Life.

From Country Life.
Golf. as a beneficent minister of ne per-
manent virtues of cOnsola alton. chases away
the black and midnight hays that Cypress
the spirit, gives sorrow breathing-time. APP
plies the oblivious antidote that is so often
sought for unavailingly. whispers the word
Of hope across the "o'erfraught heart, and
does effectuaIly pluck from the memory
rooted sorrow and RACES out the written
troubles Of the brain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29

ticular attention to the crop-rasing quail
ty of the land that he saw in his journeys.
The richest land ever ran across" said
Rube was out on the Pacific slope. when
l was twirling in that locality; but the
poorest in the world continued the big
fellow was some 1 came across up I'm
Massa chusetts. Why. l saw some land up
there went on the southpaw. that was
SO bum you couldn't even raise an umbrella
on it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
Sutton Accepts Schaefer's Challenge

NEW YORK. September 2s--George SUIT
ton has accepted the challenge of Jacob
Schaefer for the 1872 balk-line billiard
championship, and the match will be
played in Chicago November 5.
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Rube Waddell's Description.

RUDE Waddell. who married Massachu-
sets girl. and who spent one winter up in
the Bay state. was telling a crowd of the
Philadelphia players the other day about
the numerous portions Of the United States
he had travelled over. RUDE. being born
farmer. always made 1t q point to pay par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
Totals Sep. % IA 4.779 40 Ito .24J
Totals Sep. Fl 1873 81 443 LIZ .2IG
Wcrkly gain G POI q 53 t.0ol

Hickman has been called to bat in thirteen
games: Nil. nine. Iieydon. FIVE: Warner. eight
Jones. three: Graham three: Hughes. two: Gehrng.
five: Blankenshfp. seven: Clymer eight. and Nay.
eleven: c. Smith. Delehanty. Block. Milan and
Falkenherg each substitutes for other
la tsmen
iHave been released except Anderson and Hey
don who left the team and suspended in
definitely.
lEcurned to Des MOines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
'Vt IIoN WIFI tue NdlfOuHIs.
Games Lost by Each Pitcher.

moi With the team
The following tables show how the Ma
tionals rank in batting and fielding, sacri-
flee hitting, stolen bases, long hits and
total bases. with the other seven clubs of
the American League:
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Sacrifice Hits and Stolen Bases.

The Nationals have made $50 sacrifice
hits. a gain of eight dur ng the week. and
they have pilfered 215 bases. gain of
thirteen. Those players of the home team
who are entitled to the credit Of accom-
pliShing the work are as fOlONS:
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Double PLAYS.

The Nationals have made fifty-nine dou-
BILE pays, gain of two being made during
the week. while their opponents have made
eightythree. a gain Of three and those
players who participated in them and the
: number OF times ara here given:
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HOPING TO BEAT
LAST YEARS RECORD
Capt. butcher Hard at Work
Preparing to Build Up Foot
Ball Team at Georgetown.

The first line can be had on George
towns foot ball material this week. when
thu. law school mon add their quota of
gridiron warriors to the already promising
nucleus which Coach Reilly has been put
ting through preliminary stunts on George
town Field. capt George butcher Is hard
at work preparing to build up a team
whose recO shall eclipse that of last
years aggregation. which went through
the season with but ons defeat. and that
on. readily excused on account of series
of aCC;dents which hes"t some of the
strongest players of the Blue and Gray
eleven on the eve of the Virginia game.
H brings the news that young giant
named Cudahy. a former Wisconsin cars
man and foot ball athlete. will try for
pac. on the Georgetown team this fall.
Cud ihN weighs in the teghborhood OF 9O.
stands a few inches over six feet and Is
exceptionally fast 70, a big fellow. Harry
Devinc the crack half back and relay
man of two of last years Blue and Gray
teams and who halls from the same town
in Wisconsin butcher, will be on hand
and in his toys by the last of this week.
With Capt. butcher at full back The Blue
and Gray has almost veteran backheld.
and two more veterans of last season. Joe
Mclaughlin and o Boyle, have played at
half back ard are available for either the
baCkield ends, the positions they
were. playing in the big games last season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29

'1icse players have been released and play
ing with other clubs. except Anderson and Hey
don who took French leave and were suspended
indefinitely
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Weekly gain IGI u II .WW
Have been released. except Anderson and Hey
don. who left the team and indefinitely
pended.
Nofe.-1n computing the fielding percentages of
the catchers ALI passed balls charged
rors owing to base runner securing another base
by such mispiay. and are therefore. placed in the
column
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"Piggy" Ward and the Hotel Clerk.

Ten years ago. and more. base ball in
the sunny south was anything but stable
proposition. as many of the older base ball
players will tell you today.
1t was no uncommon thing for the leagues
down there to go to pieces immediate y
ers Nat broke. and without anything be-
fore them but long hike to their homes.
On account of this tendency on the part
Of the several base ball associations in the
south to go down and out after the glOri
Gus anniversary of American independence
the leagues down there were commonly
spoken of among base ball men as Fourth
OF July leagues" and ball payers in the
south. especially when they were on the
homeward march, were made the subject
for funny cracks by the southern humor-
lists.
Where they talk about actors walking the
ties now 1t was base bah players then, and
many walk did the spike-shoe lads have
in those days too
1t was in 1893 that the Chattanooga team
of the Southern League blew up. and as
this was the year of the celebrated Coxey's
papers. when they found that the Chatta-
nooga disbanded club was not footing 1t
IN the direction of Washington. began to
make cracks about the boys being branch
army of COxey.s. and so forth.
Some of the fellows had sent home for
money, and had received it at points along
the route. One of these lucky individuals
was the celebrated Piggy" Ward. who
once played second base for Washington.
and a man who could knock the center
field fence down with the ball If he once
landed on it.
home, but he wanted to make it go far
as he could. so he went into hotel at
Knoxville Tenn, and. going up to the
clerk, he asked him his rates. The clerk
replied that they were two dollars up.
ION, but | want professional rates." said
Ward throwing out his manly chest. You
see | am a bail payer he explained.
oh you are ball payer, are you?' re-
marked the hotel man dryly; well. then it
is two dollars down.
He Probably Meant Terra Firma.
Washington bought most Of the players
of the disbanded '93 Chattanooga club.
among the number being Wild Bill Has
samer, who played an outfe!d.
Bill was man who never did care very
much for study even as a youth. and, con-
seuuently, he wasn't exactly adapted to
CARRYING on a scientific conversation. In
the off season Bill plotted an oil wagon
through the classic envirOnS of Cincinnati.
But to just show how he could shine
sometimes in conversation of a high degree
that he had managed to corral somewhere
and which he took huge delight in as
founding his fellow players with.
Sometime. in fact, most always these
large words which Kill spouted were Woe
fully in the wrong llace: but it was bliss
full ignorance with the boisterous Bill.
One time, when the team was going over
to Detroit from Cleve and the lake was
came sick among them Hassamer. When
the boat landed at the Detroit wharf Bill
was one of the first players off. and as AL
Selbach came down the sangway Hassamer
asked:
once again?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29

The Nationals played twenty-one games
with Chicago. winning six am losing if
teen. They played twenty-five with St
Louis, winning nine and losing thirteen.
They were outbatted by Chicago and
st. Louis and were outfie,ded. The figures
are follows:
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Robes Occupation.

Young Rohe of the Chicago club is
bookkeeper by occupation and used to work
at that business before he was 50 fortunate
as to develop into first-class ball player.
which enables him to make more money
in one season than a half dozen bookkeep-
ers can earn in a like number of months.
Robe is a thrifty lad. and in the off-sea-
son he still follows his earlier occupation
When the Chicago team was last in Wash
ington the talk among the players turned
to the question what each man was going
to do during the snow-flyng season
After Hickman and White had declared
their intention of remaining In Washing
ton where Charley Is going to study dem
tistry, while Doe Is going to practice the
same. Fielder Jones said
Well Robe will be all right, as he ) a
Crackerjack bOokkeeper.
He sure is that replied the merry Ed
Walsh, las he has been keeping book
that I loaned him ever since the beginning
of the season..
Fred Clarke Leach. Camnitz and Phil
lipi were all seated in the cars coming from
New York on the way to their Smoky city
home when Phillip. who happened to be
reading an article in paper about the ex
traordinarly large corn crop which the year
1907 has seen gathered said to Fred:
Il see, Fred. that out in your state the
Kansans are claiming to grow the largest
corn in the world
"Oh. other states can grow just large
corn as the Kansas country can" said
Phillip.
What do you think about it, Fred?"
asked Leach. you have been all over
the country Where do you think the lars-
est corn is grown?
Il think said Fred. as he gave a sligil:
sroan and reached down to rub his foot.
tt,..f he. lar q
index toe
How Buck Freeman Came to Lose.
The winter following the summer that the
Boston team captured the American League
pennant Tim Murnane. the Boston sporting
writer, took 1t into his head to pay d
round of visits to each member of the
champion club. so that he could tell to
the fans through his paper just how the
ball players spent their time when at home
One of the first players he visited was
Buck Freeman, who lives in the mining
districts Of Pennsylvania. Tim couldn't
find the once-great outfielder at his home.
so he went all over the little town inqur-
ing as to Bucks whereabouts.
Finally. the proprietor of the only hotel
in the village told Tim that Freeman was
engaged at a cooking main that was being
held some few miles outside of the town
Now. fighting chickens is a great sport
among the miners. and large crowds at
tend these matches. Freeman. who Is
noted raiser of game chickens. Is pretty
sure to be in the vicinity when one of these
affairs is being pulled off.
Tim Murnane journeyed out to the place
where they were having the fight, and
when pretty near to his destination he met
Buck in carriage returning from the
fray.
After salutations had been passed Tim
asked Buck how he had made out at the
cooking main. and Freeman, rubbing his
head slowly, replied:
II didn't make out at all, Tim. l lost
the fight fowl
And before Murnane could land on Free
man. that witty player had started in MAX
ing elaborate apologies for springing any
such joke on so prominent a visitor Tim.
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rifice. Hits and Stolen Bases.
Long Hits and Total Bases.
Batting.

The following tables show the work of
the Nationals during each month of the
season In batting and fielding:
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What, Jesse Burkett Celebrated.

Jesse Burkett. known in professional base
ball circles as the crab" on account Of
his sunny disposition and angelic behavior
when on the ball field. was nevertheless
one OF the games greatest batsmen, as
well as a good outfielder. Jess" was aleO
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Weekly gain G l6l II 13 900

Totals Sep. Is IA 8 TIA l. 500 32T .945
Totals Sep. q l3s 3,6l3 |. 702 314 .9i5
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Games Won by Each Pitcher.

Weekly gain. 81 SO IA o 10
Released and are not with the team.
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Not with tho team: been released. except
anderson and Hcydon. who left team and were
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-26
ELY'S TEAM TO
PLAY SERIES
OF CONTESTS
Manager Welshons Has Engaged the
Services of Two Crack
Pitchers.

The Ely BASEBALL team intends to
win the laurels in the contests plan
ned for the Fourth of July holidays
Manager Welshons announces that
Corbett of Sioux City, Iowa, the bic
pitcher, has been engaged to play
with the boys from the copper city
Willis of the Golden School of Min.
ing, the pitcher the American league
managers have offered all kinds OF
prices for, and who has refused them
all, will also twirl for the locals The
boys will leave on July End and will
be gone several days. One fare will
be charged for the round trip.
On the Fourth they will play Og-
den, on July 9Th and 9Th they will
take the scalps of the Salt Lake play
ers, and will return to Ogden to play
on the 7th. Now, here's some inter
esting news: The Sth of July has
been set as the date for game with
Preston, Idaho. Two more games
will be played, one on the 9th and
one on the 10th.
The series of games have been well
arranged and nothing remains but
for Ely to win the majority of the
contests and it looks as though the
boys will
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-26
BUSY DAY AT THE
STOCK EXCHANGE

They did things at the Stock Ex.
change yesterday and some very
good sales were made. The after
noon call was rather quiet, though
but three sales being made-100 Ely
Bonanza Copper at 53c, $50 Ely
Jumbo at 16c and 100 Ely Witch al
$1.10. The total price was $205
and the number of shares $50.
At the s O'Clock sale $3.50 shares
were disposed of at a total price o1
4,499.20. Two hundred A. n. M
& p went at $3.50; 500 Blackhorse
Phoenix at 6 1-2c; $50 Blackhorse
Golden Treasure at IA 1-2c; two lots
of Cumberland Ely of 200 and 10C
shares at $S.05 and $S.07, respec
lively; 500 of Ely Jackpot at SC;
100 of Ely Con. at $1.24; 200 of Ely
Bonanza Copper at SO 1-2c; $50 OF
Ely Resurrection at 93c, and 500 al
SAC; 100 GirouX at $9.15 and 25C
ConcordLeXington at sac.
The quotations at the s O'Clock
call were as follows: