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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
SWIMMER DANIELS
AFTER NEW RECORD

NEW YORK, January &c. NJ. Daniels
whose prowess as a swimmer is known in
nearly every country in the universe. will
compete tonight in several events in the
swimming races at the New York Athletic
Club. He will maze a determined effort
to lower several of his own records.
In the 2O0-yard handicap this famous
swimmer will start from scratch, giving the
fastest men in this country handicap of
from one to fifty yards.
Although he is the present holder Of
nearly all records for short distances, he
will endeavor to swim several distances
faster than he ever did before. He is par
ticularly anxious to beat his rcark of 2:2Oh
in the handicap event.
E. C. M. Richards of Yale. who won his
novice race last month is said to be sur
passed by no one in the country but Dan
iels All who saw him win his first event
and many members of the club who have
witnessed his trials expect him to surprise
the swimming world tonight.
Besides these two men hundreds of other
followers of the sport will compete in the
various events. Yale. Columbia, Princeton
and the University of pennsylvania Will be
branch of the Y. M. c. A. in this city and
Brooklyn Will have it's speediest swimmers
there and almost every athletic club in the
metropolis will be represented.
In the fifty-yard handicap s. b. Goodwin
will make try IT Daniels record Of - 20
seconds. AS opponents in this event Good
win will have C. D. Trubenbach and L. 8.
Crane two speedy lew York A. c. men.
TWenty-six novices have entered for the
fifty-yard event. Princeton is DESTROYS of
winning this race and has entered six fast
men who have never won prize.
Following the races a water polo game
will be played between Capt Handleys
team and one made up OF the other fastest
swimmers of the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
GOOD MONEY FOR
HERMAN AND MURPHY

NEW YORK, January 12-Thanks to the
good work he did at Philadelphia on
Wednesday night against Young Corbett,
Harlem Tommy Murphy is now beginning
to feel the waves of prosperity surging
around him. Yesterday he received an Of
fer from Manager Riley Of the Casino Ath-
letic Club Of Tonopah, New, Of a $4,000
purse to meet Kid Herman, the Chicago
youth who very recently divided $4,000
purse with Joe Cans, taking the short end,
of course.
Tommy Murphy, like the good boy he has
always been, hied himself away to the wilds
of Hicksville. L. l., as soon as possible after
his fight with Corbett. and Johnny Oliver.
his manager. Is now doing his talking
Oliver said Yesterday that Murphy would
that he was ready at any time to talk
business with Manager Riley.
Riley Is now in Chicago, where he Is I'M
doubtedly in touch with Herman. This
seems evident from the fact that Riley's
wire to the east stated that the fight was
to be for a $4,000 purse. the fighters
weighing in at the ringside, 1913 pounds, on
allow the weight to be settled by the fight
ers themselves, but, with bit of prompting
by Herman, Riley might have slipped this
additional detail in.
The chances are mat If these two fighters
ever come together on this offer the split
will be ~ and 40 per cent, which would
probably give both Of them larger sum
than any promoter in the United States
would offer them now. Under such circum-
stances Murphy and Herman would be fool
ish to turn down the offer. OF course,
Johnny Oliver, with the wisdom and fore
thought of the good manager, has made MS
acceptance conditional on the payment or
travelling expenses to TonOpah by the pro-
moterS.
Riley has also announced that the date
has been set for the meeting between Joe
md rift In to
on March II, which would be Sunday,
they will meet on March 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
GRIFFITH RECALLED
EX-UMPIRE STAGE

Here is one that Billy Stage of Cleveland.
the ex-umpire, tells on himself. Otherwise
1t might sound kind of bad, but as Billy
stands for it, it sounds good.
Billy was a National League umpire for
about three months in 1894. The life was
much too strenuous for one of Williams
retiring ways and modest demeanor, so he
quit cold.
One of Stages duties during those strenu-
GUS three months was to put Clark Grihth
off the field. Crit of course, raised an
awful howl. and said many unkind things
to Billy before he finally departed.
Just ten years later, in the summer Oh
1904. Billy happened to be out at League
Park one bright afternoon to see the
Highlanders play. Billy saw Grif on the
field, and he thought it would be a nice
thing to go down and fraternlze little
talk over old times. so to speak.
So he went down into the grass ana
hiked over to where Grif was standing. He
went up and put out his hand. Clark took
it In his usual cold, who-the-blaZes -are-you
fashion.
Guess you don't remember me-" said
Billy.
II put you out of ball game on these
grounds ten years ago." continued Stage.
Grif began to take an interest. He looked
Mr.. Stage over quite carefully.
Did your" he said.
Yes, 1 did," repeated Billy. my name
is Stage. Don't you remember? You SAID
l was rotten"
"Oh, yes. I do remember" replied Grit.
'You were rotten.
With which he turned and walked away.
So did Stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
RACING, BASE BALL
AND OTHER SPORTS
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
ADVISES IMPROVEMENTS

President Johnsons plan to make the UNI
pire's decisions on balls and strikes clearer
to spectators. and in general to supply the
concerning the games which they are wit
Messing, is commendable. 1t is satsfac-
ton to any person at ball game to be
sure he knows just what is going on in
front of him. Unless he is a dyed-in-the
WOO! fan and an almost daily attendant,
he does not understand a great many
things he sees because of unfamilarity
with players or because he is uncertain as
to umpire's ruling If he is too far
away-and In these days of big base ball
crowds majority Of the spectators are
to hear the umpire's call, he has to guess
at the call on balls and strikes and also
often on the important decisions that oc-
cur at the home plate. Then, too. he often
cannot tell what men are in the game,
whereas this information might be con-
veyed to him on the score board or by other
means and it certainly is almost essential
to the enjoyment of the game to know
just who is in all the plays that come UP.
most base ball enthusiasm and interest be-
ing built up around individuals. 1t isn't
agreeable. after having gone home with a
thrilling account of how Patten won the
game in the ninth inning by wonderful
home run, to learn next morning from the
papers that the man who made the home
run was Stanley, who had gone to bat for
Case. In horse racing all the various
competitors in the six events of the day are
possible for spectators to distinguish them.
This feature of the entertainment is some
what neglected in the greatest of American
sports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
HARD WORK TELLS
IN BASE BALL

It pays to attend strictly to business in
base ball, adherence to duty being the
means of promotion. No shiftless don't
care-a-darn ball player ever amounted to
anything. 1t is those Jealous, energetic
players who receive the buns. Close tabs
are being kept on promising talent. Dur
ing the playing season scouts contn-
ually on the go watching the work of the
minor leaguers. The demand is so great
that star players cannot be purchased,
making it necessary for the big leagues to
look to the small ones for recruits. The
youngsters are carefully looked and
quickly grabbed wherever capablity is
shown When man once attains promi-
nence in the profession his services are al
ways in demand. 1t is the snappy ball
player who receives the bouquets, the me-
chanical one the lemons. Base ball fol-
lowers are quick to distinguish between
the gold and the dross. A ball player
who is full of ginger always delivers the
goods, while one who performs mechanical
nature or enact stunts above the mediocre
order, and often gets the % sign on ac-
count of listlessness in the performance of
his duties. The mechanical player never
becomes a star. His nature rebels at eX-
ertion. He moves in a slow, easy-going
fashion, apparently caring little whether
his work pleases or displeases and is sell
dom awakened by the warning cries of
Timber up Get in the game, waited
in his direction. The mechanical ball
player is generally of the swellhead class,
who imagine they are the real things and
to whom nothing can be shown. Base ball
patrons delight in witnessing lively work
on the diamond. They enjoy contests
fought with vim and spirit in which the
players put forth every effort. and are up
on their toes throughout the battle. Base
ball ability is shown by nerve. daring fleet
ness of foot and spirit of endeavor. These
players who expect to become stars must
possess those essential qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
ORDWAYS WON TN
ROUGH BASKET BALL

The Ordway and the Commissioner bas-
ket ball teams of the Professional League.
which have been great rivals all season.
lined up for battle at the Washington Light
1nfanry Armory last night the former win
ming without much difficulty, score, AZ to
LIN. There was a large crowd on hand to
witness the game. and the result was ex-
pected to be much closer, as the two Quints
have been pretty evenly matched all sea-
son.
1t was rough-and-tumble affair from
the go-off and on several occasions blood
was seen coming from the different play
ers. In one mix-up Shorty Hughes and
"Stogey" Thompson spared off in the
southeast corner Of the gymnasium and
were hitting it up rather lively when the
referee fnterfered and both men were
thrown from the game. Both teams were
also penalized for fouling several times.
The lineup and summary:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
WON IN
COURT TENNIS TOURNEY

NEW JRK, January Pit remained
for Jack White to settle the aspirations
of Frank Forester in the invitation court
tennis tournament in progress at the Rae
quet and Tennis Club. The local player
defeated the Georgian court professional
two sets to one yesterday afternoon. This
leaves Ferdinand Garcia the only contest
ant with clear record. In the event
of the latter losing today to George Stand
ing in the final game these two will be
tied for first place.
When yesterdays match began the anna
teurS in the dedanS were about evenly
divided as to the probable outcome. White,
who is one Of the professionals at the local
club, never played in better form, and after
the first set he was regarded as an almost
certain winner.
White won by superior steadiness, COM
bined with a better variety Of strokes. He
also varied his service. whereas Forester
relied almost entirely on the cut service,
which failed to puzzle the New York man.
Play on both sides was characterized by
fast and vigorous strokes. 1t was the
smash, bang style; anything to win, with
perhaps too little of the finished article,
such as playing for the corners of the
court and coaxing a puZzlng tangent from
the base of the tambour.
Despite this fact there were number of
long rallies. and both men were successful
in playing for the winning openings. In
this respect White had seventeen to f1f-
teen for the Lakewood player. There were
also flashes of brilliancy where the con-
testants found the winning openings three
times in a single game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
NEW PITCHER FOR
BOSTON AMERICANS

BOSTON. January 12.-"Chick" Stahl
manager of the Boston Americans, came
over from New York yesterday with Treas
urer Hugh McBreen. Stahl will remain in
Boston several days. until the arrival of
President John 1. Taylor from the west
and will then return to his home in Fort
Wayne to get into condition for the south
ern trip, which will begin in a little over
two months.
Chick is looking in splendid condition
He weighs about 100 pounds. only little
more than when he finished last season
Stahl didn't have much news to hand out
to the newspaper men who called
1.-The only thing now that l know about"
said he lis the fact that we have secured
another pitcher. He is Thomas Railing a
handler who played with the Dallas
club in the Texas League last season. He
had been beating all the big teams that
visited Dallas, and thought he was worth
more money than the club was handing
him. He is young fellow, but a sx-footer
and looks like conner
The management is contemplating max
ing several important changes at the
Huntington avenue grounds. 1t is pro-
posed to do away with the long runway
that leads from Huntington avenue to
the ticket office, which on holidays is very
much congested.
The plan is to use Rogers avenue in
stead, and throw open all the land back
Of the grandstand. making three ticket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
WAIVER NOTICES
SHOULD BE SECRET

From the st. Louis Sporting News.
Absolute secrecy should be observed by
club owners when a request for waiver
is submitted to them, and severe punish
ment should be melted out to the magnate
or manager who makes public information
of an official character. impaired to al
ford every club of league a chance to Sc
cure a player who Is slated for release,
and in many cases to be used in q deal.
The waiver system is indispensable. With
out it either major league could be Grip
pied in a night. Suppose that President
Brush Of the New York National League
Club. who bought the release Of two play
ers in 1906 at an outlay Of $4,000 for each.
had the privilege Of purchasing American
League stars from their respective clubs,
and the sanction of other members OF
President JohnsOn's organization was not
required to make these transactions legal.
There is no reason to suspect treachery in
the ranks of the American League. but
that league, as well as the National
League Is protected from perfidy by the
waiver system, under which the consent of
every club in the league in which he plays
is reuired before a player can go from
one major organization to another.
League secrets should be closely
guarded as club secrets. No club official
makes public a deal in which one of his
players figures until the transfer is made,
but as soon as he receives request .or a
waiver on player of another club he gives
his confidential communication to the
sport writer's of his city, and 1t is started
in the rounds of the press If the player
is retained by the club which had deal
on for him he becomes dissatisfied with
his club connections and is discredited
with patrons. There should be little OH
Guilty in determining where the RESPONSE
bility rests for starting a story. The paper
in which 1t first appears is in ntnety-nine
cases out of one hundred printed in the
city where it was put in circulation. And
while it is possible that a visiting magnate
or manager may have talked. as rule
officials of the home club are at fault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
SPEEDY TROTTERS
ON THE SPEEDWAY

The principal contest on the speedway
yesterday afternoon was the race to decide
the winner of a speedway wagon offered as
a prize for the horse taking the greatest
number OF heats during a series of four
matinees At the conclusion of the four
days trials Everett f. Taylor's trotting
gelding Forney, 2:19A, had won eight heats,
and Larry McCormick's pacing mare, My
sotis. 2l2&s, had also won eight heats, in
their respective classes; therefore, these
two horses were pitted in SPECIAL race yes
terday. The latter carried off the prize by
taking two of the three heats.
The three heats were covered in 1:O6b
| :o6l. and 06$i These are the fastest heats
ever made over the new speedway in a
single race. and, considering the condition
OF the track the work of the two horses
was remarkable.
Forney won the first heat and looked to
have the second won. but his driver was
overconfident and was barely nosed out
The third heat was repetition of the sec
ond. Mysotis nipping Forney five yards from
the wire.
Javins Brothers Bedford Boy won a spe-
cial race. and Rex Leader went heat
against Mysotis Rex Leader winning
Wilkes, 2aSha. and pacing gelding, Green
line, 2OI&, hooked together. went fast
mile but were not timed.
Altogether. the matinee was by far the
most interesting ever he'd on the speed
way. The summaries:
Race to decide the ownership of a one
man speedway wagon, the horse taking
the greatest number of heats during a
series of four matinees to win. Race OFF
trotting gelding Forney having eight heats
and pacing mare Mysotis eight heats:
Mysotis licCormick) Observation-Disclosures. 2 /
''' Time. ioe.a. i.oGa, i.o6a4 .'''' =
Special race-Pace or trot-
Bedford Boy tMcCauleyl OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ! l
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FEW GAMES WON
BY TRICKY PLAYS

Few games are won by tricky plays nova
days, but in the sos and eos. when the
umpires were less alert than now, battle
after battle on the diamond was decided by
an unlooked-for event quickly thought out
by some brainy player. Old Jack Glasscock
was an adept at this style of play. One
day when the Providence team was playing
Cleveland in a close game here, Glasscock,
with his right hand in a bandage, was do
ing coaching duty while Cleveland was at
bat jollying the Providence players on the
bench when it was their turn. Stimulating
lameness, Jack carried around with him
as a cane a bat that he alone knew had
been broken and was held together by a
silver. Providence got three men on bases
with one out in the ninth. with Barney Gill
ligan coming up. Jack, starting over
toward the Cleveland bench. dropped his
broken stick in Gilligans path. and picking
up Barney's good bat, hobbled away. Glass
cock signaled the Cleveland fielders to play
in and tipped old Jim Mccormick to put
one straight over. Mac did. Gilligan swung
hard. The ball rolled to the pitcher, as the
bat broke in two, and an easy double play
retired the side. The score was to l In
Cleveland's favor in the ninth inning of
game in Pittsburg one very dark afternoon.
some years ago, when, with one out, Pat
Donovan doubled. The next batter hit to
Mexican, whose throw to first was late
Tebeau however, made a noisy and pro-
tracted protest, and In doing so got q
chance to whisper something to Cuppy. who
was in the box. Finally, with Mig looking
the other way, Patsy apparently rolled the
ball to him and shouted: 20 ahead, we I've
got to beat ten men today" Sizing up what
he thought was the situation-Cuppy play
ing his part in the scheme by remaining
motionless and gazing off into space-Dono-
van dashed for the plate. Tebeau, who
had held the ball in his gloved hand all the
time. slammed it to thinner, who easily
touched Donovan out. Then Cleveland
went out and won the game. 1t was month
before the base ball editors of the Smoky
City forgave Donovan for falling into
Patsys wide-open trap.-Elmer Bates, in
Cleveland Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
HICK OR ANDY FOR
BEAUMONT? NEVER!
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO ILL.,, January 12-Joe Cantillon
declared before he went away that he had
fixed up an awful lot of troubles at Min
neapolis. You'd be surprised said Joe,
"to know how sore the people up there
were at the American Association, and
what a time it was to straighten out the
snarls All lovely now-I managed to jolly
everybody and Brother Mike will have plain
sailing What? Transfer some of my men
to Mikes team? Well, of course. if there
is any one to be let out. I'll give him pref
erence, but I'm not chasing any of my
good men, even to my brothers club"
1t was suspected that Barney Dreyfuss
had been trying to get some of Joe's best
for Garry Beaumont, but Joe denies the
allegation. He is not sure as to Beau's
shins. and fears the once-great Pittsburger
might break down in midseason. Barney
was willing to accept John Anderson or
Hickman for Beau, but Joe had so severe
a spasm over the idea that Barney, fear
ing he might die stopped the conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
Aid Association Meets.

The Aid Association for the Blind held the
first meeting for the new year Tuesday last
at its home, 915 E street northwest Mrs.
Charlotte Emerson Main. the president, was
In the chair The report of the house COM
mittee showed that the donations sent to the
home during the holidays had been unusual
ly generous so that the inmates enjoyed
delightful Christmas. The work reported
from the shops was most encouraging
Mai. Richard Sylvester, the treasurer.
urged upon the ladies the Importance Of
completing the payment on the mortgage,
and il was decided to hold a bazaar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
In the Lighthouse Service.

Capt. James Adams, formerly master or
the Diamond Shoal lightship No. IL. has
been relieved from duty on the ship by the
lighthouse authorities and has been sent
to the lighthouse tender Mangrove, at Key
West, as mate. The Mangrove Is now at
Philadelphia overhauling.
Capt Thomas Jacobson, who was mate
of Iightship No. H. under Capt. Adams,
has been promoted to master and placed
in charge of the Diamond Shoal ship.
which is now at Baltimore being over
hauled and being made ready for her next
tour OF duty on the stormy shoal.
Wallace NJ. Overton was recently ap-
pointed by the lighthouse authorities as
sistant keeper of the new beacon light, re-
Gently established at Fleet Point. Va. In
the fifth lighthouse district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
Head Injured.

While at work on the building under
construction on 18th street between New
York avenue and ii street yesterday aft
ernoon Robert l.. Taylor. colored. OF $40
22d street northwest was struck by
brick elevator as it was being lowered. He
suffered a severe injury to the head, be-
sides being painfully cut about the face.
Fellow workmen summoned the ambulance
of the Emergency Hospital. and Taylor
was taken to that institution. He was re-
leased from the hospital later. and no Sc
rious consequences are expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
Dredging q Dock.

The dredging machine which has been
at work digging the trench In the bottom
of the river in which the pipes at the
trunk sewer outlet, on the river below this
city, are laid was yesterday taken to
Alexandria and is there employed in
dredging the dock at the sulphuric acid
chambers of the Alexandria chemical
works. The dock a few years ago is
said to have been eighteen or twenty feet
deep, mud deposits from repeated freshets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
CAPRONS WON
FROM THE ST. JOHNS

The Capron Cadets of the Washington
City Basket Ball League took fall out Of
the St Johns independent team last night.
in what proved to be a very close and in
teresting contest, the score being q to %.
Hammerly and Wilkinson of the winning
aggregation played about the best ball. The
lineup and summary:
Ordway. Positions Commissioners
Thompson. left forward. Handiboe
l.. MOriarity.
Sannno. ........ right forward .....J. Moriarity
Reyes. -.............. center Boyle
C. Hughes ......... left back. j. Hughes, Chism
Bonayaries right back. .......... Draeger
Goals-Reges 49,, Sannino t8I, Chsm 81, Handi
Doe t2p. L. Moriarity (2l. ]. M0rlarity, Boyle and
c. Hughes. Referee-Mr COliifower. Time Of
halves-20 minutes each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
CAPR0NS WON
FROM THE ST. JOHNS

The Capron Cadets Of the Washington
City Basket Ball League took a fall out
Of the st. Johns independent team last
night in what proved to be a very close
and interesting contest. the score being q
to 25 Hammerly and Wilkinson of the
winning aggregation played about the best
ball. The lineup and summary:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
Bothner Won Wrestling Match.

NEW YORK, January 12.-Dennis Cal
lagher, the western wrestler, was unable
to score single fall over George Bothner
at the Yorkvlle Casino last night in his
attempt to throw Bothner twice in ninety
minutes Bothner was awarded the money.
The match included some clever wrestling.