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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
SPORTS. d The WEEK

85E n Eyyi = ORK.g ptember a Interest 81 in
all other branches OF sport this$Sw week Nv iii
he overshadowed by that focused on the
thrilling race between the leading teama Of
the Am rican& Base ball Lea que for the PEN
nant OF 100 and the honor OF Getting tho
Chicago. Club Il, OF the tional s8L ea que for
stha&world's championship early mex month.
3- Detroit begins IS he week. with II eighty
seven games won and ffty-siS lost, a per-
scentage OF IS. SOB, and " Philadelph with
.eiehty-thrne 4 game $ won and fifty five lost,
"a percentnge OF COL 81
8 Chicago is third In the race With avery
remote chance OF catching tho leaders, hav-
ing a percentage 10 $50 n
s TO morrow Philadelph and Detroit$wlll
play a. double headergat Philadelphia, after
which Detroit Jumps 10 Washing ton ~ for
four games and Il hence F5 to 35 ST. Louis for
three. On " one gam has been lost by De-
&troit in s}the Capitol City nd FIX Manager
Jennings is honetu!8that$ his HIGH percentage
OF vlctoriess there WILL lbe maintained. I M
In ST.. Louis however, things have Il not
always been rosy for tho Tigers. aS# After
Detroit leaves. tho Philadelphans Will wei:
come the Cleyelands on their homo grounds
for four games and then MIL go TO Wash:
ingtons for three $sB3 mi s;s
sS4$s Tho football season may now be said tc
be Gtwell under way and although none Of
tho big eevens arc eduled & to meet fol
soma t line, this weeks pro era m ts is mo-
without Interests. There gwtl a be half i
dozen or moro games on Wednesday, ant
practically all the eleyens In training NIL
meet opposing teams on tho field next Sat
"A V
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RICHMOND COL[.[Ii.G|;.[
PLAYS UNIVERSITY.
Gridiron5 Men of.thc College Hope
to Hold Varsity to Small
Score.
GAME AT Il ONE ON SATURDAY

Interest In the weeks sport centres
chiefly In baseball and football, this
being practically the. close Of one sea
son and : the be ginning V Of the other,
5donot Quit before the Ct lose Of next
week, and football really cyan las:
week. Mingled with the al g ~ Q, the
tie warriors B Of the gridiron is head, /.
Tho small ,9 h ard N sphere upon which
thousands of eyes have been focused
for six months will be vershad owed
by. the large #leathcrnE oval hurting
THE I1etroit ana Philadelphia 5Amcri-
can Lea que teams will conclude GO, their i
last series to-day,8and Cleveland VIII ~
with the Athletics, Will Detroit moves
on 10 Washington TO play the Senators
a, three game series. s5s I, I, Y t.!s'4
ssI In football i several Interesting con-.
tests are anticipated. The Richmond
College eleven Will have ] Is first t ry-
out of the season againHt &th g heavier
University Of Virginia eleven Il ~ the;
Coach Dunlap's collegians are a prom-
Using lot OF young steers, but arelsyhol-
! ly$ unsea son ed and stlntried. Tho Or
I;ange and Blue has q consld cradle adj
e eapsaka and 8ysst is even more
VALUE, The III experience gained by 81 a
hard game with formidab Bile tea m.
Most Of the university eleven are more
/
| gians, many OF whom are In the rudi-
mentary&stages of the game. The Ecol-
|leEesis especially strong In the ba ck-
lGeld. The four men behind tho line
are good, heavy ba cks and have had
/ considerable experience. OF course, he
}linemen are not yet ..well drilled, and
i the interference Of the team has not
$been developed. It n Is expected that
Virginia Will certainly win, but til g
| 5Collegians hope to make a most cred
table showing: { they can,sl,old the
lldowns they vii have done remark
abb " ell.8 Those familiar with tn g
work of@the team believe that they
| will be IA Bile to 4 10 this. i.}$Ss ~ n
4 35 The first $football game on the homo
! grounds tBroad Street Park) will be
i with tho husky Maryland Agricultural
i College tea m next Saturday The Rich
mond College boys, With the expert
Sence Of le Virginia game NY ednesday
and the hard practice preliminary and
subsequent thereto, hope to 4 entertain
4 surprise party,;Sif theysare anticipat-
4 doubtless wi tn ss \ the ga me. l.}ft
4 Among the otherJ games of interest
& scheduled Il for4Enext Sa turday arc the
4 &following ". F. Ms. vs. Roanoke q Col.
4 leges at #Blacksburg; Pennsylvania VS.
4 ,Bucknell, at8sPhiladel alpha s. Lehigh vs.
Il George Washing ton U University and
4 George town VS., Callaud ct. gSf
4 played lin Richmond every Saturday
Il and the contests all over tn country
II will grow in impo rtance and interest
& the earlier ones being preliminary ant
Il prep to the final tests Of the
II season. fsleg
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81 COURT SALE II SS$Sg;
5fS33f O 3 IS n " IA
HOTEL FURNITURE AND 4TIxTURES,E
BEDROOM SETS, OFFICE FURNI-a
4 TURF, D EsEk, TABLES, E CH1NA-s
WARE, CARPETS, kRU as. ETC.

" BY Virtue OF q decree cnte rcd on this
25tll day OF Sep TENDER, 1907, BY: til es
Law and Equity Court,o OF Richmond EN-
tho suit Of Emmett Seaton, trustee
VS.. Stephen Allen and others, w 8 will
sell at public auction. In the building
at the southwest corner Of Broad Il and
Tenth Streets, at 10: IS 0 "A. M,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER !, o07 !, s5sss .si
all the Office furniture and n tlxturessS
sets OF chamber furniture, aparlor and
dining room 5 iture, tab les $ss 60
chairs, crockeryware. carpets. rugs
and other articles Of general urni--4i
.tlre and movable property co 4 tained@
IN tho said building, ] II hich q hot
was formerly conducted. u lis tS o 50;
tho property to; be sold As in tho hands
OF the receivers.
TERMS:s Cash d $ to all amo unts under,
one hundred dollars (S1oo);;5S IS TO- all
over that sum, one ird5 i1lS
cash and the balance at six and TIVE I've
months, " it'll interest, tito to ssEt lies'
property to be reserved unit rs fully
paid for. All the pro erty will be sol,ds
az whole. or put in slna ler8 LOT y.
a.si5l. fdETTa SEAT 81, ssRs
gE:s55 ALLEN G.. COLLINS,
sS3 Sy 81 tecelyers.8 s
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VARSITY |. VERY SORE
over FOOTBALL Q i | TEAM 4
Can't See Why i. cam
Did Not Defeat
Davidson.
BIG sHAKE--U 2 WILL OCCUR


q TSpeeia ID 4 o Tie Times y ispatch.l $ys
#S CHARLOTTESVILLE AZ, sep!te ms
Der 20 Tho poor showing made G by
Virginia against the Davidson College
team on Friday IS still tho tai k 5Sot
college, and IT is safe to Il dict tia liz =
there WILDE quite a S hako-up$ In the,
team this week. a any ra to, many OF
the substitutes, Of which there are
over fifty, viii, be given q trial, on
the first and second teams.
Virgin ilad count ed Il on dc attn 8
the North CaroliniansS by. IS. a tStt cas- cas- &
ors had gotten dow 1 ]. y, work two
weeks 4 In advance OF the Orange and
Blue squad In tho ID avidson u Inc up
There were on lyi three veterans, e anu
There was no reason wv ny y lrgl mas
score sllouldn'tshaye be eli IN UGH lars ar; or
! Hammond ohnson, head coach, has
mapped outss#a week 81 hard work
forIthe candidates II ewil be isis u
| cd BY his brother; Branch q linson,
former captain and 8 uard ont = g VAT sl
lginia eleven, nd BY p 70, lseverly
ana al l-round athletes ever turned olilt
4 from this university. ~ Pol lard VII lire
main hero for ten lays or two Nv lSs,
after which Ii will go to Davidson so
assist another Virginia EE alumnus,
I'D SAli y Z, Z.
byterlans $. SsS5 y
no Get PRO fcssional. M {5i II
Under theme gradua To I, coac II sys :
\ tom, a team Is al lowed tho seryi ccsS g
/ a Il prof essional ZACH Or Il a pc LODI OF
4 two weeks. "a correspon is y n oW
being II carried on with v Sanford, the
former YAH ~ ar, " no coached 3aN II
|ginia one season and who last year
returned IA to- Yale3E to- ass st in@ getting
4 the lin men in sha p g II for tho big
games on the Blues schedule i SIS
|probable that slle vii q be the man
lchosen8to round out the Virginia var
A sity toward Tho close the season.
4 II will III be- some Time before ~ ir-
lginia.s real strength is known IA Is ms
{|student in&# every tcn re So nd to Asth
i call for candidates. hero las n beer
much shifting IN Q rder3t g, give all
5Ifair trial, & rho players are being grad
|uany sweeded out, II ;Wevcr,,,,5 q nd \ rs
I best men selected, 81 ~ q n rs
4 ss}s In tue ySD Davidson confess E IIonaker
1.-THE little quarters a elk from reXas
Twas easily the tar. EsG III d wa s In every
Z scri nlnla sc, and Ut ran tho team viii
I cXcellent5 Judgment. Captain n CT
4 played his ua,l $c consistent game. II
| lis not n spectacular p slayer but Mt al
\ 1.-THE line I'M good Is I'm, and is fulltso
I pluck. AZ Barring his fumhling, thu
!. work n 8 E Crawford was fully up Il
]. Expectations. He mad 9 n several bril-
!. liant dashes. cloth. "a t centre, playe,
4 tn#mld season form. ~ ~ nnccy, the Kan
II dolpll- Macon boy, was not III the game
Il but was In form, "a and on the sid
) Hines, 8SlI q q Is uffering from a spraln
lea ankle. md y was bought best no
. He will sloe III n siap Q i forSss tho mex
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TEST Of EW FU E !.

Much Interest Attaches Is the ,rTlnl1
& OF DriHncttcs. d
e Especial to The Ttmes-D ispatcll.l 81
"a. "a, NJ - S 4 % WI IL KIP o SITIoN
GROUNDS Az Ser tember 8 .-Twoi
carload DIS q Of brio ettes, the new fuel.
was shipped from the Fuel I and Coal
Testin s plant here sterday to tile
n orfol l1&naVy-yard, and fromAthere will
be v dis tributo d8to several naval lips
to be tested. ~ y; 400 sS
Il 4 The government esircs VI to- make
con1parativeB tests OF tho fuel qualities.
The outcome OF these ~ tests will "A bs
watched s$Witllsa good deal 8oft interest
by go yernment experts. ~
:s55 The plant liere4ssl $ + now turn illg q Ut
from i've to SIX 4 tons ofsthis new fuel
daily Two large machines are used
in36the production. Ss 81
LITTLE later OH tests will be made
on United states tor peto- boats 81 us ing
the same "a mount q OK brlquettes ss and
coal. The chief advantage OF the
blocks in$Which5 shape brlquettes are
$molded Is tho Scony ienGes In handling
\ the economy MS torn sc space e, + on ac-
count Of their square shape. Another
thing Isl TINT the. BLOCKS throw. off cry
little smoke; they burn evenly and
SLOWLY lgof tho flno carbon particle
being entirely cpnsumed.s This g vee
VIII q is claimed D. by en-
perts to be nbdecided advantage oyo,
all other fuels designed for stealnina
purposes. u e,
"a The Tue ana the CIohls Testing Snlant
here In one tho shawn Lac ess u
the fair. Ii III Iii q 3s
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N N. the / T:-.BALL WORLD.

q X -
NEW DIRK, September q. ~ Al Il
though scattering anies had been been.
81 ayed here and there. the ! q be De \
ginning OF the playing season g + foot 70 =
ball4took place vest rday. when most
OF the Easter coll ge5 teams got.un-
der way. $ Harvard. ale and Pri nee
ton were conspicuous absentees from
the field OF conflict. they being due
10 begin%their schedules this week.
The &Untyerstty4 of Pennsylva MIA eleven
set the ball arolling with al good s1ze q
score against the uniyersity8o f15N o ,
Carolina team. Lafayette; ssore &c 4, =
Seminary while the Indians We're held
Is & a small total hys ~ illanova, Brown
mad three 3touchdoWns against her
opponen ts,9 and q Dartnouth Two, both
Keeping their goal lines inyiola te.sz.gss'
WILLIAMS daENF esleyan& o1h$aNYo.n !,
the Massachusetts gg les. The leading
prep schools, Andover and 8 81 Exeter,
We're victorious. III Most Of the games
we're played . ~ wet and slippery, g ri{d;
irons which on 2. ~ a., !.
speed and smoothly yas,,,t evoAu
s7.g5 Pennsylvania SO; N orth carolin y
Brown, G; IS New Hampshire, 9.
S Carlisle, 10 Villanoya. Q.
$s5 Lafayette, 90 Wyoming Seminary o
lliams.5 massachusetts, A a 1l'1
tural College, a .sEs i5s,@
Wesleyan II; Middlebury, o..
Fordham, 5; Rutgers. 5. :i
SDartmouthS12;$ ~ ORWELL n @. q.
8fBucknell, 81; Gettysburg. O..
Dickinson G; HWest ern Y Maryland, 0
SLelli gll,5s 29;s Mullen berg, 0,
IS Niagara, ii 4 Colgate, G.. 5
Esq Exeter, 5 /; Bates 9. t3$5 ;5S
Andover,. 4 l; Lynn "a. A.. 0. NJ s$
y Bowdo inb&1 Il Fort Mckinley. o. 55f
Maine, o; S Hebron Academy, n 0.
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LoeGBoAT n or so J, spEEDY. 81
ShrWbb, The English Champion, Sur
He Can Beat Indian.

ShrWbb, thc English Champion, Sure.
He CnnS Beat Inlinn. 5A *
Alfred Shrubb, tile wonderful En- g
lish distance runner, Is anxious TO run run
the Indian, Long boat. MI
t'Nothing would please me better - g n y
fact. think Il would be some easy
mon ey for me. = 5
#7tThen8you don't think much 81 loon y ri
well replied $Shrubb, II have fatl-.
cd TO learn where he has done any
thing that would entitlc hin, to con-.
ration from Dozen 81 run :, !, Ia
races he has met men who !. never
burned IN any tracks. Il would cer-
5talnly feel Very confident ere ~; to
enter a match with him. And. by the
az I said before, than to get him onto
"a track With yours trul ". 532i .s. .s. 8
CO KIN ow$ OF "a y man who is Y. y ard
little Of outside Of his homo Ito wn,
5of Longboat,"" continued shrubb: III 9
name is Frank Kennaily,sI admire his
running very much. & s9
shruhb is "a great admire = of; Bobby
kerr, of Hamilton, q n s7sathl etc VIII
competed in the ind oor5 games in p y e
Shrubb. has the making OF q Great
Splinter. 80 35 y38 II 7i3
The definition of an amateur and q
professional In EnGlan d1Ia ccord ins "
Shrub differs greatly n ", ina :. u
ia man is $eitllcr8a pro sar&anji a m ateur
None 81 OF this on the fence besiness
You Will find no anna te urs grunnlnE -
d big expense acc cunt In prcpar rim
for a. contest anni ess ne lla plenty 81
ovcrSth erc, and keep close tab OH the
movements OF an anna teur. S' !5s83
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q 8fi,tI n, ~; q ss5ElI ~, Septembcr 9---
r,,,i.a - lost the first game to $Srook
= IN = "a az. The second ga me Was -
.aiied on account of darkness q t l lil'e3
zen %of the l w ii'i''n ss
$sl l.sa ,'u ;nnings: ~
rsi.,o - & o Il 0 o o 0 O.
\, ranis 1vn . % 3 o 2 o 0-5
a 81 eul ba CHI and King
n =, 2 : ~
1 g gaGon ,N' eaa, 60 y.
sss cnre Nv inni IS 5a i. II. =.
n 1,nnaiii,,,, q D o. u
ia tteries .E5is I.und gre an d 4 NJ oran;;
e..s,nLlat fIS and b Bergen. sE9 TinleS ~.
= ~ II 70 R1eler.
4 = tl'1t q - = !,
Bro NC a iSelh. 'ss53
;ii$s$ S1.s LOUIS MI ,5 Sc pt perb3s p
Louis broke erents ~ y eW.S1 ' .5
8 day the 81 a tier TIA king u e.4flrs T. game
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the United States will meet = r Scon.s
ntioni Bro oklyn Day8through OctobeEl

18th. rs Il
ss Connecticut Day has been sche duled s#
Tor October 9TH T III will be q day
OF great IN terest. Governor w od nm
With his official pa rty from the n t7ssSS
meg State, xvi II take part In the Te-5ss
Tho orator OF the = da ysWil IL bei ~
Drs l'laver Luther presto q ms
ity Colleg
s Manufacturing and III beral lar tsAo ay MI
will ikewlse be eel ebrated on the ~ th.s
Like the other strictly exposl ton ia s, 81;
II nunber5of .handso ONE ri lies. lnclu di ng(
typcwriters. sewing mac hines. Setc,Vill
ky coupons. t Y he E Ame lean & Asso-sR
citation az travelling Passenge Il AGENTS
viii NEE on Octobe ti.5E 81 eas g s-S
ISOLATION Will DO In sessio one day. e.
only .sg NEG
IA October "a Z til will be New ~ ersey4s
Day. ia Governor Stokes, $of Jew Jersey,E
stoEe thersSwith II his sta #. vi l#s be Il
hand ss as wi be c. c. Brecke ge.S
presi lent OF the New ersey y anne stoWnSi
Commission. The M ograln iEssl -s
3clucc, among 9th err features g grand
review OF all the troop st at ons
an ca I the Exposition Gro ssFss#
This same day vii also be- Knightss}
&c EMalto Day ton the Grand NJ
car3n sc Con cderate $ VI terans' ~ arnes-a
town meeting will tober 81 Ittlts
las tinESthrough I he % ti. he Virg1 Ma
Christi End eatVors wi hol s. IS q M
nunl conventional Is the exposi ton rom
|October81 7th to octobe
Yorkt own 4 Day
a@ October 9th will 4 be own ay.
!, On thisM day y the Il Je rspn$ Melnorii
ALSO citation ill meet II ne lleS4 nd arylands
State Building u T e Nj nd lay fol LOWING
RI.
lner1 Of Mlchlgan; Y ted State sena 81
tor $iJ. VI c. Burro ws, and nv II ann.
Smith. orator OF VI the 81 da takaS
part In the eremonie les, p rtn 81 hd$
|evcninE a rtcepti Ion @wil II be y giYens.i IN!
tho Mlch gan Bull din his dayzz- H. Ocs 4
toberS 81 st--the Anne m Raj way ass
sociation sSwi lSS begin q t fcon Vel tions5
whichSwills last tlree q q Us.
ri II ne Jamestown Toul try b Show, willie III
will probably be one, 8 & 4 he largest;
! ever held in this ountry,s VII WI las Y
ten days, ginning Octo her q a :ss5sf8 ta
EAgriclllturnl 8$ Implement and Vehiclas
Manufacturers ociation% wi Il 3s me II
i October 22d, & closin octo her a
M October d vii be New orlean Day.
From this day to tho lose % E he wv eek
will I ne known as q r p II ISapp Sigma
i Canadian American Day VII be cele-
sIbrated October "a tn. b ginning on this
day, and lasting throu III the 26tti;yj
will be- theSconvent ion3 o fs the Phil Beta
4 ri FRA ernity. 5a38
335s he National Ice Carniva Will gin
4 October 2sth.g T HIS IVY III la through
4 Novembar I'd s Also on October, as ii
a the two day s. session OF II theSg lanes
A town No er onautical Congress WI ltsSIh he
4 gin. The vi ginia$ CHAR les Confer-
Il ence Will begin October NJ 9TH n asting
4 two lays. If This closes the mont il.
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Il WINNERS ALWAYS In ID OuDT.
Only One American IenRue Clllnpl0n-
khI p Was q l&MnnNNAN y. i..iI

rho American League has II lever had
y but one prof ssionall remnant race,
Thns WGn
8let!cs ranking second With, Is 6---a dlt-s
ference % points. 81 is
lsSsg Glilcngo won the rlasSl III 4 o O--the
Wrist ear Of e1EsSl eagp e----wttn
with .55S,A ll4ss1 1.-THE season the
y Vas S inyad LIT he Chicago team
won ,6 o & its games, sIsost ton 10 low
f Ing q l;8 "a
tns flnSsg r!rH
81 4 'so l's eta
IN u A0s 4Ilrliny Cnllins's team was
q nm Ca 81 w nner5s hYs he e ares q lreadys
Va giYen,5 but In 2s the Toll owl nEg sc n
Rho last CANA But iii one Nv deteaating
York laF'er- heir u
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5 The exports Of domestic breads u ffs.
meat and dairy products. 70 cd animals
and cotton and mineral oils for! he
month of July were "a In va ue} ! 1913 aaas-s
the Corresponds g month&las year.fFor
the seven month ending HI wi tn ] III y.
those exports were n val ueS S. 1Q.tt 3,,7
So Q, San increas Of s 54,S 3o,25 %, oVersa
n
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specific records for the race re-. e being being
.617 and 1909. VAN i, $S is5f
The Athletics second pennant was
captured in 1906 after a grueling
struggle with the White sox,f the final
percentages being 81 and IS 05. -
as The race OF 1906 was memorable Il III
ing by winning 614ssof their games.
the Highlanders having a credit Of
1896, I s3S. e q. q 81 s$5 B, LIN
7: Since 1901 the schedule has been
Icing thened from ito i54 games.
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LIGHT CHAMPION sC j
William VIZ We BIB, Who Beats Towns,
Weighs Only 125 Pounds. g8

q PHILADELPHIA, PA. September 90,
Ernest ~. a Lotus. q recent arrival
in America from New Zealand ,,S fur
.nishes some interesting facts concern
ing the career Of William Webb, u the
Australian oarsman. who recently de-
ffeated Charles It owns for the worlds
championship In single SOULS. LOTUS
is n great personal friend and i former
clubmate Sof we bb. Bo tn belonged to
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!. Records OF the CIu.,
5NATlDNALL LEAGUE !.
Results Ycsterdny.5

Chicago. 9 Brooklyn, 5 (tirst game).
;s}S$ Chicago ,5 9 Y; Brooklyn ::S9e tsecOnd
L game3 Five innings daG kness.
Cincinnati, Q Y. Thiladelplta, 4 (first
i Eame) t4ss Il q 3s I55.{ $Sl S4
Cincinnati. Philadelp phil, "a: (second
!. game. s III {sSS -s,s Z. ss}
( game) Es5 sIs A35S5s fEs{ MI II
Eanlc) II t5S5 sss1'
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rn1npin,p. "a Prac Ice I,,,,y.

"a Jennings to Practice II,i1v.858 n
IoA5 eptenb er. 81
Hugh ~ ennngs IS, manager OF the 1oe-
stroit5 b aseballI E club, vii pre ctiGe law
linz the city 1 In partnership his
brother, William Jennin gs.i lie will
not give up hi 81 baseball career perna.
!nently, however. .s sfS sss8
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&
tho Union Boating Club. tie "light
blues. q Wauganui, few Zealnnd. 81 Al
Now Zealand, when but u
mere lad, Webb received training from
coaches OF the old school. Webb and
his bro thcr won several double scull-s
in & races. LatcrSon, attracted by tho.
beautiful river styled by tourists IN CIV
Zealand = Rhine" Webb took up his To-
catloii in 1Yauganui. being then eight
cen HI si II
nj He Immediately earned local and later
on colonial fame as a dashing oars
man. and fol som q y ears held the anna
tour sculling championship Of the n
3tipodes. rs yNcbb's we gh 4 Is about Is,
and he 4 looks Ikea mere stripping,
Though many admirers regret his de-
lection from the amateur ranks. they
know also that he Is honest and S d
good sport. "a e 33
Il Z have been in and about racing
boa Is. =" said Lotus, in conclusion, since
my boyhood, and know every oarsrnan
of note in#tlle intipodes, &and i I con-
slider Webb to be the best man that
ever sat IN aSshellS since thc days Of
Young Searle, whose death in the hey
day of his aquatic fame is a source
of regret to Iall lovers OF this grand
sport. II think it will take A. better
man than Durham, the ambitious Dung
Canadian Gsculler, H to fwrest 5tllej#titlc
from y he young Maorilander "a K
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A slplolirltin,g,,; Notes,

ssSs5 The Potomac BoatEt Hub, 8f6f III NYash-
lngton, Twill build 81 2, 900 Glnb'lh2use,,
eoIge y srlt9,n1 tha,Worla's billiard
cd tile ali allengn of IL co y Schae Ger 4 q
Inlay forlt he I Ito, and theE date&of the
match has been set for n ovenlb en- 9Th
& at Gllicu Ep.g Il MA y,
/ II Pullen,SS Alaskan, V Is regarded by
ISthe tcouches as the hos & lnnn at Nest
Point5this year. ia 9 has baen ii trans
ISferred from tn, w q end \, where slieaY-
| ler men arc belng spl nced, GcordinE to
I the ale idea, ich 5,Yog k ed out sue
lyS laat5 soAs otl, SS
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Schctiulc for To-day

i New York a L Chicago. .35S 3s;
n Philadelphia a. E'ittshurE,E
%y58S Brooklyn att Cincinnati.
Boston II a t y st. Louis.
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NEARLY DEFEATED THOMPSON
II oxer Given Decision After

VI 9E3a--ss Hard Flight. Sgi35
s. Nj WAL KsaiE5, S.. September o.
Johnny h Thompson tried To pound
Charles Neary into oblivion last might,
but fail ed, Weary getting hoSdecision,
after a hard fou ght battle full Of rough
work, but fair lighting. Thompson
went into tho light saying that for him
to be efcnted meant the loss OF his
reputation while Nearx realized that
for him to be beaten: this time, after
g series of 81 feats sue as lie. has 81 g
him a. has b cn.saS at rs tho Is tset .,Bi t
seemed that NearH Wou d reach bliv-
ionzsall RI ght, for Thompson had all the
best Qf II ;;&but AZ cary mann ged to play
5even8sin The second. and #in the third
ma de 5Thomp son gasp with the rainSof
In the fourth II ompson3 was sent to
his ]Sne es,% BIZ Wa $ back ong his feet
again qui ckly. 5s5S5s
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Auttiotr BALES future DapS.I
= - ~ ~
~ est Car
Str : I! Dwelling /: il!

BETWEEN IIARv1E r sAryDSPLUMs ST s.
Byvirtue OF q certain deed Of trust dated
1855 G, page 5as5 default having beersI
made in the payt11ent herein securett
and being so required to N do u by tl,ass
we VII I sci, at publicSA c.Ss
ton, on the premises. & a 81 s O'CLOCK re-
M, on 8 A *
s5 "WEDNESDAY. OCTo B1lR 2, oo7
the real estate described In said I'd eed. d
off, frame dwelling, Wlthg
lot 3Sx210 (rnorc or lcss) to alley
q TERN1S:E Cash.? Pa Nm
{ II ENTaY S.. HUTZLEt.
JOHN c. I1A SIZE Y ,$ tss Vi Ne
yssi 345 az u =. M r rustees.. S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
CHICAGO DROPPED.
GAn TO BROOKLYN.
Darkness Stopped Second il The
Fifth Inning, With Score
TAI -ENDERs BREAK EVEN
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Schedule for To-day. "A
( Chicago at Boston.
3. st. Louis a I n New Z ork.
S. Detroit at philadelphia
Cleveland 8 al Washington.