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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
SYCAMORE ISLAND RACES
CANOE ASSOCIATION REGATTA
ON MEMORIAL DAY.

Although there is considerable canoeing
early in the spring on the Potomac. and.
in fact, all the year round among the
real paddlers," yet the season is always
opened, formally, by the 1nterclub Canoe
Associations annual Memorial day re-
gatta, which will be held. as usual. in
front of Sycamore island, in Broadwater.
upper Potomac.
Those desiring to participate in the re-
gatta are advised to send in their entry
blanks at the earliest possible moment
Last year there were too many entries for
the best results. The regatta committee
not being able to arrange for long series
OF trial heats. which would consume too
much OF the afternoon. will be obliged to
limit the number of craft in each race.
A regatta committee composed Of the
following canoeists. Messrs. Adrian Sizer
chairman: w. w. Stevens. o. l.. Whipple.
c. w. Stodder and W. r. Garrett. has
been selected to arrange the details of
the meet.
Application for entry blanks should be
made to Commodore Adrian Sizer. chair
man Of the committee, room $50 Colorado
building.
The Sycamore Island board of governors
met Thursday evening and extended
cordial invitation to canoeists to make
tice Of the final arrangements, hours, etc,
will be published later.
Several open-air concerts and ladies
smokers will be held on the banks of
the Potomac during the season. and a
more beautiful scene than the many ca
noes proceeding to the spot selected for
the evenings entertainment, decorated
with lanterns and filled with happy devo-
tees of the river. Is hard to imagine.
This association has been the official
organization Of the canoeists since its
conception in 1902, and begins this sea-
son stronger than ever in numbers and
plans for the summer. A more delightful
sight than the May regatta Is hard to
imagine. The banks of the beautiful
island and its smaller neighbors are
crowded with friends of the contestants,
and dozens Of canoes are dashing in and
out among those lazily rolling near the
shore, paying visits to the different
groups on the banks between the events.
The exciting races, always closely con-
tested; the rustic camps, built by the ca
noeists on the banks of the river. or on
the numerous islands, all go to make a
scene never to be forgotten. cordial in
vitation to all paddlers Is always issued
to attend. either as active participants or
able to be on hand accept. The associa-
ton has but one object in view-the bring
ing together of the water dogs" and
their friends. so that the sport may not
be confined to small parties who are
strangers to one another. but rather that
all "ships that pass may shout cordial
greeting and feel that they are bound to-
gether by the common tie of good-fellow-
ship.
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RIFLE TEAM WILL GO.
Marksmen Will Compete in the
Olympic Games.

At a meeting here yesterday of the
executive committee of the National Rifle
Association 1t was decided to send team
Of riflemen to participate In the Olympic
games at the Bisley rife range, near
London. Pledges for the greater part OF
the funds necessary for sending the team
have been made and Lieut.. Albert ..
Jones, secretary OF the association OF this
city. has issued an appeal to patrl0tlc
citizens to contribute the balance. Inc
team will sail June 10, and twelve or
thirteen days practice will be had prior
to the match.
It will be the first international match
In which the new army rifle Will be
used. and the results will be watched
with interest by experts. 1t is probable
the new sharp-pointed bullet will be used
by all competing nations. but that of the
United States will be lighter In weight.
The team OF eight members Will be cap
tanned by Gen. Drain, and all branches
of the United States service. as we'll as
the National Guard. will send experts to
the trials in an effort to secure repre-
sentatiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
POWER CAR RACES.
Contests to Be Held on the Benning
Track June 10.

Automobile races will he the feature OF
the meeting to be given by the Washing
ton Lodge of Elks June 16. II and Is.
On the first two days there will be horse
racing, but on the third there will be five
events for automobiles. two races OF Ave
miles. two of ten and one of fifty. All
will be for silver cups. To the winner of
the fifty-mile race SIS in gold will also be
given. Entries will be closed upon the
receipt of the first five applications for
entrance to each race. 1t Is announced
that there will be no entry fee charged.
The officials of the automobile races
will be: Honorary referee. Maj. Richard
Sylvester: referee, Royce Hough: judges,
F. c. Berens. E. N. Bowman and A. ].
Cummings: chairman of racing commit
tee and entries, F. c. Berens; timers H.
NJ. Woodward. Frank NJ. Pierce and Otto
jacob; starter. f. p. Hough: clerk of
course. r. Jose: umpires. E. G. Schafer.
A. ]. Kimberly. A. Loehl. Col. NJ. Emmett
Trell, r. r. Miller. e. H. Newmeyer.
Cliff Long and Frank Hall.
The following is a list of the races:
Five miles-For gasoline runabouts
listed at $500 and under: full equipment,
except mud guards and lamps.
Five miles-For gasoline cars listed at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Capital City League Notes.

ally good ball. They have won three
straight and they are now leading the
league.
Beckett a twirler for the Brentwood
squad. is pitching gilt-edge ball. In
Thursdays contest he allowed the Bloom
ingdales only four hits. passed none. and
recorded eight strike-outs. which is good.
Mr.. Pete Hoffman,. once an amateur
baseball player. is now the indicator in
the Capital City League, and has been
satisfactory.
Kraft is playing with the Brentwoods
this season.
The Bloonlingdales have struck hard
luck streak. having lost every game so
far.
klopfer. who plays in the center garden
for the tailenders. has made some sensa-
tional catches in the last two games.
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SAILORS EASILY BEATEN.
Company H, Engineers, Defeat the
Dolphin Team,

Company H had little trouble in defeat
ing the team from the L. S. Dolphin yes
terday by Is to !. From the start it could
be seen that the sailors were not in the
same class as the soldiers. the latter team
showing up well In team work. while the
former team played very ragged. Howard
twirled fine ball for the muddiggers. hav-
ing control at all stages of the game. In
the seventh inning the sailors found How
ard and with two hits and two errors they
squeezed in three runs. Russell started
the game for the navy but was taken out
of the box IN the third inning being re-
lieved by Scott. In the seventh inning
the soldiers landed on Scott for seven
hits. and two more In the ninth De-
Witt played good game. making three
hits and stealing six bases Bain's work
under the bat was good and he found the
ball for four singles and one two-bagger.
Scott played the best all around game for
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Marquette League Notes.

Forfeit games kept the attendance down
last week. 1t is hoped the managers
will wake up and get their players on
the field on schedule time hereafter.
The teams are apparently evenly bal
anced. and If tn eplayers show the proper
spirit the race will be one Of the closest
in the history Of the league.
ST. Vincent has added several valu-
able play ers to its eligible list
Leo Sullivan of the ST. Teresa team
is putting up an exceptionally fine game
around second base He is also hitting
the ball regularly.
If the ST. Vincent aggregation keeps
up the gait 1t is going. it will be a
strong, contender in the race for the pen-
nant.
Manager Pratt of the Commissioners
expects great things from his boys. He
claims that they are unbeatable.
ST. Peters has number Of good ball
will be hard to defeat.
Hook Cohill is covering lots of terri
tory around the second corner of the
diamond.
Although ST. oJseph shut st. Treesa
out by 8 to o Tuesday. the game was
by no means uninteresting. Up to the
sixth inning, either team had a good
chance to win. for st. Joseph led by only
two. and Wooden, who was on the firing
line for the northeast aggregation, seemed
to be easing up. while Bartlett. the st.
Teresa twirler. was pitching fine game
But In the sixth round things took a diff
ferent aspect. Two two-baggers two
passed balls. and two costly errors netted
st. Joseph six runs, which put the game
on ice for Rogers boys.
Coleman the st. Joseph's second sacker.
clouted out two timely doubles in the
game with st. Teresa.
Merrill st. Peters star twirler, will
prove puzzle to the opposing teams when
he gets TO going right. He pitched fine
ball in the Marquette League last season.
Umpire Cleveland is giving entire salts
faction in handling the indicator.
AS a ground coverer. Frank Mccormick
OF St. Vincent is the nifty kid"
Handiboe. the second baseman of the
District building squad. handles himself
well at the second corner. He is also
pretty consistent with the willow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
FIRST GAME TODAY.
Local Cricketers to Play Sons of St.
George.

The Washington Cricket Club will play
today the first game of the series ar
ranged between the locals and the Sons
of ST. George Cricket Club of Baltimore
at Colgate Creek. Md. the game to start
at noon.
The players selected for this game in
cude Crocker. Barr. Warren. Roberts.
McArdle, Flack. Seitz. Sousa. Lake. Nc
Crbbin. Rawlings. Cannon and Dawson.
The schedule for the season follows:
Opening match. May II. at Baltimore:
May 80 at home: July q. at Baltimore:
July II, at home: August is. at Balti-
more and September q. at home.
ARRANGEMENTS are also being made for
a match with a team from the German
town Cricket Club Of Philadelphia In
September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Where to Dine.
GRAY PITCHES WELL.
Technical High School Defeats Mt
st. Joseph.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 16.-1n a
closely contested game, full of fast fielding
and good base running. Mt. st. Joseph Col
lege of this city was downed by Technical
Highs team today by q to 2. Gray, the
Tech. pitcher, twirled a remarkably good
game. and with his great speed and wide
curves held the collegians down to three
hits. besides tanning seven of them. Stone
his opponent, did not fare so well, as most
of the hits that were made off him were
punched in the third inning and practical
ly clinchcd the game for the school boys
Techs iniieid gave Gray fine support es-
pecially Blair and Chaplin. both of whom
played star ball. Tracey at second for the
collegians made several fine stops anG
throws OF hard-hit balls. Score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
MlDSHIPMEN BEATEN.
Seventy-First New York Wins the
Wells Trophy. a

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. May 16-The rife
team of the list New York Regi-
ment won possession Of the Wells trophy
cup for one year by defeating the mid
shipmen this afternoon by the narrow
margin Of $50 points to 2.37? The match
was the best contested which has been
held here this season. The visitors won
by reason of several unusually high
scores. while the average shooting of the
navys representatives was closer to each
other. The high scores for the day were:
Capt. Wells and Capt. Corwin of the
visitors. each OF whom had 2l3 Sergt
Spies made 21o Capt. Frisbie. o09 and
Lieut.. Moore and Sergt. Doyle. 20S each.
The high score for the navy team was
Midshipman Denny, with a01.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
War Defeats Agriculture.

Bernie Gallagher pulled off a squeeze
play yesterday afternoon in the War.
Agriculture game which won for the for.
mer outfit by to ..
Besides making great play and vim
ming the game. Gallagher pitched steady
ball. and with the exception o. the first
inning kept his hits well scattered
Agriculture was represented by Saund.
ers in the center of the diamond and he
also worked In good form. but was found
In one inning for single that resulted
In the Warriors getting two runs across
which tied the score. In the next round,
the eighth. Gallagher got around to third
on an error and threw surprise by
making dash for the plate. while Saund-
ers was winding UP. He got away with
the daring play and Won his own game
The High School Cadets will have pos
session OF the grounds tomorrow and the
games have been postponed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Base Ball on Columbia Heights.

Columbia Heights was furnished with
an exciting game Of base ball yesterday
afternoon between the Standards and the
Irvings. two local teams. The game was
Won in the ninth inning by the Irvings,
who. through a splendid rally at the bat
scored six runs. making the score IL to
TO- The Standards scored 1 in the first
5 in the fifth and in the Sixth innings.
while the Irvings. by timely batting and
good base running scored in the third.
4 in the fourth and in the ninth in
nings Batteries: Standardization and
Meline, pitchers; Merton, catcher. Irv-
ings-Ashburn. pitcher. and Bradford,
catcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Sunday School League Notes.

Manager Stokes aggregation, winners
of last seasons pennant. is putting up
a very poor article of ball this year.
having dropped the three games it has
played. 1t made only five safe hits in
it's three contests and scored only four
runs. 1t has been defeated by Waugh,
Ninth. and First.
The boys of the Ninth Street Church
are playing good ball. but they will have
to hustle to beat that Grace outfit Mr.
Mills has the strongest outfield in the
league in Wilkerson. Salb. and Kicker.
Umpire Hughes has become popular with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
, Navy. while Reed put up good work

the Navy. while Reed put up good work
with the stick
This afternoon Company II will play It's
last game before leaving for the summer
encampment at Fcts Mills. y. y where
ii will remain for the summer, PLAYING
games with teams throughout New York
state. Today 1t meets the Marine Corps
at the barracks. The latter team has been
reinforced by Dowd. Heaeher. Berlick.
name. Atkins. Flynn and Jones. all OF
whom played on the marine team that
Won the pennant In Cuba in 1907 The
game will be called at 30 The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
the fans, and is handling the indicator

In frSt-claSS style.
The attendance at the games is ex-
ceedingly large. considering the recent
weather. BY the way, the attendance is
largely made up of the fair sex. and
they are rooters. too.
Hands. that third sacker of the Ninth
team, should be classed by himself as a
fielder. When his team defeated Waugh
Thursday. he made a beautiful one-hand
pickup, for which he received hearty APP
plause.
Dolly" Grey displayed excellent form
and control in his game Tuesday. when
he let down the Bethany bunch with three
hits. He struck out thirteen and passed
only one.
Green, a new man in this league, pitched
good ball against the Grace team Wednes-
day. Although he was a trifle wild.
he will prove very troublesome to any
team Capt. Evans stakes him against.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

Fifth Shuts Out First.
The pitching Of Gordon and the loose
playing of the First Methodists were the
cause of the Fifth Baptist team winning
Yesterdays contest by the one-sided score
of . to O.
Gordon twirled fine ball for his team
and worked hard from start to finish.
while Barry, who was in the center OF the
diamond for Capt. Turner's aggregation.
did not pitch up to his standard at all. and
the club behind him put up very ragged
exhibition, making eight errors. Stuckert
came from the field with the batting hon
ors He connected for a double and a
single and played a fairly good fielding
game Gordon had fine control of every
thing he possessed, striking out nine men
and allowing not man to walk. He re-
ceiyed fine support from Erwin.
The players were: First-Miles, c; Mofht.
1b-r.f.-s.s; Mack. Oh; Coleman 3D.; Tur-
ner, h.; Hoffman, r.f.: BroomI. CT. !:
Roundtree, IT.: Spaulding. s.s.-3b.; Barry.
o. Fifth-Le Foe, Glib: Hampton, IT.
Rapp. rf.; B. Evans. h.: Wynkoop. CT.
Stuckert. SIS; Herbert 3D.; Erwin. C.; F.
Evans 3b. and Gordon, p. The score by
innings:
Ri f.
Fifth. o l x-9 10
First D y o 90
Batteries-Gordon and Erwin; Barry and Miles.
Umpire-Mr Hughes. Time of game-l hour and
5 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

Two-base hit Lanasa. Three base hit-Chapin.
Stolen bases Blair 81. Goodman Ci'. Benson
"a. Lambert e.. Smith. Lnra. Sacrifice hit
Benson. Double play Tracey TO Bell. First
base balls-on stone ); of Gray. =. Hit
by pitched balls-Beli. Lora. Struck out-By
stone ): by Gray T. Left on bases-Mt. st.
Joseph, 1; Technical High. :. Umpirc-Mr.
Nitsch of MI. ST. Joseph College. Time of
game-1 hour and 40 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

Stolen bascs-Taylor. Bryan Mullin. Fpnwick.
Rae and Gallagher. Sacrifice hts-Galagher.
Doyle and McQunn. Double plays-FinneSan tv
Mullln 10 Dampicr. Fnnegan 10 nampier. First
base IN bals-By Gallagher ,: 10y Saunders. ].
Hit hy pitched halls-laylor. Bryan and Dam
pier. Struck out BY Gallagher q: hy saunders.
g. Left on bases War. >: Agriculture Z.
Passed las llBaggeit. Umpire Mr. Kleinschmdt.
Time Of Same-l hour and IL minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

Three base hit Balm. Stolen bases Dewitt
to,; Wilkinson 80. Nenes. Patten Mullin. Balm.
Collins, Scott. Sacrifice -Mullin Ncues.
Double pays-DeNitt to Neues To Mmlln: De-
witt 10 Neues: Scott to Ray Hits-Gn Russell,
4; on Scott. L. or Howard $. First base On
balls-By Russell. - by Howard . Hit by
pitched balls-Nicholson. Scott. Struck out-Ey
Russell. ,: by Scott. 81 by Howard. =. Left N
bases.company H. .; Dolphin. :. PASSED. halls
Reed. = Wild pitehes-Scoit, 1; Howard /.
Time OF game hour and 40 minutes. TIM
pires-Mr Mack of st. Dominic, Mr.. Nicholson,
Dolphin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Won BY st. Elizabeth 8.

The team from the Government Hos
pital for the Insane and the Mount Pleas
ant Athletic Club played an Interesting
game of ball yesterday on the st. Eliza
beth diamond which resulted in a victory
for the former team by 8 to ). The win
ners batted the ball more OPPORTUNITY and
played a better fielding game than their
opponents.
R.H.E
G. H. I......3 s o o Ks Q !
Mt. 2. A. Co.. o 0 3 0-3 6 4
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PITCHERS RECORDS.


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sl.o7O apd under: full equipment. except
mud guards and lamps.
Ten miles-For gasoline cars listed at
3d. 500 and under; full equipment. except
mud guards and lamps.
Ten miles-For gasoline cars listed at
3d. 600 and under. owned and driven by
Elks only: full equipment, except mud
guards and lamps.
Fifty miles-For gasoline cars OF sixty
horsepower and under; stripped cars ell
igible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Ten Leading Base Stealers.

st. Louis. 20: Philadelphia. II: Cleveland 10:
Chicago. IL: Washington. IL: Detroit, 9; New
York. 10: Boston. 8.
Triple Plays.
Philadelphia. l. vs.. Washington.
Passed Balls.
st. Iouis L: Detroit, /: New York. 1: Chi
cago 1: Philadelphia. ,; Washington }; Cleve-
land, 6: Boston 6.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Fifth Shuts Out First

Game tomorrow-Frst VS.. Ninth, at 9th ana u
streets northeast. Game called at $50.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
WlNGED-FOOT ATHLETES WIN
N. 7. A. c. Captures Championships
by Big Margin,
Eckman Takes Century Dash in
Good Time of O;1O FIat-W. Berker
Wins Mile Run In 4,S3.

New YORK, July 1.-THE junior track
and field championships OF the Metro
politan Association Of the American Ath-
letic Union was held to-day at Travers
Island, under the auspices OF the New
York Athletic Cub II was expected
there would be a sharp tussle for the
point honors. but early I'm the FRAY the
New York Athletic Club showed great
strength. and the winged foot won out
by big margin.
The most classy performance OF the
afternoon was the ie)-yard run. and
the star Of the event was c. G. Eckman.
Of the Association A. A. Of BROOKLYN.
The youngster from across the bridge
won his trial heat in 10 Is seconds with
seemingly a lot 10 spare.
In the semi-Anll he did much better.
coming home in 10 seconds nat. and
these figures equal the Junior record
made by Coy Young. OF Syracuse Uni
verslty. couple OF years ago. Eckman
won the final In 10 Is seconds. K!mbal.
OF the New York Athletic Club. was not
able to push him hard. else he vould
have euu0ied his time of the semi
hnsL
Another event OF more than mediocre
class was the mile run The winner.
W. Berker. Of the New York Athletic
Club. reeled on the distance in 4:ss s-5.
a couple Of seconds slower than Eiscle
won the event By. One Of the most
hollow victories of the day was the ls-
pound hammer throw. which was won
by Andrews. Of the New York Athletic
Club His distance was l45 feet 3 inches
or some thirty feet better than hts near
est opponent
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
DELAWARE TENNIS STARTS.
Preliminary in First Rounds of the
state Championship Played.
o Tic washington Herald.

Special % The Washington Herald
Wilmington. Del. July 1.-THE prelimi-
nary and first rounds of the Delaware
Bay State tennis championship were
played this afternoon. There were a large
number Of entries. and the opening was
ausp.CioUs. The summaries:
Preliminary rouud-H. NJ Candy. Wilmington C.
C.. defeated X. AlcC Bangs 7-5. IS: H. " Til
den. Germantown C. e. defeated A. L. HoskIrs
Belmont G. c. BY default r. L. James Belmont
C. G. defeated ". I. Johnston. Wilmington C. C.
81. 6-l: Alexander ID. Thayer. Philadelphia c. c.
defeated w. II. Wyatt Wilmington. 6-l 81: Dean
Wilmington g. G.. S-3. 81; z. I. Wright VII
mington G. C.. defeated T. n. Pel by default; L.
S. Oliver. Primrose Tennis Club defeated Everett
Townsend. Trenton G. C.. 6-3. 6-3; II. Barton
Register. Merioa G. c. defeated n. ]. Crozier
Merton G.. c.. 6-L 60 J. S. Messlcr. Trenton C.
a.. defeatd Eugene Du Pont. Wilmington C. c.
-. C-3 e-5; DIR. r B. Hawk Belmont @. C..
defeated J. n. Carpenter. Germantown G. G.. s-3
So; n. kawaslki. University of Pennsylvania de-
featcd 4. B. Tsylcr. Wilmington e. c.. 6-l so:
living Stille. Germantown C. G., defeated G. stab
Ter. Wilmington. BY default: W. H. Trotte-. PhilA-
dephia c. c. defeated C. !. Gouse. Wilmington
C. G.. 81. G-3
First round-A- King Aitkin, Trenton @. c. defeated
II. n. Candy, Wilmington c. C.. 6-3. Sc. 60:
II. u. Illden. Germantown c. c.. defeated r. l.
james, Belmont G. c.. o.. g.; l. s. Oliver,
Primrose T. C.. defeated F. T. Wright Whining
ton c. c.. l-s. rs. default; H. r. Register.
Meriou C. C.. defeated J. S. Mcsslo1, Trenton O.
G.. 6-l. 90: DR.. p. B. Hawk Belmont c. O. de-
icatod II. kawasaki, University Of Pennsylvania
rs 6-2i w. H. Trotter. Philadelphia g. c.. de-
iested Ewins stille. by defsult Rev. J. B. Rem
dali, Princeton, defeated w. Morris Tilden. Phila-
delphia C. e. GO. Ga
semi-hnsl and final rounds viii begin at O'Clock
on Monday afternoon.