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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
ORGANIZED FOR THE SEASON
THE COMMERCIAL BASE BALL
LEAGUE FORMED.

The Commercial Base Ball League has
been organized for the season. with the
following teams: W. B. Moses & Sons,
r. Walter Power. manager: William
Hahn & Co., D. Blondheim, manager.
George e. Howard Company. T. w Nc
Grew. manager; Woodward & Lothrop.
F. E. Cadet, manager. E. ]. Murphy
Company. E. ]. Murphy, manager: Ma
tional Electrical Supply Company, Mr..
Mccarthy. manager.
These teams are partly made up by
employees of other firms, so that nearly
every commercial house is represented,
and the interest in the league will be gen.
eral
1t being evident that the success of a
league depends largely on it's manage
ment the officers were carefully selected
and the league is to be congratulated on
obtaining such experienced and able lead
ers as r. Walter Power as president: L.
j. Murphy, treasurer, and F.. f. Cadet
secretary.
The opening games will be played May
30, when. the teams of Hahn e. Co and
f. j. Murphy, Company will play at =
o'clock and will be followed Immediately
by w Il. Moses & Sons and Woodward
& I-othrop at O'Clock. Great interest is
centered in the game between w. B.
Moses & Sons and Woodward & Lothrop
as there is a friendly rivalry of long
standing between the teams. and there
will be a wholesale exchange of neckties
and boxes of candy on the result of the
game.
The grounds at 9Th street and Florida
avenue northeast have been leased and
put in condition for fast playing. and the
public Is invited TO attend these games.
where orderly and interesting games are
promised A silver cup and pennant have
been donated The teams are pretty
evenly matched and all have shown up
we'll in practice. They need only the
roofing of their supporters to put up
high class game of ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
TEAM RACE FOR CUP.
Light Harness Horse Contest Prom
ises to Be Interesting.

NEW YORK. May 2,.-What promises
to be one of the most interesting light
harness races arranged in years will take
place this season between teams owned
by Luke Rurk of this city and o. H. Bair
and William Macdonald of Philadelphia
for 500 cup. According to the condi-
lions of the agreement, Mr.. Burk names
West Wilkes and Emora; Mr. Macdonald
names Gladys Vincent and Belle V. and
Mr.. Bair names Tuna and Czarina Daw-
son. Each owner has deposited 800 with
Joshua Evans. president Of the Belmont
Driving Club, who was agreed upon as
stakeholder. The winner will be awarded
the cup and his $50.
The first race will be held at the Bel
mont Driving Clubs track at Narbeth,
Wednesday, June "a the second, one week
later at either the Empire City or Pough-
keepsie. n Y. track In the event of a
third race being necessary the teams will
race one weak later on a track to be
selected. The first two races will be
best two in three heats and the third
best three in five heats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
CLUB BATTING RECORDS.
BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.

Plalsted the coach, is making a fine
Set of sweep oars for the Analostans. He
Is to be seen afloat every afternoon N his
she'll generally going out with Mr.. Clar-
ence Davis OF the Potomacs.
The District Commissioners acquiesced
In the report of the superintendent of
bridges. Mr.. Doug as of the drawing sub
mltted by Messrs. Mullett d Sons for the
entrance from the Aquaduct bridge into
this new Potomac boathousa. Only this
was needed 10 make the new structure
the most accessible OF its kind in the
country. and the adoption of the report is
gratifying 10 the Potomacs.
The launch flotlla of the Analostan
Club is the largest on the river and Is one
+. OF the most pleasing adjuncls of that or
gaaization. The. launches are much
sought after by all the has beens' ex-
cept that jolly old tar. Dick Pairo. who
still! takes his daily spin in his single
The turnout of members of the Ana los
taas at the benefit performance of the Po-
toInacs was complimentary and the Poto-
macs feel very much pleased at the show
down OF their aquatic rival.
: The Old Dominions OF Alexandria may
obtain an eight-oared sfeit and get a
junior crew ready for the middle states
re- gatta. Capt. Douglas has plenty of
good material i'll hand ard the club
should by all means have an eight.
Capt. Gerry Townsend of the Ana'os-
tans Will issue call the present week
for candidates to report to him If they de-
sire to take UP sweep rowing. The mem
bership OF the club i ny 10 the limit and
there is splendid material in the ranks for
good crews. 1t is not known definitely
whether the club will get a coach for the
coming season.
Capt Mueller launched the first eight
cared shell from the new house of the Po-
tomacs Tuesday. He entered the fact on
the logbook ana II becomes part of the
history OF the club. Tn. makeup of the
crew was as follows: Harroldson l. Mil
Ter. =; Smith. 3: Morse. I; Mueller >;
King. 6: Bel. :: Murray. stroke. and
Lieut.. Slccum, "oxswain. The traditional
+. bottle was cracked by john Hadley Doyle
of tho boathoIse com;nitte" and the
splashing was looked after by Bill Scot
ny and Piggy" the th~ee indispensables
of the club.
Capt Mueller has ordered all OF his
rowing men To report TO him today at
1870 o'clock that he may prepare card
for the sea son and begin active work
from Monday evening untII after the mid
de states Capt. Mueller would like TO
make record by taking a junior. inter-
mediate and senior eight TO the peoples
regatta July 4.
Mr. w J. Morse. who has joined the
Potomacs was formerly Cornell stu
dent IND took a season of training from
Mr. Charles Courtney. He is big fellow
and ought t. make any crew in the
ranks of the club.
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frame into something fit to be sent after
the heavyweight title. I've seen several
of these gigantic Frenchmen box, and
I'm here to say that. while they need
lot, they look to me like fellows who,
wheE they're polished up. will prove
mighty dangerous in any company.
AT present the negro fighters from the
United States. McVey and Langford. have
the call. Absolutely you would not be-
,ieve what a demi-god these Frenchmen
have made of the huge negro. Sam Nc
View AS soon as they're thrashed they
Will disappear from the gorgeous scenes
i'm which they now move and have their
being or the Frenchmen have no use
for loser. white or black, and they hail
the winner with an almost childish man.
l. estation of gleefulness
..Tbe game is so good in Paris now that
it's almost a shame 10 take the money.
The Freach patrons of the game haven't
been educated up TO the fine stuff in
prize fighting as yet. but they'll get along
to that. They have only seen in their
own country third and fourth raters of
the smuggling variety. I'm gathering To-
yether string of scientific chaps. mostly
little fellows. to take over there next
month in order to introduce the fast work.
and incidentally l think II a certainty
that when l go I'll have with M rep
resentatiye of each class o. sufficient
ahilitv to clean up the dubs who are now
hauling down hundreds of thousands of
francs in the Paris lighting clubs. I've
engaged the Paris Hippodrome for an
aroma and expect il will not be long be-
fore the Frenchmen interested in the
game will be compel ing with the leading
fighting clubs of this country in their e.
forts to get hold of the best fights be-
tween American scrappers. no mater
what the size of the purses demanded.
I'm taking the hippodrome on that cal,
culation ANYHOW and l don't think l
stand to lose, for there never was
country utterly mad over prize nshl-
ing as France is Al the present time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
JACK ATKINS CAREER.
One of the Toughest Campaigners
That Ever Bore Saddle.

NEW YORK. May 23-Jack Atkin. the
gigantic four-year which won the
seventeenth Metropolitan in very fast
time. considering that he had 1913 pounds
in the saddle, is Missouri-bred son OF
the English stallion Sln out Of the
American mare FL Salado. Besides being
one of the biggest and handsomest horses
in training. he is about the toughest cam
paener that ever bore saddle.
His career has been truly marvellous.
Not since Herman Brandt the clever
young trainer who prepared him for his
recent victories in the Carter ard Metro
rolilan handicaps and. the Montague
stakes. broke him has he known what
rest means Barney Schneider. owner OF
Woodlands farm where he first saw day.
light. was impatient to get him out early
as a two year-old and because of this
precipitation Jack Atkin developed a pair
of ugly ringbones which handicap him
seriously at times.
If he had been saved. as a colt of his
herculean proportions would have been
in the Keene or Whitney stables. and as
Brandt sagely advised. he would surely
have been one of the greatest route
travelling three year-oldS of last season.
Today he would he regarded as about
the pest morse IN the country, ms eaO or
merely first-class handicap animal
But after developing his ringbones Jack
Atkin became sore. and for fear he might
not train again. once he filled up. Mr..
Schneider has kept him going steadily.
Last fall after the Aqueduct meeting
Jack Akin was sore he could no; be
relied upon to break from the barrier.
When Brandt tok him to New Orleans
it was predicted that he would not be fit
this spring to come east again. Yet here
he is like Glorifier, New Orleans cam
paigner of the winter of 19O6-19O7 the
winner of Carter and Metropolitan.
AndN unlike Glorifier. he came out Of the
Metropolitan in beautiful condition. He
did not take a long breath after the fin
ISL. and there is not a mark on him. H,
is ready to go right on and fill his dates.
which are numerous and important. Jack
Atkins ringbones sill disfigure, but they
do not worry him. They are dead. app
parently. and Herman Brandt believes
he will go any distance this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Leading Scores.
Foot Bali Work at Ann. Arbor.

ANN ARBOk. MICH. May Offspring
foot ball practice at the University of
Michigan ended last weak. for with the
approach of final examinations Coach
Yost says he would rather cut down the
work little this spring and have that
much more to do with the men in the
fall than to run thu risk of having any
OF his candidates funk their examinations
AS II is. the men have had three weeks
of work on TIE field. devotng their time
to passing the ball. punting and drop
kicking and running. Yost had insen-
tons of trying a few scrimmages. out
gave up this plan. rs he found that the
rudimentary work gave the new E1en all
they could attend to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Fish Wrecks a Racing Shell.

One OF the most peculiar accidents that
has ever happened to a shell took place
Wednesday last while Mr.. Tom German
was practicing IN his single. He was
jus, above the Aqueduct bridge. going
along at fair rate of speed, when he
noticed one o. the big German carp
swimming aI"~c in his direction. a
rather odd ;! as To say the least. as
the carps al ~eneraly deep-water fish
When amidship Of the shell the fish made
dive under and gave the boat severe
slap with its tail. Ii made hole as big
a mans fist, and Mr.. German had to
pun faster than ne did in the last Middle
States regatta for the float before the
craft settled in the water. II was an un-
precedented accident and none of the old
fellows can recall such an incident as
lapp ming before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
ANNUAL RACE FOR LOCAL
CHESS DONORS.

The annual championship tournament
which has been in progress for several
weeks past a. the rooms o. the CheSS
Club. 613 Twelfth street northwest, has
now arrived at an Interesting stage. mere
than half of the games having been COM
pleted. AS previously reported sixteen of
the best native experts are striving +
the honor at stake. so the round necesSi-
tates total of fifteen games for each
PLAYER. \ number Of the contestants have
singled themselves out as leaders. between
whom from now on the race will be very
keen and exciting.
the best chess of the season at the local
club. The majority of the games have
been remarkably fine exhibitions and very
, closely contested There have. however,
been few upsetS well and il is sin
s'llar that more than a fair snare of
these has fallen TO the present holder of
the championship. W. II. Smith. who. il
will he seen by the score. has lost two
games, and is thus by no means in as
secure a position as was anticipa ed by
his friends. One of his losses-ag ainst
Webster-waS an out-and-out fuke: a
careless transportation of the opening
moves by Smith losing him his queen.
whereupon he Immediately resigned His
other less was against Pratt. who man
aged TO trip him up by means of the pop
ular Evans opening. Smith accepted the
gambit. but being somewhat rusty on the
variations was caught mapping and sooa
found himself in difficulties: thereafter
Pratt by clever and accurate play drove
home his advantage and scored the game.
No better example than this could be
afforded of the care that is necessary to
defend we'll played gambit in overtime
board play. in spite of the fact that these
openings are thee retiCaliy unsound
The premier position is now held by E.
r. Adams who has an impr ssive lead
over the rest of the field He is an
beaten so far. the nearest to "A reverse
which has befallen him being draw with
Pratt. He therefore bids fair to equal
If not surpass his performance of last
year. when he tied Smith for first place.
W. B. Mundelle has been playing a:
the top of his form and is second on the
list, having won six games and lost two
his conquerors were Adams and Gwyer
Third place is occupied by w. r. Pratt
who has also played surprisingly we'll
His record is four wins, one loss and two
draws. the last game being to STARTS
Fourth place is held by J.. r. Napoleon.
who. Notwithstanding some untoWard
luck. has accounted fer four wins against
two losses. This young player is a recent
arrival in the city. having come from the
west with championship honors: he is
consequently a distinct acquisition to the
local chess forces. His two defeats in
the tourney were at the hands of Dr.
Hedges and Stephenson
Below are the scores of all the contest
ants having a standing of 80 per cen,
CIR more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Mcbride and Delehanty.

Algy Mcbride. the clever and cookbook
ing shortstop of the Nationals. and Jim
Delehanty. the Woodworking second base
man of the local outfit, were at one OF
the moving picture shows one night last
week and after the affair both of the
ball players. feeling in the humor for
something to eat. adjourned to cafe in
the neighborhood of the place of amuse-
ment Here the Washington players gave
their rders TO the waiter who was in
attendance at their table.
Mcbride ordered one fried egg, among
other things. and when Algy supposed he
Rad waited time enough without the egg
putting in an appearance, he turned to
Jim Delehanty and asked:
Say Jim. do You think that fried egg
will be long,"
No shot back Delehanty, ''it will
be round -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Best to Know the Rules.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Lawn tennis
players who are not thoroughly ocquaint-
ed with the rules of the game will do well
to carefully peruse the laws which govern
competitions before the season OF cham
pionship and open tournaments begins.
Attention to the observance Of the rules
has recently been brought to the notice
of the clubs through A. l.. Hoskins, sec
rotary of the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association. 1t is a new
departure for the governing body to take
a stand such as this. but the coming in
ternationals and the prospect of exper,
foreigners upon the American courts this
season have necessitated the strengthen
ing of the American game in any way
that was possible and that promised to
stir the experts to greater endeayor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Cazeaux Calls the Bout OF.

NEW YORK. May 23.-The French
champion wrestler. Cazeaux, must have
had a case of cold feet. otherwise he
would not have called off his match with
Tom jenkins. which was recently booked
for Madison Square Garden Cazeaux is
evidently not so foolish as some people
would imagine He probably has
friend in New York who has seen Tom
perform on the mat who told him what
he was likely to receive If he went on
with the match, and he proceeded to call
all bets of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Courtesy of Richmond Club.

In the race at Philadelphia yesterday
the Techs used the sweeps Of the Vir-
ginia Rowing Club of Richmond, which
the Richmond boys kindly loaned them
for the race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Tom Jones' Get-Back.

Tom Jones, the agile first baseman OF
the ST. Louis team. whom Jimmy McAleer
was thinking about letting go last season.
but who now blesses his stars that he
did not do it. and Ed. Spencer. the husky
backstop of the Browns. who is also one
of the rich men in the game today. are
the closest of pals. They can generally be
found together whenever they are off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24

Hans You say it was only fowl. and
here I've been lying here thinking that
1t was mule.
When Dick Padden Worried.
Dick Padden. who played a splendid
second base for Pittsburg, ard later COW
cred second for Washington. was one OF
those natural born ball players. and one
who never took the tine to matriculate
at any college or university. Still. for al
Dicks limitations from an educationa
standpoint. Sir Richard was gifted will
a Understanding brain, and he was a
keen hand at repartee.
Padden. who was man of some age
that is for a ball player-before he land
ed job in the major league. looked still
olde. by reason of the fact that he was
prematurely bald. This was a sore poin,
with Dick. for all over the circuit the
people used to comment on his badness
and his probable relationship to Me-
One day Emmett Heidrick, who was
playing the outfield for st. Louis and
who was also a youth who yearped for
knowledge asked Padden:
Dick. what caused your hair to fall
out?''
Worry said Dick
Worry" echoed Heidrick, land what
did you worry about?"
"A bout losing my hair CURLY replied
Nj. Padden. as he stopped down to pull
up his stocking.
Lajoie's Experience.
In the first series of games that were
played between the Cleveland club and
the New York team last summer a bunch
of spike-shoe artists. composed of Al
Orth. Clarke Griffith, Laporte. Stoval
Bradley and Lajoie. were sitting out in
front of the Hoffman House in New York
VIXEN an argument was started among
them as to just what kind of excitement
or inducement would make a ball player
perform to the best of his ability
AS both Clarke Griffith and La joie were
managers they were deeply interested in
the subject. for each wanted to know the
very best way to get the finest work
out Of the stars that were playing un-
der him. The argument grew rather
heated. for every one seemed to have an
entirely different view of the matter
Finally Laporte. who had not put in his
Ga while the argument was at its hottest
point spoke up and sad:
In my opinion. man to do his best
must be driven to it by the wild applause
from the stands: this is what intoxicates
your true ball player
Yes" replied Latoie. with a weary
sigh: land in my experience 1 have seen
sufficient amount of bad booze do the
same thing.
And when the rest of the crowd guf-
fawed with much volume Mr.. Laporte
walked away in high dudgeon.
To,,, No& Dali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Potomacs Directed to Report.

Capt. Mueller has sent out call for all
Potomac men. seniors. juniors. and inter-
mediates. to report at the boathouse to-
morrow for active work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Ten Leading Run-Getters.
Passed Balls.

Detroit /. New York. /: st. Louis. l. Chicago.
!. Philadelphia. 3: Washington - Cleveland.
BOSTON, l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
By Revere Rodgers.

and it's all right. Hans. for 1t was only
foul
That's queer" murmured the still daZed
Hans. You say it was only a fowl. and
here I've been lying here thinking that
1t a mule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Club Fielding Reco1
Double Plays.

OOuDle rays.
Philadelphia %: St Louis. 81: Cleveland. 81:
York. IL: Detroit. 10.
Triple Plays.
Philadelphia /. VS.. Washington.
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tea. to exude VIXEN Re steps INTO the
coaching box.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-04

| effort WAS made TO force down the
thrOats Oi the magnates the election of
Ruuyau for president. This holdup
fell flat and Runyan withdrew his can
idacy. Hall then tried to force the
election of Beach Edmundson,' Ma
riOn newspaper man, for the office,
but this failed. Jack Ryder. sporting
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer was
proposed by Manager Jessup and Man
ager Gamble, but Ryder's candidacy
met opposition from Runyau, Hall and
Lannigan. Phil O'Neill was proposed
for president, but the only ballot taken
for this office failed to elect him. \
hopeless deadlock in regards 10 the
election of a president resulted. and
Mr., King withdrew from the meeting
i'll disgust.
Before Mr.. Kings withdrawal. Mr..
Gamble asked the club representatives
ii they were prepared, in accordance
with an agreement made at the Rich
mond meeting, to post their forfeit.
Every club WAS ready to take this ac-
! ton but BlufftOn. Marion and KOhOmO.
\ motion was then adopted retaining
Mr.. Killing as president temporarily
and requiring all clubs to post its for
felt money with him within the next
ten days. After Mr.. KIiug withdrew.
Hall stated that he had been Instruct
ed b. the Union Traction company to
looA after tie interests Of Marion. Ko-
Nomo and D'uffton, and that ne would
not have these clubs post a forfeit uu-
I'll King had been derosed as pt,, j.
dent. Mr.. Hall then said that h. and
the other members Of e trio had been
instructed to oppose everything pro-
posed by Jessup. This statement let
the cat out Of the bag
When Mr. King al the opening Of
the afternoon meeting. stated that the
| league could not secure national pro,
lection owing to the fact that the Ohio
State league had secured territorial
rights for Richmond and Muncio. HAL.
Runyan and Launieau were delighted.
They wanted outlaw ball. In fac;
hunyan stated that Blufftou would
play no other kind Of ball Marion
and kokOmo said whatever Button
did they would do We want kin
dergarten league said Runyan. An
effort was made to win over Anderson
and Van Vert from tne Jessup ranks,
0ut these two cities refused to be
co@rted. C'Nan stated that Anderson
would positively MT enter The 'eu@to
unless protection was secured. Af.et
il had been decided to hold another