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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & CAFES
SAYS Mr.. JOHNSON
TO THOMAS BURNS

NEW YORK, February o6.-'I will sign
articles for Johnson to fight Burns before
Coffroth's club in San Francisco, and
make him the following liberal terms: /
will guarantee him $1,000 for his end,
win lose or draw. and will bet him s.. 800
on the side that Johnson knocks him out
within twenty rounds"
This statement was made yesterday by
Johnson's manager. Sam Fitzpatrick. as
an answer to what Fitzpatrick declared
to be ridiculous offer from London. in
which Johnson was guaranteed 5000 for
his end in fight with the champion.
Fitzpatrick has just blown in from the
west and gave out little talk in New
York yesterday. He discussed the report
that a London club had offered his
charge, big Jack Johnson, $1,000, win,
lose or draw, to come to England and
fight Tommy Burns. The ''offer" at the
same time purported to state that the
club (name not given) had posted a for
felt of $1,000 as guarantee of good
faith. and that Burns had done likewise.
contingent upon johnson accepting with
in forty-eight hours and agreeing to &C
cept Jeffries as referee.
Great offer. What do you think of it.
eh?' went on the gray-haired manager
without waiting for opinions. 1.-THE only
thing l see in the way of it isn't much.
first place l have had forfeit of s., 800
posted with New York sporting man for
months, as you know, waiting for Mr..
Burns to cover it. In the next place.
Jimmy Coffroth will give each one of us
three times the amount offered in Eng
land il Burns will toddle over here and
meet Johnson on the coast In the next
place, that Jeffries thing sure looks the
bunk. Why, they would have to pay
Jeffries as much as they offer us to come
over there and referee the battle.
Il don't know whether Burns is trying
to kid me or somebody else, but this is
certainly the limit. Coffroth would boost
this fight up for a $4,000 house sure, and
if Burns is so keen to fight with johnson,
why doesn't he come over here and cop
the winners end of percentage on a
house like that? What does he want to
fool with 5000 for? We have chased
him all over the country and finally out
of it, and l am getting too old to chase
him to England. By the time We got
there he would probably turn up in
France, anyway.
Say, will you please mention. that L
will guarantee Burns $1,000 for his end if
he will cut out this junk talk come back
here and fight like a mann
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
SHERMAN CONTINUES
TO PLAY FINELY

Frank Sherman, the ex-champion pool
player of the United States, again proved
last night that he was the better man In
the match with Irving Long of New York,
with whom he is playing a 1,2Oo-baIl pool
match at the Brunswick pool parlors
When they finished Sherman had 4O5 balls
to Longs 2s3. Sherman made the high
run of AZ.
The third game of 200 balls will be
played tonight and very interesting
match can be looked for, as Long predicts
that he will beat Sherman out Tomor-
row night the players will be seen in Bal
timere, where the other three games will
be played Sherman has completely out
played the New Yorker since the starting
of the match and should have little trou-
BILE in defeating his opponent, although
the table In Baltimore might worry him
little.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
McCORMlCK'S TIP
AS GOOD AS MONEY

NEW ORLEANS, February 26.-Only
one favorite gladdened the hearts of the
form players at the City Park track yes
terday. This was Brougham, the sturdy
brown gelding by Blues. that won the
opening dash He was we'll backed by the
eastern delegation and his odds dropped
from to 1 down to 5 to o
Although six races were won by out
siders in the betting, the men from Goth
am did not suffer financially. for they
were hackers OF several good things"
that materialized. Nearly all the men
from the Long Island tracks went to the
limit Of their bank accounts on James II.
McCormick's chestnut colt Animus that
won the fourth race. AS usual Silent
Jeems' sought out his friends and told
them that Animus was we'll worth a small
bet A few words from Mccormick have
as much weight as thousand from some
owners.
The western delegation of horsemen.
led by l.. A. Celia, lost large sum on
Irrisator in the first race: That young
ster had shown so well In his previous
performances that he was considered one
of the best in this string, which contained
nothing but winners. Consequently there
was a brisk demand for Irrigator at the
opening OF the odds, and he went to the
post carrying many dollars. This support
assisted materially in laying founda-
ton of odds COR Brougham, and the east
ern men got down wagers on their repre-
sentative without big cut i'm the price.
Brougham with his advantage in weight
came through with rush in the stretch
and won easily by four lengths. Anna
MCGEE. the early pacemaker, faded away
to a walk in the last furlong.
Jockey Murphy was source of great
profit to his friends, he rode the win
ners of the fifth. sixth and seventh races.
Listerine began the good work at ~ to l.
Hasfy Agnes followed at q to /, and
Bright Boy finished the sequence of win
ners at to ..
Summaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
SEMI-FINALS IN
INDOOR TENNIS TOURNEY

NEW YORK, February 26.-Three of the
semi-final brackets of the national indo or
lawn tennis championship singles were
filled by Wylie c. Grant. ex-champioR;
Morris 8. Clark and William B. Cragin.
jr., regimental champion, when play in
the tournament ceased yesterday on the
7th Regiment Armory courts. Grant
came through in the top half and coupled
with Clark by defeating Calhoun Cragin,
81. 10, Go. The match was unsatis-
factory. The light was poor and the
first set, played without linesmen, con-
tanned a number of obvious errors as to
service faults and outs being recorded. al
though the final result was not directly
affected. Grant played siuggishly and
only exerted himself when in danger.
Cragin played a heady game. His slow
ness of pace was calculated to bother
Grant and it did. But after two hard
sets Grant won the final set at love.
In the doubles three of the semi-final
brackets were also filed. The contest in
which great attention conferred resulting in
Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Irving c.
Wright the latter the younger brother Of
the internationalist. winning over G: c.
Schaefer and l.. II. Fitch by the score
Ga, rs.
The summaries:
National indoor championship singles. third
roundI9 n s Bostwiek, West Side T G., de-
Fourth round-Morris y. Clark, New York l..
T. C.. defeated Richard Bishop Boston. Ct.
81; Wylie Z. Grant New York l.. 7. c., de-
feated Calhoun Cragin, Seventh Regiment, al,
IS, 60: William B. Cragin. jr., Seventh Regi-
nent. defeated Arthur 5. Cragin, Seventh Negi-
ment, Go, 81
National indoor championship doubles. second
iOund-William B. Cragln, jr and Miles 5.
Chariock. Seventh Regiment and Elizabeth r.
c. c.. defeated G. F. Touchard and +. r. Leo,
Hamilton Grange and Ocean Club, s-6. c.;
Calhoun Cragin and Arthur s. Cragin. Seventh
Regiment, defeated Leo Leventritt and d. W.
Peiser. Columbia. 81, 6-3, 6-4; l.. H. Fitch
and q. c. Schaefer. Seventh Regiment and Co
lunbia. defeated Mortimer WertheiIp and f. Il.
Uhl, Ocean and Oxford University 8-4 -
Fourth round NJ. Marcus and Manfred Gold
man. Ocean Club. defeated ii. Il. Holt and H.
X. Murphy. Indoor T. c.. 40, 81, 81; The
odore Roosevelt Pell and Irving G. Wright, New
York and Boston. defeated l.. II. Fitch and G.
c. Schaefer, Seventh Regiment and Columbia,
Ga, 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
RENEW CRUSADE ON
SUMMER BASE BALL

To those who follow intercollegiate ath-
ietics closely 1t has been apparent of late
that the colleges in this part OF the coun-
try are developing more or less feeling
again against SUMMER base ball as il is
played by the athletes of the various in
stitutions. and it is being prophesied that
within the next year or two some de-
cisive step will be taken in order to in
sure the pure amateur standing OF those
men who take part in intercollegiate con-
tests. There has been considerable talk
ever since the colleges were restrained
from offering substantial inducements to
foot ball players to the effect that college
athletes were now free from any faint of
professionalism. but the university facul-
ties interested in athletics have decided
that playing base ball during vacation for
aop,e remuneration goes far toward put
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
NOTES OF THE BOXERS.

Tommy OKeefe, the featherweight, who
arrived in New York Sunday night, did
not have to wait long for a bout He
was matched last night to meet Bant
Dorsey, the fast little fighter of South
Brooklyn, for six rounds before one OF
the Gotham Club stays in two weeks
Dorsey will get into good shape for the
bout. as he fully realizes that if he beats
O'Keefe he will get on many bouts in
New York.
Now that the proposed fight between
Jimmy Gardner and Harry Lewis at
Cclna, Cal, has been postponed on ac-
count of the serious illness of Lewis
mother. a match has been arranged be-
tween Gardner and "Unk'' Russell, to be
decided at the stag of the Sharkey A.
c., New York. March II. Billy Mccartney
consented last night to allow Russell to
meet Gardner and Jimmy notified Buckley
that he would meet INK.
Malachy Hogan, the referee of Chicago
is being sounded by the fight critics OF
the Milwaukee papers for giving Packey
Mcfarland the decision over Freddie
Welsh. the English lightweight. in their
ten-round bout in that city few nights
ago The writer's claim that Mcfarland
continually fouled Welsh, but that Ref
cree Hogan paid no attention to Welsh
claim. They also say that Welsh should
have had draw.
Mike Crwin) Sullivan has regained con-
seriousness. and.s naturally enough, ex-
presses a mild desire for a return match
with Young ketchell. But the lighter OF
the twins is a very level-domed lad, and
therefore his desire for return match
is only mild. He would rather his heavier
twin brother, Jack, avenge the family
insult. Jack wants to convert the in
glorious defeat of brother Mike into ar
unqualified victory. Sam Berger holds
the March permit for Frisco, so it will
be no great surprise if we hear that the
lla be rdasher- pugilist promoter financier
has chosen Kid Ketchell and Jack Twin
fo.' the card. Jack and ketchelI have
both decisfvely beaten Joe Thomas.
Willie Lewis is going abroad. The mid
dleweight will sail for France March I
having completed all arrangements with
Victor Breyer, the fight promoter of Paris
Lewis is signed up for three matches and
will have his transportation paid both
ways with his expenses while in France
His first match will probably be with
Marc Gauthier. the French champion
Lewis agreement calls for him to NEE
any Frenchman at any weight that the
club selects and any Englishman up to
10 pounds. Lewis is now a Schenectady
N Y. where he meets Jim Donovan for
ten rounds at the American Athletic
Club Friday night. He is also matched
for six rounds with Jack Fitzgerald at
t,le Washington Heights Athletic Club
next Tuesday, and two days later boxes
Charley Hitte at the Olympic Athletic
Club of Harlem This will be his last
appearance there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
MRS. BURGESS KEEPS
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK, February 26.-By winning
the fifth game of the match for the wom-
ans chess championship of the United
States. contested at the Hotel Martha
Washington yesterday morning. Mrs. S.
r. Burgess Of St. Louis successfully de-
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INDOOR CIRCUS
AT Y. M. c. A. GYM

An indoor circus is to be given at the
V NJ. G. A. gymnasium tomorrow and
Friday nights. There are eighteen feature
acts on the program. Acrobats will do
stunts on the rings and mats. clowns will
do and say funny things there will be
fancy dancers and aerial performers.
4 series of living pictures Of figures of
ancient and modern art, portrayed by j.
c. Stiefbold. j. e. Conrad, A. G.. WEIGH
and G. Taylor, will be followed by some
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Tended her right to the title. for the pos
session Of which she had been challenged
by Mrs c.. E. Nixdorf of Cambridge.
Mass, last week. The final score stood
at four games to one in favor of the
champion, Mrs. Nixdorff having won only
the third game Friday.
Yesterday, however, Mrs. Burgess came
within an ace of tasting a second defeat
and it was only due to haste on the part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26

of the challenger that the latter missed
winning the queen Of her noted opponent.
The opportunity was gone the next mo-
ment. and with 1t went all chance Bos-
had.
In addition to holding her title, Mrs
Burgess became the recipient Of a gold
medal. wrought In design emblematia
of chess and bearing a suitable inscrip-
CONTINUED ON Sixteenth PaEe.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
PRINCETON ROWERS
TO TRAIN ANOTHER YEAR

PRINCETON, February 26.-Now that
the winter is drawing to a close the
Princeton University rowing enthusiasts
are preparing to get busy ON Lake Car
negie. During the winter the graduates
have been actively engaged in raising
money all over the country and espe-
cially in New York and Philadelphia
where mere than 81, 600 has been contrib
uted. The results of their work are shown
by four new eight-oared shells, two of
which are now built. the others being well
under way. In addition to this, plans are
being perfected for large S0-foot float
for the boats and a temporary boathouse
and dressing room to be built on the north
side of the lake.
Coach Titus, on being asked about the
prospects of Princeton sending out a crew
this spring. said: I'VE shall start up row.
ing here about the first of April. but the
policy Of the rowing association is to go
slow for the present and we will only en-
gage in interclass races this spring. You
see, this year will give tfe boys their first
taste Of rowing in eigl4s. and you must
| remember that 1t was less than year
ago that rowing was started here. SO 1T
would not he advisable to attempt too
much at the present stage of the game.
Next year. however. we will begin active
do against, some of the other college
crews. We have received a number of
challenges this year, and. If deemed ad-
visable, will endeayOr to arrange some
races next year. AS to whether We shall
row at Poughkeepsie or New London, our
entrance at either place is too far in the
future to answer that question now"
Georgetown Meet a Whopper.
The plans now drawing SO near COM
pletion for the annual Georgetown indoor
games indicate that the meet for 1903 is
to be by far the greatest she has ever fos-
tered; in fact, inferior to none in the
eastern section. When preparations were
begun in early December it was the in
tention of the management to make the
affair a real collegiate gathering Of ath-
letes. and by dint of hard work the re-
alization Of this golden dream Is about to
become manifest. Meets have been held
all through the east this year. but i'm none
has there been an equal number of col
iege athletes competing as will be seen
In action on the evening of March Z at
Convention Hall. The securing of entries
from Princeton, Yale Columbia. Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell. Virginia, Wesleyan. Ford
ham. Johns Hopkins. Maryland Agricul-
tural College. Washington College of
Chestertown. Md: and Catholic Univer-
sty of the District insure the most pre-
tentious collection of college athletes ever
gathered together in this section of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
Ban Johnson Ends PulIiam-
Hermann Feud
TWO HOURS FARLEY
National Commission Still Commands
- Organized Ball.
MAJOR LEAGUES MEET TODAY
Semi-Finals in Tennis Tourney.
Racing at New Orleans-Wom-
ans Chess Championship.

NEW YORK. February 26.-Peace
reigns in base ball once more. That is,
: so far as Garry and Harry-Herrmann
and Pullam-are concerned. The presi-
dent of the national commission and the
president of the National League met yes
terday for the first time since their bitter
clash over the so-called blacklist reso-
luton. passed last November by the
National Association of Professional
Base Ball Leagues. the organization of the
-rminer leagues.
>. The occasion of the coming together of
Hermann and Pulliam was the meeting
of the national commission held at the
office of the NATIONAL League in the st.
James building. President Ban Johnson
of the American League. also a member
Of the commission, was present. The
American executive acted as referee.
peacemaker, bottle holder and mutual
was held behind closed doors For three
hours Garry and Marry talked over their
differences. which had been expressed in
q valise full of correspondence, brought to
the meeting by Hermann. Occasionally
the seribes waiting in an adjoining room
could hear an emphatic statement without
catching its import. Finally Ban Johnson
succeeded in getting vote on a resolution,
which was unanimously carried. that set
ties, for the time being at least, the
troublesome question as to the disposition
of those ball players whose names appear
On the ineligible list
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Continued on Sixteenth PaSe.(
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
YALE AND HARVARD
ALUMNI AT BANQUET
Graduates of Two Big Eastern
Universities Assemble at
the Fairmont

The red Of Harvard and the blue Of
Yale were intertwined at the banquet
table last night in the Norman cafe of
the Fairmont hotel. About hundred
Of the alumni of both universities gath
cred together, and each side told Of the
heroic deeds and the glorious sons of
each alma mater. Harvard yelled for
Roosevelt and Yale returned with
cheers for Taft 1t was A merry even
ing, and many an old fight was fought
all over again.
William Thomas acted as toastmas-
ter Fairfax Wheelan and Joseph Red
ding spoke for Harvard and Prof
Thomas Bacon of the University of
'Calfornia and Chauncey Wells upheld
the honor Of Yale.
Among those present were William
III Croker, Senator Charles NJ. Bel
shaw, William Morgan O'Connor, Peter
Martin, Mayo Newhall William Reed
Thornweli Mutually, Charles n. Black.
Judge John Hunt, Judge James Trout.
Tracy George Russell. Virgil Bogue
Jr-. George Cadwalader, Edward Bar
ron, Willard Drown, Charles de Young
Dr. Redmond Payne Henry L. Brand,
enstein, Judge Charles Slack. Clarence
Payne and Frederick Theriot
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
Kansas Price Learns
Of Wife's Death

Kansas" Price. we'll known on all
American racetracks, received notice
only this week of the death a-l burial
of his wife some time ago. y. Price.
after spending the summer with her
husband at Seattle, journeyed east to
visit relatives, intending to return to
the coast in season to rejoin Price at
Los Angeles at about the time of the
Arcadia opening. While visiting friends
at Albany, n. Y, she was accidently
asphyxiated by escaping gas from a
leaky jet. Efforts were made by the
eastern friends of his dead wife to
communicate with Price by wire at
Seattle and Emeryville, but unbeknown
to them he had gone on to Los Angeles,
and until the forwarding there of a let
ter addressed to Seattle. carrying the
facts. he remained in ignorance of his
wife's demise. BY that time the re-
mains had been forwarded to her old
home at Benton, Ark, and buried. Mrs
Price left an estate consisting of $4,000
life insurance, payable to her mother
and some real estate. which likewise
stands in her mothers name.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
AUTO DEALERS
MAY CELEBRATE
1t Has Been Suggested That
They Keep Open House for a
Week to Show New Cars
Scheme Has Proven a Great
Success on the Atlantic
Coast
By K. r. PHommedien

The fact that there is not likely TO
be an automobile show given by the
Automobile Dealers association this
year and that an unsanctioned show
to that of last year is out OF
the question, the dealers along auto
mobile row are figuring how they will
be able to make a yearly show. When
the question came up for consideration
yesterday it was suggested that the
dealers of San Francisco follow out the
plan adopted last year in New York
when the dealers just before spring set
in held a weeks celebration along the
row. They kept open house day and
night 1t was a great event, being a
decided success. 1t has been suggest
ed that this plan be followed out here.
1t would give the dealers a chance to
show off their cars to advantage in
their own salesroom, which could be
decorated up in an attractive way. 1t
would do away with the greatest ooJec-
tion to a show. that of the cost of the
affair to the individual dealers. With
a show in the salesroOm it would not
take the selling force away and busi-
ness could be carried on in the regular
way.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
COURT STRAIGHTENS
OUT $1,000 SHORTAGE
City Treasury Books Are Cor
rected to Restore Record
Lost in Fire

Another $1,000 shortage was discov-
cred in the city treasury yesterday, but
this time it turned ont to be merely a
matter of book keeping. Upon the re-
port that a $1,000 payment made into
the county clerks special fund upon
April 10, 1906, had been lost from the
record by fire, Judge Sturtevant or
dered it's restoration yesterday The
auditors Office was of the opinion that
perhaps here would prove another kink
in the accounts, but Cashier Perkins at
the treasury gave the assurance that
the $1,000 had been carried right along
with other moneys, marked unknown
owners" and would now be credited to
its proper title The money is held by
the court pending adjudication of a suit
between Charles A. Leavitt, Simion
Sawyer and his wife, Mary A. Sawyer
and Jerome B. Fargo.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
POMMER is ACQUITTED
OF DISTURBING PEACE
Man Who Held Nurse and Babes
rs Hostages for Damage
Goes Free

The case of Joseph Pommer, prOprie-
tor of a notion store at 1923 Stockton
street, charged with disturbing the
peace on complaint of Francis w Smith
of the Hotel Kenilworth, Bush and
Powell streets, was tried before a jury
in Police Judge Shortalrs court yester-
day and dismissed after the jury had
been out about two minutes
On November 4 a showcase at Pom
mer's store was broken by the handle
of baby carriage. owned by Smith and
containing his two children, striking &
against it. 1t was alleged that Pom
mer detained the nurse girl, Louise
Kopalt, and the children till he was
paid for the broken glass Pommer
was at first charged with kidnapping the
nurse girl, but the case was dismissed.
The evidence of the nurse girl and
Mrs. Smith was in its material parts
directly contradicted by POmmer and
his son, and the jury gave Pommer the
benefit of the doubt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
Richard Croker May
See Racing Here
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Nov 20.-When Rich
ard Croker landed from the Lusitania
today he was greeted by Lewis Nixon
and half dozen Tammany leaders and
mob of Tammany trioesmen, who
shouted "Hurrah for Crokern'
Croker's daughter and some relatives
accompanied him. Croker expects to
remain in New York for about 10 days
and in the United States for five or
Il don't know just where 1 will CO.
he said, except possibly that | will
visit California" Some one asked if
he would attend races in the west or
south.
"Of course 1 will was the prompt
reply. why shouldn't I? 1 am a
breeder of race horses and the winner
of a derby. If there are any races to
so to I'll CO."
viii you bet?" asked another.
Certainly he replied. Il always
make a small bet There would be no
interest in a race if there wasn't a
small bet down.
He was asked if he thought racing
was dead in New York state. Now
will turn interviewer" he said. What
do you think?"
Some one told him that the people of
the state did not approve Of the anti
What said Croker. eI thought they
just reelected Hughes. He put the bill
through, didn't he. and made his fight
on that issue?"
Well Taft carried him through. He'd
have been beaten otherwise" said some
one. But Croker shook his head doubt
fully
Asked if there was any likelihood of
racing being abolished in England, he
said no" He added that he had real
lied profit of $4,000 from his stables
during the last season. Croker parried
all questions concerning Murphys lead
ership of Tammany hail.