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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
HARVARD'S NEW SHELL.
Lines Much Criticised by the Row
ing Men.

BOSTON, Mass. June 20.-The new
eieht-oared shell for Harvard is we'll I'M
der way in Cambridge, and the lines have
been undergoing severe criticism by the
old rowing men of late. On paper there
anpeared to be very little difference be-
tween the new creation and the boats
built for several years. but after putting
the keel and gunwales down on the form
and fastening the timbers there appears
10 be considerable of departure from
the other models. The most radical
change is seen while looking over the keel.
for there does not seem to be more than
AN inch and a half of Gambler. as COM
pared with fully an inch more In other
boats. The bottom being almost straight,
the bow being very deep and the gun
wales straight, it will give the shell the
annearance of a reduced model of one of
the new scout cruisers built for the gov
ernment Judging from the shape OF the
timbers there will be a valley on the bot
tom after the planking has been nailed on.
hut whether this is a mistake or by de-
sign the builder is at a loss to know.
When asked regarding the policy OF this
radical construction. DaVy shakes MS
head and answers, Il have no opinion to
give regarding the shell. for am building
from plans furnished me, and IL would De
unfair to criticise the boat before 1t has
had a trial" The shell Will nave far
higher bow than anything ever construct
cd nv Davy and for that reason the oars
men say she will be slow in mead wind
and will poke her nose into seas.
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Am ARBOR. Mich. June oO-One of
The bright stars of the University of Mich
i;an base ball team this year is Harma n
Linthicum of Washington. D. c. He has
pitched eight games this year and won
them all. three of them by the shut-out
route. On the southern trip ne shut out
the Vanderbilt team with three hits and
an Decoration day wound up Michean's
las" ball season in blaze of glory by
shutting out the fast Syracuse University
team with one hit For eight innings not
hit was made off his delivery till the
ninth. when slow fielding let the solitary
hlngle he recorded. Linthicum combines
the qualities of good pitcher; he has a
strong arm. an assortment of curves good
control. and. best of all. brainy head
BESIDES. he is something of Il hitter bat
Ting 800 for the sea son.
Lin" as he is better known among
his large circle of friends is one of the
most popular men in the school. He is
president of the sophomore engineers and
was captain of last falls champion class
foot ball team.
Iinthicum is a graduate of the Eastern
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High School of this city. where he learned
to play ball. From his entrance into the
Capitol Hill school he represented the
blue and white ins all lines Of sports. hav-
ing been captain of the foot ball. base ball
and track teams. He won his e. In the
last three years he was at the school. and
was captain of Company F, that won the
competitive drill in the High School
Cadets Regiment. After leaving Eastern
he attended George Washington Cniver-
sity for "a while and played half back on
the university foot ball team.
In the fall Of 1906 he entered the Uni
versity of Michigan in the course of civil
engineering He was elected president
of his class and later captain of the en-
gineer base ball and foot ball teams. This
foot ball team won the championship OF
the university. and last year. while cap
tain of the foot ball team, again won the
championship. He also represented his
class on the basket ball team. He is a
member of the Delta Tau Delta frater-
nifty.
From his work on the foot ball squad
last year it is expected that he will secure
the quarterback position on the varsity
teaih this fall.
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the ninth inning il came Atlanta's turn
to go to the bat.
The first two men up were easy outs.
and then came the well known Tarks
Parrot to bat. Tacks was the Hans Wag-
ner down i'm the Southern League. Every
one gave him the glad hand and begged
him to do something.
Tacks did: he landed on the first ball
pitched. and he slammed 1t out into GEN.
ter field, and then he tore for first base
AS it appears a heavy rain had flooded
the center field the day before. SO that in
one portion of the garden there was q
huge mud puddle. and into this pond
rolled the ball. When Tacks saw this he
kept around to second. and from there he
wen. to third as he saw the center field
er madly fishing in the pond for the ball.
and with simply glance back over his
shoulder Tacks made for home. But by
this time the fielder had the ball. and he
fired IL home. Old Tacks. who a
slider from the heart, hit the ground be-
fore the ball got into the catcher's NIT,
and he slid I'm under tlle backstop, max
ing the home run by an eyelash.
But withopt stopping >Tacks dahhed
madly up 10 the scorers box, and making
a megaphone of his grimy hands. he yell
ed out:
Say. did you gimme home run on that
hit %
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to the house and see fine material out in
front of the house playing base ball. when
they should be on the water urging the
sweeps through the water
A familiar figure Of the river for the
past year and a half has been Fred Plafs-
ted, the professional sculler and coach.
But last week he left for New York.
where he will become the coach of one of
the clubs on the Harlem River. Last sea-
son he looked after the Analostan Club.
and although he did not turn out any win
ming crews, he kept up lively interest in
rowing.
President Jupp of the Detroit Boat Club
was a visitor in the CITY last week
was shown attention by the officers of the
Potomac Boat Club. 1t was his first visit
to the rowing course and he was piloted
over it by Mr.. c. d. Davis in his steam
launch. President Jupp said it was the
finest in America. He was on his way to
Annapolis, where his boy is preparing to
become one OF the future admirals of the
navy.
Dave Brewster. stroke of the champions
of last year, has been out of the shell for
some time. owing to an accident while
playing in the interscholastic base ball
championship. In sliding into first base
he lacerated his right knee cap so badly
that it is with difficulty he manages to
walk.
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GOLF IN THE WEST.
Annual Competition to Be Held at
Rock Island.

CHICAGO, June 2O-The annual com
petition for the western championship,
open to amateur golfers who are mer"-
hers of clubs members Of the Western
Golf Association and bona fide resi-
dents of the territory covered by The as
soc!ation. will be played on the links Of
the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club Rock
Island. Ill. Monday. Tuesday. Wednes-
day. Thursday. Friday and Saturday, JuIy
II To Is
The competition will be played under the
rules OF the United States Golf Assocla-
ton, except such special local rules as
may be announced by the tournament
committee. The WHINE" OF the competi-
ton shall be the amateur champion OF
tie Western Golf Association fer the year.
and Ills club will have the custody of the
George r. Thorne trophy until the next
annual championship competition The
competition will consist of qualifying
round at thrty-siX holes, medal play.
tnirty-two to qualify. The first half Of
the qualifying round will be played oH
Monday and the second half Tues
day The thirty-two players VINO sia'i
qualify shah then Compel AT matCa play
rounds, the first and second rounds being
at eighteen holes. the other rounds Icing
at thirty-SlA EoieS.
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GREAT RACE RECALLED.
Potomacs Almost Locked Oars With
Analostans and Won by Inches.

The attention of rowing men is centered
at present on things aquatic. and details
about coming regattas are read with rel
ish by devotees of the sport. There is
always a fund of stories of old times on
tap at the home Of the Potomacs, and
the grand high priest of these stunts is
Mr. W. c. Mckinney. assistant chief of
the bureau of engraving and printing.
Il have witness I'd many peculiar races
here on the Potomac since | first dipped
my souls in the impid waters of the
stream" he said recently. land have par
ticpated in many of the hardest fought
aquatic battles ever waged on the river,
but one OF the most sensational was the
junior four-oared race in 1887 between the
Analostans and Potomacs over the lower
course. then known as the national course.
because the events connected with the
National Association re2attaS had been
pulled off on that portion Of the river.
I'm those days it was the custom Of
the three clubs of the city. Analostans.
Columbus aud Potomacs. to join forces
and hold big regatta under the auspices
of the Pctnniac River Association. but
now il is p~actica ally the burden of one
ciuh-Pot cTnacs-ard. strange to say. the
three clubs were the greatest enemies.
Rowing WAS the paramount sport among
the young men in those days. ard the
pity is for the encouragem ent Of III /,
sport that there isn't some of that rivalry
on tap just now. for it would help the
sport considerably.
But about tht: particular race. His
tory nowhere chic II cieS a similar in
stance. Tie two r.ews started rom the
mile-anG-a-;a!f r'.rk ard soon pat b.
hind h m the other coate s:ants. Pcn"syl-
vanias and Cclu:rhias. and 3egaI ding
dong hat:ie neither crew seeming able
to shake tie uthe: OF. At tie nile they
were even. and II" ref-ree. y Icing that
they were getting close called ~ hem t.
dra W away. hui little or no heed vas paid
to re w'rni"g.
TIE race was owing more OK Il ne
oTa"r min lie. and his feeling was int n =;
nod "a -" ;c-p crews g ajuaEy ew
togo Their. Ike the acton of two steam
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Ted Sullivan's Rejoinder.

Years ago when Ted Sullivan was
managing one of Won der Ahe's ST.
Louis clubs he had ball player working
for him by the name of Brown. who
had everything skinned a mile when 1t
came to being chesty, for the fellow
believed that he was a Roger Conner
and Dan BrOuthers rolled into one.
when he essaycd to hold down the first
base job. but. in fact, he was the punki-
est initial sackman that was in the game
in those days.
Finally Ted had to attach the can to
him. and in few days he was forgotten
by his former teammates and by Sulll-
van, the manager.
Now it happened that in 1899 Ted Sulli-
van had the Des Moines, Iowa, franchise.
and had at this time working for him
George Browne, the great Boston Ma
tional League fielder. and the man whom
McGraw should never have allowed to
Lave New York. One day when Browne
and Sullivan were walking down the
principal street in Des Moines. who
should they come across but Brown who
had played for Sullivan in st. Louis
years before. but who was now doing a
pick and shovel stunt in a ditch.
When he espied Ted he halted him. and
drawing himself up in his old pompous
manner, he exclaimed. as he firmly grip
D. d the handle of his shovel:
Il suppose. Mr.. Sullivan. that you
never expected to see me in this posi-
tion?"
"Oh. yes. 1 did, replied Ted. II once
saw you play bal
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Bull Dahlen's Query.

When Bull Dahlen was playing at short
for the Chicago club, and was playing the
part up to the NOTCH too, he was placed
in charge of the Windy city team once
when il was coming back from its spring
training trip. The club was playing road
side dates with minor league outfits and
incidentally was having mighty hard
time in coping any games from these
young leaguers y
The White Sox were made up of lot
of seasoned veterans, and their batting
eye was slow in opening. Consequently.
the sprightly young leaguers in the class
"B" clubs were having the time of their
lives in making the crack Windy city
team hustle to make showing.
Just before Kansas City was reached
Cap Arson heard of a small town where
he could pick up some easy money In
few hours work. so he divided his clubs.
and taking the younger recruits with him
he sent the veteran players on to Kansas
City. with Bull Dahlen as the leader.
The Kansas City club put up cracker
jack game that afternoon. In the first
inning Jimmy Callahan was injured. and
as there was no regular player to take
his place a young Kansas City amateur
was selected to take Callahan'S place.
For weeks the Chicago boys had not
been able to connect with the ball. and in
that afternoons game Their work at the
bat was simply fierce. as they were easy
marks for the Kansas City pitcher.
amateur ball player to go to the bat. and
he did so, and on the second ball pitched
he connected with il safely, with the re-,
suit that he sent ii down along the leftr,
field foul line, but far enough inside te
make Ii fair ball. 80,
With shout the chesty amateur tore
down to first, and was going round that
bag in order to go down to second. as the
swat was a two-base one. when. what
was his surprise to feel himself grasp ID
firmly by the back of the neck and the
next moment to feel a pair of shoes get
ting mighty busy with the seat of his
trousers. Turning in amazement and
writhing with pain. he beheld Bull Dahl
len. who. in answer to his inquiry as to
what he meant by such unheard-of treat
ment. Bull roared out:
What am 1 doing, Ell? It's me who
wants to know watell you mean by max
ing a hit when ball players Amt getting
any And in deadly earnest Bull pro-
ceeded to teach that Kansas City anna
teur lesson that he perhaps never for
got
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NEW TRACK AT BURKES.
Buildings Will Be Finished Thi
Week.

Henry Copperthite VIII open his new
track al Burkes station. July 4, with
an elaborate program. The opening event
will be a free-for-s-lI trot and pace,
purse slo9: to be followed by 2o7 trot
and pace. purse S101 The racing OF the
day Will close with a running race. three
quarters of a mile and repeat, purse 500.
The grandstand. fencing. stalls and
dancing pavilion will be completed the
latter part of this week. The entry list
of horses promises to be very large and
some of the best horses in the District.
Maryland and Virginia will participate
in the meet In addition to the racing
there will be a base ball game and other
sports. In the evening there will be dane
ing in the new pavilion. Trains will be
run to accommodate those who wish to
attend.
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Connie Mack's Bon Mot.

| The most worried man in base ball to-
day is Connie Mack, who is one of those
pecul.a sensitive individuals who If
they are not at the top of the heap are
continually fretting.
Connie started out this season with the
nope of taking the pennant. but at the
present time he fails to discover where
he will have runaway race in the cop
ping Of the rag. In consequence Mr..
Mack is like a man needles. He IS
hustling from morning till night in his
endeavOr to strengthen his team.
A close friend of Comics, who noticed
the fretful condition of the elongated
manager. advised him to rest his mind
by reading light literature and asked
him:
Are you much given to the reading of
fiction, Mack?"
That's about all I have been reading
for the past six MONTHS replied Connie,
as he YEARLY passed his hand back and
| forth over his wrinkled forehead, for
| am bilious youths from all parts of the
country have been writing me about their
hitting anywhere from five hundred to
d thousand, and as for fielding, why none
of the applicants would think of fielding
| below the one-thousand mark-that is.
not until l give them a try-out,'' added
Connie, with deep sigh, and he went
over to meet the mail man. who had a
whole bunch of fresh applications for
positions under the Athletics manager.
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RIiss. Mr.. Thomas German. w. E. HI.
Merritt and others. and the club agreed
to put their shoulders to the wheel in or
der to insure success.
1t was agreed to begin the movement
with an excursion to Marshall Hall, Au-
gust Z.
II was also voted to change the opening
of the new house from the date previously
selected July II, to July y. in order to
accommodate the membership
Many new members were elected and
the application of several were laid over
for future action.
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AGAINST MCDONALD.
Base Ball Commission Acts on His
Application for Liberty.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. June 20.-Instead OF
granting the application Of player Edward
g. Mcdonald to be declared free agent
the national base hall commission today
sharply criticised his dealings with the
New York national league club His
appiicatio is denied and he is told he
should adjust his differences with the
NV ork club. from which he had by
q "a l1s obi aimed money that he had
art earned after hav ns defied base ball
law in conn. ction with his temporary
transfer 10y New York to Newark. n. J.
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McBride's Sly Humor.

Algy Mcbride. the clever shortstop of
the Washington club and supposed to be
one of the best looking men in profess
sional base ball. is a quiet. gentlemanly
lad. who possesses a vein of pure humor
that the nimble shortstop goes mining
for only on special occasions.
AS he and his side partner. Jim Dele
hanty, are necessarily thrown much to-
gether by reason of the fact that they
are constantly devising new plays. they
mix d lot of innocent kidding" in their
converse ton. Although Delehanty loves
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Humane Woman.

iNll i.nfToIi ] iT-Tlts.
The Cahman-Gimme your bag, lady
and III pit Il on top of the cab
Mrs. Oatcaie tas size gels in)-No; tha'
.;npr horse OF yours has got enough IL
poll. III carry il on my lap.
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WASHINGTON CRICKET CLUB.

thrown il in to the wicket keeper or other
player who covers the base the player
having The ball may touch the wicket and
the runner Is decla red run out.
AS there are no foul balls in cricket, the
batsIran may run on a hit placed in any
part of the field. If the ball is tipped
off the lat and caught on fly by fielder
the hatsman.is out. He Is also declared
out if he interferes with player who is
trying to field ball, as in base ball.
The batting in cricket is quite scien-
ttic study for the bowler uses many com
bira lions of curves, CarOmS ana breaks,
making il possible fer the bowler 10
bounce the ball at any angle either In
front. at the back or at the size OIL tne
man at the bat.
There are eleven players on each side
They are known as wicket keeper. back
stop (both catchers): point and cover point
Cloth shortstops); square leg. long of
fright fielder); long on Cleft fielder, bowl
ers (pitchers), slip and long slip.
\ sample of the printed score OF
cricket game follows:
GREEN SHEET XI.
Hughes. c. Tammany. b. Hearst oil
Caught out by Tammany, bowler being
HaarSt) .
(Ball fielded to wicket ahead of runner.)
Fairbanks leg before wicket. ........-.....
aol,~trH:cts asstrairht bali with leg Instead
Of hat
Cort elyou stumpcd Hitchcock .-............ 10
U'aucht off hase)
Roosevelt ol,struct field. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. j
sOut for interfercnce.)
Cannon. not out. ............... ~
(TPn ont side out.)
Total 40
.'Wides' in cricket are wild pitches" in
base ball; "byes'' are passed balls: a
leg bye is a combination of passed
Hall' and hit by pitcher and when a
off in ri kof no ic
'.stumped out, When the batsman Is hit
by howled ball he does not take his
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Tacks PARROTS Home Run.

When Tacks Parrot played with the
ST Louis Browns he was said to be the
noisiest man in base ball. Perhaps Tacks
deserved the name. for he was one of the
most laxative chaps that ever cavorted
about the grassy diamond. But he was a
good fellow an excellent ball player; pos
sibly one Of the greatest individual play
ers of that period. Tacks was dead set
on making a record for Tacks Parrott
even though his team might suffer in con-
sequence.
Like the famous Pete Browning. he
did not appear to care a whole lot which
team won, so long as he had a good bat
ting and fielding average himself. Bat
ting what what Tacks liked best of ALL
Let him get two hits in any one game
and he would talk about the feat the rest
of the evening. Three hits were sure to
keep him awake all night.
Tacks was simply bugs on base ball.
| and he thought that one Mr.. PARROT was
the greatest old thing in the base ball
line.
Tacks' one best story was how he came
to make that famous home run down in
Atlanta some time before he came into
the major league. New Orleans and At
lanta were having the fight of fights. One
August day when both clubs were running
a neck-and-neck race for the pennant and
both teams were even at the beginning of
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Ten Leading Run-Getters.
Double PLAYS.

Double Plays.
| ST. Louis. Al Washington. 36: Chicago 80: De
| troit, %: Cleveland. 10; Philadelphia, So Bos
| ton, 2S: New York, 20.
Triple Plays.
Detroit. q. Boston. Philadelphia, t. VS..
Washington.
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BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES
OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting Averages.

Complete records for all players who have par
ti.ipated in fifteen or more games.)
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Ten Leading Base Stealers.
Club Fielding Records.
Passed Balls.

Passed Balls.
Detroit, 1: New York, T. PHILADELPHIA :;
Cleveland. 10: Chicago. 4; st. Louis, 1; Wash,
ington, Z; Boston, Ii.
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By Revere Rodgers.

I to kid person. he detests kidding when
the joke is put on him.
When the club was in Cleveland Jim.
who Is native Of that city. went out tn
see his home folks and to hear the news.
When he returned to his hotel he was
| full of the events that had happened to
| his Cleveland friends since he had been
absent from that city. What anna ed Jim
| more than anything else. perhaps, was
| tine fact that there had been SO many
June weddings among his acquaintance.
And those that couldn't get the con-
sent OF their parents" went on Dele
hanty. they simply eloped: and they say
| here that there have been more elope-
ever known before"
"'rhe elOpement craze appears to be
rampant all over the country" slowly
drawled Mcbride, as he winked at Tom
paper that the other day a horse out
there ran away with a young widow
| But this was too much for Deehanty.
for. with a yell he started after Mcbride
and the shortstop beat it in grand style
| for the elevator and safety.
Tom Hughes Merry Quip.
Tannehill. the pitcher whom Washing
ton recently secured from Boston. is a
fellow of parts. and is one of the driest
humorists in the business. He is also
noted as one of the best story tells in base
ball. When he was a member of the
Pittsburg club they claim that it was
Tanny's rollicking good humor and his
cleverness in telling a story that kept
that strenuous bunch from fighting among
themselves, for in the days that Tame
hill played with the Smoky City fellOwh
| they were a scrapping crowd.
Shortly after Tannehill joined the Wash
ington club Charley Smith. who was read
ing the base ball notes in a paper, COM
mented on the curious names of some of
the pitchers who are breaking into the
game.
Yes" remarked jesse base ball has
many queer names. and many queer COM
binatiOns of names: but the oldest COM
bination of names well the wettest
battery was Pool and Lake, who were the
catcher and the pitcher for the old Balti-
more club
Pool and Lake. chimed in Tom
Hughes; well, that must have been a
battery that was run by water power for
sure"