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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28
DETROITS ONCE MORE
LEAD PENNANT RACE

DETROIT, Mich. September 2S-De-
troit defeated the athletics again yester-
day. 5 to ., thereby regaining the lead In
the pennant race. The victory was large
ly due to superior base running and the
fact that the home teams errors did not
cost anything. while three of those of the
visiting team figured in the scoring.
In the pitching way there was not much
to choose. Coombs doing excellent work.
Mullin was effective in the pinches, five
of his strike-outs coming with men on,
and three of them where a hit would
mean run.
Detroit filled the bases with one down in
the first. but could not score. Mcintyre
started the third with a double. Bush died
on the infield. Crawford walked Cobb
doubled over Davis, scoring Mcintyre
Crawford was out at the plate on Ross
mans grounder to Baker. RoSsman and
Cob started a double steal. and Cobb
lodged his way through the run down.
across the plate with his run.
Nichols low throw on Rossman, follow
ed by a sacrifice and Schmidts single.
scored a run In the sixth. Bush's double
and Nichols twO-baSe overthrow made
another in the seventh. In the eighth
Schaefer doubled, stole third and scored
on Powers low throw that got through
Baker.
The Athletics got Nichols to third on
a double and wild throw in the first, but
the next three men persisted in the sixth
Strunk doubled but oversiid second and
was nailed. Baker signaled and was
caught mapping. Murphy hit and Oldring
famed. In the eighth Nichols got an in
field hit. Strunk walked. Baker filled the
bases with a single. Murphy famed. A
wild pitch scored Nichols. Oldring hit to
Schaefer. who tried to get Strunk off
third. He failed. and the sacks were
filled again. Davis long fly scored
Strunk, and SeybOld hit to Downs
But for peculiar local conditions a rec
ord for attendance would have been set.
The police department does not recognize
the fact that Sunday ball is played. and
sends no officers to the park. When about
1850 fans had gone in the club closed
the gates rather than to take chances on
an unwieldy crowd. The score:
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NATIONALS BATTING
ANDF|ELD|NGF|GU
UngIaub Replaces DeIehanty
as Locals Best Batter.

The complete records of the players
COMPOSING the National team from the
beginning Of the championship race for
the American League pennant to Sunday.
September %. will be found in the tables
which are here appended. and which have
been compiled from the official scores
that appear In the columns Of The Star
from day to day The Nationals have
taken part in 1i2 games. of which they
have won 81. "A gain of two during the
week. and lost as, a gain of four during
the week. and have played three tie
games. one of sixteen innings and one OF
eight with Chicago and one OF twelve
innings with St. Louis. During the past
week they played six games with Cleve-
land and ST Louis. winning two and los
ing four. three at st. Louis and one to
Cleveland-not a very good record.
Tnglaub. who has done excellent work
during the week with the big stick" be-
ing at the bat twenty-four times
and making nine hits. giving him
an average of .315 for the week.
leads the team with batting
average of 316. while with the Nationals.
and an average for the season of .2S6. fol-
lowed by Delehanty with an average OF
3l2 whose percentage would no doubt
have been higher If he had been per-
mitted to play in the three games in
Cleveland. and the last game would prob
ably have been victory instead OF a de-
feat Freeman, Milan and cBride made
creditable gains In their batting records.
especially Freeman. who Is improving all
the time, and next season should be a
800 hitter. The team as a whole is keep
ing up the good work with the bat. as
their team batting suffered loss of only
.O01. They continued to field I'm their
usual style since August II. having lost
nothing during the past week. still re-
CONTINUED on Fifteenth PaRel
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DRAPER MAY BE IN LINE.
Pennsylvania in High links Over
Report That Their Great
Tackle Will Return.

PHILADELPHIA, September 2S.-The
University Of Pennsylvania squad Is hop
ing for the best, yet fearing for the
worst. After giving up all hope Of ORA
per's return. the word has gone around
that the big tackle will be back in a few
days. He has been in Maine the greater
part Of the summer. and 1t was supposed
he would only leave there to take up a
position with a firm outside of Philadel-
phia. Recently, however. Pike. the guard
received a letter from Draper in which
the latter said he would return to COL
lege. If he does the heavy load will be
lifted off the minds of the coaches
Sunburned and hardened from two
weeks work at the seashore. the dozen or
more men who were at Cape May have re-
turned to Philadelphia and the first prac-
ttce period of the year at Franklin Field
was gone through. FavOrite, who entered
Penn with a fine reputation as a kicker,
made good in great style He was aided
slightly by wind. and averaged between
fifty-f1ve and sixty yards. which was good
work for SO early in the season.
Unless Draper does show up almost an
entirely new line will have to be whipped
into shape. Barring Draper. CASTOR, the
tackle. is the only one left of last years
rush line.
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LOCAL CRICKETERS
BEAT ST. GEORGE TEAM

The intercity cricket championship was
won by the Washington Cricket Club
from the st. George Cricket Club Of Bal
timore in a game yesterday which re-
suited in the score Of 81 to 70. A large
crowd witnessed the play and applauded
the crcketers whenever an occasion arose
Many brilliant plays were made and in
terest never waned.
The batting of Will Warren was per-
haps the feature of the game, while Quinn
and McCubbin batted strongly, making
sixteen and fourteen runs respectively.
Pigott fielded finely. as did also Aims
worth. the latter making a phenomenal
one-hand catch Off Pigott's bat that
brought the crowd to its feet.
The bowling and fielding of Quinn for
the locals were superb, and he was partic-
ularly effective in tight places in the last
inning. when he held the Orioles down to
three runs for five wickets at the finish.
which practically cinched the game for
the locals
Sousa. Croker and Morley f1elded their
positions in a snappy manner. and their
Throwing to the wicket" prevented many
runs.
A large crowd of adherents Of the Mon
umentalS was present to cheer them on
to victory. and when 1t was seen that
the Washingtons had won the intercity
championship they joined with the local
rooters in the ovation that was given the
VictOrS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28
NEIL AND MARTELL TO COACH
Georgetown Youngsters Have Prom
| ICING Lot of Material.

Tom Neil and Leslie Martell. famous
Blue and Gray gridiron stars. who played
on the great team Of 1904, are to coach
the Georgetown props. this year. They
take charge of the squad today. Pre-
liminary practice was begun last Thurs
day. and since then the colts have been
going through such stunts as falling on
the ball and light tackling under the d.
rection Of Capt. Gaynor.
The team this year will probably be
weaker than the elevens of the past five
years inasmuch as the quarterback cap
tain is the only old man to report so far.
However, the new material is a promis-
ing bunch and, under the excellent coach
ing of Neil and Martell, will probably
round into a formidable aggregation.
Thus far the following have shown up
well. and as will be seen from their past
records. are the right kind Of stuff. Out
for the backfield are O'Brien, Wieser and
O'Connor all of whom played on the 1907
Junior Prep. team: Mclaughlin Of Nor
witch. Conn. High; Connolly Of the No
ire Dame Props. and Dale. quarter on
last years Hartford High team. For
the ends there are O'Leary, Haizlip, Ca
was one of the Junior Prep. stars. while
the other three have substituted on the
Props. LAWYER. a big lad from the west.
who weighs 100 pounds and stands six
feet two inches. will most likely cinch the
center position. He is fast on his feet.
and with his experience. for he played
three years on st. Paul. Mimi. High, he
should prove to be a wizard. Brady. who
rowed No. on the champion prep. crew
last spring and was captain Of this years
boat. should not experience much trouble
in making a guard. For the other posi-
lions the most likely candidates are
Nicham. Larkin. Jessup. Morse. Rodri-
guez. Kirwin. Carr. Murphy and Bill
O'Brien. the last three of whom are old
Junior Prep. linemen.
Manager Stanton announces that the
first game will be. October 2. against
Western High. AS the teams seem even
ly matched, according to the dope, the
contest will probably be hot one. Games
are also being arranged with the other
Washington high and prep. schools, and
the team will most likely take trip to
Orange. Va, to play against the crack
Woodbury. Forest eleven.
The big game will be that against
Tech when this years bunch will go in
for blood on account of the defeat of
last seasons crowd. With such expert
enced coaches and such good material
they should be able to turn the trick on
the Manual Trainers.
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Only a casual glance at these figures is
needed to show that at the present mo-
ment In both leagues 1t is anybody's race
and probably until the last game Is played
next week the decision as to which two
clubs shall have the honor of unfurling
the banners emblematic of superiority and
Of playing each other for the world s
championship will remain in doubt.
In the American league the pennant
race will be decided after the eastern
clubs finish their tours in the west. After
this the four western clubs will fight 1t
out among themselves. and no man, how
ever expert in base ball technique, dare
predict the winner. Detroit meets ST.
Louis for two games at home and then
goes to Chicago to finish the campaign
for series of three games. Chicago also
has two games with Cleveland on the lat
. ter's grounds. the Maps finishing the
season at ST. Louis with three games.
Chicago and ST Louis finish at home. the
former with Detroit and the latter with
Cleveland. If this is an advantage II is
the only slight one that any of the west
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Has-Beens to the Front.

NEW YORK, September 2S-Discards
from the most famous stables on the turf
have played a prominent part in the rae
ing at Gravesend. In tie Willow stakes
recently Suffragette carried the blue. red
sash of James Rowe, James r. Keene's
trainer. His colors had not been seen on
a winner in several years. and his sue
cess in winning out with the beautifully
bred youngster at her first attempt made
him the subject of congratulation from
hundreds of horsemen and racegoers
Rowe is considering visit to Ilifornia
during the winter. and If he goes he will
take Suffra gette and Selectman, which
he also purchased at his employers sale,
with him. Both should do we'll on the
coast, as they have raced creditably in
high class company hereabout.
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Chicago Blanks Boston.

CHICAGO. September 2S.-Chicago shut
out Boston here yesterday, 3 to o. A driz-
cling rain fell throughout the game, but
Sheridan made the players continue. OPP
perfume hitting in the opening inning.
coupled with pair of errors and stolen
base. gave the locals two runs and an
other came in the next inning as a result
of a base on balls and a triple. Score:
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Johnson Likely Pitching Dehany Will Be Back
GameChampionshp Race Closer Than Ever-Detot Now
Leading Ungaub Leads Wshington's Batters- Tennis
Team for Australia Change in New York
Racing Ball Lat Georgetown.

the border is on the lookout for players
and word has reached this city that the
Ottawa Hockey Club will have the serv-
ices of Marty Walsh when the season
opens Walsh is a player of class 4
caliber, and 1t is expected that his pres
ence in the ottawa personnel will go
long way toward helping the Senators
in the Stanley cup play next winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28
Few Veterans for Cornell.

ITHACA. n. Y, September 2S.-The foot
ball candidates at Cornell inaugurated
pigskin chasing and signal learning Mon
day. thus escaping the heat of the early
September days Van Orman, Earl.
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START ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE WITH TIGERS
CARDED FOR A DOUBL E-4EADER AS OPENING ATTRACTION

Lynch. Thompson. May and McCallie. all
last seasons regulars. have been gradual
ed or are ineligible for one reason or an
other leaving little veteran material for
the coaches to work with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28

Dave AltiZer has designed a new post
card containing pictures of Bryan and
the White House. If the Maps win the
pennant he will make quick switch to
Lajoie and the Cleveland park. for there
is nothing like boosting a winner.
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Hockey to the Front.

NEW YORK. September 2S.-Hockey is
beginning to claim portion of the at
tention to Canadian puck chasers al
ready. At least one of the teams across
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Chicago. 2 0 O 0 x-3
Boston. ............ o o o q o o 90
Left on hases-Chicago. Z: Boston. 4. Two
base hit-Jones. Three base hft-Walsh. Sacri-
fee hits-Jones. Lord. Shreck Stolen bases
Davis. Jones. Lord. Bases on balls-On Walsh.
I; of Cicotte. 2. Struck out-By Walsh. 8; by
Time Of game-1 hour and 30 minutes
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ern clubs possess in the great sprint to
the wire.
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Twobase hits = Mcintyre. Bush. Schaefer
Nichols. Sacrifice hit-Schaefer. Bases balls
BY Mullin. 2: by Coombs. 3. Struck out-By
Mullin. Z; by COMBS, 2. Wild pitch-Muliin
Left on bases-Detroit, 8: Philadelphia, Z. I'm
pires-Messrs. Hurst and Evans. Time Of game
Il hour and 55 minutes
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Totals. 5 6 20 IL 3 Totals. 2 924
sp..4oa 10. pe.,.o-s 4. tho .4..h
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21

ings as / used to do in my business
career in Iowa / am as active and
energetic in all things as I ever was;
but / am growing old"
What are the symptoms of old
age? Do you ever have rheumatism ?'
There are no symptoms. | have
neither ache nor pain, nor diminution
Of energy. l simply realize that am
growing old"
We'll, on what do you base your as
surance?"
my shoes last longer. l used to
have five pairs made every year. Two
years ago needed four pairs. This
year | have only needed three pairs.
l don't step as rapidly nor as deter
minedly as | used to do. i know that
l am growing old, because my shoes
last longer
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21
NATURES VOICE IN PROTEST.
Visitation That Put Stop to Dominie's
Eloquence.

The people who live in the Scottish
Highlands deem their climate the best
in the world, although other people
find fault with it's high winds, cold
rains and chilly, days. In Memories"
Maj Gen. Sir o. T. Burne tells of a
minister in one of the Highland
churches who wished his peops4 to
full for.
What causes have we for gratitude!
Look at the place of our habitation!
How grateful should we be that we do
not leeve in the far north amid the
frost and the snow, the cold and the
wet where there's lang day to half
of the year, and lang NIGHT to the
tither, and we should go shivering
ABBOTT in skins.
and how grateful should we be that
we do not leeve in the far south, be-
meath the equawtor, the sun burning,
the sky hot, and the earth hot and
the waters hot; and ye're burnt black
as a snoddy! Where there are teegers
and lions and crocodiles, and fearsome
beasts growing and grinning at We
among the woods-that we do not
leeve in such places!
But we should be grateful that we
do leeve in this blessit island of ours.
called Great Britain, and in that part
Of it named Scotland and in that bit of
auld Scotland that looks up to Ben
Nevis, where there's neither frost nor
cold, nor wind, nor wet, nor hail, nor
rain, nor teegers, nor lions, nor burn
ing sun, nor hurricanes, nor" Here
tremendous blast of wind and rain
from Ben Nevis blew in the windows
OF the kirk, and brought the preachers
eloquence to an abrupt conclusion
Youths Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21

yourself?" exclaimed my wife. What
is the matter now?"
There is no doorknob, but there is
a keyhole,' | answered.
THAT is very strange" said my
wife "Are you sure?'
She walked TO the window. and I
followed, in a dazed condition. We
looked out together, and there. where
] could have sworn | had a few min
utes before seen a keyhole, there was
nothing but knob! My wife looked
at me curiously, to see if was de-
mented AS we stood looking across
at the house, the occupant came out
and, closing the door, walked rapidly
away.
That afternoon the detective called,
and / showed him to the front room.
gave him a comfortable seat in a
Commanding position, and pointed out
the house, across the way. He asked
me a number of questions, to which
l gave slight heed, for was revolving
a plan that would carry me into the
enemy's country-for by this time /
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21

considered the man across the way
my enemy 1t was nothing more nor
less than to beard the lion in his den.
I would call on him that very day, as
soon as he returned. felt that / could
not get nights sleep after what /
had seen that day.
l explained the sudden disappear
ance of the knob, followed by the dis
appearance of the keyhole, and asked
the officer if he would accompany me
on my projected visit, land he readily
agreed
We sat smoking and talking for
nearly two hours, and l had regained
something of my customary com.
posture, when the watchful detective
suddenly pressed my arm. Following
his glance, | saw the occupant of the
opposite house ascending the steps.
We started Immediately, but our
man had entered and closed his door
when we reached the street. l mount
ed the steps and raped sharply and
in response the door swung open and
the man stood before us, inviting us to
enter.
At this abrupt welcome, felt re-
turn of my nervous dread, but, en-
boldened by the presence Of the officer,
/ stepped in, and we followed our host
into comfortably furnished room.
In response to polite inquiry as to
the nature Of our call, l introduced
myself as an opposite neighbor, and
said that / had q twofold reason for
calling. The first was to make his &C
quaintance, and the second-but here
| stammered and hesitated, for l found
it extremely difficult to explain. But
here the detective came to my rescue,
seeing the embarrassment l was in.
Mr.. Merwin," he said, for as such
our host had introduced himself, Il
know you will pardon us, but it is your
front door that has caused us to in
trude upon you"
My front door!" exclaimed Mr.
Merwin.
ITO be more explicit, the knob on
your front door," answered the de-
tective, for it seems to have
knack of appearing and disappearing.
We'll! Well" exclaimed Mr.. Mer-
win, and we really thought he would
explode with laughter. q had no idea
was being watched" he said, after
this outburst, "but as it can make no
difference now, as to-day ] have Sc
scured the patent l have been work
ing for, l will explain. Here is a
working model" he said, going to a
miniature door, that will show what
| mean. You see here a knob. Notice
that | raise it, so, and l disclose the
keyhole l insert the key thus, unlock
the catch, remove the key, drop the
knob, so, and there you have the door
with no ugly DETACHMENT of keyhole.
To-day / removed the one on my front
door to make slight alteration. That, !
gentlemen, is what l call rather neat
| went home, and that night slept
the first sound sleep l had had since
the door without a key
hole.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21
The Door Without
a KeyhOle
BY j. L. DAVIES
)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Coz

1t certainly was puzzling. We had
watched him go in any number of
times. l had. in a cautious way, ex-
amined the door, after l had seen him
leave the house, and knew the door
was locked, having tried the knob To.
gether we had watched him from be-
hind closely curtained windows, pull
out a bunch of keys, and, after care,
fully selecting one, open the door and
disappear inside But where was the
keyhole? We could not discover any
signs of one. 1T began to prey on our
minds. / lost all interest in every.
thing else, and spent most of my time
in watching that door The house was
directly across the street, and / had
an unobstructed view of the doorknob
Every time ! saw him coming l would
rush to the window and strain my eyes
to discover the method he employed
in entering.
In my well-regulated life had never
allowed anything to SO completely con
troll my every action, but when one
of man into house, with a key in
his hand, and no keyhole in the door,
| do not think one is to be blamed for
yielding to a natural curiosity.
1t was in a very uneasy and nervous
state of mind that l decided to call
upon my old friend, Michael O'Hara,
chief of police He laughed heartily
at my story, but noting my extreme
nervousness, suddenly became serious,
and asked in what way he could serve
me. Did l want the man arrested?
Should he send an officer to watch the
house? Anything he could do would
be done.
/ could think of no better plan than
to have a man put on watch, and
suggested that to operate safely and
attract little attention, he had best
come to my house and begin his vigil
there
With the chiefs promise of the de-
tective that afternoon, | took my leave,
determined to have a closer look at
the mysterious premises on my way
home. AS | approached the house
and obtained near view of the haunt
ingZI might almost say accursed-
doorknob, of which / had thought so
much, even in my dreams, | started
with something like terror, fearing ! |
must still be dreaming, for now there
was no knob at all, though | most dis
tinctly saw keyhole. l stared like
one bereft, and then ran across the |
street and into my own house My
wife met me in the hall, but l rushed |
by her and into my room, and flung
myself upon couch, burying my head |
in my hands. My wife followed me, |
trying to calm my excitement, and dis
cover what had occurred.
"The keyhole is gone! No; the door
knob is gone! OH No! l don't know
which is gone" l gasped.
"Oh Is it the door opposite that
has caused you to lose control OF
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21
Useful Friends

People are loved, not for their
goodness, their beauty their wit or
their wisdom but for their utility.
Can he or she be of any use to
me?" is the question which arises in
the minds of many men and women
when introduced, and if the answer
is in the negative there is no continu.
ance of the mountaineering,
GentleWOman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-08-21
SIGN OF ADVANCING AGE.
When Your Shoes Last Longer, Ac-
cording to Ex-Secretary Shaw.

Former Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie nj. Shaw was one OF the most
interesting characters ever on the
scene of public life in the national cap
ital. One afternoon he said to the
narrator:
Il know that ! am growing old. /
get to york here as early in the morn