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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
DEPRESSED MARKET
THE DEMAND Is STILL IN HIDING.
Prominent Farmer Dumped I5O Bales in Montgomery Market and Rush Seems General After
 Election

Closely following the now conceded cleo ton Of Judge Taft. there comes somewhat of depression in the cotton markets of cotton. which have been withheld from sale until after election. are beginning to be thrust upon the market, and hence the decline. The sag In the market WedneR- day was barely noticeable, but is as some dons of the near futures.
 One sale in Montgomery of note came Wednesdays when one prominent farmer turned loose 1b0 bales of cotton. that he xhtch had been promised to come with 3lecton. But there are so many who have ,hus held In hope that there is danger that zhe rush to sell will be too great and un- 4eas an unusual demand develops within a fortnight. there will probably be no near cessation of the dulIness and gloomy outlook which has featured the market for the past month.
 # But still, in promise of the demand comes fhn message from England that there Is nhire strike in the cotton mills within a few weeks which resumption will produce an Enormous demand. And there are reports nf mill activity on the increase in the Unit Cd states This forebodes a demand and market for the shippers.
 Cotton in Montgomery was quoted at 2 1S-ise for middiing Tuesday. at which 8fgures the staple has hovered for days and days. At this. though there was some nttle wagon trade, and sales by farmers There weer but few sales made through Factors to shippers.
 Local leaders in the Memphis movement 9eciared Wednesday that a wrong tmpres- don ia due to the effect that only those aelegates 10 the big convention this montn win be admitted who were named by the Governor. As matter of fact. all inter astsd in better cotton prices will be recoG- hized and seated delegates at Memphis
Evening star., 1908-01-28
SHOWING GOOD FORM.
Athletes Likely to Be on the
OlYmpian Games Team.

NEW YORK. January as.-With the
opening OF the winter terms every col
lege which bids for athletic honors Will
begin work, not alone for the coming in
door season, but for the Olympic tryouts
next June. Barred by their respective
faculties from competing in the 1906
games at Athens. the track and field men
o, the universities and other institutions
of learning viii. by reason of the change
OF dates have chance to compete III
England The chances are ali in favor
OF college men making up the majority OF
the American contingent. These athletes
have been showing the best form right
along in most of the events that VIII make
up the Olympic program.
With the possibility of Ralph Rose. Matt
McGrath. 4. e. AIoffett. Dan Kelly and
Walter Dray being added to the team
there is assurance o. great strength. Three
of these men made new worlds records
last year. while each of them il credited
with the best performances of the year in
thir special events. Rose broke al the
shotputtng records rom the eight to the
twenty eight pound weights. and estab-
lished himself in position that no shot
putter has occupied since the days of
George Gray.
Dray made new worlds record for the
also several men making phenomenally
good time in the long distance events. in
which America was weak at Athens
There is no dearth OF material for the
Olympic team. 1t may be predicted that
the Olympic team of 1908 will outclasS
any other athletic team ever gotten to-
gether in America
Evening star., 1908-01-28
UNDER HEAVY BOND.
James Chase Held for Recent High
way Robbery.

James Chase, colored. who says he lives
at Railroad avenue, Anacostia and who
was identified by Mrs. Margaret A. WelclI
of 626 street southwest as the man who
robbed her of her pocketbooS Saturday
night. was srraigned before Judge Kim
bal this morning in the Police Cou"t
charged with highway robbery He
waived preliminary examination and was
held in 1000 bond for tn. action of the
grand jury.
"a short Willie after Mrs. Welch wa
sceosted and her pocketbook containing
between IS and $40 snatched from her
while she was walking through the Mail,
as stated. Chase was arrested by Police
man Hartman while he was maxim his
way rapidly along 10th street. neer Penn
sylvania avenue. toward 7th street Chase
was taken to the first pracinct station
house, where 1t was seen he answered
mnutely the description given by Mrs.
Welch OF her assailant.
About midnight Chase was taken be-
fore Mrs. Welch, WHO partially identified
him. and again Sunday morning and Mon
day. when the identification by Mrs.
Welch was complete. She stated en-
phatically this morning In the court that
there could he no mistake. She was ac-
companied by her husband and several
friends.
Before his arrai2nment the accused
man was taken to police headquarters by
Precinct Detectives Johnston and Owens.
where he was photogra phed and MEASURE
ment taken by the BertiIlon system. IL
denied repeatedly knowing anything of
the theft Of Mrs. Welch's pocketbook or
Of ever seeing her. In default OF bal the
accused man was rtmanded to prison
pending further disposition OF the charges
asains; him
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Totals. 5:6 1850 4s9 Totals
LIGHTWEIGHT BOXERS
WILL MEET TONIGHT

PHILADELPHIA. January .S-By long
odds the most important event of the To-
cal boxing season is that carded for the
National Athletic Cub. 1lth and Cath
arine streets. tonight when Packy Me
Farland of Chicago and Young Lougnrey
of this city com. together i'll the windup
Though this will be McFarland.s first ap-
pearance in this city. local followers o.
boxing are familiar with his perform
ances. which speak for themselves lie
has engaged in upward Of fifty bouts. all
of which he Won either by decision or by
stopping his opponent. Not even a draw
has bsen earned by any of his opponents.
which is u remarkable record when the
possibilities of decision on points are
cons dered. Cans, champion of all light
weights. looks upon Mcfarland a. his
legitimate successor and McFariand's :
record iustifies the high esteem in which
he is held by the old master. Mcfarland
is said TO be except ,onally clever. and
that he has got Ii punch is shown by the
number of knockouts which he has TO his
credit. Young Loughrey. the willing
proposition from Manayunk. who has
worked his way forward to the front rank
of local boys by sheer ability. does not lay
claim To any particular cleverness. but
what he is shy on in that particular
branch of the game he more than makes
up in his Willingness and incessant ag-
sressveness. Loughrey has never been
open to the charge OF staliins. From the
sound of the bell he knows nothing but TO
get after the other fellow. whether the
other fellow wants it or noi. That may
not be the strictly scientific end of the
boxing game. but is bound 10 insure ac-
tion. This styl. Of fighting may just suit
Mcfarland. In which event the latter Will
win handily; again. il may not and then
tk~ kANAyuak soy wiz .Aye al sveu
eAsnos su- Ire p0pNs.r 0esea~A chses
will be three prelimnaries.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
PROTEST is MADE OVER
SHEPPARD SUSPENION

PHILADELPHIA. January eS.-The
suspension of Melvin Sheppard by the reg
istration committee of the Atlantic Asso
citation of the A. 4. t. has raised a
storm. That the suspension was just
there can be no question. but there is
room for howl regarding the way the
action was taken by the registration COM
mittee, and James Sullivan, president OF
the \. A. L., is the first and foremost
among those TO protest.
1t will be remembered that Sheppard
fouied Haslins in most deliberate man
ner in their race Friday night. bat he
was not suspended until Sunday. 50 as
Ia allow him to compete i'm the second
nights meet of tine 1st Regiment games
Saturday night. The committee attempt
ed TO excuse themselves for allowing
Sheppard to compete Saturday night on
the ground that tine public. and hence
the box Office, should be served in the
interest of fair play.
L nis is only another instance of how
the J. a. l.. which would keep amateur
athletics pure, does things. Aud then 1t
is wondered why it is that there is not
a more friendly feeling toward the body.
which. while it would purify the athlete.
does other things that do more harm 10
the interests they are supposed 10 support
than does athlete when he sells his
prizes.
llDon Ifaskins, and there can he no ques-
ton about that. he should have been sus-
pended at once. regardless OF conse-
uuences that might have resulted in keep
ing a number of persons away from the
games Saturday night. The interests OF
pure sport should have been served ilrst.
and the committee should have allowed
the promoters of the meet look after the
box office and the public.
James F.. Sullivan. the president OF the
Metropolitan Association of the A. 4. L..
was incensed when he heard of Shep-
pards suspension last. night. Mr. Sulli-
van does not question the right OF the
Middle Atlantic Association TO discipline
a New York athlete. but he wants TO
know why the Middle Atlantic Associa-
tion postponed their action until after
Sheppard had rum in the second day
events OF the 1st Regiment.
"rhe Philadelphans took care not to
lose the services OF Sheppard SATURDAY
night" said Mr.. Sullivan last night. "and
they seemingly cared nothing for the Pas
time A. c. carnival from which Shep-
pard is now barred. 1t looks as though
the Philadelphia officials only think of
the financial end of the sport. You will
notice that Sheppard's suspension VIII
expire in time to let him run at their
meeting in March.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
LOCAL BOWLING
TOURNEY STARTED
City Association Has Big
Turnout of BoWIers and
Spectators.

Representative Albert F. Dawson of the
second congressional district of Iowa
started the City Association bowling
tournament last night by tossing the first
pill and splling nine pins at the Palace
alleys.
A great crowd was on hand. many of
which arrived long before = O'Clock, the
time set for the opening. Standing room
was hardly available. and the gallery
back of the alleys was filled TO its ca
pacity with many of the fair sex The
accommodations are first-ciass. and the
hall has been profusely decorated with
flowers. plants and American flags
The Navy Department auint. which is
second in the Departmental League race.
captured the largest score in the flve-
ma teams. having spilled 100 pins for
the three series. The Fat Men were
close UP and second with 2.6I7 and the
'Saengers' landed in third place. The
two latter teams are OF the Dist rct
League.
Practically all of the big bowling of
fcials of the city We're in attendance and
all declared from present indications thai
this tournament will he one of the most
successful ever undertaken by the asso-
ciation The scores follow:
Evening star., 1908-01-28
GUY HASKINS WINS
THE 1.OOO-YARD RACE

NEW YORK. January 2S.-Iiuy Haskins
Of PENNSYLVANIA. won the special l.'1i-
yard race III the Pastime \. 6. sports
held in Madison Square Garden here last
night Owing TO his suspension Melville
Sheppard did not compete.
Harry Hillman. tr.. won the special
scratch race OF $40 wards The Mercury
footed box. who has been considered by
many as desiring 10 retire from the game.
came to the front with squirt that en-
Unused the spectators in the last fifty
wards Of the contest The race was a
great SIGHT. for even though John E. Tay-
lor, the splendid coored runner of the
University Of Pennsylvania. after being
beaten in the quarter mile handicap, la u
refused to start in the special race. and
Eli B. Parsons the indoor champion, was
not a competitor. the men. Who did run
made d race long to be remembered.
Hillmau swung from last place on to
the outside OF the track and with das-
perate dash overhauled Ramey just as the
latter was making his effort The Mer-
curry footed boy managed to breast out the
western runner i'm the hard finish, and
Dofland beat SedleN naIf a Sard Tor tnlfd
place
Dan j. Kelly. the western sprinter
tried to show the New Workers his ability
in his tavorite events. In his heat Iii the
edward dash he managed 10 get SScoHu
place from the scratch mark. although X
availad him little. .or only the first plaza
m-n counted Tor tn. finals. In the ~
yard run Kelly again had the pos; OF
honor. but failed TO get any OF the hrSt
ffree men. finishing fourth.
Forrest Smitbson. the western hurdler
and sprinter in both his heat and the final
OF the toward h gil hurdle, broke the eN-
sing record for the event. but rs he
knocked down an obstacle in both races.
his records will not stand. Saltllson
time in both races was seconds from til.
scratch mark. which surpassed the oid
record by one-fifth of a second.
r. C. TAYLOR. the great western sprlnter
of the Chicago A. ~. Lived up TO all eX-
nectations Starting from a back mark
n both the "a and .2t-yard rum Taylor
managed to fight his way down TO the
finish in both races. gave Il grand eNnlpl-
ton. and man&g3 II 10 2ct iAird place IN
each.
ELI g. Parsons OF Yale. who started
from n bac ma k in the aiarter-nlilt run.
managed 10 get second place in his heat
and thus found his way into the iiilais ot
the race However. in the last of the race
the pace proved too fast Tor nm aid he
was unplactd William Berhel, the di-
minut,ye runner Of the y. Y. y. e., got
the gold medal in the mile run after
brilliant race and Carl Walther, his club
,nate won the nalf in good style.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
FALSE RACING TIPS
FOR EMIL HERR

SAN FRANCISCO. January .S.-Emil
Herr. a noted New YORK plunger and for
mer owner of Montgomery. winner of the
Burns Handicap last Saturday. was be-
fore the board of stewards of the New
California Jockey Club yesterday. He in
formed them that Saturday James Blute.
trainer for X. +. Carman. told him
that Mark Anthony was good thing to
win In the last race. Herr thereupon
bet $1.SOO and heard afterward that Car
man had bet several thousand dollars on
Deutschland instead of on his own horse.
When the race was run. Herr says, Mark
Anthony was practically left at the post
and then ran up into third position,
Deutschland winning.
Herr also informed the stewards that
he had planned to bet on montgomery in
the Burns Handicap. but deferred
from doing SO by Blute. who said that
Rifieman would win. The stewards will
make thorough investigation and some
developments are likely.
Walter Miller will be an absentee from
Oakland for about two weeks. He has
accompanied DR.. Rowell to Arcadia.
where he will ride the horses of +. Fl.
Williams. il. Montgomery was shipped
south Sunday. to be kept on edge for the
big race al the Santa Anita course on
Saturday
Evening star., 1908-01-28

Cobb deserves it ALL and bears his honors
easily. winding up with the remark that
MI Cobb is masnimcent gentleman
and is as modest as IA girl.
Talking about King reminds us that
the Cubs winning backstop would rather
play in New York than anywhere else
on the base ball map. There is no hops
In the talk when we say he wants New
York to trade Bresnahan to Chicago for
him. King is a great billiard player
better than some of the shortstops that
are exhibiting throughout the country.
and he wants to open room in New
York. Hence his anxiety to play there.
Unless Tim Jordan. the heavy hitting
hrst baseman of the Brooklyn National
League club. accepts the salary for the
coming season which President Charles
IL. Ebbets has offered to him. he might
he replaced at that bag by Myron Grim
shaw, who played first base for the Bos-
ton American League team aast season.
Manager Pat Donovan of the Brooklyn
club paid visit to the headqua rters of
the Boston club last Thursday and had a
talk with President Taylor in regard to
securing Grimshaw Donovan thinks pretty
well of Grimshaw, and would like to get
him.
Evening star., 1908-01-28

whip that brings home the coin is as MT
fiddle. and I'm going TO make Connie
Mack weep jug of brine for throwing
the barb that | am gutter. Why. what
do YOU think. If i had not come to live
town soon l would have had my bread
clutcher worn to shadow wringing mitts
with the rubeS. although you know more
'yaps' hail from New York and Philade!-
phia than from any two places in Amer
lea Me and Connie is pals and he is the
one and only man in the world I'd pitch
my arm off for. as he is the best fellow
outside of paradise. and certainly knows
how to use a player. If my arm hadn't
gone back on me bad last season Ii
wouldn't have been anything but Phillie
in the American League race and the
worlds series.
Rube is accompanied by his wife and
stops at the best hotel in the city. At
tired in the height of Mobile. Ala. style.
which meits the asphalt at 10 PAGES DIS
tance, Rube has the elite of New Orleans
for breath. One glimpse of the
wuzzy south-winder shows him with
lavender vest and a restless green tie.
which gives an inkling.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
BASE BALL IN VENEZUELA.
Game at Caracas Regarded as a
Great Social Event.

In reporting an opening for athletic
goods in Venezuela. Consul James W.
Johnson writes from Puerto Cabelio:
The game of base ball is gaining a
steady foothold in VeneZuela,> and bids
fair to become a popular form OF out
door amusement. game played re-
Gently in Caracas was quite a soclai
event being attended by the wife of
the president and many people of prom
inence The outlook warrants Ameri-
can manufacturers of athletic goods in
putting forth some efforts to encourage
the sport Descriptions and rules OF
the game printed in Spanish and dis
tlipuIed in the cities of Caracas. La
Guaira Valencia. Puerto Cabel.o and
Barouesimeto. together with window
displays of base ball para7aernalia.
would undoubtedly result in spreading
the game over this entire section OF
country and opening up market for
the sale of general athletic and sporting
goods. A market for base ball equip
ment alone is worth being opened. as IN
this climate the game can be played
the whole year.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
NEW FORWARD PASS
MEANS LESS LUCK

more spectacular. more scientific
and more brilliant game of 'not ball
may be expected as the result OF the
changes made by the foot bail rules
committee. The alteration of the rule
regarding the forward pass. while
merely drawn in one form OF an alter
alton of the penalty. will mean that the
pass will assume entirely new features
and that coaches will have to do a
great deal Of thinking to get the benefit
OF the pass without chance of being
penaized.
The great trouble with the forward
pass was that ii depended almost en-
tirelN on lucy FOR its success. As n result
many team. not knowing any better
means OF advancing the ball would
throw IL down the field i'm lie blind
hope of its recovery. Not oily the
backs and the ends. but also tns liaE
me.i. would rush down a - :ns ?AAt
est Went the ball
Referees could not tel. III the inds
Evening star., 1908-01-28
SUTTON RETAINS
BILLIARD TITLE

NEW YORK. January 2s.-George SUIT
ton o. Chicago retained his title to the
49, balk line billiard championship last
night by defeating Ora Morningstar Of
this city i'm the poorest played cha npion-
ship game that has ever been contested
at this style of billiards. Sutton scored
his 800 points in sixty-seven innings Civ
ing him an average of 3l-67. Morning
star had 3O9 points when the champion
ran out From the time of starting the
game until Referee Edward Mclaughlin
called Two and game for Mr.. Sutton
three hours and forty minutes We're con-
sumed
The game was played at the Lenox
Lyceum. The hall was so cold that the
spectators shivered in their overcoats. The
balls Were cold and dead to the touch of
the cue. and. as one prominent amateur
player remarked. They might as well be
playing with cobblestones'
After the game Sutton said to a friend
that he would never play another cham
pionship game. Hereafter said he. Il
will play or money. When you play for
the championship you seldom play under
championship so far as l am concerned"
During the first six innings neither play
er showed any ability TO pay up to their
practice form In the next seven Sutton
showed something like the execution to
manipulate the balls that has made him
master of the game His line nursing and
open table play were correct and delicate.
He made his high run in the twelfth in
ming. when he clicked off ninety-three ca
roms, falling down on a difficult masse
shot.
After the twenty-seventh inning in
which Sutton ran twenty-siX, bringing his
total up to 2S3. the game degenerated
into farce. The hall became cold
that the balls fairly froZe. 1t was almost
impossible for the players To make either
a draw or follow shot. In the last thirty y
innings Sutton averaged less than five He
missed counting entirely in seventeen in
nings.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
HALF LIFE WITH CUE IN HAND.
Wizard Jake Schaefer Tells of Study
Given to Billiards.

NO sport in the calendar requires more
practice and study than billiards.. said
the veteran Jake Schaefer. the other day
and those who know anything about
bic games will admit the truth of the
statement.
Schaefer figures tha he has spen; near
~ half his life with a billiard cue in his
hand which is hard thing for those to
swallow who believe great biliardists
like generals. are born and not made.
Practice. however. was what made
Schaefer one of the greatest billiard play
ers.
Before the recent contest between
Schaefer and Sutton for ths 1871 balhline
worlds championship. which tue former
retained, Sutton put in eight hours every
day at practice. He constantly
pounding out all kinds Of caroms, figur-
ing how to get the largest count in and
out of balk and laboring to perfect his
stroke SO as to caress the worries like
summer breeze when astride the lines.
1t is the same sort of practice in which
four experts are now engaged-Cutlef
and Schaefer for their match at ISL in
PHILADELPHIA. and Sutton and Morningstar
for their game in New York late this
month.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Small LL-CAL IBER RIFLE
LEAGUES TOURNEY

ROCHESTER,. y. Y. January 2S.-RI-
dolph Cute of Jeffersonville. y. Y. ac-
complished what small-arms shots have
always considered AN Impossible feat in
Yesterdays opening shoot of the indoor
2.-caliber Rifle Leagues tournament
Cute. in the bull s-eye event registered
a perfect center The shot was re-
marka BILE one. for the mark was a four
inch black cartoon aud the distance sew
enty-five feet. The system pursued in
this method of shooting provides that the
scores decrease in value as they recede
from that center. There are tventy. nine
.t:EEs 10 this event.
Harry Ha,rleeE Of AsaAssesr. ~ AsAAs
the worlds championship for rapid firing.