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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07
CHINA,
URGE JAPANESE

TOKYO. March THE Japanese
newspapers continue to urge the gov
ernment to take strong measures
against China A meeting of the cabi-
net today will probably decide the gov
ernment's course. Il is understood that
the elder statesmen, including Marquis
Ito and Count Inouye, are counseling
against precipitation, on the ground
that Japan would ALLEVIATE the sympa-
thies of the world if she hastily creates
q state OF war in the far east at the
present 3uncture on account Of a COM
paratively trivial incident and a mis-
take made by a minor official at Can
ton.
II is stated here that the japanese
flag was hauled down on the steamer
Tatsu Maru by the order of an
Englishman connected with the Chinese
customs, who boarded the vessel.
While the sensational press Of Tokyo
is demanding the stalking of the Tatsu
all the party leaders and others seen
by the Associated Press convey the
idea that there is little anticipation Of
the necessity of resorting to force. Re-
ports from Peking this morning say
that China Will undoubtedly yield, but
that European influence keeps the min
istry Of foreign affairs in state of in
decision.
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Truth
and Quality

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Accepts Offer for a
Fight in England
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, March Sam Fitzpat-
rick, manager of Jack Johnson, the
negro heavy weight pugflist, has ac-
cepted Professionally the offer for a
fight between Johnson and Tommy
Burns in England. The one condition
Fitzpatrick insists on is that the syndi-
cate mentioned as the promoters OF the
fight shall post $1,000 for expenses for
Johnson on the trip.
This says Fitzpatrick. will show
sincerity on the part OF the English
men, and I will post s2,500 as a guar
antee of our end Of the bargain. I be-
lieve Johnson can, beat Burns any time,
and have in mind the financial results
of the victory in accepting the $1,000
win, lose or draw inducement.'
LONDON. March 6.-Tommy Burns,
the heavy weight prize fighter, today
withdrew his deposit he had put UP
with q local sportsman as forfeit to
bind a match with Jack Johnson. the
American negro pugilist.
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KAISER AROUSES
ANGER OF BRITISH

LONDON, March 6-An outburst of
anger against Emperor William on the
part of the British public equaling that
caused by the German semperor's
famous letter to President Kruger at
the beginning of the Boer war has
followed the announcement made this
morning by the Times that Emperor
British naval policy by a secret cor
respondence with Lord Tweedmouth.
first lord of the admiralty. The Ger
manophobe party. which was never
stronger than now, Immediately jumped
to the conclusion that Emperor Will
liam was trying to NEEDLE in the most
vital matter in Great Britain's interest
by underhanded methods, and the pub
lie at first shared that view, while
parliament. the newspapers and the
diplomats had the greatest sensation
they had enjoyed for many a day. The
matter was considered so serious that
Lord Tweedmouth broke his customary
reticence, fastening to say:
The letter from the German emperor
is purely personal communication,
and there is no reference in it to the
British naval estima ties"
Herbert Henry Asquith, chancellor of
the exchequer, appeared in the house of
commons at the close of its sitting and
made brief statement to crowded
house, celebrating amid profound si-
lence Lord Tweedmouth's explanation
that the correspondence was purely
personal.
These explanations only stimulated
curiosity and criticism instead of ap-
peasing them, and a strong demand is
heard everywhere for the publication OF
both letters. Nothing else will satisfy
the public.
If the relations between Great Britain
and Germany were not so strained the
action in writing the letter would be
considered merely technical mistake
or an informality. but Germany is a
bugbear to a large proportion of the
British people, who firmly believe she
is deliberately planning war and Is try
ing to soothe British suspicious until
ready.
Nothing could be more. infiammatory
than to charge the emperor with trying
to undermine the British strength by
seducing her naval minister from the
policy of adding to the navy.
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League Sanctions
Two Ball Games

The sanction of the Academic league
has been received for two games Of
high school baseball to take place to-
day. Lick and Palo Alto Will meet at
Palo Alto, while Hitchcock and Poly
techEic will cross bats in San Rafael
The meeting of the three schools of
Alameda county-Oakland, Berkeley
and Alameda-will take place today at
the Oakland high school. The dele
gates will consist of two men from
each OF the schools. AS President
Skaife will attend the meeting the
question of seeding will be definitely
settled. Berkeley and Oakland stand
for withdrawal, while Alameda Is in
clined to stay with the league.
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JOHNSON NOW IS
RIVAL OF BRYAN

ST. PAUL Mimi. March 6.-The
democratic state committee after
bitter fight today adopted a resolution
indorsing Governor Johnson for the
presidential nomination. AS the meet
ing of the committee was presided
over by Frank c. Day, private secre-
tary of the governor and who voted for
the johnson resolution on every test
and on the final ballot, the action OF
the committee this afternoon is held
by political leaders as placing the
governor formally in the race for the
democratic presidential nomination.
The Johnson resolution was carried
by vote of SO to %, after the Bryan
adherents had forced two test votes,
on both Of which they were defeated.
The Bryan men insisted on rollcall
on every vote, and gave notice in their
speeches on the original resolution that
they would not be bound by the action
of the state committee, but would
make fight throughout the state for
a delegation from Minnesota to the
national convention instructed to sup
port the nomination of Bryan More
over, meeting of Bryan adherents,
held at the Ryan hotel Immediately
after the Adjournment of the state
committee, formed a Bryan organiza-
tfon which purposes to carry the con-
cinct of the state.
The debate was opened on the John
son resolution by Jay lie Due OF Rock
county, who said that as a friend of
Governor Johnson he desired to save
him from the. certain results OF the
adoption of the resolution, which
would blight his political career, as
the nomination OF Bryan was certain.
State Committeeman Stockwell of
Minneapolis said:
You can adopt this resolution il you
choose, but it will not present the sem
timent of the democrats of Minnesota.
Did Governor Johnson authorize the
Introduction of this resolution?
IF this resolution is adopted 1t slaps
in the face thousands of democrats in
Minnesota and does not represent the
sentiment of the governor"
O'Brien said in reply: II have yet to
hear of any place or time when Bryan
has criticised any committee that in
dorsed his candidacy. Governor john
son can carry every state that Bryan
can carry, and in addition can carry
Minnesota. Wisconsin. South and North
Dakota and many other states that
Bryan cannot carry. The committee
has the right to express its opinion.'
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have stationed about 10000 troops and
are sending more. / do not know how
many men, but / do know that the
czar has now a vast army in Siberia"
X. Iidzuka, a Japanese merchant on
his way to London, who was a passen-
ger on the China, admitted that Japan's s
rule in Manchuria was causing much
discomfort.
Business is poor just now" he said,
and they are blaming Japan because
they are unable to make as much money
a they expected in Manchuria. If they
will have patience they will find that
Japan is acting for the best and in
good faith. When they understand what
Japan is doing all the nations. even
China, will be satisfied
Iidzuka laughed at the idea of war
between Japan and the United States.
I'VE have some people who talk of
war. too. but If the American people
understood the feelings of the Japa-
nese they would know how impossible
a war would be. We owe our place in
the world to America, our prosperity
depends upon the United States, and,
as your saying goes. We know on
which side our bread is buttered.' -
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Seals Defeat the Chicago
White Sox in First Game
Seals Defeat The Chicago White SOx
in First SkrmiSh. of Season
BY w. j. SIattery

when the Seals came up for theirs in
the sixth. Melchoir promptly bingled
and stole, reaching third. while Zeider
was being cared for by the Sox in
field. Cap Mohler tied the score by
slapping the sphere over second. He
got away with a steal and advanced
another peg on a wild pitch. At this
critical moment Manuel engaged in a
study of the planets and meanwhile
slipped passes to Curtis and Esola. This
made full house with but one man
to the bad.
It was Elfmann's turn with the big
stick and he responded with one of
those slow bounders down the first
base line, which he handily beat out.
That meant another run. Right after
Elfmann came Hildebrand, who rode a
fast one to the center garden, polish
ing off days work by scoring two
more and making 1t a cinch victory for
the Seals. Chicago got one more in
the seventh, but never looked danger
Gus with Gaddy hurting against them.
SHOW FLASHES OF CLASS
No fair judgment can be passed upon
the work of any of the men of either
team on account of the awful condi-
tion of the field. However, the new
members of the San Francisco team
Gaddy, Curtis, Berry and Lalonge-all
showed flashes of class and give prom
Use of delivering the real pennant win
wing brand of ball ere the season
draws to a close.
The Chicago lads We're not limbered
up at all. In fact, yesterdays work
was really the first bit of tossing any
Of them did since the close of last
seasons work Then again, they were
afraid to take chance on the wet
field. First Baseman John Anderson
that veteran of so many big league
mines. gave q grand exhibition at first
and both Osteen and Quilfan played
fashy baseball at short and second
base respectfully.
If the weather holds out and pres
ent Indications are that it will, the
Seals and the Sox will line UP in their
second battle this afternoon at
o'clock. Each side will probably use
a couple of more fresh pitchers. but
otherwise the lineup will be about the
same. The score:
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University Basket Ball Five
to Contest With Nevada Team
Basket Ball Players
90 to Nevada
University of California Team 10
Meet Sagebrush Five at
Reno Tonight


BERKELEY, March 6.--Under the
leadership of Captain H. P. Cortelyou,
the University of California basket
ball five left this afternoon for Reno,
where they will play the University OF
Nevada tomorrow night. The party OF
players consisted of 10 men.
The representatives of the blue and
gold feel confident that they will give
a good account of themselves in the
contest with the men of the sagebrush
state. The five have lost but one
game out of dozen played this sea-
son, when they were beaten by the
Muscatine five of, Iowa by a close score
last week. The team is composed OF
veterans at the game with the excep-
tion of Guard Way, a freshman.
The team which will line up against
Nevada is: Forwards, Cortelyou and
Hart; center, Hook and Hirsch; guards
Schwartz and Way.
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LOS ANGELES TEAM WINS
White Sox Beaten in the Open
iro Game. & fo Z

LOS ANGELES, March 6.-Chicago
tried out two men in the pitchers box
in the first game of the series between
the White Sox and Los Angeles this af-
ternoon. crowd of more than 1000
was in attendance, and while there
was lack of extraordinary playing on
either side. the fans present enjoyed
every minute of the game. Altrock
was hit freely, and the visitors showed
in spots that several of them are not
yet steadied, the result of the trip
across the continent. Manager Berry
had provided band in honor of the
occasion, and Manager Charles A. CO.
miskey of the Chicagos was present
with a party of friends. Gray was on
the slab for Los Angeles and Easterly
was behind the bat. Iron Man Smith
started in the box for the visitors
with Shaw at the receiving end. Hank
O'Day handled the indicator.
Chicago lost the game in the sixth,
when the score was tied. and Los An
geles scored three times. Ellis singled
and Delmas followed with a double.
Hogan sacrificed Ellis home and Del
mas to third. Hosp was retired and
Bernard, who hit to right field, was
scored by triple by Cakes. The game
was finished withou- another run being
made
The score:
Los ANGELES
ALB. r. BH. SB. PO. A. r.
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COED TEAMS TO COMPETE

BERKELEY. March 6.-The first in
tercoIlegiate game of the season will be
played tomorrow between basket ball
teams of the goods of the University OF
California and Stanford on the Hearst
hall courts at 1890 o'clock. The team
which has been picked to represent the
blue and gold is composed of: For
wards, Maybelle Brown, Christina
Krysto and Wilde Hendricks; guards,
Marie Griffith, Ara Brown and Helen
Pinkham; centers, Alice Jones (cap-
tain), Maude Cleveland and Winifred
Hunt. The substitutes are Annie Jones
Ethel Burroughs and Florence Cassidy
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.S[ALfRS BARELY
MISS SHIPWRECK
sprcrAr. DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA BARBARA, March 6.-Cap-
tain Vasuuez and his crew of four men
of the power schooner Gussie Nj had
narrow escape from shipwreck and
death on the Santa Barbara channel
on the way here from San Miguel ISL
and last night.
The vessel was sent on sealing ex-
pedition to the island. During the
search the captain and crew entered
cave In a rowboat. When the lights
flashed 20 seals In one herd dashed into
the water for the open, upsetting the
boat. The ligths were extinguished
and the captain and crew, after a long
struggle, managed to right their boat
and get outside
Seventeen seals were caught in the
quest and yesterday the schooner
headed for home. Crossing the channel
it ran into a terrific northwest gale
and high seas. After battling all day
with mountainous waters in his little
craft Vasquez ran her in here last
night, saving his cargo of seals, which
will be sent east for exhibition.
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TO PLAY ON CAMPUS DIAMOND

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. March 6.
The varsity nine will meet the St
Mary's college players tomorrow after
noon upon the campus diamond in the
third game of the series. Both teams
have a game to their credit, and the
match tomorrow should prove close and
exciting. Stanford will be represented
bv practically the same squad as has
appeared in the previous games or the
season. Freshmen Ball will be on flrst
base to replace Bell. who is sick, while
owen will play at second base. in the
absence of Scott, who is also sick Wit
mer and Theile will twirl.
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of them--were going south when they
faced Gaddy. The young busher stuck
nearly every ball right over the plate
and put all the steam at his command
behind each delivery. There was not
much bend to the ball, but it had
enough on it to mystify the big
leaguers.
Both the Sox and the Seals made the
trip to the grass patch in Golden Gate
park yesterday morning and worked
out for a couple of hours. There was
no chance to collect an admission, and
consequently a record crowd of fans of
all ages and sizes was there to watch
the workout But for this the stars
from Chicago would have been beaten
about 100 to 8. The warmup did them
a lot Of good after the long journey
across the continent.
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on a field that would have thrilled
the hearts Of band Of ducklings,
squad No. ? Of the Chicago White SoX
bowed to the fans Of San Francisco
yesterday afternoon and, incidentally,
got a to trimming from the lads
who viii endeavor to carry San Fran
cisco's baseball banner to victory this
season AS an exhibition Of the na-
tional pastime the affair was JOKE
but the mere fact that San Francisco
won decisively fn q measure salved the
wounded feelings Of the fans. who feit
sure that they were about to be stung
upon casting their first glance on the
field.
Fast baseball was entirely out Of the
question; in fact, nobody looked for IT,
Sighs of sorrow were heaved in stand
and bIeachers when the merciless play
ers tore over the nice new grass field
and dug holes in the sod. The tossers
soon realized that it was useless for
them to attempt any fancy work. and
consequently any hard hit ball to the
infield was generally allowed 10 con-
tinue on its way and become base hit
The stars from the city of wind did
not show US anything that we have not
seen many times on our own diamond.
Their work was far from being classy;
in fact it savored of the ordinary sort
that is handed out in the minor leagues
every day in the week 1t can truth
fully be said that the Seals hung il
on the Sox at every turn. both in the
field, at the bat and on the paths.
ONE STAR SHINES
There was one star who shone
brighter than all the others. and this
was George Gaddy. the southpaw. who
-F -,
county 2 few weeks ago. When he
jumped into that box during the sew
enth round he promptly winged Hart
and lie June. two Of the heaviest hit
ters. out During the progress of the
eighth and ninth Gaddy retained his
effectiveness and not 6 single white leg
found his way as far as the first
cushion.
Whittredge. who started in to pitch
for san Francisco. was bit wild and
the Sox promptly grabbed a run of
him in the second. However, it was
not through the fault of the pitcher
that Chicago scored. the sloppy condi-
tion OF the field preventing the players
from properly fielding the sphere. Will
lis came next and tossed with great
effect for three innings He famed
six men and allowed but one run and
q pair Of bingles.
Elfmann. the new southpaw. was
trotted out in the seventh, after he
had practically broken up the game
with a nice hit His old soup bone
however. was a bit rusty and he could
not find the rubber. With two on the
sacks and nobody down. Gaddy was
called to the fore and won his crown
Of glory before he had been tossing fol
FIVE minutes.
NOT IN MAJOR LEAGUE FORM
Tho White Sox pitchers displayed
anything but major league form Two
OF them were responsible for one OF
more runs Manuel. who came in dur
Ning the sixth inning. was trimmed fol
q fare ye we'll" the Seals becoming
Jerry to his collection with a rush and
putting the crusher on him by sneak
ing four runs through in Jig time
Freeman. who started the game and
pitched the first three innings, showed
more class than his fellow slabsters
though Olmstead. who was on the
Job for the last two spasms held the
Seals safe.
The score was to 1 against then
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AssEMBLYMAN DYING

SANTA BARBARA. March 6.--Assem-
blyman E. NJ. Pyle is dangerously i'll
f.'om pneumonia He is 81 years old
and has been in frail health for some
weeks. Sunday he caught cold and it
developed into pneumonia. He has
been insensible since Sunday night. and
at a consultation of physicians today it
was agreed that there was little hope
for his recovery He is married and
has family of grown children.
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rRAr SHOOTERS TO MEET

The members of the Union gun club
will hold blue rock shoot at the In
gleside traps. commencing tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock The program
includes a target event for the Du Pont
trophy, club money event at 25 tar
gets, club medal event at % targets
and double event at 16 yards, open to
all
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Hits made of Gray 5, Hosp g. Smith l, Alt
rock s, Owen j. Three base hit--oakes. Two
base hits--Brashear 2, Hahn. Delmas. Sacrifice
hits-Shaw. Cakes. First base errors-Chi-
cago 4. Left on bases-Los Angeles Z, Chicago
g. Bases on balls--0n Smith 2, or Altrock 1.
OF Owen l. off Hosp /. Struck out-By F.
Smith 1, by Altrock 1. by Hosp O. Double
plays Smith to Brashear to Delmas to
Brashesr.
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LODGE TREASURES ACCUSED

n w. Hooke of 1850 Seventeenth
street, an officer OF Excelsior lodge No.
126. Ancient Order of United Workmen,
obtained warrant from Police Judge
Pierce on charge of embezzlement.
1t is alleged that while Pierce was
treasurer Of the lodge he embezzled
Sa00.
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Baseball Notes

Feline is the only Chicago pitcher
with team No. 2 who did not go
against the Seals yesterday afternoon.
and consequently he probably will be
the first to trot out on the mound to-
day.
All the left handed stickers with the
Sox--and the team is made up mostly
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07
BUYING BLooDED MARES

A. B. Coke of Pioxi. Pa, is visiting
this city with view to purchasing
blooded California mares. In Los An
geles he bought several from w. S
Clark. Coke is at the Fairmont. He
is the owner Of Sunol. whose record
2:0SA, declared her at one time the
trotting queen Of the turf. and Ameri-
can Belle, which has trotted mile in
2.1A
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BnnAIxs A woRLD's RECORD

ORMOND, Fla, March e.-M G.. Ber-
min in a so horsepower French car to-
day completed 100 miles in 70 minutes
So 1-5 seconds, breaking the worlds
record of rs minutes 40 2-5 seconds.
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out-Freeman u. Willis (6). Gaddy (3), Ohm
stead o.. Hit by pitcher-Quillin, by Willis;
pitches-Manuel 2. Time Of game--1 hour and
so minutes. Umpires-Perrine and o'Connell.
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SAN FRANCISCO

June. 7felchoir. First base on called balls
Freeuian (2). Whittredge 81, Willis (2). Elf
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SNEAK THIEF IN sALooN-Henry Haar. a
saloon keeper at 0ctavia and Grove streets, re-
ported to the police yesterday that SIPS had
bar.