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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
PITCHER GOES
: TO CONGRESS
John F. Tener, Former National
League Player, Elected in
Pennsylvania.

1t Is not often that baseball player
rises to prominence after he has given
up his chosen profession. yet one in
stance is recorded where a former
National League pitcher may have
been elected to Congress.
John f. Tener, the former player,
defeated Representative E. f. Ache
son. in the Pennsylvania state con-
sressional election. Aoheson had been
in Congress for. the past fourteen years,
but was forced out by a landslide in
favor of the one-time pitcher. lie
got probably all the votes of the fans
who once watched him twirl the sphere
across the plate.
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Never Beaten in Race and Earned
S1,25O,00O in Stud Fees.

Frusq,Sn next. in fourth place. and
not far below Diamond Jubilee, Per-
simmon. Florizel IL, Collar Bill OF
Portland. st. Serf, Raeburn, Perigord
and Tarporley Another Pietermaritz-
burg. which died shortly after the first
of the year, was sold for stud duty
abroad, bringing $4,000. and was also
the sire of many winners in England.
st. Simon's best son as a sire is St
Frusquin, which, in eight crops OF
foals. has 216 winners, earning an ag-
gregatc Of $605,Ss0.
Phelan's Bassetlaw are the sons of st.
Simon in Canada. These horses are
full brothers, too
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STUDY IN HORSE BREEDING

Fifty-four trotters won over $1,000
each down the Grand Circuit and at the
Lexington meeting during the season
of 1907. aggregating s236,S70, while
eighty-siN others captured S1S,995,
total of s255,S65. The Wilkes blood
heads the list, with thirty-two repre-
sentatives winning more money than
all the other strains combined. The
following table shows the winnings OF
all the strains of blood that contested
that won over $1,000:
Money
won.
Inbred Wilkes, sires and dams
90 horses ........!.,...S.... ls,45o
Wilkes sires, Elcctioneer dams
as 35,3lO
Wilkes sires. Belmont dams C2) 1880
Wilkes srcs, Medium dams (D, 1860
Wilkes sires, Mambrlno dams
(s) ...... 5,7Sl
Mambrina sire. Wilkes ram ca 5000
Wilkes sire, Pancoast dam %, 20,l3o
Wilkes sire, Corsica dam d.. 1850,
wilkes sire Strathmore dam "a l,T50
Wilkes sire, Duke of Oxford
dam as zoos
Wilkes sire Messenger dam % $50
Wilkes sire, Abdallah dam Cd 1850
Wilkes sire, Harold dam UD.. 1850
E,lectioneer sire Wilkes dam "a 2,0I1
-
Total Wilkes and Wilkes
crosses (s2, horses, ,,,,.. sl2Ia75
Inbred Electioneers, sires and
dams (5) ......,......,..,S 1880
Electoneer sires, Kremlln dams
(a) .,......... 3,a45
dam u} ............ 1850
Electioneer sire, Clay dam "a, S,5l0
r.II. al, NTcTsre do
uo 49, .......... .,....s.....,, a,e25
Electioneer sire. King Rene
dam "a ....,....-..5,t.., l,loU
sire, Electioneer dam
Cd .r...t,,.... ,.,......''.,'. o,ofu
Belmont sire, Electioneer dam
Q) .,..... ..............,,. l,l5o
Medium sire, Electloncer dam
Electioneer and Elcctoneer
crosses l14l SUPERINTENDENT. s4e,725
Director sire, Louis Napoleon
dam tD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Lbso
MeGregor sire, Aberdeen dam
as .,.,.,....., ...,....,,. GAYS
Artillery Sire, Belmont dams Co zoos
Artillery sire. Medium dam G) 1875
dam lD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s,s25
Is ~ y *. II b /. i
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pattern sheets. and will install a range
on the grounds to give tho shooters
an opportunity to target their guns .tc
enable them to learn what patterL
their guns Will make. with the diiferent:
loads, This Is q new innovation, and
Will add interest to trap shooting The
club expects to shoot next Saturday.
beginning at 4 P. NJ.
There was a most Interesting two
man team race between Lawrence and
virginia on one side Snd Blair Doe
mer won by one bird. The same teams
Will shoot match next Saturday, The
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Belmont sire. Cuyler dam (D..
Strathmore sire, Wickliffe dam
Harold sire, Hamdallah dam %
Gen. Washington sire, Patchcn
dam (D ............ ........
Medium sire, Belmont dam "a
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Shining Rldcs.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
ltALGlGfI N, c.. April l2.-The shin
ment of the new Springfield rifles from
the arsenal here to the various COM
pallies composing the North Carolina
National Guard has been held UP for
u few days to await the arrival OF the
rive within the next few days. It Is
expected now that 1t will be a week
at least before any of the shipments
arc actually forwarded TO the compa.
MES. es6a
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Keene's Colts Czeuerly Named

mando now dead. is Ultimus, a chest
nut colt, whose dam Is Running Stream.
One other of the lot is by Commando
or Voter Featy named Partisan. In
all there arc thirty six youngsters,
Disguise Voter and Ben Brush being
most heavily represented.
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Kelly Secures Earp.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
,EALEIGH, N. c.. April 1o.-Mana ger
King Kelly. of the Raleigh team, IN
announces that he has signed A. RI.
iiarp, of Newport News, to play infeld.
he says he has several other contracts
out for signatures and is confident Of,
having his team complete by May 1 5th.
When practice begins -
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Trotters Carrying Wilkes Blood
Won Most Money. :.

'oSoo French Plato sire, Almont dam
1856 $3.50 -
1850 Total for other crosses. ..... s $3.50
Grand total .....5........... 2s6,SToe
2,2l0 sixteen horses that won from s1ep9
2,4I5 to below $1,000 were by Wilkes sres.
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Gnns DIctntc. Tcrm,.

he did not want to do anything definite
TIL he had considered the matter thor
Dtjphly
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Evening journal., 1908-12-22
TO ARRANGE THE
TRI-STATE CIRCUIT
League MagnateS will Get
Down TO Business Next
Month

At the annual meeting Of the Tri-State
Baseball League TO be held in January.
there will be three things of Importance
to be considered, the election Of officers,
announcement Of managers OF the differ
ent clubs, and the fixing Of the official
circuit for the 1909 season. The latter is
tho most important both from the league
standpoint and because IN this part OF the
meeting York may have chance to pur-
chase a franchise In the organization.
Contrary 20 past experiences the Trl-
state league will be run on a strictly
business principle next year for when the
club owners voted to not give any man
more than $500 a month they meant that
and will stick to II. II the players refuse
TO have their salaries cut they will either
be released or traded. as the club salary
must be kept within the limit As people
IN this city are beginning to realize York
could easily support a team under the
present salary limit and have one Just as
good as any of the other clubs too.
The baseball situation Is not too bright
In Johnstown and Wilmington. and al
though IL is likely that the Flood city
VII have a team in the field at the OPEN
ing Of the season. IN all probability the
Delaware franchise will have to be re-
moved 70 another city. Both York and
haston arc willing TO enter the circuit but
this city will have first option on the
franchise owing to the better location. At
Wilmington the grounds question is stll
the main issue and from present indica-
tions the Atlantic league team has the
only available playing field in the CITY
OF Peaches and will likely hold on to Il.
In this looked for event followers OF the
game here will again have a chance 10
see players Of ability wear a York uni
form. Aside from the keeping OF the
grounds such team would not cost more
than $500, which is the present club sal.
ary limit
There is little doubt but what Charles
T. Carpenter will again be chosen presi.
dent Of the Tri-state. as he has proven
many times that he is the best available
man for the position. He has been the IN.
stieator Of many valuable reforms in Tri.
state ball and has piloted the league
through many storms. His reelection 4.
practically assured
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
FLYNN LOSES
IN ONE ROUND
LanefOrd Beats the Fireman
Easily After Few Minutes
Of Fighting

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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. 22.--sara
Langford, Of Boston, is to-day trying 60
force Stanley Ketchel the mlddleweigfd
champion into a match Tor the title His
easy victories in the past, climaxed with
his knockout Of Jim" Flynn, the Pueblo
fireman, in one round last night. have put
the duslSy fighter next in line TO combat
with Ketchel
Langford's victory over Flynn last nig.ai
was the easiest Of his ring career. When
the round began Flynn tried to force tbs
negro off his feet, but he only waded ints
Sans hard knocks. Langford used his
right on the ribs. and after the break
away Langford uppercut Flynn with botn
hands. Then Flynn again tried to rush
matters but Langford slaughtered hir-
out twice, and then uppercut him on the
chin sending the fireman down and out for
the count after two minutes and fourteen
seconds of fighting.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
ATHLETICS RIPE AT
DELAWARE COLLEGE

The football men, representing our
Alma Mater" have finally cast their
togs TO one side and are again enjoy
ing the luxuries of life. which are for
hidden during football training, says
Richard ]. Ward 'O9, in the December
issue of the Delaware College Review.
Each and every one Of these men de-
serves an abundance of praise, for
the entire season they dis
played such spirit that makes one proud
to speak of Delaware's football team.
We have had o most successful season
considering the weight Of Delaware as
compared with that of her opponents.
and much credit is due to Coach Nc
Avoy for his untiring efforts. Ten
long months win pass before we have
the pleasure of again cheering our foot
ball warriors on TO victory; in the
meantime we will see tho basket BAN
team, the baseball team. and the track
team striving desperately TO uphold
the blue and gold.
The basket bah inter class games
will be the center OF attraction. The
Seniors will play the Juniors, while the
S0phomores will have the Freshmen
Us their opponents. Glass spirit leads to
college spirit; for this reason come
nut and encourage your team. The
class games prove a very valuable
means Of obtaining varsity material
and it is the duty of the four classes
10 produce as many candidates for their
class teams as possible. The present
Seniors won the class championship
last year but are not so confident Of
fssss str 20.
Of Robin, last years varsity center
The Juniors win have practically the
same team this year as they had last
year. The Sophomores will be unusu
ally strong, due 10 the fact that many
Of their last years players have devel-
oped into fast men and viii make
-t~ong bids for varsity material As
for the Freshmen, we VIII term their
team as an unknown Quant'.-. but
Judging from the size Of the class they
should produce a very good team
The varsity basket bah team for this
coming season will be the strongest
that ever represented Delaware Man
ager Jackson has had considerable
trouble I'm arranging a schedule. owing
70 a number Of institutions deeming
IT advisable to drop the sport tenn
norarily and substituting gymnasium
teams.
There are five men i'm college who
have PLAYED varsity ball ;-NcGarvey.
Doane. Hagner. E'iason and Ward.
with these as a nucleus and from the
lerge number Of new candidates. Cap
tain NcGarvey should select a very
fast team
In regard to the nhvSical condition
our football team attaired this wear.
-ve must saw that the h7vs trained
"fairiv we'll" saws another writer in
the Review Bnt men. Il is not enoueh
70 trr ~ fairiv we'll we onr1t 10 train
as nerfectlv as possible We have all
noticed in the mast wears that orr
teams were not in the best phvsicai
condition nor even in good shape"
when they represented the college In
some games. Why the football team
trained better this year than formerly
was probably because no ono had his
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
SOME POINTERS
ON BASKETBALL
Things the Novice Should
Know When in
the Game

The majority Of basketball novices
who wish To play a guards position
act with the mistaken idea that a
thorough knowledge of the way in
which to play the position is required
before one may be able to play at
all.
Undoubtedly such knowledge is es.
sential TO the star player. but self con
fidence in a beginner will greatly aid
ignorance of the fine points of the
game. 1t may be said without feai
"f contradiction that self confidence is
iaif the battle when playing guard.
If, after seeing a game played. the
beginner makes UP his mind that h,
does understand the game. when In
reality he does not, and actually plays
a game under that false apprehension.
This self-conndence which he has
aroused within him will soon MAX,
him feel that he is a "star."
The natural tendency of this inspira-
tion is to make the star" carry his
head so high that. figuratively speak.
ing, It is liable to fall off his shoulders
II is quite burdensome to overcome
this feeling and difficult to learn the
correct way to play unless II is over
come, but o little effort on his part
will soon down the thought. After
passing this stage successfully TIE
fundamental principles can then be
thrashed out.
II is best for a guard to stand in
front of his man. But when the cen.
ter of the opposing team is tallei
than his own center and more likels
to stop tho ball the guard should ST.
place himself as TO be able in the
twinkling of an eye TO reach the bal
before the opposing forward.
Until this rapidity is acquired II will
be we'll for the guard to incessantly
bear I'm mind the sentence "Stick t.
your man." for the opposing forward
will attempt to get the ball, and the
guard. following and tackling him, will
prevent him so doing.
IL this man has the ball on the out
side line he should stand close to hin
and throw his arm in all directions
before his opponents eyes for the pur
nose Of shading them. The result will
be, as 1t often has been, that the for
ward will he half dazed and mistalI,
one of his opponents for his teammate
OF will miscaluculate the distance be
tween himself and his teammate ana
thus give his opponents an equa,
chance 70 get the ball.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
LENOX SCALPS
THE MOHAWKS
Indians Lost a Fast and
Clean Game by Score
OF 2 tOI

Lenox roller polo team got back into
form last night and defeated the Mohawk
hive by a score Of to l in a fast game in
which the Ienox boys excelled in team
work. 1t was a clean game, with no obs
jectionable features and marked the en-
forcement of several new rules TO cut out
rough house features
Before the contest began Refere Taylor
conferred with members of both teams
and explained rulings that would be en-
forced to eliminate chopping with sticks
before the skates of a rush taking the ball
down the floor. and stated that a foul
would be called for tripping a person in
possession Of the ball, whether the trip
ping was accidental or otherwise. With
this understanding the teams plunged into
one Of the cleanest contests that has ever
been seen at the rink.
The Lenox boys stuck to a scientific
team game throughout, while the Mo-
hawks worked along the same principle
their team work was not nearly so smooth
as that of Captain Godwin's men. Stevens
and Hill. the Lenox rushes, worked to-
gether finely in handling and passing the
ball. and the victory was due to their CO.
operation in this respect. Albaugh also
helped materially af center. The defense
of Captain Goodwin and Yates was formid-
able, and they broke up many fine shots
at their goal.
For the Mohawks. Captain Chandler
played a fast game, as he generally does.
but he was handicapped in the second half
when Cooling. who is young and not so
sturdy as the other PLAYERS plainly
showed the effects of the fast play He
was pretty tired and had lost much of his
vim. The burden OF the work for the Mo-
hawks fell upon Captain Chandler and
Weldin in the second half. and while they
tried desperately to overcome the lead
Of Lenox they We're unable to do so by
reason of the fast attack Of the Lenox
floor men and the strong Lenox defense.
I. Hill, goal and Leonard, halfback, for
MohawSs put up a fine defensive game,
and It was due to their sklful safeguard
ing of their own cage that many hard
shots at their goal were warded off and
counted for nothing. The first goal was
made after sixteen minutes of play by
Hill after Stevens had Sticky passed the
ball to him. Cooling scored twenty seconds
later by sneaking the ball in around the
side Of the cage. In the second half in a
little more than two minutes Stevens
drove a beautiful goal.
After the game Captain Goodwin Of
Lenox. was presented with box OF cigars
by young woman admirer, and he passed
the cigars among the players. Lineup:
LenoN. Mohawks
Goodwin .... =. ....goal .. ............T Hill
Yates .... e. ....half .. =. ......Leonard
Albaugh ....center.. -. .....Weldin
W. Stevens q. first rush .... Chandler
NJ. Hill .. ....second rush ........ Cooling
Referee. Taylor; goals. Lenox. .; stevens
| i; NJ. Hill 1; Mohawks, 1: by Cooling.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22

job 'cinched." I think we ought TO
have a high ideal set before us-in re-
gard to training. No man is fit TO rep
resent Delaware College unless he is
IN the best possible physical condition.
NO man who breaks training ought to
be permitted to play on any team. ANY
man caught doing this thing ought to
be expelled from the team, regardless
of who he is or how we'll he plays.
Every student ought TO make it his
duty to report any. man who is seen
breaking training. The sooner we get
our men to train properly and make
the students feel that they have some
thing to do with It. the sooner we will
put teams on the field and floor that
are trained, and the greater will be the
chances of winning
We have now come to such a stage
in the athletic and literary part of our
career at Delaware that it is both wise
and necessary to find a place for our
footballs, baseballs. cups. and medals
and other trophies which we have won.
and are going to capture in future
games and events. In speaking to Dr.
Sypherd in regard to this room, he
gladly consented to let us have a place
in the Library for our trophies We
certainly hope that if any Of our stu
dents or Alumni have any footballs,
baseballs, or other trophies that ought
to have a place in this room, they
will send them to the Trophy Room,
Delaware College, and we Will see to
it that they get into their proper places.
Let us all take an interest in this thing
and in short time our room will make
a very creditable appearance.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
TOMMY BURNS COMING
BACK WITH THE DOUGH
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SYDNEY, N. S. w, Dec. 21-Jack
Johnson's only chance to win from
Tommy Burns in their fight here fol
the heavyweight championship next
Saturday lies in a chance blow. ac
cording TO opinions to-day Of Austral-
ian fight experts. who have watched
the two men in their training camps
When it comes to huskiness the hght
dopesters over here admit that the col.
ored scrapper has something on Burns
but he Is stlll the awkard. ganglins
fighter that Americans know and there
is much slSepticism as 10 his ability to
break through the clever defense or
Burns.
Burns said to-day that he expected
10 return to the United States shortly
after his fight with johnson. He has
found the Australian lighting game
rich picking and when he returns
home. his friends say he will have q
bank account of six figures. Back in
tre tates. Burns threatens TO make
l7s'afainhia Tack" O'Brien look
cheap from a satorial standpoint He
a.le4oy .as a stunning wardrobe. but
he says he will add a few dazzlers C.
his collection that will arouse Broad
way.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
DORANDO WILL
RUN SMALLWOOD

Having victory over an American and
being defeated by a Canadian Indian, Do
rando Piettri, the Italian Marathon run
ner. is going to try his skill against an
Englishman in the now famous and all
the rage Marathon run.
This time Dorandos opponent will be
Percy Smallwood, the champion of Wales
and the runner who beat Tom Lonsboat,
Dorando's conquerer. in Philadelphia a
few weeks ago. Smallwood yesterday
signed agreements to meet Dorando in
the regulation Marathon run of 26 miles
and SS5 yards the race to be run in the
Coliseum, st. Louis, on January II.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
NELSON WANTS TO
RUN A MARATHON

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Battling Nell
son has the Mara thon bug The author
lightweight champion wants to try con-.
clusions with some of the runners who
have recently competed in these events.
He says he wiR, take six weeks to train
and then issue a def
AS Bat puts 1t, haven't I often ran
for FIVE hours at a time. SO / see no
reason why 1 couldn't run one Of these
races
See this chest" he said with some
braggadocio. Look what a waist I've
got, and pipe these legs. The feet are
all right too. Now do you see any
reason why l shouldn't run q race"
Should Bat have his ambitions real
lied it is a question whether the light
weight champion win take the count
for the first time in his life.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
TWO BASKETBALL
GAMES AT THE RINK

The double game Of basketball to be
PLAYED at Eleventh Street Rink tomorrow
night under the auspi ices Of the High
School Athletic Association win be one
OF the strongest bills ever given in this
city this season. The cx-High team will
play the Wilmington Eve. formerly the
West End. and the High School boys win
play the Delaware Freshmen.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
BOXING

Don't forget Grand Boxing Exhibi-
tion on Xmas Day at Brandywins
Springs Rink. First bout at o'clock.
between Frank Britt and Patsy Rear.
don. Second bout Jack Query AMI
Gus Everett. A grand battle royal
between six colored men. Wind-up,
ten rounds between Johnny Dougherty
and Jack Reardon. Jimmy Ryan,
mgr. Jack Mcdonald. referee. Adj
mission, so cents. Reserved seats, SlO0.s
Evening journal., 1908-12-22

failed. While the outlaws We're will
ing to accept the proposition of pro
lection under the national agreement
they were not willing to consent or re
linquish their players and claim the
right to have the absolute disposal OF
players in their league. on this mat
ter the peace negotiations failed
Pulllam left last night for the East
ana Johnson follows him to-day.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
NOT TO
RACE FOR CUP

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GLASGOW. Dec. 22-Sir Thomas Lip.
n to-day declared his abandonment
the plan to challenge for the Ameri-
- cup In 1893, and Designer Fife was
rdored 20 burn the plans he had
rawn for the challenging yacht.
Lipton could not come to an agree
ent with the New York Yacht Club
gardins certain conditions Of the
fce, the main difference being as to
fe size % the challenger. Upton
ished 70 race with a smaller yacht
ran that demanded by the club.
The time limit in which TO challenge
as just expired, and Upton says he
thronsh With the challenging busi-
less unless the New York Yacht Club
changes its conditions.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
MADISON A. c. IN
CROSS COUNTRY RUN

The Madison Athletic Club will give
cross country run on New Years Day.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Entries will be received from the High
School, Friends School, and also from any
clubs in the city Slich are elmembers OF
the Amateur Athletic Union All entries
must be, sent TO Jess Rolph secretary
NJ c. A. No. 81 Madison street, before
December 20.
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
CAN'T SETTLE COAST
NGUS Rnsr sALL WAR

DFNNE IFfI-I~ " FNTIf
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 22-An ef-
forts of President Puiliam of the Ma.
titnal Lcague and President Johnson
OF the American, to amend the base
lan war between the Pacific Coast
Ieaguc ANA the major bodies have
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
Letter Eor Jimmv RYAN.

Tho sporting editor of THE EVEN.
ING JOURNAL has letter for Jimmy
Ryan. matchmaker for the Whining
ton Athletic Club
Evening journal., 1908-12-22
BOWLING

on the Pierce alleys last evening the
one and two men teams of the VIII
mington Rowling League rolled Off
The scores.