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Evening star., 1908-02-03
"CLEAN UP" MAN
IN JAKE STAHL

CHICAGO, February 3:--Manager Clark
Griffith of the New York Highlanders
reached Chicago and will stay here for a
brief time. then going to Hot Springs.
Il am not in town looking for players,
said Griff, "for / am satisfied with my
team at present composed. and believe
/ am to be in command of the fastest
bunch of ball players l ever managed. |
had some speedy men with me last year.
and have landed another chain-lightning
player in Harry Niles. We will have
team that will make them all hustle to
beat us. for | believe every deal MADE
during the off season has been of benefit
My 1907 team was disappointing, but its
lack of success was not Que entIreiy 70
failure of the men. We had the pissest
hospital list all season of any team IN the
American LEAGUE and some of the men
particularly counted on did not deliver al
all. There was Billy keeler. for example.
who was sick all season and Qniy mt
around the 80 wark. l look for Billy 10
bat at his natural gait in the coming cam
paign, for he writes ME he Is In hne physl-
cal form and will go to Hot Springs TO
get in better trim.
What we lacked last year was a c-ean-
up man, and l think l have landed such
a player in Jake Stahl. who, when he was
with Washington, was demon clouter
squeeze in many tallies, but Stahl is the
boy to biff them over and | look for him
to lead the team in the runs-batted-ln
record. Jake can be utilized either at first
base, behind the bat or In the outneid'
but he is sure of regular position despite
his all-around cleverness. He was rat
ting good outfeder when he was with
the University of Illinois. and that is
where l shall play him. l think Stasli Will
hit like fiend now he is no longer a
manager and believe him to be worth
every cent of the big salary he is to re-
ceive from President Farrell.
II won the first pennant in the expanded
American League, and if / don't land the
Highlanders in front next season I'll want
to quit President Farrell is keen on get
ting a winner and the new men he has
added since last August at big expense,
should make us strong competitors tor the
flag. But | don't want any second place
for the Highlanders-it will be first place
or nothing
Evening star., 1908-02-03
Wise Men of the East Capture
Big Purses.
BURLEW & O'MEIL LEADERS
Firm Has Won $14,849 During
Winter Season.
]. NOTTER LEADS THE JOCKEYS
Program for American Regatta.
Church Bowling Averages.
Base Ball News.
BURLEW & O'NEIL LEADERS
J. NOTTER LEADS THE JOCKEYS

NEW ORLEANS. February 3.-Eastern
turfmen have won the lions share OF
the money and honors of the racing
season here this winter. Burlew & o Neiil,
the Gravesend horsemen. head the WIN
ming list of owners. with $14.Si9 to their
credit Jolly joe Notter the little
freckle- faced boy who will ride James
r.. Keene's horses this season. heads the
jockey list with fifty winners to his credit
The winter has been a profitable one
to owners aVd trainers. Since Thanks
giving day the Fair Grounds track and
the City Park course have distributed
in purses and stakes nearly S2OO.OOO; sew
enty-six owners have won $500 or more,
and rounded up the fine total of $l62,o2
w. II. Fizer & Co.. the western owners.
are second on the winning list with
s11. $40 Just before the holidays they
were the leaders. but during the past
six weeks they seldom won a purse. Their
horses are reganing their form. how
ever and from now on Will press the
easterners for first place.
big Tim Sullivan has won S4.2sO with
his horses which will more than pay
their feed bills and travelling expenses
j. r. Mccormick has not Jared as Weii
this winter. as he has only won SH't56
John j. Ryan, the noted get-rich-qulck
horseman and plunger. only raced his
horses a short period before his methods
caused him to lose prestige with the stew
ards and he retired. During this spell of
racing his thoroughbreds earned SLIGO
List of Turf Winners.
Over a hundred owners have won from
so5 to $3.50 while nearly hundred have
won from $500 to Si7o. The owners who
have won 500 or more are:
Evening star., 1908-02-03
CAN'T STAND FOR
CHINAMAN'S RECORD

HONOLULU, February 3.-During a
track athletic meet here Saturday for
Chinese, a sprinter. En- Sue. was timed
for the fifty-yard dash in lbs. This
mark is one-fifth of a second better than
the American record for the distance,
which is held jointly by Victor S. Rice,
w. D. Eaton and Richard L. Murray
A special from New York says: Con-
siderable comment was caused among fol-
lowers of athletes last night by the re-
port that En- Sue had been able to clip
fraction off the fifty-yard American
record. 1t has always been maintained
that it is a difficult task to come near d
record in the short dashes. experts as
serting that the shorter the sprint the
harder it is even to equal the mark. In
proof of this, II is pointed out that only
three Americans have ever run the fifty
in 2-5s.. although there have been in
Vulnerable races at that distance with
men of the highest caliber.
There is very little possibility that the
Amateur Athletic Union will accept the
mark unless 1t can be proved that the
timers were experienced. To have the
mark put in the official record book it will
be necessary for affidavits to be made by
a surveyor of standing as to the length
and aiding of the course; by the timers
as to their qualifications and experience
and by the officials as to the direction and
speed of the wind when the race was
run.
A couple of years ago a japanese was
credited with doing somewhat more than
two feet beyond the worlds pole vault
figures, but the mark was never officially
accepted.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
WILLIE SHIELDS HAS !.
A GOOD JUMPER

William Shields. who is training a
string of fifteen horses at Benning this
winter. has in his stable gigantic jump
er, the Identity of which Washington
sharps are trying to discover. So far.
however, they have had little luck. Be-
eyond knowing that he is four-year-old
gelding. nearly seventeen hands high,
that he jumps faultlessly and that he be-
longs to David Johnson, they are in the
dark.
Shields declines to impart information
concerning the horse until he is ready to
start. And he promises to have the morse
ready for the Benning spring meeting.
Pines the old-time steeplechase jockey,
has schooled Shields new jumper, but he
is as close-mouthed about him as is the
young Canadian trainer himself. Pines
rode the big horse over the sticks last fall
against the experienced Yellowback. and
the big horse beat Yellowback every
Jump of the road. Pines says the new
fellow is another Ballarat.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
BLooM1NaDALEs GET BUSY.
Will Send Crack Teams to Meets
This Winter.

The Bloomingdale Club. under the man.
agement of Mr.. N. r. Worley. will take
part in the Baltimore and Richmond
games this year. Manager Worley will
send his crack eighteen-year-old team,
composed of Hennig. Farmer. White
(captain). Turner and Bielaski, to the
Johns Hopkins meet in Baltimore Feb
ruary %. the 5th Regiment games in
Baltimore February % and the games to
be held in Richmond, Va. March p. The
team is one of the fastest for it's age
average around Washington, and the
showing of the men in the George Wash
ington games against the Gurley second
team and the Battles fully establishes this
claim.
Manager Worley will also send junior
team to both of the Baltimore meets. and
In the 5th Regiment games they will
probably run the Baltimore City College
juniors. whom they barely defeated in the
George Washington games. In the Johns
Hopkins meet the juniors will -un the
Westwood Athletic Club and the Merri-
macs. Manager Worley has received
communication from Manager H. B. wy
lie of the Johns Hopkins University stat
ing that the hall will be unusually small
and that spiked shoes will be allowed
Evening star., 1908-02-03

what 1t means to keep the floor clear and
the athletes hustling.
In order to further assist in keeping
clear floor the management has de-
cided that the prizes will be distributed in
the front end of the hall, outside the
track. When an athlete scores place
IN an event the judges will give him an
orde: on the custodian of the prizes. and
as soon as an event is finished all the
athletes competing in it will be ordered
of the floor at once. Two marshals will
work from either end of the hall to the
center to enforce this rule. and they viii
be particularly alert when Sheridan and
McGrath and the other big fellows are
performing. Chairs will be provided for
the officials. SO that the view of the
competitors will not be obstructed.
DIR. Geo -ge Orton. who will be in charge
of the officials as referee. has had much
experience in the management of the
Pennsylvania relay carnival and inter-
collegiate championship Mike Murphy,
the Pennsylvania trainer. will be the start
er. and Ward Beam. the announcer, has
Harvey. of New York the best mega
phone man in the country.
The sale of tickets for the federal games
began this morning at the sporting goods
stores. Entries close Friday night with
w. G. Stuart, 100 14th street.
The list of officials is as rollows:
Referec. George w. Octon, president
Middle Atlantic Association. Amateur
Athletic Union: starte~. NJ. c. Murphy,
University of Pennsylvania: clerk of the
course. A. NJ. Chesley. Washington Y. NJ
c.. A.: judges at the finish. DR.. D. E.
Wiber. Amateur Athletic Union Joseph
r. England. Johns Hopkins University
DR.. s. l.. Owens. Georgetown University:
timers, w. H. Jose, Washington. d. c.:
Capt e. c. Edwards. District National
Guard; Patrick Dempsey. Washington,
d. c.; chief field judge, c. +. Beckett
Washington Y. NJ c. A.; field judges, r.
NJ. Wilson. Central High School; D.. w.
b. Hudson. Western High School; G. f.
Hecox. Technical High School; S. w. Fos-
ter. Washington. d. c.; J. S. Stefboldt.
Washington. d. c.: inspectors. w. J. Tur-
kenton. George. Washington University;
A. Cochran Georgetown University: H.
T. Wurdeman, Central High School; A. L.
Newhouser. George Washington Univer-
sity: announcer. w. Wa Beam, Phla-
delphia. Pa. scorer. James OShea.
Georgetown University; chief marshal
DR.. S. r. karpeles. Washington. D. c.;
marshais. A. r. Speare, w. c. Foster, c.
II. Watson and A. W. Welch, Washing
ton. d. c.: custodian of prizes, w. p.
Bowie, Washington, u. c.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
BASE BALL NOTES.
Jiegs Donohue has finally signed his
Chicago White Sox contract

Jiegs Donohue has finally signed his
Chicago White Sox contract.
big Chief Bender has signed with the
Athletics. He won fifteen games in a
row last season. Lo! the poor paleface
The Pirates will have new infie'der
named wetzal. Barney Dreyfuss evil
are cutters.
Tommy Leach is the proprietor of a
prosperous billiard parlor in Cleveland.
Tad Jones' Yale's famous athlete. still
refuses all overture's to become profess
sional ball player. He will be captain
and catcher of Yale's nine this season.
Ed. Killian has attached his John Han
cock to a Detroit contract. He has not
been i'm good health since the close of the
season, but says that he is improving
Charley Comiskey says ii is bad
policy to give a ball player all he demands.
but he should be made to feel he is get
ting al he is worth. If a player is made
to believe he is getting all he Is worth he
will exert himself to make himself worth
more.
Catcher Charley Schmidt of the Detroit
club has signed his contract for next sea-
son, and says his fingers have all healed
now, so that he hopes to play without
that handicap next summer. He worked
in dozens of games last year with his
fingers broken and badly smashed.
Three of the New York Giants. now
Evening star., 1908-02-03
new INTERNATIONAL GAME
FOREIGN ELEMENTS ON THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS.

One has only to glance over the names
of the players in the American Base Ball
League to see that base ball is the game
of the masses. Every nationality may
be found among the men playing the
great national game. The Irish, of course,
prcdominate. followed closely by the Ger
mans and then the Welsh. The negro
has never been able to break into pro-
fessional base ball. Rube Foster, a col
ored pitcher of the Leland Giants of Chi
cage, is a left-hander the equal of Plank,
White or Waddell If the color line didn't
bar him he would be one of the stars of
the big league.
In glancfng over the line ) Of the
different teams the writer has selected
the following six: The alderman, the
all-Irish, the allWelsh, the mixed team.
the midget team and the giants. Any
one of the six teams looks good and
would be able to hold its own in either of
the big leagues, but T. ; Irish aggrega-
ton appears to have little on the other
five. The giant team would average
about six feet. while the midgets would
fall at least six inches short of that
mark. Here they are:
The all-Irish team-Catcher, Sullivan;
pitcher, Donovan; short stop, O'Lcary;
first base Donahue: second base. Muir
ply; third base. Collins; left field, Dough-
erty; center field. Conroy; right field
Congalton.
The alderman team = Catcher.
Schmidt; pitcher. Aitrock; short stop.
Turner; first base, Stahl; second base.
Schacfer;, third base, Yeager; left field
Hartsel; center field, Hahn; right field,
Flick.
The all-Wclsh team-Catchcr. Ira
Thomas: pitcher. Cy Morgan: short stop.
George Davis: first base, Harry Davis;
second base. Tom Jones; third base, JIM
my Williams: left field, Davy Jones; CEN
ter field. Charley Jones; right field, Field
er Jones.
The mixed team-Catcher Clarke.
Indian: Pitcher, Dilly, Hebrew; short
stop, Wallace, Scot; first base, Chase,
American; second base, Lajoie. French;
third base, Coughlin, Irish; left field,
Hnchman, German: center field, Charley
Jones, Welsh; right field, Anderson.
Swedc
The midget team-Catcher, Stephens
st. Louis; pitcher, Jimmy Dygert. Ath
letics: short stop, Mil, Cieveland; first
base. Harry Bemis. Cleveland: second
base. O'Leary, Detroit; third base. Ship
Ike, Washington; left field, Hartsel, Ath-
letics; center field, Hahn, Chicago: right
field. keeler, New York.
The giant team.-Catcher, Wakefield,
Cleveland: itcher-Falkenberg. Washing
ton; short stop, Altizer Washington;
first base. Jake Stahl, New York; second
base. Isbell, Chicago: third base, Bradley,
Cleveland: left field, Pickering, Wash
ington; center field, Crawford, Detroit
right field, Seybold. Athletics.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
FIRST RACE ON THE RIVER
WHEN THE ANALOSTANS AND
POTOMACS MET IN 1869.

''The Star is certainly keeping us old
fellows in touch with the long ago days
of base ball on the White Lot, Asylum
niscence throwing on the screen events
Of those days that are pleasing to the
memory. But there were other doings in
those days that occupied the attention
of us young bloods.'" remarked Col. Nat
Fugitt to The Star man Friday.
II refer to the boat clubs that existed
in Washington from the year 1867 to 1s7O.
Eighteen hundred and sixty-nine was the
banner year of aquatics.
washington at that period had four
clubs-the Analostans. who came into
existence from the old Falcon Club: the
Potomacs of Georgetown. the Anacostias
Of East Washington and the Arlingtons
of the central part of the city. the last
named being a fine galaxy of rowing
Brown, Dick Morgan. the Coughlins. Alex
Adamson, Pierce Wallach and others. The
Anacostias were located In East Wash
ington, the only club that ever made that
section famous as a boating resort, but
which soon melted away, the members
joining with the Analostans and Poto-
macs.
There had been some attempts at rae
ing on the river between the various or
ganizations. but the first regular match
race took place on July 21 1868. between
the Anacostias and Potomacs. In those
days the clubs used gigs for racing pur-
poses, the more fragile shell boats not
then being SO much in vogue as at
present. and the races were generally Of
three miles, one and a half miles and re-
turn. This race attracted a great crowd
and the course from the Aqueduct bridge
down stream and return. was one grand
f1otilla. The crew of the Potomacs was
fine one, made up of athletes who had
made the National Base Ball Club ia
mous-Coi. Frank Jones. stroke: George
Fox. Edward Derrick. Frank Miller. VIII
liam Mcleod. w. w. Wheeler. bow. and
James Patterson. coxswain. They used
a noted builder of this city. 1t was lap
streaked with a yellow band running
around the gunwale.
THE Anacostias rowed In their new red
cedar boat Minnehaha. and comprised
H. Freeman stroke: J. F. Beale, ID. s.
Williams. Henry Smith, P. T. Lodge.
Joseph J. Peyton bow, with John Pey-
ton. coxswain. Mr. John Patten of the
Analostans was the referee, while the
judges were John l.. Corson, A. B. Ben
ner. ]. D. McGill and ]. J. Boyne.
''The race was never in doubt, as the
Potomacs. being trained down more per-
fectly and being a powerful set of oars
men. beat the Anacostfas out in the three
miles nearly two minutes. the otomacs
making the distance In exactly twenty
the boat and a turning race.
1T being the opening aquatic event OF
the city. the Potomacs gave the Anacos-
tia boys a rousing banquet the same
Continued ON Eighteenth Page.l
Evening star., 1908-02-03
lNTERDENOMINATIONAl
LEAGUE AVERAGES

Bruner of the Fifth quint. is the best in
dvidual bowler in the INSTRUMENTATION
al League. according to the averages that
follow. He has the best average, the
largest score for a set and the best high
individual game of any man in the league.
Sixth has commanding lead in the
league. and Fifth, the second qu!nt in the
standing of the teams. has a fine chance
of remaining in that position for long
time. as the next contender, the West
minister five. is several games behind.
The averages follow:
High ndiy idual averasc-Bruner. Fifth, $50.
High Individual set Brnner. Fifth, 634.
High individual game-Bruner. Fifth, 264.
Greatest number of strikes-Fish, Sixth, 1888
Greatest number OF spares-Fellinger, ST.
Marks, 1913.
High team game-Fifth, a6O.
High game sct-Sixtb, 1924.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
WINNING HORSE OWNERS AT NEW ORLEANS

yearlings in the Rous Memorial stake. to
be run at Newmarket's October meeting
of 1909 These yearlings, all colts ana
all by Meddle-, are as yet at Mr. Mac
kay's Kingston stud in Kentucky.
Richard Croker has made four entries to
the famous Gimcrack stake, to be run at
York, England, next fall. The owner OF
the winner of this race is expected to
make a speech at the dinner which fol-
lows the race and at which all the noted
English turfmen give their views of the
season, and the policy of the Jockey Club
stewards is usually outlined.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
,r the intercollegiate track and field

for the intercollegiate track and field
championships on May 81. Syracuse men
point out that their university Is splen-
didly equipped for entertaining the col
ego athletes of the country. They also
make much of the fact that both Har-
ward and Pennsylvania, the two institu-
tions most favored by the association,
have held the meet twice each and that
both should be willing that the meet go
to some other field this year. Probably
both Harvard and Penn would be quite
willing to do this. but Syracuse is un-
fortunately the only institution which
would be benefited. Travelling expenses
for the minor colleges and the big uni
versities situated at distance would
have much to do with the final decision,
and the more central location of Penn
sylvania and Princeton or even lale
would certainly weigh against Syracuse.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
$4,000 Colt Named.

NEW YORK. February 3.-Clarence
Mackay's colt by Meddler out of Won by
Waiting. which was bought in for sl5,-
GOO last September when the Kingston
yearlings were sold at auction. has been
named International. The colt is now
in England, has been nominated for the
Derby st. Leger and othe- valuable races
and viii run in the name and tcolors o
Charles Carroll. an American gentleman
who spends much of his time abroad
MI. Mackay has also nominated eight
Evening star., 1908-02-03
OFFICIALS FOR THE
federal GAMES

The number of officials for the federal
indoor games. to be held in Convention
Hall February Is. has been reduced to
the lowest possible limit. with the result
that the list is smaller than for any other
athletic games ever held in Washington
Only officials whose services are abso-
lutely necessary to promptly conduct the
events have been chosen, and they are
all men Of. experience who understand
Evening star., 1908-02-03
Jockeys Who Are Winners.

Jockey Notter. who has piloted fifty
winners into first money. has a safe lead
on his mates of the saddle. His nearest
competitor is V. Powers with a total of
thrty-ive wins. The jockeys who have
won on the fiat and between the flags OF
the steeplechase course during the winter
are as follows:
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belonging to Boston. have not signed with
Owner Dovey yet. They are McCann,
Bowerman and Dahlen. and Dovey is
getting anxious as the time for spring
training draws near. Bowerman balked
with the Giants last season and did not
report until just before the season began.
Many fans are predicting that Tommy
Leach will not be star with PittsburS
any more. He had his hopes for manag-
ing the Cincinnati club all built up this
winter and then suddenly taken away
from him, and is now said to be dissatis-
fled to go back to Pittsburg as only an
ordinary player. Others say that Leach
is slated for Fred Clarke's job in another
season, as head of the Pirates.
Mike Kelley will not have chance to
clash with Umpire Owens, the man who
put Mike out of the American Association.
Owens was official in the Eastern
League last season. and Kelley goes to
that league next summer. But President
O'Brien of the association has managed
to secure Owens for the western organi-
cation, and he viii. not meet Kelley.
Evening star., 1908-02-03
Has '.Sim" Walton Resignedp

The New York Telegraph says: s. T.
Walton will not be at Benning for the
coming spring meeting. having resigned
the position of assistant secretary of the
Washington Jockey Club to accept busi-
ness opportunity in New York. Mr. Ben
HELEN has been appointed to succeed Mr.
Walton
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Syracuse University. which has lust
completed one of the finest athletic fields
in this country. is the latest candidate
Evening star., 1908-02-03

for the substitute Burch naturally anger
ed the Yale undergraduates and was the
all over the country. Everybody at Yale
admitted that Brides deserved and was
the best fitted for the position of cap
tain, yet because he was a medical stu
dent and not college man he had to
step aside. Apparently any kind of
preferable to the finest specimen the
medical school or any of the professional
schools for that matter could furnish.
In explanation of this selection Yale
that the foot ball captain shall be col
lege man, and although Brides was the
choice of the players eligible to vote he
failed of election.
The result of this election probably will
increase hard feelings within the Yale
student body. and If copied by other uni
versities will not bear very good fruit.
There seems to be little doubt that out
side influences had much to do with the
election of the Yale captain. for the
sentiment is unanimous at Yale that
Burch was the coaches selection and
until this was made known was not
seriously considered for the honor.
Prominent Yale alumni are now out
with the declaration that the foot ball
captain should once more be selected at
the banquet which follows the final game,
and that all outside parties should keep
hands off. the University of Pennsyl-
vania had case similar to that at Yale
in 1904. when Torrey, a substitute was
selected over several veterans. the charge
being made that fraternity politics were
at the bottom of the trouble But as II
turned out Torrey made the best captain
in Pennsylvania's foot ball history, and
the man who had been only a substitute
tackle developed into one of the best
centers the college world ever saw Per-
haps the present situation at Yale will
have a similar ending.
Syracuse Wants Intercollegiates.
Syracuse University. which has just
completed one of the finest athletic fields
in this country. is the latest candidate
Evening star., 1908-02-03

Three of the New York Giants. now