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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
ST. MARTINS TEAM WANTS
TO FORM NEW LEAGUE

The strong St Martins baseball team
has organized for the coming season.
with the following players:
G.. Norris, catcher; DAILY, Houck, Mil
Ter. and Walsh. pitchers: Turner. first
base; d. Murphy. second base; Ham
NETT, third base: Lewis (captain), short
stop; Haislip, left field; Ernest. center
filed; +. Murphy (manager). right field.
Teams desiring to form a league
please communicate. Address all chal-
lenges 20 F. Murphy, Ill Seaton street
northeast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04

Tv-o-base hits-HuEhes. Kahoe. Cocash.-
T75ree-base hit-Kaphan- Sacrifice hit
Donovan Double play-Moore 70 Scharn-
yvebe- 10 Miller. stolen bases-COcash.
lsub,. Miller. Scharnweber, Patten t3). War
ner smith. Peterson. Wilson. Struck out
IN, Peterson. . in 3 innings; by Wilson. . in
innings: by Thrall .; by Fairnan. /; by
Moore 3. First base on balls-Ofr Wilson. .;
or Thrau 3: of Fairman. 3; of Moore. I.
wild pitches-ThraIl. /; Falrman, l. Hit BY
pitched ball-Thrall, l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
WEIGH WILL REFEREE.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Jack
Welch has been chosen referee for the
twenty-round fight between 'Packey''
Mcfarland. the Chicago boxer. and
Jimmy Britt, which viii be decided here
one week from tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Wanted Clear Tile.

He was begging me TO call It a draw.
but would have been foolish after
having all but put him on his shoulders
Seeing that 1 would not consent and
that It was only a question of - few
moments before I would put him over
On his back, he quit and gave me the
title.
I am the champion. not only In name,
but can back myself OF merit. beat
Hack to it at everything known 10
wrestling. l was the cleVerer, the faster,
and / believe the stronger. 1 certainly
had the greater endurance
I win remain here a few days, then
go TO my home 20 rest, and IL is 20 ssible
that later 1 will go abroad 20 81 the
Tommy Burns act I'm the wrestling
game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Reasons for Qaitting.

have be=1 asked why I deliberately
quit, instead OF fighting until I vas put
on my back. That is easily explained
I felt tired and disheartened, and I
thought the public was tired OF the
game 1 figured that II would have
gone along another hour before Frank
could put me on my back, end this
would have been more tiresome for the
crowd, so I ended T.
IL was impossible for me 20 nut Gotch
over. for, as I have said above, I could
not get a hold. II is all over nov. and
I extend 70 Mr.. Gotch my greatest
wishes. / hold nothing toward him.
and when I g5- back home I viii be only
too glad 20 tell OF his great ability as
a wrestler. He can trim them all over
there.
There IS something about the Ameri-
can alertnesS that throws terror into
the heart Of the foreigner. and stings
him with defeat. I viii never again
consent to wrestle GOtch. for he has
proved his superiority over me. and
that Is enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
81 Was the Cleyerer, the
Faster, and, | Believe,
the Stronger.
By FRANK GOTCH.

Frank GOtch. the lion tanner.
That is the nan.e 1 am going to take
along with the title Of worlds cham
pion wrestler. / won the latter title b5
right of conquest and the former / take
because my victory over Hack was sucl
an easy one. While he gave me a hard
battle, never once after the first houl
OF wrestling did L feel that / was II
danger Of defeat.
Il has been three years since 1 shool
the hand Of the Russian lion, and nevel
once have ( seen him stripped. 1 read
much about Ills wonderful muscular
power and nov he would pin my should
ers TO the mat, and while I was bub
bling over with confidence, was pos
sessed with a little fear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Sheer NerUe and Rare Skill
of Gotch Striking Contrast
To "Lfon'S" YeLoqU Streak

out. with GOtch on top, resting The
great multitude was in a furore OF eX-
element
Turn him over. Frank-yOu've got
him going, son. hOwled a man OF Ieath-
er lungs, and the house took up the re-
fraiE-
Send him back 70 Russia in a hack, 4"
shrieled a Gotch enthusiast. and an
other shouted facetiously: poke him
with your thumb. Frank; he's too tired
10 roar"
The Russian Lion was al sprawled
out on his stomach, with his car 10 the
mat. He did not try to bridge, but
contented himself with stiffening out
either way that Gotch reached for the
famous toe mold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
hotter and Y. PowerS
To Contest McCarthy'S
Claim to First ROnOrS
New Arrivals Should Test Real CaIiber of
Benning's Leading Jockey-Dinner Stakes
This Afternoons Feature Event

Jockey Mccarthy is the whole show
IN the riding line at Benning just now.
He win have some opposition this after
noon. however. when hotter and Y.
Powers viii put in an appearance fresh
from a victorious career al New Or
leans.
Mccarthy has been riding winners
every day at this meeting and making
the other boys look cheap Yester-
day the little fellow rode four winners.
Takahira- Bob Callahan, ir.. High
Range, and Milestone.
The Dinner Stakes VIII be the fea-
ture Of this afternoons card Ten are
oarded 10 start, representing the fol-
lowing subscribe-s Ivan Fox, DR..
James Kerr, J. c. Oxnard, H II West
colt, W G. Denny, w. G Eustis, Pres
ton Gibson. Samuel Ross. and Captain
CleLand Davis, L. s. " The winner
OF the stake viii entertain the rest OF
the subscribers witi- dinner az the
shoreham after the race so that there
VIII be consolation fcv everybody. It
looks very much as Il Captain Davis
would have 10 pay FOR that dinner as
on public form his nomination. Spencer
Wells. looks 70 have something on the
res OF the party.
BoOkies Hard Hit Yesterday.
The oystertown contingent uncover
ed another good thing yesterday and
incidentally gave the penciIlers a bad
quarter Of an hour In the fourth race
Harry Rites, Of Baltimore. started 2
green two-year-old called Tim Pippin,
which turned out a pippin indeed
Nobody at the race track seemed 10
know anything about Tim Pippin and
the bOOkies opened him up at 50 10 !.
At this price the Monumental City
sports played him across the board and
stood 70 win a barrel. but after being
a dozen lengths fl the lead Tim Pippln
bolted at the head Of the stretch and
losing at least ten lengths was com
PEELED 10 be content with third place
Had he Won an awful squeal would
have gone Up from the ring. Pippin
showed a tremendous burst OF speed
running the first length in 1-15-
TIm Pippin is by WO0lsthOrpe-Gret
en-. and is a full brother 10 the FLY
katriOna- which Rites brought out two
seasons ago and sold for 5000 10 John
W. Gates. He cost his owner. n. J.
Cromwell, Of Baltimore, 500 as a yearl-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Gains Confidence.

We worked along each trying to get
the other to the mat, and as we went
along L felt that he was not the vicious
roaring lion that 1 imagined. Ny con-
hdence grew, and J began TO rough it.
As did I could see that he was not
after that kind Of game and that he
was willing TO retreat
I rushed him about a bit and soon got
him UP against the ropes. A little rough
work and soon | got a fair head and
down on the floor went Hack with a
thump. He offered no resistance, save
only when I got his toe. He feared
this hold greatly, and L bothered him
more with IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Real Test of Strength.

Then it became apparent that the test
in the contest was on He simply let
his antagonist lie. Try as he would he
could not turn the big fellow over.
The Russian LION kept a dry skin for
forty minutes, and il was not until
he was actually worried that he began
to perspire. The signs of firing began
to appear when Hack constantly com
planned that Gotten was thumbing him.
The big fellow was studiOusly clean in
his methods. Gotch was rather inclined
70 rough IL from the start
Hackenschmidt had an abscess on his
right arm half healed, which opened
up in the first twenty minutes Of the
bout and bled profusely. Later a cut
appeared under his left eve and stimuli
taneously a lump swelled up under
Gotchs right pepper, where the big fel-
lows head had butted him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Saw His Finish.

When he disrObed before me in the
ring ana looked at his tremendous
muscular power. L began TO think that
the stories L had read We're true and
that my finish was but a short way of
However. 1 was game. like most Amer
ican-bOrn fighters and wrestlers are,
and 1 resolved 10 do my best.
II L was 10 80 down 10 defeat ] would
do it fighting and with credit 10 my
self I took the defensive and guarded
against any move that he made. He
did not go along very far when I no.
ticed that he was losing heart and that
had him ratified. I then began TO kid
hun. asking him who he was and what
right he had TO the title, and this struck
tho rirht snnf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04

CHICAGO. April 4-Frank GOtch. OF
Iowa, is champion wrestler OF the world
today. after an amazing exhibition OF
skill and endurance IN which the Arerl-
can champion met every move Of George
Hackenschmtdt. the Russian Lion,
wearing the big fellow down until after
two hours Of desperate work he threw
up the sponge and acknowledged him
self beaten.
After fifty minutes Of futile EFFORT 70
get a hold on Gotch, during when time
neither man hit the mat for better than
a fraction Of a second, Hackenschmldt
asked for a draw.
MOhammod went 10 the mountain and
the mountain got all the worst OF the
encounter. Rudy Cnhoiz. the Boer,
who was in Hacks corner, wept cOpi-
ously when the big fellow held up his
hand in token OF surrender.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
Couldn't Get Hold.

Soon after the first half hour OF
wrestling. that Is after we had begun
10 perspire. I could notice that 81 was
almost impossible for me TO get a hold.
Ny hands would just slip whenever
tried a hold Let me impress on you
that 1 am not charging Gotch with foul
work. for IL is one Of the tricks Of the
game. IL IS evident that for the past
week he has been thoroughly rubbed
with massage cream until his pores were
filed and IL was after our bard work
"a trying 20 get 20 the mat thar the oily
substance came forth with the perspira-
ton, and consequently he was TOO slip
perry for me TO get hrm hold
AS the bout progressed Z became
weaker and weaker, and H. appeared as
though he was growing sLrCG ger De-
feat stared me in the faCe. and 81 WOr-
ried me. for / realized that IL was my
first, aud thar Il meant a sad ending OF
a career which I 51rized highly The
thought OF defeat filled my mind. and
lost heart am through with the
game forever.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
BY DISPLAY OF ENDURANCE
AMERICAN WRISTS WORLDS
WRESTLING TITLE FROM HACK
Frank GotCh Beat Me at
Every Angle of the
Wrestling Game.
By GEORGE HAcKENSCHMIDT.

OA1GA0A] 4AAkAGAANNL44A4AO4 l.
The best man won have 10 excuses
70 make. for Frank Goteh eat me at
every angle Of the wrestling game. ard
win fully rellnquish my Ii le Of world $
champion wrestler. I believed myself
10 be in the best possible shape when /
entered the ring and confident that I
would throw my man as easily as 7
have beaten all others who met me on
the mat. but 1 soon found that 1 con-
frOnted a better mana man with
greater endurance. greater. in fact, in
every particular. / tired after the frs {
hour, and 1 wiz confess that / wanted
10 QUIT after / had fought with GOtch
an hour and a half IN an attempt 10 get
him on the mas
Had I succeeded in getting him down
I believe 1 would have pinned his
shoulders on the mat. for my strength
was with me in the early stages. I have
nothing 20 say that viii detract from
COtch's victory. for he won because he
Is a better man. but do believe that
the massage treatments that he has
been receiving OF late was great aid
10 his victory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04
At Ed IensiOn.

Jack Carkeek, the big fellow behind
Gotch. rushed into The ring and kissed
the Iowa wonder on both cheeks as soon
as he saw Referee Smiths hand IN the
cir.
Although there was never anything
like a fall. except when Gotch caught
the big fellow of guard in a corner and
tossed him five feet on the broad %
his back, II was still the most superb
exhibition OF physical prowess and con-
oition ever seen in Chicago. -..-. -
Eighteen thousand people from al over
the United States gathered around the
ring at Dexter Park pavilion and cheer
ed the gladiators impartiauy. until
Hacks saffron stripe made Itself appar-
ent in the request for a draw. After
that it was a Gotch crowd and the
American champion was supported BY
frenzied applause as he began TO show
a lead over his hercUlean opponent after
the first hour was up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-04

Brandon in tenth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
FoUND D INTERNAL MACHINE
Dangerous Christmas Present SEN
by Mail Detected in Time.

A dispatch from Erie, Pa, says
while distributing Christmas bundles
in the South Erie sub-postofhce
Christmas Eve an employee became
suspicious of a package, the END OF
which had been broken open, ano
upon making an investigation the
nackage was found to contain an IN
fernal machine. so constructed thai
the opening OF the box would cause
an explosion that would have un'
doubtedly killed all persons around
il. and set FIRE to everything IN the
building.
The package was addressed to Ar,
chic Carr, 2.20S Cherry street, anc
had been mailed from that city Ihe
box was turned over to Postmaster
soben, who called in Chief of.sSohce
Wagner. The chief cut out thosloe
of the box and exposed bottle anc
contrivances so arranged tha,. the
opening OF the lid would have loosen
ed the cork and ignited severa
matches.
The following inscription was OF
the inside wrapper: You may per
haps find the cover will catch NJ
jt,e when YOU open the box. Pay NJ
attention 70 it. Merry Christmas.
W. Wright, health officer an(
chemist. after an examination OF tn
hottie said it contained high eX
iDlOsivs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
NEGRO BURGLAR
Enters the Home of MIR. WeIIborn,
of anderson.
fight IN A BED ROOM.
Mr.. Wcllborn Found the Daring
Burglar in His Bed Room Christ
mas Eve Night and Has Thrill
ing Experience in Hand to Hand
Battle With the Thief, Who Has
Been Lodged in Jail.

The Peoples Advocate of Ander,
son, says Will Guyton. colored. has
been lodged in the county Jail charg-
ed with a most serious offense, the
penalty for which is from FIVE years
| to life sentence.
Between ten and eleven o'clock
Christmas eve, Mr.. and Hrs. Will
Wellborn, who reside in Garvin
township, seven miles north of the
city, were awakened from their
sleep by footsteps in their bed room.
Thinking at once that burglar had
entered the house, Mr.. Wellborn
jumped out OF bed to get his trous-
ers. which had been hung on chair
near the bed.
He had marketed a beef on the
afternoon before and had about $40
in his trousers pockets. The negro
who was ascertained later to be Will
Guyton. also grabbed for the trous-
ers. Mr. Wellborn and the negro
clinched and a fight ensued.
The fight continued in the bed
room for some time. The darky sue
ceeded in freeing himself and start
ed for the kitchen. which adjoins Mr..
Wellborn's bed room. Mr.. Well
born followed and the fight was re-
sumed in the kitchen.
The darkey finally got loose and
went out in the yard, where he gath
cred some rocks and began throwing
them through a window in the bed
room. One of the biggest Of these
rocks crashed through the window
Danes and fell III the cradle where
the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wellborn
was innocently sleeping. Luckily il
did not fall on the babe and there
fore the child was unframed.
Some of the neighbors of Mr. Well
born arrested Guyton the next morn
ing and sent for Deputy Sheriff Scott,
who carried him to jail.
Guyton claims, so it is said, that
he was drunk. and that he does not
remember entering the house. 1t ii
also said that Guyton owed some
money to a person viii asked him for
it on Tuesday afternoon.
1t is said that he told the man
that he did not have the money then
but that his employer, Mr.. Wellborn,
had it and that he would get it from
him that night. 1t is said that the
darkey knew that Mr. Wellborn had
sold some beef on the afternoon be-
fore and knew that he had the sac
in hjc roon1
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
GROUND TO PIECES.
Wealthy New York Lawyer Leap
ed in Front of Train.
Financial Troubles Caused BY the
Panic Said to Be the Chief Cause

Ernest c. Stedman. one of New
York's most prominent lawyers, rated
to be worth in excess Of S1.00O,OOO,
and brother Of Edmund Clarence
Sredman. the poet-banker. last week
tragically committed suicide by leap
ing in front of a local subway train
at the Fourteenth street station.
The ]. C. Lyon Building and Oper-
aling company, Of which he was vice
pesident. treasured and director,
failed for several millions of dollars
last Friday when receivers were ap-
pointed and financial troubles are
believed to be the chief causes Of the
suicide.
Mr.. Stedman was president Of the
American Cushion Elbow company
treasurer of the Raritan River Clay
company, a member Of several prom
inent clubs, and had Offices on Broad
way, where he was a member Of the
law firm of Stedman & Larkin. His
town house was at 1881 Madison
avenue.
The suicide could not have select
ed a spot where his death would
have created greater sensation.
The uptown platform Of the sub
way at Fourteenth street was crowd
ed with persons. mostly women, who
were waiting for trains. when Mr..
Stedman, who had been observed
walking up and down the platform,
suddenly darted through a group OF
women, jumped to the tracks in
front of the fast moving uptown
train.
Six cars of the train had passed
over the lawyers body before the
train was stopped and by that time
the body had been terribly mangled.
In the meantime the excitement on
the platform had become a panic.
Several women who had seen the man
leap to death tainted or collapsed
and for several minutes in the wild
excitement they lay about the plat
form unattended.
1t was more than three-quarters oi
an hour before order was restored
and that tains had resumed their
normal running orders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
Drunken Man Fired Into Passen'
ger Train.

Augustus B. Stevens, aged IS,
baggage master on the Virginia and
Carolina Coast Railway, was shot
and instantly killed Christmas Day
by John White, aged 20, while the
train was passing through Hobbs
Vile, \. C. White is under arrest
and has confessed. A group of abou;
25 men were in a field near the rail
road track and a Christmas frolie
was in full blast.
Stevens was standing at the oper
door of his car, when suddenly {
gun was fired from the group, The
charge striking Stevens in the head
The train was stopped as soon a.
possible, but when the crew reached
the scene of the shooting the mem
bers of the frolicking party had fec
to the adjoining woods. Later
however, a posse from Hobbsvillt
surrounding the woods and many o
fugitives were captured. Anon:
these was John White, who confess
ed the shooting. He said he had bee]
drinking and had no intention o
killing anyone when he fired tn
| fatal shot.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
SHIP HAD BAD LUCK
Reaches Frisco After Tragic voy.
age from Baltimore.
Collided With Another Ship, Which
Was Sunk With Part of the Crew
In Mid Ocean.

! III trIlu OSCNH.
The American ship Atlas dropped
anchor at San Francisco on Christ
mas eve night, 215 days out from
Baltimore. 1t ended a voyage made
tragic by collision off Cape Horr
attended by the sinking Of anothe,
vessel, the drowning of the ill-fatec
crafts captain and the captains wife
mutiny on its decks and death
among its crew.
On June 6, at P NJ, the Atlas
struck the Norwegian bark Viking
Capt. Petersen, bound from Ham
burg to Callao. Both were badly
damaged by the contact, but the
bark Jared the worst.
In the terror of the night l3 Of the
crew of the Norwegian bark boarded
the American ship, crawling over
tangled shrouds and dangling booms.
Capt. Pearson and his wife were
not among those who made dan
gerous transit, but it was too dark
to render aid though the Atlas stood
by all night and next morning the
Viking had disappeared.
The Atlas put into Rio De Janerio
for repairs, badly leaking. On the
way to this port mutiny took place
among the crew over some trouble
with the mate, but it was easily
quelled.
Before the collision off Cape Horn
three of the ships company met
death. On May % J. Schumacher
and Charles Nolan seamen, fell from
the jib-boom and were drowned. On
June Is John Hook, sailmaker, died
and was buried at sea. When the
ship arrived the captains son and
the third officer were Ill and the YES
sci was ordered into quarantine.
The Atlas had cargo Of coal for
the United States Government. The
vessel had been 102 days out from
Rio De Janerio and was overdue.
Reinsurance had been ordered at 10
per cert. ;
The Viking was a new bark OF
2,541 tons. Nothing had been heard
of it after it began its last voyage
unit: ne Atlas brought in the tidings
Christmas eve night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
FATAL ACCIDENT
c,anscd by a Boy Having Dynamite
in His Pocket.

Dan Bradley, the 16-year-old son
of widow at Pratt City, Ala, died.
THURSDAY as result of injuries re-
ceived in an explosion of dynamite
at a Christmas party. The boy car
ried a piece of dynamite in his coat
pocket. While on the porch he was
Jared, and the dynamite exploded.
The boys right leg was torn on,
and his body was thrown violently
through window into the parlor
where the guests were assembled.
Several boys and girls were knocked
down, and others were badly shaken
up by the explosion and by the ooy
stricking them. The house was oad- d
" wrecked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
NEGROES LEAVING.
They We're Told to Go and They are
Going.

Negroes are rapidly leaving Hen,
riarta Okla, where the lynch:ng oi
lanes Garden, colored, occurred on
Christmas following the murder o.
Albert Bates, prominent white
huisness man. TIE black were CIV
en- notice to leave town within -
hours. a second attack was made
on the jail early Thursday morning
nv a mob Of citizens who sought {
one-eyed negro named Bill Smith
charged with melting Garden to com
NIT the crime, sherf Robertson
however. spirited the man away IRON
the mob and took hirl to Okmulgee
lin johnson, a negro, who gave car
den rife also was taken to Okmui
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
COLD THROWN ABOUT
When Street Car Struck Wagon That
Was Hauling il.

At Chicago canvas bags contain
ing gold and silver coin to the
amount of half a million dollars were
scattered about the corner of LaSalle
and Adams streets for short tlme
the other day. but they were soon
gathered up and taken to place q
safety under the protection OF
squad of police.
A United States Express company
wagon on its way from the North
western to the LaSalle street station
with a load OF specie, guarded D.
Barney Terbeck and Henry kerkes
and driven by W. H. Smith, was
struck by a Harrison street car.
Terback and Kerkes we're thrown
TO the street and the bags OF specls
on tor of them. Terback received
fracture of the skull and kerke'
was badly bruised by the heavy bag
of money falling on him.