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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
LEGALIzEs TRACK BETTING.
Kentucky Senate Moves to Wipe Out
Poolrooms.

FRANKFORT. Ky. March by an
overwhelming vote in the senate yester-
day the Wilhelm anti-poolroom bill, con-
tanning a clause legalizing betting on
racetracks, was passed.
+ The chief feature of the session was
the appeal to the senators to vote for the
bill made by Senator A. r. Barnum Of
Richmond. Senator Barnum was for
merly chief justice of the court of ap-
peals and is one of the ablest men in
Kentucky. He came to the senate ex-
pressly TO get 100000 appropriation for
the colleges of the state.
He was counted as against the bill, but
when he arose to speak he said that since
the days of establishing racetracks in the
new world 1t had been a time honored
custom to bet on races, and far be 1t from
the republican party in Kentucky to
change that custom.
AS result of his appeal practically
every republican i'm the senate voted for
the bill. The bill will pass the house.
The bill provides Imprisonment for any
officer who will permit poolroom to run
in his county and disqualif1es him from
ever holding another Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
EXCITING WRESTLING
CONTESTS TONIGHT

The final bouts in the Y. NJ. c. A. wrest-
ling tournament will be held in the asso-
citation gymnasium tonight. and some of
the best amateur mat artists in the Dis
trict will be in competition. There will
be eight bouts in as many classes. M.
F. O'Connor will'be the referee.
Unusual interest will center around the
bouts between Dechard of the National
Guard and Mayhem of the Y. NJ. {. A.
Heron of the National Guard and Bren-
nan of the Gurley Athletic Club, and Con-
rad of the Y. NJ C. A. and Erickson of
Gallaudet College.
The complete list of drawing for the
finals is as follows:
100 to 11O-Goucher, unattached, VS..
Santataiti, Y NJ. c. A.
40 to 120-Passener Memorial Athletic
Club. vs. Rose, Baltic Athletic Club.
40 to 12S-Dechard, d. c. n. e., VS..
Mayhem. Y. M. c. A.
12S to 13S-Heron, D. c. n. g., VS.. Bren-
nan, Gurley Athletic Club.
1873 to 14S-Gardiner, Gallaudet, VS.. LOCK-
head, d. G. N. G.
las to 15s-Conrad, Y. NJ. c. A, VS.. Isaac
son. Gallaudet
15s to 16S-Conrad, Y. NJ. c. A., VS..
Erickson, Gallaudet.
Heavyweight-Lien, Gallaudet, VS.. SHARP
Gallaudet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
IN PRAISE OF ISLANDS.
Men to Be Pitied Who Live Far
From the Sea.

From Scribner's.
No men of the world are so TO be ptied,
think. as those who dwell far from the
sea- They shall never know but piece
Of life. A plain, to be sure. Is very
we'll. 1t responds delicately enough to
the humor Of the seasons. changing from
green to gold, from gold to dun, from
dun to white. 1t has, too, its moods,
its daughters, it's me ancholies, its rush
ings of the wind. its ilimitability of thu
dark. \ hill though. is better-that is,
hill that looks across a plain; never
one that is huddled among it's fellows.
for there one is caught like a beetle in
cup. A hill gives one a sense of free
dom. and a perspective upon the world
It is something to look down on the par
quetry of field and town and wood and
stream, to keep vigil upon the drama
woven invisibly below ones eyes. And
it has moments-a hill; certain nights of
stars, certain bursts of storm. certain iri-
descent afternoons when the whole trag-
edy Of autumn Is unrolled at ones feet.
But above all else in the world give me
an island! There is your true microcos-
mos! There you hold i'm your hand as
1t were. the essence and epitome of the
universe. Your own earth spreads under
your feet. Your own sky hangs over
your head. Your own sea encircles you.
Your own portion of life is melted out
other men. For not the least charm of
an island is its privacy. An islet, of
course, l mean-One from which you may
catch the CLINT of water ON every side.
Otherwise your island is no better than
a pasture. Whether you be a hermit. or
| whe Their you have book Of verses under
| meath the bough-and the requisite con-
comitants-or whatever be your personal
circumstances. you are yet divided from
a hostile or Indifferent world. You are
at liberty to feel and to test your own
personality. You are not overborne by
the rush of humanity which is the burden
of terra firma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
NEW BILLIARD RECORD
FOR GEORGE SLOSSON

NEW YORK. March 5.-George F. Slos-
son made a new worlds record high run
at 1872 balkline billiards last night by
Keeling of 800 points in the first game of
series of ten against S. Cassignol. the
Frenchman, at Slosson's billiard academy.
The final score was 800 to 1917. The for
mer record was 3OI. and was made by
Willie Hoppe in Chicago two years ago.
During the run Slosson was applauded
for his good nursing by crowd which
damned the academy.
1t was the second appearance of the
Frenchman here. Cassgnol seemed to
suffer from stage fright as he only
totaled % in the first five innings. while
Slosson had 3o2 caroms to his credit. Be
sides the record run. Slosson made other
runs of 50 and %. The Frenchman best
run was 40, in the fourteenth inning
Slosson had an average of 33 ID and
Cassignol one of 13.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
TRAVIS AND LARD
LOSE IN FOURSOME

PINEHCRST, n. c.. March "a four
ball game between Walter J. Travis and
Allan Lard of the Columbia Golf Club
and Henry c. FOwnes Of Pittsburg and
Professional Gilbert Nichols attracted a
gallery of several hundred people yester-
day. Fownes and Nichols wpinning. up
and . TO play. largely through Nichols
brilliant work. Mr. Travis was badly
off, negotiating 20 to 78 for his part
ner. Mr.. Fownes. making 81 and Nichols
-. going out in "a and coming home in
"a
with the possibility of Mr.. Nichols drop
ping out and Warren Is. Wood of the
Homewood Golf Club. Chicago. who ar
rived yesterday morning, taking his place.
G. b. Fownes and John Z. Porter. both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
COLLEGE ATHLETIC NOTES.

Hereafter the Yale athletic authorities
will be more liberal with the award Oh
the "Y' TO those winning athletic honors
as it was announced yesterday that the
winners of the individual intercollegiate
championships in golf, tennis and gym
nastics will be allowed to wear the letter.
The Central board on officials of the
American Intercollegiate Foot Ball Rules
committee will call in few days a meet
ing of all the managers of college foot
ball elevens in the east and south, to be
held in Philadelphia toward the end of
the mouth. Interpretation of rules and
selection of a list of football officials will
be among the matters taken up.
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.,. track
team management has received letter
from Holy Cross College canceling the
two track meets which were to have been
held between Trinity and Holy Cross this
season. The reason given is the disband-
ment of the Holy Cross track team.
Columbia swimmers will hold dual
meet with c. c. N. Y. tonight in the lat
ters pool. which will be followed by a
water polo game. The Blue and White
water polo team defeated Princeton last
week.
The Naval Academy will have to select
new head coach for it's foot ball team
next season. as Lieut.. Commander Joseph
NJ. Reeves, head coach last season, has
been ordered from the academy. Prof.
Paul Dashiell. Lieut.. Byron A. Long and
graduate Midshipman Douglass L. How
ard have been mentioned. Dashiell Is not
likely to accept. and either Long or How
ard may be ordered to Annapolis anu
assume the work.
Friday night, March IL. the annual
INDOOR meet of the College Of the City of
New York will be held in the c. c. N. Y.
gymnasium. The open events to be con-
tested are: Six-hundred yard run for
novices. special relay between De Wit
Clinton High School and Townsend Har-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
NEW BREECHEs BUOY.
Can Be Used as Well at Night as
in Day.

From the Scientific American.
After having been in use for over CEN
fury without improvement or change, the
breeches buoy used by organized life saw
ing crews has been improved by device
that has just been adopted by the United
States life saving service. The main
difficulty with the breeches buoy as here
tofore constructed has been that at night
when it left the shore no one knew def
nitely where it was, whether it had
reached the wrecked ship or not, or
whether any one had gotten in. unless the
mariners had lights on the vessel
John w. Dalton of Gloucester, known
to mariners all along the Massachusetts
coast, is the inventor of the devices. The
improvement in question comprises,
speaking in general terms, a small case
mounted on an inflated rubber cushion
and surrounded by four small hollow
posts which are affixed to the rubber
cushion buoy and on top to square steel
spreader.
In the case is a storage battery that
operates a set of lamps. One light, a
green one, shows toward the shipwreck
when the device is started out to the YES
sci; the other light, white one, shows
down through the rubber cushion into the
breeches, enabling the shipwrecked peo-
pie to see how to get into the apparatus.
Another white light shows toward the
shore until the breeches buoy is occupied.
when it automatically turns to bright
red, going back to white again when the
passenger is landed.
Under the old system when the breeches
buoy was sent out to a wreck it was
often hauled back to the shore by the
life savers before 1t had reached its desti-
nation. Now the position Of the breeches
buoy will always be KNOWN to those on
shore and on the wreck. The green
light moving toward the vessel mutely
tells the shipwrecked passengers that
help is at hand and encourages them
to hold on until the buoy reaches them.
AS soon as one of the imperiled mariners
gets into the breeches the red light sig
nails to those on land to haul the pas
senger ashore.
The rubber cushion prevents the occu-
pant below from being. injured by the
block striking him while being dragged
through the surf Numbers of persons
have been severely injured while being
saved from a wreck by the big iron
traveller block as the vessel lurched
back and forth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
Wrestler Hackenschmidt Coming.

Advance Agent AL Rains was in the
city this morning making arrangements
for the appearance of George Hacken-
schmidt, the great wrestler. He has Sc
cured Convention Hall for the night of
the 9th of this month. and the big fell
low will go against several of the local
mat artists. Mr.. Rains says that Hack
enschmidt will give any of the local
wrestlers 500 if they can keep their
shoulders off the mat four minutes after
the bout starts. Here's a chance for
Joe Grant to get back in harness for
short time and pick up some easy money.
Joe Turner and Rob Roy Mackey may
also go against the big fellow. 1t is ex-
pected that Hackenschmidt will arrive in
New York next Saturday and stop over
here on his way to Chicago. where he
is scheduled to wrestle Frank Gotch for
$4,000 a side. If the management of both
men can convince the public that the con-
test is on the level there is little doubt
but that the biggest hall in the Windy
city will be required to hold all the peo-
pie who are anxious to see Hacken-
schmidt and Gotch settle the champion
ship question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

of Pittsburg. were the winners of the
Tin Whistles combined scores tbest Sc
fected nine holes. fOursomes. with low
card of 6s. playing with handicaps of
three and one. respectively; James d.
Foot of Rye 90 and E. H. Silliman of
Detroit a.. finishing second in - with a
tie for third place at 75Marry Dutton
81 and George II. Converse tS). both of
Boston: c. l.. Becker of Boston % and
II. c. Fownes of Pittsburg %.
An invitation medal play handicap for
women. arranged by the Tin Whistles.
was won by Mrs. B. S.. Horne of Kes-
wick. Va, former women's champion
playing with handicap of four and
scoring o. net Mrs. c. S. Waterhouse of
Brookline. whose allowance was As. fin
ishing second with 93 with a triple tie
for third place-Mrs. F. A. Potts of Lake
wood a.. Mrs w. Hetherington of Roch-
ester 1S) and Mrs j. P. Gardner of Chi
cago (4O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
ARE DUE IN GALVESTON TONIGHT

ris Hall and 3OO-yard run open to men,
bers of the latter school. The closed
events will include one mile interclass
relay, howard dash. 22O-yard. SSO-yard
and one-mIle runs. running broad jump,
high jump and sixteen-pound shot put.
The Trinity 1Iartford) College base ball
schedule shows a smaller number of
games than that of last year. This is said
to be due to faculty restrictions. The
schedule follows: April IL. Stevens. at
Hoboken. n j.; April "a, Seton Hall. at
Orange n. j.; April %. Pratt Institute.
at Brooklyn. n Y; May .. Springfield
Training School. at Hartford: May ID.
Dartmouth, at Hartford: May ~. Holy
Cross. at Hartford; May 23 Union. at
Hartford: May 81 West Point. at West
Point May 30. Wesleyan. at Middletown;
June g. Williams. at Williamstown; June
20. Wesleyan. at Hartford; June % Wes-
leyan, at Middletown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
Where to Dine.

some doubt as to the nature of her senti-
ments but three times,-BalZac.
Would you hurt a woman most, aim
at her Observation-Disclosures.
Tears are the strength of women.-Saint
Evremond.
The heart of loving woman is golden
sanctuary. where often there reigns an
idol of clay.-Limayrae.
An asp would render its sting more VEN
emous- by dipping 1t into the heart of a
oquette.-Poincelot
The breaking of heart leaves no
traces.-Sand.
Women are twice as religious as men;
all the world knows that-Holmcs.
A light wife doth make a heavy hus-
acknowledgements.
A pretty woman's worth some pains TO.
see.-BrOwning.
Friend. beware of fair maidens. When
their tenderness begins, our servitude is
near.-Victor Hugo.
Between woman'S yes and mo-
would not venture to stick a pin.-Cer-
vanteS
There is nothing more beautiful than
frigate under sail, horse galloping. or Il
woman dancinS.-BalZac.
1t is only the men who have the
strength not to forgive.-Dumas fills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
HIGHLANDERS WIN FROM
STRONG PICKED TEAM

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. March with
Cy Young and Cy Morgan OF the Bos-
ton Americans in the box a picked team
yesterday lost a 10 to game to the New
York Americans. Jake Stahls homer was
the feature. He drove a liner to the
mountain slope OF Wilmington Park. and
the ball had not been recovered at dusk.
The score by innings:
New York -.-........ q :. , o 10
Picked Team. % % % o - o -
Batteries Young Cy Morgan aud Lon
Criger for picked team; Chesbro. HOgg Ortiz
and kleinow for New York.
The Detroit players arrived yesterday
under Hugh Jennings and witnessed the
game. Crawford and Cobb are the only
absentees. so far. and Jennings announced
last night they will be on in time to be-
giD practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

two into the fold the coaxing will be forth
! coming.
| Sammy Strang. the Giants crack utfl-
| ity man. has joined the regulars at Mar
lin Springs. However it's not to DC D,
Strang any longer Hereafter Sam will
use his own name-Nicklin.
Manager McAleer Is happy over the re-
| suit of the first week of training of the
Browns at French Lick. Without excep-
ton his men are in great condition, even
the "erratic Rube.
Rudderham will be one of the new UNI
pires in the National League. Carpenter
will leave the old organization and work
in the Southern League.
The seasons strike record is 3O1.
made by Rube Waddell in 1903. After the
Rube gets through with the Athletics this
year he promises a new record.
Billy Lush. former Cleveland outfielder.
has emphatically declared that he will
not sign a Nashville contract. He says
he may not play base ball at all this
season.
The New Orleans team of the Southern
League has almost ma jor-i league Ineup,
with Barley Lord. Robe and Lave cross.
The team will give the Athletics stln
practice.
Brooklyn fans are mourning the loss OF
Pitcher Elmer Stricklett the noted spit
BALI expert, who has signed to pitch a
year with the San Jose club OF the CAN
fornia outlaw league. Stricklett Will re-
ceive a larger salary than he did with
the Dodgers.
Eddie Plank waited until the eleventh
hour to sign a contract with the Athletics
Just before the Athletics started SCUM
Edward talked with Mack and signed the
papers. He was one of the first TO poaro
the train for New Orleans.
Bobby Lowe, who took Bill CouShliH >
place at third on the Tiger team part
of last season, has sent from his nome
i'm Sharon, Pa his signed contract TO
manage the Grand Rapids team In the
Central League. This team formerly
was managed by John CANCEL.
larry La ioie has a collection OF twenty
nine bats with which to start the season.
mot one of them is more than a yea!
old" SAYS Larry land consequently none
of them has batting average better than
299 But there are several recruts IN
the bunch that look as If they could nit
about $50
Griffith has been doing most OF tne
pitching to his youngsters and veterans
at Hot Springs. The other DAY ne slo.
them over for Bill Dahlen, who Is taxing
the "boiling OUT process. Griffith fooied
his, man as he did In the olden Gays:
Orth is the surprise Of the Hlghlandefs
camp. He already is In midsummer form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
TEXAS BUzzARDs IN DEMAND.
Few Carloads Wanted for Shipment
to the North.

From the San Antonio Express.
Henry Fielding of Bangor. Me. arrived
in the city Saturday and is stopping at the
Bexar Hotel. His mission in the Lone Star
state is to purchase and acquire Texas
buzzards of various ages for shipment to
Maine for scavenger purposes. He is rep
resenting a number of the boards of trade
chambers of commerce, business clubs.
ETC.. of Maine cities, which have recently
awakened to the fact that the supply of
buzZards i'm Maine is rapidly decreasing.
which is Injurious to the rural districts of
Maine.
Mr.. Fielding was instructed to select the
most strategic point as a headquarters in
a section of the southwest we'll populated
with the crimson-headed creatures. and 10
begin operations. Mr.. Fielding says ii is
a matter of general knowledge that buzz
yards are thickest in a cattle country, and
inquiries by mail and otherwise proved
that southwest Texas is we'll stocked with
what he is seeking. The shipments VIII
be in carload lots to various points in
Maine. Most of them will probably move
out of San Antonio, coming here in less
than carload lots. However il Mr.. Field
ing secures a carload at any particular
point in the southwest the shipment will
be made from there.
Mr.. Fielding admits that his mission is
unique and seems strange in a community
where buzzards are plentiful, yet one that
can be perfectly appreciated in comnu-.
nifty where the stock of buzzards has been
almost wholly destroyed. He says the last
legislature in the state of Maine passed
stringent laws relating to the slaughter
Of buZZards. and that during the next two
or three years an ehort will be made to
undo the damage that has been done and
to remedy present conditions.
Naturally" said Mr.. Fielding. 'any
one will admit that the buzzard Is a very
necessary bird to rural districts. He Is
not only a destroyer of carrion, but he is
great detective and calls the attention
of many farmer and ranch owner to
the presence of nearby carrion cal
culated 10 injure health if not disposed
of. We believe that by a general cam
paign it Will be possible to restock the
state of Maine in the course Of two or
three years, and believe that the money
will be we'll expended"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
First News From Training
Camp Will Be Interesting.
DAILY SPECIALS TO STAR
This and Last Years Teams Com
pared by a Fan"
McALEER HAS HIS TROUBLES
Racing at New Orleans-Slosson s
New Billiard Record-Golf at
misunderstanding

Manager Cantilon and his band of
Nationals are due to arrive in Galveston
tonight. according to the latest report
from that city. but travel on the west
ern and southern roads this time of the
year is mighty uncertain and they will
be lucky to reach their destination by to-
morrow morning. News of the first game
in which the Nationals take part will be
read with a great deal of interest, as
will also all other items about the train
ing trip. The Evening and Sunday Star
has made arrangements to have special
correspondent on the grounds and there
will be little left to imagination around
the camp of the Nationals in the way<of
news that won't be placed before the
readers of this paper
The following communication was re
revived this morning from a reader of The
Star and a great admirer of the Nation
ais. 1t wifi prove interesting reading 10
the Washington fans" and is as fol-
lows:
THE Washington team having gone to
Galveston, Tex, for their preliminary
training to get into condition for the
grueling championship race in the Amer
lean League of 1908. the following table
will show the relative strength of the
teams of 1907 and 1908 as to batting, base
running and sacrifice hitting; also as to
team batting. 1t will be seen by the fig
ures. which are taken from the official
averages in each year. that the team
which represents this city at the opening
lsnf the coming season is stronger at the
bat by .O16 points than the one that
started last year. Last years team bat
ted as a whole .262, while the present
team show an average of .276. Last years
nine had but one 300 hitter, Perrine. and
he fell down woefully and was sent to the
minors, as was Schlafly. at second base.
This years team can boast of three 300
batsmen. Kay, .3:s8; Clymer, .316 and
Freeman. 800. Milan batted .304 in the
minors (class c league) and did exceed
ingly we'll the short time he was in ma or
league company, with .219, and he no
season.
From present indications the team looks
,tRt least 80 per cent stronger than last
year, and its work in the exhibition
games in Texas and during the home trip,
when it plays games with Cincinnati, Co
,1umbus, Indianapolis. Louisville and
Springfield, ILL.,. is likely to demonstrate
this. The knockers of the past winter
should take to the woods and wait until
! it has chance to show whether it is ca
pable of doing better work than previous
teams have done. If the patrons of the
games in this city would encourage the
, much they would no doubt see a much
better article of ball. as then the players
would feel that their efforts are appre-
Ciated and would work that much harder
to win, as a man who is being knocked
necessarily does not have the spirit or
ambition tu-do justice to himself. The
tables follow:
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Inspection Trips on the Potomac.

The United States Engineers steamer
Gen. Warren, which went to Norfolk
about month ago to carry two large
searchlights from Fort Washington. has
returned to this city and is again in
service on the river. The Warren is still
armed with her ice-breaking plow, but it
Is stated that she will be berthed at her
wharf at Georgetown to have it removed
within the next day or two. The Gen.
Warren is used by the officers connected
with the United States Army Engineers
service in making inspection trips to
points on the Potomac and other territory
where improvements are being made. She
Is now, it is said. looking after the work
preliminary to the deepening of the river
channel to Georgetown and the channel
in the eastern branch.