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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-04
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BANK MAKES
FINE SHOWING

The National Bank Of Commerce Ia
receiving many congratulations on its
splendid showing at the close Of It's
first years existence. The deposits
have grown from 1897 .504.41 on the
day the bank opened its doors to So
63,298.06 on June Of this year The
bank has enjoyed a year of splendid
business
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-04
Architect to Pay for Collapse.

GOERLITZ. Germany, June 4.-1he
city OF Goerlitz. whose new music hall
collapsed owing to an error OF the
architect. DR.. Sehring, OF Berlin, Sc
cured an order from the court laying
arrest upon Sehring's entire fortune
The arrest will not be removed until
damages have been fixed and the city
Is reimbursed for its losses.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-04
Says Hes Victim Of "Freexe Out"
Game.

Alleging that he was the victim of
freeze out" game. Roy Haines has
started suit In the circuit court against
David Mcintyre, Haines says he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-04
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Sunday Excursions June z, via Mlehl
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begin at o'clock.
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The evening world., 1908-12-19
Is Champion
of Amateur Shooters

trap shooting champion OF the United
States. He won his title a. Trsvers
Island yesterday by breaking s5 out OF
u possible 100 targets. making the same
ecord as that OF d. a. Epson, of Cleve-
!and, IN the try-outs OF Thursday.
Weather conditions We're anything but
taNoraD!e. In the morning a light rain
was falling and haze hung over tho
range. Once in while a clay pigeon
would SO whirling away and no one
could follow It, so heavy was the wind.
MctartyS score under the circum-
stances was remarkable one. w. NJ.
Foord. OF Wilmington. Del. was but a
single point behind him. while DR., ID. l.
Culver, of the Jersey City Gun Club,
finished third. with 90 kills. Epson, the
Cleveland crack shot, who. on his show
ing Of Thursday. was picked as win
ner, was away off yesterday and to-
tailed only 81 out OF his 100 chances.
In the professional class the veteran.
j. a. h. Elliott. OF Brooklyn, was tbs
winner. with the splendid score Of o.
He missed one target in his first set,
then cleaned up twenty-five straight In
the next two and missed q hard wind.
thrown flyer in the last one. Lester
German, once a star twirler on the
Giants, was right after Elliott. scoring
81 kills out Of the 100. The third flight
was his downfall. He missed thrns
times in this round.
The scores follow:
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Women Daredevil
Drivers in Dash
Across NeW Jersey

-vHE two-dsv mldwinter automobile
run 20 Philadelphia and return.
l which is to bs held during the
holiday week by the Women's Motoring
Club of this city. is attracting attention
from women drivers all over the East
as It is the first exclusive women's run
promoted by women ever held in Amer
lea.
There will be a number of novel fea-
lures about the run, IN which the vnlpa-
bic prizes are TO be awarded upon skllL
grace. accuracy and tire troubles The
women drivers are now In hard prac-
tice, and every fair afternoon in Central
Park and on the bouieYGfds they can be
seen at the steering wheels
The run will STAR from the Plaza at
F!fty-nlnth street and VIII include a
short parade. which viii probably be
witnessed by thousands. AZ Trenton
those Ia the run will be entertained at
lunch by Horace De Lisssr. president OF
the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Company, and
At Philadelphia tho auto clubs will all
turn out ss an escort.
Entry blanks may be had from Alex
sehwaihaeh. No 329 Thoroughtars
Building, atoadwsy and ktfty-asventh
strsst. NsHn1 York
The evening world., 1908-12-19
THESE TWOGZANTS
MONEY

and let out that grunt of dissatisfaction
the ball players know so well.
nc save MCGrdw 20 understand that
he was afraid he would not be able to
earn the increase in salary and he
steadfastly refused IT until the following
year when Nc" gave MIN some more
anyway.
Meyers, the fullblooded Indian who
is to Join the Giants as a catcher in the
spring. is said to be a wonder He is
over six feet tall and weighs nearly 200
pounds. He can throw like shot and
hits hard Last fall he surprised Nc
Graw by declining to make Il little extra
money for himself. Me" asked him to
come on and join the Giants the last
few weeks SO that he could get a little
big league experience. This would have
meant about $500 to him, but he re-
spectfully declined it, saying that he
would be unable to DO the team any
good. He knew that he would not be
allowed to catch IN a regular game, and
he felt that he would not be earning his
money. That's going some for young
stsr, eho
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Milliga1 Once Stood Still
and Won a Great Marathon
b. Huisern addition athletic
you give detals' ANDERSON 1,

Your information In that respect is very
nesgre, Mr. Anderson or you would not
have asked such question.
II Is true that 1illigan was some run
ntT as we'll as p4eTless hitter Tor the
Poison OAKS, On a certain day IN Oc-
ioher great Tunne? came 30 BoDbie-
'own. 80, and allowed as how he could
1oat any man that ever wa.Eed on two
less distance OF twenty-six miles" s.
Milizsu was then in his prime.
Ono day Ail!gan sscer,a.ne4 that tho
strangers name was T!2h!!xA TOD, That
gave M.Dlsau en- idea. aad hs ingmedi-
l'ely accepted TIE challenge for the race
Under tie Marathon rairs OF that day
-iHe As TEalo a fa.sa srari. That IS, ne
could not saft before cle crack Of the
JAiol An indoor track was arranged.
Gud on JAc uEat before tAe raoe HlliFsn
and 40 cctscuyes might have been seen
sous 49, t-a course and fastening some
..la. .44 s..tu. The co.! Waog taey
.s1 r..r "a .sy wen, nich 70 the hotel
end fond 4.1a.su Tea Dragging over
Uaut ne vas going 70 Do. Miiigan felt
.u r4E' good a-gYr, sHd decided 70 san
tie race by 81 ategy and not By natural
4ul..s. ucIEA ne could ea4lly have Won
ga merit
On tho night u Ire Eroat race an i'm
ueurs crowd was present. and tho ex-
,tcasrt vas Intense Mltssn and Tick
llA Ted llnod up. Ani a WaA ehssr, ID
nat 10th wore spiksd shoaa over d. bal
" the foot 10 heel being LETT bare. kssl
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Professional Shoot-1oo Targets.
City College Has Big List
of Stars tor To~Niqhts Games

Tommy Burke. Maxey Long and Gabs
Hollander shonld result.
Mike Driscoll. the sorrei-toppad dis
lance marvel from Yonkers. sent In his
entry for the four-mile scratch event
early this week. Fred Bellars. Tom Col
Inns. Win Bailey. Eddie Carr. Joe Ma
lone, William Kramer. Jim Clarke and
John Reilly. practically the Same field
that competed IN the five-mile run at the
indoor championships when Tom Collins
smashed Eddie Carriers long standing
record will measure strides, and II
would not he surprising to see another
record 60 by the boards. Tom Collins
at first declined 10 meet Driscoll, owing
TO trouble with his feet. Toms feet now
are all right. and the Irish-American
distance king probably VIII face the
barrier.
Bobby Cioughen and Billy Keatins.
the national champions. will be on
scratch In the sprints with as fast .
field of sprinters as ever toel tho mark
out ahead of them. The cream OF the
schoolboys have entered in the high and
preparatory school events, and the fleet
est tours In the country will compete ia
the relay races open to clubs ana cob
legeP.
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Taylor Declined an Increase
and Catcher Meyers Re-
fused Offer.

THERE IS some talk OF Taylor and
McGinnity being dropped by the
l Giants. but McGraw says they
WIN Join the club in the spring. Taylor
has always been n winning pitcher dur
ing the early part Of the season. Last
year he was not sol good on account of
the continued bad condition of his arm.
He may round up in fine shape in
March. though, and his services will be
valuable. Whether Taylor ever pitches
or not he is worth his salary TO the
New York club as a drawing card.
Taylor IS a great man 20 have on a
club" said McGraw at his billiard room
yesterday He is never disheartened.
and when everything is going bad and
the boys are d!sgruntled he always hobs
up with q smiling face and puts the
whole club in good humor He never
hears the sour remarks. and always
looks on the bright side of things"
Taylor, by the way, Is the only base
ball player who ever declined an adj
vance in salary. Soon after McGraw
took charge of the team he suggested 10
Taylor that he would give him more
money, thinking that he would encour-
age him TO work extra hard in the
spring. Taylor shook his head violently
The evening world., 1908-12-19

observers noted that q Milligan secret
service man stood at intervals OF ten
teet all around the track. In their hands
they held a very small wire which could
not be seen by the runners or the crowd.
TIE starter rot ready and flour!shed his
pistol IN che a!-
zone! Two" no s1nouted, and then Tick
lish Ted was seen 10 start. He was i'm
mediate!y called back and pezallzeh ten
feet. Again tAe starter got ready. and
again at thu sound of TWO" Ted reared
W as n 10 start. and lost another ten
feet. This kept I'm for half an hour. and
Ted had tackled around Until he had lost
something Ike 400 yards
Again and arain the start was tried. but
Ted made false move and bet. Swat
stood immovabls al his post, and by mon
the next day had been lApDsd forty-elzht
times by Ted, who couldn't make a start.
ehd was backing up.
10 make l1rE E,ory short, TED finally
backed W twenty-g!x miles and Swat won
the race vlthcu; moving from his tracks.
with a chucK!s MlllIEan bGde his secret
service msn 10 Eous. They had done thsiT
work.
Two years later. when the track was
moved, 1, was found mat small feathers
had been placed ~ Intervals OF ten feet
/ In me track, and ~ a specially aTraanked
APPARATUS the secret ssryaos men would
/ pull wire and tbs fsarhsr would rlss W
and tickle poor Ted on sns heel
| ThAi v the true stoEy. Ar, AndsEson.
ROzEAlAN BuLGER
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Evers Is Determined to Quit
the Chicago Cubs for at
Least One Season.

arise as TO what are the powers and
limitations of baseball contract Last
year Joe Kelley signed with Boston as
manager, but he held out until Dovey
would give him a TWO years contract.
This he finally secured. and things
The case might De. until the end OF the
season. Owner Dewey then notified
kelley that his services were no longer
needed. Kelley could find no RELIEF on
an appeal 70 Pulliam, and he now says
mat ne VIII bring suit against Dewey
tor repudiatinS the two years con-
tract II 1t is possible for an owner
20 end contract whenever he sees at,
what is the necessity. the protection or
more than one year? If the owners
can hold manager for more than one
year under contract, 1t looks but fair
that the manager could hold the own
e-s under the same contract.
The evening world., 1908-12-19

George Horarity win not be with the
Hlghlanders next season. He has been
sold TO the Detroit team, and will be
the regular third baseman on the Amer
lean League two~time championship
team next seanon. The deal has been
pending Tor long time. but Owner Far
rcll and Manager Stallings could not
SEQ the fast ofrers made by the Detroit
team.
The first one was an even trade for
Bili Coughlin, the veteran third sacker
Of the Tigers, who is about all in as a
player. Nothing doing In that trade
Inen Jennings cams through Win an
offer 70 trade Pitcher Mullln for Mor!-
aTlty, That kept Farrell and SlallnEs
guessing for time, as Farrell has
always been pretty sweet on Mullin.
and once offered the Detroit Club big
| cash price-sl0 900 for his release.
jennings wanted Mor!arity and kept
on making offers until the deal went
| gel a nice little bundle OF cash and the
pick OF the Detroit club surplus OF In
| helders. Downs or kllIifsr Will be Sc
Looted by 6tallings. with all the chances
especially IN pinchss. besides being =
| fair second bassInan- II Downs falls "a
make soos hare he sansef shiftsd - ~
Ass1AFk'tine. - sAss-I 800. - y
The evening world., 1908-12-19
NASSAU ROD AND GUN
CLUBS ANNUAL BANQUET
ORGANIZATION Has Doubled Member-
ship In Past Year Under Presi-
dent W. y. whitney.

The Nassau Rod and Gun club held
its annual banquet and election Of Of
ficers at the st Dennis last night, II
WAS the first occasion ~ toh kind At
whlah ladies were invited and the inuo-
walton proved great success. Pres-
dent William J. Whitney and OH -ers of
the club welcomed the guests, After
the banquet speeches Were made as fui-
lows: II. Willard Gr.filns acting a'
POSTMASTER The CLUB" William d.
Whitney, The kud aud Gun. -au.a'
r. Newman; our Future PE.y
HAuser, The Press. Edward X Tow
send. editor ~ the Hampstead Rcr.h.-
can. and The Ladies r Frank liar
vey. Members of tie club also q BE-
nished music. Tho erection of office
resulted as fulloWe NulgW j. N...
ney. president Vs. 3D. NUa', tI"r-g..
ident Philip HaN.r. ..vrta-.. I. t
hudson III. Allen, rcH#...I F,..at.
Hye trustees were ALSO elected 4.e
club has moro rhau 1.-..,I lt- u."-
bershlp In the past t,ar and Aa5 .i-
own home. lighthouses, moot boat ult
small crau al Nassau .rH-Soa, l.. g
The evening world., 1908-12-19

with an entry list boasting an array
OF Olympic. National. Metropolitan and
Canadian champions. the huge carnival
of sport under tho auspices of the Col
lego of the City of New York will be
held at the Twenty-second Regiment
Armory tonight. and from all indica-
lions 1t will be the banner set of the
year. With Melvin Sheppard. Harry
Hillman. Charley Bacon. Harry Gissing,
Harry Sedley. Jim McEntee and other
feet Embellishments In the special 600
yard scratch race. one of the most hair
raising contests seen since the days OF
The evening world., 1908-12-19
ROGER BRESNAHAN HAS LITTLE
CHANCE OF GETTING FRED MERKLE

self he hasn't enough good players on
his payroll to exchange for Merlile.
The lamentable mistake made by
Merkle. which cost New York the
championship. does 40. necessarily
make him unpopular, He probably
could not get enough votes in Manhat-
tan to elect him Mayor but McGraw
and all those who know baseball re-
alize that Merkle's failure to touch
second was natural omission. 1t has
been done by other players, veterans
at that, hundreds OF times, 1t just so
happened that Merkle did it at the
wrong time.
McGraw says he expects Merkle to
be one of his greatest players next
him trading with ST. Louis. Who
would Bresnahan have to trade. any
way? 1t looks just now as If the only
valuable thing that Bresnahan has Is
himself and franchise. All of the
ball players want 10 see the former
Giant catcher succeed as a manager,
but 1t looks as If he is going TO have
II will be some time before he gets
Merkle.
Johnny Evers appears 10 be serious
IN his determination 10 quit the game.
He said the other day, while here. that
impossible figure, so that Murphy
would not want him Evers is not
sore at the Cub management, but he
" ants 10 80 INTO business for himself
An interesting question is about u
The evening world., 1908-12-19
so Miles Indoors
Equal to rs Miles
In the Open Air

1T is impossible to decide the mer-
its OF a Marathon runner over
26 miles, 3s5 yards indoor course"
That is the claim of Ernie Hert-
berg, of the Irish-American A. c.,
and Ernie has turned out some great
runners. including Johnny Hayes and
Jim Crowley.
ITO my mind" continued Hertberg,
"a man that runs the Marathon dis
lance over the hills and dales of the
country is under much greater eff
fort. He has heavy shoes and the
rocky roads to struggle over. while
indoors he has smooth track that
becomes a beaten path after a few
miles. Then his opponent Is with
him all the time. and either one /.
setting the pace. To decide the ques-
ton let them run fifty miles indoors,
and that will come pretty near equal
izing things"
The evening world., 1908-12-19
"BA T7ZZNG" HURLEY AND DIVER
WILL REOPEN BUCKLEYIS CLUB

Two good fights are carded for tonight.
Al the National a. c., OF Philadelphia, Al.
kubiak. the Michigan heavyweight, and John
Wtle. the Chicago light heavyweight, Will
battle for six rounds at catchweights, while
al New Orleans Young Donahue." the clever
welterweight. OF Boston. and Dave Desh.er
will come together in fifteen round bout
before the Southern Athletic Club. Both
boutA ought to be good ones
Manager Johnny White. Of the Nattona! A.
c, the big boxing club OF this city. has
appointed Jim Buckley the official referee or
the club. Buckley did the club q favor by
goin4 into the ring and refereeing the bouts
held by the club two weeks ago, despite the
fact that the police tried hard 10 buy tickets
so that they could make raid. A few more
The evening world., 1908-12-19
TWO STAGS TONIGHT.

Two boxing stays are scheduled to
take place tonight. At the Long Acre
A. c. the principals in the main bout
will be Young Alberts. of Jersey City.
and Knockout Brown. They will bat
tie for SIX rounds, Four other bouts
will precede il.
At the National A. c., of Brooklyn.
Ben Douglas and Harry Powers will
come together in the star bout of six
rounds. Besides this good bout there
will be five others between evenly
matched boxers.
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Tough New Jersey Youngster
Matched for an Old
time Scrap.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

YlM BUCKLEY, who Is again con-
Quoting boxing stays at the Sha rkey
A c.. last night matched Johnny
Dwyer. Of Elizab beth. n. j., to meet Bat
ting Hurley. the Passaic fighter. in the
main bout of ten rounds at the next
show of the club. a week from Wednes-
day night. The lads will battle for ten
rounds. and should put up a rafting
fast battle. as both are rapid fighters
and as game as there is in the business.
The fighting game in San Francisco
which had the worst slump this year
that IL has had since the sport
was first inaugurated there. will in
all probability be conducted by new
men the coming year. Jack Gleason.
Sam Berger and Eugene Lecardi. who
were at the head of the three clubs
that were permitted to pull OF shows
this season, have practically announced
that they will not continue in the game.
as they lost considerab BILE money on the
fights they did pull off. The Board of
Supervisors. who issue licences TO the
fight club managers. have not as yet
announced who will get the permits for
next year. II is generally believed that
Berger, Gleason and Lecardi nave in
formed them that they will not make
any request for them
Jim Cottroth Is after the bout between
Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly. whioh will
BE- arranged IE Il fey s day. cSftTo.h has
receipts TO battle for at his open-air arena
At Coma, Cal. on New Years afternoon.
date. as Il will not give them enough time
to train for the battle.
After much dokerlnR the match oe.wesn
the heavyweight Marvin Hart. OF Louis
up last night TO battle for twenty rounds
Ky, on the night OF Dec, 81: An effort g
being made by the club officials 10 get
Both men are in training for the contest
The evening world., 1908-12-19

summer resorts. He runs great WeehiS
excursions to National Park and cthef
places. Promoting fights seems, from
the enormous sums he spends In pre-
pairing for them and the huge purses TO
be one of his amusements
a USTRALIA is strong in all out-of-
IA door sports IT is nothing unusual
4 4 for from fifty to sixty thousand
to turn out for big football or cricket
match. In fact, It is so common an oc-
currence that the Australian papers
only notice the attendance in small
paragraph or a line or TWO.
EVERYBODY is wondering now
r. what effect the sudden and I'M
- mense popularity of professional
.Marathon" running will have on anna
teur athletics. Some people think II Will
have a tendency to make amateurs turn
professional.
. A few will, Of course, but the general
effect will be to make amateur athleucs
stronger than ever before. Thousahos
of young athletes who never went IN Tor
the sport seriously will train harder and
enter more competitions. The amateur
clubs will put on long distance races. In
which, instead of two men running
around and around for two or three
hours, we can see a dozen competing al
a time, which will be far more inter-
esting There are amateur runners Sui
in the amateur class who could give DO
rando or Longboat or Shrubb tough
time over the Marathon route. In a few
months new runners will come up and
eclipse all the old records. It always
works that way when there is general
interest in any one specialized branch
OF sport.
The general result will be crop of
long distance runners that will crack
all Of Englands long distance records
Ind the long distance records are all
old England has 10 boast Of nowadays
Not many of the ftrst-class amateurs
If any-will turn pro, for the simple
reason that in all probability the puohc
interest in professional running VIII
soon die out. There have been good
professional long distance runners In
this country, and all around New YORK.
for many years. yet they never drew
enough gate money 10 keep them from
the necessity of driving bakery wagons
and ringing up fares.
When Longboat, shrub. Dorando.
Hayes and one or two others are played
out there will be lull in professional
running, but the amateur game will go
right along year after year. Money OF
the lack of 1t makes no difference Il
amateur clubs, and amateur champion
ships will he held In the future whether
or not a dollar is taken in at the gate
q
money-paying interest in amateur af'
fairs right now, There are several clubs
whose meets can pack Madison Square
Garden any night in The week this win
ter, and the regiments are jammed II
their capacity whenever tie Gtrateui
diers start,
The evening world., 1908-12-19
Hertbery Tells the Juniors
H0V to Train for Marathon
BY ERNIE HERTBERG.
1lrainer Of the Irtsh:Amertcan A. G.

Walk. walk. walk,
That's the first lesson one must
learn to become Marathon runner.
walk homo at night. I would sus-
sest ten miles at the beginning and
increase 1t to fifteen before taking
to running. Walking will do more
to strengthen your legs and back for
an endurance -.n :ha. anything else.
1t will also increase your lung power.
When you take your first run be
sure to learn to run from the ball
of the foot to the heel and not from
the heel TO the ball of the foot
Hayes. Shrubb. Crowley. Morrisey.
Longboat all run as first stated.
The evening world., 1908-12-19
GRIFFITH GETS KARGER
AND FROMME FOR REDS.

Clark Griffith will get Pitchers
FromHe and Karger from +, Roger
BreauaEan's 81, Louis club in exchange
for the deal whereby Catcher Schlei
was sent TO the Giants in order 10 allow
BrssreWau 10 become manager OF the
Cardinals. This addition TO the Gin
clnnai sraff viii make Griffith s aggre-
gallon dangerous one next season, as
both Inen are high-Class twirlers.
The evening world., 1908-12-19
McGraw Will Not Listen to
Trade for Utility Man at
Present Time.

~ OGER BRESNAHAN. the new
X manager of the st. Louis Cardi-
- mails, is making a bid for Fred
Merkle, and hopes to secure him on
the grounds that many believe the big
first baseman unpopular in New York,
McGraw is always willing TO make a
trade If he can get the best Of 1t, but
/: Bresnahan dug up enough players
to make the swap there wouldn't be
anything left in ST. Louis but Bresna-
han and a bat bag. Aside from him