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The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
CUMBERLAND AFTER A CLUB
Trying to Land Wilmington Fran
chise in Union League.
Former Fire Chief Reynolds, Who
Controls Park, Makes Oner TO
President Lawson.
80 10 DC wa.hlngton Hcrnla.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Cumberland. Md. May 2s-Thomas Rey-
nolds. former chief OF the Cumberland
fire department., and the FIRE department
OF the jamestown Exposition. who con-
trolls the lease OF the park Of the Cum
berland Baseball Association this season.
to-day received reply to a letter which
he addressed 10 President Lawson, Of the
Union League. regarding the transfer OF
Union League franchise TO Cumber-
land. preferably Wilmington.
As result. Mr.. Reynolds wired Presi-
dent Lawson TO come 10 Cumberland al
once with the view Of closing deal. The
people here are anxious that a club be
placed in Cumberland. and II is assured
that strong support would be forthcoming.
Cumberland has always given good sup
port 20 it's team.
President Lawson wanted Mr.. Reynolds
20 come 20 Philadelphia, but business
engagements here prevent.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
Reds Are After John KIinp

Cincinnati. May 23.-Johnny King. the
Cubs great catcher, was in town Tues
day with bundle Of blue prints and
map Of Cincinnati. He is hunting for
place for a billiard and pool hall. and
President August Hermann Is assisting
him in finding the required place. King
is Red possibility-not probability, but
possibility. In case he should find a de-
sirable location there are reasons to be-
lieve that he viii endeavor TO secure his
release from Chicago in order TO Join the
Reds and make this town his permanent
residence. or course, this Is even a ie-
mote possibility, but In consideration of
the fact that King is to-day the greatest
cetcher in baseball, there must be some
recognition Of the fact, for, after all,
stranger things than this have happened.
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GILLIS ON YANKEE TEAM.
Hammer-thrOwer Who Has Been In
Brazil Leaves for England.

New York. May 23-Word reached here
yesterday from Simon p. ellis. the ham
mer thrower Of the New York Athletic
A. c.. that he had left Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil for England. where he viii COM
pete in the English championships. and
alterward in the Olympic games. In fact.
he viii be the first Of the American team
TO reach English soil. For the last two
years or so Gillis has been a resident Of
Rio de Janeiro. being in the employment
OF the Light and Power Company. a New
York concern. He VIII defray his own
expenses TO England. and will travel by
way Of Portugal, Spain, and France. ar
rving in England couple of weeks be-
fore the championship. which takes place
on July IL.
Before leaving Rio de Janeiro ellis
made some capital trials with the hammer.
J. E. Sullivan states that ellis will be
one OF the Olympic team.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
Commissioners Trim ST. yincent's by
Opportune Batting.
NIANUINf

Game to.morrow--NIarines vs.. PotomaS. at
League grounds. az $50
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LAUNCH COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Teams Representing the Business
Houses Open Season Saturday.
Grounds at Eighth and Florida Ave
nue. in shape for Fast PIay-Six
Mines in Organization.

The Commercial Baseball League has
been organized for the season, and COM
prises the following teams; w. 3. Moses
q Sons. r. Walter Power. manager: VIII
lam Hahn & Co, d. Blondheim. manager:
George Z. Howard Company, T. ". Nc
Grew, manager. Woodward & L,othorp,
+. +. Cadet. manager; Z. J. Murphy
Company i. ]. Murphy, manager; Ma
tional Electric Supply Company, Mr.. Nc
Carthy. manager.
These teams are party made up by
employees OF other firms, so that nearly
every commercial house Is represented.
and the interest in the league will be
general.
II being evident that the successful
launching Of new league depended
largely on It's management the officers
were carefully selected and the league IS
10 be congratulated on obtaining such
experienced and able leaders as r. Wal
ter Power. president: +. j. Murphy, treas
urer. and T. Z. Cadett secretary.
The opening games will be played on
Memorial Day. Hahn & Co. and L J.
Murphy Company Will play AZ o'clock,
and will be followed Immediately by ".
b. Moses & Sons and Woodward & 10th
rop. al 4 o'clock
Great interest is centered in the game
between w. b. Moses & Sons and Wood
ward Lothrop, as there is a friendly
rivalry OF long standing between the two
teams
The grounds at Eighth street and Flori-
de avenue northeast have been leased and
put in condition for fast ball playing.
and the public is invited 70 attend these
games, where orderly and interesting ball
playing is guaranteed
A silver cup and pennant have been do
mated, and each team has already de-
clared itself as the possible winner. The
teams. though. are pretty evenly matched
and have all shown up well in practice.
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ROCHESTER GAS AND MARINE ENGINES.
All sizes. ] TO cylinders. 70 50 h. p.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
Copeland's Single Starts Rally
which Wins for Columbia.

Tomorow's game c. p. o. vs. Brentwood at
Capitol City Park at $50 p m.
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-Batted for Winner in ninth inning
MARYLAND ;. C............... 0 0 Ia
Gurley A. C..................O OllOO O-3
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Miss sutton VIZ stay Home.

Word comes from the Pacific Coast
that Miss May c. Sutton viii not go TO
England this year 70 take part in lawn
tennis tournaments there. Miss Sutton
has made three trips, being successful
in two of them She has won the All
England championship IN singles twice.
and has won the Wales championship
three times, taking the challenge bowl
FOR her own. Il IS believed that she viii
sake part this year IN the American sin
Eies championship which she won IN
1904 Miss Sutton ought 10 have little
difficulty in getting that title back again.
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TIGERS WIN EASILY
Harvard Gets Only Three
Hits Off Heyniger.
CROWD OF 5000 SEES GAME
Veteran TwirIer Re-
ceives ErrorIess suppOrt-HartfOrd
and Lannigan Are Unable 10 Keep
Hits seattered-CFImsOn Fourth
Successive Defeat by Heyniger.

Princeton. n. J.. May IA brilliant
crowd of more than 5000 gathered at
University Field this afternoon TO see the
Princeton-HaIvard ball game.
The Tigers won handily by a score OF
10 0. Red-hot baseball weather proved
at tonic for Princeton. while the crowd
sat there and yelled and cooked for nine
innings. The notable feature Of the game
was the work OF Heyniger. Nassau's star
pitcher The big fellow administered his
fourth successive defeat in two years 20
Harvard. and at every stage Of the con-
test had things well in hand.
The score.
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SUNDAY-SCHOOL LEAGUE.
First Defeats Grace in an Exciting
Contest by 3 to 2

The Grace Baptists met with their first
defeat at the hands OF the First aggre-
CATION yesterday. by 70 ?
Mcmahon and Wheatley, the opposing
twirlers. did good work for their re-
spective teams. the former tanning five
and allowing seven scattered hits. and
the latter being touched up for six safe
ties and forcing thirteen batsmen back
10 the bench
Turner carried off the batting honors.
getting three hits out Of four trips 10 the
plate. Score:
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RENAULT CAR WINNER.
Finishes First In Free-fOr-aH at
Richmond Auto Races.
Special to The Washington Herald.

SptciaI % The Washington Hcmld
Richmond. Va. May 3.-With several
hundred automobiles lined around the
track. and in the presence Of perhaps
1900 spectators, the second annual meet
Of the Richmond Automobile Club was
held this afternoon at the State Fair race
track.
The grand stand was packed with
ladies' and their escorts, and as many
local enthusiasts took part in the pro-
gramme. excitement was high. The races
were preceded by a parade, in which
nearly every automobile in the city took
part. The sport was marked by no acci-
dent of any kind. The best time made
was by a Renault machine. which won
the free-for-all race, FIVE miles, in 6:5s9s.
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STANDING or THE TEAMS
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Two-base hits-C Beckett, Ehlers, II. Beckett
Three-base hit-C. Beckett. Stolen bases-Hooks
Handiboe. Thomas. Harding Hurley. Ehlen. Amer
Tea. II. Beckett ~. Cshil Miller lSl.' Sacrifice
hits-Hooks. Harding. Dugsn. Whitney. Double
play-Cahil 20 ]. Smith. Hits made-OR Beckett
7; OF Whitney, H. First base ON balls-of Beckett.
2. on Whitney. l. Hit by pitched balls-Harding.
Thomas Struck out-By Beckett, II; by Whitney.
s. Left on hases-C Commissioners. 5; St. Nincents.
5. Umpire-Mr Cleveland Time Of game-l hour
and s. minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
SURVEYORS PLAY TIE GAME.
Umpire Does Poor Work In Game
with Manassas.

The United States Geological Survey
baseball team played an interesting ball
game with the Manassas City team,
which ended in the score Of TO 3.
The game was played under protest as
the umpire did not give single decision
which met with the approval OF half the
spectators.
KnOckey, who was in the box for the
Survey. pitched great ball. allowing only
four hits. and received gilt-edge sup
port. while Roszell twirled a good game
for Manassas, but received poor support.
Spieer's and Lausilrs one-hand catches
were the only features. Score:
R.HE.
L. S. G. s............. 0 O20O 0 G 0-5 l
Manassas. s................ o o l 0 Is 4 4
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PLAY EIGHT-INNING TIE.
st. Eli1abeth'S md Rockville Each
Score Four Runs.

The Government Hospital for the In
sane and Rockville played the prettlest
game Of the season at ST. Elizabeth's s
yesterday Darkness caused the exhibi-
tion 10 be called at the end Of the eighth
inning, the score standing 4 70 4.
Wilkins was on the rubber for the hos
pital team, and, excepting the second
inning. when the visitors punched their
hits held Rockville firmly IN hand. Whit
Ing was hit harder. but he kept the bin
giles scattered.
FIckett and Jones fielded brilliantly for
St Elizabeth's, and Lee Kemp starred at
third for the Maryland team. Score:
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Earned nins-Flrst, /; GracP, / First base by
errcrs-First ?; Grace. p Left on bases-First 3;
Grace. 6 First base on hans-On Becker /. of
8. Innings pitched-By Becker. l. hv
s. Hits madc-Of Becker. 1: on Nc
NIahon. Z Of Whoatley. 6. Struck out--By Becker
l; By McNlahon. S; by Whcatley. g. Two-hase hits
Conway ~. Sacrifice hit-McNiahon Stolen bases
-Spalding. Turner, Clements WiIkerson Double
play-Aiofit 10 SpaldinE. Hit hy pitcilrr-Br Nc.
Mahon. /. Passed ball-Mofit Umpire-NIr. Hughes.
Time q gamo-l hour and 30 minutes
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Left on -Brookland. 70; Metropolitans, s.
First base on balls-Of Bullock. 5. Struck oat-By
Bullock. 8; BY VALLEY. 5 Three-base hits-Cana-
lisr, Bullock. Two-hsse hirs-CamalieT Schmidt ~.
Moore. AicMorris. Moriarity. Haisp. Sacrlnce hit
Moriarity Stolen tases-EyEns Mobray. Bullock.
Walker. Mcriarity sannipo "a. Double pay-San-
nino 20 Mc(ioluck. Hit by ritcher-By Bullock, :
Passed halls-Camaler. 5. Umrires-Aiessrs. Wild
mayer and Bragg. Time Of game-l hour and -
minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
MARYLANDAGGIESGETONEHIT
Dillon, Pitching for Gallaudet,
Holds Farmers Scoreless.
Only One Visitor Gets as Far as
Second Base I'm Remarkable
Game ut Kendall Green.

In beautifully played game, Gallaudet
shut out the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege at Kendall Green yesterday afternoon
by to o.
Dillon. the Buf and Blue left-hander.
ourp:tched Byrd. the Farmers main reii-
ance in the box.
Walters clean single IN the last inning
was the only lift made of Dillon. Only
thirty men faced Dillon. three Of whom
drew passes. Two passes in succession
in the third gave the Aggies their only
chance 10 get a man as far as second.
The Gailaudet inheld played perfect ball.
IN spite OF the fact that only three
clouted balls went 10 The outheld and
Dillon famed but six men.
Byrd famed twelve players. walked one,
and kept the five hits we'll scattered.
With one out in the fourth, Hover con-
nected for a clean double. Catcher Gra-
son gave the signal for a throw 10 second
Byrd shot the ball over the bag before
Reeder could reach thee spot aid the
sphere passed through Mayors legs. al
lowing Hover 70 score the only run OF
the game. Cooper followed Hower's
double with a single. but was caught try
ing 10 steal second.
LRngdon. in right field for the Farmers.
robbed Kendall Green Of two hits by fast
running catches. W. Bell. at short for
Gallaudet. also captured a couple Of hot
grounders that looked like hits, and shot
them 20 first for outs. Dillon's stop OF a
hot liner was another fielding feature.
Walters. at second. did brilliant work for
the Aggies, besides getting their only hit.
The game was the best seen on Kendall
Green in years, being completed in one
hour and ten minutes.
Gallaudet's one error was the dropping
Of fly by Morris. he picked up the ball
however and threw the runner out when
the latter attempted 10 take second Score:
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Eanod Tms-G. N. l.. 2. RocENillc 9 Fir-t
base hy errors-G. u. l.. s. Rockville l. Left on
tascs-G. II. l.. G; Rockville Z First base on
halls-Of Wilkins. g.; of Whiting. 2 Struck cut
BY wilkins. 5; by Whiting s Two-bsse hits
Treaklc. kechner. Sacrifice hiis-Pickett TbraU
Trestle. Stolen basos-Pickctt ThraH P,imphrev
keChner. " Brewer Hit By pitcher-By WI
kins. 2 Passed balls-Burko (2l S. Dawson I'm.
pires-tiessrs. Hummer and Higgins Time Of game
i hour and 80 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Navy and Treasury Win from Agri-
culture and Interstate.

Navy and Treasury were the victOrs
yesterday afternoon In a double-header OF
postponed games. on the White Lot, Navy
defeating Agriculture, TO ?, and Treasury
defeating Interstate. to l.
Navy completely outplayed the Farm
ers, and were able TO find Sasser and
Sehorn at will having no trouble in OBJ
taining hits when needer. Agriculture
made several costly errors, and showed
extremely poor judgment in base running.
Score:
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OF Young were the features. score:
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24

FlTst base on balS-Oh HCsfer (: on Bal1pr
Innings pitchcd-By Hester g. by Balzer. 9 HTS
nade-Of Hester, 4; cf Baizer. Z. Struck cut-By
Hester, !; by Balzer. 10 Sacrifice hits-Gcrtman
Hampton. Stolen bases-Hayden, G. Quantreli
Dougherty Tracy, Lord 81, Bielaski "a. ONe.i %,
Hester. Butcher 81. Double rays-Hamptnn 10 T
QuantTell: Hester to BelaSh. Hit hy pitcher-By
7. Quantrell. Wild pitches-Balzer. ; Passed balls
-o'Neil Umpire-Mr. Vcnabe Time Of game-2
hcerr4
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Earned rrns-Gurley A. C.. 2: MARYLAND s. C.. l:
First base by errors-Gurley a. G.. ?; Maryland 5.
C., J. Left on bases-Gurley A. G.. 4; Maryland $.
q, l. First base on balls-Oh Hughes 3; on
Brooks T. Struck 0ut--By Hughes. s by Brooks e.
Threc-base hit-Falknor TwO-base hits-Young Fra
zicr. Sacrifice hits-DonoTan Fielding. Flather.
Stolen hases-Yomg King Erwin. Falkner. Hughes.
Frazier. Double play-YoUng 70 Falknor Hit by
pitcher-By Hughes J. Umpire-Mr. Ormsby. Tine
q game--l hour and 80 minutes
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
SOUTH ATLANTIC SPORTS.
Many Entries Coming I'm and Con-
tests VIII Be Warm.
scial 10 The Washington Herald

Specill 20 The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Nd, May 2.-Arrangements
for the South Atlantic Association cham
pionships are fast nearing completion.
The committee having the meet in charge
viii hold a meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building 10 award the contract for medals
and select officials for the games. The
medals are all Of solid gold. silver. and
bronze. Of the regulation Amateur Ath-
letic Union design.
The meet viii be held at Homewood on
June %
The numerous demands for entry blanks
indicate greater interest than ever before
in the contest. One Of the banner events
viii be the poleyault. Jack Sterret;, the
present champion, with a record Of 10 feet
s inches; viii defend his title against sucA
men as Ward and NelkeT. OF Baltimore.
and Thran. the High School champion Of
Washington
In the running broad jump exciting re-
suits are expected, and It looks as if the
record Of % feet 9ia inches, held by Joe
Hill so long, will be smashed with such
performers as Connor. Thrall, King,
Young. and Smith, Of Washington, all Of
whom are jumping close 70 the record,
and SJegman. Williams, Logan. Canister.
Leimkuhl, and Finding. Of Baltimore; any
one OF these men will push the champion
10 the limit
Heinekamp. OF the n y. c., and 6. A.
Stewart. Of Hopkins both look right in
the $50 yards run; but p. s. Herring, OF
Mount Washington. and r F. Fleming. OF
George Washington University, are dan
rerous conpetitors. Fleming IS in better
form this spring than ever before.
Prof. Becker. who has immediate super
vision Of the gymnastic end OF the pro-
sramme is working hard. and assures the
committee that there will be more entries
and closer contested performances in the
horizontal bar. parallel bar, and vaulting
horse championship events than in any
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
injured at BAN Game.

Isaac Benham. Of 4SS Tenth street north
east, and an employe Of the navy yard,
was injured while watching a baseball
game at Sixth and ID streets northeast.
John Meyer. catcher Of the Grace team.
ran against Mr.. Benham.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
SCHEDULE FOR The WEEK,

Monday-NIarines vs.. Potomacs.
Tuesday-St. Peters IS. ST. JoSph's.
Wednesday-Ma vs.. 81. Vincent's.
Thursday-St Peters rs. Commissioners.
Friday-St Vincent's vs.. s.. Josenh's
Saturday Commissioners vs. potomacs.
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PIny Fifteen InnIngs.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
New Haven. Conn. May 23.-After bat
Ting for fifteen innings to-day. the game
between the Yale and Harvard freshmen
was called on account of darkness. the
score being to p
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First base by crrors-C. a. G.. l. Atlautics. l.
Left on bases-C. A. c., s; Atlantics 3 First base
ca balls-Of Wooden, 3; az Meister, l. Struck
out-By Wooden. : by Mcistcr, H. Two-base hit
Copeland Sacrifice hits-Clcar. Kinney Muln
Stolen hases-Copeland. Lay. Taylor. Hit by pitcher
BY Wooden. !. Passed ball-Naneron. Umpire
Mr.. Hoffman. Time Of game-l hour and e
minutes.
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Left on bascs-CCucll ?; Penrsylvanla, 3 Fisst
basz en- bans-Of Simpson. 1: Of Gable q OF
caldwell ; StTuck 0ut-By Simpson. g hy Gable.
g. hy Caldwell @ Home mns-Wood Williams.
I1Iec-hass hir-Caldwell THo-hasc hits-.osrirgaE
e. stolen hascs-Spring %, Loundrigan, Caldwell
Wild pitchcs-Smps1n g. Umpire-Mr. Smith
Tirie Of gane-2 hours and minutes.
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Copeland's smashing single 10 deep
right field. which scored Taylor and Lay,
In the seventh inning OF yesterdays
game at Capitol Park, started last-in-
ming rally which won for Columbia, 4
TO I.
Both Wooden and Meister were in form,
but the last named was much the better
OF the two, as he famed eleven Atlantic
batsmen and allowed but two scratch
hits.
Hartman, on third for the losers,
played brilliantly, while Atchlnson. Clear.
and Copeland did fine work for the win
ners. Score:
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24

Left on bases-A. s. and T., 3 First base on
bals-On Dawson. !; Of Houston, 2. Innings
pitched-By Houston. l. by Maloney. :. Hits made
on Houston. 3; OF Maloney. 3. Struck 0It-By
Maloney, s; by Dawson, IS. stolen bases-Evans
Naiior ~. Deponbrock tg. Middleton. Hit by
pitcher-By Houston, /; by Maloney, !. Passed
ball-Johnsou. Time Of game-l hour and 3 min
utes
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24

The baseball nine representing the
American Security and Trust Company
was decisively defeated yesterday at
Union Park by the Riggs National Bank
team in fast game. Score. 9 70 /.
The victorious team left the grounds
in taIly-ho, and paraded the streets in
the downtown section, accompanied by
the blowing Of horns and clank Of COW
bells
Many friends and acquaintances Of the
players attended the game, and cheered
the good plays from the grand stand.
Admission 10 the grounds was by invita-
tion.
The prime cause OF the trust company
teams downfall was the gilt edge twirl-
ing of Dawson. who let his opponents
down with four widely scattered hits.
which. with the excellent support he was
accorded, accounts for the one-sided
score
Dawson. in addition to keeping the
trust teams hits scattered. famed sixteen
batsmen. and was guilty OF issuing only
one pass-a pretty good record for any
pitcher.
arc
Ineffective pitching snd putrid support
accounts for the nine runs the Riggs
teams made. Houston, who started out
to do the heavy work for the Americans.
was wild. and after passing two. hitting
a man. and making a balk. in addition 20
being touched up for three hits. and hav-
ing three errors behind him. all OF which
netted six runs, gave way 10 Maloney.
who was quite an Improvement. hold
ing Riggs 10 three hits and as many
runs in the seven innings he was on the
slab
In the field Nevins handled four chances
in errorless style. while at the bat Nail
or. Of the Riggs team. shone getting
three safe hits.
The contest was really won in the first
inning Dawson started his good work
by retiring the Americans on strikes
Harrison, first up for Riggs. received a
pass, and went 10 third on the catchers
error Howard was also a beneficiary Of
H0ustons generosity, and when Catcher
Johnson let bail get by him Harrison
tailed and Howard took third Garnett
got a hit. scoring Howard, and moved 10
second on Houstons balk, but was caught
OF the bag. Evans was hit by a pitched
ball, swiped second. and Tailed on Leet's
error Of Dawson's grounder. Nailor got
hit and stole second. and both Dawson
and Nailor scored when Maloney muffed
Dorsey's hot one. Rainey's hit scored
Dorsey. and the former was caught go
ing to second. Nevins ended the inning
by grounding out. Six runs.
Score I'm the seventh.
This practically ended all question as
to the winner Of the contest, but the
Americans did not want to be blanked,
so bent every energy toward putting at
least one run over
This they accomplished in the seventh
through the instrumentality OF Har-
rison. who played short field FOR Riggs
Finney knocked a ball 20 Harrison.
who kindly sent It sailing over the first
basemans head, Finuey making the cir
cult while RaIney, the first baseman, was
crawling under the bleachers looking for
the ball.
Added 10 the six runs made in the in
ital round were three more in the sixth
for Riggs. The first two up were easy.
but Nailor got his third successive hit
and stole second. scoring on Maloney's
error Of Dorsey's chance. Dorsey moved
around 10 third on Leets error OF Raj
ney's chance, and both scored on Leet's 3
wild throw. Score.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
SCHEDULE ron THE WEEK.

Monday-War vs.. Navy; Agriculture rs. Interior.
Neutrality-suspicious. vs. Pcstofice.
Observation-Disclosures Commerce vs.. Interior
Thurgday-C Commerce and Later vs. Agriculture
Friday-Post-ofBce vs.. War.
Saturday-Navy VS.. Agriculture; Interstate vs.
Treasury.
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THREE BLANKS TO LYNCHBURG
Norfolk Team Makes IL Three
StraIsht-Score, 2 20 o.

oI'IlaI 70 Inc NdhlIuEt0u HtIlIl
Norfolk, Va. May 23.-Norfolk this af
ternoOn made II three straight. and each
game was a shut out from Lynchburg,
winning in the ninth inning, with a score
OF a. O.
Jackson made the hit a three-bagger.
deep into left field, with two men on
bases. and after two men were out that
scored the winning runs. Score:
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SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK.

Nlorday-Gracc vs.. Bethany.
Tuesday-Waush vs. Ninth.
WCdncsday-Bcthany rs. Fifth
Tnrsday-Gnce vs. Waugh.
Friday-Fifth ~ First.
Saturdav-No sanacs
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS RECORDS.

The following table shows the number Of games each pitcher
has pitched ncudg May co., won and lost shut-ou games
and lost games re-ous and bases on balls The next
six columns show that the pitcher has wed in that number of
hit two three four and five hit games percentage
victories
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AMATEUR BASEBALL.

ANY team averaging eighteen years of age that
desires games will please communicate with Gus
Schmidt 400 w street northwest
The Democrat baseball team would like 10 ar.
range game OF series Of games with any teams
averaging fifteen years. Address Barry Mullin. SIS
North Capitol street