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BRYAN AN OPTIMIST.
He Says He Cannot Even Fear the
"YelloW Peril"

MONTREAL. Quebec. February H.
William Jennings Bryan addressed thc
Canadian Club al their weekly luncheon
yesterda - afternoon. The hall of the old
corn exchange in ST. John street WAS
thronsed about 800 guests sitting down
10 the luncheon.
Mr.. Bryan was welcomed by a round
of tumultuous cheering. He said he was
glad he belonged to political system I'M
der which he could wish Canadians well
without being accused of being unfriendly
TO his own country. He and those who
were of his school would watch Cana
dams growing and prospecting, and in
stead of envying them rejoice when they
prospered
He considered himself optimist. and
though he had his eyes and ears open 10
the sorrows of the world. that would not
discourage him from working toward the
triumph of righteousness.
Everywhere he Travelled he saw signs or
regeneration and progress. Speaking @!
the so-called yellow PERIL he thought
ii would be impea ching the Almighty 10
fear the elevation Of any one race. The
advancement OF China could not take
place without raising at the same time
the Chinamen's education.
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NOTES OF THE TURF.

The breeding bureau of the Jockey Club
gift of Larry Mulligan. to a station at
Sprineville. \. Y. and the horse yester-
day was shipped to G. a. Richmond at
that point. Mr. Richmond has a breeding
establishment at Springville, and ARABIC
will be under his care at the station.
The first betting on the EPSON Derby
of 1908 has just taken shape. and the
most recent mention of odds offered III
future books on the great English race
shows Prospector a moderate winter ia
vorite at odds of > TO /. The next horses
in the betting are Lesb:a. at 10 l. an
unusual position for a filly at this season.
and Perrier. at ? to !. third choice.
In the allotment of weights for the
kempton Park Jubilee stakes Richard
Croker's stout f1lly Rhodora. daughter of
the American mare RhOda B.. has had
full share of the handicapper's attention,
and with an impost of nnety-eight pounds
Olds in the race. The weight On RhOdora
also stands out as the highest that has
been fixed any three-year-old filiy in
recent years in that stake.
FoXhall Z. Keene has two horses handi
capped in the Liverpool Grand National
both American-hred jump
ers. that lie took abroad with him last
fall. These are Prophet in at 14O pounds,
and Chorus. at 40 pounds. The top
weight in the race is Ascetic Silver. with
175 pounds. Ascetc Silver is steeple-
chaser of proved merit, owned bys Prince
Hatfield.
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proceedings by banging Palmer on the
jaw, and the Englishman landed hard on
the floor. He arose and BuIns Knocked
him down a little bit harder<than before.
Again Palmer arose. and again Burns
knocbed him down. Finally Palmer fell
so hard that he was only able to drag
himself to his knees. with his elbows on
the floor helping to support him. And In
this dcvout attitude he was counted out
by the referee.
Jem Roche. Ireland's champion. who Is
being backed by syndicate headed by
Richard Croker, the former Tammany
leader. to fight Burns in Dublin on st.
Patricks day. was a spectator at the
rings:de last night AS he saw Palmer
going out his only comment was:
Palmer fights like an old woman!
Burns is a master of the art and is in
great condition"
The fight was for 81 200 side and ~
per cent of the gate receipts, The odds
ranged from u to to 10 TO / on Burns.
but there was little betting.
Now that Burns has defeated both Moir
and Palmer he may accept the offers that
are b''ilg made him 10y Paris promoters.
The ParisianS are very anxious 10 see
Burns III action. Tommy demands the
big end Of the purse in case he goes tn the
Gay city. and has stipulated that he
wants a guarantee of Sl0OOO,s
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ALL THE LIGHTWEIGHTS
AFRAID OF CANS

Now that Joe Cans has announced that
he has pulled back the, lightweight title.
we do not hear OF any one being the least
anxious to crawl between the ropes to
fight him. While in retirement Battling
Nelson did lot of beefing about meeting
the champion again. He actually did
have chance of getting Cans to recon-
slider his decision. but imposed such i'm
possible conditions that the negro said
nay Then Packey Mcfarland burst
across the pugilistic sky like a meteor.
After trimming Bert KeyeS and having ali
manner of complimentary things said of
him and his chances with Cans. his man
ager came out and said that Mcfarland
would wait a. year before going after the
championship belt. In the meantime who
is he to fght-a lot of second-raters and
one erstwhile good man. Nelson? And
Nelson is more eager to hook up with Nc
Farland than the latter Is to tackle Cans
Ii looks very much as if Cans has
Knocked the bottom out of the lightweight
class. He is SO good that all the other
BOYS are scared out of their wits A situ-
alton is presented much the same as when
Jeffries swept all the heavyweights before
him. Jeffries had to go into retirement
for want of men to fight, and history
may repeat itself in the case of Cans
Ultimately he must follow the example
Of Jeffries. unless all signs are misleading
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field. eSu.1.J

this year he will have to produce creden-
tials that he is a resident OF the county
Fine weather prevailed Thursday last
for the fox hunt held in the upper section
of Prince George county, in which the
following hunters from Prince George
and Montgomery counties participated:
Robert Aitcheson, Samuel and Doralee
Aitcheson of Birmingham Manor. Messrs.
Richard Fulton OF LAUREL Percy Cassard
and c. Higgins of Muirkirk. 4 red fox
was started about two and half miles
below Muirl1irk. Prince George county
and an exciting chase lasting for an hour
resulted. Laurie c. and Loeb Lohmond
two dogs ten months old. the property of
Mr. Samuel Aitcheson. were harked on
sight, and after running the fox about a
mile made the kill. The hunters and dogs
rested for about an hour. when a gray fox
was started on the farm of Mr. William
Shea, at Beltsville. About three and
one-half hours OF sport followed the run
being one of the finest ever experienced
by the hunters. At $50 o'clock the dogs
were called Off owing to approachin
darkness and the distance the hunters
were from home. The fox was seen sew
eral times. which. Of course increased
the excitement of the hunt The sports
men are anticipating a great hunt on
Washington's birthday. when a hunt will
be made over the same grounds.
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PULllAM TO MAKE
UP WITH Hermann

NEW YORK, February Hillary
Pulliam will go to Cincinnati this
week to see Garry Hermann's big
bowling tournament. 1t is to be hoped
that Hermann and Pulliam will bury the
hatchet on this occasion. The latter is
now in Canada. and will avoid New York
until the National League meeting Feb
ruary g. In this controversy over ''bla elk
listed" ball players Pulliam has practi-
cally won out. All of the solid men of
base ball are with him. He will not
resign his position. Itsisn't necessary.
Now that Walter Burnham, the man from
whom the newspapers got the blacklist"
is out of base ball. it ought to be easy
for the National Association to shoulder
the responsibility for the controversy on
him and thus gracefully take it's medi-
cine. And Burnham is not the real cul-
prit at that If he would talk Burnham
might make some of the orators of the
minor leagues look cheap. Pulliam has
the support Of every bal; player in his
fight to abolish "blacklisting' methods
and the way he made certain persons get
to cover still further proves the justice
of his contention. BY the way, John H
Farrell Is long time coming out with
that statement for which Garry Hermann
asked.
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''BUCK" FREEMAN SIGNS
WITH White SOX

CHICAGO. February H.-Once again
William Buck" Freeman, he of the game
destroying bat, and for years the bane of
every pitcher that ever served them I'D
to him. fast or slow, is to be seen again
in fast company.
And it is Charlie Comiskey of the
White Sox who gives "Old Buck his
second time on EARTH" for the wonder
full swatting record that the old home
run hitter made with the Minneapolis
team last year convinced the Chicago
magnate that Buck still has his bat
ting eye very much with him, and final
ly caused the White Sox owner to pur-
chase him from Minneapolis.
Buck may not be played regularly.
as his fielding ability is not of an order
that would induce Comic to displace
Fielder Jones or Pat Doherty. but the old
home run hitter will be the first call
utility man. and should Doherty, Jones
or even "Jggs' DOnahue strike a poor
batting spell Buck and his terrible bat
will replace him until such time as
Comiskey feels that the offending regu-
lar has recovered his old batting eye.
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on Rob Roy Mackey at the Center Mar
ket ArInory and pinned his brawny Shout
ders to the mat twice after one hour and
four minutes of hard work. There has
been a great rivalry between these two
men, and when il was announced that
they were to clash everybody seemed to
herald it over the town. and last night
at the time for the bout to take place
about seven hundred people were in at
tendance. At the start both men had a
great many supporters. but the defeated
man lost the majority of his by his poor
method of wrestling. Mackey was on the
run for the better part of the match, and
seldom led the rushes. IT. seemed that
he tried to get away from real wrestling.
and was DESTROYS of entering into foot
race. Turner got out of patience with
his man and made several terrific rushes.
one Of which proved very effective, he
having gotten a good hold. and there was
nothing else to it out Mackey for the
lower regions.
The bout was called promptly at 1870.
and was continued until about 11:35. and
during all this time Turner had matters
we'll in hand. MIR. Pat OConnor refereed
the fray and proved very satisfactory.
There was plenty of action In the early
part of the bout, with Mackey on the de-
fensive and doing some clever work. He
was in several tight places. but with
squirm and a turn he managed to free
himself. The first fall was gained by
Turner after fifteen and one-half minutes,
with three-quarter Nelson This hold
was applied by Turner several times be-
fore the fall. and this was where Mackey
got in his best work. getting away from
these holds. The walking exhibition started
in the second go, and it was all Turner
could do to get his rival into straight
graphing. He even went so far as to
take the defensive, but Mackey would not
take advantage of this. thinking better
OF the edge of the mat. After a half
an hour of rushing Mackey into the
crowd the winner secured scissors hold
and bar hammer, which wrenched every
possible claim to the championship OF the
District away from Mackey.
Several good preliminary bouts were
pulled off. Young Hoover threw Young
Turner in six minutes, Jack Spalding and
Benny Burns wrestled to draw and
Bobby Baker and Fry King went half an
hour without either gaining a fall.
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CORNELL AND TIGERS
BREAK IN FOOT BALL

ITHACA, n. Y. February 11-That
there has been a serious break in the ath-
letic relations between Cornell and Prince
ton was confirmed last night, when Judge
Irvine, president Of the athletic council,
and Graduate Manager Dugan confirmed
the statement that there would be no
foot ball game between the two univer-
sites next fall. The Cornell statement is
as follows:
There will be no foot ball game be-
tween Cornell and Princeton next fall A
three-year agreement made in 1905 has
expired. Under this one game was played
in Princeton. one in New York and one
in Ithaca. Princeton had the option of
renewing this agreement, but declined to
do SO. Cornell proposed home and home
agreement, the first game to be played in
Princeton, but Princeton declined to play
in Ithaca at any time and proposed nrst
a one and then a two year agreement for
games in New York or Princeton.
1.-The Cornell faculty and athletic man.
agement both oppose contests in large
cities on grounds not of the competing
university. For this reason and because
Princeton's proposal was deemed by Cor
nell and admitted by Princeton to be
inequitable it was declined"
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COLLEGES TO PICK UMPIREs.
Pulliam Will Not Assign Them for
Intercollegiate Games.

NEW YORK, February Hilary Pull
liam. president of the National League.
has received rebuke at the hands Of the
colleges. He has been relieved of the
task Of selecting the umpires for the big
college games owing to the arbitrary way
he picked officials displeasing to the
student players. This. coming soon after
his row with the minor league association.
is likely to protract Pulliam's stay III the
woods for the benefit of his health.
Harvard, Princeton and Yale took the
initiative In depriving Pulliam of the
honor Of selecting the umpires. These
institutions had become disguised by Pull
liam's persistency in appointing men dur
ing the past two years who had previously
given dissatisfaction by their rulings On
the diamond. The colleges protested. but
Pulliam ignored the complaints and fol-
lowed his OWN irclinations in the matter.
AT the end of last season the colleges de-
teImined TO act.
They agreed on another way to select
umpires and never informed Pulliam until
the present time. Under the new system
the managers of the college Jeans will
correspond until they agree on an umpire
The officials will not be selected from the
staff Of any particular league.
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SURPRISING DEFEATS
OF TENNIS CHAMPION

NEW YORK. February I-Several
women lawn tennis champions yesterda y
fell victims to the good work of players
heretofore supposed to be less adept than
they were in the continuation of play In
the national indoor championship on the
courts Of the 9TH Regiment Armory
Before all of the semi-final brackets in
the singles had been filled Miss E. H.
Moore, holder of the title; Mrs. w H.
Pouch. former champion, and Miss Mar
Gus. the East Jersey League champion
all had gone down to defeat.
Mrs. Schfnitz defeated Miss Marcus in
the top half Ga, 81 and Miss A. L. Day
New Jersey state champion. won from
Miss Fanny Fish 81. 90. Ga
In the lower section Miss Marie Wagner
created surprise by defeating Miss Moore
81, 10. Ga in a brilliant game, and Mrs.
G. H. Chapman took Mrs. Pouch into
camp by q score of g. Ga.
The opening rounds of the doubles pro-
duced good sport. Mrs. A. III. Mccarthy
and Miss NJ. Johnson defeated the Misses
Wildey. of national tournament fame. g.,
ID, and Mrs. F. F. Plat and Mrs e. H.
Chapman won over Miss NJ Scharmann
and Mrs. c. Clarke 6-3. 6-3.
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WORLDS BOWLING
RECORD AT CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI. February 1.-THE world 5
bowling record for two-man teams was
broken yesterday afternoon by J. Y. Chal-
mers and Fl. A. Kiene of Chicago. who
scored a total of 1.o54. The best previous
record of the American bowling congress
was 1.241. The scores of each man WERE
H. A. Keine. 1917. 1873 2N: J. Y. Chal-
mers. oIo 1919. PA. Total. 1.aJ4
The following were the five highest
scores on the different shifts of the two
man events:
1 pm. shift-Birbaum and Waterman.
Cincinnati. 1897: Klein and Huber. Gin
cinnati. 1904; Gersting and Young, Gin
cinnati 1.O9l: Ruelman and Overlook.
Cincinnati. 1.0S3: Brown and Townsend.
Cincinnati. 1.U14.
80 shift-Chalmers and Kiene. Chicago.
1.2J4: Boise and Gruver. Chicago. 1.139:
Schweir and Ahlorn. Cincinnati. 1907:
Seimer and PEBBLES. Cincinnati. 1857 ::
Dunsch and Urlwise. Hamilton. OHIO.
1.G51: ZinRler and Gardell, Cincinnas.
l.2ss.
: pm. shift--Eckard and Loukoff. Gin
cinnati .O7a: Knoble and Huesman. Gin
natl. 1864: Daiker and Mappes. Cincin-
Loss.
The following are the five highest scores
on the $40 shift Of the five-man events:
Baschang. No. 1. Cincinnati. 2.s6O:
Brunswick Bake. Chicago. 2.601: Chic and
George. Cincinnati. lob; Schotts. Gin
cinnati 2,J43; Collins l<i-kis, Cincinnati.
io1
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COLLEGE ATHLETES
MAY YET COMPETE

CAMBRIDGE. England. February H.
Some members of the Cambridge, England.
University Athletic Association. including
E. H. Ryle. president. are of the opinion
that the British universities should ac
cept the challenge sent by the Intercol-
legiate Association of Amateur Athletes
of America for an interna tional track and
field athletic meeting between teams rep
resenting the colleges and universities of
the United States and those of Great
Britain. following the Olympic games this
year, and they are making an effort to
bring about meeting this summer Odd
ly enough, TIE presidents of both the Ok
ford and Cambridge clubs, who are stu
dents. are Vim favor of accepting the
American challenge with some modifica-
tons. while the honorary treasurers of
the clubs. who are both professors. think
that the obstacles are insurmountable.
Mr.. Ryle says: ''As has been said be-
fore. it is most difficult for us to keep
the teams together until July, as the uni
versity athletes go out of training in
March A few of them. however, will
keep in condition for the Olympic games
and it might be possible to make up a
team. 1t would never do. however, to
wait until after the Olympic games, as
the Americans suggest, for the people
then would be tired Of athletics and we
could not get anybody to attend. l sug-
sest that instead the universities have
their contests the first week in July at
the Queens Club. after which the men
could take part in the Olympic games if
they SO desire.
Il had another idea. but I have been in
formed that the Olympic Association
would not agree to it. This was that the
Olympic games be opened with interuni-
versity sports. l suggest that the chal-
lenge be accepted If the Americans con-
sent to change the date to the first week
in July"
Mr.. Ryle is not confident of carrying
this proposal with the two treasurers OPP
posed to him. but the question will be
discussed at the meeting to be called to
discuss the decision reached by the Ok
ford Club.
j. II. Gray the honorary treasurer Of
the club. does not think it will be posi-
BILE to accept the American challenge, as
there is no telling how many OF the pres
ent track team will be at the university
in July Some of the men are in their
last year. and. furthermore. 1T would be
impossible to ask the others. who have
been in training since January. to con-
tinue to work after the OXfOrd-Cambridge
sports.
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SPORTS IN SURROUNDING
COUNTIES LOOKING UP
snecial Correspopdence of The Star.

HYATTSVILLE, February II, 1908.
The HyattsviIle base ball team will be
strengthened this year by the addition Of
%. H. Burke. who recently pitched fine
ball in the Pennsylvania State League.
Burke has grown rather stout, but de-
clares that little display Of base ball
energy will soon get him in trim. He did
not play ball last year. but says he is
yearning to get back into the game this
year. 1t is probable that Mr.. Rufus II.
Vincent will again be chosen manager,
as it was due mainly TO his enthusiastic
and financial assistance that the team
finished second in the Suburban League
race last year. The other members or
the Hyattsville team will probably be
Darnall and Dwight Gait, catchers;
Burke. A. Leakin. Geib. Mangum. DOrr,
Byrd and Gallagher, pitchers: Mangum
and G. Leakin. first base: Mangum Hur-
ley or G. Guide. second base: w. Handi-
Doe. Frank +. Gait, shortstop; A. Leakin,
third base. The outfeld will be selected
from the following: G. Leakin. Frank and
Dwight Gait. Byrd. Dorr. Geib. G. Guide.
Fuller and others. Manager Cornell of the
champion Brentwood team of last season
announced at the close of the series last
fall that he was out of base ball. 1t is
now announced that his team will be
competitor in the Capital City League in
Washington. 1t is given out that he will
secure the pick of the Suburban League
Of Prince George county. If this league
is reorganized this year it is said that
none but residents of the county will be
allowed to participate in championship
games. Mr.. George NJ. Bond. who last
year managed the Laurel team. and is a
republican member of the Maryland legis-
lature now. is anxious to again take up
the work but insists that none but county
players be allowed to take part in the
league games. 1t is understood that
Manager Wilson of the Berwyn team is
of the same opinion. and the indications
are that if any Washington player secures
any easy money in Prince George county
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SPRINTERS OF CLASS
IN FEDERAL GAMES

There is more class in the sprinting
events in the federal indoor games this
year than ever before, and i'm both the
open handicap and scholastic fifty-yard
dashes the best college and schoolboy
short distance runners in the east will
be in competition next Saturday night.
In the handicap sprint Cartmell of Penn
sylvania. the intercollegiate 100 and go
yards champion for three years. will be on
the scratch with Whitman, his running
mate. and third in the intercollegiate cen
fury: Rector of Virginia, southern college
champion; Randolph of Virginia, Hill,
Harrison and Duker of the Mount Wash
4ngton Athletic Club not far ahead Null
ligan, the old Georgetown runner, repre-
sentingithe AquinaS Catholic Club Of Phil
adelphia. will be dangerous man in this
event. Royce, the South Atlantic cham
pion, is going fast, and will make the
other champions hustle. and Tom Smith,
the Georgetown Prep captain, is likely to
turn scoring trick. With thirty-eight
starters, seven trial heats will be required
to weed out the SLOW movers.
Just as fine a struggle is looked for in
the scholastic event Pendleton, winner
of the scholastic event in the George
Washington games. will find trouble when
he meets Sitterding and Smith OF George
town Prep. VIII and Hall of Mercersberg
Academy, Martin of the Baltimore City
College. Champion of Western High, Lloyd
of Business High. Burke of the Washing
ton School and Gill and Philander Knox
jr., son Of Senator Knox, of Tome Insti-
tute. Will of Mercersberg and Gill Of
Tome have records of 10 Is seconds for
the 100 yards, and are good for a trifie
better than 40 seconds in the half CEN
fury. There will be thirty starters in the
scholastic sprint. with a hard fight for
points in the final heat.
The same number o: boys will toe the
scratch in the ifty-yard dash fer novices
and there is a good field of fast young
sters who will run for the championship
Of the grade schools.
Several of the girls schools in the Dis
trict have reserved sections of seats for
the federal games, and the sale at the
sporting goods stores is ahead of last
year.