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Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-10
BLUE GRASS BLADE
The Old cWill

primate only to go down to the grave of
night. But he would rise again.
This old mill had produced the first god.
Others were to follow. The MOON stars
rivers, mountains and all other phenom-
ena of nature were lesser divinities. All
were made in this old mill whose founda-
ton was childish ignorance. For a time
the gods came to this innocent child of
the woods as a free grist, but evolution,
in obedience to blind force, was at work.
A convoluted brain was given to this
biped; strife for guiding hand evolved;
wiser men come to the front. The DID,,
divine doctor, the man who understood the
will and wishes of the heavenly host, made
his appearance. His Office was to mediate
between the gods and men. He could
procure favors for them. The old mill had
now ground out the priest, who, from that
remote time to the present has stood at
this old mill to take tithes, one tenth, as
toll for his Intervention with the gods,
for the salvation of a world of lost
sinners.
In time, as the savage's conceptions
evolved, it was seen that the sun-god did
not, at all times shower blessings on his
warmth, food and comfort, there were
times when his smiles We're turned to
wrath. How could these counter acts
come from one and the same being? This
was a serious question put to the priest.
1t involved his rations, time when this
divine agent is never at a loss for re-
sources.
Out of this came the conception that
the god, like his makers, possessed two at.
tributes, good and bad, light and dark
ness, day all good, night all evil These
attributes could not be reconciled as be-
longing to one and the same being. Here
the priest was again called upon to ex.
plain. These attributes must be persona
fed. The old mill now grinds out a sepa-
rate being to represent evil The priest
again intervenes, takes toll and grinds out
a personal Devil A war in heaven is the
result, (as told in all the pagan religions)
and a rebellious arch-angel, the Beelzebub
of the Bible, the Armia of Maganism as
told in the sacred writings ascribed to
Zoroaster
In all religious systems, this evil one
was once one of the gods, who, in conse-
quence of his rebellion was driven out of
heaven, when he took up his abode In the
center of the earth. The Greek, Tartarus and
Hades, the Hebrew Torphit. Himom trans
lated sometimes as rartarus at othersFF
translated sometimes as Tartarus at others
Hades. In all the religions the emblem of this
Continued ON page 14)
Evening star., 1908-01-26
MORAN TELLS ALL ABOUT 1T.
"Rawther" Surprised to Find Attell
So Easy.

NEW YORK, January 25.-Owen
Moran has returned TO New York and,
like ali successful fighters is rapidly be-
drama yet. but contents himself with
boxing. Moran agrees with the reports
from San Francisco that he was entitled
to the decision in his fight with Abe At
toll He doesn't say II boastfully. lie
just remarks that in his opinion Jeffries
is a great big. good-naturei fellow. who
doesn't ike to hurt anybody's feelings By
giving close fight To the fellow with
a shade, and that jeff was little bit
mistaken when he let Attell off easy and
gave him draw
Il was rawther surprised 10 find AT
tel such mark for a straight jab,' said
Moran. Il had an idea that ned have a
marvellous blocking system that | Couldn [
get through. But you know Attell has
always been more clever than the men
lie has fought, and a clever man is a
sucker for the same kind Of work he uses
himself. | began Jabbing Able on the
nose. He didn't like it. When had him
mad slipped i'll a few heavy body punches.
BY the third or fourth round he began TO
feel afraid of me Then he begun call
ing me rotten names, and trying to make
me lose my head. | knew then he must
feel worried, SO | just laughed at him
and asked him not to quit until | fin
ished him. ] went after him hard. and
he ran. There isn't long distance run
ner in England who could beat the record
Attell IN de after the fourth round.
I'll fight Attell any time now at 122 AT
:; O'Clock. but he won't fight If he can
crawl out of it II | can't get him Bat
Ting Nelson or some Of those fellows
will do.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
LIVELY TIMES WHEN THE BALL
CLUBS PLAYED ON ASYLUM HILL.
DISCONTINUE OF POLICE CAPTAIN

law ordered the men to go home. hut the
leader o. the Atlantic side of the fight, a
slippery kid named Tony Liebarmarm
stealing upon the portly captain of police
gave him shove and sent him scuddins
down the steep declivity into the anything
but clean water running therein.
1T ended the scrap. as both sides en-
tered into the spirit of the daring esca-
pade, and crowding each side of the
sewer. they offered the dignified captain
of police advice as to how to get out OF
the water and reach place of safety
Another event in the history of Asylum
Hill was the attempt to break up base
ball on the lot by cutting through Grant
place. Every expedient of legitimate
nature was resorted to in order to prevent
the opening up of the street, the club
sending committee to protest before the
board of aldermen. 1t was of no avail.
and the first house, erected by Mr. +. c..
Cate was right in the vicinity of second
base, and SO indignant were the frequent
ers of the grounds that three accidental
attempts We're made to burn the place,
but all failed, and the Atlantics and their
followers were forced to leave the grounds
in 1871. Homer Cate. son of the man who
built the first house on the ball grounds.
was a pitcher on the AtlanticS during all
of the melees, and took a decided stand
with the ball players and opposed his
father tooth and toenail.
Il have seen some great games on that
old Asylum Hill" said Mr.. Boteler land
the pleasure of those occasions will never
come again, for now it is all machine
ball. while then it was science. Drawn
and muscle"
Evening star., 1908-01-26
SPEEDY soNoMA GIRL.
Capt. Springer Expects Her to Break
the Record

LOS ANGELES. Cal. January 25.-"I
have every confidence that SonOma Girl
can beat any trotter in the world and
next year | look for her to break the
world 5 record for the mile without a
wind shield held now by Lou Dillon at
2.01 She will go back to the grand
circuit next season, and it is my firm
belief, based on my experience with her
in her races in the east last season. that
there is not a piece OF horsehesh in e@-
istence that can beat her in a trotting
race"
Capt J. u. Springer, formerly owner
Of Sonoma Girl and veteran driver, made
this statement here recently. and his
earnestneSs left no doubt of his belief III
the ability of the great mare TO perform
up to his expectations. Springer says
chat the rumor that he sold Sonoma Girl
because he believed that she was going
stale was false He was offered the
price for her that he thought was a fair
one and he accepted. He declares there
is no foundation for the story that he
lacks faith in his horse.
Although Capt Springer did not take
her through the entire season on the
grand circuit, he intended when he
left Los Angeles last summer, in the
events in which he drove her the former
owner received Si3.2Uu as Il result of the
seasons campaign. OF this sum S26 600
was the purchase price paid for her by
her present owner. Miss I.otta =. Crab
tree of Boston, the millionaire sports
woman. who took a fancy to the mare
and determined to possess her at any
price Capt. Springer won $4,000 in
purses and in pool on the NJ. and NJ
stakes at Detroit in July he won 5000.
The original purchase price of Sonoma
Girl when he bought her was 3d.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

Keilys breast and his left arm under
kelly's right arm. Kelly would hang on
This was just what Papke wanted. Half
turning over toward the left, Papke
brought his right up and around the out
sde and landed punch after punch on
kellys face. 1t was this continuous per-
formance that battered kelly's lips into
black and blue and red bulbs and closed
both his eyes.
Papke must have landed that loop the
loop forty times at least. 1t is figured.
Sufficient force to land a knockout could
not be injected into the peculia- delivery.
but there was a sting to 1t that must
have made Kelly see an advanced eclipse
OF the sun, moon and stars.
AS for Papke. his ribs and stomach are
receiving treatment from the soft side OF
a goslings wing. A touch with anything
heavier probably would make the down.
state boy believe some one had touched
off a premature charge of powder. Only
a game athlete such as Papke, trained to
the hour and able to stand any pain so
long as he retained his tight sense. could
have stood up under kelly's terrific
punches to the ribs. stomach and occa-
sionally to the face, which brought the
blood, closed the right eye eventually and
raised the lips until they resembled baked
apples.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
VAN HALTREN EXPECTS
TO PLAY TEN YEARS

OAKLAND. Cal. January 25.-To see
George E. Van Haltren in an easy chair
in his handsome home. wearing a COM
Portable smoking jacket and deep In
story of adventure-for adventurous fic-
ton, not love stories. appeals to him-it is
hard to imagine that he Is the dean Of
ball tossers.
But he is. His professional career be-
gan twenty-one years ago. in Pittsburg.
and he has been in the game ever since.
Most of the time has been spent In fast
company. in Pittsburg, New York. Chi
cago. Brooklyn and Baltimore.
Now he is manager Of the Oakland
team and still playing. And he expects
to play for the next ten years.
There really does not appear reason
why he should not play for another dec
ade. His forty-one years lie lightly
upon his shoulders and he is as spry and
active as the youngsters he tries out
every spring.
Van Haltren is married. His wife is
musician and his two daughters have in
herited their mothers ability. For
tunately the veteran Is able to encourage
their tastes. for he is wealthy.
AS the result of saving money and in
vesting 1t shrewdly he owns a number
of apartment houses which bring a large
income. to which he adds by following
his trade as a lather during the off sea-
son and base ball during the summer.
Van Haltren broke into fast company
at Pittsburg in 1887. After pitching a
few games he was sold to Chicago, where
he had a successful season.
In 1890 he Joined the Brooklyn Brother
hood team and pitched twenty-three
games when lie was shifted to the out
field He finished the season with
batting average of .346.
In 1891 he went to Baltimore, playing
outtield and short for two years. when
Pittsburg purchased him. After year
he went to New York. where his career
really commenced and where for ten
wears he was one of the sensations or
the old Giants.
It was in 1904 that Van Haltren re-
turned to the coast to play. He joined
Seattle and had a great deal to do with
putting the team upon its feet.
year later he came to Oakland ana
took hold of the club which had fallen by
the wayside. Under his direction 1t took
two out of three pennants
Van Haltren at one time caught Tor
..only' Nolan. the first man in the west
to throw a curve ball.
The pair made an invincible battery,
striking out so many men that they were
regarded with superstition, and 1t was
long time before their opponents learned
to hit a curve ball well enough to go up
against them without a shiver.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
oo0n No Gke5E Wiz fEsrGzE IN tfDKgARy
NIKE DONLIN PREDICTS THAT THE
HOWEPRODUCED BALL PLAYERS
BY CLARENCE [. CULLEN.

brought up in the town in which they
finally. when they master the game. play
ball in the big club company. Show me
a town on either of the big circuits that
couldn't quickly start a regular profess
sional training school for ball players and
get hundred times as many able and
promising recruits as could possibly be
handled. 1t is out of the question that
found in each Of the cities. who after
thorough training by regularly estab-
lished trainer of ball players, would
measure up with the best kind of ball
players in the business.
That's my view OF it, and I think it'll
come. Something like that will have to
be done to save the game. Base ball has
now arrived at almost a perfect state. SC
far as the game itself is concerned. There
IS scarcely room for a cents worth of i'm
provement. 1t stands to reason that in
the course of time when the same old
thing is coming off on the ball lot day
after day. the fans will become more or
less tired of it.
You're from Washington. Washington
is one of the bulieSt little ball towns in
the United States. The loyalty of the
fans in Washington has struck me
for years as being almost pathetic. They
are the Sure-enough stayers You can't
bowl 'em over. They're on the roofing
job every minute OF the time, and they
root when fans in other towns would DC
dying standing up out of sheer despair
Well. supposng all of the players of a
successful bah club in Washington were
to be recruited from Washington train
ing camp such as I have described and
all the likeliest Washington boys? Can
you ina gine what would happen in that
bully little ball town of Washington il
such an outfit, recruited wholly from
Washington youngsters, were to go out
and cop out a fine position in a season S
race? You bet you can imagine it.
They're talking yet about the red fire illu-
mination and things that happened in
Washington that spring when Jake Stah
went out for little while and led the
American League race: and If Washington
had strictly Washington club under the
system I have gone over and were tC
make a fine climb with an outfit of that
sort, I'll bet there'd be doings down yon-
der on the Potomac that would make
everything of that kind that had gone be-
fore seem like a Chautauqua serenade.
It's going to come to this thing of hav-
ing training camps for recruits attached
to each big ball club, / veritably believe
And when 1t does come and every club
is purely local institution therell be
some new kinks in the roofing business
that the present generation of ball cranks
have never even dreamed Of"
Evening star., 1908-01-26

1T have read nearly all of your stories
of old base ball days, the glories OF the
White Lot. the doings on the Monument
T.ot and other places used by our ball
,lavers back in the early days of the
.,,ma hut YOU have passed up Asylum
Hiu which was as important a resort
as the White Lot during its days OF popu-
Iarity." recently remarked Dick Bote-
Ter, an old-time resident OF the Dlstrice' to
a Star reporter
"You see, this lot. as 1t was situated
between 9th and 10th and G and II streets
was conveniently located for all the teams
TO play off games on neutral srouhds
The home team-the Atiantlcs-"er
somewhat of cock robin team, tha'
not only could play ball scientifically. but
could also hold their own when 1t came to
a rough-and-tumble scrap for honors.
.~rhts Atlantic team included In its
nIavers Henry and Scott Towers, rom
Semmns, Johnny Greason. Chariey blut'
charley Witherow, the Foster brothers
.Lckie, Stearns, Will Ricketts,, Bun Rem
ner Fen. Alexander, Nick Callan, john
" lamb Dixie Doyle, Ingle Cash and
lots more of the young sports OF the
city.
syere more eager to scrap at the slightest
nroyocation than to see out game; hence
i can be written that on the days or the
games on Asylum Hill one of the attrac-
snrs vas either a good rough-and-tun-
h,e fight or a stone battle between the
contending parties
"In those days Washington mad the
onan drainage system III a measure.
Across the eastern end of Asylum Hill
ran one of the open sewers that ran di-
he
tie Masonic Temple by a culvert, and this
ditch used TO be the divide over which
the battle took place.
"yVashington was not Strong in police
!, those days and when the scraps oc-
cured the valiant defenders Of our homes
suddenly had their attention called 10
something in another locality One day
the Atlantics We're playing the Rosedales,
and the followers got into their usual
mtx-up. Capt. James TAFT in charge OF
the police, got into the melee and ordered
the gangs to disperse. He stood on the
edge of the sewer and in the name of the
Evening star., 1908-01-26
MAY SUTTON.

humor, her smile is readily called into
play and her personality seems to eXude
the franKness of unspoiled womanaood.
Il never train. in t!c applied sense Of
the term" said Miss Sutton, IN answer 10
a question. Il must make exception Of
the saason of 1901, when | was beaten in
the second play for the worlds champion
ship by the English champion. ! had
beaten her the year before, but in 1906
tried to follow the rules that the average
athletic trainer would lay down. | dieted
faithfully, and followed set training rules
religiously. As a result DESTROYED the
mental balance which is the chief essen
tial in tennis | was off cage mentally.
and the least little thing upset me. As
a result ! nearly Went To piec (, and was
defeated hand.ly. In 1897, when the fnaI
game was played l hadsabandoned the
trainers rules. | exercised no more th&n
j deemed necessary, | ate what and when
/ pleased, and as a result | kept my
mind clear, and nothing could fret or ir-
ritate me-and l won the worlds cham
plonship.
Il haye found that tennis is more a case
Of ones mental attitude than anything
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Miss SUIT
sion for the past ten years. Mi:

sion for the past ten years. Miss SUIT
toms name appears three consecutive
times proving her right to the permanent
possession of the handsome trophy The
Wimbledon trophy. won at the last in
rnat;on3t contest. ana which represents
the hardest fight Of Miss Suttons career.
may b. recognized by its handsome pedes
tai OF ebony.
The Cincinnati trophy. which is now
lawfully the property Of Miss Sutton, IS
not yet in her possession. Neither is tn .
Wimbledon gold plate. which never leaves
the possession Of the A!l-kngland Lawn
Tennis Club. but the name OF the Ameri-
can gir! is enGraver thereon.
Aside from basket bail. Miss Sutton
gives her undivided affection to lawn ten
MS. She grows enthusiastic over basket
ball and It's possibilities. but other games
that appeal TO many women have little OF
no attraction for her. The personal pop
ularity OF the tennis champion In her
home was evidenced recently when the
townspconle of Pasadena chose Miss SUIT
ton TO be queen OF the annual carnival OF
flowers.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


NEW YORK, January 25. 1908.
Mike Donlin OF the Giants has some
views of his own about what will even
tually happen to base ball He unreeled
a few of these views for my benefit the
other night. For one item. Donlin believes
strongly in the home-produced article of
ball player.
Pm not supposing," he said. that
there'n be such thing in my time, nor,
perhaps, :or long after my time-the rule,
that is, that ball players must be natives
and permanent residents Of the cities
whose ball clubs they're attached to. All
the same, l believe thatn come eventu-
ally The fans will sooner or later. be-
come tired OF roofing their heads off for
ball clubs not single member OF which
belongs to the city in which the roofing
is done.
Il never could, in all the time I've been
uiayiug bali. Just understand how tie
AIluly fans could take SO much priue IN
Iluif nome DsLli CLUBS, knowing, as all OF
Lneln 90, that ii is only Dy the rafeSt
chance tHat any fellow ever happens 10
pay DalI Wita the ciuD o1 MS native of
home town
rs a dead sure. thing that the ball
ils. eGS themselves rarely nave any SEN
JI.ueat whatever with respect 10 the town
iur which they're playing. 1hey We all got
cities or towns of their own - be proud
Uf and stuck on. Moreover. in the course
Of a ball players career under the present
system ne pays with the clubs OF whole
lot OF cities. sometimes with the CLUBS
Of all the cities ON the big circuits. Wen,
he can't get worked up SentlHlentaAy over
all OF these cities, can ne
In the long run, | firmly believe that
the people VINO support base bail IN the
United States will become tired OF con-
/ tributing all this fine need of praise and
shouting for fellows who never had the
slightest connection with their town TIL
they happened TO drop into the town
! ball club through the accidents and eX-
/ ieencies of base ball deals and trades.
| 1.-THE fansll be demanding when this
time comes that every fellow who plays
on the home nine shall be a home bred
product When you begin to peek this
/ over there isn't any insurmountable diff
| Guilty in connection with it. or shouldn' t
/ be. There's not a city on either of the big
| circuits that isn't big enough and ugly
enough and square -jawed enough and de-
| termined enough and proud enough to
/ raise up its own bunch of ball players
/ ball players who would have the required
| distinction of having been born and
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Lush Likely to Leave.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, January 25-It is
stated with authority in athletic circles
at Yale that Coach William Lush of the
base ball team has not resigned That
his resignation will be presented is ex-
pected as solution of the present base
ball situation in the college which has
been reached. the athletic advisers being
in favor, it is stated. of a return to gradu-
ate coaching in base bail and the aboli-
ton entirely of professional coaching. A
plan of graduate coaching has been pre-
sented by Capt. Tad Jones of the nine to
prominent New York alumni. who have
the base ball problem under consideration
but no definite announcement of change
is expected for some weeks.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
By Arthur Chapman.

american women would play a far bet.
ter game of tennis If they played the
game more with men. English husbands
and brothers seem u have time to play
tennis with English women. and that Is
+. why there is no comparison in the play
of our women with those OF Great Brit
ain"
Miss May Sutton OF Pasadena. Cal. had
been asked how American and English
woman tennis players compared. Miss
Sutton had just returned from her tri-
umphs in England. where she had wrested
the final series in the worlds champion
ship games from her nearest rival, Mrs.
Chambers.
4 suppose it sounds horrid to say it,
continued Miss Sutton, with a laugh.
but there is vast superiority in the pla y
of Eng.ishwomcn. That has been shown
on many occasions. II was not long ago
that an English tennis player who ranked
about twenty-ffth. and VINO was regarded
as only fair in her country, visited Chi
cago and beat the best players there
handily. She was hailed as a wonderful
player by the Chicagoans. yet she was
looked upon as nothing startling in Eng
land
Il have played the best of both coun
tries, and have noticed the great differ
ence in the play of English and American
women ] never have to train at all for
an event in this country. but ] find tina
u ] am to take part in Il match in Great
britain | must be in best form Now all
this could be changed in my opinion ii
American girls played more tennis wit h
The men. 1t is the struggle against a slI-
perior player that develops one in tennis
Engllshmen seem to delight in playing
tennis with the women. and this is what
makes the girls of Great Britain such
strong and formidable antagonists on tin
courts To the American girl who desires
to excel at tennis / would say: Play with
skilled men at every opportunity and
your game will develop marvelousIy'
Just Jolly Girl
Although at twenty years she had
wrested championship honors from the
tennis players of two great nations. and
Is now looked upon the undisputed
champion of the world, there is no atom
of conceit in the makeup of Miss May
Sutton. This sturdy, c cear-eyed girl of
English birth and American bringing up
smacks of common-sense from her head
TO her heels. She Is the picture of health
abundant and there is nothing in uer
worrying for fear of entertaining or lest
training Will not go far enough. In d
crowd of college misses she would be
picked out as jolly, companionable girl
with inclinationS more toward a novel
in coZy corner than a grueling game
on the court. Her eyes twinkle with good
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Track Meet at Annapolis.

NEW YORK, January 25.-Announce-
ment of a dual track meet between CO.
lumbia University and Annapolis, to take
place at Annapolis May 23. has been
made by the Columbia track management.
This will be the first meeting of the two
institutions on the cinder path. Columbia
also announces a track meet with Prince
ton here on May IL.