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PINEHURST GOLFERS
VERY EVENLY MATCHED

PINEHURST. N. c.. March 12.-Warren
X. Wood of the Homewood Golf Club,
Chicago. led the field of thirty-six players
in the 36-hole qualification round of the
annual club championship golf tourna-
ment of the local Country Club yesterday
with card of 1850, winning the gold med
al offered.
Allan E. Lard of the Columbia Golf
Club, Washington. finished second in lib,
and John E. Porter Of the Allegheny
Country Club. Pittsburg, third. in ia.
with W. r. Simons of Dyker Meadow, l..
E. Wardwell of Megunticook and N. S.
Hurd of the Pittsburg Country Club
punched i'm a triple tie at 49, the re-
mainder of the field finishing we'll up.
Keen play is assured in the match-play
rounds, as the field is the most evenly
matched ever assembled for this tourna-
ment. the two leaders in yesterdays quail
ification' including the united north and
south championship title holder (Mr.
LARD and former champion (Mr. Wood.
One division of sixteen each qualified,
with the following scores by rounds:
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PISTOL DUEL IN DARK ROOM
Young Girls Heroism Saves Life o.
Her Brother.

SHAWNEE, Okla. March 12.-As a re-
suit of a pistol battle in a darkened bed
room at the home Of Thomas Nichols
three men were shot. two Of whom are
expected to die, and further bloodshed
was prevented by the herOism Of Miss
Bessie Nichols, sixteen years Of age.
Charles Nichols and Joe McClutcha were
placed under arrest.
The wounded are Mace McClutcha,
Thomas Nichols and William McClutcha
At country dance near kiowa an
alteration occurred between members
of the McClutcha and Nichols families
After the dance Charles Nichols went
home. accompanied by a friend. After
retiring they were aroused by some one
entering the room. They seized their
pistols and opened fire, the shots being
returned. Thomas Nichols, father OF the
young host. rushed into .t the roGm n.a ana
the shooting became general. kSeaIu-
less of the bullets, Miss Bessie, Charles
Nichols sixteen-year-old sister. FOLLOWED N Cd
her father and sprang between TWO OF
the men and knocked up one weapon
probably saving her brothers life.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

The sprained ankle which fell to Bill
Donovans lot the other day is not ex-
pected to interfere with his throwing arm.
Connie Mack is expecting Jimmy Dy-
CERT to fill acceptably the vacancy caused
by the absence of tte erratic RUDE. jim
my is in splendid condition.
$4,000 and as many miles on the train
is what the White Sox will pay for their
California trip. Is it worth it? The end
of the season will tell.
The New York National club has re-
leased Infielder Danny Shay to- the Oak
land Cali club. Thus does another ultra
scrappy player disappear from the big
league ranks.
Since Mig Clarke has decided to play
with the Maps Manager Lajoie has been
considerably relieved of his cares. The
Cleveland management made Clarke some
concessions before the contract was final
~ signed.
The prediction of President Pulliam that
there is TO be a close race in the National
League has not shaken the confidence OF
the Cubs. Garry Hermann says thei,
nerve is of the monumental brand.
George Davis, the White Sox veteran
evidently has his eye firmly fixed on the
ball for In yesterdays game with George
Van Haltrens Oakland club. at Sar
Diego. Cal. De-. twice drove the bal
into the waters OF the Pacific for home
runs.
Laporte. who, with Thoney. was tn,
only man still unsigned by the Boston
team, has affixed his signature to con
tract. The player came TO terms in yer,
short order. and when the team gets e
Cincinnati on the way back the roster will
be completed.
Cy Young says that Lou Criger is nov
In as good shape as he is during ths mid
die of the summer. Considering Criger
long illness. this will be big relief t.
Boston American fans, who thought tina
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FIFTH DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Maryland Republicans to Meet April
20 at Hyattsville.

BALTIMORE, March 1.-THE fifth con-
gressional district convention will be held
at noon on April %. at Hyattsville. The
date was agreed upon last night at the
Hotel Rennert at a conference between
the members of the subcommittee ap-
pointed to arrange for the convention at
the meeting of the republican state CEN
trail committee two weeks ago.
Those present were Messrs. Thomas
Parran, chairman of the republican state
committee, Calvert county: James b. Belt
of Prince George county, Joseph w.
Jones Of ST. Mary county, William Gill
christ of Charles county, former State
Senator George d. Day of Howard county
and the following gentlemen from the city
wards which are i'm the fifth district:
Messrs. Nice. eighteenth ward; Scott.
twenty-first ward: Stiles. twenty-third
ward, and Harrison, twenty-fOurth ward.
The gathering was most harmonious.
and the resolutions and details of the ar
rangements for the convention were acted
upon by the committee as unit.
The convention will nominate a candi-
date for representative, district candi-
date for presidential eiector and will Sc
lect one member for the republican board
of appeals. 1t will also select two dele
gates and two alternates to the repub-
lican national convention.
The committee agreed that the primaries
and the county conventions for the selec-
ton of delegates to the convention from
the counties shall be held under such
regulations as may be prescribed by the
central committees of the several coun-
ties.
It is predicted that Sydney e. Mudd will
be renominated for Congress.
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QUEBEC BRIDGE COLLAPSE.
Commissions Report Places Blam.
on American Engineers.

OTTAWA, Ontario. March 12.-The re-
port of the royal commission on the col
lapse Of the Quebec bridge, in which
eighty lives were lost, has been presented
to parliament The commission finds thai
the collapse was due to defect in design
and that the parts of the bridge which
first gave way were the lower chorus
in the lanchor arm near the main pier.
The design for the chords that failed
was made by p. l.. !SZlapka, the design
ing engineer of the Phoenix Bridge Com
pany. This design was examined and oni-
cially approved by Theodore Cooper, con-
sulting engineer of the Quebec Bridge and
Railway Company.
The failure cannot be attributed di-
rectly to any cause other than errors in
judgment on the part OF these two engi-
neers. the report declares.
The report then continues:
'These errors in judgment cannot be at
tributed either TO lack Of common pro-
fessional knowledge, to neglect of duty or
to a desire to economfze. The ability OF
the two engineers was tried in one of the
most difficult problems of the day and
proved insufficient.
"A grave error was made in assuming
the dead load for the calculations at toe
low a value, and not afterward revising
this assumption"
The commission does not believe that
the fall of the bridge could have beer
Any effort to brace or take down the
structure would have been impracticabls
owing to the manifest risk of human life
involved. The loss Of life August .
might have been prevented, the report
says, by better judgment by those respon-
sible for the work of the Quebec Bridge
and Railway Company and the Phoenia
Bridge Company.
The failure of the Quebec Bridge Com
pany to appoint an experienced bridge en-
gineer Is criticised.
The work of the Phoenix Bridge Com
pany in making the drawings and plan
ming and executing the erection of the
bridge and by the Phoenix Iron company
in fabricating the material is commended
The steel used was of good quality. the
report declares, the serious defects beine
fundamental errors I'm design.
The professional knowledge of the pres.
ent day concerning the action of stee
columns under load. the report concludes
is not sufficient to enable engineers eco
nomically to design such structures as the
Quebec bridge. A bridge of the adopted
span that will be safe can be built, but q
much larger amount of metal must be
used.
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HURDLER SMITHSON
TO QUIT new YORK

NEW YORK, March 12.-Forest Smith
son. the worlds greatest hurdler. has Oe-
cided to quit New York. He says he will
leave this city today for his home In
Portland Greg, where he will remain
Indefinitely. 1t is doubtful whether he
will ever return.
Since Smithson came east for the ma
tional championships of jamestown, Va,
last summer he has added a worlds rec
ord and an American indoor record to mis-
credit and defeated the fieetest and best
jumpers in the country.
While much had been said about his
ability as an athlete in the west, 1t was
not until he won the national champion
ship that he was considered the equal of
the eastern champions. In the 12O-yard
high hurdle race he beat the fastest men
in the country and won in such inn
pressive style that he was Immediately
termed the fastest man in the world over
the high jumps.
Shortly after that. while a student at
Yale, he accomplished a feat seldom
equaled in the history of athletics at
New Haven. In one day he won nVe
events in the fall fnterclaSs games. Since
then his name has been consplcuously
before the athletic world. No less than
seven times he has exceeded the world
mark of eight and one-fifth seconds in the
sixty-yard high hurdle event. but on
each occasion he unfortunately topped
over a bar, with the result that his new
mark was not allowed, and on as many
times more equaled the record mark.
Last week at the Georgetown Univer-
sity games at Washington he established
a new American record over the fifty
yard course by covering the distance IN
five and two-f1fths seconds, or two-tifths
of second faster than it, was ever run
before. But his greatest achievement
was accomplished at the New York A. c,
games Tuesday night. Matched against
the best timber toppers in the country,
he twice ran seventy yards over the hur-
dies in new worlds record time. In his
heat he hung up the mark of eight and
four fifth seconds and in his final won
easily in nine seconds. The record of
nine and one-fifth seconds. which he low
cred. had stood for fourteen years, Steven
Chase having made it in Boston in 1894
AS soon as Smithson won the national
championship he made application for
membership In the Irish-American Ath-
letic Club, and shortly afterward was
elected a member. but owing to the A. A.
U. rule which compels an athlete to be
resident of the district in which his
club is located for al least three months,
Smithson was unable TO wear the winged
fist in competition.
Since then he has joined the I'D Regi-
ment and it was said, had recently been
elected a member of the New York Ath-
letic Club. While the hurdler has been
athletes and followers of athletics, and
often said that he intended to make this
city his home. What caused his sudden
intention to go west is known only to his
closest friends, and they refuse to di-
vulge 1t.
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SCHAEFER RETIRES
STILL CHAMPION

CHICAGO. March 12-Jake Schaefer,
for thirty-five years the wizard of the
cue. just on the eve of his retirement
from active competition beat Willie
Hoppe last night 500 to 423.
The match was for the 1871 balk line
billiard championship of the world. Hoppe
was the challenger. Frequently the boy
wonder was able to get a glimpse of the
worlds title, but Schaefer's marvellous
resourcefulness pulled him through. His
average was IA 1895. while Hoppe aver
aged ~ 1874.
Schaefer had. prior to the match. an
nounced his retirement from active COM
petition. and his victory last night per-
mits him 10 retire an undefeated cham
pion. His billiards were brilliant aid hi.
delicacy OF toush and skillful nursing o.
the balls outside of balk were the won
.derment Of the crowd.
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AMATEUR COURT
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE annual
tournament for the amateur court tennis
championship of America will be held at
the Racquet and Tennis Club of this city
April 9 and following days. Matches are
to be best three out of five sets, but only
sets that may decide a match are to be
advantage.
According to the conditions the holder
play in the tournament. but shall defend
his title If challenged by the winner OF
the tournament. Consequently, Jay
Gould, present holder of the title, will
stand out until the end. This years
tournament is exciting more than passing
interest because Eustace III. Miles of Lon
DON former champion of Great Britain. is
to try to regain his lost laurels. Miles
and Peter Latham. the professional
champion. sailed from the other side
early this week
Several months ago Gould announced
that because of his college work he would
be unable to defend the title which he
wrested from Miles a year ago, but he
has changed his mind. In coming here it
is believed that the Englishman Is
prompted more by the desire to turn the
tables on Gould than by any special long
ing to regain the title which he has held
on so many occasions.
Miles first appearance on this. his sec
ond, visit to this country will be at the
Tuxedo Racquet and Tennis Club March
81, when he will play Latham. The anna
teur will receive the usual odds OF fifteen.
Recently In England Miles. receiving
these odds, defeated the professional
champion. March % Gould will play
Latham, and the young American will
also receive the same odds. In 1905
at Lakewood Gould played on that basis
against Latham and the latter won, 60,
g.. That was Goulds first appearance
before a large gallery and since then lie
has made his wonderful record
Court tennis men are inclined to pick
Miles toy go right through.th the tournament.
thereby earning the right to challenge
Gould. This match between the tOurna-
ment winner and the holder of the title
shall be played on the second day sue
ceedng the final round i'm the tournament
unless otherwise ordered by the commit
tee. There is a condition. however. that
should the entries number three or less
the holder shall play with the others in
round robin" the winner of the most
number of matches to become the cham
piop.
II the number of entries exceeds three
the drawing shall be made and the tour
nament held on the Bagnal Wilde system.
1t Is practically certain that there will
be at least a dozen contestants in the
coming tournament Entries will close
at the Racquet and Tennis Club April l.
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LOCAL. GOLFERS PUT
OUT AT PALM BEACH

PALM BEACH. Fla. March 12.-Match
rounds were the feature in yesterday s
play OF the golf tournament in progress
here The surprise in the morning was
the defeat of Archie Graham, last years
runner-up to Jerome Travers in the ma
tional championship. at the hands OF
Garry e. Adams of Fox Hills. The. lat
ter won decisively by up on the four
teenth green He however. succambed
in the second round to Clayton Dixon of
Philadelphia
Walter Fairbanks, the Denver veteran.
survived both rounds as did K. ii. Nc
Elwee, the Chicago amateur
The summary:
First division. first round-walter Fairbanks
Denver defeated ]. F.. Rumbaugh, Wanna Lunna.
up and 6 to play: d. c. Murray defeated Dr.;
W. $. Harlan. Washington D. e, up. ~ ~
holes: Clayton G. Dixon, philadelphia dsfeate 60
play: G.. b. Adams Fox Hills. defeated Archie
Graham. North Jersey. 3 up and TO pay; aonn
"u up and !; to play: ". B. Mccarthy defeated
Irving schmezel; Long Island up ?, and na,os 20
pay C. SpsnGg chlsa AND tie psy Nc
ElWee. 0nwentsia defeated j.. b. Rumbaugh,
Wanna Lua up and G.5rt to play defeated D. C.
Murray. up and to play; Clayton DIXON ues
feated G. b. Adams. Sup and TO play N %;
holes. 81. McElwee defeated C. F. Spalding,
) up and to play. c,.~,
Second division first round-GeOrge B. Clinord:
inneapolis defeated G. r. Darcy. T. up ana
to pIay: II. X Bolton. Chicago defeated Dr.
Ralph Jenkins. Washington. d. c.. up and 10
play: J. Clarence Davies North Jersey. deif naaS
W r. Oliver defeated Sidney Maddox. Crescent
A. G.. Brooklyn. 3 mp and to play; A. n MI
Ter jr defeated W. Fl. Rapley. ashlns1oh'
tmsroi' defeated r. NJ Fair. Z up and TO play
r.. Fl. Phifer Baltusrol. defeated c: :. Bracket
nm % holes: Theodore Kerr. BaltuSroi. de-
feated Charles G. Briggs. Schenectady, : up ana
to play. Y
Second round-G. b. Clifford defeated n. N
G. Davies. 2 up and 1 to play: a. f: Allsopp de-
feated A. Nj. Miller. jr., up: X. II. Phlter de-
feated Theodore Kerr. 6 up and D to play.
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WASHER MADE A MISTAKE.
Athletic Miss Graham Lambasted
Him With Bundle She Carried.

NEW YORK. March 12.-There was
some excitement at the corner Of 44th
street and Sth avenue yesterday after
noon, when a young woman OF athletic
build struck a youth with a bundle she
carried in her hand, the occurrence at
tracing the attention of mounted po-
liceman. plain clothes man and several
hundred citizens.
The girl, who said she was May Ora
ham, declared that the young man had
followed her several blocks, and insisted
that she go along with him. When she
refused, she declared. he put his arm
about her.
The man. who gave the name of John
Liebernan. said he lived in Jersey City,
was arrested, and in the west side court
was held in $1,000 bail for further exami-
nation.
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HURLEY-SUMMERS
FIGHT FAST DRAW

NEW YORK, March 12.--"Battling"
Hurley of Passaic, N. J.. and Johnny
Summers of England fought six OF the
fastest rounds seen in this city this year
last night at the Sharkey Athletic Club
and at the end neither had gained de-
cided advantage. From beginning to end
the bout was replete with scientific points
and each displayed more stamina than the
winner of a Marathon race.
Hurley was the aggressor always and
landed three times as many blows as his
opponent, but Summers was much the
cleyerer and when he landed his blows
had great force. At the end both boys
were badly bruised, but each was strong.
Until ten seconds before the bell rang
ending the first round there was not a
clean blow struck, and just as the crowd
Of spectators was anxiously asking one
another's opinion Of it the Jerseyite chased
his opponent to the ropes and there was
an exchange of blows. Each landed sew
eral, and the fighters were hammering
away at each other when the round end
ed. AS they went to their corners blood
was streaming from Hurley's nose.
Four times Hurley attempted to engage
Summers in a head-to-head mix-up In the
second round. but each time the English
man cleverly hooked the blows and es-
capped without being struck heavy blow.
AS they broke the last time Summers
landed a hard right swing on Huriey's
jaw with such force that the Jerseyte
showed visible sign of fatigue. But he
rallied quickly and before the visitor could
realize it Hurley had swung hard right
and terrific left-hand swing on Summers
and followed them up with several light
body blows. This rally earned Hurley the
advantage Of the round.
The third round was fast, each boy
fighting furiously throughout. Hurley was
the aggressor and time after time rushed
the Englishman to the, ropes, but instead
of fighting in a mix-up Summers clever1y
covered his face and waited for an oppor-
tunity to swing. Several times he. sue
| ceeded. and as Hurley went to his corner
his eye was pulled to twice its normal
size.
Summers gained a big advantage in the
| fourth round. He fought at long range az
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BRITISH PREMIER VERY I'LL.
Able to See None of His. Colleagues
Except Mr.. Asuuith.

LONDON, March 1.-THE health of Sir
Henry Campbell annerman. the prime
minister. has caused renewed anxiety.
During the past week there has been no
improvement whatever in his condition
rather. there has been a weakening of his
vitality, which lis regarded as a serious
symptom.
The premier sees Herbert H. Asquith
the acting premier, occasionally. but none
other of his colleagues. He has practi-
cally isolated himself for the past three
weeks, and has given no attention what
ever to political affairs.
1t is expected that the return of the
king from the continent will be followed
almost Immediately by a change in the
premiership.
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THE COLD WAVE HAS LEFT GALVESTON

often as possible and landed many right
and left swings to Hurley's face and body.
Hurley Offset this advantage in the next
two rounds. Rushing at his opponent like
an enraged bull. the Jerseyite repeatedly
backed Summers against the ropes and
showered him with left-hand swings to
the face and body. The last round was
replete with mix-ups. Hurley always land
ing more blows, but the least effective
ones.
Johnny Murphy outpointed Young
Brown, Tommy Cary defeated Young
Adams and Kid Lee and Young Leroy
fought slow draw in the preliminsries.
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Criger had gone back. Lou is now at
Hot Springs. but will join the main bril-
gade in Little Rock shortly.
Harry Mccormick. who was expected to
get out of his retirement to play in the
Phillies' outfield the coming season. has
been declared out of it by Manager Muir
ray. Mccormick has evidently changed
his mind about getting back into the
game.
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'Games to be played on west diamond.
Eligible Players.

Following is the official list of men who
are eligible to play on the various teams
in the league:
Treasury-Manager. Z. c. Robinson: O'Nelle.
Fuleher, Gertman. Vic Bielaski. Lord. Mccarthy,
Torney, Hester. Asquith and Dutch" New man.
Post Oflce-Manager. ]. G. Kondrup: pitchers,
Haring. Kerr. McCluskey and c. Waller; catch
ers. Kraft. Bradley and Callahan: ieIders. Bacon.
Barnes. Burke, A. and NJ Fenton. Herring. Hor-
man. Landrick. McGrath. Orrison, bennington
Ryan. Rupert and Ritter.
Commerce and Labor-Manager. 7. II. Ander-
son; pitchers. Kinney and Heath: catehers. Erwin
and Raf; felders, Il. L. Evans B. Bielaski. Fred
Kleinschmidt, G. Rapp. j. &. Hilman. John
Scaggs. w. II. Greenwald. f. Schreiner, 7. Shoe
maker. W. b. White and Q. Briggs.
Interior-Manager, e. G.. Duganne: pitchers.
Barnhardt. Madden. Wilcox, Hardy. Moore, Regis
helders, Carr, Nichols Tansill. Willit. Treakle,
Julian, Duganne. Limberger. Murphy, Moore.
Newman, Bateman. Thrall. Purcell and Jones.
War-Manager. III. F. WOrley: pitchers, Fine
gan. Wolfe. Donaldson and Patten: catchers.
Findley. Mullin and Nicholson; felders, Defgis,
Long Fenwick Jones. Pierce. Herbert. SignOr.
Corrigan, Heider. Ernest, Geib, Trip, Dewitt,
Nicholson and Everett.
Agriculture = Manager. /. Frickex: pitchers.
Sanders. Bryan and Seahorn: catchefs. Weber
and. Taylor: felders, Doyle. Brown, Bryan.
Rhodes. Taylor. Jones. Priest. McQuinn. Rose,
Davis Sasscer and Winchester. These the
to respond for the first call. but 1t is sure
there will be others. says Manager Frickey.
Navy-Manager II. T. LeClaire: hurry, Harris.
Smith Clements Ellis. Sutton, Hughes DeMar.
McClarron, Lauder. DOugherty and Quinn.
Interstate COmmerce-Manager, F. G. Stratton.
List of players for this team has not been given
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The steamer Cherokee of the Clyde line
arrived at New York Tuesday with
thirty-seven sailors and four passengers
who were wrecked in the West Indies
during recent storms. The four pas
sengers and thirty sailors belonged to
the ship Beta. which ran ashore near
Turks Island February % Seven sailors
are of the schooner Majorie ]. Summer,
wrecked on North Caicos Island February
%,