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A Fish story-without the Fish.

Contributed by a member OF the Hillside Fish,
The Hillside Fishing Club. mighty and brave,
A fshing party once they gave.
Everyone but our friend Hank
Went sailing to the fishing bank.
There was Kronich, the Thallers and Case.
WOOD ana McNally with burnt cork ON his face.
Marshall, Devine, Hannah and Mack,
And captain Legs to bring the good ship back
Gus and Ike, LaTfeque and Frank
Went with us to the fishing banks.
And there was Plath and Tommy Day
To help us pass the time away.
We sailed smoothly down the Passaic River
With everything to eat except fried liver.
There was ham and cheese and dear old beer,
And lemons and things that bring good cheer
When daybreak broke the sea was rough
And the way II used us was pretty tough.
We then decided to give the fish a banquet,
And the dear old fish are eating yet.
Captain Legs was first to get sick,
And 1t certainly was a dirty trick.
When he was lying fast asleep
They put the limberger down his back to keep
The boys were glad with many thanks.
Captain Legs furled sail,
And just then Thaller caught a whale.
You should have seen the robbins fly
And the boys drink beer when they were dry.
Al. Case caught a great big skate,
Ed. Trailer thought 1t was a bake.
We felt like the blue fish, very blue;
Captain Legs was sucking a lemon, too.
All the boys began to chum;
Someone said It was bum rum
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NO MORE BONUS
FOR PLAYERS IN
WORLDS SERIES
National Commission Decides
Against This Practise
Among Teams.

CINCINNATI Aug. IA new rule
regarding the purchase by major
league clubs of players from minors
and n regarding the worlds cham
pionship series were announced by the
National Baseball Commission yester-
day. The first is rule AZ, and provides
that mo major league club shall in he
future be permitted to sell q major
league player to a minor league, with
an option to repurchase said player,
unless the consideration to be paid to
the minor league club for such major
league player Is at least $780,"
The following additional detailed rule
to govern the contests for the worlds
series was also announced:
Rule II. Neither one of the contest
ing clubs shall be permitted TO pay a
bonus or prize to any or all of its play
ers who may lake part in the series,
either before or after the same has
been completed, and the commission
will retain the certified check which
each club is required to deposit under
rule 6, until such time as they may be
satisfied that there has been no VIOLA
ton of this rule: and in case there is
a violation of this rule, her said certi-
fed check shall be cashed and credited
to the funds of the National Commits
sion."
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BERGEN STREET SCHOOL
BOYS ENTER RELAY RACE

mating inc conducted under the lead
ing New Jersey evening paper. This
race will show the athletic world at
large the exact status of New Jerseys
long-distance runners. Every athletic
club of n standing has entered the
run or signifed it's intention of en-
tering, and this fact will render 1t
easy in the future to pick a team
from this State whose members are
long-distance men.
Today the senior boys of the Ber-
gen Street School Athletic Association
sent in its entry for the run. Other
school teams have members out in the
various parks every night training for
this event, and it need surprise no one
If some of those little chaps manage
to squeeze their way through Sea Girt's
lines Thursday, September 10 and pull
Governor Forts frock coat before their
older competitors get within hailing
distance of the State grounds.
The Irvington A.. c., of Irvington.
is another club going to try for the
$3.50 in prizes offered for the winning
club by THE EVENING STAR. Are
there any others?
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II FOREIGN ENTRIES
FOR SAVANNAH RACE,

SAVANNAH, Ca, Aug. 14.-Accord-
ing to advices from France it would
appear probable that the Grand Prize
automobile race to be held here on
Thanksgiving Day will see twenty
seven foreign cars entered. The esti-
mate of the contest committee of the
Automobile Club of America was some
what less thai this, and failed to tell
what makes these entrants would be,
but L'Auto, the official organ of the
Automobile Club Of France, names the
following as probable:
France-Panhard, Clement-Bayard,
Renault, De Dietrich and Motobloc,
each three cars. Total Is.
= Germany-Mercedes and Benz, each
two cars. Total 4.
~Italy-Fiat, three cars. Total 8.
In addition to these, it Is said, the
club has assurance of three Isotta and
two ITALIA entries, adding five to the
italian list, and making the grand
total of probable foreign starters q
cars.
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THE STRONG MAN,
PERFORMS FOR CHARITY.

Lou Elias will be back In the game
again. That is, the once great strong
man of Barnum's circus, now a retired
athlete living in Vailsburg, will make
another bow before the public, but
only for charity.
Tonight at Electric Park he Will ap-
pear on the stage in aid of the German
Hospital. He will lift a horse weighing
1,200 pounds and will and the 20O
and 400-pound dumbbells as he did In
the days when thousands applauded
him under the big tent.
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these faces gave him the gllbness to
speak what he evidently felt.
Clumsily he paused at the plate. then he
handed his gifts TO his old pal and fav-
orite catcher, Louis Criger and then in
st~inctively he turned toward the one
spot in the world where he is supreme
~ at home, his throne, so to speak
the marble slab hat marks the bound
aries of the pitching space.
The crowd vas quick to see the point.
1t understood that Cy wasn't talker
enough to tell his story, but that he
could show what he felt by his work
in the familiar place where he has
earned his fame. For ten minutes they
cheered as he stood there throwing the
balls over the plate"
The Crown of Years.
Doesn't that pen picture tell the story
In a Bostonese style? Isn't there a
world of thought in the every action of
old CIV as he walked to his throne, the
marble slab, where for eighteen years
he has reigned? And when Cy Young
right name Denton, lays down his mitu
and throws the old ball to one side and
takes off his baseball toggery and hands
it to one of the Denton heirs, in his
heart he will have the feeling that
even in baseball it pays to be just and
to be honest and to carry IN a clear
life hat all the world may not ever
point a finger of suspicion towards you
Cy Young may still be with us for
little time. Let us hope for years. II
him every boy of TINS land of our cal
Gull a lesson. Cy never allowed his top
piece to run away with him. He,alway
was the samoa plain citizen, Who al
ways worked hard for himself and thos'
given to his charge. EARLY to bee
and early to rise" was Cy's motto. ant
the result is apparent. In every bust
ness a man to follow 1t successful,
must follow the same lines as did thi'
ballplayer who yesterday received man.
loving cups and $4,000 in cash.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.


AN ORDINANCE providing for the adoption
by the Mayor and Common Council of the
city of Newark Of the provisions of chapter
1855 Of the laws of 1908, being an act entitled,
IAN act regulating the employment, tenure
ard discharge of certain officers and employees
of this State. and of the various counties and
municipalities thereof. and providing for a civil
service commission, and defining its powers
and duties" approved April 10. 1908.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and Common
Council Of the city of Newark as follows:
Section /. That the provisions of the act OF
the Legislature of the State of Now Jersey en-
titled. A act regulating the employment,
tenure and discharge Of certain ofic. RS and
counties and municipalities thereof. and pro-
viding for a civil service commission and de-
filming its powers and duties" approved April
10, 1908, be and the same hereby are adopted by
the Mayor and Common Council Of the city. OF
Newark OF this State.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take eff
feet Immediately.
Adopted August Z. 1903.
p. II. RYAN.
President of Common Council.
Presented to the Mayor for his approval
JAMES F.. CONNOLLY.
City Clerk.
Approved August II, 1908.
JACOB H~AUsSLING.
s Mayor.
The foregoing ordinance was presented In
Common Council on Friday evening. August Z.
1908, on third reading and final passage, was
passed and duly signed by the Mayor, and Is
therefore a law.
JAMES F. CONNOLLY.
aug12-5t City Clerk.
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YLROA
RAILROADS.
new Jersey CENTRAL
Corrected to June %, 1908
MON NDry VnDH

SOitCttC " bhhO o 41o
FOR NEW YORK.
SIS, ZIG. SO. go. Zoo. s:i5s, a:so.. .7:s5, seq.
s:15. $3.50, s:45, 900. o:l5, $3.50, s:45, 1000. 1929.
$3.50. $50, $40, $40. $3.50, s:45. 800. 7:lo. 1880.
1855. $3.50. s;55, 1855. 1O:4e, 11:2o p. M. 1901.
900. s:25. 1000. 1880. II 200. 1880 a. M; 1900
iii 'i s'cs. i s:sS. a s:oS. s:S; a a:os. s:Ss. SIS. s:Ss:
9:26. 1000. 1880. 11:0o >. M: 1901 night: 1880
For Elizabeth and Plainheld. s:le, ESQ. 7:ss.
1875, 9AS. 1880 a.. m, 1850. 1:16: 1:55, 2:35.
1885, AIS. 49,. $40. 9:ss, s:Is, 7A5' s:45. 1880,
a. m; 1855. 1855. 2:45. s:55. 4:55, $3.50. e:45. 7:s5.
For Esston. Bethlehem. Allentown ana
Mauch Chunk Ce:5o to E~aston). s;s5 a m;
For wilkesbarre and Scranton. s:ss a. Ia
LIS, 4;Ss ?; m. Sundays. !:S p; m.
1:5J. s:ss. 4;a5. SIS. sis. s;iS' 1850 p. NJ. Sun.
days. 7:1o. 9:o5. 1855 AM; 1856. $40 p. m.
For BED Bank; Long Branch. Asbury Park.
LIS. b:ss. s:l3 s45 Red Bank only. 1850 p. m.
Sundays. except Asbury Park G:10 Red Bank
oniy): s;o6. s;55 a. M; d:55 Red Bank only,
For lakewood s:as a. m; 1;is., s;ss. 4.as p. m.
For Atlantic City. eAS a. M: de.5o .satur-
days only), s:sS p. m, Sundays. 9;55 a. M;
Fsr Trenton and philadelphia. s:re. 7,5s. sax
s9:tS. 1880 a. M; $3.50. 1:16. %3:35. 4:9e Ems
se;ls, 7Lt5. s:s5. 1850 a. m. Sundays. no
s:ss., . y'Ss; 49, 5aiS.' SIS: 4 II 7:s I; s $40 sis ,. ' Il s'4s.
For baltimore and Washington. 7:5s. e.as
1850 a. m: LIS. 3:s5, SOS. e:1s D m. sundavs'
f:ie s;5s n:55 a mi LES. 1855. $50. stS D. IN.
Telephone 69oo
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From Present Indications 600
Runners Will Start from
Four Corners September 10.

Everywhere throughout this county
and in many sections of the State.
clubs are being formed by young men
who have ambition enough to test their
physical abilities in long-distance run
ming, and who are interested in one
of the biggest cross-country runs ever
held in this State. In fact, Manhattan
long-distance men annot boast of a
75-mile relay, such as THE EVENING
STAR is going to conduct Thursday,
September 10. This is one reason why
so many five-mile runners from Man
haitian and the Bronx have applied for
entrance into this big event.
THE EVENING STAR is interested
in the runners of New Jersey, and
clubs from outside of the State are
barred.
1t will be a New Jersey affair, origi-
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BAY VIEW WHEELMEN
GIVE BADGE TO KEIM

h presentation of a diamond
studded badge to Frederick Keim, one
of the founders of the Bay View
Wheelmen, was the chief event at its
eleventh anniversary dinner in its
headquarters in Sixth street last night.
President John M. Felts, who was the
POSTMASTER, turned the badge over to
Mr.. Keim, and there were suitable re-
marks by the donor and recipient.
Songs and short toasts kept the COM
pany together until an early hour to-
day.
Former President Henry w. Maull,
Louis Mott and Christian Ahner helped
to make the affair a success.
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1t was indeed O. fitting tribute to this
grand old ball player that 10000 people
surged In on Boston's American League
field and by their presence testified to
the love and the affection in which Cy
Young has beer held and is still held
by those who are his closest friends
and who follow him in all his acts on
and off the field. A ball player in any
league has akreat lesson to I from
this demonstr1tion. His actions are
followed on the streets and on the field,
and when such a gathering as the one
of yesterday publicly declares its ap-
probation of q man then indeed can
such a man feel proud. Cy Young
might &c on for years making a name
for himself in the game, but all the
praise and all further honors could not
obliterate the memories of that Bos-
ton scene yesterday. But let a writer
who was at his scene tell 1t In his own
words. 1t will have a truer ring and
besides 1t is nicely told.
A Pen Picture.
"Old Cy isn't a speechmaker. He has
never been. Except for his added
weight, he looked little different yes
terday as he shambled to the plate from
the raw-boned, awkward countryman,
who, eighteen years ago, in a suit
about five sizes too small for him, went
in to pitch for Cleveland against Chi
cago, and in the face of the ridicule of
the White Sox, won his game, 8 to l.,
his opponents to three hits and
striking out, among others, the great
Arson, George Davis, Kittridge.
But there was no laughter yester-
day when Old Cy went to the plate to
get his homage. He still looked awk-
ward. His knees knocked as they al
ways have, and when thunders of
cheering attended the arrival of Lieu
tenant-G Governor Draper to make the
presentation speech ICY" filled up and
was only able to mutter a few words,
none of which were Ineligible even TO
the players crowding around him. Not
wen the hearty goodwill expressed in
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Outside Capital Said to Be In
terested in a Novel
Scheme.
BY EDWARD p. DUFFY.

One of the most peculiar schemes in
local semi-professional baseball has
just been announced. The popularity
of the affair is not the prominent thing
about iE but the fact that men from
different parts of the State have
BANDED together to place a fine team
here, shows how these strangers re-
gard Newark as a baseball place. 1t
has been announced that D.. b. Braun,
of Millville; S. ]. Lonecker, of Pater-
son, INT Harry Curtis, of Hawthorne,
will place in the field the Acme-Wash-
ington b.. B. and A. A. to play ball
both in Paterson and Newark, and a
negro travelling team to be known as
the Acme Giants. 1t Is proposed to
play Saturday and Sunday games in
Paterson and Newark on grounds the
site of which were not announced.
Local men know very little about
this arrangement and are seeking more
information, but the details, such as
the personnel of the players and the
like are carefully guarded. Not much
stress will be placed on results for this
G the announcement states, al
though an early start is expected next
year. The peculiar status of the pro-
o1S &oi oo W oASSA ottA 10 4'DN
ark and Paterson with it's games is not
understood by local men, who cannot
see how the thing can be made pay
along those lines. However, 1 suppose
the men behind the scheme know what
they are doing and into id to make a
success of it. There ought to be some
tall hustling for players as the best
available men are pretty well hooked
up just now.
One of the best games scheduled for
tomorrow is the game at Bloomfield
between the B a representing that
city and the Caldwell A. A. These
teams have been beaten only once each
this year., and the latter only twice in
two years. Albert Speer will twirl for
the mountain boys, while Timbrook
will hurl them over for the Bloomfield
crowd. 1t would not be much Of a
stretch of the imagination to calculate
on the result of this series as determin-
ing the championship of the county.
Otto Bolz, who unfortunately collided
with young McCarty, fatally injuring
him, on the Ironsides' grounds, is work.
ing tooth and nail to make the draw
ing for the benefit of the widowed
mother a success. He has sold 800
tickets himself, and is doing all in his
power to make the game between the
Turner's and his team at Wieden-
mayors Park next Saturday add more
to the fund.
Oracle, the F~ranklins' third baseman,
has improved a great deal this year.
He gives great promise in his work at
the three-quarter bag.
Stager, the Nutley outfielder, shapes
up like a good one. He covers a mile
of ground.
1 see that George Flammer has
signed Salvage, the Bernardsville
strike. u twirler. He has not worked
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LEAGUE.

At Springfeld-First game, Springfield, 2;
New Haven. / ~(sixteen innings). Second
game, New Haven, /; Springfield, l eleven
innnRs).
At New Britain-Ffrs game, New Britain,
Q; Hartford, 3 (ten innings). Second game,
Hartford. s; New Britain, 4.
AT Observation-Disclosures .; Water
bury, l.
At Meriden-First game, Holyoke, q; Mer-
iden, 1 Second game. Holyoke, 2; Meri-
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

At New orleans-New Orleans. 2; Mem
phis, 0.
At Nashville-Atlanta, s; Nashville, ?.
At Neutrality-suspicious. game, Montgom-
cry, 2; Birmingham. 1. Second game, MONT
somery. 4; Birmingham L..
At M~obile-MobiIe, 8; Little Rock. l.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of special election to determine upon
the retention or rejection of the voting ma
chine.
In accordance with law. the Mayor and
Common Council of the city of Newark. have
by resolution ordered that a special election
be held on
September 1, 1908,
between the hours Of 6 a. m. and Z p. m at
mine upon the retention or rejection Of the
voting machine in the following named. wards
and districts. as provided for by the folloWing
Jersey. laws session of 1908, entitled. "a sun
plement to an act entitled An act to provide
for the purchase of voting machines. and to
regulate the use of the same at elections APP
proved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred
and Ave. approved April tenth, nineteen hun
bred and eight" and in accordance with the
provisions of an "Act to regulate elections. re-
vision Of 1898. approved April "a, 1898. end the
several acts amendatory thereof and supple
mental thereto:'
Ward. District. Polling Place,
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NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.

At Brockton-Worcester. /: Brockton. o..
Al Haverhfl-Haverhlll. 3; FAIL River, g.
AT Lynn-First game, Lynn: 4 Lowell ..
Second game. Lynn. 3: Lowell. 1.
At Lawrence-First game. Lawrence y
New Bedford, 4 Second game. Lawrence
4; New Bedford. 0. /.
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No games scheduled yesterday.
Games Today.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Washington.
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cause his periodso Of years indicate that h as departed rom the Junior ranks
many n moon ago as far as the baseball world is concerned. If Cy were en-
gagged in the pursuit of 10 m mercantile business or we're he a banker, he would
moi deserve the appeaion of "Od Cy' because as a matter of act he is still
lowering around the 40 mark with a shade oil the other side of it.. But a man
to stand the strain Of baseball n to remain steadfast to thfs partcula
avocaton until the shadows Of the half century mark ares seer in the shadow
lis admirers call him old, so as o be ever ready to excuse him should Father
Apparently, Cy Young is just a s active today as a pitcher as he was eRh-
teen years when he started out % max a la or himself the base
ball line. If then he determined to nal e a name, he must be happy today IN
the knowledge that his attempt did not peter out In a fiat failure. He has
mad a nan for hinsef am for those Of bis race tof follow him.
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STANDING OF CLUBS in
THREE Big LEAGUES

Yesterdays Results.
Newark, 4; Toronto, 1
Buffalo, g.; Baltimore, l..
Providence, 2; Rochester, l.
Jersey City. 6; Montreal, o.
Games Today.
Toronto at Newark.
Montreal at Jersey City.
Buffalo at Baltimore.
Rochester at Providence.
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AS q second baseman Merklin, OF the
Pathways, is playing a fast game. He
gets in his bingles, too.
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POPULAR TRIBUTE PAID
TO PITCHER CY YOUNG
Real Grand Old Man in Baseball Circles Is Given
One Of the Greatest OvatiOnS Ever Extended
to Player in History Of National Game.
BY TOM DUGAN.

Ut in Boston r. the hub of culture and the home of
A ia the famous baked eatable made famous by the
good housewives of that place, 10000 men and
women and a fair sprinkling of juniors of both sexes,
gathered on the American League baseball field and did
the history of the gme-Old Cy Young. Players from other
teams and citizens from other places than Boston helped
to swell the old mans heart with a feeling akin to love
and thankfulness. They call him-this object Of this gen.
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SEMI=PRO CLUBS HEAR
ABOUT NEW BALL STUNT

yet. What has become of young
Jewell, the public school pitcher whom
Flammer signed? He has not shown
up either.
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yet. What has become OF young
Jewell, the public school pitcher whom
Flamnler signed? He has not shown
up either.
AS q second baseman Merklin, Of the
Pathways, is playing a fast game. He
gets in his bingles, too,
Tommy Healey, an old-timer, still
playing from time to time with Rose
vile, can hold his own at any position
on a team, except pitching.
Kelly, who plays second base for the
Baltimore Colored Giants, true to his
name, but no to his color, coached Sun
day in the valley in accents quite
Hibernian, to the amusement of the
large crowd.
Howatt, the Arlington's pitcher. uses
his NOODLE all the time; result, he gets
away with most of his games.
That st. Benedict team, playing all.
its games on home instead of foreign
diamonds, looks mighty good 10 me.
There are some fast boys on that nine
with more promising material to come
from the reserves, who can go some.
The Bay View Wheelmen will face
Van Vlecht, the Yale pitcher. Saturday
at the Montclair A. c. grounds. a
Is a slow pitcher, boys. Whose strength
lies in mixing them up. Bloomfield
proved that.
Havens is pitching nice Sunday ball
for the Vailsburg A. C. He Is a good
hitter, too.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

At Augusta-SaVannah, 2; Augusta, /.
At M~acon-Macon. 6; jacksonville, 5.
Al Columbia-Columbia, 8; Charleston, 2.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.

Yesterdays Results.
New York, 8; Brooklyn. 8.
Pittsburg, i; Chicago, 0.
Philadelphia, 2; Boston, 0.
st. Louis. z; Cincinnati, l.
Games Today.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORD.
WIPE, Wipe.
al, Iouis 81 AZ .692lP philadelphia Al SO 40
Chicago ,....S 4 .563l Washington .39 81 $3.50
Cleveland ...B As .563lNew York ..33 60 .327
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Ravens is pitching nice Sunday bail
for the Vailsburg A. c. He is a good
hitter, too.
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Howatt, the Arlington's pitcher. uses
his NOODLE all the time; result. he gets
away with most of his games. 6
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I see that George Flammer has
signed Salvage, the Bernardsville
strike. out twirler. He has not worked