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The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
PLAYERS LIKE OLD GLOVES.
New Mitts Cause Diamond stars All
Kinds OF Trouble,

Baseball players after they break in
2 glove will hang on 10 1t until 1t is
nothing more than q tissue Of rags. for
they have an affection for well
broken glove. It is fact that in many
cases glaring errors are made By
players who. for the time being. arc
wearing some other players glove. or,
perhaps are just breaking in new
one.
A weIl-broken glove is Ike a we'll
broken shoot is easy 70 the hand.
and the man wearing IL learns 70
repose confidence In his finger cover
ing; and, having such confidence. he can
do a great deal better work than he
could with a new or a strange glove.
The breaking in Of a glove. even by a
seasoned old leauger, is serious event,
and is attended with a great deal Of
anxiety. II is the subject Of interest
above all others 10 the rest OF the
players.
The glove during the breaking-in
process has to be treated with a variety
Of oils and greases in order TO make it
pliable. Every player has some secret
preparation 10 rub on his glove in
which he has unbounded faith; but the
majority of the spike shoe geniuses use
vaseline as a starter After this has
well soaked in then they pour on their
oils at different times.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
LOCAL ATHLETES INTERESTED
Fifth Regiment Games viii Attract
Many Eastern Stars.
Attractive List of Events Arranged
for Indoor Meet in Baltimore
on February %.

It is expected that as usual large con-
tingent of local athletes viii 90 over to
Baltimore on the night OF WashingtOn's s
Birthday to compete in the indoor games
of the Fifth Regiment Athletic AssoCia-
ton.
Invitations viii be sent to all the crack
athletes OF New York. Philadelphia. and
the South who competed in the meets held
in Baltimore last winter.
The events will include open handicap
dashes and runs-lOO-yard and 220-yard
dashes. 440-yard, SS0-yard. and one-mile
runs; tnterscholastic handicap dashes and
runs-l00-yard dash and 440-yard run.
Dashes and runs open 10 members OF
the Fifth Regiment only-l00-yard dash
(novice) and SS0-yard run (novicel. Spe-
cial SSO-yard equipment race. open only
for members OF the Fifth Regiment A. A.,
and a competitive drill between three
members from each company Of the regi-
ment Open handicap field events-Shot-
put high jump, broad jump. and pole
vault. As many relay races as can be
scheduled. open handicap. two-mile roller
skating race.
Capt. Washington Bowie, jr., is chair
man Of the games committee, the other
members of which are as follows: Lieut..
George J. Turner, treasurer; Lieut.. F. S.
Whitman, secretary; Capt s. J. Poe,
Lieut. J. ?. Houston, Lieut.. Frank Han
cock, and Lieut.. A. B. Marston.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
CHICAGO TO HAVE 4 CREW
Dream of Rowing on Midway Will
Be Realized in Two Years.
Proposed waterway 10 Center of
Wanted by the MaroOBs.

Chicago. Feb. S-Chicago's dream Of a
regatta and crew may come true shortly.
according 10 Dr. Thomas " Goodspeed,
secretary of the board Of trustees and
registrar OF the university. Talk of a crew
has been revived within the last few days
and DIT. GoodsDeed, who is the godfather
to things athletic az the Midway. yester-
day gave the movement a good push.
For ten years the plans Of Director
stagg have been more or less filled for
future reference" but yesterday Dr.
Goodspeed predicted that crew not only
is a possibility in the course Of two years.
bat a certainty. He said also that the
university now planned 10 have its own
.boathouse and landing in the middle Of
the campus.
When the South Park commissioners
build their waterway from The lake TO
Washington Park in the middle Of the
Midway, the university viii tap the canal
and bring the water in 10 the middle Of
the campus. between Lexington and Ellis
avenues. Here in the midst OF the ivy
clad buildings IS to De erected. in keeping
with the architecture, a Gothic boathOuse.
President JUdson said:
We have long hoped for a crew ar
Chicago, and the time now Is at hand
when It will be realized. don't want to
say just when the first crew practice will
be held. but il seems TO me that two years
is a safe time 10 set for the building of
the canal down the Midway. which will
make the crew a possibility. A mile
stretch, as we know. Il not enough for a
crew. and so the lake viii have 10 be re-
sorted to. on many da.s the lake is calm
enough for crew work. but il will not be
possible to use the lake for practice and
for regattas until the outer breakwater.
which is TO reach from Grant Park TO
Jackson Park, is completed
This viii enable Us 10 have a crew and
20 hold fine races right here at home
Director Stagg will see to 1t that the crew
Is well handled and that the sport Is
placed on the proper basis
John d. Rockefeller recently made A
gift OF $4,000 TO the university to be used
for beautifying the campus. He had con-
tributed several sums Of this proportion
previously and it is possible the founder
Of the institution may become interested
enough TO make the campus lake and
/ inlet possibility If not. Andrew Car
negie, who gave a lake to Princeton re-
Gently, may be invited 20 assist
When Chicago gets a crew. Minnesota
which has enough water within reach OF
Minneapolis, may also be inspired with
aquatic hopes and go in for regatta work
/ Wisconsin for many years has had one
having stood alone among the Western
colleges in this respect. Illinois and the
other Western universities have no water
possibilities.
Three crews are enough. however. for a
| Western regatta. which would unQues.
| tionably be welcomed with open arms by
/ the college athletic reformers. who have
read the president of Harvard's statement
| that rowing and tennis are the only two
sports in the colleges where cheating IS
not possible
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
YALE LIKE HARVARD.
Ellis Would Adopt the English Idea
of Celebrating Victories.

intercollegiate contests at Yale. par
ticularIy the great football games of
the year. which take place at New
Haven. have always had as one Of the
most attractive features in the eyes of
a goodly majority Of the spectators the
session Of rejoicing which always fol-
lows victory for the Ellis
True. these rejOiCings have at times
Partaken Of the nature Of heather rites
and weird ceremonials, but neverthe-
less they have come to be expected al
most as much as the play Of the two
teams. Therefore. the following edi-
toriaI from the Yale Alumni Weekly is
a little surprising:
AN English university contest. at
least in some forms of athletics. Is by
no means so spectacular as similar
contests in America. According to
reports. the behavior of all concerned
is in decided and not unpleasing con-
trast to the American fashion in such
affairs.
AN observer, speaking of annual
cricket matches Of Oxford aad Cam
bridge, says that complete reciprocity
in good feeling was noticeable among
both players and spectators. Graduates
and former players Of the universities
mingled freely.
Partisan yells Of delight at points
gained by either side were lacking.
There were no cheering sections, no
snake dances led by bands of music, no
placards with prOfane expressions of
ultra partisan feeling. The entire af-
fair was of so friendly and social a
nature that the sting of defeat was
greatly Iessened TO the losers.
The good feeling between the lead
Ing English universities Is well Illus
trated by the fact that many years
ago, when rowing seemed to have be-
come a lost art at Cambridge, her
crew being consecutively beaten by
Oxfords representatives. the latter
gave generous aid to her unfortunate
adversary
las English students have contended
in athletics much longer than ours, it
seems natural to conclude that they
have passed the effervescent stage and
now strive with one another for the
strife's sake, as well as for victory.
"On the whole, it strikes one as the
nobler way. and worthy of imitation. in
due time. by American cOllegians."
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
PRINCETON TRACK DATES.
Georgetown Indoor Meet Included
on Schedule for Tigers.

Princeton, n. j., Feb. S.-This sea-
sons schedule for the Princeton track
team was announced by Manager J.
Havron, jr.. tonight after having been
ratified by the athletic council The
schedule does not differ materially from
that Of last year, except that three new
meets have been added-games with the
Trenton Y. N. c. A. Georgetown. and
the Pennsylvania relay meet
Only one OF the entire nine meets in
which the Tigers will compete viii take
place in Princeton-that with Cornell.
on May 16. However. in addition to
these nine meets there will be the an
nual CaledOnian games the intersehOl-
astic meets and the indoor handicap
games, all Of which will be played at
home.
The schedule includes three dual
meets-with Yale, Cornell, and Colum-
bia
The complete schedule is as follows:
February 2-Indoor games ef First Regiment. Ma
tl0nal Guard Of Pennsylvania at the First Regiment
Armory Philadelphia. February 29-Indoor games
with Trenton Y. NJ C A.. at Trenton.
March 7-Indoor games with Georgetown Univer-
sity, at Washington, D. C. March l9-Indoor games
Of New York Athletic Club. at New York. March
25-Aunual indoor handicap games in the university
gymnasium
April 25-PennsylFania relay meet. al Philsdsphis
April 2e-Thirty-seEenth annual Caledonisn games.
at Princeton.
MAY Twelfth annual inteTseholastie meet. ar
Princeton. Msy 9-Dual meet with Yale al New
Haven. MAY lB-Dual meet With Cornell az Prince
ton May 23-Dual meet With Columbia. AZ New
York May p and 30-Thirty-third annual inter
collegiate track meet.
In addition 10 these meets. arrangements win in
all probability be made to have several members Of
the University team take part in dual meet of
the Amateur Athletic Union, 70 be held IN Phns.
dslphis, OF Msseb 1,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
BASEBALL BASKETBALL RACING BOXING ATHLETCSA AND BOWLING

Nazel right end; Williams. left end and
Richards left tackle, comprise the Penn
sylvania delegation
The Tome Institute team viii lose six
members by graduation. three OF whom
enter Pennsylvania in the fall. and the
others one each to Cornell. Brown. and
Maine The three to matTiculate at the
Red aad Blue institution are GungeH-
hauser, center; Robertson. right tackle
and Johns. quarter back Cornell gets
Mason, left half back. Brown, Walker
left end, and Maine. Marston, right end,
This school defeated Lawrencevilie, and
then lost to Penn's freshmen.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
NEIL IS DOWN AND OUT.
but Defeat for frankie
since He Killed Harry Tenny.

frankie Neil. who quit in the thir
teenth round in his bout with Abe At
tell, used TO be a dangerous man be-
cause of a vicious left hook to the
body which carried tremendous force
and invariably laid out its victim when
it landed With this blow he knocked
out Harry Forbes on three separate
occasions.
II Neil still possesses the punch he
certainly is not without good, fair
chance of whipping il over on Abey
and winning the fight there and then.
But there are few who believe that
Neil retains it.
The last time he used il was on the
ill-fated night Of February 2S, 1906, and
Harry Tenny was carried from the
ring unconscious. dying a few hours
later. Neil was held for manslaughter
and exonerated But since that night
no goddess of fortune has deigned TO
smile on his suit Since that night
when poor Tenny was borne To his
deathbed. frankie Neil has fought
four times and suffered defeat four
times The punch that won thrice
from Harry Forbes and laid Harry
Tenny low has not been in evidence
viii some person argue that the
spirit OF Tenny clings close to Neil
when in battle. staying by the mys-
terious practices of the unknown
world the blow intended to be de-
cisive? Or will some person. of a
mind more given to the matter of
fact. advance the theory that remem-
brance of the Tenny affair has robbed
Neil of the heart to hit as hard as
he is able? However the thing is fig
ured out, the fact remains that IN
twenty three months Neil has re-
ceived nothing but trouncings He
lost to Abe Attell and Harry Baker,
each in twenty rounds. and then, after
a rest of over a year, was stopped
in sixteen rounds by Owen Moran.
His most bitter dose of defeat came
with the defeat by AttelI
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
MICHIGAN IS PROGRESSIVE.
wolverines VIII Have Regular
Freshman Teams Next Year.

Ann Arbor. Feb. S.-Next year Michi-
gan win be on the same basis in the
conduct and care Of athletics as the
leading teams Of the East enjoy In
other words, Michigan will have a COM
plete organization Of Freshmen foot
ball team, a Freshmen baseball team.
and a Freshmen track team.
The sentiments Of the powers that be
has been sounded snd the time IS ripe
for e. Heretofore the Freshmen teams
had TO go out and play among them
selves only while the Eastern colleges
were pitting their frst-year men up
against fellows Of the same ranking
in rival institutions. The result was
that the chicken would develop into
a pretty good-siZed rooster when he
got TO the Sophomore stage. Micha-
gan never had these advantages. but
there is an evolution as well as "A
revolution and the Michigan Freshmen
will not only play minor colleges Of the
State and preparatory schools but
there is a plan on foot 20 get a game
with the Freshman team of Pennsyl-
vania Yale, Cornell. or Princeton.
And then Michigan is going into the
intercollegiate basketball game and a
team viii probably be sent out durin
the Christmas holidays for an extended
trip. These plans have not been
matuTed yet. but Manager Baird is
fortifying them Here is another thing
that is being promoted Michigan for
years has been in the front rank in
relay races. and Keene Fitzpatrick does
not want to be headed off He is trying
TO arrange with teams for contests Of
this character TO be pulled off in the
Waterman gymnasium so as to get the
men IN shape for the Pennsylvania
meet. And they cannot come too thick
or too East for him. either,
Manager Baird in talking over the
schedules for the year said:
Il don't think that we will play
Dartmouth this yea. as there IS not
an open date that would be advantage
Gus to either college. I wrote them
TO that effect 1t is possible that we
will play some other team besides
Pennsylvania. but 1 must wait and see
how many games will be allowed TO US
by the board, and whether the fellows
want TO take on any harder work than
is on the list now We have a mighty
good schedule as it is. The board of
control viii meet some time this
month and we will know more about
future plans then"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
JOCKEY CLUB FORFEITs SMALL.
List shows Only $1,000 Unpaid al
Close of 1907 sensOn.

The forfeit list Of the Jockey Club has
been made public. 1t shows that at the
end of 1907 there was q total of $1,000
unpaid, This is the amount on approx
mately s2,5Oe00O, and is a remarkably
good showing It amounts to about
three-quaFters OF l per cent, which would
be a wonderfully small loss IN any
mercantile business.
OF this amount it is safe to assume
that $3,0o0 and possibly 5000. will be paid
which will still further reduce the show
ing. There are 154 owners on the list, and
Of the number twenty-one are on the list
furnished by the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association.
A great deal of the forfeit money is due
frny- Western horsemen, who made
liba T nominations in the spring and did
mos ~ace over the Eastern tracks. Many
or The others published are very evident
Cases of oversight Or neglect In meeting
the obligation, and there viii be several
settlements before the opening of The
season in April
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

Only ten cents Il week, delivered at
your door-the daily Issues Of The
Washington Herald Phone Main $500.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Victory for Roanoke Y. VI. c, A.
sra--iaI - m, V-esbirr-tor TT,rsld

Lynchburg, Va, Feb. S.-Roanoke Y.
NJ. c. A. tonight defeated the local asso-
citation at basketball by II to Il The
home team led by y TO IN the first half,
but the visitors outclassed them in the
second
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09


Much ingenuity was displayed in the ar
rangement Of the ShaTKey CoTbett fake
that took place at the Lenox A. c.. Of
which Tom O'Rourke was the manager.
Corbett was hot favorite over the sailor,
but many thought Sharkey's strength
would win for him. But Corbett and the
clique who engineered the scheme knew
that Sharkey would get the decision, and
that Con McVey. Corbett's sparring part
ner and second, would bring the bout to
an end in the ninth round by jumping into
the ring. the rules providing that the de-
cision shall go against the boxer whose
seconds enter the ring during a bout.
Thousands we're wagered on Corbett by
outsiders, who cheerfully put up 10 to Z
on his chances. It. did not seem to occur
TO these men that the fact that all the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE.
Scheme by Which State Provides
Cheap Protection to Settlers.

Consul General John p. Bray of Mel
bourne reports that the government of
the Australian state of Victoria is
about to undertake the experiment of
state insurance in connection with the
ment has erected on scheme by
which repayments by the occupants
are extended over long periods.
1t is estimated that the sci lers will
have to pay the government for the
state insurance of the houses what is
equal to an annual premium of not
much more than one-fourth per cent.
upon the value of the property. where
as if companies did the insuring the
men would-according to department
tai estimates-have to pay at the rate
of between one-half per cent. and one
per cent. The government has al
ready accepted the responsibility for
the ESQ houses which have either been
erected or are being built. The houses
are wooden. and many of them are
situated in localities where the fire
fighting machinery is not of the most
modern type. The companies offered
to insure the places at premiums vary
ing from $3.50 to $425, allowing ten
per cent. discount This would have
cost the $50 settlers the price of about
two houses a year
The government program provides
for the building of 500 new houses
within the next two years. This will
! bring the total number up to $50
houses. According to the department
tai estimates, if the government were
/ to accept the insurance companies
terms 1t would cover the cost of six
| houses a year in insuring this num-
Der. The government hopes instead
to charge the settlers less than would
the companies, yet establish a sub
stantial fund from which to meet all
| losses.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
HIS AFFINITY GETS HIM
Standard Steel Car District
Man Finds Frau
Gone.

It is working the affinity game pretty
strong when one man is willing to take
another mans wife and her two little
babies Martin Ruduski, formerly of
the Standard district, now in parts I'M
known, did that very thing and because
Peter Swiazski, living in SIG Ames
street, did not know what was going
on between his wife and Martin Rudus-
Xxi, he is now wondering where the
missing couple are and has appealed
TO tn police to find them.
According to the story which Swi-
azski told the police, he noticed that
his wife and Ruduski were getting
pretty intimate. He caught them in
several compromising situations and he
thought it was about time to get rid
Of his boarder.
However, last Friday Martin Ruduski
disappeared and last Sunday Mrs. Peter
Swsazski was found to be missing. Mr..
Swiazslxi thinks that his wife and the
, boarder have gone to South Chicago
where they are living together as man
and wife.
The 1o-year-old boy was left with
the father but the 3-months-old baby
and the baby 2 years old were taken
away by the mother.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT
). O. Lutes of Hammond
Is Badly Injured at
Blue Island.


Mr.. j. Q. Lutes, resident of West
Hammond, was the victim of serious
accident at Blue Island at 4:30 p. m.
last week. He was repairing a car near
a crossing when an engine approached
it without blowing a warning whistle.
It appears that Mr.. Lutes was work
ing on one end of the car when the
engine struck the other end and the
car passed over his body as he lay be-
tween the rails.
AS result Of the blow with which
he was struck when the car hit him,
Mr.. Lutes had three ribs broken. an
ankle and collarbone dislocated, and
is now at st. Margaret's hospital, where
he is under the car of the sisters.
He is resting we'll at present and it
is hoped that his recovery will be rap
id and complete.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
AUTOS DESTROY ROADS
Expert Says Northern In
diana Highways Will Not
Last a Season.

w. W. Hatch, of the contracting
firm of Hatch & Sons. of Goshen, the
biggest road builders in northern In
diana, reports that northern Indiana
counties face crisis in road building.
The invasion of heavy high-speed au-
tomobiles in ever-increasing numbers,
has played havoc with the highways.
The old gravel roads built up by the
township trustee with the aid of farm
ers of the district. will not last a sea-
son. The material best suited, accord
Ing to experiments, is crushed stone
with a binder, but so far all.~binders
are too expensive to be practical. The
crushed stone is irregular in shape and
does not roll but interlocks. Even
brick will not withstand the attacks OF
the automobiles. Valparaiso Mes
senger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

TOLESTON.
Lots and 6, Roes addition, Jo-
seph G. Watson to Otto c.
Borman
Lot /. block 10, c. T. L. & l. Co.'S
fifth addition. Charles Bueter
to Ester Labovich ....... $50
EAST CHICAGO.
Lots At and As, block l. Walsh's
second addition, Sheriff Lake
County to John H. Wies. 1904
HAMMOND
Lot 16. block 2. Gostlin's addi-
ton, TT First NJ. E. Church,
Hammond to Stanislaus Kraw
Lot II, block i, Young's addi-
tion,. Eva B. Koch to Casper
Schiller ....... 1000
NEW CHICAGO.
Lot 90, block 3, in fourth addi-
ton, New Chicago Real Estate
Investment Co. to Fred
Ruedel Observation-Disclosures. rs
INDIANA HARBOR.
Lots ! and 2, block 2 in fourth
addition, East Chicago Co. to
Section 1859 W-Part II NV
A-34 acre, John E. Rohrman
TO Chicago. Indiana & South
ern r. r. Co. .... so
CROWN POINT.
Part lot SO. Crown Point; part
lots l and 2, Smiths addition,
Lille Arkin to Max Arkin. -. 400