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The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
MEETING AT BRIGHTWOoD.
Labor Day Programme VIII Contain
Special Match

The annual Labor Day meeting OF the
Brizhrwood Driving Club viii include IN
addition 70 tze races OF the club mem
hers. q match race between PM S-euh-
ner-s OAK Wilkes and Edward Daniel 5
Eno-v stone. and a ball game between
:he Br.ghtwood and Congress Heights
teams.
Oak wilkes and Emory stone have been
matched 10 race. best Two out OF three
heats. for q side bet Of So Both horses
are reported prime5 for the match
The club events VIII consist Of free
for-au pace and tree-for-aH rro-- to-
<etker with race for mules These
races VIII be fued by local horses There
viii be several entries from the AotJ
string. Clayton F0rney VIII pilot tie
Tavius brothers string and Frank
Thomas viii drive S-r Electro.d-
The mule race VIII be tor silver cup
urese1te6 By The ciub- There are about
twenty entries. which include some OF the
heer .Jennies" and 'Nauds' in Wash
ilg-ou-
Brentwood has one Of the best team.
E in tie newly organized Suburban League
i while Congress HeigE-s has been solns
+ ~ q fast clip throughout the season and
f a good game should result The ganf
+ VIII start al O'Clock
{ THe teams win line Up as follows
{ BHzt-a9o5-Ezv. 51-: Grant e.. Dexter Il
4 H1vaus. S.. Fz-1aaer d.; sel-z- r. stewart C.
/ ONE p. aui waite. o.
+ C---e-s H--rr-s-J- Wal-s-. So c. Waller. p
. P1ufzsey r- 1lc,i-ot-. s1, L P--71-eg. IL Per
ni---.a. cf- Walsh p. Ea-des-y. c. and =
E ll-- =
Following the ball game the member
I Of both teams VII lire UP OF the tracl
and participa1e IN a half-Ile dash, N
winner 10 receive a silver cup
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DEVLTN GREATEST OF ALL
MAJOR THIRD BASEMEN
Nepv York Giants Clever InfieIder Has Made a
Glass of His Own and Been Partly InStrH-
mental in the Success of the Club

with 1IcGraw. and no New York papers
hailed the advent OF q star. He went
South with the team. and then things be
gan 70 happen NIcGraw tried him out at
third base. and in few weeks he devel-
oped a remarkable natural ability 10 play
the most difficult corner Of the lnteid-
Rrigaded with three steady workmen ike
Dahlen. Gilbert. and McGarn. the young
ster displayed more and more confidence
and class. and fairly earned his right TO
be permanent third sacker OF the team
He has never been anywhere near losing
his job since
Playing third base affords as many op-
portunities Tor falling down as a spiral
stairway. When you play little too far
for a hunt the brute at bat IS apt 70 slap
one at you like a rife bullet II you
play back a little too. far he viii lay
down nasty twisting bunt, and YOU
have 10 scramble up on your face. pick
il up with one hand and snap an under
hand shot across the diamond in time 10
nail an eleven-second man who has a
start Of sixty feet in ninety on the ball
If you play OF to the left for a left
hand batter he is apt to catch one on
the end OF his bat and scoot II down the
foul lire for a lucky double. while from
the left-feld bleachers float solicitous in
quiriss as to the condition and specific
gravity OL your 1eeL- II YOU pay Too
close to the base the shortStOp viii Won
der II you are afraid It viii sneak of
/ But Devlin has played his way through
I ali of il As q foundation he has a mar
velous whip He is the best throwing
I third baseman in either league with the
/ possible exception Of Steinfeldt. He car
pick them ID anywhere and get then
over to first like a gray streak with ar
underhand flip. He rarely throws over
hand.
Devlin is a wonder on bunts He ha!
/ perfected the Spectacular trick Of sprint
ing up on a sacrifice at fun speed, scoop
ing the ball with his throwing hand, and
swapping II across his doubled-up bod
I with the same motion He can -ise lik
an aeroplane for a liner. and he pulls CT
many sensational stop and throw whel
those kissing grounders come his way
He is not a strong batter, but thoug
he is not a fast base runner he is on
Of the best base stealers in the league.
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New York. Sept. 5-Ever since baseoaii
struck its present high rate OF speed DIG
league managers have recognized the Iact
that star third baseman is one OF the
indispensab bles OF a championship team
Every great team has had great catcher
and the same bet goes on third basenen-
Collins OF the Athletics; Leach. OF
Pir+sb1,rg. SteiufeIdt. OF the Cubs; Tame
hill Of the Sox and Arthur DevAn are
among the greatest third basemen that
ever trod the far corner Of the diamond,
and all have played with championship
clubs.
Frank Chance. OF the Cubs. first at
tracted the attention OF the fans 20 the
absolute necessity Of great third sacker
- sqb+ for a pennant. When Chance
started out he saw one weak spot in his
.nfeld and one II the Outheld- How he
aued them staggered managers who
thought they knew something about bold
t-asing. He gave Brooklyn several mer
FOR sbeckard. He decided that he wanted
steinfeldt as his third baseman, so hs
gave Cincinnati some playing talent-anc
about ANYTHING else they wanted Wha
happened IS history.
T.ss+ wear Connie Mack. the shrewd and
.ighr-fs+ed leader OF the Athletics wh'
buvs young players for old basehalls
bresks them in and sells them for goi'
mines. was driven 70 paying a fabulcu
sum and assuming a wartime contract Z
land Jimmy Collins as his third basenan
! F.,r he never hiuched. He knew he hsi
/ 10 have one
McGraw got one OF the greatest thir'
I basemen in the game by comblnaIlol
/ OF good judgment and good luck Devil
was with the Newark club IN the Easter
| League. where his playing had neve
! h1,rred I'd the marshes He came fror
/ Georgetown. where be was dear to tn
I undergraduate body as che Of the bes
f,U backs that ever gracsd the football
team. Because Of his gridiron puissanc
he was sort OF tolerated as first basema
~ the baseball team. but even as a Blu
and Cray athlete he never showed an
alarming speed on the diamond
Newark sort OF tossed him into des
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aaarers Lose Athletes.

Madison. Wis, Sept 5--Whatever Pros
meets Of a strong football team At the
University OF Wisconsin were held out
10 the students last year have been
caused 10 vanish by the announcement
that seven OF the best meE on the eleven,
veterans Of one or TWO years on the
varsity gridiron. have been conditioned
ont Of the team by the faculty
Tba ease Of Boyle is one n point He
received a rating OF excellent II four q
his FIVE studies. but was conditioned n
tha fifth The others Of the team who
suffer with him are Miller. Fusik. Stiehra,
Murphy. Nessmer. and Springer Coach
Barry IS disappointed at the prospect
for with these men gone he IA ie1I with
team OF pysnsles-
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SPORT AT BURKE's STATION.
Henry COPDerthite Has Arranged At
traetivc Card for Tomorrow.


labor Day preparations al Henry Cop
perthite's track. Burke, Fairfax County,
Va. were completed yesterday, and the
card OF sport presented is one OF the best
ever offered for a ike occasion
Mr Copperthite expects 70 entertain
not less than 3.000 persons from the Dis
trict Of Columbia. and Alexandra. Pair
fax, L0UdOUn. anG Prince William coUn-
ties. The special train for the grounds
leaves here al 1-l0 q m. and Burke for
the return trip at SIS p ul- The baseball
game begins az 70 a. m During the fore
noon there will be dancing in the pavil-
ion 70 the music Of a picked orchestra
AT noon viii begin the tournament, the
winner Of which gets a prize Of $50 The
entries comprise some Of the most skilled
horsemen IN this section OF the country
Starter 2. r NcCaully will call the
horses entered in the free-for-all trot and
pace promptly al ? .. m The purse IS
$50 and such welI-known fast ones as
Dr. Bel. 2-17 II, Ida c. 2-13 IA; Ada c,
Is II: Howard O. 2-241-4 and Grace
b, with a trial Of 2-7o. are expected 70
answer 70 the summons Of the bell
The Pr trot and pace which VIII fol-
low viii bring 20 the score such we'll
known ones as 7. E s. Happy c. Red
Porch. and Ida Medium The purse II
this race is 500
Listed in the 800 Trot and pace are Miss
Nina jacob HiIlerary's new purchase
By the great young sire Red Medium
Virginia B.. Nettie c. Hot STUFF. Ret
Porch. and Ida Medium Twenty run
ners are entered IN the three running
races. The first event viii be g i've fur
long dash for a purse Of So The secons
& six and a half furlOng dash for a purs,
Of the same size, and the laird a mill
dash for a purse OF SO
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RICHMOND GETS BOTH
Portsmouth Unable to Stop
Rush of Leaders.
PITCHER WILLIS BATTED HARD
Nine Runs and Total of Seventeen
Bases on Hits Made in Two IN
ninEs-Bussey Makes His Initial
Appearance on the Slab for Rich
mond-Lawreace "BOunced-'

Sue-izl 20 TIE UashinS-on Hsrsid
Richmond. Va. sept 5.-Richmond took
both games Of a doubie-header from
Portsmouth here to-day in hard fought
and weu-pIayed games. in spite Of the
large score piled Up for Richmond N the
second game
Bassev made his initial appearance on
the slab Cor Richmond il the first game
Lawrence. shortstop for Portsmouth, was
Put out OF the game for kicking
The second game was called ia the sixth
inning on account OF darkness Wills.
for Portsmouth. appeared here for the
nrst time. and = Jhe second and third
innings Of The second game he was hit
tor a total of seventeen bases Scores.
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HERNDoN BEATS LEESBURG.
BattiaE Of HOuser the Leading Fea-
ture Of Exciting Game

Sr-csa- to TIE WashirE7o1 He-alG-
Herndon. Va. Sept 5-Oze OF the most
interesting games Of the season IL the
North Virginia League was played here
this afternoon by the local team and the
crack team from Leesburg- The two
teams being tied for first place made the
interest Of the fans intense
The game was close one first one and
then the other being IN the lead. but II
tool, the final inning 10 bring the climax
Leesburg was one run 70 the good when
Herndon went 10 the bat in the last half
Of the ninth. and when Balzer crossed
+he nan with the run that tied up the
game and was followed by Dale with
the winning run the crowd went fairly
Wild. HoUser Won iaurels at the bat. as
he made in three times at bat. triple,
a double. and a single The score
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
BILL KAY GETS HOMER.
Former National Stars in Game at
MEnchesteF.

Sps-isz % The Washington Head
Winchester. Va. sept 5--In Carl
se- finish winchester defeated Hagers-
tov-- here this afternoon by the score OF
n IIaeerstovn scored one IN the
second and added three more il the third
by singles by Collins and Luhn and a
home run over left deld fence by King
Biu Kay
Winchester came back IN the seventh
An error a sacrifice. a hit, and home
rrln by Duffy over center held fence net
red the locals three runs
Batteriss-Jones and Duffy Sinner and
Simpson
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Manassas to Have Field nay.

SPECIAL 70 he WasEirgton H--zii-
Manassas, Va, Sept. 5.-The Junior
Olympiads. field day contests and toUrna-
uent which were postponed last week
on account OF the Unprecedented cold
weather and rains. viii be held AZ tae
Manassas Horse show grounds Wednes-
day. September G. A number OF interest
ing features are On the programme and
the management proposes that this viii
.inaugurate a new era q athletic sports
IN this county
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eAITHERsBURG IS WINNER.
diamond, OF Georgetown, Strikes
out Sixteen Germantown Bstters.

Special 10 The washi-sten Bsrald
Gaithers5Urg. Nd. Sept SIN one Of
the best-played games Of the-season. the
csithersburg team defeated Germantown
to-day before a large crowd
Manager Waters selected Sanders. Of
last seasons Agriculture team. TO tNirl.
and backed him heavily 10 win. but he
was hit hard az opportune times, while
Douglass Diamond the Georgetown man,
pitched the game Of his life. allowing
only I'VE scattered hits and striking out
sixteen
The features were Lodges catching.
Moves work at the initial sack and Mur-
phv's timely hitting Score;
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Of golf might be appropriately Hkeneo 70
the advance Of an attractive religion. lts
missionaries 90 frst into the land ot the
heather and shortly temples begin 20 rise
in its honor and soon after il numbers
among its disciples about the same pro
portien OF fanatics as are raised up by
the efforts Of men Of the cloth
Caddy Causes Discussion.
Considerable discussion is being In
duIged in by English golfers o. advanced
ideas on the subject Of restricting the
privileges Of a caddy which is ofhciaung
al the hole as standard bearer. Il Is not
at all unusual. nowadays. for a boy 20 aid
his employer in finding the hole BY stand
ing with his feet on either side OF the
cup in the shape Of V.
The right 10 exercise this privilege IS.
Of course. open 20 all. but. unfortunately.
the heels on the cs6dles shoes frequently
mar the even surface Immediately sur
rounding the hole and add to the d!fh-
Guilty OF the stroke Of the player %
follow This is particularly so when the
ground is soft during the spring 1r after
a rainfall and. no doubt. every player
Of experience has SuHered on some occa-
sion from Just such an occurrence
The English gentlemen VINO have per
mitted themselves 10 become aroused
over this apparently t-ifing matter "a
vor an addition 10 the rules or etiquette
Of The game. prohibiting a caddy from
standing nearer than his arms length
I 20 the hole In the opinion ot the writer
I the suggestion has much merit as j
/ conforms 10 a basic principle in The
{ sport that seeks 20 impose as lar as
I possible. equal conditions on al part-e;
/ engaged in play
At Garden City
The great event for all amateur golf
ers VIII be pulled OF AZ Garden CiC
this week
The annual effort 10 locate The bes
individual golfers in the country IS dow
for q decision. and players from FAR an
near viii gather in large numbers for
shy- al the prize The writer o. tles
I articles has earnestly urged Philacel
phia's PLAYERS 20 enter the great match
and rumor has Il that a good delegation
from these parts VIII be there
i Subject always 20 the possibility q
last moment changes. Eolf en-Eus-as;
may expect 10 see at Garden City "
P smith. W l. Thompson. ". T. Wes'
James : Alcoru. H 3. Mcfarland, 5
, /. BruubauEh. Dr- Simon Carr, r
Hanson. and several others TEls cor
tingent should be able 20 give a goo
: I account q Itself. There are some 900
men not included. but there are no me
p 10 stay al home any better
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
MARINE TEAM LEADS
Tops Marquette League III
Batting and Fielding.
HESsLER THE BEST HITTER
ST. JOseph's sIugEer, with m Aver
age of .458, Has Leading Record
Among the IndividuaIs-St. Vim
cents Stands Next TO Marines in
Team Batting-OffieIaI Averages.

The close Of the Marquette League sea
son finds the Marines, the pennant- win
ners. leading both in team batting and
team fielding, having a mark Of .SS5 With
the bat and .s2s afield.
Hessler. OF St Joseph's. is the best indi-
vidual batter. with an average Of 40
The Official records of the season follow;
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Intercity Shooting Match.

s-e-s,l % TIE Waszizsts1 Head
Baltimore. Sept 5--Arrauge1e1ts are
being made FOR a match between the Bal
ti-rore Revolver Association and the
Washington Revolver Association, 10 be
held during the winter
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

S+-1rk -,--By jackson. Is; by Balze-, l. Fl-st
base CT balls-Of Jaczsou- = od Be-zef' = la1ee-
- ,=+-F5---ser Tvohass hI-s-House-. Alezsr-
ser Sscrifcs hts-B-adshaw. Lynn. Alesander-
S-7len basss-Orrisou e. Amber. Reed. Balzer a.
T,-5.so- Esrned runs-Leesou-s- O. Ae1ndon- /
I--.Dfre-sfr. slalliezz- TINE of gzus-l hozr a1d
5 uirIlrEs-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
ATHLBTESAWAITGUN
One Hundred Enter Meet at
Washington Grove.
RELAY RACES ARE FEATURED
Three Team Matches On Card, with
Event for Championship of Mont
yeIOp Good SpOrt-Best Athletes of
Baltimore and District TO Compete.

More than 100 OF the hest athletes in
the South Atlantic Association have made
nearly go entries In the fifteen events 10
be decided al the seventh annual Labor
Day games OF the Washington Grove
Athletic Association on the Grove Field.
beginning az Il O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing.
There will be thirteen events for IN
dividuaI athletes. and three relay races.
one for junior teams. one open 70 al Sc
Nor teams. ard the third for the cham
pionshlp OF Montgomery County. The
fight in the latter event, for the Foster
trophy. promises 70 be cns OF the most
fercely contested in the long series. Just
now the woodside team, last years
champions. without a change IN its make
Up. looks Ike the winner: but Kensing-
ton. with Williams. Knowles, Isreal, and
Gissel. has more than a fighting chance
Washington Grove has a green team OF
likely youngsters. and VIII at least give
the leaders a close run for the trophy
The Washington y. n. C A. Brook
land. and the Gurley Athletic Club quar-
tets will be the leading con-caders IN the
senior. open race. while the local sssocia-
ton. the BrOokland Athletic Club and
the NcCulloh Athletic Club Of Balti-
more. are scheduled 70 fight for the blae
ribbon IN the junior relay
There will be some good contests II ths
individual events. especially IN the poie
vault IN which Thral. the Southern
CHAMPION and record holder. viii once
more be against Ward, Of the Baltimore
Y N c. A These TWO men-Thral. Wltn
a record OF Il feet . inches, and Ward.
! only two inches Iower-have met dozen
times. indoors and out in the last three
years. each with the same record for VIC
] tories
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
TITLES TO VETERANS
Youngsters Unable to Win
at Lawn Tennis.
GORE IS ENGLISH CHAMPION

Leader on British Cou-ts Is Past
Forty. While Larned- American
Champion, Is Thir1y-eIght. but Has
Won -Four National Tournaments.
Has Not Been Beaten IN Two Years.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

~ hsns-Of Diamond 3 Struck out-By Diamond.
Is. by sanszrs. g. Home rua-Cianley. Threc-b base
bfs-9fors Tuo-hara hit-Niurrhy- stolen base
Lodzs GriSith. Double piay--GT1hta 70 1esse--
Uunpires-AIessrs. Marshall and Bsnso1-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
cnntiI1on and EIberfeId.

fat little nan named CaEtilioz
Walked Fro15lv about Il his u1fdrE.
sad Be. In TO bszur
II this managers SUR.
But for hcsvez's sake look a. KID EIoeEfsld,'
william F. XIX
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
MCLEOD A GOLF STAR.
Present Open Champion De-
serves the Title.
QUALIFIED TO HOLD HONOR

Finals on Myopia Course DeVel-
oped Intensely Interesting Match
and Tournament VIII BE Recorded
as One of the Hardest in the
History OF the National Event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28

sions he alghted hurriedy from his car
riage and entered neighboring house
Here he remained quietly while his at
PENDANTS sent word for detachment OF
troops. The soldiers were hurried to the
scene and formed in front of the house
where the shah was. He then came out
and. surrounded by big bodyguard, re-
turned to the palace.
The house from which the bombs were
thrown and the buildings nearby were
searched by the police, but no arrests
were made
Mohammed Ali Mira. Shah of Persia
and sixth of the line of the kadjars. has
had a stormy reign of it since his father S
death, January $, 1907. and his succession
to the throne A disputed succession and
q constitutional agitation among his sub
jects have endangered not only his rule
but his life. February Il last an attempt
to assassinate The shah was reported. but
was deprecated and later said to have
been without foundation
The present shahs grandfather. Nasr-
EdDin. was assassinated in 1896: and his
successor. Mouzaffer Ed-Din, lived in fear
of the same fate.
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FIND CLEOPATRA VASE.
Expedition Unearths Ancient Treas.
ure in Epvpt

PHILADELPHIA, February ga vase
of beautiful workmanship with inscrip-
tons tending to show it to have been
the property IF Cleopatra and upon which
is painted a portrait of julius Caesar in
the costume OF Greek god has been
found by the RaEJ all Maciver expedition
of the University Of Pennsylvania, which
has been at work a, hnibeh famous
religious shrine of the anrient Egyptians,
since the middle of last November
News of the discovery was sart by DR..
Maciver a few days ago in s bstter to
Eckley 3. Coke. chairman of the Egyp-
tian section of the university muse uOt
Tie vase. which, it is expected Gill
take rank with the few art legacies lss:
by antiquity. was found in a tomb about
mile north of the city of Anibeh prope r
where the tombs OF many of the nobility
of Egypt at the time of the Ptolemies
have been unearthed.
In the burial chamber besides the vase
We're several articles which would have
been ranked in important discoveries but
for the Cleopatra vase.
The vase itself. just twenty-siX inches
high. was standing in a niche cut into
the solid rock wall of the tomb at the
head of the sarcophagus.
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TRIED TO MURDER FAMILY.
Husband Shoots Wife, Her Fathe.
and Mother and Himself.

PHILADELPHIA, February 2S-In a
rage because she had refused to go with
him into New Jersey to live, Jacob Koe-
bier. aged twenty-five years. shot and in
stantly killed his wife. Lillian; wounded
her father and mother apd then sent two
bullets into his head in an effort to end
his own life here yesterday
Mrs. KOebler had been living at the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs Ru-
dolph A. Ferber, in the northeast section
OF the city, because of i'll health Koe-
bier. who had been out of employment,
went to the house late yesterday after
noon and asked his wife, to whom he had
been married about a year. to go with
him to his home in Atco, n. j.
Mrs. koebler refused to leave the home
of her parents, whereupon KOebler drew
"a revolver and sent a bullet into her
head. Mrs Ferber tried to prevent the
tragedy and was shot in the arm Her
husband grappled with the son-in-la
and in the struggle he was shot in the
face and severely wounded.
When KOebler succeeded in breaking
away from F'er6er he ran upstairs and
twice shot himself in the head. In his
highly excited state he failed to ipf1ict
serious injury upon himself. He tossed
the revolver aside and jumping from
IA rear window fled across the open coun-
try, followed by crowd that had been
attracted by the shooting. He was cap
tured after a chase of half a mile and
was taken to hospital with his injured
parentS!n-law.
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WHY QUEBEC BRIDGE FELL.
Too Big for Standard Formula or
Weight and Strain.

OTTAWA. Ont. February 2S.-The re-
port OF the royal commission appointed
to investigate the collapse of the Quebec
bridge. has beer presented TO the mir1ist ai'
Of railways and after consideration by
the cabinet will be laid before parliament
next week. IT is understood that the
findings are that the collapse was due MOI
to any defect III material or the construc-
ton. but to a defect in the design.
In an undertaking greater than any. ever
before attempted in bridge construction
il appears that the engineers failed to
recognize that the usual working formu-
las as to weight and strain were not ap-
pl.cable without considerable modification
The weight of the great middle span was
too great for the supporting members,
hence the collapse.
The chief engineer of the Phoenix
Bridge Company was primarily respon-
sible. but his design was approved by Mr..
Cooper consulting engineer of the Quebec
Bridge Company both being recognized
d authorities on this continent on bridge
construction. The design was firth ai'
approved by the government.
That the defects of the design can be
remedied and the bridge finally construct
ed is now the opinion of the engineers.