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The Washington times., 1908-01-22
MIDDLE ATLANTIC'S
FIRST ANNIVERSARY

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22-About
seventy-ffye enthusiasts OF the Middle
Atlantic Association Of the Amateur
Athletic Union gathered around the
tables at Boothby's last night in honor
Of the first anniversary Of the reorgan-
ization of this body.
The association had as its honorary
guests James z. Sullivan. the president
of the parent body Of the A. A. u. and
former district attorney of New York.
Barlow S Weeks, the chairman of the
legislation committee of the A. A. u
and II. I. Geyelin, the pres. dent OF the
University Of Pennsylvania A A.
At the close Of the banquet these three
r1en made the leading speeches of the
evening.
Both Mr. Sullivan and Mr.. Weeks I'D
held the vigorous methods the A A.
II. has taken to keep athletics clean ana
asked the support of the local associa-
ton to this end. AIr. Geyelin repre-
scented the university and pledged the
support of the great Quaker institution
toward the strengthening of he Middle
Atlantic Association.
In view Of the fact that the Middle
Atlantic Association was reorganized
only a year ago, after being suspended
by the A. a. L. for the INSTRUMENTATION
Of the LEGAL officers, its wonderful
growth within that time promises for
It an unusually bright future.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
HOPKINS SCHEDULE
IS ALREADY FULL
AggieS and Gallaudet Taken
On-At Home Thanks
giving.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2.-Preparations
for the next football season at the Johns
Hopkins have been completed. the SEIZED
ule has been filed, the captain selected,
the coach decided upon, and all that
Manager Sadtler has TO DO now Is 10
It until fall arrives.
n the schedule are several colleges
~ which Hopkins has had little ath-
Tic relations NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ag-
I-cultural College. GaIlaudet, and Haver-
ford These changes are partly because
Hopkins wished a more complete seized
ule this year and partly because athletic
relations with the University OF Mary
land have been severed. The University
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game for the last
fifteen years. with few exceptions, has
been played on Thanksgiving Day, and
has always been considered one OF the
big games OF the State. This year Hop
kins will play the Baltimore Medical
College on that day and the University
Of Maryland will play St Johns. The
University OF Maryland says that It had
already intended taking St. johns on
for its big game, and that the severing
Of relations with Johns Hopkins was
only a matter OF time
The completed Hopkins schedule for
mex. season Is as follows:
October I0-Maryland Agricultural Col
lege. at Baltimore
October I7-Western -.iaryland College.
at Baltimore.
october 24-Stevens' Institute, at Balti-
more.
November -Haverford College, at
Haverford. Pa.
November T-Gallaudet College. at Bal
timOTe.
November tableware College. at
Baltimore.
November 21-St Johns College, at
BalUmors.
November 26-Balumore Medical Col
lege, at Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
PULLIAM WILL
BE SUPPORTED.
THINKS BRUSH
But President Is IncOn-
SiStent-PubIiC Not
InteTeS ted.

NEW YORK. Jan president John
T. Brush, OF the New York club. when
seen at his Office I'm the St. James
building yesterday. had little TO say ca
the threat OF President PuIliam. of The
National League, 20 resign. although he
vas busy going over Pulllam's latest
statement sent OJt Yesterday TO al
National League cub owners.
me National League has fudorSed
President Pulliam by elecung him the
head 81 our organization. said Mr..
Brush, and / suppose We shall have
10 uphold MIN in MS present COutrO-
Yersy, But, at that ] can see several
Inconsistencies in Puillam'S statements.
President PUliiam. in the National
League, IS oue-man power. He has the
night 10 pendllze any player by a fine or
J0 suspend any player FOR a month and
without appeal This was the authority
President Pulliam insisted on after the
McGraW case went against him in BOs-
ton two years ago. Pulliam threatened
20 rp-.gn unless he was given this
power. the same he has threatened now
unless the National Association rescinds
that blacklist resolution.
I have always favored a court or
body OF final appeal" continued Mr.
Brush, 'and was in favor Of the Fleish-
man resolution that caused so much talk
some tima ago. As to- the merits OF the
controversy between PUii3am and Pow
ers. / have nothing To say, but IL will
not injure baseball. whichever way il
goes. for the simple reason that the pub,
lie doesn't care a continental about IL.
1T doesn't bother me a whole lot
either"
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Yale FaVOrS
4 Dual Meet
With English
Does Not Believe BritonS
Would Compete Against
All-AmeriCan Team.

NEW HAVEN. Jan. Am ALI
American college team TO meet an ALI
English college team is not looked on
with favor at Yale, because the fol-
lowers OF track sports think that any
move for the formation Of such team
would be fruitless
The Yale men think the English track
men would not GO into a meet with rep
resentatives from many OF the small
colleges throughout the United States.
What Yale men believe the English
track men want, and what, from private
spOndence appears 90 be almost
a certainty. IS a dual meet with Yale
and Harvard. The only English univer-
stiles 10 have men on she team would
be Oxford and Cambridge
Yale and Harvard both strongly favor a
meet with Oxford and Cambridge and
think they could win everything except
the distance runs Yale greatest strength
would not be tested, that Of pole vault
ing, where she has the present national
champion Walter Dray. captain OF the
track team. and the former champion
A &. Gilbert. A pole vault is not one OF
the events ia an International meet.
Capt Walter Dray says, in regard to
a dual meet with oxford and cam
bridge: yale would be very glad to
join with Harvard in sending a team
TO meet the two great English universe
ties. No open negotiations have been en-
tered upon and we have neither received
nor sent a challnEe. l understand that
indirect negotiations have been entered
upon The movement grows out OF the
CT started last year Of having a meet
at the Harvard stadium, When negOtia-
lions were begun it was too late in the
season for the American colleges 10 form
a team"
The Washington times., 1908-01-22

final heat; 50-yard scholastic, final heat;
relay race, Western High School
juniors. Boys Country School second
team, Washington School second team;
relay race, interdepartment champion
ship, George Washington; relay race.
Western High and Bliss Electrical
School. 50-yard handicap. final heat: COO
yard run, trial heat; relay race, OIym-
pia A -, Potomac A C. District of Co.
lUmbia National Guard second team, Y.
NJ c.. A juniors: relay race. Washing
ton School, Baltimore Country School;
50-yard hurdles; J 00o-yard run. schOlas-
tic; relay race, GuTley second team,
Battles, and 43lOomingdale A. c.; relay
race, Baltimore City College, Episcopal
High School; One-mile handicap; relay
race, Virginia and George Washington;
One-mile relay race. Company G and
Troop F; relay race, Maryland AgTi-
cultural College. Richmond College, and
University of Maryland; 440-yaTd rum
relay race, Gurley A. c. and the Dis
trict Of Columbia National Guard re-
lay race. two-mile championship, George
Washington University and John Hop
kins University. Field events: Pole
vault. high jump. 12-pound shot, and To-
pound shot.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
MaroonS Prepare
For eTune Trials
With MeGU EUentS

CHICAGO, Jan. New features will
be added TO the athleJrc meets In the
Bartlett gymnasium this winter. accord
ing 10 plans announced yesterday by
DIT. J. ]. RayCr0ft. acting athletic d.
rector OF the University OF Chicago.
He intends to introduce two Olympic
events into the regular tfst. The events
are the standing high jump and the
three broad jumps
By introducing these two events DR..
Raycroft hopes 10 prepare some of his
stars for the trials Of the OIympian
games 10 be held at Marshall Field IN
June. The events are regular Olympic
events and by practicing ali winter his
men will have accustomed themselves
10 the new contests 20 that they will
have a show in the national COnveu-
ton
II is likely also thar several more
events viii be added when the out
door season opens, although this Is ur-
certain. Early IN the sos the standing
high jump was a regular part OF q
Western college meet, out the three
standing broad jumps never have been
on a college list in the middle West.
The running board jump several years
ago was regular feature Of high school
meets.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
CLEVELAND VIEW
OF OUR SLABMEN

1.-THE top notch teams in the two big
leagues have no corner on the best
pitchers" says Henry p. Edwards In the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
some OF the tail end clubs have just
a. good slabmen, but in the case Of the
latter they have not had the opportunity
TO show. In fact, they are handicapped
by poor fielding teams behind them.
What chance have they Of making q
great record with men behind them who
do not or can not take the chances that
men on better teams can do2 How can
they win games when the team for
which they are pitching does not hit
consistently?
Coming right down to II, Washington.
which finished last IN the American
League. has as good a staff OF pitchers
a. Detroit. which won the pennant- Case
Patten has always had a better percent
age than that of the Washington team.
Had he been pitching for Comiskey the
last three or four years. he would be
touted as the best southpaw in the
country.
"Cy Falkenberg and Charley Smith
are two Of the best right-handers in
the leaEue-at least Cleveland has al
ways found them hard to beat, while
young Oscar johnson is a real live wire
and Tom Hughes Is a mighty good pitch
er yet when ne keeps in shape and has
a mind to deliver the goods
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
NEW ASSOCIATION
TO PROMOTE SPORT
Object Will Be to Foster
and Not ContrO!
Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.-Delegates
representing the CALIFORNIAN Club, the
Knights Of Pythias, the Foresters, the
Red Men, the Stroud Wheelmen. the
Philadelphia Professionals, the Wash
inston Park Athletic Association, and
the Central Athletic Club met last night
in the odd Fellows building and formed
an organization to be known as the Ma
uCnal Protective Athletic Association.
The object OF the new organization will
be to foster and encourage both profess
siOnal and amateur athletic and out
door sports. No effort viii be made TO
control either sport
II is also the object Of the new or
ganizauon to do away with anything
savOring OF graft in the granting Of
sanctions and the collection Of registra-
ton fees for amateur athletic events
from amateur athletes. No fees of any
kind win be assessed or collected from
associations desiring sanctions from the
new organization for running amateur
athletic events, and no registration fees
viii be asked from any amateur de-
string TO compete in events promoted by
organizations composing the new ath-
letic body.
Addresses were made BY Arthur Duff
fey, former amateur champion Splinter
Of the world. who praised the objects OF
the new organization, and James Cur
ran, the Scotch champion runner, who
said that the formation OF such an
organization in this country would be
the means OF inducing the best profess
sional and amateur athletes IN Great
Britain 10 visit America. as he knew Of
a number OF such men who were anxious
TO come here II there were any prospects
OF contests awaiting them.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
SKIPPER FOR Upton
AND EMPEROR DEAD

SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 22.-Capt. Ben
ianin Parker. one Of the best-Inown
yachting shippers of the present genera
ton. died here yesterday after a long
Illness.
Captain Parker for many years sailed
the German Emperor's yacht, the Mete-
or. and won many races with her In
1909 he was engaged by Sir Thomas Lip
ton 10 take charge OF the Shamrock T.
and subsequently of shamrock H. in an
effort 10 win the Americas Cup
The captain went TO the United States
In 1902 for the purpose of bringing back
TO this side the yacht built IN America
Aax Emperor William.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
JACK SULLIVAN
HAS SOFT SNAP
WITH THOMAS
Hits Him at viii, But
Can't Knock Him
Out.
BY c. E. VAN LOAN.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. Z.-JaCk
(Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, won from
Joe Thomas, Of California, at the end
Of ten rounds last night. and if the
Boston Badly had been present with
anything remotely resembling a real
punch the fight would have been over
in five minutes.
Early in the second round Twin
nailed Thomas with a straight punch TO
the jaw as Thomas stepped back to
avoid the lead. The blow caught Joe
when he was OF his balance and sat him
down on the floor. Thomas was up
again like a fash. and a few seconds
afterward stepped into a short right
chop to the chin. The blow was a half
hook, half swing, aimed nigh and
turned downward with vicious dig. II
caught Thomas fairly on the point OF
the chin, and he staggered backward,
dazed and helpless.
Thomas Clearly Outboxed.
Sullivan was all over him like a tiger,
shooting rights and lefts straight into
the jaw. Thomas was unable to get
his hands up to protect himself. his chin
was a fair mark, and Sullivan hit it a
right. but not once was he able to
score a clean knOckdowu.
AT the end of the second round Thomas
was lighting back gamely, and though
bleeding a stream from the nose and
mouth he showed no other sign OF
having gone through q fierce lombard
ment. Practically the same thing hap
pened in the sixth round when Sullivan
landed another clean jaw punch putting
Thomas on queer street. a man with
a punch should have been able to score
a knockout in either round, but Sulli-
van, trying his best, could not down
the game lad from San Francisco.
Sullivan Has No Punch.
Same old thing. Sullivan has fought
ten battles in Los Angeles, and the
only man he ever slowed away before
the local audience was that miserable
excuse for a fighter. John Palmer, OF
England. Sullivan is sure TO go the
limit every time out He cannot knock
the other fellow out. and he Is very
particular TO see that the other fellow
does not knock him out.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
pECRoIT RELEASES LOWE.

DETROIT. Jan, 22.-President Navin,
OF the Detroit Americans, tonight sent
to Robert l. Lowe, infielder, an uncon-
ditional release. This action vas
reached amicably. Lowe desired 20 oe
released in order to take the manage
ment Of a minor league club.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
The Program.

The order OF events for the George
washington games follows: Fifty-yard
novice, trial heats; 51-yard scholastic,
trial heats: 5O-yard handicap, trial
heats; relay race, Y. N. c. A midgets:
relay race, Twining Dol and Balti-
more City College midgets; relay race,
Tremc9t juniors, Gurley juniors, and
BIoonin gdals juniors; relay race, Ire
mont second team, Blair School, Y. NJ.
C. A. inLaI inediates; t)-yard novice,
The Washington times., 1908-01-22

Mercy Another elusive ball has been
discovered. The new one, which is
known as the starch ball. Is the prop
erty of Aoxie Manuel, last year with
New Orleans now a member Of the
Cnicago White SOz, and held by Wash
ington in 1905 He uses a pOcEetfuI of
starch during a game and claims it has
better effect on the ball than saliva,
and claims his ban IS an Improvement
on the splitter. Smoke up.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
FAN FODDER

Manager sam Wright, Of the Youngs-
town team, consider SChWeitZeT, WhJ
was drafted 10y St. Louis, one Of the
fastest men getting 10 first base I'm tie
business. He claims that he Is another
Harry did when he left the minors.
Wright would like to have Schweitzor
for his Youngstown team and may get
him il AIcAleeC cant find use for him
in the outfeld.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
BRITISH CHALLENGE
FOR MOTOR BOAT CUP

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE British Motor
Yacht Club has sent a challenge to the
Motor Boat Club OF America for the
British International Cup, which stands
for supremacy of the worlds motor
boat fleet, and which was won last sea-
son by the Dixie. an American boat, in
Southampton waters.
The conditions and rules under which
this trophy is held and raced for stipu-
late that challenge must he received
by the club holding Il by February 1 in
any year. and falling such a challenge,
no race shall be held that year.
Further, no race shall take place with
in six months Of the receipt OF the chal-
lenge. andEhe next last date at which
an entry may be received is July J.
The length of the course is fixed at
between thirty and thiTty-five nautical
miles. and the only Limitation to the
size Of the competing vessels is in the
overall length of the hull, which shall
not to exceed So feet 111k inches or I21S
metres.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
MANY NEW CLUBS
TO LOCAL FIELD
At G. v. j. GAMES
Manager Announces Or
der of EVentS-Army
Represented.

The George Washington indoor games
in Convention Hall on saturday night
will be notable for the number Of clubs,
colleges. and schools whose representa-
lives will make their first appearance in
Washington in indoor competition.
The University Of Maryland VIII have
a one-roiie relay team against the Mary
land agricultural College and Rich
TIOni All three Of these teams are
new TO Washington. They are all said
u have Quarter-mile quartets, and a
hard, close race Is expected. In addi-
ton 20 its relay team. the University Of
Maryland will be represented in sprints
by George T. Israel. former Central
High School star.
The United States army viii be repre-
scented by a relay team Of Troop L Of
tie Thirteenth Cavalry, at Fort Myer
The soldiers are matched against Com
p3ny @ OF The District National Guard
The cross country and the Mccullough
athletic Club, Of Baltimore. have men
fin the middle and long-distance events
Neither OF these clubs has been repre-
scented in previous local games,
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
AUSTRIAN CHESS
CHAMP TO MEET
LOCAL EXPERTS
Jacques MiesiS in Exhi.
bitlon of Simultaneous
Play Tomorrow Night.

jacques Miesis. chess champion OF
Austria, and one Of the foremost of the
worlds masters. will give an exhibition
Of simultaneous play against ali comerss
at the rooms OF the Washington Chess
Club tomorrow evening at S O'Clock.
Miesis has been in this country for
nearly month. and has met practically
all the experts ia New York city. He
was defeated but once in a series. that
one with Charles Jade, the Gotham
champion, who captured two out Of
three games from the foreign player.
Some Of the leading cracks OF this
city have signihed their intention 10
take a board against the visitor tomor-
row night, and the exhibition promises
10 be an interesting one. Tonight AIiesis
is in Baltimore. and is expected 10 ar
rive in this city tomorrow.
The eighth round IN the championship
series Of the Departmental Chess League
series VIII be pulled or tonight.
Agriculture viii meet Interior Com
merce Is matched against Navy, and
Treasury viii play against O. p. O.
The race between Interior, Treasury,
and G. =. O. IS close, and tonights play
VIII probably affect their relative stand
ing.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Virginia Entries.

The University Of Virginia has en-
tered one Of the strongest teams which
has ever been sent out of Charlottes-
Vile in track and field competition,
They will have the sprints Captain
Rector and Ashby; in the hurdles,
CharTipgton, Randolph, and Martin; in
the mile run. Grey; in the quaTter-mile
handicap, Davidson, Rector, Goodman
and Thurlow, all speedy runners for
this distance; in the high jump, the
Charlottesville team has Randolph, the
champion OF the South, and one OF
the best jumpers in the East: Charring-
ton, formerly of the Episcopal High
School and Martin The Virginia one
mile relay team. which will compete
against George Washington for the col
lege championship OF the South, will be
chosen from the following men; Good
man, Davidson, Ford. Rector, and Thur
low.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
PAPKE'S STRENGTH
NEEDED TO BEAT
WALTER STANTON
" Thunderbolt" Knocks
Out Coast Boxer in
Fourth.

BOSTON, Jan. 22.-BilI Papke. the IL
nnois Thunderbolt.' knocked out Walter
Stanton, OF san Francisco, at the New
Armory Athletic Club last night in the
fourth round OF savage battle.
A Earring left hook 10 the chin. fol
loved by a vicious right 70 the same
place, sent stanton down for the count
shortly before the end Of the fourth
round and his seconds threw up the
sponge. But the short time of the bat
lie is not an indication Of Papke's great
superiority. He was unquestionabIy the
better man, but he had his hands fun
up until the second he put over the
finish punch.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
DEAR MoTHER-IN-Lhw.

He-Your mother is becoming more
and more a balloon, but less and less
dirigible i-TTansatlantiC Tales.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Stanton Starts Well.

In the first round Stanton's rapid at
tack even had the Western slugger ner-
vOus. There was no appTeciable damage
in this round. and after Papke had
worked into his stride his more I'm
ished fighting tactics began to show.
Stanton was practically beaten before
he entered the ring. as re greatly
feared the husky Westerner, with his
great reputation for knocking opponents
out. Yet. after he got some confidence,
he gave the ringside fans a surprise
by carrying the fight to Papke in a way
that made the latter stop and take
notice.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Strength Tells Tale.

It was the case OF who was the
stronger of the two. and Papke has
never yet found any bif merchant his
equal when II came TO swapping
punches hlled with steam. Stanton
needed no urging aud from the first
bell, when he found that Papke was
not too anxious TO start things in his
usual whirIwind style. took the initia-
tive himself and sailed into Papke in
true Western style He belted Papke
around the squared circle and gave
more punishment than he received and
got lots Of encouragement from the
crowd.
Finally Papke began to unlimber his
terrible wallops, and il was all over
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-05-27
Obituary..

Francis NJ, wife of J. R. w. Sease,
departed this life May II, 1908, aged
IS years, 4 months and % days, leav-
ing beside her aged husband, four
children, twenty-one grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren. Bap-
tized in infancy and confirmed in ear
ly youth she remained lifelong and
faithful member of the Lutheran
church.
During the past year she suffered
much, but amid all she was patient
and resigned, submitting herself, body
and soul, to the lords will. Having
passed beyond the scenes of earth,
She has left behind the precious con-
fidence that she is at rest with the
people of God.
At Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church,
where she was member: we laid her
body to rest in Christian order to
await the return Of the Lord Jesus:
3. D. w.