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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
MoNGooSE PLAGUE.
Killed Quail and Drove Rats from
Fields to Buildings.

From Forest and Stream.
The island Of Ste. Croix. the largest or
the Danish West Indies. besides present
ing to the artistic eye the most enchant-
ing scenery affords to the sportsman op-
portunities for indulging his productions
little known to the outside world.
A few years ago. previous to the intro
duction into this terrestrial hunters par
adise Of that demon. the mongoose. there
existed large flocks OF quail (Ortyx VIZ
ginianus) in the level lands OF the center
and southern parts. affording fine shooting.
but these birds are now scarce. In those
DAYS an afternoons stroll over one or tho
large guinea grass pastures belonging TO
the various sugar estates, with the ring
ing whistle Of Bob White sounding on ev-
cry side, and the sudden whtrr OF their
wings as a covey started up from among
the grass at your feet and sped away
with great velocity, was an experience to
be remembered.
The mongoose was introduced into this
island by some we'll meaning but mistaken
planters. with a view to the determination
of rats I'm the canefields. and though these
yermiu were thinned out OF those locali-
ties they have become more plentiful IN
the buildings, where the mongoose cannot
follow them. and so this beast has turned
his attention to the quail and other
ground freQuenting birds. The consequent
Increase of graSshoppers and caterpillarS
has reached formidable dimensions.
Thus the mongoose. having Increased
with the natural rapidity Of all things
evil, has become plague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Joe Potts, Scorer Of Nationals.

Mr.. Joseph Y. Potts. who died In the
past week, was prominent figure in base
ball circles in the days of the pioneer
Nationals. For many years Mr.. Potts
was the official scorer of the Nationals,
was an intimate friend Of Father" Hen
ry Chadwick. the acknowledged head OF
the game, and 1t was Mr.. Potts who intro
duced the idea of publishing the batting
and fielding records of, players In the pub
lie press. In those days the records could
be comprised into a small space where
now it has grown to fill columns. It was
the custom in those days to frame the
records of the players and hang them up
in club rooms. and in several resorts of
the city mementoes of those days can be
seen hanging on the walls as ornaments
of the days when base ball was in its in
fancy. Mr.. Potts was full of anecdotes of
the old times and many of them have
found their way into the columns Of The
Star and have'be extensively copied by
other papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
LITTLE STORIES OF THE BASE BALL PLAYERS

men in base ball, and he doesn't care
much what he says or to whom he says
it. Though Jones is worth considerable
money he is the plainest dressed man in
the game, and to see him on the street
in his civilian toys one would spot him
for a rustic storekeeper in town for the
purpose of buying supplies. Nevertheless,
Jones is there with the gray matter and
the knowledge Of its uses.
But his independence and his plain
speaking are the traits which cause his
players to regard him with a certain sort
of awe, for Fielder Jones is anything but
a respecter of persons.
One day last fall, when the season was
drawing to close. Fielder Jones and Ban
Johnson were having q talk out at the
the captain-manager of the White Sox
handed the burly president of the Ameri-
can League a cigar and after Ban had
drawn on it for a while Jones asked:
How do you like that cigar. Mr.. john
SOM"
"Oh"- replied Ban. who is short and
abrupt in his manner of speaking, Il
have smoked worse cigars than this
Fielder"
You have" shot back Jones, "if you
smoked any OF the kind that you have
passed over to yours truly
And then as the Chicago players slyly
staggered johnson walked over to the
grandstand and took seat.
King Kelly's Stunt.
Competent critics will tell you that
never has the game produced SO great
an all-around ball player as Mike KEEL
ly. He was the original of Casey in
Casey at the Bat" This clever fellow
was great in every department of the
game, and 1t is said that many Of the
tricks and inside ball playing that are
worked today originated in the quick
thinking brain of Mike Kelly. Although
Kelly was not fast runner he was the
champion base. stealer of the National
League, and as q slider his equal has
never been produced
Experienced base ball men have claimed
that the secret OF Kelly's success In base
stealing was that he had the art of timing
his start correctly. which is most essen
tial in base stealing
Kelly was an enthusiast in everything
pertaining to base ball, and although not
the word he was born leader. and to
take back seat for any one else was not
The Kelly style.
King Kelly was member of the cham
pion Chicago club when he and Harry
Stovey were struggling desperately for
the championship honors in base stealing
Near the close of the season, when only
o few points separated Kelly and Stovey.
the rivalry was at a tension point. The
Boston club happened to be performing
at Chicago on this particular day. and
with the score a close one Kelly laced out
a two-hagger.
Capt. Arson followed Kelly to the bat.
and this sturdy fellow laid down a per-
Get bunt, with the purpose of sacrificing.
and he was put out by a close decision at
first. Judge of Capt. Anson's anger when
he looked around from first base and saw
Kelly still at second base. with a grim
look on his face that was a puzzle to the
doughty captain.
But think OF his great surprise when on
the next ball pitched. Kelly stole third
the season, allowed him to beat Stovey
out for the championship base-stealing
honors for that year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
By Revere Rodgers.

I howl of protest because to the folks In
the grandstand the ball certainly appear
| ed fair, and to the bleacherites it seemed
| that the ball was a yard or so inside the
foul line, but it really was foul ball.
| Arlie Latham, who was talking to Tom
my Evers once the skillful second-sacker
of the Washington club and the uncle
of the peerless Tommy Evers OF the Chi
cago team, jumped up. and with howl
of rage turned to Evers and shr1eked IN
What? Did that blanketN blankety
| blind man call that ball a fouEEQmmy?''
He sure did," replied Evers. but sit
down and behave yourself. you are at
| tracing the attention of every one in the
grandstand."
Il don't give a picayune," shouted Ar
lie, land know if any umpire had called
that ball foul on me I'd have punched
his snoot.''
Arlie was in earnest, too, but neverthe-
less he and Sheridan that night had sup
perl together, which goes to show that in
the progress of a base ball game a fan
Is no respecter Of persons.
Hans Wagner's Experience.
Hans Wagner. the big. good-natured
lad, who, according to rurnor. is receiving
the highest priced salary that was, ever
paid a ball player, and who. to show that
he is not a near-ball player. is leading
the National League in batting, fielding.
base stealing and in hitting the ball for
the distance limit. was one of the Quietest
chaps when he first broke into the major
league that could have been found in
America.
Hans sprang into fame with the Louis
vile club. which was then a member of
the National League. Wagner was SO
silent then that they nicknamed him
Sleepy Hans" but the big German early
showed that he was the candy kid with
the hickory stick, and on account Of his
invariable gOod-nature. he quickly won
In those days the game of draw poker
was one Of the chief relaxations of a
base ball player.
The Louisville club. in that day. was one
the National League, possibly on account
of the fact that the game has always
been popular among the southern people.
At any rate, poker had the Colonies
going some at the time that Hans Wag1
ner joined the outfit. J
Almost the first thing proposed after
big Wagner fell Into the Louisville outfit
was game of poker. Fred Clarke. now
manager-captain of the Phtsburg club,
and Dexter, who was one Of the best all
around ball playenR in his time, and sew
eral other men we're In the game.
On the first deal Hans got four queens
and drew one card, and Dexter drew
three and the other players passed. When
at last Dexter called Hans the latter
threw down four queens and a king. and
naturally reached over to take the money,
when Dexter stopped him by producing
four kings and an ace.
Wagner's face was a study, and as Dex-
ter took the money Wagner showed the
cards away and slowly said:
''Well. it may be all right. but it looks
funny to me-" And 10 this day Hans can
not figure it out but that he was victim
Of frame-up deal, although Fred Clarke
said not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
America Leads.

A resume of the foregoing table shows
that In II Of the II events the American
records were superior. while in three 9TH
ers the Americans tied with the Cana
dians In only three events were the
Americans actually outdone, and these
three were events in which America ex-
pected the least. In the 300 meters. 400
meters and the broad jump the American
performances were identical with the Ca
madam.
The three events in which foreigners
outdid our men were in the javelin throw,
the 1.jOO meters and the five-mile runs
In the first a German. Digger by name.
made wonderful throw of 9O6 feet 8
inches, a far greater distance than was
ever made in any country. In 100 me-
tiers Wilson. the Englishman, did 3J9 As,
which beats by 1 2-5 seconds the time
made by Halstead of Cornell. In the five
mile run the Englishman Weight was more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
No Slump in Marriages.

From the London Globe.
The registrar generals statistics are
facts which cannot be contradicted, and
they should allay the fears OF those good
folk who hold that we are degenerating.
owing to the refusal OF our young men
to take upon themselves the RESPONSIBLE
ties of marriage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Publicity.
From Puck.

I'VE don't hear so much about graft in
public matters as we did," remarked the
citizen. Il regard that as a very favor
able condition"
1T is a. favorable condition" replied
Senator Wadd. Those matters were be-
coming altogether too public for a SPELL"
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Commercial League.

The schedule for this week follows: Mon
day. VIM. Hahn & Co. VS.. Woodward &
Lothrop; Tuesday. G. E. Howard Com
pany vs. National Electric Supply Com
pany: Wednesday. E. J. Murphy Company
VS.. w. B. Moses & Sons: Thursday. Wood
ward & Lothrop VS.. &. E. Howard Com
pany; Friday w. B. Moses & Sons VS..
VIM. Hahn & Co.; Saturday, National
Electric Supply Company VS.. w. j. Muir
ply Company.
Greene of Brookland. pitching for G. E.
Howard Company, administered to VIM.
Hahn .& Co. Monday some of the same
kind Of medicine THAT be receivd at the
hands Of Winchester, when he allowed the
Archie" Smith. playing with Govern
ment Printing Office of the Capital City
League, Is catching for Howard Company
| and he is hitting the ball hard
Farr of Howard Company had his eye
on the ball Monday. connecting for a
triple, a double and a single.
GULL connected safely three times out
of four trips to the plate.
| Tuesdays game was postponed by agree
ment between the managers of Woodward
& Lothrop and E. ]. Murphy Company.
Fred Dyer Of National Electric Supply
Company was in excellent form Wednes-
day and his teammates gave him royal
support. No two OF the four hits he al
lowed came in one inning.
Bernard Of Moses & Sons brought in
the only two TALES made by his team
Wednesday.
Hummer Of Moses connected safely three
times Wednesday and thereby got three
of the four hits made by his team.
| Dolly Grey. the Technical High School
Ltwirler. made his debut Thursday with e.
~. Murphy Company. allowing the shoe
merchants only four scattered hits. while
| he famed eight batsmen.
| At a recent meeting of the officers and
managers of the league it. was decided
that every team represented in the league
had to play seven men working in the
| store. Hahn & Co. were handicapped by
| this decision, Gus Vogelsberger, one of the
best back stops In the league, played at
| short and put up star exhibition, while
| Robey, one Of the slab artists, caught and
his work was good. considering that it
was the first time he had ever attempted
| to catch.
| Those who witnessed Fridays game saw
| the first shut-out and no HIT game played
In the league SO far this season.
Reichard, a Technical High School
ktwtrler. was In the box for National Elec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Modern A1vas.
From the Canadian Magazine.

Brutality is not found any more in ex-
cess1ve militarism than in excessive com.
mercialism. To some of us. the graspine
capitalist who brushes women and chill.
dren in the slow death of the modern
sweat shop is more repulsive than the de.
parted Alvas and Modenas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
MarQuette League.


The teams which recently entered the
league are putting up fast games and
may give the leaders a hard run for the
bunting.
The game Thursday between the Ma
rines and st. Joseph's, which the former
won in a great ninth inning finish, was
one that will be long remembered by
those who were fortunate enough to wit
ness it. From the time Arbiter Cleveland
called play until Kane's single in the last
session chased the winning tally across
the plate it was a gallant battle. With
the exception of two slip-ups by the Ma
rines the game was errorless.
For five innings not a run crossed the
pan, but in the next inning st. Joseph's
got a line on GibsOn's curves. which, cou-
pied with costly error and base on
balls, netted four runs. The Soldiers also
succeeded in getting three men over the
rubber in the same round. With the score
standing to 3 against them. when the
Marines went to the bat for the last
time, Jenkins, the first man up, singled
and went to second on Bells sacrifice and
then proved his ability as pinch hitter
by clouting out a single, on which Ber-
lick scored the winning tally.
McCormick's catch of Meagher's long
MarineS-Turner a. c. game was a corker.
1t was only after a hard run that he
sphered it, all three bases being occupied
at the time, with two out.
Snyder of the Marines is batting we'll.
He also handles himself we'll in the field.
Until the ninth inning of Thursdays
game Weeden. who was in the center of
the diamond for ST. JOseph's. pitched an
excellent game but in the last round the
Marines clouted everything he served up.
1t would be advisable for the manager
of the st. Vincsnt's team to work Mer-
rill in more games. With the proper
support the southpaw can hold down the
strongest of teams.
Broome, one of st. Vincent's latest &C
QUESTIONS, is about the hardest hitter on
that nine.
Madden, st. Peters former star. is now
covering the third sack for st. Vincent's.
O'Connors clever fielding has been the
feature Of many Of the Marines games.
Priest made his initial appearance in
the league Thursday with ST. Josephs and
acquitted himself well. He was credited
with ten putOutS and an assist, a triple
and single.
AS an added attraction to yesterdays
game at the Union League Park. Joe Tur-
ner and Frank Lynch of Baltimore, who
recently wrestled one hour to a draw,
went on the mat in a fifteen minute bout,
neither gaining a fall Turner was the
aggreSSOr and was the more clever, while
Lynch appeared the stronger. The bout
was full of action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Where Pickering Dined.

While the Washington team was in De
troit on its western trip Ollie Pickering,
the skillful and good-natured outf1elder
of the Nationals, was one night suddenly
taken with a desire to put a large-s1ze
meal under his belt, for Pick is one of
those healthy foragers who have an appe-
title that constantly needs appeasing.
Taking young Milan with him, Ollie
sought a restaurant On the principal BUSH
ness thoroughfare of the pretty Michigan
city Ollie, with that breezy western way
of his. shouted to the waiter:
Say, Bill, what have you got to eat
here?''
Everything" replied the waiter.
We'll" shot back Pick, with a sly wink
at Clyde Milan and expecting to enjoy the
discontinue of the waiter, well take
little of it.
1.-TWO plates of hash." sung out the at
tendant. and then Pickering looked fool
ish, while Clyde laughed uproariously at
the expression on Ollie's face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Independence League.

Twinings seem to have It,
Toense, the Advent star who sprained
his ankle month ago. will be back in
harness soon.
Gurley won their first game from the
Advent club Friday.
Davis is now manager. Of the Gurley
Athletic Club and Benson is captain.
Humphrey, the new Advent shortstop,
has no equal in the league.
Gill; playing short for Manhattan, is the
smallest man in the league. but seems to
cover as much territory as the long fel-
lows. He is only sixteen years old and
stands about four feet four inches
Mosburg. field manager of the Advent
club. has proven to be the best all-around
player in the league. Though he is more
familiar with third base, Friday Nhe
pitched against GVrley and held them to
three hits.
The Twinings display better team work
than any other club. Manager Wynkoop
is working wonders with his men, and
the pennant seems to be on its way to
Twining City.
The Wallachs are experiencing diff
Guilty getting their team together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Sunday School League.

roiiowlng is the schedule for this week:
MONDAY. Grace VS.. Bethany; Tuesday.
Grace VS.. Ninth; Wednesday. Waugh VS..
First; Thursday, Fifth VS.. Ninth. No
games scheduled for Friday and Satur-
day.
Many Of the spectators who witnessed
tuesdays contest between the Fifth and
Grace teams left the field with the opin-
ION mat the former aggregation had Won
The score stood 1 to in favor Of the
southeast boys up to the sixth inning,
when the Fifth boys were thought to be
one run ahead Evans. first up. drew
pass and was neatly sacrificed to second
oy "ynkoop. Kemp went out. short to
first. and Stuckert, the next man up.
clouted one for two sacks. scoring Evans.
"A moment later he stole third. Rapp,
VINO was at the bat, had two strikes, and
on the next ball pitched Stuckert ran up
the hne as Buscher started his motion
with the ball, making his third strike.
Salo, who was catching for Grace, drop
ped the ball and Umpire Hughes did not
realize the situation and announced that
the run counted. Grace scored one In its
half of the eighth and Fifth one in the
ninth Stuckerts run in the sixth inning
did not count and the score stands a tie.
to >. This makes the second tie between
these two teams, the first being q ten
inning contest, l to 1.
Buscher, who did the twirling for the
Grace aggregation in it's game with Fifth
last week, certainly made a good showing
for the first time out. He pitched excel
lent ball, allowing only four hits. He
struck out eleven and passed three.
Hence" Maple has been transferred
from First to Grace. Here's hoping
Hence" makes good with the league
| leaders
Salb received several foul tips on the
body in the Grace-Fifth contest last week
but refused to retire. One Of these put
him down for a few minutes.
Bethany got a better footing in the
league by defeating First Wednesday,.
In the Ninth-Waugh game Friday
Stecker clouted the sphere for two dou.
bles and a single.
BILLY" Marceron cracked out a pair OF
doubles in Mondays contest and scored
as many runs. His teammate, Noyes
also found it easy picking with the will
low. He connected for a double and a
triple.
That throw Of Hofmann's in the ninth
inning to catch Noyes at the plate was
the prettiest throw from the outfield made
this season. The score stood to with
one out and Noyes tripled. Quantrelle
batted for Criddle and flied to left. Noyes
tried to score, but was easily tagged. II
robbed Ninth out of a probable victory
and Quantrelle out of sacrifice hit
Harris is putting up a good game at
third for the First boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Fielder Jones' Crack.

The clever Fielder Jones of the Chicago
team Is one Of the most matter-of-fact
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OLYMPIC
TRYOUTS COMPARED
In Eleven of the Seventeen
Athletic Events the Ameri-
can Records Are
Superior. il
BY =. r. Bushnell. :

The band of seventy-six young athletes
who will wear the Stars and Stripes OF
the United States in the fifth revival of
the Olympic games. which begin in Lon
don July IL is the most remarkable collec-
ton Of track and field athletes ever gotten
together in any country. The men have
been picked with the greatest of care from
every section Of the United States. They
represent the best our universities. schools
and athletic clubs possess. With hardly
an exception every available point winner
this country possesses is on the team.
and If they cannot uphold the athletic
prestige Of this country no team can.
By the holding Of the German tryouts
a few days ago all the nations but the
Irish have held their preliminary meets
and all the teams have been selected. with
the exception of the British team. which
will not be officially picked until after the
English championships July 4. The Irish
cham ionships this month will constitute
the official tryouts for that sections of the
British team.
If the Olympic honors were to be de-
termined according to the records made
in the various tryouts the American team
would win an overwhelming victory. A
comparison Of the performances by the
British, Canadian, German. Swedish and
| American athletes shows that with the
! exception Of a very few events the Amer
| lean performances were vastly superior.
| The following table is presented here to
show how the performances in four OF
these tryout meets compare The pro-
gram was not the same at any two meets
but the comparison is carried out as faI
|
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

URIC Supply Company Friday and pitched
reonL game, allowing no hits. Not a man
The ned first base until two slip-ups on
raeo part of his team allowed a man to
on1,, third. but he died there. He not
singles. o 0>-'' A0A Noo
nsers exhibition at the second sack
h mds great. and he connected with the
0t 10, LOT home run with two on base.
E,.;Ssdn had his eye on the ball again
thros: connecting for three hits out OF
lnree times at the plate
,o,,r steroay's game was postponed on &C
oeuitt OF the day being holiday. Many
VI the players were out of the city.
Logan Cunningham. holding the record
tor pitching the longes. college game. has
pee, uSeh secured by w. B. Moses & Sons and
NIL MI probably pitch for them this week.
WIN MS services the furniture boys are
for first place