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The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
Tech Has Best Prospects of
High School Mines.
WESTERNS CHANGES GOOD
BIaeksmiths Retain Several Stars of
Last YeaT-ExDect to Make Strong
Bid for Championshfp-Pres
Title Holders Lose Several VaIu-
able Players, but VIII Be in Race.

Before another two weeks have elapsed
the high school baseball teams viii have
started practice. In fact, Tech. Western.
and Central have already commenced in
door work.
OF the five high schools. Technical has
the brightest outlook. Besides her star
battery, Capt Reichard and Brewster,
several other stars Of last season will be
back, including Chapin. second base:
Goodman, first base; Benson. third base,
and Spencer, outhelder.
Marsden and Gray viii probably play
in the Outfield. while Blair. new man,
is a strong candidate for shortstop.
Capt. Reichard should prove capable
coach. as he has had two years expert
ence as a pitcher at Tech.
Westerns Chances Good
Western High. last years champions.
will make a strong bid for hrst place
again this season. While the crack team
lost such stars as Michael. Radford,
Kemp and Fort. there is plenty Of good
material left in the school
Capt Polhemus has engaged former
Capt. Michael as coach. which will be OF
great advantage to the team Garner is
slated TO do the pitching. and Howard
should make a good catcher. Mclean
Wiz play short. HHlyer third and Robe
son OF Guy second Hill, Barnes. and
Hildreth will try for first base. The out
FIELD viii be selected frC-n POIhemus. Don
ovan, Fleming. Tanner. and others.
Beginning with April J. Western VIII
practice two days week with the Wash
ington School for Boys team. or the lat
ter's field.
Eastern Looks Promising.
Eastern-s chances for q good team look
promising Martin. who caught last year.
is captain. and is a classy backstop. and
Whitney is a capable boxmau. This bat
tery. with Infielders McGiffen and Brad
ley and Outhelders Smith and Fitzhue.
all Of last years team. for a strong nu-
cleus. Other good men who are available
are Acton Chase, Leland, Vanderlippe,
and Cook.
StenOErapherS inexperienced.
Business High School has plenty ~
fairly good material for a baseball nine,
but most OF the boys lack experience.
The Ste7ographers lost four crack play
ers in Powell. Brooke. ZaneIi. and Hub
ard A new battery viii have 10 be de-
veIoped
Gregory, Welcker. keenan,. and Jones
viii Try for pitcher while Burke Parker.
and Fegan sre the candidates for catcher.
The infeld will probably be made up of
Capt. keane. third base. King. shorfstop:
Heap or keenan, first base. and Donnelly
or Patched. second base.
The candidates for Outfeld positions are
Hermann and Welcker. OF last seasons
team and Mckay, Davis. Howell Man
ming. Bishop. and LysheaT.
Central n Dark Horse
CentraTs prospects are hardly as good
as those Of the other schools. a captain
has not been chosen. but Will be elected
as soon as the boys start practice and Il
line can be obtained on the candidates
Rheem and Richardson should make q
good battery Other promising men are
Mcdonald, Smith. Bouche. and Harrah.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
EXPECT ENGLISH CHALLENGE.
Harvard and Yale Ready 10 Meet OK
ford and Cambridge on Track.


New Haven, Feb. 22.-capt. Walter
Dray. of the Yale track team. said to-
day that Yale and Harvard had thor
ough understanding about conducting ne
gotiations with Oxford and Cambridge
rel0ting TO a four-cornered meet in Eng
land this summer He says that 81 Is the
turn Of the EnElishmen TO challenge. and
that il IS confidently expected here that
the document VIII be prepared and sent
here for Yale and Harvard 70 act upon.
The willingness Of Yale and Harvard 10
send team 10 England this summer has
been made known 10 the English uni
versities
Yale and Harvard Capt Drav says.
need not send many more men to Eng
land than those who 20 10 take part IN
the games with the American Olympic
team in July. Yale will have two or three
members on that team as regulars and
substitutes. and Harvard an equal num-
Der. ii is thought. A few more would
complete the number needed for a meet
with the English universities. and the
expense would be comparatively light.
I&ttle doubt is felt that the proposed
meet viii be arranged.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Paterson. N J.. Feb 22--The Paterson
baseball club, member of the Union
League. has signed its manager for the
season Of 1905 The man TO occupy this
position is II. Eugene Mccain. perhaps
enc Of the best-known major league and
minor league stars in the United States
McCann's experience in baseball has
been long and varied, and extends over a
period OF twelve years with some OF the
very pest clubs in the country.
in 1900 McCann was transferred bv the
Detroit Americans to the MINNEAPOLIS
club Of the American League. In 1901 no
was signed by Ed Hanlon. manager Of
the Brooklyn National League club. with
which club he played for two years.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Tommy pevlin Winner.

Hot Springs. Ark, Feb. 22-Tommy
Mowatt. Of Chicago. after injuring his
hand yesterday in practice, declined the
issue last night under direction of ply
sicians, and did not meet Tommy Devlin.
Of Philadelphia Young LUcca. of Chi
cago. was substituted. and after one OF
the most vicious sixteen rounds seen
here. Devlin was awarded the decision
when Lucca administered four unques-
tionable blows below the belt In rapid
succession.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
NAVY BEATS COLUMBIA.
Annapolis Fencers Win Match from
Blue and White by . 10 T.

Blue and White by 10 4
Special to Tho Washington Herald
Annapolis. Nd. Feb. dedicated by
West Point on Wednesday. the fencers
OF Columbia University went down before
the midshipmen here to-day by the mar
row margin OF one bout the score being
to T.
All of the bouts were spirited and
closely contested. so much SO that two
OF them resulted in ties. and in one OF
these It required two extra periods 20
decide the winner In the first round
the navy foil artists took all three bouts.
but In the next round the New Workers
turned the tables. getting all three.
Il was the bout between Byrne. of Co
lumbia. and Burdick. OF navy. in this
round that II took two extra periods 10
decide, and Byrne was declared winner
The summaries:
Firs. round-Burdick Navy. defeated Amend, Co
lumbia. Brandt Many. defeated Byms Columbia
ETeTSOn. Navy. defeated Perrino Columbia.
Second round-Amend. Columbia defeated Brandt,
Navy; Byrne Columbia. defeated Burdick, Navy
Amend. Columbia. defeated Everson Navy.
Third round-B1rdiek. Nav, defeated Perrine.
Columbia; Byrne Columbia defeated Bverson, Navy
Brandt Nav. defeated Perrine. Columbia.
Per-ne. Columbia. the only man who failed
"a win boat.
Judges-Nfr Breckenridge Of Washington. and
Profs- +. W. Morrison and T. W. Johnson Naval
Academy.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
WILL HELP TROTTING.
Latitude Allowed Amateur Drivers
should Boom Harness Sport.

The change in the rules Of the National
Trotting Association at the turf congress
in New York last week should prove of
great benefit 20 the light-harness sport
throughout the country. 4 number of
important matters were acted upon which
are of vital interest 70 every organization
promoting harness racing. and the rules
as now compiled appear to be satisfactory
10 all.
The adoption OF the rule permitting
matinee meetings at which gate money
may be charged without the heat winners
mourning records was the most important
move made at the congress, and the fact
that it was passed by practically a unan-
imous vote was really greater victory
for the followers Of amateur racing than
was expected II was felt, and had been
reported, that the same contingent which
opposed its adoption at a previous con-
gress would be on hand 10 make a fight
against it this time. The fact that there
was practically no opposition is proof that
the harness horsemen of the country have
come to realize that matinee racing has
grown so as to demand recognition which
cannot be denied. PHILADELPHIA sent a
delegation that bore considerable weight.
and though little speechmaking was called
Tor, the few words spoken by those who
did address the body were received with
much enthusiasm
The new rules give considerable more
scope to matinee racing than those
adopted by the American Trotting Asso-
citation, allowing its members to hold as
many meetings as they wish during the
year. and it should prove a great boon
to the sport in this city. II is likely
that there will be considerably more
matinee racing here during the coming
season than ever before, and with the
opportunity offered horsemen to race
their horses which were kept out Of the
events for fear OF fast marks. should re-
suit in better racing than ever
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Dwyer TO Coach Alabama.

Philadelphia. Feb. 2Z.-Pat Dwyer cen
ter on the Pennsylvania football team
for the past two seasons. has signed to
coach the team of the Alabama School
OF Technology next fall This announce
ment yesterday came as great surprise.
as Dwyer was expected to return for a
postgraduate course. During his FIRST
two years at Pennsylvania Dwyer was
substitute end. but when the graduation
OF Bob Torrey in 1906 left vacancy in
the middle of Penn's line, Mike Murphy
developed him into a center man.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
YALE HONORS WALTER CAMP.
Harvard Graduate Makes Motion 10
Awaru VI. 4. TO Coach.

New Haven. Conn. Feb. 2-Yale has
decided 10 give Walter Camp. her athletic
advisor the honorary degree master Of
arts. When the proposition came up al
the February. meeting or the university
corporation Everitt Lake. the former
Harvard half back. who is entitled 10
seat in the corporation by reason OF being
lieutenant governor Of the State of Con-
nectiCut. asked permission 10 make the
motion awarding the degree 20 Mr.. Carp.
his request caused a general laugh and
was allowed
Lake is the first Harvard graduate 10
take his seat as a member Of the Yale
corporation. the university governing
body. He said after the meeting that he
enjoyed helping 10 run Yale nearly as
much as winning a football game from
her.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
GEORGETOWN PREPO' DATES
Series of Games Arranged with the
Schools of This City.
With Seven Veterans Available Indi-
cations Are that Strong Team VIII
Be Organized This Year.

The baseball season OF the Georgetown
Preparatory School was started yester-
day with indoor practice in the Ryan
gymnasium.
Seven OF last years team are in school
this year, ano there ought 10 be little
trouble selecting players TO hn the va
cancies left by the graduation OF vet
erans. Eleven games have been arranged
by Manager Haizlip Up 20 date. with the
prospects Of arranging games with all
the Washington high schools before the
end OF next month
Last years men who are back in
school this year and who are out for
the team. are: Capt Scully. first
base; Fury. catcher. Simpson. pitcher:
Hammond. second base; 3. Cogan. short
stop; Sitterding. th:rd base. and Con
way. center field. The new candidates
are Nolan. Nawn. T Smith. and I4awler.
pitchers: Gamer. shortstop. Bloom. third
base: Walton. Phillips. Daley. Cunnirf.
Sullivan. Ryan, and Kephart. outfielders.
Gamer and Bloom come 70 Georgetown
with wide regulations as preparatory
school baseball players Gamer played
part OF the 1907 season with Andover. and
is looked upon as a leading candidate
for shOrtstop or second base. Bloom was
with the Vanderbilt Prep. team last year
and should help strengthen the George
town infeld.
The schedule follows:
Msrri p western High School
April I-Washingrcn School for Bora
suil 7-Emerson Institute
April s-Western High sch0ol.
Ap-l u-St- Johns College Reserves.
April 2i-Auay and Navy Prc1S
MAY 5-Wsshinrtc1 schooi for BovS
Nay 6-Blss Elecfricsl school.
May s-Western High School
May S-ETiscoTal High SchooL
Nav lc-ArTny and Navy Prers-
All games scheduled for Georgetown
Field.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Tennexsee FootbnII schedule

Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. 22.-The Uni
OF Tennessee football schedule
has just been announced, as follows:
Oct. 3-Uriysraty. Of Chattanooga. at Knoxville.
Oct e-Maryviiie College al Knoxville.
Oct. E-Keutucky State College. N Knoxville
Oct. 2i-Uuiversity Of Georgia AZ Knoxville
oct. 3l-tieorEia Tech. at Atlanta.
Nov. Vanderbilt University az Nashville
Nov. i4-Clemson College al Knoarille
Nor. 2i-sewsnee or Auburn az Knoxville
Nov. a-Jniyersi;y Of Alabama. at Bira-;nzhslu.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
schaefer Reatr CutIer

Philadelphia. Feb 22-Jake Schaefer.
known as the Wizard" made easy work
Of his l.5O0-pOint match with Albert Cut
Ter by defeating the Bostonian IN the last
block at Aliinger's last night, 900 10 rs
This made the total score 1900 to La
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
SHAW RACQUET CHAMPION.
Boston Player Wins Title by Defeat-
ing Percy HauEhtop.

Boston. Feb Z--FOr the third time in
his career as a racquet player. Quincy
A. Shaw. jr-, OF this city. a member
Of the Tennis and Racquet Club. this aft
ernoon won the national amateur cham
pionship.
He gained the coveted honor By de-
feating Percy D. Haughton. the champion
OF 1906 three games out Of five. in tha
final round Of the championship tOurna-
ment. which was in progress all last week
at the local club
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Bnxket-bam atY. NC

The boys department of the Y. NJ. C. A.
has two hard games this week. The
Saratoga Y. N. c. A. boys will be here
Tuesday night, and Saturday night the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. boys. OF Baltimore.
will be here.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Washington. Pa. Feb. 22.-Manager r.
Murphy, Of the Washington and jefferson
football team. announced tonight that
Michigan had offered Washington and
Jefferson game at Ann Arbor on No
vember Z Washington and Jefferson was
selected from a large number OF West
ern Pennsylvania and Ohio colleges that
were scrambling for the game
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Recruit on second.


James Farrell. second base. IS new
man. coming from Brooklyn. where no
has for several years played with the
Hudson club (semi-professionaD. He
comes highly recommended by many good
judges Of ball playing. among them Man
ager Phillips Of the Troy club: Robert
Ferguson and Henry Chadwick as a brill
liant player. man who will make his
mark in the profession, and a gentle
man. His record last year speaks for
itself: Batting. .S23. fielding. $50. the lat
ter being the finest record for second
base playing made last season.
William II. Mcclellan. shortstop. comes
from Chicago. His career as a profes-
sional began with the ST. Paul Reds :"
for whom he played third base in '76
and short in ~. being engaged nv the
Chicago nine for rs. playing second base
President Hulhurt. of the Chicago club.
speaks in the highest terms Of his quail
ties as player. as do all who have seen
him play. Record last year: Batting.
.22l fielding. SEQ
J. J. Ellick, third base. is a Cincinnati
boy. He began with the r. Z. Lees. OF
New Orleans, in 1872. playing in 1874 with
the Empires. Of st. Louis; in 1875 with the
st. Louis Reds and Louisville Eagles:
in 1876 he caught for the Memphis
'Blues;'' IN 1871 played third base for the
St Paul Reds" and IN 1878 Joined for
tunes. to my sorrow,' he says. with the
Milwaukees. He is recommended by Mr..
Neh, OF the Cincinnati club, as a first
class ball player, honest, reliable. and
gentlemanly. Record: Batting, .2as; field
ing. $50.
John 5. Hollingshead, left field. has
always been a favorite in Washington.
and has been identified with the game in
this city since lSII, when he did his first
professional playing with the Olympics.
In 1872 he played with the Nationals; in
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
John Lynch was Pitcher.

The nine is composed IS follows:
John Lynch. pitcher, is from New
York. He began playing ball profession
ally with the Port Jervis nine Of -. For
IS he signed with the New Havens
(afterward Hartfords). and played short
stop for that nine until their visit 10
Washington. when the Nationals batted
Cummings so freely that he was retired
and Lynch took the pitchers position.
which he filed creditably. often with no
support. playing the whole game by him
self. until the disbandment of the club.
He was then offered an engagement by
the National club. accepted. and until
the end Of the season pitched in a style
which his friends think was never
equaled by a pitcher Of one seasons .ex-
perience- He IS a player Of much prom
ise. possessing great endurance. He is
a fine fielder in his position. good base
runner. and hard hitter. Ills principal
pecullarity Is conviction that nothing
good can come ont Of BROOKLYN. Record
last year: Batting, IA; fielding. .Sfg
Samuel ". Trott, catcher. commenced
with the Nationals in 1874. and has since
played with the Athletics. Of Philadel-
phia; Minneapolis club. and Fairbanks.
OF Chicago, returning in 1877 in time to
finish the season with the Nationals. by
which club he was engaged for 1873
Babe is undoubtedly one OF the tough
est men that ever faced a pitcher. Not
a straight finger has be on either hand
but he never seems to get hurt Every
body who has seen him play much Is
familiar with his peculiar shake Of his
fingers before he tosses the ball back
sometimes. Ii is all he needs after a
knock that would send nine catchers out
OF ten 10 the field. Lynch says ne has
tried to hurt him so often that he has
given it up TrOtt is a good batter and
general player. his only weakness being
base-running. Record last year: Batting
-209, fielding, $40.
Lon Dallas. first base. is also a Wash
inSton production. He began as a profess
sional with the Nationals OF 1877. PLAYING
such fine game at first bag that he
was re-engaged for 1873. playing. how
ever, but part Of the season. Lon can
hold anything thrown to him. and there
are people who assert that ball cannot
be thrown over his head He is a hard
right field hitter and good base-runner.
Record last year: Batting, 2S4; fielding.
800
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
HOPES FOR RANDOM
Encouraging Reports About
Club Are Nothing New.
OLD-TIMER RECALLS ARTICLE
Twenty-ninc Years Ago ROOters
Were Told thnt Prospects for Sport
I'm Baseball Never Looked More En-
courRging I'm WashingtOn-Descri
tion of Various Nationals of 1879.

With column after column OF inter
views with different managers being
sent broadcast. optimistic fans are be-
ing worked up to fever heat, but an
oldtimer sends to The Washington
Herald the following clipping from a
local paper. dated April. 1879 to show
how strong was the faith in the local
team twenty-nine years ago:
The prospect for sport in baseball
never looked more encouraging in
Washington than It does at present.
Gaining wisdom by experience. and
feeling encouraged by the support
given them last year. the directors Of
the National club have spared no effort
To give the public during the coming
season amusement that will be first
class in every respect. To this end, i'm
mediately after the close OF last sea-
son, they elected Mr.. John s. Hollings-
head manager for 1879, empowering
him 20 select and make contracts with
players. and 20 take all steps necessary
for placing a good nine on the field
This duty he has performed to the en-
tire satisfaction of the club Various
Improvements Will be made at the
grounds. including the erection OF a
grand stand Immediately IN the rear of
the home plate, and it Is expected that.
when completed the accommodations
viii be greatly superior to those or
last year
AT the convention Of the National
Association the club was represented
by Mr.. Hollingshead, and entered for
the championship with the Albany.
Capital City (of Albany. HoIyoke.
Manchester. New Bedford. Springfield.
Utica, and Worcester clubs. each OF
which viii make two visits to Wash
ington, playing two games each trip.
thus giving us a total OF thirty-two
championship games. In addition. the
club viii make every effort 10 induce
the clubs composing the league-the
Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati. Cleveland.
Buffalo. Providence, Syracuse. and Troy
clubs-to play here during the season.
and ii is therefore certain that not less
than fifty irst-class games will be
played on the National grounds The
general admission Will be the same as
last years cents for gentlemen.
ladies free-and IL is hoped that the
superior accommodations offered by the
new grand stand viii induce large
number OF the fair sex 20 witness the
games.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-06-16
Warden and the Liar.

Colorado man who is visiting i'm
Wellington told H. L. Woods this
story: The game warden of Colorado
was walking out I'm the mountains
the other day when he met hunter
with his gun The officer suggested
Chat that ought to be good country
for hunting
1T certainly u.s." said the huntc,
proudly I killed one Of the fncst
bucks yestC: ay J ever saw. and he
weighed over 200" u was the season
when deer may not be shot without
subieciIng the hunter to a heavy fine.
Well. that is fine one" said the
warden, "and do you know who You
are talking tor
Being assured that he did not the
officer said.
why. ] am the chief game warden
Of Colorado"
The hunter was only taken back a
moment. wher he said
and do you know who you are talk.
ing to" The warden did not know.
We'll sir" said The hunter, appar.
emily much relieved you are talkln
10 tho blgge8t liar IN the whole state
Of Colorado Kansas CITY star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-06-16
My Pneumatic Snake.

Last year, in company with an emf.
nent authority on automobiles. went
out Pimlico road for a drive i'm a new
touring car. On the way we found a
snake, an cphidian reptile with elon-
gated body, intoxicated scales, no
limbs, and a remarkable dilated
mouth. fitted with a tongue, at the
termination of which were two fila.
ments. My companion, who has own.
ed many snakes, declared that this
was hoop snake. 1t was exhausted
nearly dead in fact, with much high
rolling and in mercy we took it into
our automobile. The snake became
so fond OF us we could look him I'm the
eye without culver. About four
miles beyond the roadhouSe we ran
into a lot Of glass and punctured a
tire There we were. far out Of town,
with a mighty slim chance of getting
back by any others means than the
trolley Our snake, which in the
meantime had recovered his health
evidently appreciated the dimculty
for while we had the wheel lacked w
to make an examination he gllded M
to us, take long breath to hll him
self with wind. and naiyely Coiled him
self around our wheel. making an
ideal tire and enabling us to return "a
baltimore in time for lunch.-H H.
Warner i'm New York Sun.