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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
PREPS TRIM PREPS.
Army and Navy Lads Defeat the
Georgetown Youngsters.

The old saying of Greek meeting Greek
might rightly be changed to when props
meet props, if yesterdays battle between
the Army and Navy colts and the
Georgetown embryos is to be taken as a
criterion. For two twenty-minute halves
these schoolboy aggregations battled
furiously for the championship honors of
the District on Georgetown Field yester-
day afternoon, and when the fray ended
only one point made up the margin which
decided the game. The final score was
Army and Navy Props, 6; Georgetown
Props, ).
Both tOuchdowns were made in the sec
ond half. Miller getting the one for the
HilltOppers and Weber bringing the ball
over for the future soldiers and sailors
Miller. however. failed to kick the goal
while Weber made best use of his chance
The game hinged on this point, since no
other scoring was done.
For the props, Golden and Miller did
the best work, while Hooks and Weber
put up classy game for the victors
Both teams fumbled considerably in the
opening session. but displayed excellent
form in the second half
As the battle decided the prep school
championship of the District ii is now
up to Tech High. the winner of the high
school championship. to defend its title
against the Army and Navy lads Spec
tators yesterday were unanimous in their
opinion that either Of the contending
teams was on an even footing with the
Blacksmiths. while many expressed the
belief that game between the Maroon
and Gray and the Army and Navy lads
would result in an easy victory for the
latter crowd.
The line-ups and summaries follow:
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DAY FOR LONG SHOTS.
Three Horses at Big Odds Win
Races at Latonia Track.

CINCINNATI, November 11.-Ions
shots were the order at Latonia yester-
day. three Of them getting the first po-
sition. Two favorites and a second choice
secured the money in the other races.
Belle Glenn won the feature race in a
drive from Howdy Howdy and HAMA
retta. Judith Page. at odds OF % to J.,
had an easy victory in the initial event
Attendance good. Summary:
First race: FIVE and a half furlongs: purse
$3O0-Judith Page. 1OT (Rice). 20 to 1. s to I
and to 1, won: CarondOlet. l0I (E. MARTINI, 5
to 1. TO and to 5. second; Uneeda. 107
LOS
Second race; one and a sixteenth miles: sell
ing; purse. $3OO-McNally. los (Warren), to 1,
pa TO and to 8. won: HuerfanO, ia tOrmesI.
10 to 1. TO and to 1. second; Eldorado, III
(Davis). Is to 1, 6 to I and to 1, third. Time,
$50 2-5.
Third race; six furlongs; purse -Selwick.
ITO Davenport, to I, to 2 and to D. won:
Marse Abe. los E. Martini. 4 to 3. to and
to o and I to 3. third. Time. Ia rs.
Fourth race: six furlongs; purse. $3OO-Belie
Glenn, los kennedy, to !. TO & and out.
won; Howdy Howdy. 115 (Glasner,. 10 to 1. 2
to and out: second: Handzaretta, III tGanz,.
Fifth race: seven fhrlongs: selling, purse, $500
Patriot. 1O4 tWarren). 5 to 2. even and I to 2.
won; Polar Star. 100 kennedy. 30 to 4. IL to
I and TO I. second: Thomas Calhoun. 100 (E.
MARTINI, 10 ], 10 and even, third. Time.
1.27.
Sixth race; one and a quarter miles: selling;
purse. -Stonestreet. 90 Cdartin), 9 to 5. I
to aud out, won; Lane Allen. LOG kennedy.
to !. 8 to 8 and 8 to O. second: vanen. 100
McGeel. TO !. 10 s and out. third. Time,
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HAMBURG BELLE DEAD.
Worlds Trotting Race Record
Holder Was Sold for $4,000.

TOWNSVILLE. Ga, November IL
Though brought south to escape the rig
ors Of a northern winter. Hamburg Belle,
the famous trotter, died at the stock
farm Of her owner near this place yes
terday of pneumonia. The famous horse
had just been delivered at the farm after
the trip, having reached this place yester-
day morning.
The animal was bought by Mel Hanna
of Cleveland. Ohio. a few months ago for
10000. Every precaution was taken to
protect the horse on the trip to Georgia
but she took cold and grew worse until
hardly had the farm been reached before
she died.
Hamburg Belle. a bay mare. by AK
worthy-Salle Simmons. was the worlds
trotting race record holder and the most
sensational harness race horse since she
took the race record from Sweet Marie.
Hamburg Belle was bred and developed
by John E. Madden OF Kentucky, and her
most sensational series OF races, in which
she competed each time with the colt
Uhlan, eliminated In the record breaking
race which she won from Uhlan at
Cleveland August %. In the first heat
Hamburg Belle set the new worlds trot-
ting mark by finishing in 2.O1k, and then
won the race in straight heats by re-
peating in 2O1%. II was Immediately
after this triumph that she was sold to
Mr. Hanna for $4,000.
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TWO TRACK RECORDS
FOR LEWIS STRANC
Beats 0IdfieId and Christie in
Ten-Miie Race in Fiat
"Sixty" in 7.01.94.

ATLANTA, November 1.-Two Cruel
ing finishes, two new track records by
Lewis Strang and rain, which caused the
postponement OF two events, marked the
second day OF the auto speedway meet
yesterday.
After many appointments Harding
drove an Apperson Jack Rabbit to vic
tory in a ten-mile contest The Buick
car. driven by w F. Oldknow. won the
amateur ten-mile free-for-all by one one
hundredth OF second but lost the 100
mile race OH the last lap The Buick was
driven by Joe Nelson. Chevrolet's mech
anician. and he lost on the last lap to
VIII Knpper when his lubricating oil be-
came exhausted.
Lewis Strang was compelled to with
draw from the ten-mile race for large
STOCK cars after the first lap. in which
his Fiat 60 had assumed the lead. He
captured two other races i'm his 200-horse-
power Fiat. with ease. He defeated old
field and Christie i'm a specially arranged
ten-mile race in the remarkable time or
1.O194, averaging about O.39Q5 to the
miie, except in the last lap. when he
blew a tire and had to reduce speed
at the turns This alone prevented him
from negotiating this distance in less
than seven minutes. AS IL was, his time
broke Aikens record of SG2.41 made
Tuesday.
In the four-mile event Strang averaged
O.41.n. George Robertson was compelled
to withdraw his Fiat from both events in
which he was entered.
The feature of the day. the 1O0-mile
light stock car race, ended with Chal-
mers-Detroit cars in first and second
places-drivers. knipper and Matson, re-
spectively. At the start Nelson fought
Matson for second place. eventually win
ming il when the latter stopped for re-
pairs. A thirty-mile chase of Knipper
put Nelson in first position, which he
held until the eighteenth mile, when
I>nipper, who took brilliant advantages of
the curves, dashed past him at the
stands bringing the spectators to their
feet with a great roar of applause.
At the eghty-eighth mile another thun-
derous outburst arose. but this time il
was for Nelson. who had recaptured the
lead. knipper chung close to his heels
until the last lap. and then to the sur
prise of the spectators Nelson suddenly
slowed down. His machine had been out
of lubricatng oil for ten minutes and
moved at greatly reduced speed. Knip-
per shot past him and came in an easy
winner. Matson, who had been a lap be-
hind the leaders. also passed the Buick,
which finished i'm third place. The EN-
F. car. driven by Yerger, was the only
other car running when the race ended.
Yerger being on his eighty-fourth mile.
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Scraps About Scrappers.

Gene Kugler, who claims to be the crack
featherweight. Of Milwaukee. is in Phil
adelphia looking for opponents. It's first
come. first served with him. he says.
Joe Thomas. the clever California mid
dleweight, has been matched to meet
Billy Rolfe, the champion Of the New
England states. The bout Will go twelve
rounds at Lowell. Mass. on November IS.
Young Loughrey wants to meet either
Young Erne or Johnny W1lletts. He
thinks his victory over Paddy Lavine In
Reading entities him to chance.
INK Russell wants to meet Charley Sic
ger again any time and any place. He AS
serts that he can beat the Hoboken lad
even more decisively next time. Unk is
training, too.
Young Pierce sailed yesterday for Eng
land. where he will meet Digger Stanley
for the bantamweight championship OF
the world. ALI Dunn. the colored boy
manager, accompanied him.
Charley Griffin will meet Teddy Maloney
next Monday night at the West End Ath-
letic Club. Philadelphia. Then the Aus
tralian will take on Tommy O'Toole.
Buck Miller will meet Abe Attell at
Memphis November %. The bout will so
e' Efsh aGRo Dick Nelson knocked out Jack
Curley at Albany in the fourth round of
a scheduled ffteen-round bout Tuesday
night And Gov. Hughes lives In the New
York capital. too.
Battling Nelson is said to have offered
SIS 600 for the Jeffries-Johnson fight put
ting up Nevada mining property as Sc
curfty. Listens well,
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Celebrate Their Golden Wedding.

MARSHALL HALL. Nd, November IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Hungerford cele-
brated their golden wedding at the home
of their son and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Esten w. Hungerford, at Marshall
Hall, across the Potomac from Mount
Vernon. The house was decorated with
yellow and white chrysanthemums. At
dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Hungerford wore
their wedding garments of fifty years
ago. Mrs Esten w. Hungerford also
wore her bridal gown. The four children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Esten W. Hungerford
sang. Miss Marie w. Hungerford, wear
ing a dress that was part OF her grand
mothers trousseau. recited an original
greeting. Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Hungerford
are natives of New York, but have lived
in Maryland thirty-eight years. They
have five sons and twenty-six grandchil-
dren.
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BooKIES ARE HIT HARD.
Latonia Wire Is Tapped, Causing
Them to Lose HEAVILY.

DENVER. November u.-Denver and
Salt Lake City bookmakers lost $50, 900 on
horse races at the Latonia track, near
Cincinnati. through a cleverly executed
tapping OF telegraph wires near the La
tonia race track. The odds on Howard
Pearson, the winner OF the sixth race
Tuesday at that track. were boosted from
to 1 to 20 to l and even as high as 40
to I.
Handbook makers reluctantly admitted
that they lost heavily on the race and
many OF the Denver bookmakers refused
to pay bets on the race. Two OF them, IL
is said, were forced out OF business.
According to a local bookmaker, the
odds apparently were changed before post
time and the boost from to to 20 to
did not cause suspicion. When the wire
was tapped the post odds were held back
and the false odds were sent out. Then
the plunge was made. 1t Ia said that the
operations extended to Chicago also.
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Victor Hugo's Superstition.

From the London Globe.
An amusing story of Victor Hugo is
related I'm a French contemporary. The
poet had accepted an invitation to dine
at the house of one of those ardent re-
publicans who at the time were wittiIy
termed lies precieuses radicales.''
The dinner hour had passed some time
without any announcement that the din-
ner was served when one of the company.
a friend of Victor Hugo, inquired Of the
hostess the cause of the delay. The lat
ter explained that owing to to one of the
guests having sent an excuse at the last
moment there would be thirteen instead
Of fourteen at the table. SO she had sent
to find another TO make the fourteenth.
moment later the same individual was
conversing with Victor Hugo. do you
know why We are waiting?" asked the
poet Yes" was the reply: some i'm
beetle is afraid to sit at table when there
are thirteen" Victor Hugo in a solemn
and severe tone replied. ''L'imbecile, c'est
moi"
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Marylander Said to Be Deserter.

RISING sun. Nd. November 11.-Scott
Johnson. who is confined in the Elkton
jail awaiting the December term OF court,
charged with the murder of James Meal
lister of Rowlandville: May II last. and
who gave himself up to the Santa Rosa
(Cal.) authorities. is a deserter from the
United States Navy, according to a COM
munication received from California.
After killing McAllister Johnson boarded
a freight train and worked his way to
Ohio, where he Joined the navy and was
sent west. Arriving in California, he
traded his uniform for an ordinary suit
Of clothes and deserted. Learning that
the United States authorities were after
him and not knowing what would be done
with him IL captured, he decided to con-
fess the charge of murder and be tried
east among his friends. 1t has always
been a puzzle to the authorities here
how Johnson ever got to California with
out money.
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Mental Occupation.
From the Manchester Union.


The acquisition of knowledge has been
set down as one of the keenest pleasures
enjoyed by man, and justly So If school
children find il otherwise the fault is with
the method and conditions under which
knowledge is impaired and not with tho
general proposition. Mrs. A. ID. Winsnip
has entered the freshman class al Ohio
University at the age OF seventy-nine.
after having attended the summer school
for the past two years. II Is certain that
she will enjoy herself, and IL is almost
equally certain that she will find health
and length OF years at the same time that
she occupies her mind. II is not likely
that Mrs. Winship's example I'm entering
college late in life will be followed to any
appreciable extent. but II should have a
value i'm calling the attention of hun
dreds OF thousands of people to the great
advantage of continuing ones studies. in
some line or other, throughout ones entire
life. Zest in something that exercises
the mind outside Of ones daily grind of
regular occupation is a wonderful pre-
server of health and promoter of Ion
cavity.
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GoTHAM's HORSE SHOW.
Admirers of Hackneys Out in Force
TODAY

NEW YORK. November 11.-Admirers
of the hackney were out in force today,
when the merits Of several classes Of the
high steppers were passed upon by the
judges at the national horse show. The
entire forenoon session was given up to
the Judging of these animals, while the
afternoon offered a varied program. At
tendance records are mp TO the highest
marks Of former years of the shows pop
ularity, and with an unusually attractive
program tonight is expected to find the
garden crowded with an audience even
larger I'm size than last night s-the big
gest Of the week SO far.
Not little of the shows Increased
popularity is held to be due to the pres
ence OF the American and foreign army
officers with their mounts. Other events
in which they will participate are sched-
uled fer this afternoon and evening.
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Departmental Chess.

Secretary Napoleon of the Depart
mental Chess League has announced
the annual general meeting Of the
league to take place at the Washington
Chess Club, GA 18th street northwest.
tomorrow evening at o'clock. The
officers for the ensuing season will he
elected at this meeting and plans made
for the team championship competition
of 1909-1o. Chess players in the gov
eminent departments are cordially IN
vited to be present.
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DOES FOOT BALL PAY
AT THE BIG VARSITIES :

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. November
11.-Ten years ago the Dartmouth
foot ball team came here to play
Harvard for three-hundred-dol-
lar guarantee, and was satisfied.
Dartmouth gets 40 per cent Of the
gate receipts in the game here Sat
urday, and as the sale will prOba bly,
reach 1000 seats. or about $4,000.
the advantage of a strong foot ball
team means flourishing athletic ac-
count. Is il any wonder that Dart
mouth has strong teams. or that
the Hanover institute has practical
ly as many students to get ma
terial from as all but two or three
of the big universities?
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the transfer of the majority interest I'm
the club to the latter. Hanlon says the
club is for sale. but the deal has not vet
been consummated. Hanlon also announced
that he had bought the stock I'm the
club held by Vice President Frank, Hugh
Jennings and others, thus becoming the
sole owner. 1t was recently reported that
Hanlon and Taylor of the Boston Ameri-
cans had been in negotiation for the
sale to the latter Of controlling interest.
Dunn is supposed to represent other par
ties besides himself i'm his negotiations Tor
the club
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The Boy on to His Job.
From Success Magazine.

From success Magazine
For four consecutive nights the hotel
man had watched his fair. timid guest
f1ll her pitcher at the water cooler.
Madam he said, on the fifth night.
"if you would ring, this would be done
for you"
But where is my bell?' asked the lady
",rhe bell is beside your bed" replied
the proprietor.
That the bell!'' she exclaimed. why,
the boy told me that was the fire alarm
and that / wasn't to touch 1t on any ac-
count"
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SEXTON ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Minor League Magnates Chose Rock
Island Man as Leader.

MEMPHIS, November 1.-THE admission
of the California State League into organ
ICED base ball, the unopposed reelection
Of President NJ. II. Sexton of Rock Island
and a spirited fight by the Northwest
League for special legislation occupied
most of the second session of the annual
meeting of the National Association of
Minor Leagues yesterday.
There was little opposition to the rati-
fication of the agreement drawn up by
J. H. Farnum, secretary Of the National
Association, and Frank Hermann, presi-
dent of the California State League. A
few owners who lost the title to players
by the agreement were inclined to enter
objections. but when il was explained
that the players in question were ineli-
gfble to play anywhere else than In that
league. because they had been suspended
for three years for violating a reserve
clause, and FIVE years for failure to OBJ
serve a contract. they became reconciled
to the situation.
The clubs of the legalized California
State League will be domiciled in San
Francisco. Oakland. Sacramento. Fresno.
Stockton and one other city to be selected.
The Northwest League. represented by
President w. III. Lucas and ID. f. Dug
dale, president of the Seattle club. made
hard fight for some special legislation
in its favor and the request was referred
to the committee on revision.
The Northwest League men contended
that they were in a peculiar position geo
graphically and that they were in reality
a class A league, yet now only in the B
classification.
Mr. Lucas asked that the association al
low the class A leagues to draft only one
player from the Northwest League and
limit the major leagues TO two. This was
laid before the committee on revision.
The Redistribution based on the census
of 1910 will probably give the Northwest
League a position in class A about July
of next year.
F. r. Carson, president of the Central
League was a strong advocate of the es-
Establishment OF single drafting price, by
which the major leagues might take play
ers from the four classes Of the minors
Now there is a sliding scale. but Mr. Car
son said that IL player in class c was
considered worthy of draft by a major
league club. then he was worth as much
to that club as class A player, and
should be paid for accordingly.
Mr.. Carson also said that a payer
should have certain time In which to re-
turn his signed contract or incur a pen
atty. Both OF Mr.. Carson's suggestions
were referred to the committee on revi-
sion.
The class c and d leagues asked that
minor leagues be allowed to deliver draft
these players are required to be delivered
August 23.
The national board of arbitration ad-
mitted the Virginia Valley League to the
National Association. The circuit is COM
posed OF Huntington, Charleston and
Parkersburg. w. Va, and Ashland, KY.
1t was admitted to class d.
Catcher Rementer of the Lancaster Tri-
state League club was purchased by the
Memphis Southern League Club.
Dunn May Buy Baltimore Club.
pAITTMORE Md November IL
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decrease the likelihood of players getting
hurt in games. He thinks the referee
should be vested with power 10 order
the retirement of a player from the game
whenever the latter is so tired or other
wise physically incapacitated that the ref
cree thinks he should be taken out.
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Yale Fears Cunningham.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. November IL
There was no scrimmage for the varsity
yesterday afternoon at Yale Field. The
third and fourth teams had a ten-minute
mix-up in which there was no scoring.
but the coaches. of whom there were
nearly dozen. kept after the varsity
men. The practice for the varsity was
entirely along the line of blocking drop
kicks. for both the coaches and players
man who will be in the game next Sat
urday. The varsity was kept on the de-
Tense all the time to block the kicks.
and the substitute lnemen were given a
chance to show what they could do Paul.
the substitute tackle. did especially we'll.
The coaches at the field included Frank
Hickey. Frank Butterworth. Walter
Camp. Tom Shevlin. Ralph Bloomer, Burr
Chamberlain. Carl Flanders. Clint Rora-
hack. Howard Jones and Wheaton.
Tigers Leave Princeton.
PRINCETON. n. j.. November 1.-THE
twenty-five men composing the varsity
foot ball squad left Princeton on the 3:42
train yesterday afternoon To- Farming
ton. Conn, where the team will go
through its final work in preparation for
the Yale game. The entire student body
marched down to the station to see them
on. and every man was cheered indi-
vidually. and rs the train pulled cut the
undergraduates sang "Old Nassau" With
the squad were Coaches Hiliebrand, But
kiewicz. Henry. Short and Mccormick.
Trainer Val Flood and DIR. Clark. The
rest OF the substitutes are still here and
went through light scrimmage work yes
terday afternoon with the scrubs. To-
morrow they will depart for New Haven
staying In New York over night. The
first team is i'm fine shape and should
put up its best game of the season Sat-
urday. Before leaving the mon were put
through long hard signal drill but no
scIimmage was held
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She-Did you hear they were going to
tax bachelors7
He-Yes, but they'll never get il out OF
me.
Shelf is nice of you TO put ii that way.
but I must speak to mother f1rst.-lllus-
trated Bits.
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Walter Eckersall, the once famous Chi
cago quarterback. says that AYlerdice, the
Michigan captain, is the best kicker in
the west.
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A Remarkable Play.
m the nefnnif Eree Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Brown has written a play
rs it remarkable I'm any way?'
ST should say II is. The story of il
is actually At to talk about at home"
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DR. Carl s. Williams of Penn says that
Barrett of Fordham is one of the best
centers he has seen on the gridiron in a
long time.
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kind of battle. The betting on Satur-
days game is ) to 3 with Harvard the
favorite and little Dartmouth money in
sight