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Evening star., 1909-06-06
WOULDN'T LOOK AT
WALTER JOHNSON

'Rube" Ellis. the twenty-four-year-old
Californian. who made big hit in the
east with the Cardinals. started out In
base ball as a member Of the same ANA
teur team in Rivera, Cal. with the
famed Walter Johnson. Joe Cantillon.s
very good right handler
Ellis was the left fielder and Johnson
of course, the star pitcher When the
"Rube" went to work for Frank Dillon
in Los Angeles and got peek at most
of the boxmen he petit'oned his man
ager to send for Johnson and give him
a tryout.
All he got was the laugh. Dillon said
he was much obliged, but that he didn't
want one busher to tell him anything
about another busher and that so far as
he WAS concerned this Walter johnson
person could remain in Rivera forever
and ever.
johnson was always a wonderful pitch
er." states the promising Ellis After
he couldn't get a job with Dillon he duck
ed over into Idaho and twirled for a
team that was playing Independent ball.
There were two games week. The ma
tives paid Johnson So per show and
showered silver at him besides every
time he won.
johnson seldom allowed A run. His
banner stunt was when he pitched some
siNty-odd innings without permitting a
single tally. All the coast papers were
full of stories about this wonderful wal
ter Johnson. | knew some big league
manager would get him. and finally
Blankenship nipped him for Cantillon
johnson is wonder, and a fine
fellow with it. He deserves success. Yes.
he's just past twenty-one and was only
nineteen when he was Shining out In
Idaho. st. Louis Star.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
HANS WAGNER is
AN EIGHTH WONDER

More and more Hans Wagner is work.
ing himself into a sure thing Job as the
eighth wonder OF the world Somewhere,
sometime, there may have been a man
who was better in his own particular line
than is Hans in his; but permit us to re-
serve q doubt about the same Probably
the awkward Teuton's th1rty-fourth sun
will never shine on his devoted head
again: nor will he ever again try to
escape the wolves of hunger during his
thirty-fourth winter In his sixty-horse-
power car. Yet he still careens along
heading the league and generally the
country at bat. on the bags and in the
field. If not in figures, surely in effective
ness.
Looking over Hans latest batch of "un-
officials right from the griddle and up
to date, we find the ubiquitous Hans is
to all lntents and purposes leading the
league at bat, at base stealing and at
extra base hitting. In the field his fig
ureS do not count, for when Hans makes
an error II Is on some ball that most field
ers would not have been able to touch
with a rod. Eddie Phelps has Hans
headed in the batting list; but then no one
takes Edward seriously at .42S for
seasons work. although that is his figure
at present. Wagner is batting $50 and
that Is so points better than his nearest
competitor. Wagner began low and has
been rising-which Is the right sign
Apparently the only way to dethrone
Wagner as champion base ball PLAYER is
to pay him such a large salary that he
Will become too rich to work-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
OUR BEST ATHLETES
HAIL FROM COLLEGES
This Fact Was Demonstrated
at Harvard'S Annual
Meet.
By Edward R., Bushnell.

That Americas best track and helo
athletes are confined to the college RANKS
was emphaticaHy demonstrated last week
in the thirty fourth annual meet or the
l. c. A. a. A \. at Boston. Not only
we're three intercollegiate and one Amer
lean record broken, but the performances
we're high-cIass in every respect In 1ac1
the standard of average proficiency set
i'm this meet WAS several notches hlgher
than ever knoWn before.
This truth received its best 1llustra-
tjon in the three distance runs, the half
mile mile and two miles. few years
ago two minutes for tho half mile, 4.oo
for the mile and $50 for the two miles
we're fair times, for the winners But
now a half-miler. who cannot do Los,
miller unable to do 4.2i or two-mller
40 have hardly a chance to score, let
alone win one of these events This year
in the half mile nearly every man OF the
nine who started got under the tWo-mln-
Itn mark four of the milerS were under
-. while fully dozen OF the tWo-mli,
ers beat $50. and the first four were all
under 80. - na
In the sprints. quarter mile ana
hurdles. the competitors were not so hlSh,
class. but the competition was good ana
unusually close. In the quarter mlle. LOT
INSTANCE the first four men fn1sned al
Evening star., 1909-06-06
LOCAL BOWLERS IN
NEW YORK TOURNEY
Detailed Account of the Trip
and Games by Expert
Williams.

Well, they have done gone and did
try. at the pins last Monday and Tues
day and got off fairly well considering
the conditions under which they
boWled-strange alleys, large crowds
and strange lighting facilities. The
five-man teams, Fat Men and Potomacs.
bowled their sets Monday evening. the
double events were rolled Tuesday
morning and the singles were pulled
off during the afternoon. In team
bowling the Fat Men did good work
and got a total of 2,673 pins, which
places them well within the first nf-
teen teams. and with just little bit
of luck would have been three or four
notches higher in the standing. The
pins broke badly for Field and Rod
rick and that accounts for their low
scores. Waters and krauss had to-
tails OF 601 and 573, respectively. and
did first-class work in the team and
doubles, but fell down badly in their
singles. The Potomacs. with a total of
2,6O7. while not up to the high totals Of
the Fats" are well up in the standing
and bowled steady and consistent
games. Their work does not look SO
Do0 "ACA OAC 4oOhS ONCA lLC u0AS
team totals which are below the 1900
mark, and one must agree that both
teams wene a credit to the city from
which they came. All of the Indians had
totals over the 500 mark except Garrett,
who had 475 for his. and who was hit
ting the pins for much larger totals than
his games show. In the doubles there
was nothing to 1t but Waters and krauss,
with a total of LIZ, and this total
places them well up on the list of prize
winners. Barber and Bontz pulled out
with a total of 1.1Oo, which was largely
due to the fine work of Bontz. who had
q total of 6O7 pins. In the singles 1t was
Brosnan who finished in front with to-
tai Of Cos. Barber was second with 6UO,
and the rest widely scattered from Land
with $40 to Field. who could only pull
out with a total of 443 pins. Considering
the number Of frames bowled during the
three events, there were comparatively
few misses, nearly all the bowlers get
ting their share Of splits. and many of
them got more than they deserved, which
is no idle dream. The following figures
show the work of local bowlers in the
various events:
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most abreast there benz no more tnan
a ard between first and fourth In lhe
tvo short dashes Foster or HaiVdIu u .i.-N
2 decided advantage over ms oppoise 80
INIT the first four men In each oi ~
hurdles were closely grouped turning nm
IN the field events the competlllon ""S
keen, but with the exception OF the poe p,.s
vault and shot put the performers .tr u
ionr-distance races The best mark In
,he high lump was 5.1114, though HVe
men cleared this height In the proau a;
lump the performances we're oniS iieui
hammer throw In the shot three men
beat ~ feet In the pole vault hVe olo
10 feet II. inches, which stood as rec
ord for one day. In the hnals only 9ie
man, Campbell Of Yale, was apie 10 Ds.
ter the previous mark, which he raised
by inches.
First Since 1901.
No one will begrudge Harvard her VIC
tory. 1t was the first time since l9ol
that the Crimson has won. With the last
few years the supremacy of CorneN ana
Pennsylvania in track athletics has oeeh
such that the sport was suffering. Har-
wards victory and Yale's scoring sec
ond ahead of Pennsylvania and Corneli,
will help both the New England unfver-
stiles and will not interfere with the
Quakers and Ithacans. Harvard Won tne
meet not with team of stars, OUT WITH
a bunch of we'll rounded athletes. strong
in nearly every event. 1t demonstrated
once more that team of we'll rounded
men is better than a team Of few stars,
though even this theory is occasionally
toppled over. as was the case two years
ago, when six men won the meet Tor
PENNSYLVANIA. All told eleven men scored
haryard's SOL points. seven men Yale S
251 five men Pennsylvania I'D ana
six men Cornell's 2o.5. Michigan used
seven men to score IA points.
The average number OF points scored by
Harvards point winners was 3.67, by
Yale $50, by Pennsylvania, 4.5, by Cor
nell S.41 and by Michigan ..
Without a doubt the most meritorious
performance OF the day was the mile run
of w c. PAUL of Pennsylvania. who
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run of P J. Taylor Of Cornell, who did
9.27 3-5. This not only lowered the former
intercollegiate record of Floyd Rowe OF
Michigan by 7l,5 seconds, Du. no !. ci'ppeo nrs.
viously held by Alex Grant OF Pennsylva-
nia II Taylor had not followed pace SO
long there is no doubt that he could nave
bettered this record by few seconds. for
he finished almost as fresh as did Paull
in the mile.
always maintained in the sprints and
special events there Is reason 1or mucn
are showing in the distance runs II
means continued supremacy for this coun-
try in future Olympic meets.
Olympic Games for Sweden.
The decision of the international Olym-
mic committee to hold the 1912 Olympiad
at Stockholm, Sweden. instead of Berlin
will prove eminently satisfactory to TINS
country and probably to England. Ihe
sorry figure Germany has cut In previous
O,vmpic meets and the total lack OF in
terest in track and field sports by the
Germans should have convinced every one
that Berlin was no place 1or the saines.
Outside of England and the united states
no other country has made such progress
in athletics as Sweden. The SWedes dio
adrnirahle work at Athens In 1906 ana
they improved on this at LONDON year
ago. With this natural enthusiasm ana
the fnopetus Of entertaining the coming
athletic congress the land of the mid
night sun should have a most worthy
team three years hence. -,
The swedish Olympic committee will
have able assistance from Crown Prince
Christian, who was SO deeply interested In
the 1903 games that he was constantly
within the London stadium. minglng IN
most democratic fashion with the athietes
and officials.
It will be interesting to observe how the
games of 1912 are to be managed. Proba-
bly the international Olympic committee
will turn over the active r-anagemehI VI
tho meet to the Swedish association which
promotes track and field athletics there,
lust as it did to the English A. A. A. two
wears ago. The United States athietes
will undoubtedly try to prevent one couh-
try monopolizing the conduct or the
games after their experiences in lsoo
Evening star., 1909-06-06
SEA GIRT READY
: FOR THE RIFLEMEN

SEA GIRT. N. j., June 5.-Riflemen
look forward to the coming season as the
most successful which this range. by far
the most beautiful and commodious in the
United States, has ever seen.
During the summer the New York and
New Jersey troops will use the range al
most constantly, while the marines from
New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia
will receive their instruction here at the
hands of Capt William c. Harlloe and
his assistants. The New Jersey, New
York and marine teams will be made up
from the men shooting on the Sea Girt
range.
The season will end in a blaze of glory
with a tournament in which the states OF
New Jersey. New York and Pennsylvania
have combined to offer a program of un-
usual attractiveness. 1t will continue from
September 3 to Septemher II! and with 1t
will close the rife she ot.ng season OF
1909 so far as outdoor work is concerned
The New Jersey coast Is at It's best al this
time and the attractions Of Sea Grt ana
vicinity are known to all rif1emen.
The principal match Of the New Jersey
State Rife Association will be the Dryden
1000 yards with $500 cash and the Dryden
trophy For teams of six there is the
Briggs trophy. presented by Senator
Briggs, to be shot at 300. 600 and 1000
yards. with THIS goes Sllu III prizes.
The Columbia trophy match. for teams
Of six. will be shot at 200, 500, COO and 900
Yards with five cash prizes and medals
and the trophy to the winning team. The
cavalry team match will be restricted to
teams of five from regiments, squadrons
or troops of cavalry, Signal Corps or En"i-
neer Corps or the division or brigade staff,
or any regimental field staff. Here again
the distances will be 20O and 500 yards.
There will be three cash prizes with gold
medals to the members Of the winning
team. In the Gould rapid-fi"e match the
conditions call for skirmsh run and ten
shots at 900 yards. This match is open to
t,ams of six men and there will be five
cash prizes the Gould trophy and medals.
I'n,lsual interest attaches TO the Nevada
trophy match. which will be shot for this
wear for the first time in many years. the
match having been revived by the Army
and Navy Journal in whose custody the
tronhy has been for long time 1t now
SEAMS as though it would be the first
match in America in which the modern
rife will be used at 200 yards. The con-
ditions call for ten shots at 600 800 and
200 yards The winner Will receive the
Nevada trophy and medallion. and
there will be nine cash prizes.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

and Williams as token of sympathy
over their poor showing. What?
That crack bowler from Washington
who sported gray suit and cap attracted
much attention in the hotel lobby WHY
not? He was certainly a fine appearing
chap.
Barber was going strong when he
reached the individual events. getting
scores OF 1Si, 204 and 212. No telling
where the "Papoose" would have ended
had he kept on bowling.
Brosnan started off with a 81 game in
his singles, and all hands rooted for a
couple more. Jack finished with an aver
age of 2o2. which will yield him a bunch
of prize money.
All hands went down to Coney Island
Tuesday night and took In the sights
So well disciplined were the boys that
Capt. Harry had roll call when they re-
turned to the hotel. All present
A Washington bowler blew into a New
York hotel registered. was assigned a
room and in the morning received his
bill for 81. Nothing like being a dead
game sport. Wonder who he was?
The Washington bowlers are indebted
to the Brunswick-Balk Colender Com
pany for many couHesies extended by
their New York, Washington and Ralti-
more representatives at Madison Square
Garden.
Hartman and Ward were originally
scheduled for June 4, but were shifted
forward TO May 20. They had bowled
their strings and left town before the big
crowd arrived. How very exclusive some
bowlers are.
Walker was the candy kid when it
came to consistent work in all the events,
totaling $50 in the team, a34 In the dou-
bles and 555 in the individual events Al
ways did think that "Val' was q SQUARE
sort of chap.
The bowlers who roll up high scores on
home alleys and then comment on the
work done by those who attend the big
affairs will get chance to show 1ust
how good they are at Baltimore next sea-
son. that city getting one Of the big
events.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Individual Events.
Notes of the Trip.

The New Grand Hotel was the head
quarters of the Washington boys.
|, Ward only got a total Of 4A3 pins In his
double with Hartman. Is that why Jim
left town so soon?
Land and Ludwig didn't wait TO ac-
company the crowd, but howled their
games on May 80. \ very nsoeisbie
pair.
Land averaged ia3 in the individual
events They were still SAYING nice ;hnEH
about Sandy" when the big show ar
rived.
Waters and krauss totaied sol and S.s.
respectively, In their singles u was VetA
thoughtful Of them to give the other boys
a chance.
krauss and Field spent few daAs at
Atlantic city before returning homo
Guess some one WAS ngurtuR en htlte
prize money II wasnt Jimmie
They say all t0 ltg vinuets nTs HninH
TO subscribe and donate the fund 90 ftsld
Evening star., 1909-06-06

with the English. 1t should be pointed
out. too. that England was far better
qualified to conduct the games than
Sweden will be. 1t takes lots OF experl,
ence to run a set Of Olympic games, and
1t is doubtful If the Swedes can do this
without the assistance of the 1nterna-
tional committee.
In connection with the plans for the
1908 Olympia, it is strange that no denn-
ite word can be obtained in this country
regarding the plans for the Greek Olym-
pic games scheduled for Athens in 1910.
The Greeks were full of their plans
year ago and had the promises of many
nations to send teams. But since the
acute troubles between this country and
England, which came to a head last fall,
nothing can be learned about the Hell
lenic meet. 1t is even hinted that the
games have been abandoned. but this is
hardly likely.
This set of games. proposed by the
Greeks, is not a part of the regular
Olympic cycle which started in 1896. 1t
is merely engineered by Greece for the
purpose Of reviving interest in athletic
sports among the Greeks. 1t has no
significance other than this. but 1t ought
to be popular as an international meet
on account Of the Olympic atmosphere
Of Greece.
Defeat Of Harvard Crew a Surprise.
The defeat OF the Harvard varsity
eight by Cornell on Lake Cayuga -Me-
nOrlai day came as a. climax TO q series
Of surprising events In college rowing.
That victory was enough to inspire
Cornell with hopes Of success In winning
back the supremacy of the Poughkeepsie
regatta. The Cornell eight was pracli-
cally the same as the Junior college crew
which defeated Harvard's second eight
in the American regatta at Philadelphia,
May -. 1t indicates either that Harvard
is far below the form and strength gen.
orally attributed to her or that Cornell
is phenomenally strong. The latter is
more likely to be the case. Harvard had
an unusually strong crew a year ago
and there is every reason why it shoulu
be stronger this year.
Cornell also had fair crew In 1903,
but this crew is almost entirely new
The result of the race was as surprising
to Cornell as 1t was to Harvard. Possi-
bly, the Harvard eight was too over
confident and held its opponent too
cheaply If it did 1t has had an oppor-
tunity to learn its lesson we'll.
Now that both Yale and Harvard have
fallen victims to the prowess of Pough-
keepsie crews the intercollegiate rowing
championship should be decided on the
Hudson. Yale, since losing to Pennsyl-
vania early In the season, has been try
ing to patch up her crew. The eight
has been shifted about. but its real
strength will not be tested until the race
with Harvard In this respect the Har-
ward crew, on account of it's frequent
competition, will have a decided advan-
tage over the Ellis.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
HIGH CLASS TENNIS
AT ENGLEWOOD CLUB

NEW YORK, June 5-At the Englewood
Field Club. beginning Monday, June. Z.
will be one of the most important lawn
tennis tournaments OF the year not ex-
ceeded in interest by the Nationals at
championships will see as many high-class
players. Another feature of the tourna-
ment will be the temperance OF Nal
colin ID. Whitman and Karl III. Behr on
the courts while the list OF entries con-
tains the names OF the well known players
of other -Holcombe Ward, X. l..
Wrenn and George l.. Wrenn. jr. Besides
these there Will ne Harold H. Hackett.
Frederick B. Alexander. William A.
Larned. Raymond ID. Little, f. p. Larned.
+. T. Fischer. r c. Watson, jr.. r. IL
Palmer. NJ. Bun. jr.: II c Martin. 4
c. Kelley and George Wagner while
many other players Of national reputation
are expected tn send In their names. The
only player of Importance missing from
the list is ". J. Clothier. and II is bN No
means unlikely tnat he may conclude To
60 against his old rivals.
The courts of ihe Euglewood Field EFgb
are exceptionally good and for this tour
nameut will he a> nearly perfect "a any
courts can he. The clubhouse and gro4gd-
are attractive and the Interest - tEa
members aud those Who VIII see tho
games Will To- very keen. The cluh haa
offered "A handsome challenge 0gp Tor if.s
sinetrs - to- competed tor encu ttaf al
10 ~. aue the EtHprr ~ tifs firef piHNt.
winning a tHtra times ~ ti4e uth.e
events surh - meme doubles and voul
sn.S pinnieH nlcre Nill h' also handflnn
trophies. aud 40 paine haNf heen spared
Ia make tElp tournament representing
not pnts tte bet nom u player stand
pntti' b91 Hit3 - tf4hE ~ Hnuwt4ntiK
cesaful Hou rser3 s'int - u"~
Evening star., 1909-06-06
MOST DIFFICULT
PLAY IN BASE BALL
Putting Tag on Base Runner
and Avoiding Spikes
Takes Nerve.

The Peril of the Spikes Is Rem
dering Base Ball Almost as Dan
gerous a Game as Foot Ball.
Hardly q Day Passes But That in
q Close Play Some Guardian Of a
Base Is Cut or Sustains Some
Strain or Breaking Of q Bone.
Managers Now Regard 1t as One Of
the First Essentials Of Good In
fielder That He Can Put the Tag
on q Base Runner. Many Base
men Lack the Requisite Nerve.
Others Have Not the Skill. With
the Ball and the Runner Arriving
Together and the Runner Coming
Recklessly Through, Throwing
Himself Spikes First at the Bag.
1t Takes a Castiron Nerve to
Avoid Flinching. Daring Base
Runners. Like Cobb Of Detroit,
Make Capital Of the Fact That 1t
is Known That They Are Abso-
lutely Reckless and VIII Be Stop
ped by No. Thought of Injury
Either to Themselves or the Base
man. Accidents Have Been so
Frequent lat the Home Plate That
Catchers Have Been Forced to the
Wearing of Shin Guards.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Gotch Quits Wrestling,

OMAHA. Neb., June 5.-Frank Gotch,
the champion wrestler. recently cancelled
his match with Hackenschmidt in Me-
bourne. Australia, for next January. and
will quit the wrestling game after June
IL az least temporarily. Gotch stated
that he would have TO undergo an opera
tion on the nose about the middle of June
10 remove a growth which resulted from
an injury received many years ago while
pIaSllK bail.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Follows His Horses.

NEW YORK. June 5.-Thomas Hitch
cock, jr-, has sailed for France, where
he will remain for several months. His
we'll known steplechasers Hylas and
Regal Royal have some important races
on the other side and Mr.. Hitchcock
wants to be on hand to see them go over
the jumps. He Will not be represented In
the cross-country events here this sea-
son to any great extent.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Nelson Takes On Wolgast.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, June 5.-Bat-
fling Nelson has accepted another match.
He has agreed to meet Ad Wolgast, the
fighter. for ten rounds at
show to be held by the Pacific A. {. Of
os Angeles. CAL on the night Of July IL
As this Is k,lks' week in Los Angeles IL
is expected that a big crowd will witness
the battle Nelson Will only do two
weeks training for the battle. az he
claims that Is enough work for "a bout
with Wolgast.