Evening star., 1909-07-11
Star Prizes Now on Exhibition;
Contest Keeps on Getting Hotter.
Unglaub Polls Up on "Gabby'' Street, Who
Retains His Lead in Pro. Class.
It's Evident Now That Many Contenders Are
Holding Back Thousands of Votes for Fierce
Wind-Up--Date Fixed for Final Bal1oting.

In The Sunday Star of August 15 the
last coupon in the popularity contest
will be printed. After that date there Will
be no more chance to cast votes for the
most popular professional and amateur
players in Washington, no further oppor-
tunity for the leading fans to better their
standing in the race. The fight is rapidly
drawing TO a close, and, although there
are several men in each class who stand
out we'll in the lead. there Is no telling
what may happen during the next five
weeks.
While the leaders in the three contests
held their own this week, the votes cast
during the past seven days indicate that
the finish will be exciting Many OF the
voters are apparently holding back until
a late hour to swell the totals of their
favorites.
Unglaub Is Creeping Up.
This is particularly true OF those who
are voting for the professional players.
For instance, there Is the case of BOD
Unglaub, who has way OF driving IN
runs with his trusty bat that has eVioeh'-
ly won him lots of friends among the
fans. Bob stole up on Chafiey oiee'
during the past week.
"Gabby' ds still leading by good mar
gin, but for the first time curing tils @
contest Unglaub turned In more votes lo'
a week than did Street Ihe great sW a.
fer landed enough votes into The star
office to enable him to cut down Gao-
by's" lead. George Mcbride continues 10
hold his own In third place
Among the amateurs Conner SUIT NOUS
what wouldappear to be winning ieau'
-,
the week just ended. With jump OF
nearly 10000 votes he took second place
away from Litchfield. Another gamer
was McDonough A week, ago LitchIielu
was second and Quantrell was third'
with good margin over McDonough,
who was in fourth place This week the
amateurs stand-Conner, first; QuahIreii'
second. and Litchtield third. But McDon-
ouph is only seventy-four votes behlno
Litchfield, SO anything may happen.
No Shift in Fandom.
Among the fans there is no change.
Ernest still maintains the comfortable
lead he got early in the season, while
Marsden is second and O'Neill is third.
But Hettinger is creeping up on ONeill,
so that contest bids fair to become more
and more interesting as time goes on.
The prizes for the most popular play
ers have been selected and are on ex-
hibition at Hickman & Whites sporting
goods shop on G street between 18th and
l4th streets And they are prizes worth
having The prizes for the leading fans
are not on display. They cannot be. The
lucky fans must do the display work
themselves for when they show up win
ners they are each to have, at the ex-
pense of The Star, a ten-day trip to New
York or Atlantic City, all travelling and
hote, charges to be betrayed by The Star.
In the popular player classes, both anna
teur and professional. the prizes are
Identical The first prize is shotgun.
the second a fishing outfit and the third
base ball outfit.
The appropriateness Ct these prizes must
be recognized at once, for there is hardly
q ball player who is not an ardent all
round sportsman, and VINO does not find
keen delight in the use of either rod and
reel or gun The base ball outfit will
naturally be valuable to the man who
gets 1t.
Go Look at These.
Swinging from light wires in Hickman
& Whites show window are the two
guns, first prizes in the amateur and
professional classes. Any one who
knows anything at all about a shotgun
has to take but fleeting glance at
them to recognize their value. They
were made by l.. c. Smith and bear a
cash value of 800 each. They are T.
gauge guns. of grade No. 3. double-bar-
relied, breech-oading, of the hammerless
type.
The barrels are thirty inches long and
are made of the famous nitro-steel, that
has made the Smith gun popular. The