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Evening journal., 1909-04-06
DELAWARE WARNS
UP FOR 7. U. GAME

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. Del, April 6.--Delaware Col
lege- baseball team will play the team Of
Temple University at Newark tomorrow.
The team is practicing hard and expects
TO win. Captain Edgar has taken charge OF
the coaching since Vic Willis left last
Wednesday for Pittsburg. On Thursday
night the team will leave for its Southern
trip of eight games as follows:
April ., William and Mary. at Williams
burg, Va.
April 10, Trinity College at Durham,
N. c.
April T.. Trinity College at Durham,
n. c.
April 70 and A. a. and NJ. at Raleigh,
North Carolina
April u and 16, University Of North
Carolina, at Chapel Hill, n. c.
April II. wakeforest College at Wake
forest, S. c.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
STAR BATTERY FOR
THE READING TEAM

READING. Pa. April s-Manager
Thomas Golden. of the Reading Allan
tic League team. has arrived IN Read
ing from his trip through New York
and Connecticut after a star battery
who performed in the New England
League last season. The local manager
calims that he has their signatures
to contracts. but will not announce
the names Of the players until later,
as several managers of the big leagues
are after them.
Eddie Dougherty, a catcher. formerly
with Lowell. Mass. who was signed by
Golden, received a letter from the
Lowell management threatening to
suspend him If he fails TO report. Man
ager Golden received the contract Of
Joe Grimes, shortstop. recommended
by mike" Doolin. of the Philadelphia
Club. Last season he played with
the Hudson River emi-professional
club.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
NEWARK TEAM
WANTS TO PLAY
SUGGESTS Independents Con-
test With County League
Winner
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL,

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. Del, April 6-Manager
Ira Mote, of the Newark baseball
team, has completed the lineup Of his
team FOR the coming season. He ex-
poets to have one OF the fastest teams
in the State this year and will be out
for the state championship. The
team will play all its home games on
the Delaware College grounds. The
opening game will be played on the
first Saturday I'm May. During the
later part of April. Manager Mote Will
take the team on a trip South, playing
games with Seaford. Cambridge. Nd,
Portsmouth,, and Roanoke, Va. Man
ager Mote is trying to arrange a series
Of games with the Delaware City and
Wilmington Professionals teams, and
have the winner of this series play
the winner Of the County League for
the State championship. The follow
ing players have been signed: Mont
gomery, Massey. Creswell. Gregg, Muir
ray. w. Jackson, n. jackson, Wright.
Of last years Delaware College team,
and Christopher, a pitcher from the
Southern League.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Pioneers Elect officers.

The Benevolent Pioneer Association
last night elected the following Off
GERS: President. John P. Malcolm, Jr
Vice president, John ]. Dougherty; re-
cording secretary, ]. A. Meaney; n
nancial secretary. John c. Mcguire
treasurer. William H. Kane; sergeant
at t-arms, Thomas J. Moran; librarian
William ]. Joyce: assistant Librarians
William Feeney and william Gallagher;
board OF directors, James J. Corrigan
Joseph J. LAWN, Eugene Sterrett
board Of investigation, James ]. Cor
rigan. John J. Moran and Thomas M
Monaghan.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
MAY PARDON
RACE TRACK MEN

NEW ORLEANS. La, April 6-Lyles.
Sheffield and Frigerio. turfmen, who
made a test Of the Locke anti-race
track betting law and were sentenced
70 prison, may be pardoned A petit
tion is in circulation to-day asking
pardon OH the grounds that the three
men offered themselves up as victims
to test the law. Lyles, Sheffield and
Frigerio began serving their sentence
yesterday.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Scotch pro6ts

1--WE have decided" said the head Of
a Glasgow firm, "to conduct our bust
ness in future on the profit sharing
principle. We shall begin at once on
the basis Of last years results"
I'VE are delighted TO hear IT," replied
the foreman. speaking for the men.
MAY we ask what were the last
years resultsT
1--WE lost a thousand pounds" said
the employer "and, therefore. on the
profit sharing principle. there viii be
a reduction Of 10 per cent in your
wages."-Dundee Advertiser.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
DENIES He WAS A WAITER
St. Yves Says He Was a Chauffeur
To Race Saturday.

NEW YORK. April 6-Henri st. Yves.
winner of the greatest Marathon ever
contested in this country, gave no evil
dence yesterday of having been put
to a severe test Of stamina and speed.
The new Marathon wonder declares
that he rever was a waiter. as report
ed. but that his occupation in France
was that of chauffeur with the Renault
automobile mandatory.
st. Yves next appearance in a race
viii be Saturday. at Providence. r. L.,
where he will meet Pat Dineen, Of Bos-
ton, in q 20-mile mace.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
stood Up For Him.

Dolan-So Casey was runnin' me
down an We stood up for me? Gala
hanoi did. OF siz to him. Casey"
siz OF, "ye're honest an truthful an
ye're no coward, an ye work hard an
pay yer dibts, an ye don't get drunk
an lick yer wolfe, but in other re-
spects ye're no better than Dolanw-
Puck.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Mateh Tennis Al Newark.

gpecial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, Del. April 6.-Manager
Rothrock. OF the Delaware College tennis
association is having the tennis courts put
in shape for the season. Mr.. Rothroek Is
arranging contests with Washington Col
lege. Western Maryland and several other
tennis clubs. The college championship
contests will be held during the last week
IN May.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
SPORTING NEWS
POTTSVILLE MEN JUMP
Atlantic League Team Threatens Con-
tract Jumpers With Blacklist.

POTTSVILLE. April 6-Reddington
Calvin. Of New York city, under con-
tract to play shortstop with tho Potts
vile team. Of the Atlantic League, has
jumped to the Eastern League. He
will be blacklisted in the Atlantic
League. as will also Infielder Lavell,
of Ashland. who jumped his Pottsville
contract to go with Clarksburg, of the
West Virginia League.
Out1elder Warren Miller. of Phlla-
delphia, who has thus far failed to
send in his coraract with Pottsville,
will not be permitted to play anywhere
in this league if he does not come here,
though Easton pretends TO have a
claim on him. Manager Golden. for
Reading. has signed Pitchers Samuel
Cobean. formerly of the Eastern
League. and David Porter, of the New
England League.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Any Lady Can Do il at Home-costs
Nothing To Try.

A new tasteless and odorless discov-
cry which can be given secretly by
any lady in tea, coffee or food. Heart
ily endorsed by temperance workers.
Il does its work so silently and surely
that while the devoted wife, sister or
daughter looks on. the drunkard is re-
claimed even against his will and with
out his knowledge. Many have been
cured In a single day.
Save your loved one from premature
death and the terrible consequences of
the drink curse and save yourself from
poverty and misery.
1t costs absolutely nothing to try.
Send your name and address to DR.. j.
w. Haines. 4125 Glenn Building, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. and he will at once send
you a free package of the marvellous
Golden Remedy in plain. sealed wrap
per.
He will also send you the strongest,
conclusive proof OF what a blessing II
has been to thousands Of families
Send for a free trial package Of Col
den Remedy today.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
cranqers Plan a strawberry Festival

At the weekly meeting Of Delaware
Grange at Talleyville last night, il was
decided to give a strawberry festival
later in the season on the lawn sur
rounding the Red Mems Hall at New
port. A committee of seven was ap-
pointed to make arrangements, Of
which Mrs. f. T. Weer is chairman.
Six candidates viii be initiated at the
meeting on next Monday night.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Team Candidates Have Walking Craze

John Mullin, william AhrahamS
Theodore Pfeffer and Elwood Thomas,
candidates for the Bethany team OF
the Church League. have taken the
walking craze" At the rate they
have been going the past week they
will surely be I'm condition. Mullin.
Abrahams and Thomas walked to
Newark and back on Sunday.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Mans Win First Game.

The Maps won their first game on satur-
day by defeating the Cool Springs team
by the score OF to 8. A feature OF the
game was the pitching by young Wild Bill
Donovan. The Maps will play the X-Jack-
son Club next Saturday at the military
grounds. send challenges to Fred Robin
son, No. 1905 Scott street
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Hans Warner unslaned.

PITTSBURG. Pa. April 6.-Hohus
Wagner, Pittsburg's great shortstcp.
has not signed and will not be IN the
opening game against Cincinnati. ON
cials OF the team say Wagner has hurt
his hand and win not play until the
injured is healed.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Marathon Runner Dies After Race.

HULL, England, April 5.-A Mara
Ithon runner. Frederick Rumsby, col
lapsed while competing in a 20-mile
run here Saturday. He was carried
from the track unconscious and died
today. Rumsby won a Marathon race
heer last year.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
BOWLING

The final games of the Wilmington city
Bowling League were rolled on the Pelrce
alleys last night between Warren and
Delaware, the latter winning two games.
Warren wins the championship as they
finished one game ahead OF All-Wilming-
ton. Webster rolled the highest single
game during the season, 2.69. Taylors 62s
was high three, and Mcfarland had the
highest average. Last nights scores:
DELAWARE
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Catcher Schmidt to Join Tigers.

DEROIT. Mich. April 6.-Catcher
Charley Schmidt. the last hold d-outT
of the Detroit American League cham
pions. telegraphed from his home in
Coal Hill. Ark. that he has settled his
differences with the club and will join
the team in ST. Louis Thursday.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06

South Side Postpones Practice Game,
The Souht Side baseball club Of the
County League will not report for prac-
tice at the Riverview grounds on Sat
urday as heretofore announced. Man
ager Carvin will notify the team mem
bers later when to report.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Not Quite So Bad.

Polly Prim-They tell me you are a
dissipated young man. Now, I sup
pose you never see the sun rise. Jack
Rapidde-No; I don't stay up quite
that late.-Philadelphia Record.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Deserved tho Worst.

'Have you and Florence broken upf"
eve are not as thick as we we're"
'1 see you are not hanging around
her any more"
'No. She said hanging was too god
for me-" e
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Another Use For Il.

Now when we shut our eyes and build
Our castles IN the air
They're not 80 hopeless as they we're.
The chances TO get there
Are multiplied. you must allow.
An airship takes us TO them now.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Her Hands Full.

Poor woman; she has scarcely time
TO eat and sleep"
"Nonsensel why, she is rich and
has no duties whatever"
"But she tells me she reads all the
latest novels. ."-Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Eavors.

stella-What were the favors at her
dinner? Bella-Wen. all the guests
thought they did her a favor by COM
ing, and she thought they did her a
favor by leaving New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
Somewhat Gone.

"Are you certain you love me, Jack y
"sure as I am that I'm alive"
''How do you know?"
"When you stepped on my pet corn
It was a positive pleasure"
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
a HInt.

sour dog always barks at tramps.
Mr.. Softleigh."
docs he bite trampsT'
'No; he only bites lobsters."
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
4 IL 81 RasehaII raam.-

The international Correspondence
School pupils IN this city are organizing
two baseball teams to play during the
coming season.
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
strinoina an Averaas.

Strin9in9 an Average.
my father can lick your father"
sHuhr
"Don't you believe itT'
"Well, my mother can outtalk your
mother"
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
BOSTON. April s-Jimmy Barry. Z
SHORE POLOISTS
LOSE FIRST GAME

BALTIMORE. Nd, April 6-At the
Casino Rink, North avenue, the At
lantic City team, in their first game Of
the Tri-State polo championship series
was defeated by Baltimore, to 0.
1t was thirteen minutes before the
locals scored in the first half. The
people Of Wilmington will have the
opportunity Of finding out what kind
Of a team Atlantic City has in their
game in Wilmington this evening. The
lineup Of the game was as follows:
In.Ia A
Evening journal., 1909-04-06
GOSSIP OF
THE FIGHTERS
BY United Press Leased Special wire

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
NEW YORK. April 6-The heavy
weight pugilistic situation is at a
standstill to-day. and will probably re-
main so until the arrival of Jim Cof-
froth, the California fight promoter
who left San Francisco yesterday for
the East. It is believed that the west
erner will bring at least two of the
heaviest together and it is likely that
he will offer better inducement to see
the men in action than will be offered
by the local promoters.
The opinion still prevails that 'Blg
AL" Kaufman is the logical opponent
of Jack Johnson. and every move that
will be made is likely to be toward
getting these two in the ring.
BOSTON, April 6-Jimmy Barry. the
Chicagoan. who is to try out, Sandy
Ferguson here tonight. is in fine form
Teddy Murphy. Rarry's manager.
says Barry viii win, and is going after
AL. Kaufman for another match.
Barry had Kaufman beat up 10 the
thirtieth round in their last bout" said
Murphy. "Then Barrys hands went
back on him and we saw It was no use
to so on after the thirty-ninth round
Evening journal., 1909-04-06

Easing Things Up.
II on the rufiied stream OF life
6erenely you would float.
Go throw your ancient oars away
And buy a motor boat.
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their SEVENTEEN milestone in 1910 will pass
it with fewer fears, breads and shivers
than troubled their forefathers. Were 1t
otherwise. we might hesitate to point out
these honored ones as they pass. now, out
Of the far gateway of their seventh dec
Rde into the vestibule of the Temple of
Patriarchs, where is the inner shrine of
the Grand Old Men
1t is a long procession. this, OF WORTHLESS
waiting to receive the septuagenarian's
crown upon their grizzled heads; and who
do we see in line? Let us jot them down:
Henry Watterson towers high amongst
the throng He has passed fifty-two
milestones since first he became re-
porter. and now he rounds out a half
century as an editor.
Sir Hiram Maxim is nearby He can
hardly realize that SO much time has
flown by since he was poor little coach
builders apprentice up there in Maine:
nor does 1T seem nearly so long ago as
twenty-slx years when he first amazed
the world with his automatic gun fired
In Hatton Garden, London; Nine years
have slipped by since Victoria smote him
with her sword and dubbed him '.Sir
Hiram.
Palmer Cox is waiting, too, with his
Brownies, the eldest of whom Is now
twenty-three. He and this numerous
family are greeted by many ola Cali
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of his birthdays; Cyrus Thomas. ento-
mologist and ethnologist, still at his desk
in the bureau of American ethnolosy.
Age eighty six-Levi p. Morton. ex-Fice
President of the United States and former
Governor of New Yo X; and Prof. Will
liam Higgins. the British astronomer.
who became famous by Analysing the
solar spectrum.
Age ty-seven-Thomas Wentworth
Higginson and Goodwin Smith, authors;
Maj Gen. P. J. Osterhaus. u. s. A.
Lieut.. Gen. Simon Buckner, c. S. A.. for
mer vice presidential candidate: eX-Sen-
ator Henry Gassaway Davis. another for
mer vice presidential candidate, whom
saw. stepping out like a STRIPPING last
week although some deemed him too old
to rum five years and half ago; Robert
Collyer. noted blacksmith-preacher Of
President Tafts faith: DR.. Robert Fletch-
err, still editing the Index Medicus and
still running the great medical library at
Washington, and Rt. Rev. Bernard John
McQuaid, first Roman Catholic Bishop
of Rochester.
lace. the naturalist, who. simultaneously
with Darwin, announced the theory of
natural selection.
Theo Ledyard Cuyler, D. D., Presby-
terrain minister and author, who was grad
uated at Princeton siXty-nine years ago,
come next commencement day. He has
published 1900 articles in religious pa
pers.
Age eighty nine-Sir Charles Upper.
eX-prime minister of Canada.
Clara Barton. founder of the American
National Red Cross. She was forty at the
outbreak of the civil war. in which strug-
gle she nursed the sick and organized the
search for missing men. She laid out the
grounds for the Andersonvile cemetery
worked through the Franco-Prussian war
and secured the adoption of the treaty of
Geneva by the United States. She was
seventy-seven when President Mckinley
sent her to Cuba to take care of the re-
lief work there, In 1893. and the same
year she did personal field work in the
Spanish-American war Moreover. she
flood when in her eightieth year.
MARY Baker Eddy, the founder of Chris
tan Science, will enter her ninetieth year
July 16.
But there is yet the inner shrine, that
of the nonagenarians. and the initiates Of
1910 will be:
Florence Nightingale, philanthropist
angel OF the battle field: born May r.
1890 1t was before President Taft was
born when she came into fame in the
Crimean war
Baron strathcona, high commissioner
for Canada.
Sir John Tenniel, cartoonist. who il
Illustrated Alice in Wonderland, "Lalla
Rookh" and the 'Tngoldsby Legends"
and who in 1901 rounded out a full half
century with the London Punch.
And who will greet these three worthless
when they pass within the pale of the
tenth decade? Here they are, mounting
up, up, on the ladder of the years whose
rungs we will number opposite their
names-still reckoning on birthdays sched-
uled for 1910:
Age ninety one-Julia Ward Howe, au-
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genarian fold by a distinguished assem-
bIage, whom we will group under their
successive ages at their 1910 birthdays
thus:
Age eighty-one-Senator Cullom of IL
linois, Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin,
Gen. William Booth, commander-in-ch chief
of the Salvation Army; James B. Angel,
president of the University of Michigan
and ex-minister to China; Tomaso Sal
vini. the great tragedian, who commenced
acting sixty-seven years ago.
Age eighty-two-Count Tolstoi. Timothy
Dwight, ex-president of Yale; George +.
Edmunds, former United States senator.
Age eighty-three-Lord Lister. discov-
erer of the antiseptic system of
treatment in surgery and former surgeon
Hyancinthe (Charles Loyson). the cele-
brated French pulpit orator, who became
a priest and then a Carmelite monk
His marriage in 1872 to Emile Butter
field Merriman of New York brought him
into International fame, and afterward
he became curate Of a congregation of
liberal Catholics in Geneva. His wife
died in Paris only this month-Decem-
Der 4.
Age ighty-four-Eugenie ex-Empress
III. It has been fifty-seven years since
she changed her title from Countess of
Teba; thirty seven years since she was
widowed, and thirty-one years since her
only child. Napoleon Eugene Louis, was
killed in Zululand. George II, Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen and ruler of this indie
pendent member Of the German empire.
Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, another
of the Independent German states.
Age eighty-flve-Maj. Gen. Daniel E.
lean capitalist; Prof. Francis Andrew
March, phi1ologist-to whom the seniors
of Lafayette give as many American
beauty roses as he has years, upon each
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the Grand Old Man of Europe" and the
oldest ruler in the world today Within the
coming year will fall the sixty-second
anniversary of his reign. If he lives
three years more he will break Queen
Victoria's record for the longest reign of
modern times.
Porf1rio Diaz, President Of Mexico, and
who has been ruler thereof for a third Of
a century. He is month younger than
Francis Joseph, and on his twenty seventh
birthday William Howard Taft was born
Henry NJ. Teller. former Secretary of
the Interior and United States senator.
He is still in harness, a member of the
monetary commission. With the excep-
ton Of his cabinet service under President
Arthur, he represented Colorado contin-
uously in the Senate from the time that
state was admitted until he refused a re-
election
Justin Mccarthy, Irish statesman, sue
cessor of Parnell. also historion. novelist
and father OF the dramatist of the same
name. 1t will soon be sxty-two years
since he entered journalism in Cork.
Henry NJ Flagler, major general of in
dustry and chief Of staff to Himself
Jawn D.
Benjamin F. Tracy. civil war general,
medal of honor man and Secretary Of
the Navy in the cabinet of Benjamin
Henry Vignaud, diplomat. our secre-
tary at Paris for more than third OF
century. and who would have been am
bassador there had gray matter counted
as much as gold.
John Quincy Adams Ward. the Ameri-
can sculptor. still welding the mallet and
chisel in his New York studio.
S. Weir Mitchell, neurologist and novel
ist-author of Hugh Wynne, Free Qua
ker."
They will be welcomed into the octo-
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former president of the National Acad-
envy.
Rev. Lyman Abbott, employer of T.
Roosevelt, esq, and the only man who can
boss him. He was born the day after
Agassiz first NV the light. Thus did
they barely escape becoming twin stars,
like Darwin and Lincoln.
Charles Francis Adams. historian and
descendant of two Presidents.
Alfred Austin, Lord Tennysons success
sor to the title of poet laureate of Great
Britain, which Office William Watson, the
chivalrous bard, defined in his Woman
With the Serpents Tongue" as "a gro
tesque anachronism."
John G. Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, and-what is saying much
more-exSpeaker. He has just escaped
the doctors; may he survive them q
quarter century longer.
Richard Olney, statesman, premier un-
der the last Cleveland regime: the man
who twisted the lions tall In '95, and who
introduced the Sunday night dress suit.
Adlai Stevenson, ex-Vice President Of
the United States. and the only man who
ever really delighted in that Office, for
which he ran the second time
William E. Chandler, ex-Secretary of
the Navy and ex-member of the United
States Senate. where he was known as
the wasp
James Wilson, who last month broke all
previous records for service In the Amer
lean cabinet