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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
FAIL TO PROFIT
BY HEAVY SWATS
Poor BaSerunning Response
bic for Nationals De-
feat at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. April Sour
trusty henchmen, after seS Gring a COM
Portable lead in the carly innings OF
the game with the locals here yester-
day. fell down hard and by poor base
running failed to get all the good out
Of their healthy swats, and lost, to D.
1t was just another of those hard
luck items which have been so prominent
on the present training trip and which
will have to be remedied before the
Nationals can be considered an agrees
sive quantity. Dubuc. who started the
game for Cincinnati. proved slabman
made after the fashion so liked by our
own little band and the way they went
after him spread deep, dark gloom
about the stand ana bleachers.
Keely started for Washington, but
was not impressive. his wildness gre
scnting the home club With I'VE free
trips to the initial sack. Groom sup
planted him in the third, and after &C
ing good for two innings presented the
game to the locals in the fifth This
was the only session in which the Reds
got to the elongated twirler, but the
damage wrought during that session
was responsible for the defeat. Gray
finished up the game I'm good style.
Casper for the locals pitched superb
ball during the last four innings. An
underhand splitter wrought deadly
havoc with the visiting batters. Free
man and Ganley were the only Wash
ington players to connect during his
stay on the slab
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
WILL SHIP JUMPERS
TO FRENCH TRACKS
Gwyn Tompkins Will Send
Big String Abroad After
Coming Meet.

BALTIMORE, April s.-That versatile
horseman. Gwyn Tomplxins, who has
just brought his stable OF jumpers to
Pimlico, has the foreign bee buzzing in
his bonnet. After the clOse Of the COM
ing Pimlico meet he intends to invade
La Belle, France, with a string Of
American jumpers.
In making the trip to France, Temp
lSins win put into practice some new
ideas with regard to the Jumping game
Besides the older and the finished '1ep-
pers.' he will take over six perfectly
green jumpers and give them their 1rst
schooling over the French jumps He
believes that horses brought up in this
way, schooled at the start in the for
eign ways, win have something on those
who have been educated to our jumps
and fields.
Tompkins is a master-hand with the
jumpers and he is very likely 70 make a
success in his new departure. Few
horsemen have had more meteOric
career on the turf than Tompkins. be-
ginning with the summer when ne ran
shoestring into stable of the finest
race horses in the country, while aot-
ing as turf writer for the New York
Sun.
NOtables Arrive.
hNeTy Gay IS now bringing in horse
men. Yesterday Col Bob Neville came
up from Leesburg, Va, with his string
Of jumpers. He has Herculoid back In
the fold again and the old fellow is look
ing great Colonel Neville sold Hercu-
lOid to E r. Thomas at Saratoga, in
| 1907, after the horse had won a big
stake. After going into the Thomas
stable Herculoid went amiss and never
has done anything since. Sir Wooster
/ which was one of the stars at Pimlico
/ last fall, Is in grand shape this spring
and is liable to duplicate his record OF
! last year. ArdWell is another OF Colone'
| Neville's bunch that ooks to have a
/ future before him.
William Attic use also came in from
/ Philadelphia With six, including Ou1
Maggie, Judge Eriaentrout, and foui
| two year-olds.
! The track was lightning fast yes
/ terday and some great moves were
made over it The star performance
! of the day was the work of GilC
/ from Charlie Rowe's stable
] This one breezed three-quarter in
/ ! 10; the mile I'm 1;4S pulled up. or.
/ breezed three-quarters in 1:19. Thi.
/ one never looked better in his life
/ All OF ROwe's are ready 10 race to,
morrow. Gwyn TompkiDs had hi.
string out for limbering up gallcns
; and they cut a swell figure. Ken.
/ lucky Beau is looking exceptionally
well and, unless ne goes wrong, viii
make his mark through the field
/ Flippen had Waterway out and breeZ
ed him a mile in 1854. Woodside
/ from the same stable, goc a mile ii
1856.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
THE DATE
FOR BALTIMORE GO
Beebe and Schumacher Fight
Before Eureka Club on
April 20.

BALTIMORE, Nd, April s.-Although
the Eureka Club announced several
days ago il had arranged for a fifteen
round bout between Al. Schumacher, OF
ew York, and KID Bebee, OF PhiladeI-
phia, It was not until late yesterday aft
srnoon that the club management de-
cided upon the date for the show. Tues
day. April %. las been selected and the
bows will clash at Germanla Maenner-
Choir Hall.
Followers of the 0ugilistic game, about
town. are divided whethe.' Sammy
Harris used good judgment in putting
Schumacher up against a boxer of Be
bees caliber The latter has had an
enviable caueer during the past few
wears, and has never been knocked out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
SWEDISH RUNNER
IS AFTER ST. YVES
Svanberg, Who Finished Second in
Greek Olympic, Is the
Challenger.

NEW YORK. April S.-Ernie Hjert-
berg. trainer of the Irish-AIlerican A
c., and manager of John Svanberg, the
Swedish champion, has formally chal-
langed Henri St. Yves, winner of Satur-
davis Marathon Derby, to race at any
distance from five miles to twenty-six
miles and 3S5 yards, the Marathon
distance.
Hlertberg is confident that Svanberg
is the only man in America at present
who is capable of giving the Frenchmar
a lively brush.
Svanberg is conceded to be one Of the
greatest runners in the world. He first
won fame by finishing second to Sher-
ring in the great Marathon at the
Athens Olympic games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Cincinnati. Ohio. April s, 1909.
Dear Fanatics-It would I'll your soul
with envy If you could see the new
baseball park owned by the Indianapolis
Club, of the American Association.
With the possible exception Of the
new Athletics park in Philadelphia
there is nothing in the American League
as fine o. as desirable as the Indianapo-
lis plant, and as for comparing it with
the park In Washington-far be it from
us to suggest anything ridiculous on
such a serious subject. Maybe you
had the price and, getting there late
last summer in Washington, had TO take
a back seat in the grandstand. II so,
remember how the special brand Of
skin-raising sunbeams we have in the
Capital used TO come down and burn
bIisters on your back? Remember how
You beefed about it and there was
nothing doing in the way OF curtains
until the season was nearly ovsr2 Re
member We ancient bIeachers. and We
more ancient boardwalk TO We grand
stand aforementioned Undoubtedly
YOU do. but keep a stiff upper lip and
| don't let the horror Of Il all drive you
to drink.
Oh. we call TO mind a hundred things
Won would remember and would prob
ably cause you to cuss yourself out OF
good society. but what's the use?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
AMATEUR BASEBALL
viii Be a Feature of The Times
Sport Page This Season.

More space will be devoted 10 the back
ioi games than ever before Plans Tor
this department. wiu include.
Daily column Of comment on amateur
leagues.
weekly resume or the pennant race in
each amateur circuit
Sunday page Of news devoted entirely
20 unattached teams.
In the daily notes Of the organized
leagues viii be included personal gossip
Of the players ana comment on the
strength Of teams
In the weekly resume the progress o.
the struggle FOR the stresmer IN each
league vii be noted
FOR the Sunday department devoted TO
unattached teams The Times will pub
fish results ~ games and general news
% al the teams Of Washington
ALL copy FOR THIS DEPARTMENT
MUsT BE IN THE TIMES OFFICE BY
10 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EIGHT
The amateur department will be con-
Quoted by
AZ EXPERIENCED BASEBALL
WRITER.
thoroughly IN touch with amateur ath-
l.ti~s IN Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
ETHICS OF ROOFING
DEFINED BY COACH
Mike" Thompson Scores Element at Georgetown
Games For Effort to Rattle Visiting Teams.
Instructor Violates an Unwntten Law
BY ]. R. HILDEBRAND.

The ethics of roofing has been the
subject Of wide discussion this spring.
Led by the Cornell sun college
papers all over the country have inau-
gurated a crusade for cheering for
cneering's sake" and are doing all in
their power to suppress the habit Of
concerted attempts to rattle the oppos-
ing pitcher and players.
Georgetown's splendid victory over
Fordham by to l yesterday was
marred by this kind of roofing. The
same feature marked the skirmish with
Washington College on Tuesday.
Mike" Thompson, coach of the
Washington College aggregation and a
graduate of Georgetown. said before
leaving this city today: Because 1 am
a Georgetown man and want to uphold
the prestige Of my college, I desire to
register a protest against the unsports-
manlike tactics employed by George
towns so-called rooters to rattle an
opposing team. In the case of my Ches-
tertOWn string this practice was all the
more reprehensible. since nothing was
at stake. The visitors were hardly IN
the same class with the speedy George
town bunch, and we We're only over on
Georgetown Field for a friendly game.
But whatever the occasion, can see
no reason for the senseless attempts on
the part of a rowdy element Of the
| college to put the opposing team up in
the air. That is not the ethics of base
ball, certainly not of college baseball
which should set the pace in good
craftsmanship.
Not only did Georgetown employ
every means TO rattle our pitcher, but
resorted to every means in their power
to deceive the felders. For instance,
when a Georgetown man whaled out a
long fly. clearly IN the territory of the
center fielder. about six ill-adyised
youngsters yelled Left from the
stands and had our gullible left fielder
searching the heavens for a ball that
did not come.
Though, in conformity with the ac-
cepted procedure when one is connected
with a team playing against his alma
mater, did not don a uniform, and
tried to look impartial. 1 could not
forego the. pleasure of letting out a
| weak lisye yelp when our trusty center
| gardener nailed the sphere
ct is such things that 90 a long way
to create a sentiment against college
that it will take years to efface, and
cannot too vigorously deprecate George
towns indulgence in the practice.
am sure the thinking element of the
student body will understand that
make this protest out Of sense OF
| loyalty to the old college rather thar
| in a spirit of protest against any unfair
ness TO the washington College team.
| Thompson has the answer such a
display of ill-timed partisanship as was
| seen at the Fordham game yesterday
/ or at the Washington College game or
/ the day before, was wholly unSpOrts-
/ manlike in any baseball game. 1t was
| more assuredly in bad taste at a col
| lege game, where the offenders were
/ hosts.
Along this same line it is time thai
some welI-meanIng friend tipped George
town off to the fact that the coaching
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Chances are. now that the Nationals
are returning, that amateur tossers viii
be passed up for a brief space.
A question which is eHciting more or
less comment from the back lot fans
Is the selection Of the umpires for the
various leagues. This matter IS more
important than II S. generally thought
70 be. Through the efforts o. those
who handle the indicator many games
can be made interesting or otherwise.
An umpire on an amateur field IS much
more burdened than the official who
dOles out the decisions TO the majors
Surroundings and circumstances are Tar
different on the sand lots than in big
league parks. and while the One-ffty
his Uranium era clled with bottle, there
are other features of the Job which
make II even more iTksOme. II is
much harder task to tone the "Dsueper-
GUS temperament of "a sand-lO ser than
il is 20 quiet the tOsser who depends
upon the game for subsistence and viii
accordingly reverence fine which ~ IS
possible to hand out when holding the
big league indicators. Several OF me
sand-l0t jumps, notably Belts and
Hughes. have mastered this situation
admira bly, and the success or both the
Departmental and Sunday School
leag CUES last year was IN great meas
ure due 10 their efficient umpiring.
Central made ten hits and scored ten
runs against Army and Navy Props
yesterday.
During the past several wars 1t has
been a noteworthy fact that The south
east section OF the city has not sup
ported baseball league. in all prob
ability because local promoters have
passed up that section Of the city en-
tirely and failed to endeavor 20 organ
lie league there. While there are
several very likely looking sggrega-
-tious IN the southeast the item which
prompts this happy suggestion is the
matter Of suitable playing grounds Ia
this the southeast ranks second 10 none
Of the other sections of our great CITY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
YALE WON'T MEET
PRINCETON EIGHT
Walter Camp Makes Definite State
ment Regarding Race Be-
tween Two Colleges.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. April S.-That
shc Yale and Princeton varsity crews
VIII not meet this year has been def
nit ely stated by Walter Camp, a mem
he OF the athletic advisory board
AS TO whether the second crew will
ROW or not depends on the attitude Of
the Yale faculty as well as that of
Princeton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

line. though the name might suggest
such a procedure. is not the place for
a coach in a college game. The name
may be misleading, but that is the fault
OF the English language and viii fur
nish no excuse for further Hughey
Jennings stunts at that position now
that we kindly throw out this timely
hint
This criticism is not made in cap
tious spirit. We merely suggest re-
form in this direction rather than see
Georgetown suffer the embarrassment
of a protest from some visiting team IN
the near future. A quiet intimatiOn that
Princeton has gotten wind of this stunt
and is prepared to make a violent pro-
test on its appearance here Saturday
has reached our attentive ears and we
for just what il Is worth
Seriously, il g. against all the ethics
OF college BASEBALL to allow the cOaCn
on the coaching lines, and especially so
when that individual is not a graduate
of the school. When attention was
called to this unwritten law, a member
Of the Georgetown team cited the case
of that eminent Yee-ah artist, Hughey
Jennings, as precedent for the activities
of Coach GrilIo. We would recommend
that Mr.. Jennings is a member of the
Detroit team no less than any other
player, and that professional baseball is
governed by hard and fast rules, while
college teams very often rely on a
recognized code of ethics for intercoI-
legiate contests. One of the most inviol-
able statutes Of this unWrftteE code is
that against the presence of q coach on
the coaching line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
CRANE WILL MEET
DERBY AT TENNIS
Close Match on Today for Right to
Meet Gould for
Finals.

BOSTON, April S.-Joshua Crane, Of
Boston. who earned his way into TIE
finals i'm the court tennis championship
tourney by taking three straight sets
from. FoXhaU Keene, of New York, will
meet Or. G. :. Derby, Of his city, in
the hnal matches today.
The winner viii meet Jay Gould. of
New York, Saturday afternoon for the
national championship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
RACE LAW TESTERS
SECURE A REPRIEVE
Three Men Sentenced at New Or
leans Are Released by
Governor
Governor.

NEW ORLEANS. April s.-W. w.
Lyles. Placide Frigerio, and R IL
Sheffield, who recently began a seven
months sentence in the parish prison.
have been released on a reprieve BY
Governor Sanders. bending a hearing
Of their case By the board of pardons-
They were convicted on a test Of the
Locke racing law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
INDIANAPOLIS CLUB
BOASTS MODEL PARK
Seats Over 10000 Fans and Has All Facilities for
Handling Large Crowds-Press Box Arrange
ment the Real Thing.
LETTERS TO WASHINGTON FANs-No. 20
ment the Real hing.

men sending Out-OI-town stuff can sit
and dictate or discuss matters without
troubling all the neighbors. Between
each of the press and telegraph boxes
there is a round opening covered by a
slide like that used by the lookout in
those places where cases count and the
ball spins Thus, you can keep the
slides open and be sociable and free, but
II you are busy or a friend invites you
out but tells you he hasn't the price for
more than you tive you can close the
slide and get away with much privacy.
The gates to this model ball park are
attended by cleanly uniformed attend
ants who are professional ticket takers,
and know their business. The ticket
sellers have provisions for handling an
enormous crowd in a short time, and
they do IL.
Officials Of the Clubs
Have Private Offices.
Over the front gate is a handsome
building, in which Owner Watkins has
his private office and a public office.
and Secretary Joe Gavin, a cashier and
other officials have nice, roomy apart
men;s. On the ground floor there Is a
special dressing room for the umpire
and another for the employees.
In this extensiv5 iayout you can find
some OF the officers Of the club every
week day in the year, willing TO give
you a story on any subject tending &c
boast the indianapolis ball club.
We know that conditions in Wash
ingtOn. a. they now exist would hard
" permit OF the erection OF such an am
bilious plant as tEat we have just men
toned, but when the owners OF the
Nationals DO decide to cut loose II
would be a mighty shreWd suggestion
for them 10 visit Messrs. Watkins and
Gavin, at Indianapolis, and get a few
points.
Gavin, by the way. was the first sec
rotary Of the New York American
League Club. and personally superin-
tended much Of the work OF filling anC
( blasting which had 20 be done on tho
I Highlanders grounds He was let ont
by Prank Farrell, after ne had done
enough to deserve a raise instead of q
! release, and came near moving on tC
/ Washington 10 take charge of the bust
ness end of the club there in the weirC
| days when Tom LOTUS was getting out
and nearly everybody else went out with
| him. Yours in the faith,
THOMAS S. RICE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Georgetown's victory over FOrdham
was in the nature of a personal trl-
umph for Harry Devine. Devine's work
yesterday stamps him as one OF the
most valuable men on Georgetown S
pitching staff. This is no mean honor.
In Cantwell, Montgomery and Balzer
the HilltOppers have a pitching stan
that Is the peer of any college team IN
their class. Cantwell and Montgomery
are seasoned twirlers, and Balzer,
though a youngster, has already shown
promise enough to deserve a ranking
with the best that Georgetown has.
In hitting strength the Georgetown
team is fairly strong Schlafiy Mayock
heavy stickwork. The first named
showed to advantage yesterday tally
ing the bingies. Above them all stands
Cyrus Macdonald, who is worth about
two average willow workers.
On paper the team seemed to possess
defense Of reasonable strength. The
games so far played have served to
bring out the fact that in this depart
ment lies their most dangerous weak
ness Three errors, none of them ex-
cusable, even in a college game. were
chalNed up against Georgetown yester-
day. A follower of college athletics,
who has watched the Georgetown team
for the past ten years declares that
the entire left flank Of Georgetown s
defense is the weakest seen in that
period. This is not designed TO knock
or to discourage Murphy. Sitterding, or
Callahan None of them are veterans
and they should show marked improve
ment before Georgetown Easter series
is well under way Experience and judi
Cious coaching should do much TO
strengthen this wing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

For the next month or so there viii
be a rift in the cloud of all-star Gotham
boxing matches. New York fight pro-
motors are hunting cover. The crusade
Of Governor Hughes looks more serious
than was at first supposed. Promoters
are hedging on matches between the
big guns until something definite eman-
ates from Albany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
Arrangement of Seats
Will Be Boon TO Fans.

The indianapolis park seats N.OOO folk,
OF which We should say about 1900 or
1900 could get into the stands and the
rest in the bleachers. All Of the seats
are arranged with comfortable spaces
between, all are painted with paint war
ranted not TO make the seat OF your
trousers look like a Dutch landscape,
and ali the entrances are broad and
commodiOus. on he upper deck is a
row Of boxes running all the way
around. with nice comfortable chairs
therein. For each Of the three daily
papers there is a separate BOX on thar
upper tier. and another for the Western
Union operators. where they and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
Pertinent Notes From Fields
Of Capital oAnateur Players

diamonds IN that section. Beside several
creditable Independent teams there are
mines at all Of the barracks, Marine
HospitCi and Navy Yard. It IS a golden
opportunity for one Of our hustlinR
young magnates TO busy himself and
plant an organization with little trouble
ana where II is sure 70 get support
above the average
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

summer and winter weather all sD
one day only fans the baseball fever
The reorganization Of the Immaculate
Conception baseball team and its on
trance into the ranks of the Marquette
League brings memories CT memorable
stunts achieved by that aggreRat ton
seVerai years bftek. Three years ago Il
began on the Marquette League schedule
with a mediocre lot OF youngsters. stuck
near the top until the middle of tho
season, and then with a team IIav. as
on the back lot diamonds forged ahead
won the pennant in the Marquette and
IN turn copied the District Champion
ship Several OF the players who were
members on the champion aggregation
will again don uniforms and trv for the
team The management has aTnassad a
likely looking crowd OF PLAYERS. ard
taken alteeethcr a most auspicious re-
shtaHes te The lsaEus Is expected,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Along this same line it is time that
some well-meaning friend tipped George
town off to the fact that the coaching
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Chances are. now that the Nationals
are returning, that amateur tossers win
be passed up for brief space.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

. " asUH IUHBueb and morse hides are
hooding the markets
In drawing up a schedule for the De
partmentai League the directors have
considered a feature which will make
a big init with the fans who attend the
games on the White Lot elliDse Two
days week double headers will he at
fractions. This is the first time that this
sort or thing has been attempted In the
amateur ranks. The popularity or
double headers on the sand lots was no
better shown than last season. when.
70 get me postponed games out of the
way, the various leagues presented
double bills. The measure as adopted
greatly Increases the number OF games
on the schedule and in this was lis pOp-
ular with the public and the players
alike
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Summer and winter weather all IN
one day only fans the baseball fever.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Wagon tongues and horse hides are
flooding the markets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Central made ten hits and scored ten
runs against Army and Navy Props
Yesterday.