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M'CRAW PRAISES
WORK OF THE YOUNG
PLAYERS ON TEAM
Giants Manager Breaks Old Rule When He
Enthuses Over Fletcher, Cocash, Indian
Meyers and Other Recruits.

he IL on tn" field IL = con 'iuHUlly talk
ing, backing Ug No' tmoNs b, ms -
make new plays, suA well L." Is & btll
PLAYER that's all Bu' VIII adrlit Mey
orS Is not wait" 50 fast rE"Atr as l's
Wore ar maybe one o. lNr - 81" ulnc''.
Even a. that lie WI! @e' leS.'r ef"rT
uhN, HVt one JhiTg " Got lo SAY. an.
talt i3 thai bcunN Ncyrrs = une OF lhe
hest suGe'S &C. t4st, hat ! have ever
sr"'l IN my lite.
That is going som, FOR McGirAW,. And.
say. Il. sg!G - Nj GH'Gnel, l nat
one IT fN" fastest t'tt'' I,r li tnt ~
the uroltieSt ni,te!s sou ,.cr E.W, its
is Johnny 'ocAsh. Ilc j. "a wonder WIN
the stick, snap utd sH-ppy. Ike
o. Tiara is already ERA, tlng good man
| don't need to So an, ,E."g about h!m.
NOU'il see
Blu, talking OF h',tcrs," said Me
Gtaw, whl" tie crowd sa' around viii
their mouths ana ears open. I've so9
one man on my CLUB who is the great
est natural hitter yOu ever saw. TINS
fellow simmons is a second I'd Dele
nanty, He hits the hall on Line al
the Tim" and he maEss them Just c!tat
the on ncl~egs Lctus. Z: simmons
proves 20 be fast IN III" outiield or ~
field OF on the bases T." Gilt $40" IN.
big league something IN the way or
hitting. tell you he is marvel WITH
tina: STICK
What about Myers, tie Indian"
was asked
We'll say" and M,Gray' !aughed
aloud That fellow Is going TO mahs
the greatest hit around New York thai!
the old town has seen FOR a long time.
In addition to betty good catcher No.
a hard hitter. Myers j. 20 chock !ul,
o. lie and ginger that he gets 10 wnn Il
'Iub up on IL. toes. |, ne gets AVA
good and makes few OF those long
hts around the Polo Grounds he Wi,
be a great drawing card
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BY BOZEMAN BULGER.
Marlin, Texas, March II

Marlin. Texas, March 10
~ III, wandering Giants with oa'
bag full Of base nts. got bacH
l to Marlin this morning at day
'lea1 and at 3 o'clock McGiaw mad
them out on the ball yard here read!
Tor F., little mole Of tie game.
F,om the way McGraw and warriors
cut up over al Dallas they must nave
been keeping something under cover FOR
long. When they did mcork hits ralned
so fast around the Texas ou'helde's
that 1t was only at rare intervals tnat
tie nome crowd got fash Of theI'
faces.
Manager MaIoney, OF Dallas, VINO
played centrefeld, declares ttat ne
took of eigh, pounds in chasing long
tits and that now he is in CONDITION
to begin with the season. "AnotheF
game with the Giants" says Maioney,
and my outfielders won't need any road
WORK to take of weight"
Getting them all together for inspe:.
ton we md tina. Mac and his men col.
lected nineteen Lifts which wen, FOR a
total OF more than thirty bases, The
main welters were MetKle. o Hava,
DOYLE, Herzos and Fletcher.
The game proved without DOUBT that
McGraH has great collection o. hit.
.ers for the coming se2so? and tina;
Marauard and Raymond ara going to oe
Of great hem In winning the next Ma
tionai League pennint, The Texas hat
tegs nisnt as We'll have tired to hit \
ghost as the big "ru0e." lie mad ts-.
7.i' speed and d :oc.a.;-.Ss SOW a..
tina, ne worked alternately. Ia mOnG
used speed principally, bat occasionally
ne would cut in WITH spit oall al.
MAKE the minor leaguers dizzy
McGraw evidently likes the town OF
Dallas, for 1t was over there that 10,
,he t'st tine lie gave his impressions OF
the team lie hiss gotten together fol
another campaign Here is what he
SAID to President Gardner OF the Dallas
, cidn.
81 hnow that have R gem In you,
S,'n tomorrow ( wanted - get rid
/ az hNH. He is 4 natural bal. player
aid No beauty .. his work Is that h.,
never has 10 te told anything ,wiIc. III,
90! air also deeply impressed w'h
Ecnny No"ers the new on,hemer. he
plays b; setall every minute ot the tIne
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Popular Lightweight Promises
10 Make Great Showing
This Time.
-OMMY MURPHY, New io,ks
most popular lightweight, gets
/ into action again 10. morrow night

tommy MURPHY New Yotks
most popular lightweight, gets
1 into action again tomorrow night
at Billy Gibson's Farmor, A, c.
"Murph" is out to prove his superiority
over owen Moran. one or Charley Her.
vey's string Of imported fighters,
When Murphy and Moran met month
or 50 ago at the NatIona' y. c. they
furnished very interesting rrd even
ten.rounl session. Those around the
ring at the time, however were ouHlF
struck by Murphys 81 anged style. HIS
old.time arsressivencss wasn't there
lie dii the clever &c. except in tie las
two rounds. when. sung once or twice
bv Moran. lie cur loose with a fine as
~ suing ror-,s-s and upper.
p''"l,"N W. ru,,..,,,.- ,,
cuts that Kept the l'''" hns''N''"'' ""
tho run. II was this .ake cnarce ar
.., ,,,,,-ys bonors wv
'c!c 'lat s',.u ''"'r' ,.,u. ,1,,o,.
didn't lie do /. earlier asked MS ad"s''
er,s
,,. >, ,o,..i,g ~ 80.
MURPHY J." e.'' -,
CVsn making. so u t''NoH''' ''' s'.''' 80
.or ,rs, VIII tie chunky Ha-,em.te &C.
'''' ,. f., lion a, mis- 90. In
3 SaEed ''e'erne>S J." ,..,
there ard 10 things stEI'. lie u" j ''eH
J. -. ss-r. c.ith one n,r,. HIS lei, was
VI 49,. ,i.-o ia r,o6e bluff al
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tspecIal 70 The Evening wo-,d =


MACON, Ga. March ia private
despatch from the Georgia weather
man hasn't frightened up the pro-
spects of the Highlanders making
much more progress in their baseball
training II has been nothing but con-
tnuous downpour of rain for the past
three days, and If the sun was to shine
to-day It would still keep tho New York.
ers inside, as the grounds would ne in
such bad condition that L would be M
possible to do any work on the bail
grounds.
However, Manager Stallings, VINO
doesn't think much Of the setUlck, is
trying to invent something which will
allow his men TO continue In their train.
ing.
Before tho Highlander manager lef,
for his farm at lIadd1ck yesterday, ne
iu'lmatel that nc would likely carry
more men than the New York club III :
had on their payroll since the American
League invaded New York Sta''rgs
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1t Is sure to be p sensational race, and
there's little doubt that the record made
by Dorando, which still stands, will he
broken. Hayes is in far better shape
and Dorando himself has improved i'm.
mensely since coming to this country,
rs he has been running races at all dis
tances from ten to twenty-siX miles dur
Ing the past three months. Lately Do
rando has shown speed over the shorter
distances nearly equal to that Of the In
vincible Shrubb.
I'll run MIN off his feet" says Hayes
Dorando only smiles.
TOE CANS showed the other night
at the National A. c. that he has
Joined the has.been class. Although
there isn't DOUBT on earth that ne
framed and allowed White 10 stay the
ten rounds, poor old Joe was leg and
arm weary himself when the finish
came.
l have received many letters asking
whether or not bets should be paid on
the fight. In my judgment decidedly
nor. In the first place It was crooked.
White was actually knocked out, and
when the referee had Couated up to
"nine" the gong was rGng 10 oreven,
the count from being finished. That
round was only two minutes and thirty
seconds long. Had not the bel been
rung White would have been out and
wagers would nave been decided on Laat
basis. Alta. that slip Of the fist Cans
was careful not to repeat and take a
chance of spelling the programme.
Aside from this Joe showed by MI.
general action that age has grabbed
him at last. II the Cans we saw was
the Cans that Battling Nelson knocked
out In twenty-onc rounds at Gonna.
must say that Nelson's feat Isn't worth
much consideration. Any fair light
weight could have duplicated the feat.
| can't keep back smile when | think
OF the care with which Packy McFar.
land mas avoided fans, refused al cEal.
lenges, and waited for chance with
Nelson. Nelson told Packev to go bea,
Cans first" and Packey thought Cans
too tough to monkey with.
At that Cans might 50 away for a
couple Of months and come back again
rejuvenatel. He's pulled Off a few OF
these spectacular stunts before re.
member seeing Cans work the all In
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ONLY A FEW OF THEM LEFT,

Here Is an interesting item NJ news which
,ronn.d out during the awarding q prizes
I, the recent Evening Wo'l iro" henipn
tournament. IN ti" Tournament OF 1900
there were ony lDN iire-neu ie,H' entered
acatnst II, this ar and tn" E,up,r" b. g.
team won he championship with gore Of
Bis pins, 'he1 regarded as record likely to
s,pnd tor maay Years. Empire ~ team
won fist place this wear with score. OF
;1U pins I'm the team were George VIII.
temson and George g. midi all that are left
Of ;ha old team. In wfich Johnny sohl. OF
he casinos. H. G. i.aDue. ROW living IN
Connecticut and Frank Brll. now the en-
lferrv IuAge Henry St:luss and LOUIS
ileins have flied the acaacies.
The evening world., 1909-03-15
Commission Decided Il.

As baseball grew in popularity and
sraduallv eVeloped into sport that Is
si','oJ in every hamlet OF the United
60 violent discussions arose as to
- reaI origin OF the game, SO widely
yariauce were the many opinions
a., three years ago II was deCided to
.noint a commission to ascertain the
"anrts concerning the origin OF baseball.
~ ,arts as set forth above are sub
s,ar,iaur the findings OF that commits
Srme whole subject was boiled down
to one direct statement which was
, ntSnsd by all members Of the board
~, was that baseball IL OF American
dr,atn and has nothing whatever TO do
u,,..,,7S the English game OF Founders"
WINE vas gned by a. @. Mills, Of
~ Work: Arthur =. German, OF Mary
;nsS formerly United States Senator
ianu mat state. Morgan G. Bulkely,
l,o, movernor and now United States
$50 ea,nr from Connecticut and frs,
sen stdant OF the National League; n. T.
Young, OF Washington, Alfred j. Reach.
~ Philadelphia, George Wright, OF
Toston, and James h. sullivan. OF New
Yam the time OF the organization o.
a.. t>nio erbocker club baseball con
! ,,,,,.d 10 flourish throughout the United
u..i II became necessary TO or
, .auize tre National League OF profes-
/ siouil boil players.
In the mean time soldiers had been
nj, ing baseball during the civil war,
and in that way Il spread throushou,
/lhe country.
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-HE or.zi, NJ .hfs ,-as. Amer can
.no-, CANA a,on. I, vs-v
i sl,,rre ,,,,,ar ,ra in.iaer.,uv
Fl. nigh, hs O. r,,eras. =, knoc, ina, #
was, IN way, connected with politics.
Dd.irE .la Harrison Presidential IN
g.i-l .E !sp great crowd had GATH
,...i ,,i.,,i, ,. ,,.,,,,..o, \. u
'''-"'. 'e ~''''-' ~ -
mere W"'e ,n''e nLEHer ot 7-.S
present nd Ahrer Doubleday, who was
,, NJ, ,...,.i.r- f,r,a-,s yo.a,, ,o,,oo, -.
YES" '''I',e ''+V' S''e1' s'"o'' ~.
BOYS a"l Who later became a genera.
IN the Tl.rd : s,as ARM. had bee-
,.,,,..,,z d.. -, 49,. ~. 60 =.
N"'"''S 'v' sever ha's on p'iN 10
ASr.r .I,W. The boys Of mat day in
America showed , s,r,n, f,vori.i,.r fo-
-. .i.'''
''"oo' 'r'''s ''l VIC" ''r| c'"id rest
.lpr t.eatHess ~ .oot. and the best
iHs.e N-le 'o'' "dSes ~ that game.
hI, instead OF touching the runner 10
,,., min, am, 49,, ,.iIa re,,,j-ad ,L,, ,.
go. ''''' $40, AZ
"'s .f A'' WIZ '''''"A oaii' lHeEe
soc I'd hasem5U.
Young Doubleday was aIso fond NJ
,,,..,. Loo, 1 ..,,,. A..
VOW" ''''' "n' ne sd" ''e oppor'uh''y
70 make the game more scientific and
Tor several nights ne worked on a new
80, at,,t-s al ,I,s ,I,,rra,, - s,,,
''' Va "'.' Wv "'"H "'' VI "e'u'
Expl5,,eL. TIE Game.
Wien NE noys as'e'n",eI that after,
noon -'H1I'Iil catered them around
anu eN'' ''t'H' - N'h Is No could ,h.,
hat thc,e mus, he four bases ninetv
feet apart ana the boys Immcdtu ely
began 10 feieE |" me game as base
ty!l, Inc name SUCK.
The, rue" maze UE Gen. Doubleday
sP'clhen thal 'ne n"', S,"lid be made
ut runner ana va a.i covered with
,eather. II mus N'isu ABOUT I'VE
ounces ana must hOt o. more than nine
il'nts IN C'I 'uUitIen'e ne weight OF
VIZ pa! tnl VIZ s,Et ol ,nP hahd We're
taken mo ,pheiuci d''"!r IN determining
ln'sr II"as r,i',,i"s ne uat was 20
nt OF ,oui" W.. an" W We USed WIN
..o'u MINUS ~ IN uh'i w pat was
lIr,l ltnuS "'e', N'tn "ala.
u" ~ o" ,hss a., hjs,a w.. 'hstn,or wa
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TACK MICHIGAN was lowering
around the outskirts OF the crowd
! Friday night. Jack came from
Philadelphia to see the champions. {"
He says that Cannon. who boxed Cy-
clone Thompson, is laid up with typhoid
fever. Jack says Cannon was sick,
but didn't tell him until the fight was
over. Michigan thinks that New York
clubs ought to have their boxers exam
ined by a reputable physician before
each match, II this lad been done Can
mons condition would have been uisuuv-
cred, and he would not have bcen al
lowed to fight.
The boys should tc examined no
doubt ~ it. In M'GU!gans own club
whore this rule is strictly adhered TO.
,h"le has never beeL an accident, and
the club las bseI running Tor many
years
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story No. 3 ON The Evolution OF
Baseball. by Boarmnn Bulger, Will
appear In The Evening World on
Wednesday,. Back numbers In this
series can he obtained by address
Ing "Circulntion Manager. Evening
World. New York" and Enclosing
n une-ccnt stamp.
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TONI GIFTS FIGHTS.

At tho Marathon \. c. stGS, C'er-
mon, averUe Rink, Brooklyn. Bert
kcyes. tie local lightweight, viii
meet johnny Frayne, tho California
fgh,er. in the main bout OF ten
rounds. 1t should be a hard-fough.
. lad, a-a gsG.s. aaG
=ood. suft runchers. Besides this
~reat bout. rhrr, will be four others
lctv cen evenly matched men.
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Murphy;s Hands O. X.
For Bout Win Moran

battling Eal.cr III, showing with
Murphy tomorrow NIGHT may decide
w,r.ii'Hr ~, 40, t,,II 10, |p,rcs
"'''"'' ~ '''' NV u Sc .'e' ''''"'''
u.,-,. ,,,I. ,----o, ,...,.,- No., =.
Pal. nv, S,.'rl, 'pp'rrtb,' o,, ,-.r -.
T,ts. 80" liz, I'G ,s, ,Strj rh ,,ra
-, ,s,,,-., TO-, ra,,, ,,,sn'y -,nnI,
,'. 1901 ~ w., -, ~ ,sT -orrIS Isri.
S,,t,t 80 .r lain, y,nty,,r h,,,
800 ,,.' a." "m'r 'usr"s Nm ~" ~. Nj ~
lm,' ',''v' W '',' ~ Hn :, ns Am AN 'e'
''''"H '''' ''7 "' '' 1'""'
r.,, -. ..h. o., r,,,vvsi,b, a,t
sar, ,,,lC,i b. r,l.7-aa Tyb,are are 10
rish, ,1 Hill, M.Ca.ue,. the Quaker CITY
10 ,'..,.,'','r ~ ~: 70 - r|Iini, al
80" v,y.,trr.... S,.,r,.rr ,,ItIn ~ phus.
3.frhi, ~, iN.ad- sn,y rigt. Tnls Vii, b.
IN. mn ,br. ,rrg nave fought. their pre-.
~, I'm, -oy.,s -.4ifroI In q y.c;o-v fyr
t...fr-i ~, n., r,--. In a !e, rggnlN
a, .-- f',lr1.0-. i. -
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Rule 20. But one SANE NOW covered
,,a allowed when a bv special ground
. Il bounds out NJ the rules. (Sea present
I'D when struck rules IS, g. 49, ~
IN lsiS he following rule VAS aided:
Rule 1.-THE PLAYER same: tSee preseh,
running TO fist iase RUE db)
vas out /! the n.ll
vas held h an al
rarsary on that base
oefore the runner
cached 1t. but iIs
applies to first base
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Game has No: Changed. .

y comparison Of the rules formuls,e,,
In lNj which follow, aud those Of l9u,
snow that the UNDERLYING principles o,
the game have changed very little;
~ 1915. IL ,lns
The evening world., 1909-03-15

Johnny month doing regular
work The only difference is that the
Marathon Mike Murphys coaching while
Ernie Hbeg conditioned him this time Ernie he's satisfied
with the results his and that will
from the Hayes who Dorando lost him
from
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dodge" half dozen years ago and &c,
away with It, too. Still this time /,
looks genuine
Nelson had better get into the ring
again before long II he doesn't he may
find that age has grabbed him" too.
AS for TIE National A. c., the all
champions programme doesn't seem to
oe producing results. II would be better
10 infuse little new life and let the
dead ones rest In peace.
The evening world., 1909-03-15

KTET Terry McGovern after the
N Gans-White fizzle Terry was
looking fine, Told me he was
training again. What you, too" |
said. Terry grInned
No. he replied, Tin not thinking
OF fighting again. I've had my turn
I'm just getting into shape to play q
little ball this summer, and I'm going
to train Phillle, too. Philie is a penu.
Inc bantam-Welght, and he's as good as |
used to be when | was a little fellow
Hes been giving away weight. and
beating them just the same. He beat
TINS coon that Abe Attell beat the other
night. He's been cleaning them up over
IN Philadelphia. see that Couin calls
himself the champion. but won't fight
anybody at the bantam-weight limit Of
ll6 pounds. That's the weight | won
the title at with Palmer, and ! guess il
still stands, III mstcl PhIllie against
him at that weight ana put UP 1900 as
side bet. Put that in the paper, will
YOU? II goes"
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IA aiding Nelson. H.' showing with
Murphy tomorrow night may decide
whether or not he'll SCI Ina, chance.
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Practically The same.
except that a S,lr.r
mas been pToyltai 10
~ prl ne game.
Sc present Rues
u. ~ and SCI
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Practically the sane.
'see present rule oJ)
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JOHNNY HAYES'S
CHANCE TOCOME
BACK TONIGHT
American Runner, Faithfully Trained
for Third Race with Dorando
Pietri, Says He Is Fit. Italian
Thinks Differently.

THERE'S as much sentiment
connected with the Marathon
between Johnny Hayes and
Dorando Pietri tonight as there was
with the race in the Garden months
ago. 1t is little Johnny Hayes's at
tempt to come back" and prove that
his great winning over in London
was no duke.
Dorando and Hayes met in a pro.
fessional race when Dorando first
came to America Hayes went in
without training, practically, think
ing that he could win easily. He had
surprise; yet he plugged along dog
gedly at the heels Of the bounding
Italian, and finished the &c miles 3S5
yards only 60 or so yards behind.
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{ . n derab Is
chlnrgi. The nv
kniI'e vas not fully
ettao. shed until iSEi
ana me foul H."
va, modified in 70.
cent Eeais. tSoe pres
ont rules 10 asl so
SINE. See plesept
ru'es ". 30 Il. :,
~ % and ~
The Washington times., 1909-04-03

Georgetown meets Cornell tOay in the
first series of two games on the home
field at o'clock. The second game is
billed for Monday afternoon
The rivalry existing between the two
teams is keen as a result of the<close
game played here last season, when
Georgetown won in the tenth inning on
"Dukey'' Mess triple, with one man on
base.
COrnelTs team this year is probably
stronger than last seasons aggregation
The addition of GOOdwillie to he pitch
ing staff greatly increases the chance
Of the visitors. Two years ago, Good
willie was considered one of the hest
college pitchers In the country, alter
mating with the famous Deshong. Last
season CorneI's 1903 star did not par
ucipate in the spring games
IL IS probable that Harry Devine, the
crack southpaw, will go TO the rubber
today. Devine has rounded to shape
rapidly the past week and seems tc be
in Just as good condition now as when
ne held Pennsylvania hitless for nine
innings last season. Tom" Cantweil
viii more than likely pitch the final
Cornell game. and If the big fellow
does 20 to the mound. the Georgetown
rooters already see visions Of victory.
The veteran twirler is in prime con
dition.
The Washington times., 1909-04-03
TIMELY HITS FACTOR
IN GEORGETOWN GAME
Notable Feature of Teams Work Is Ability to Connect
When Bingles Are Needed Sue
cumbs After Second Session.

Timely bingles with men on the bases
teiIs the tale Of Georgetown's defeat
OF the crack Penn State aggregation
yesterday at Georgetown Field by s
TO j.
Ihe contest was long drawn cut af-
I''lr and proved interesting only in
spots Balzer, the youngster pitcher
VINO is creating so much favorable COM
ment by his work on the slab. twirIed
Tor Georgetown. Except in one inning
ne held the visitors safe. Hazy wealth
er linked with his wonderful speed was
combination hard to beat. His per
IoiIhance was much better than the
score indicates In the sixth the yisi-
tors made their only telling attempt to
Iahd the game. In that inning two
singles. double, and a trfple seriously
threatened the lead OF the hultoppers.
AFTER that the Quakers were unable to
connect with the lanky young phenom.
georgetown clinched the game bv scor-
ing two runs in the next session.
OLeary' who started the game for
The Washington times., 1909-04-03

Penn State. lasted but two innings.
Georgetown scored in tire opener.
Schlafy singled, went to second on a
sacrifice, to third on an out. and scored
on McDonald's wallOp past third. Again
in the second, the hnltOppers took
kindly to the visitors curves and when
the smoke cleared the local Collegians
had five-run margin. Exit O'Leary.
Skemp. who supplanted him, was a trifie
wild at times. but pitched q creditabIe
game. which. with fair support he
would have won
He was unsteady in the fourth After
tanning Murphy and Schlafiy, he passed
simon and Mayock. and then invited
the calamity by shooting a straight one
shoulder high to Cy Mcdonald 1t land
cd beyond the batting cage in deep left
Both men on the bases tailed and Nc
Donald reached third.
A Wld heaVe by the visiting catcher
~ the seventh Vas responsible for the
last score for Georgetown A feature
which has marked the work OF the
georgetown team in it's games so far
this season Is its hitting in pinches- An
occasion 10 bingie at critical times has
not yet materalized which the Blue
and Gray batters have missed.
The Washington times., 1909-04-03
SCHILLING
SPURNS BIG BRIBE
Stewards at Santa Anita
Track Exonerate Boy
From Serious Charge.

Los ANGELES, April 3.-Jockey
Schilling is an honest race track rider.
That much was demonstrated at the
Santa Anita track, when II was proved
to the satisfaction Of the stewards that
he had refused an offer Of $500 to pull
a horse, the property Of his employer.
This favorable testimony IN behalf Of
the lad was brought out in an investiga-
ton over the charges that he had pull
Cd horses L was shown that SchiI-
Ing. far from being a "strong-armed
jockey was worthy OF the confidence
Of R / Thomas, his employer, and
other horsemen.
Instead OF accepting the bribe. SchiII-
ing Informed the trainer Of the horse.
To protect the good name OF the jockey
the trainer had the horse barred from
the race