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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19
DIRECTORS:

William A. Engel,
Harry Frirdlander,
Albert s. Galley.
Ashley Nj. Gould,
Samuel Hart,
Louis j. Jackson
Harry King.
Phillip King,
John c. Let's.
Joseph H. Milans,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
FORD LEADERS
REACH ST. LOUIS
Leave for Kansas City With Clean
Margin Over All Rival Racing
Autos With One Exception.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June THE two
Ford cars in the coast-to-coast auto
mobile race reached st. Louis early
today. The driver OF the Acme car Is
here, but his machine was left several
miles ontside the city where II had
met a slight accident. II is expected
that Il will be in by noon, when all
three cars will start for Kansas City,
CHICAGO, June THE Italia, one
OF the automobiles in the New York
Seattle automobile race left here to-
day for st. Louis. Four Of the contest.
ants left here yesterday after resting
Saturday night The two Ford run.
abouts departed at nine yesterday
morning while the Acme and Shawmut
entries left at / o'clock in the after.
noon. The Acme and Shawmut are
running three hours behind the Ford
cars. owing 10 penalties imposed on
time lost on the dash from Buffalo.
The Italia arrived here yesterday
morning at 8 so.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
mo WAGERING ON
kETCHEL-0' BR|EN
Philadelphia sports, Including
0'Brien Himself, Seem to Be Very
Wary of Result of Bout.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. June S.-Tho
advance sale of seats for the Stanley
KetchelJack O'Briep six-round 90 At
the National club tomorrow night Is
not sol arge as for the recent bout be
tween O'Brien and Johnson, but &C
cording to the promoters there will be
a good gate by the time The men get
together.
O'Brien Is trained To the minute.
He Is at King OF Prussia Inn, where
he recently took on kid" CANNON
for a few rounds and In a statement
today declared he was never In better
shape In his life He has told his
friends he is sure to get the decision
over Ketchel but he is not betting
any real money on this proposition.
Ketchel is still in New York, he will
come over in the morning. In letter
this morning he declares that he In
tends 10 20 at O'Brien from the ring
ing Of the bell and expects to put him
away within the six rounds. There Is
no betting on the scra.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
CAN T|LLON GETS
SHORT END AGAIN
Now Conceded That Sox Skinned
Him Badly in Deal by Which He
Snapped Burns for Three.

II one manager ever stlng another
manager. BILLY" Sullivan stung Joe
Cartillon when he turned "Jigs" Dono-
hue. Nicholas Altrock and Homer Cra-
vath over 10 the Washington skipper
In exchange for Southpaw Burns. Cra-
vath worked in couple OF games for
Cantiilon. Then Joe asked waivers on
him. When they were secured he
turned the Californian over TO the Min
neapolis (American association club.
Cantillon tried out Altrock. Detroit
knocked him out in a jilfy. Waivers
have also been asked on Handsome
Nick
Donohue. too. IL is reported. is to be
let out An American league manager
has IL that Washington has asked waiv-
ers on "Jigs" Donohue is reported
TO have slowed up badly and not max
ing any of those clever fielding plays
he formerly turned for the White Sox.
so il looks as II Cantillon won't retain
a single player he secured from Chica-
go, while Burns, Of course. will stick
with the Sox. What's more. Billyam
ought TO be a regular winner as soon
as he gets next TO Chicago's article OF
play
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Boston Still Raging
OOer the Rough TgeS

the visiting Tigers made the To-
calls easy for Jennings men.
And meanwhile the players on
the Detroit bench. men who were
taking no part in the game. were
urging their fellow-Tigers to
Jump on them" and tear them
up Reckless of what injuries
they might cause the Boston men
they continually advised the De-
troit players when they were on
the bases TO use every means. fair
or foul. TO down the game but
crippled Red Sox team.
But Tim Murnane. the veteran writ
er OF the Boston Globe and supposed
~ the mouthpiece of the Boston clu
where was Tim all this time?
But one remark appears in the Co
umns where he holds sway and her
II Is
The Tigers did not play any
thing but hard baseball and the
kind II takes nerve TO stop.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Ti2uS' lie" Leaves 4
Trail Of Dazled Ives

NEW YORK, June S.-When the De
troit team, American league cham
pions, assemble in the lobby OF their
hotel. or promenade en- rasse along
the metropolitan highways IT the even
ing. the electric lights go out OF com
mission.
You'd imagine the wholesale jewel
ers or the ancient and honorable asso-
citation of hotel clerks were in session
when the athletes loom up. The ice
bergs they wear shine like thousand
candle power searchlights on clear
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Yale Crew Moves TO Course.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June Lin.
bering up with a light sprint today,
Yale oarsmen completed their rowing
at home for the season and baggage
was packed for departure to Gales
Ferry. where the crew will remain
until the regatta with Harvard. July
/. All three crews and eight substt-
tutes Will be taken. AS now rowing
and az probably picked tor the race
with Harvard, the Yale eight is as fol-
lows: Stroke. Wallis; No. :. Van Blar-
com; No s. Capt. Howe; No. 5. Bark
er; No. 4, Frost; No. 8. Wcdell; No. 2,
Glenny; bow, Rice, coxswain. Cass.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Snow on Approved List.

CHICAGO. June THE members OF
the conference COMMITTEES on football
officials at Bartlett gymnasium chose
tentative list Of officials for this fail.
Prof. A. G. Smith. chairman OF the
committee, announced that the names
suggested would be acted upon at a
later meeting. Following are the OF.
ficials in the preliminary list: Snow.
Michigan; Wrenn, Harvard: Kelley.
Princeton; Flaeger. Northwestern /.
Capt. King, West Point; Jameson
Purdue; Estaway. Purdue;s White,
Illinois
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS
IN THE LEAGUE RACE

New York worked into second
place when the Tigers were held
10 four hits by Manning.
'rhe Athletics were unable 10
stop Cle7eland. Plank being batted
out OF the box while Berger. on
whom waivers were recently ask
ed, was invincible.
Boston had no trouble this time
with Graham and won for Are
lanes, though Cicotte pitched the
last five innings, after Boston had
established the lead.
Walsh held the Washington club
To FIVE hits and won a shut-out.
Gray opposing Mcbride at short
stop contributed three errors.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

further corroboration let him only
ask his Utmost soul these questions;
First-How many OF the Tigers who
have persisted on these long chances
would have scored. had they played II
conservatively?
Second-How many games have
been lost by the alleged wild base
running, and how many won?
Thlrd-What use is man on third
base after three are out?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
t|beIte|d Rates TigS
flu(h Better Than Re5t

NEW YORK, June kid"
Elberfeld, the Yankees third
baseman. does not figure that
any OF the western teams. ex-
ceptlng Detroit, will land In the
first division this year. He be-
lieves that the present eastern
trips OF the western division will
prove this, as he does not look
FOR Cleveland. st. Louis or Chi
cago TO win many games on the
trip.
The eastern teams have ad-
vanced In class since last year.
while the western teams, bar
ring Detroit. have deteriorated,"
says the Tobasco one. Tho
eastern teams beat them in the
west. and they should make even
better showing when they
come east. OF course, Detroit
has a splendid team and will
always be hard To beat. but even
the Tigers are apt 10 have their
troubles this trip"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
TEST FOR GARDNER.
Alleged Welterweieht viii Make 142
Pounds for This Go.

FOunuS Tor MS 10.
BOSTON, Mass, June Whether
Jimmy Gardner and Tommy Quill
have any right TO claim TO be welter-
weights and TO box for the title will
be determined tomorrow night. They
are 10 box II rounds here tomorrow
night, and their agreements call for
them 10 weigh in at 142 pounds. Both
boxers claim that they are now at the
weight and will have no trouble in
keeping there. but ii is the impression
of many OF the fans that Gardner will
not be strong IL he does make the
, weight.
On the other hand, Gardeners
| friends assert Quill will have his trou-
BILE keeping 10 the weight. but Jack
Desmond. who is training Quill at
Northboro for the event. writes that
| Quill will be as strong as an OK at
the weight and TO look for a surprise.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
BADGER TRIP RATIFIED.
Baseball Team Will Make Trip &C
Japan in September, as Planned.

MADISON. Wis. June s.-The Wis
consin university faculty has voted
unanimously to send the baseball team
TO Japan, for a l2-game series with the
Keio university Of Toxic In September
Charles Mccarthy, former assistant
football coach. will accompany the
team as faculty representative.
The players must be bona'fide stu
cents al the university with the usual
requirement as 10 scholastic standing
The FIRST game will be played Sept. IL
and the players must be back by
Nov. 2.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
HeraIds Split for Game

In a smuggling match at the Olds
Motor grounds two picked teams Of
the Heralds INDUCED in An interest
ing battle, the aggregation captained
by B. Mcclure proving victorious over
the selections of r. Shields. by score
of Is TO IA.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
scuIler Greer Now Tralninq.

Frank Greer, the American rowing
champion, has recovered from the ef'
fects OF a surgical operation and is
training hard for the annual meeting
at Detroit II is said he will enter the
professional ranks right after the ma
tional regatta, in order TO meet Dur
nall the Canadian champion and
nephew Of the noted Edward Hanlon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

night and represent enough cash TO
pay off several town debts.
Claude Rossman wears more of the
rocks than any other Tiger. He sports
a cluster of three carat stones In his
scarf and another on his hand that
makes every dip he passes shake like
a man with chills and ague. And the
others are not far behind the big first
sacker The champions have the dia-
mond habit and they light up the
reighborhooi when they stand in the
sun or saunter along under the cleo
trio lights.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

Two-base hits--Kleinow. Schaefer.
Three base hlt-Cree. Sacrifice hit
Morlarty Stolen base-Englo. Left on
bases-Detroit New York T. First
base on errors-Detroit , Double
plays-Elberfeld Kleinow. Laporte and
Kleinow. Schaefer. Bush and Moriarty:
Chase and Elberfeid; BeckendOrf and
O'Leary. Struck out--By Manning ;.
by Summers g. by Works /. First base
on balls-On Manning ?. OF Summers
A. wild pitch--Summcrs. Hits--On
Summers 10 I'm innings. of Works
in inning. Time--1:47 Empires
Evans and Perrine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
WILL SEND OARSMEN.

Springfield Club viii Enter Doubles
and Singles Here.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, June the
Springfield Boat club has decided 10
enter a double and single for ire
national regatta in Detroit. p. L.
Bresnahan and Maurice Fitzgerald
will be the pair in the doubles for the
intermediate event and Alexander War
neck will be sent in the association
singles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Harry Slower Dead.

Harry Slower, weli-known horse
man, died at Salt Lake City. He was
worth a quarter Of million.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

Yesterday Results.
New York 5. Detroit l.
Chicago 3, Washington 0.
Boston s, st. Louis Z.
Cleveland 3. Athletics I.
Todsy's Games.
Detroit at New York.
Sd. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at Washington.
cleveland at Philadelphia
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
KID Team Wants Games.

Eastern Tigers want games against
any i1-year-old teams. Address Louis
Miller. 800 Maple-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Fans Get Peevish.

~ In every one OF the three games that
& the Tigers have lost on the trip, the
r inns inhabiting the local stations at
Iwhich ringside returns are received
Ave criticized the team for taking
Hances. on the base lines. Yesterday
tas one OF those occasions. Three
nen were nailed at the plate trying
IS score on scant provocation, and
~ fans were short-sightedly sore.
The Jennings Cobb policy OF playing
Ih& long chance on the base lines has
len IA operation locally for three sea-
nnuo, and has been resultant of two
<onnants with the team comfortably
80 the lead in the race for third. And
TN the Detroit public has been un-
nc 10 reconcile itself TO this style
<of play. on the few occasions when
~ does 20 wrong. After the Tigers
lave won q dozen pennants by this
oYstem OF pIay-providing that such a
X benencent result is possible. and adj
hitting Il solely for the possibility OF
(. 11lustratiou--there would probably be
IL evidence a few croakers who would
rise up on some occasion when the
chance went wrong. and proclaim that
\ flie runner who was the victim, should
Is fned for attempting to register
run on such narrow chance of sue
ce4a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE.
STANDING.
Yesterday Results.

Yesterday Results.
Flint 10. Saginaw :.
Rain elsewhere
Today'- Games.
Rav city at Jackson.
Saginaw az kaZoo.
Battle Creek az Lansing
Adrian at Flint.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Nesterdn,,- Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Cincinnati 8. Boston /.
Brooklyn >. ST. Louis o.
Pittsburg 4. Phillics 3.
Rain at Chicago.
Today's Games.
Phillies at PittsburR.
Boston AZ Cincinnati.
. New York at Chicago
Brooklyn at ST. Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Sporting Notes

Detroit college pulls on Its annual neId
day at Bots Blanc today.
Jackson occupies first place this morn
ing In the South Michigan.
Ed Kenyon. with the DromOre Farm
stable. Is at the state Fair track
Frank Il. Nelson. the pole-ynulter, is
Yale's new captain He Is Detroiter.
.
john Lindsay, of the Good Lucks, u on
for Winchester Ky. where he has a
position offered him In the X. !. T.
league al shortstop.
A semI-offi ciaI statement from secre-
tary Glass has 10 that Manager
Cassell. % the Adrian South Michi-
gan team. IL to be suspended per-
manently from the field and bench
for rowing with Umpire Gilbert
Grand Trunk Railway System.
Sunday, June 10.
Orchard Lake ............... so
Walled Lake. ......... so
Lakeland ................... 10
Jackson ................. LOO
p. o. G. n. r..
All Points. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l.50
Special Train 1880 a. m.
Advance sale at City Ticket once.
1924 Woodward-ave Telephone. NJ. 80
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
eut When II succeeds--

Yet these same croakers are among
the loudest In praise OF one or the
Tigers who takes one of those chances
and gets away with II. often drawing
wild heave which allows, some other
runner 10 advance a couple of bases
And. more often than not. completely
destroyfng the aplomb Of the perspir-
me pitcher who. after doing his hum
Me best. Is naturally shaken by the
. nynptofns OF hysteria in HIS support.
pfyond all question base running
Mas been the most salient factor In
nc Detroit successes. To the base
I'll world in general. the Tigers are
bunch OF sluggers. pure and simple.
hat they are normally hard-hitting
<eam IN to be conceded without argu-
menf Just how many OF these hits
have been the result of the despera-
- Of the opposing pitchers is an un-
nDvN ooantity. however. To the
olert al baseball this factor is real
~ salient one of the Jennings sue
la rkI.k rhess Over
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
|ElBeF8 FDUR hits
'Dl4AlR. MANNING
TIGERS LOSE
Eddie Summers Blames His Invisible
Aldermanic Waist-Line for the
Few Defeats He Has
Sustained.
Fans Who Condemn the Tigers FOL
Taking Chances On the Paths
Should Indulge in Retrospection.
Nv PAUL n. 6RUskE.

Opposed by personally mascotted.
unbeaten pitcher, the Tigers opened
their series In New York yesterday
by dropping a very one-sided game
10 the Stallings aggregation. thus Civ.
ing Eddie Summers his third defeat
out of nine appearances in the box,
and enabling the lowly tail-enders OF
last years race to work their way into
second position, where it is now In
their power TO pass the Tigers in the
three more games TO be played In the
metropolis. provided the Champs lose
them all.
That is the way, at any rate. that
they are doping 1t In New York. On
the other, hand Detroit bugs refuse to
kregara the New York team as serious
contenders for the flag, and would pre-
fer seeing them in a threatening posi-
tion than any other club in the league
with the possible exception OF Wash
IN fnn
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
caIesthenics for Summers.

Beyond doubt Eddie Summers fol-
lowed up his losing game by renew
ed zeal in the department of home
calesthenics. Such at any rate has
been his habit on similar occasions
this year. Eddie believes he is too
tat. All season he has been worrying
over his increase In weight and. after
his failure here to stop the Athletics
he asked and received from Trainer
Tuthill a long series of physical exer-
cises tending 10 reduce the weight at
the points where il seemed TO be In
creasing.
To those who know Summers tall.
tooth-pick frame. his anxiety over ex-
ira weight would appear superfiuous.
!. But he Is i'm earnest about II. and VIII
not be content until his slender, sylph-
like waist is regained. In the mean
time, however. he has won six out OF
the nine games he has twirled, so the
weight-acquisition is not fatal at any
rate
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

STANDING.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

STANDING
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08

ruthless spirit manifested by
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-08
Mannjna in Form.

Manning. who twirled the game for
New York, was making his first start
against the Tigers. His curve ball
was as effective as in former seasons
and the fact that Stallings Is not max
+ ing as much use OF him as Griffith did
seems to agree better with the twirl
er's peculiar, arm-snapping delivery
Four hits he allowed, Mcintyre, Craw
ford. Cobb and Schaefer getting one
each. On the other hand. Summers
was spanked for punches In two
stages and the combat and gave way
to Works ne the end. the latter allow
ing no more scoring. Keller, Cree
and Engle were the chief murderers
The score was 5 to 1.
Schaefcr was back at second base
and felded nicely. Rossman batted
for Summers in the eighth and sent a
sharp ground ball to Manning. Beck
endorf was injected into the proceed
ings with Works and his New York
friends pulled OF presentation which
Included suit case. a travelling set
and some other debris.
Jennings would like to send Wild
Bill Donovan to the mound today, and
{. will probably do 50 II Bill Is right
4 Willett and Suggs are the other posi-
bflities. In all probability the Tigers
& Will have to face Wilson, the 1.-the lit
tie left-hander. Up to date the east
orn series has been an even break for
s the men OF Jennings, though the
Games played In Chicago after their
y departure from their home ball yard
< still leave them with margin OF two
more victories than defeats as the
summary OF the whole trip up TO date
And washington is still ahead
Evening star., 1909-06-06
ZEPPELIN.

From the Providence Evening Bulletin
The chief difficulty with Count Yep
pelin's airship seems to be not in the
going. but in the stopping.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
Zeppelin's latest feat will be apt to give
England the cold shivers. for she will not
stop to think that the gasbag is wholly
out OF date and wholly hazardous.
From the Columbia State
The talented and indomitable Zeppelin.
premier navigator OF the air, now seems
to be getting what the sporting fraternity
calls IAN even break" First he breaks
a record and then an airship.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
Wonder what kind of tree 1t was that
spiked Zeppelin's airship? It's certainly
not poplar.
From the Newark News.
Well. that Zeppelin airship didn't have
to be towed back to the garage, any
way.
From the Detroit Journal.
Count Zeppelin seems to have broken
the airship record all right-but what s
that In this day OF aeroplanes and the
Wright brothers.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Zeppelin went up pretty high. but he
appears to have seen nothing OF our old
friend beefsteak.
FEom the Detroit Free Press
Some day. maybe. Count Zeppelin will
make long distance flight without hav-
Ing his machine wrecked afterward.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

cess Of Judge Taft In the White House
And SO when the 4th OF March came he
took leave Of office and returned to the
practice OF law
Is next year too early for a thorough
reaction In Ohio in Mr.. Foraker's favor1
Mr.. Roosevelt's feelings toward him prob
ably no longer count. President Taft has
not adopted his predecessors personal
hostilities. number of public men now
call and are cordially received at the
White House who remained away during
Mr.. Roosevelts stay there, and Mr.. Till
man has recently dined there. But the
other matters entering into the case
against Mr.. Foraker at home are not so
easy of adjustment.
Vindication might lie through, but could
not lie in. the governorship Mr.. Fora
ker lost his fight in the Senate, and 1t is
to that body his friends really desire to
see him returned. If elected governor
he might utilize the prestige of that sue
cess to push on to the Senate; and once
more in that arena he would feel comfort
able, and in a way triumphant
But a race for governor between Mr..
Foraker and Gov. Harmon. who will prob
ably be renominated. would wake up the
Buckeye state from Lake Erie to the
Ohio river. They are old neighbors and
personal friends. Both are lawyers of the
first class. Mr.. Foraker early interested
himself in politics and has had great
success. while Gov. Harmon Is just now
holding his first political office by cleo
ton. A Joint debate would bring out the
people in all sections by the thousands.