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The Washington herald., 1909-05-02

The Chevy Chase Golf Club is expert
enciug the best season in years as a re-
suit Of the exceHen; condition OF the
course and the Increased interest mani
tested by the members Of the club.
Few golfers are aware Of the fact that
the links have been completely over
hauled and numerous changes made in
the courses between the various links. In
many places new pits have been added.
mounds have been rebuilt, bunkers have
been deepened. traps and side mounds
added. and positions Of tees changed
Changes Effected.
The following is q summary Of the
changes that have been made during the
last few months.
No I course remains the same
No. has had pit added On the drive 20 TIE
night near the fifteenth prttiHg green. also 3 DIT
added 70 the right q Ne. green, dividing line Of
fifteenth couTse
No. has had two pits added. oue to right and
oue 10 left az putin zEee1-
No. has had mound rebuilt present bunker
deeDsned. and three news pits for over approach
sh0-.
No. remains the sane.
No. has had present pits depend and two
new traps added 20 rght and left q putting geen.
No has had Two side mounds added OF cToss
bunker On drive.
No. remains the sane
No. has had ditch N front green stepped, max
inE a perfect water hazard
No. % has had bunkers added al around. making
the appr0soa 20 reen very Eood one.
No Il has had croSs bunker added the 80
ord shos-
No. e has had two new sde wings added and
mound n center approach rsised.
No q has had nnound on secoud shot taken down
and trap placed across pair gTeen nesrer the hole
two PITS: rght ard ieft q second shot have been
deerened; also Two extra trzps TO left u green.
No y remains the sane
No. 3 has had pits IN fTcut ef green's decpened
and cross mound raised completely, guarding the
green for third shot
No Is remains the SINE.
No Il remains the same.
No E-Tee has been carried hack thirty yards.
Results of Matches.
Play continued IN the handicap against
par match on the slinks yesterday after
noon Close competition resulted and
many creditsble scores were registered.
In the first round Allan Lard again
carried away the honors. ". F. Ham
finished first against a large field IN
class B. The results follow:
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MINOR LEAGUES.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

At DeuTsr-Dsuver. 6; Omaha ;
At wichisa-Wichita. 4; Sioux City, :
At Toress-Topeks. 6: Lzncoln. s
At Pusbio-Pueblo. 3: Des Aaiaes, 4.
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CENTRAL Wins MEET
Local School Takes HOnorS
in Georgetown Games.
EVENTS ARE WELL CONTESTED

Central Relay Four Substantiafes
Claim 10 Southern Scholastic Title
By winning Handny from BaIti7
more City College and Georgetown
Preps-GaIIaudet Easy Winner.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
TRI-sTATE LEAGuE.

At Louirzille--LouiTille. 5; Tndiaaapolis. L
AZ Coluntsss-Coiunlhais. &, Ioleso. :.
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Rain. HaIts Eastern Learue.

New York. May I-AIl Eastern League
games for to-day we're postponed on ac-
count o. rain or vet grounds
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Jeanette knocks out Scales.

Paris. May LIN match here tonight
Joe Jeannette. the pugiiist. knocked ont
jack Scales II the first round
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LYNCHBURG DEFEATED.
Norfolk Takes Advantage of Costly
Errors.

Special to The washington Rs-zh.
Lynchburg, Va, May Norfolk de-
feated the Iecais to-dsy-5 to sin a game
played in November weather before q
small crowd Billiard was elective. but
wild. and his wildness was costly. as
were several stupid infeld plays. The
shoemakers outbatted the Crew. earning
al three Of their runs. Score;
RH.E
ynessifrirz............. oao2seoe SIS ?
Norfolk k-....-..-.-.-... Q eS o
Bat,sries-Bilia-d an6 CsnI: otsy and Chandler.
UmpiTe-Air. Black. AtteniaEce-5ea,
At Portsmouth = Portsmouth -Danville.
Game postponed; rain.
Norfolk. Va. May 1.-The game sched-
uled this afternoon between the North
The Washington herald., 1909-05-02

TWO-bass hits-Phsips. Byrne. MoErsy Ksrrpr
Aatrgy. Taree-hsse hit-ReiIiy. Bzses On haus-OH
KsrEer 3; Of Casper. ., Of Rhodes. ;, cE Moore. !
Struck out-By ksrees .: hy Rhodes. 4 Umudres-
NessTs. Kane and Klem- Time q gsr1e-z hours
and 2 Minutes Attendsnce-iDa
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COLLEGE CANES.

At Princeton. n J.-Princeton- Syracuse. rain
AZ Pr0Tidence-CaTliSle-Br rain
At PhilaSelrhi -FillanOva-NoTth Carolina, vet
grounds.
At Wcrcester- Dartmouth Holy Cross. rain
At CanhridEe-Fordhsm- Harvard raiu
At New HsTea-Yaie-P Pennsylvania. rsin.
At Knozvilie-First game: tennessee University.
10; Vanderbilt University. g. Second games Ten
nsssee University, s; Vanderbilt Unirs-sity L
At ANNAPOLIS RH.E
UniE. Of w.Ys...a. 0eae4 os2iT4 II
NaFy...-------.-.-.-... 0 oeIB a-s 4
Bstteries-Blanks and Merrill; Lsmrhere and
Hsmbsch.
AT ANNAPOLIS RHE
]. Hopkins F-esh'n. F0e6 69oe-4 4 g
St. Johns Reserves G3I1 x-is 3
Bsttsries-HsmerisS. Thomas. Wilson, and Brown
Wilson and Dickiasoa.
AT DURHAsI. y c. RH.E
Rsleieh.---...-....-.. sosse ssieI : i
Trinity g-..............-. Q % eoee8 90 2 5
BattsEiss-AIcaIanrs and Irwin; Can't sad FIow-
Ez
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At Portsmouth = Portsmouth-Danville.
anne postponed; rain.
Roanoke Defeat. Richmond.
,-ial .e he ws.bins.oo H,7H

SPecial tc The Washington HersH.
Richmond. Va, May Roanoke won
from Richmond this afternoon In the
ninth inning by a score Of I 10 O. This is
the first game the champions Of last year
have lost tbs season Neither side had
scored when in the ninth Roanoke came
together with batting s:reak which
landed four runs. Score
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COURSE OYERHAULED
Chevy Chase Club Links the
Scene of Reformation.
MANY NOTABLE CHANGES MADE

New Pits Added. Mounds Rebuilt,
Traps and side Mounds Added.
Positions of Tees Changed. and
Entire Course Put in Excellent
ConditiOn-PIav Continues.
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Batteriss-v. NJ /. Bentley. Ainselsr. CHAPMAN
and Beaucasnp: Central Weber, Diedcry. sud
vaa,- Strlck out-By Beztiey. :: b. Mossley. 2.
b Weber. 1: by Dieds-5. s
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Y. n. l. Defeated.
- b = WasI.agtoa e.

spec7al o he v ssllins-oa heTala-
Lexington. Va. Nay I-Central Uni
versity OF Kentucky to-day defeated vir-
ginia Military Institute. Il TO 9. in a pretty
game played in stiff breeze Score.
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Trinity College Lone..
,ecial 70 ne washington Herald.

S1ec1sl 70 he Washington Herald
Durham, N C., May The Raleigh
professionals easily shut out Trinity this
afternoon in q game, 70 O The locals
were unable 10 hit McMsnus. Score:
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A.IaAasssa-RaassE. 8 60. :
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west Virginia Defeats yavy.

a. AraaDolis-west Virginia. :; Navz. a
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Bafssries-Billiard an6 CSuI; otsy and Chandle
UmpiTe-AIr Black Atteniance-5ea.
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Changes Effected.

The following is a summary Of the
changes that have been made during the
last few months.
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Cincinnati Q 02oe 2s
s. Louis oaoooa IL
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

EE McCLUNG, who played half
Il back on the invincible Yale foot
ball team of 1891, has been selected
by President Taft to succeed Charles
H. Treat as treasurer of the United
States. Mr.. McClung, who is treas
urer of Yale university, took up his
work in Washington November 1.
Through his work at Yale Mr.. Nc
Clung has been obliged to make New
Haven his temporary residence, but
his home is in Knoxville, Tenn. Be-
sides doing important work in connec-
tion with the finances of Yale, Mr..
McClung has had other valuable ex.
periences in financial matters, having
been connected with the Southern
railway for time and also other en-
terprises In his native state.
MIR. McClung was probably one of
the greatest half backs in college foot
ball. playing on the Yale team at the
same time as the famous Heffelhnger.
1t was largely due to the work of Nc
Clung and Heffelfinger that Yale went
through the entire season of 1891
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

HE world do move. The liquor deal
ers of Washington are engaged in
a reform as is reform, say what you
will or may. They propose to have
liquor vended in the national capital
in perfectly ladylike way, and it
please you the Retail Liquor Dealers
association is at the head of the re-
form.
Among the important features sug-
gested as the future policy of the Re-
form Liquor Dealers association are
the strict observance of the regula-
tions now in force by the excise board,
the partial elimination of the "growl.
er," nothing to be sold in this form to
wagon drivers or other passers-by;
the doing away with the free lunch,
except screened bowl of cheese and
crackers, the free lunch being an un.
warranted competition to regularly.
licensed restaurants and cafes and at
the same time calculated to be insani.
tary and means of transmitting dis.
ease; the discontinuance of "cut
prices" and brazen competitions; the
doing away with large signs, and the
removal of all kegs piled up in front
OF saloons as an advertisement of the
volume of business being done.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
All of Their IL Children Born on Water

son & Downs of l Broadway.
When seen on his boat Capt. We'd.
ders was seated on the back porch"
Surrounding him were a dozen or
more captains of other barges moored
near by, as we'll as several of the d.
rectorate of the power house of the
immigration bureau.
"Yes," said Capt. Vedders. I'm the
man. They're doing fine. It's a boy
and we're going to name him Freder-
lex Ellis Vedders, just to show how
much we think of this island.
"Why, Of course, I'm not at all
bashful. I've had IL of 'em, all born
on either coal or ice boats, and, bar
ring two who died when they were ba-
bies, they never saw the inside of a
drug store or had a doctor at their
tongues.
my youngsters have been the hus-
ktest lot you ever saw. The three
oldest girls married barge captains
themselves, and the two oldest boys
have got their own boats now. Funny
thing, too, we're all working for the
same firm.'
"Say, pa," interjected James Ved-
ders, aged ~, Frank got sick once
and ma had to give him some medi.
cine"
Yes, KID" replied his father, "but
that was because your mother took
him of safe canal boat and went up
on one of those risky merry-go-rounds
in Central park.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Lacked Confidence in the Weather Man

their farms and ranches by the wealth.
er bureau reports. Early in the morn
ing senators and representatives be-
gin studying the weather bureau maps.
If the reports of the weather from the
section in. which they live show that
rain is impending in harvest time, q
large force is ordered to work, by
wire, and the manager told to hustle.
If hay is to be cut and the weather
bureau reports say Storm" the hay
is not cut, but by wire the manager Of
the farm or ranch is ordered to hold
the hands" for an emergency call in
case the weather indications are
brighter. Particularly is the weather
map studied In the winter by western
ranch owners.
United States representatives in
congress have many of them much Of
their wealth in cattle, hogs, sheep or
horses. A blizzard means untold loss
to them. If the weather indications Of
that special locality are for bad wealth
er, the herds are rounded up, where
they may be cared for Indefinitely in
case the storm breaks.
Indeed, although not perfect by any
means, the weather bureau prognos-
tications have saved the people of the
country millions of dollars a year, and
would save them yet other millions If
the people would but heed the warn
ing. It is a common thing to say:
what does the morning paper say?
Rain? Well, will put my umbrella
away. No rain today" Just the
same, five out of seven times the
rain comes.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

w ASH1NGTON.-Ther is not yet
W that absolute trust in the weather
bureau that should exist, and if this
were not true the loss in the recent
West India hurricane, which came on
schedule time, would have been much
less. Ports in the storm district were
warned of the approaching disturb
ances, and vessels in the extreme
south Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
ports received advices to remain in
harbor.
The storm apparently had it's incep-
ton near the middle islands of the
Lesser Antilles, and moved thence
westward over the Caribbean sea. In
accordance with the weather bureau
warning much of the shipping was
placed in safe harbor and not injured
at all. The loss of life would have
been much less in all probability had
not the people who were warned dis
dained to heed the warning.
There are really lot Of right SEN
sible people who believe that the
weather bureau is something to laugh
at and have fun over And there are
lot of other people, notably United
States senators, who while in Wash
1ngton direct all the operations on
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Who Slew Thomas, a Market Mystery

mystery to the bitter end. Granting
that the cat was dead, there remained
only the simple discovery yet to be
MADE, l. e., why was the cat dead?"
Here" he mused, I'VE have the
enect, and for every effect there must
De cause. 1t is the cause we want
now, or words to that effect"
Then Walter Moore hit upon a the
ory that he was certain would nut an
end to the cloud of mystery that en-
veloped the market. He was saunter-
ing carelessly across the floor when
he discovered several flour brokers
at their oven baking bread. The flour
traders have stove on the floor in
which they make bread.
1t was this scene that gave Mr..
Moore the clew upon which he relied
to clear up the crime.
"Ah, hal" he said to himself (detec-
tfves always say "Ah, hairy. "Ah,
ha!" he repeated, the cat ate of the
brokers' bread. That explains the
look of horror on it's face"
Calling a cab, he dashed madly
across the exchange floor and found
the janitor.
"Pish! tush!" he said in q low
voice! mot word. Come and give
me the corpse of the cat. It was
killed by eating a biscuit baked by a
broker, and will prove it." he
hissed. Il will have the chemical de-
partment hold an autopsy and If we
do not find biscuit in that cats stom-
ach my name is not Jack Rogers"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

N EW YORK-1t would be interest.
~ Ing to learn what Henry and Rob-
ert think about the disturbances
which shook Manhattan island and
the territory about it during the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration.
An interview with these two old
water.adventurers would be a Meas.
ant respite from Peary and Cook.
But not even Prof. Hyslop, the spook
expert, has ventured to reach beyond
the veil and ask questions; surprising.
too, In one who has called up the
spirits Of the dead for advice as to
whether he should marry again?
Especially as the interview. if au.
thent1cated, would have brought good
money from the newspapers.
But there is no vagueness or un.
certainty as to mundane impressions
OF the celebration. There has been
no room for cavil or criticism. The
millions in town and the millions who
came to town unite in expressions of
satisfaction and praise. Only one dis
cordant noise has been heard. 1t was
from a Brooklyn alderman, who
onered to punch the nose of a Man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Wins Prize by Eating Sc Ears of Cor,

dous task, one Of the conditions betne
that every ear should not be less than
eight and not more than nine inches
long, and should measure not less
than hve nor more than five and one.
half inches around the butt. To oh.
tain supply conforming to these
qualifications more than $4,000 cara
were examined by ten men.
Figured on a minimum measure.
ment the winner consumed 504 inches
OF corn, or AZ feet, equal to more than
seven times his own weight. At the
end of the contest he stated that he
could have eaten at least a dozen
ears more, but as he had beaten all
competitors he preferred to save
room" for something else. He closed
his achievement by consuming three
chops, three boiled eggs and six Guns
Of coffee.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

<eTHE Brokers' Bread; or, Who Slew
1 the Black Cat" is the title of the
latest Produce exchange mystery in
New York City. Furthermore, it is
likely to remain a mystery, deep and
lmpenetrable, until the present gene
ration Of brokers has passed away and
the old Exchange building, grim and
stanch as it is. has crumbled to dust.
When the janitor arrived to open
the exchange he was Mortified to find,
stretched upon the floor with a look
OF terror and pain upon its face, the
body of Thomas, the exchanges black
cat, stark and stiff in death.
The janitor, whose wife's brother
sometimes delivers parcels to a de-
tective agency, is naturally of an in.
quiring turn of mind and by associa-
ton has acquired the instincts of a
detective. He Immediately began a
search for clews.
Obviously the cat was dead, He de-
duced that almost Immediately when
he picked the animal up and found
that 1t was cold and rigid. He was
not satisfied with this progress, how
ever, and determined to probe the
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Senators May Keep Themselves Clean

floored and wainscoted with the pur-
est of white stone. Into sections of
this room have been fitted the baths,
shower baths, Turkish baths, needle
baths and other facilities for cleanli-
ness which invite and even entice.
Marble rooms, bound round with
gilded steam pipes, beckon while tho
senatorial waistcoat and modest neck.
tie are hung up on solid metal hooks
fastened in marble walls.
In the rubbing rooms are two great
marble slabs, supported upon hand
somely carved bases. These are wide
enough to accommodate the ample
form of Senator Hepburn of Idaho,
long enough for the tall Shively of In
diana, and bounded around by a for
bidding ridge, which will keep from
accidental fall the small and rotund
form of Chamberlain of Oregon.
1t is not to be charged because the
elaborate bathing facilities are pro-
vided in the senate office building
that senators have not bathed before.
Two plain tubs of the room where
senators are shaven and trimmed at
the expense of the government were
available to senators or guests whom
they desired to entertain, but they
were seldom used.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

A NEW corn-eating record has been
"a established in competition in New
York city which is likely to stand for
many years, the winner in the contest
letting new mark by consuming Sc
ears without pausing, and thus eclip-
sing the old record of A ears by an
amount sufficient to supply anaverage
family with corn for a meal.
More than 5000 ears were consumed
by the 26O contestants. the least to
be eaten by any one contestant being
13, at which unlucky number the CON-
petitor, boy of nine years, was un.
able to proceed. He was gladdened.
however, with medal awarded in
honor of his having established a
record for juveniles under ten years.
As the youngster in question
weighs only 40 pounds, when empty.
his achievement in consuming nearly
eight pounds of corn, or one-sixth of
his own weight. is considered fully as
remarkable so that Of the prize-wfu.
ming competitor.
To secure the 5000 ears consumed
in competition was in itself q tremen-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

Gaynor So a
Doln he toied
he
Accumuaing sufficient funds
suoyns law the
supreme court United
long 1875 Mr.
municipality
~ o-
1888 Mr. Gayno moved Brooklyn
ol Mclaughlin Brooklyn
ao little institution known the Long Island Water Supply Com
bought
10 turn over to the city
700 of his
Brooklyn
taxes ageregating
after
oy 1898 the most powerful
justice
eced his
auehn the
ac ticket
Tor mayor Tammany
Ever since then Justice Gaynor
He has made attacks
particularly
is now to railroads to
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22


Mars was shining his brightest and
ruddiest. He looked to be just q
short distance away, and had the
twinkling little stars far outclassed.
So gorgeous was he that couple Of
policemen who had been pacing their
beats drowsily came to an abrupt halt
at Fifth avenue and Gist street, at
tracted by the glowing spectacle in
the sky, and fell to discussing it.
"They say that thing is more than
35,000,0O0 miles away" said one.
"Ridiculous!" was the quick re-.
joinder.
'Why?"
Because if it was you couldn't see
it. You can't see nothing that's 35,-
100000 miles away.
well, that's what they say. any.
how"
They're crazy. Why, if you'd put q
watermelon on the top Of the court
house tower, you couldn't see it If you
were a couple of miles away"
J Then, to forever settle the matter,
the sage concluded: And look how
much bigger a watermelon il than
that measly little star up there
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

A ND NOW there's another little We'd.
"a ders to aid in the swelling of
Uncle Sans humble but important
mercantile marine force, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Vedders of New York
City, commandants OF. the good ship
Edith-rated coal barge-are receiv-
Ing congratulations of the harbor feet
because Of the arrival of a baby bow
their twelfth child.
The youngster was born on the
Edith. This is not an unusual hap.
pening in the Vedders family. Capt.
Vedders himself was born on a tow.
boat 81 years ago at Rondout, N. Y,
and so were his father and mother:
likewise Mrs. Vedders, who first saw
the light Of day on one of the old
grafn'carrying. shallow.draft Erie ca.
nal boats at Lockport, N. Y.
The Edith, on which Capt. and Mrs.
Vedders and the youngest five chill
dren, including the baby, now reside,
is one of the newest and finest coal
scows in the New York cruising fleet.
1t Is only year and a half old, 80
feet long, and the property Of Patter-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

WHEN congress convenes in Wash
" ington the first Monday in De-
cember begrimed and perspiring SEN
ators emerging from the toll and dust
of the senate chamber will no longer
be forced to hurry home to wash up
for dinner. Instead they will hide
their desheveled appearance in dark
corridors and slip stealthily through
the dusky subway to the $4,O0O,O00
office building. Here baths, which RI
val those of millionaires' homes. are
ready for the members of the upper
law-making branch.
In order to encourage the senators
in the cleanliness which tends to pur-
ity, the baths were made to exceed
in elegance anything found in a sena-
torial home.
A large room was set apart on the
first floor of the building, marble
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
TALK OF NEW YORK
~-h- Gossip of People and Events Told
In 1nterestind Manner.
Glad the Hudson-Fulton Fete Is Over

haitian alderman because he did not
receive as many aldermanic stand tick.
cts as he believed himself entitled to.
The show was magniflcently she'd
uled, elaborately arranged for, and
successfully carried out. No greater
thing of the kind was ever seen in
America. But New York is glad that
it is over.
Ten Of millions of dollars poured
into New York because of it. If one
could total the cash paid to the hotels
alone in the two weeks it would make
the United States debt look small.
Every hostelry in town was packed to
the doors, and you will know, gentle
reader, how the most of them can
make an expense account look at the
end Of fruitful ten days.
Add the receipts of the railroads.
the street car lines, the restaurants.
the steamboats,, the stand owners,
the souvenir sellers, the saloons, the
hundred and over takers of money
for which New York is famous, and
you reach a total that speaks for the
abundant and generous prosperity of
the country.
Add, then, the money left in the
stores-it looks as though this would
double the sum.
The feeding capacity of New York
was certainly put to the test, and
yet there was no strain. Add a MIL
lion new mouths to fill each day. and
the consuming capacity becomes en-
larged. Yet no one went hungry IL
he had the price.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22


~ ~ ~ 'A
came the drama of the high that
&C. O.
but the rest of the lives all
went down Capt. seaby sticking
unoer climbing
" abandon his boat until the last vesige
the wake disaster
ambitions Sealby
against Florida
attend with
ons and hng begin &C.
Il freshman he said
spanked
shall some
thing from college career
Il now" he replied Il l
seafaring ife."