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QUARTER AND HALF-MILER.
Paul Pilgrim to Run in Georgetown
Meet.

The New York Athletic Club entries for
the Blue and Gray indoor games OF
March were received last night and. al
though small in number, they SAVIOR of
classy stuff. That the knights of the
three OF their best men cannot be denied
when the names of Paul Pilgrim. Hill
man and Sedley are given out as contest
ants. This trio is as good as there is and
Will be a big drawing card In this city.
Pilgrim Is the one who while represent
ing America in the Olympic games at
Athens in 1905 carried off first honors in
both the quarter and half-mile runs, de-
feating. among others. the famous Light
pody of Chicago University. He will
compete in the same events in the local
meet and will have with him a clubmate
who is forging to the front fast Sedley
Is the fellow and the tip Is to look out
for him
HiIlman completes the New York list as
far as the Red and White is concerned.
The last mentioned will be in the special
invitation hurdle event with Hartranft,
Martin, Howe. Smith and a. half dozen
others. The N. Y. A. G.. team will be
town runner. who still holds the I. c. A.
A. A. A. records for the hundred and
two-twenty. Besides taking care of his
proteges. Wefers Will have a heavy duty
to shoulder. tnaSmucr as he Is down on
the program as official starter He has
held this job at the Blue and Gray games
for a number of years now and always
has done excellent work.
A one-mile collegiate relay race was
added to the already long list Of team
events yesterday, which cannot help but
be Of interest to local followers of track
athletics. 1t is to be between tours from
Wesleyan and Pennsylvania. The captain
of the Connecticut bunch is Corners, the
old leader of the Central High squad of
this city. He has a host Of friends here
who no doubt will be right on the job
to urge Corners and his men to victory.
The Red and Blue quartet will be its
regular one-mile crowd, not in any way
interfering with the men on the two
mile team which Is to go against Cornell
Besides the two relays Penn is to be rep
resented by a large number of speed
makers in the individual events, who will
strive hard to capture the point trophy.
1t was decided late yesterday to send
couple Of men to Richmond, in order not
to disappoint the southern management
Maher, who got placed in the 600 in the
Federal games, will carry, the Blue and
Gray in the corresponding event in Rich
mond, while Smith, although badly in
jured, will compete in the hurdle races.
The two lads will be in charge of Jimmy
Mulligan, who will also do the starting
for the Richmond collegians in their first
indoor meet.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

Second Baseman Abbaticchio has ca
pitulated and signed his Pittsburg con-
tract.
New York may keep McGinnity after
all. He has Joined McGraw and his play
ers at Marlin Springs, Tex.
Manager Stallings, it is said. has de-
cided to make Hal Chase captain of the
New York Americans
After much discussion the records which
show that George Davis has been but a
few weeks longer in major league CON-
pany than Cy Young have finally been
dug up.
Jake Weimer has been ordered to pay
fine of $50 before he can Join the
Giants. Jake vows he will never raise
his left arm to do it. But he may be
helped.
The Eastern League schedule provides
for an unbroken string of Sunday games
in Newark. Excursionists from Greater
New York will turn many dollars into
the mint that makes Pat Powers circuit
the envy of the minor leaguers.
Pitcher Jack Coombs is the first MEM
Der Of the Athletics to report to Manager
Sunday. when he will go to New Orleans
and join Pitchers Dygert and Schlitzer.
Billy Clymer must be after another
American Association pennant for CO.
lumbus. Hhe has just signed Odwell for
his outfield and is now trying to get
George Browne from Manager Chance.
The Phillies have the strongest team
Of any major league club ever sold un-
less 1t was the Boston American. which
lilea sold it to the Taylor family, so that
it would have local ownership.
Out in St. Paul they are saying that
Charley Chech will go to the American
Association club in that city as a part of
a three-cornered deal by which the Bos-
ton American club gets VOTERS. the San
Jose wonder.
Princetons base ball interests have re-
ceived a severe blow In the ineligibil!ty
ban put upon w. s. Heyniger. the Tigers
great pitcher. His condition In studies
put him out OF the running. Clark, who
was Heyniger's understudy last year, has
graduated.
Pete Noonan, the former ST. Louis Ma
tional League catcher, says he can't fig
ure on the base ball map fast enough to
keep pace with the managers. He was
transferred by the Cardinals to st. Paul
and then shipped to San Francisco. Peter
saws he will stay in Pittsfeld, Mass, play
independent ball and take no chances OF
getting lost.
Manager Bresnahan of the Cardinals
has secured Pitcher Forest More OF the
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PRINCETON wREsTLERs WIN.
Yale Men Take Three Bouts, But Do
Not Score a Fall.

PRINCETON. N. J.. February 27.-
Princeton defeated Yale at wrestling last
night, winning by the score Of four bouts
to three. 1t was the most spectacular
wrestling meet seen here I'm many years.
Not a Yale man secured fall, but three
of the bouts went to the visitors on de-
cision. Princeton won three bouts by
falls and one by decision. Summary:
Bantamweight-M. Passarella Princeton. &C.
cured the decision over j. Sweeney, Yale. Time,
IL minutes extra minute perioL..
prspeeon threw Leay p1urahh YALE T Time
$40, Lghtweight-E. E. Sweeney, Yale. was
given the decision over Ii. h. Gimour. Prince
Welterweight,F. Smith, Princeton. threw
Middleweight-O P. Parker. Yale. was given
The decision over II: w. Ralph, Princeton.
Time, minutes. Light heayyweight-R. r.
King, Princeton, threw f. p Livingston, Yale.
Time. 4.30. Heavyweight-O. F. Noel, Yale,
WAS given the decision j. c. Musser, Prince
ton. Time. 9 minutes.
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Cornell Georgetown Basket Bali Also
Wn-Chess Masters Tourney Victory for Tiger West1ers
White Sox Off for Coast Blue Gray's Oarsmen
Water-Bowing Battles--Base Ball Notes

and exciting contest may be looked for
tonight. The outcome of the encounter
will decide the collegiate championship
Of the south. Should the Blue and Gray
win the victory it will wave supreme this
side Of the Mason and Dixon line, but II
the fates should decree otherwise the hill
top colors will have to share the mast
head with the orange and blue of the
Charlottesville university.
The visiting quint will be practically flle
same as the one which was defeated by
Capt. Rice's team about a month ago.
Capt. Ashby will hold one guard position,
with Cecil, the foot ball tackle. doing
Cochran will have charge of tho forward
field. while Harding, the big, lanky SIX
foot-six giant, will play center. In the
opening half OF the first contest with
Georgetown these five not only successful
ly defended themselves against the speedy
team work of the locals, but at the end of
the first session had three points more in
their scoring column. That the hilltoppers
finally won out was due to some terrific
work, which, probably will have to be
repeated this evening IL Virginia is to be
downed. /
The Cornell battle Of last night has left
some of the players in poor condition, but
notwithstanding this all of the regulars
will start the game this evening, Rice be-
ing In the center, with Goggin and SchlOs-
ser at the forward corners and the two
Collifiowers working the other points
That they were somewhat surprised by
the Ithacans' showing cannot be denied.
and because Of it they are out for blood
against the Orange and Blue, in order to
retrieve themselves
AS usual, the game against Virginia
will draw the whole student body to. the
scene of conflict to aid their goal tossers
in the quest for victory by yells and
songs of all kinds. 1t is thought that the
fr1rr hi ha
of the largest ever seen at basket ball
game In this city. Besides cheering for
the men during the conflict they will give
a farewell shout at the end in honor of
those who have worked so faithfully all
season on the quint for the honor of
GEORGETOWN
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BRITISH SUBJECT
SCORES AMERICANS

ITHACA, N. Y, February 27.-As long
as James E. Sullivan, president of the
Amateur Athletic Union. or Gustave A.
Kirby Of the advisory committee OF the
intercollegiate Association Of Amateur
Athletes OF America has anything to do
with athletic meets no English official will
ever take part in them is the assertion Of
Theodore A. Cook. member of the British
Olympic council, in a letter to the Cornell
Era. Mr.. Cook writes in reply to an arti-
Gle on the Olympic games by Harry F..
Porter, Cornell, 'O5. published recently in
the Era.
Mr.. Cook says that Sullivan, Kirby and
AlcCa.be Of the American committee have
been guilty Of classifying. He deplores the
tendency of Americans, from President
Roosevelt down, to justify what he calls
Carpenters foul. and says that the Amer
games is wise. because no other nation
would care to compete with them.
The letter, In part, follows:
LAS to Carpenters race, you speak OF
the psychic evidence being all on the side
of the Americana and you quote Presi-
dent Rooseveh's words at Oyster Bay as
being I am proud Of you. every one.'
II do not write with any desire to eX-
aggerate a most unfortunate controversy,
which is chiefly due to Mr.. Sullivan, Mr..
AlEpy dIA MI SACSdOc dilu WoQlQ IlcNci
have been heard Of but for them. I think
it essential that you should realize the
results of this ill-advised campaign of
Islander. which the accusations against us
are confined to one section Of the games
Cor one-twentieth Of the whole), and in
which you are the only nation to COM
plain.
HAD there been any virtue in the as
sertions the faint of such malpractice
would hardly have been absent in the
nineteen other sections OF the games, and
the twenty other nations competing would
scarcely have joined in a conspiracy of 81
lence. They would have applauded your
efforts to unmask dishonesty and they
would scarcely have dreamed of returnin s
to London'in October. Quite the reverse
were the action and the attitude they
chose.
1.-The result will be that for some years,
at any rate. Americans will disappear
from further International competition,
and hope you will appreciate that this
disappearance will be almost entirely due
to the three representatives 1 have
named"
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HURRICANE BOUT PUT UP BY GREAT PAIR OF BOXERS
HURLEY AND GRIFFIN DRAW AT END OF FISTC TREAT.

the float with the first punches the over
flow was left for another day.
Coach Russell directed the men from
his single scull. The Work was very light,
consisting mainly of rowing with twos
and tours. This was made necessary be-
cause the majority of the candidates were
green men and not used to handling
themselves in a shell. AS usual on the
Initiative day on the river, most of the
neil worked awkwardly at first but be-
fore being sent in some OF them got
on to the trick of the game and displayed
very good form for novices.
The freshman boat was made up of
Cunniff, stroke; DALEY. No :; Stohlman,
No. e; ]. Eager. No. >: Vlymen, No. A.:
Wills. No. y: O'Sullivan, No. >: Meme
mara bow. and DeCourcey. coxswain.
Four of these have had considerable eX-
perience with the sweeps before. while
the other four were in a shell for the
first time. AS far AS beef is concerned
there is no kick coming. and 1t Is only
reasonable to expect that with a couple
OF weeks practice they will be there with
the form.
Capt. Ryan stroked the first prep eight
with Brady I'm the No seat These
were the only two old men. the other six,
consisting of c. Mclaughlin. Lawler,
Bailfargeon Kerwin. J. Graham and A.
Graham, not being long on experience.
The second crew had Carr in No. s. with
Rodriguez. d. Dailey Stanton. Larkn.
Fray, Ryan and Brady following in the
order named. AS whole the squad
compares favorabIy with last year s
bunch. so that the chances for get
ting out a crew capable of defending the
Franklin cup may be called first rate.
From nov on practice will be on the
river every day that the weather permits,
with the exception Of next Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, when the candi-
dates will be allowed a lay-off on account
of the events surrounding inauguration.
After that the seniors will also start
training in preparation for their race with
the freshes on April 3. When these fell
lows get out. there will be about forty
men on the water everyday, the largest
number of candidates rowing at one time
from the GeorgetoNn boathouse in a
number OF years
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CANNOT FOOL COURTNEY.
No Room in Cornell Crews for Men
Who Do Not Practice.

ITHACA, NY, February 27.-Insensed
at the failure of fifteen Of his prominent
crew men to report for practice. Coach
Charles E. Courtney has issued the
abrupt statement that he would fire every
man who failed to attend practice regu
larly. The absentees sought to excuse
themselves by saying that they did not
know whether the crews would work on
the inlet or in the crewroom, but the
"Old Man" contemptuously told them
that it would have been easy to find out.
Il don't care how good a man is or
how much he has rowed." he said. NO
body will be in these shells after the
next cut except those who are getting
right down to business and will practice
regularly. Since we sent four shells
away yesterday we only have seating
room for fifty-six, counting all Of the
gigs and barge, and there will be a cut
soon. The shirkers will be left behind"
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PELL AND GRANT vICToRs.
Defeat Cragin and Charlock for In
door Tennis Doubles Title.

NEW YORK. February 27.-National
championship honors for doubles were
won by Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Wy
lie c. Grant yesterday upon the indoor
courts Of the 7th Regiment Armory, Goth
street and Park avenue. In straight sets
they fell heirs to the titles which Frede-
elk B. Alexander and Harold II. Hackett
have for two seasons held safely upon out
door as well as indoor lawn tennis fields
Both Pell and Grant, each former holders
OF the singles championship. played an
almost faultless game. Their hard hit
ting. coupled with skill In finding the
openings, helped them to win against Will
liam B. Cragin, jr.. and Miles S. Charlock
Of the Elizabeth Town and Country Club
at 6-3, 90 and 10.
Previous to playing the championship
match Cragin and Charlock won their I'M
finished competition of the semi-final
round, defeating George Carleton Shaffer
and L. H. Fitch. 6-S, 6-3 and Ga. This
was just enough to put them on edge for
Pell and Grant. against whom they played
we'll and fought each point to the limit
The summary:
re,i It,, and a,G Gr cnt,o:,
SECOND SET.
Pell and Grant. .......-T 2 4 . S 3 4 4-S3 g
Gragin and Charlock 5 4 4 3 so 0-l9 .
THIRD SET
Psll and Grant. 3 4 o "a 241 "A 4-36 7
Crazin and
CLarlock .......5 4 1 GAIA o-o5 5
Umpire-Roy Richey.
Consolation singles. second round--A Bassford,
jr., defeated G. j. Schumacher by default Third
round--W. D. Bourne defeated n. NJ. Beckley,
Go. 60; A. Bassford. jr, defeated f. H.
Pfeiffer G-5, O..
Semi final round-A, ,Bassford. jr,. defeated
W. d. Bourne. 60, 81.
The final match in the singles, which
will decide the championship, will bring
Pell and George Carleton Shaffer of CO.
lumbia together this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
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SUNDAY BALL LAW VETOED.
Governor Of Indiana Kills the Bill
Which Passed LEGISLATURE.

INDIANAPOLIS. February 27.-Gov.
Marshall yesterday vetoed the bill legal
izing Sunday base ball. The bill had
passed both houses
The governor said:
Il am convinced that the bill might be
construed by the authorities to mean
permission to engage in every sort Of
game on Sunday afternoon, not only
base ball and foot ball. but prize fights,
horse racing and gambling. and / am
not at all sure that a construction of the
bill might not hold that these games are
to be played within 1000 feet of a
church or hospital
Representative Brolley said that a new
bill was being drafted which he may in
troduce today.
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train on Its spring training trip to Cali
fornia- The party, which numbers sew
enty-five persons. will make San Fran
cisco It's headquarters while in Cali
fornia.
This will be the only base ball club in
the country to use a. special train to
carry IT TO its training camp. The train
has complete Turkish bath outfit. which
will aid the players in getting into con-
dition on the trip across the continent.
Stock quotations and other news will be
supplied the travellers. Twenty-eight
Chicago players were in the party.
These will be divided into two teams,
and will play about seventy-f1ve games
in California and on the way back Presi-
dent Comiskey is in charge Of the trip.
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INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
Lasker and Rubinstein Now Tied for
Lead in st. Petersburg Tourney.

ST. PETERSBURG. February 27.-Play
in the great International chess masters
tournament was resumed IN this city yes
terday, when some extraordinary things
happened. To begin with, Rubinstein went
down before Dus-Chotimirski and he now
shares the lead with Champion Lasker,
who had beaten Speyer Of Amsterdam.
Another leader. Bernstein. lost to Teich-
mann. The other results were: Schlechter
beat Nenarakow. Fleischmann beat Cohn.
Freymann lost to Duras, Snosko- Borrow
ski beat Vidmar, while the games of
Spielmann-M ieses and Tartakower-Perlis
were drawn. The Salwe-Burn game was
adjourned in an even position.
The record to date:
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OFFICIALS DENY REPORT.
Saw No Indian Athletes Have Left
the School.

CARLISLE, Pa. February 27.-The
authorities at the Indian school here
deny the report that members Of the
foot ball team have disappeared after
violating the school rules. At present
base ball is occupying the attention Of
the school athletes under the direction Of
Coach Warner and Capt. Balentt. Coach
Bassford of New York takes charge of
the team March !.
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CREWS TAKE WATER.
Oarsmen Get Taste of
Real Rowing.

After postponing the event for four days
on account of bad weather the Blue and
Gray freshman and prep crews were at
last able to launch their shells yester-
Gay. Three Fights were taken out, two of
them being from the prep school and the
other from the class of 1912. There were
more ready to fill a fourth boat, but on
account of q delayean getting away from
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VIRGINIA TONIGHT.
Georgetown to Close Season With
Games Against Her Greatest Rival.

Georgetown and Virginia will clash this
evening in Odd Fellows Hall in their sec
ond basket ball contest of the season.
The previous game, which came off at
Charlottesville, was won by the Blue and
Gray only after the hardest kind of a
tussle. and as the Virginians have i'm
proved wonderfully since then .a.-close
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ANIMUs HAS BURST OF SPEED.
overhauls Maltbe, odds-on-Favor-
;ta IN fha Teet E;nb<h

LOS ANGELES, Cal, February 81
Coming with magnificent burst of speed
In the final eighth, Animus overhauled
Maltbie, the odds-on favorite. in the last
few yards and captured the one-mile
purse race at Santa Anita Park yesterday.
Jockey =. Dugan last night left for.
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The tenth round will be played in the
following order Sunday: Vidmar VS..
Speyer Perlis VS.. STRAIGHTFORWARD, Burn
VS. Tartakower. Mieses VS.. Salwe, Duras
VS. Spielmann, Dus-Chotimirski vs. Frey
mann. Cohn VS.. Rubinstein, Nenarakow
VS.. FleiSchmann, Teichmann VS.. SchIech-
ter and Bernstein VS.. Lasker. y
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BASE BALL TEAM CALLED OUT.
All Candidates for Blue and Gray to
Start Work Monday.

Capt. Joe Courtney of the Georgetown
base ball team this morning posted a call
for all candidates to report at George
town Field Monday afternoon next at 3
o'clock. 1t is expected that over thirty
will be on hand to try for places on the
infield and outfield. AS only one position
is lacking a veteran there should be no
trouble getting together first class var
sity nine in short time.
The battery men have been working
faithfully since the middle of February
and are beginning to show the results of
their training. Cantwell and Devtne are
both doing their usual good twirling and
will be tough propositions for opposing
batsmen this year. Montgomery has not
been out as long as the other two, but Is
already fast rounding into form. 1t will
be a pretty scrap between OConor. Wy
mard. Balzer and Miller for the other job
on the pitching staff Every one Of this
quartet is working beautifully and it will
require some close observation to pick the
best of the bunch.
Some CONSERVATION has been caused in
the ranks of Georgetownians by Duffey's
determined announcement that he will
spend all his time at his books this spring
and hence will not be seen in base ball
togs. The Pittsburg backstop is without
doubt as good as they make them. and II
he persists in keeping away from the dia-
mond his loss will be keenly felt Friends.
however, are urging him to report, so
mayhaps he will show up when the big
doings begin.
In case he doesn't good catcher can
certainly be gotten from the others out
to fill his place. Eckenrode of last years
nine is doing even better work this sea-
son. while Billie Sitterding has already
shown that he is fully able to leap the
gap from the prep school into fast COM
pany. A couple of others are trying who
may prove to be the goods when an ac-
tual test is put to them.
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WHITE soX OFF FOR COAST.
Making Trip to California in Splen-
didly Equipped Special Train.

CHICAGO. February 27.-The Chica go
American League Base Ball Club left
,here at 6 O'Clock last night in q special
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While the Reserves are wrestling with
the Mutes. the Y. NJ. c. A. first team
will be playing the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
of Baltimore In the Oriole city. This will
be the final game between the big teams,
and will practically decide the champion
ship of the Tri-State League. These are
now tied for first place in the league.
The local association quint has won two
and lost one game TO the Orioles. and has
yet to play the York. Pa, Y. NJ. c. A.
and the Baltimore West Branch teams In
Washington. Both these teams have been
beaten in the G street gymnasium and
Physical Director Beckett and the local
players are pinning all their championship
hopes on the result of tonights game.
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Good Basket Ball Games.

The Y. M. c. A. Reserve basket ball
team will play its first game of the sea-
son with the Gallaudet College Reserves
tonight in the Randall Green gymnasium
The Mutes' second team has played
very few games this season. but it is a
fairly strong aggregation and ought to
make things very interesting for the as
ISOLATION second. especially on the small
floor of the college gymnasium.
The lineup will be as follows:
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Goals from door-SchIosser (3), Goggins, Rice,
j. Collifower "a. Crosby az, Brown (2y, Whin-
cry. Avery. Goals from fouls-Rice 81, Crosby
a.. Referee-Mr. Moriarity. Thners-Messrs.
Sperry and Foster. score-Cornell, 20; George
town, q.