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for him when with the big fellows and
he must learn the strategy of the game
| so that lie can rely on it to help him
| out.
Walter Johnson IS the one exception to
this rule. He never played In minor
! league and in fact never went through
the primer grade of base ball. He jumped
! right into fast company and unlike any
other unseasoned youngster made good
| right from the jump. This more than
| anything else proves his wonderful abil-
| ity.
| Once more has the national commission
repudiated Owner Charles Murphy of the
Cubs. The Columbus club brought the
commissions attention to d row which
the Chicago players created on TIE
Columbus grounds during an exhibition
game this spring. and Murphy's statement
on the subject Is termed by the COM
mission as being based on INSTRUMENTATION.
The commission fined Manager Chance
and Players Tinker and Hoffman for the
part they played in the affair and seems
anxious to have the Columbus club put
| in claim for damages against the Chi
cago club so that ii can take another
rap at Murphy, who has been so Pc
sistently getting into trouble since his
advent into base ball. and the supreme
court of base ball appears to delight In
setting him down whenever an oppor-
tunity to do SO is offered
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|EY-YAH JENNINGS
| Wins MAIDS HEART
Detroit Tigers Leader Be-
comes Engaged to Scran-
ton Girl in Philadelphia.
Special Dispatch 10 The star

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
PHILADELPHIA. May c4-Hughie
Jennings. the biggest Tiger in Detroit.
whipho older in the menage of jungle
beasts. ruled by one Tyrus Cobb has
Cupid. according to rumors that ema
mated from the Tigers camp in the Al
dine Hotel last night as the Jungle
beasts that twice twisted the tail OF the
White Elephant were about 10 depart
from the lair of Connie Mack
Its only a rumor," said tho Tiger
chicftain blushing like a boy. while
Wild Bill donovan erinned and shook
his head i'm the affirmative behind has
managers back. Rumor or truth. Jen-
nings refused to deny that he viii soon
become entangled in matrimonial
knot that will unite him with Miss
Nora O'Boyle of Scranton. where
HuShie practices law and does the
stump act IN political campaigns IN
the winter.
Excepting Wild Bill. the Tigers TO !.
man refused to let out any Information
about their leaders private affairs. but
nuuges and knowii.-, chances passed
around whiie Hughie went through the
fourth estates highest degree. convinr-
ed all present that even IL Hughie We're
not yet ready to tie the knot tie MAS
not unwounded by Cupid's dart. Mid
Bill, "a Pniladeiphlan from the time he
ted peanuts 40 the animals at the Old
winter circus, and Iavorite here, even
! if he cid send the White Elephants
! scurryine back to the jungles yester-
day. evidently thought Philadelphia
should have the news first and every
time the newspaper mems rapid fire
| questions showed visible effect upon
| Jennings Bill let out howl as wild d :
| MS name implies.
| After refusing TO affirm deny the
| rumor for sever al minutes Hughie lied 10
the dining room.
| 1t was learned that Miss o Boyle and
her father, John OBoyle. Scranton
| business man, were the secret guests OF
the Tiger leader on Saturday afternoon
| at Shibe Park. Ii is said tiuShie was
anxious to have everything settled before
he went west with the club after the
series this week with Washington, and
sent for Miss OBoyle and her father to
be his guests here. They came and the
trio spent the time away from the ball
park motoring i'm the suburbs. Miss
O'Boyle and her father returned to
Scranton yesterday morning, the daugh-
ter wearing the conventional solitaire
diamond ring.
known i'm the east in the west. where
he has managed three pennant-winning
teams for Detroit. This will not be his
first matrimonial venture. He has been
Il widower nine years He has son
twelve years old.
| Miss Boyle Is a member of the widely
| known family of that name i'm Scranton,
and has been one OF Jennings most en-
thusiastic admirers on the base ball Held.
1t is said the wedding will take place
in Scranton after the end of the base
ball season.
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FRESHMEN EXPECT TO
BEAT QUAKER EIGHT

PRINCETON. \. j.. May 24.-With the
match rowing race between the crew of
the freshmen class and the Central High
School eight of Philadelphia Saturday. in
terest in aquatics runs high at Princeton.
The race will mark the first contest on
Lake Carnegie with an outside crew and
adherents Of the sport at the university
expect ii to he the forerunner of inter-
collegiate contests.
The Tiger freshmen have been rowing
we'll in their practice brushes. They
seem to be the best of the class crews I
Princeton just now. having been especial
~ pointed fer the race with the high
school lads But the seniors. juniors and
sophomores are also showing excellent
form in the races preliminary to the in
terclass regatta.
On paper the high school lads seem to
have a better chance than the Orange and
Black youngsters. They are the more
experienced oarsmen. having competed in
several regattas already this season. The
Quakers have one of the best interscholas-
tic crews I'm the country. The sport has
been carried on at the Philadelphia school
for the last fifteen years. and during that
time its crews have rowed some fast
races.
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Great Growth in Church Athletics

CHICAGO, ILL.,. May 24.-Progress In
church athletics in Chicago, it is said,
has had no parallel I'm the growth of
amateur games i'm the United States, ac-
cordng to a compilation of base ball
statistics just published by Bible class
authority The figures show that nearly
1900 church base ball players are wear
ing the uniforms of Chicago denumina-
tons playing for league pennants to be
awarded for the season of 1910. Among
local church athletic organizations the
Cook County Bible Glass League. said to
be the largest in the world, leads with
a total of eighty-four teams. represent
ing seventy EIGHT churches One hundred
| and sixty-one teams representing 155
churches, with 1882 players, nave 30
| far been organized.
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Fort Washington League.
Soldiers Surprised.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
FORT WASHINGTON, Nd, May "a
The 10th Company took everybody by
surprise yesterday when it pulled the
10th Company out of first place by de-
feating it by the score of II to o.
The game was not even as close as the
score would indicate. Hits and runs were
very scarce for the 104th until the NINTH
when, however, it rained them.
The features were three double plays
in as many successive innings Moore
slammed out a home run in the second
with no one on base. This makes Moore G
third homer in three games. Five pitch
erS were used.
The score:
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Railroad Y. M. C. A. League.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

i ~ 4
southern j l 40 Trainmcu @ j 900
One of the best burlesques on base ball
seen in amateur circles this season was
given yesterday in the V NJ c. A. Rail-
road League. with the Car Department
and the Shopmen as the star perform
ers, when the Car men won a loosely
played smuggling match from the Shop
men. the final score being - to II.
The Shopmen looked like sure winners
when, In the first inning, three hefty
swats and one error netted them eight
runs. which ordinarily would win a game.
But the Car Department in the same in
ming, on four hits and wild throw ac-
cumulated five runs, which made the
score to >, the Shop boys still three
runs TO the good
1t was in the second inning however,
that the comedy was given which would
make some of the vaudeville comedians
in town green with envy. After the Shops
had made three more runs in the second,
making the score ii to > in their favor
the Car Department, on five bingles put
eleven ITALICS across the pan, and after
that had easy sailing until the end of
the game, during which time they scored
six more runs. Everybody was glad when
il allOVer.
1t was great day for fatteninc bat,
ting averages and also for charging the
error department Of both teams, one
team making nine errors and the other
seven, making sixteen in all.
Sullivan of the Car Department is un-
doubtedly one of TIE best amateur short
stops in the city. He not only made the
feature play of the game yesterday. but
in Saturdays game made three catches
which were truly wonderful, going out al
most to the outfielders' territory to get
them.
This afternoon game between the
Adams Express boys and the Southern
Railway team ought to be one of the
most exciting games Vet played in this
league. Adams is leading at present. not
having lost a game, but Southern claims
to have better team, and says that il
will prove il this afternoon. 1t really
looks like a fight for the bunting this
year between the Southern Railway team
Adams and the Car Department
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Departmental League.

STANDING OF IAE CLUBS.
Post ONCE !, 80 Agriculture. = ; mo
Com Labor ! 100 Navy...... 100
Comm:s.'crs. 500
With both teams putting forth their
best efforts the game between Commerce
ana Labor and the Commissioners was as
good performance of the popular game
as anybody would want 10 see. The for
mer team came out the victor by score
of to =.
Both teams seemed little nervous
with men on the bases. as it was thought
for greater part of the game that the
team with an advantage of one run
would win the game. 1t was evident that
the Laborites were nervous when the
Commissioners scored their first run This
tally was handed to the losers on sill
yer platter. Moriarity was hit, was sac
rifced by Woodward went to third on an
error and scored on balk by Richmond.
Commerce and Labor tied mp the game
in it's half of the fourth Van Buskirk
. made q scratch hit. was sacrificed and
scored on a timely hit by Charley Moran
1t was an even thing until the eighth.
when the losers again forged ahead by
one run.
Some very clever fielding stunts were
all the applause they got. All of the
players were right on the job to back up
when wild heaves were made. Richmond
and Lay figured conspicouously in this re-
spect. The former ran over behind third
base and stopped bad throw which
would surely have gone into the crowd
and meant a run for the Commissioners.
lay, by a speedy run, got from second
base to behind first. and caught bad
throw from Hurley at third on the fly,
and held the runner on first.
Both Richmond and Robertson-the for
mer for Commerce and Labor and the
latter for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
co-king good bail. They each got in d
couple of bad places. but on every occa-
sion frightened up nicely.
Drummer is still putting up fine game
at short for the Laborites. Yesterday he
iei6ed his position like a big Lacquer.
and figured in some plays that undoubt-
eily saved the game for his team.
Secretary Nase of Commerce and La
Dor and his children were down to see
the game yesterday, and were much de-
lighted when his team pulled up the win
ner
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them off as fast as possible.
The summaries for yester,

them off as fast as possible.
The summaries for yesterday are as
follows:
Mems doubles. challenge round for the title
Wallace +. Johnson and l.. F.. Mahan dcfpa ted
the title holders Conrad 3. and Harold f.
Doyle. 60. Ga and 6-3.
Mixed doubles. final ruund-Mss Hildegard
Turtle and Wallace F. johnson defeated Miss
Marie Winner and Ralph w Hills. 60. Sc
and 6-1.
Mems singles. consultations: second raund-R.
+. Davis defeated c. Hackett. go. 81.
Semi hnals-R. +. Davis defeated 4. J. Gore,
Ga and Ga.
Finals-R. p Davis defeated =. H. s. cake.
ga and 81.
Won. n 4 doubles: first round-Misses Winner
and Bryan defeated Miss Turtle and Mrs. Cas-
sells. Ct lib and Ga.
Misses II. Downing and Meredith dcfeae Cd
Misses McCook and Schroeder. Ga and Sc
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Three-hase hits Woodruff Polarek Home runs
Moore. Sheffield. Hits-Of Richards 3 In two
innings of Sheffield, q in four innings: off But
Ter. IL in eight and two thirds innings Sacrifice
hit-Jackson. Stolen bases Gutendorf Eeuhke
Cote. Richar ds ~. Johnson o. clark ,3i Wood
ruff and Butler. Double plays Woodruff ,,lnas
sisted: Woodruff TO Kelley o.. Left on ba ses-
balls-On Shcfield. 4; or Gutendorf. .: off But
ler l. OF Clark. I. First base on crrors-1O4th
Company. q: 10th Company. Il. Struck out-By
Richards. - by sheffield. 4: by Gutendorf >: by
Butler. !. Passed balis-Brown. Fleury wild
pitches-Gut cndorf ~, Butler. rmpires.NIcssrs
Nelandre and storms. Time Of game hour and
AZ minutes
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HOW DID TIE COMET LOSE II FLUFFY
RUFFV TAIL p
DON'T NOU KNOW WELL IT DID
WHAT rl4Dt TIE MOON 60 OUT on SIGHT
AND THE OOr1F BACK AGAIN:
DOM YOU nNONv' WELL " DID
DID vOU EVER , NO. YOU NEVER CAUSE
THEY SIMPLY COUNT DOT
DON'T YOU SEE bUT THEY DID
WHAT MADE TIE COMETS TAIL MSS
WHEN u SHOULD HAVE MT THE EARpq3
DON'T NOU KNOW WEu II DID
CAN A DATED BALL TURN RIGHT AROUND
AND GO some OTHER WAY
no WELL II DID
JACK OCONNOP THINKS II DIDN'T SAYS
IT SIMPLY COULDN'T DOT
But " DID
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Sunday School League.
STANDING OF THE TEANS

Inc Anacostia Baptist team won q well
played and interesting game in the Sun.
day School League yesterday from the
Sixth Presbyterian aggregation The
score was 6 to B.
The Sixth team was the first to score
making one run in the fourth inning and
two in the following session. but after
this they were unable. to connect with the
delivery of Bartlett
Bartlett gave another good exhibition
yesterday for the Anacostia nine He
permitted six men to reach first via the
four-ball route. but the opposing batters
could do nothing with him when the bases
were occupied. He struck out nine and
allowed but four hits. all of the hitting
being done in the fourth and fifth in
nings, when the Presbyterian nine scored
all of it's runs.
Thompson twirled winning ball for the
losers for four innings. Anacostia made
its first tally in the fifth inning on err
rors, and after this Thompson seemed to
lose all interest in the game and was
hit hard
G. McGrath and Pennington did the
heavy hitting Yesterday. The former
laced out two singles and a double, while
the latter made pair of triples
Strothers played good game at the
Keystone sack for Sixth, handling thirteen
chances in neat style. and also made one
OF the four hits credited to his team
Both teams showed considerable i'm
prOvement in their playing yesterday. The
Sixth team, which in its previous games
has played anything but brilliant ball,
showed little class at times yesterday,
and it will only require practice to round
this aggregation into fi:-t-cass condition
The Baptist team has not been playing
excellent ball this spring. but slight i'm
provement was noticed in its playing yes
terday.
Phipps caught his usual good game yes
terday, and also helped the game along
with timely double He allowed but one
man to steal.
Langdon and Hamline will be the at
traction this afternoon at $50 o'clock.
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Pitcher Richie who went from Boston
to Chicago in a trade. has won both Of
the games he has pitched for the Cubs
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Looks as if the Boston Nationals got "A
pretty likely young player in Collins. Sc
cured i'm trade with the Giants
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independence League.
Game today-St. Paul vs. Nassau.

"Shags' Rawlings virtually pitched the
Manhattans into first place yesterday by
allowing ST. Martins but two hits. BY
the defeat of the National Union Satur-
day by the Nassaus the Manhattans tied
with the leaders. Yesterdays victory
put them into first place. where they
will have to play some ball to stay.
Had il not been for that fatal third
inning when Stone took an ascension,
the game would have been highly ex-
citing, for up until that point the Man
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
LOCAL AMATEUR LEAGUES
Yesterdays RESULTS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Capital City Leasue-Navy Yard.
u: Pumping Station. 3.
Departmental League-Commerce
and Labor. 4: Commissioners. >.
Sunday School Lea gue-Anacostia.
d: Sixth, =.
Suburban I.eague-PetWorth. y.
BrightwOod. 2.
Marquette League-Pension Blu
reau.14: q. 2. o., u.
Independence League-Manhattan.
IA; ST. Martins. 4.
Terminal r. r. y. NJ. G. y.
Leasue-Car Department. ~; Shop,
H.
Commercial League-Herald, y:
Hecht o. (ForfeitedD
Bankers League-No game Sched-
uled.
Olympia League-Olives, 10; st.
Stephens, o.
Colored Departmental League-G.
P. o., !; Bureau, >
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Davis Defeats Cake.

Davis Defeats Cake.
The victory Of Maj. r. p. Davis, who
won the mems singles, consolation. over
+. II. 5. Cake was a popular one among
the Army contingent. Maj Davis is a
former Army champion in both tennis
and golf. and he played in his old-time
form yesterday. which accounts for his
victory over the veteran. Cake whom
he had al his mercy throughout He
was exceptionally good overhead. being
very accurate as we'll as speedy in his
returns. He covered acres of ground
and soon after the match was started 1t
could be seen that at the pace he was
setting he would COME out the victor.
Cake played his usual steady game, but
was outclassed. the final scores being
ca and 6-1.
The women's doubles brought out a
great match when Misses Winner and
Bryan defeated Miss Turtle and Mrs
Cassells. Both pairs were very evenly
matched and every game was hard
fought In the second set, which the
losers captured, new tournament rec
ord for games was hung up. twenty
four being necessary before the question
of supremacy was finally settled. The
scores for this match were Ga, 11-13,
C-s
Play will be continued today in the
women's singles, consolation, and the
women's doubles. In the former the con-
testants are requested by the tennis COM
mittee to make arrangements for their
matches with their opponents and to play
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Capital City League.
STAINING OF THE TEAMS

Today's game-Mdways vs.. Cornell Company
$50.
IN a game that took ten innings 10 de-
c!ce the winner, the Navy Yard outfit
nosed out the Sewage Pumping Station
BY the score of ; TO .. This was the
longest game played so far this season.
Yesterdays affair was one of those
exciting battles that one could sit up all
sht 10 the finish. The Sewage
Pumping Station in the third scored
three runs and kept this lead up until
the ninth round. when Becker. after two
were down, connected with one of Sy
monoskies drops and drove il over right
held fence for the circuit, bringing in
he tying tally. In the tenth. two cost
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George Browne is likely to get back
into the outfield soon if Lelivelt doesn
pick up in his cloutng.
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Mixed Doubles Interesting

The other big match of the day was
in the mixed doubles, Miss Turtle and
Johnson winning the final round This
victory also gives them the title as the
holders. Miss Turtle and Palmer were
Planners inability to be on hand. This
match was good and every bit as inter-
esting as that in the mems doubles. three
sets being necessary before the winner
could be decided upon.
The ladies played an important part
IN this match. This was largely due to
every play. This was largely due to
the fact that both Hills and Johnson
directed most of their returns at them as
they were the weakest part of the side.
Both played good. if not brilliant games.
and neither of their partners could say
they were not backed up well. Miss
Winner. perhaps, showed up a little bet
ter-but just shade. She handles her.
self well. covers lots of ground is equal
~ good at the net or the back court
and has speedy. accurate serve, and
ABOUT the same thing may be said of
Miss Turtle
The second set. in which Miss Winner
and Hills came out on top. was the best
or the three. more spectacular plays
being brought out in this one than in
the other two put together. 1t opened
up with the longest game of the match.
the score reverting to deuce six different
times before Miss Turtle and Johnson
were finally defeated on Hills clever
shot down the side lines which johnson
could not reach
After winning the second in the next
and last set the Wlmer-Hills combina
ton lost the next five games and with
them the match and tournament They
dled lighting. however, as four of the
nXe games ran to deuce and the win
ners had to exert themselves tn the ut
most to land them. The card, in games,
Tor this match follows:
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The Cincinnatis haven't been shut out
yet and are the only team i'm the big
leagues that haven't been, except WASH
ington.
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hattans had scored only one run. Nine
runs in that inning, however. took all
the snap out of the game, and had it
not been for Rawlings pitching the
contest would have been featureless.
When Mr.. II. F. Worley accepted the
presidency of the league last year he did
so under two conditions. First. that he
could make the rules of conduct on the
field, and second. that he should have
full power to enforce them. His rules
were somewhat stringent and at first
created verye unfavOrable comment. but
now his judgment is highly commended
by everybody. for there are more ladies
attending McDevitts Field of an evening
than any league in the city.
Rawlings and Donnelly, both of last
years Business High team. played
splendid games yesterday. Rawlings got
triple double and single out of three
times at bat, while Donnelly caught sew
eral men at second by digging poor
throws out of the dust.
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De Mott. the crack pitcher of the La
fayette College team. has signed Cleve-
land contract. De Mott is in the no-hit
list.
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Jimmy Williams. ex-Pirate, eS-High-
lander ard ex-Brown. hit safely i'm four
teen consecutive games for the Min
neapolis club.
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

One set of unofficial batting averages
gives Christy Mathewson a percentage of
400.
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Soldier Boy Snyder of the Marines
stick work proved to be great help to
the Machinsts yesterday. In Snyder
Manager La Clair has a clever center
fielder, as he fumbled very few last
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WE ARTIST PROMISES 70
Draw some Tss,ssc ~ ru,s
Se civ re ~e0r CRAZY
HFVeR MAJ NONE RlyN-
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Game today-Diamond Athletic Club and Ches-
apeake and Potomac Telephone Company.
In a one-Sided game the Pension Bu-
reau team beat the tailenders. Govern.
ment Printing Office, yesterday by the
score of II to o. The winners started of
in the first inning by knocking Carlir all
over the field and a total of four runs
was piled up before the side was retired
Young, who was on the slab for the
Pensioners, pitched one of the best games
that has been seen this season. He held
the losers down to four scattered hits
No one was given his base on balls.
The batting feature of the game was
the hitting of Mccarthy, who out of four
times up connected for three safe ones
one of them being a two-bagger He also
made two OF the runs.
Mace caught his usual game handling
everything that came his way. having
seven put outs and one assist to his credit
without any slipups.
Carlln, who was on the firing line for
the Government Printing Office, proved
TO be trifie wild, passing six batters be-
sides being touched up for total of
twelve hits. which went for five extra
bases Had his team mates given him
better support the run column would not
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~ miscues by the Sewage lads and two
hts brought home two more runs, which
was enough to win the game.