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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
.WAGNER'S MACHINE
SMASHED IN CRASH
Pittsburg Ball Players Have
Narrow Escape in Ac-
cident at Carnegie.

PITTSBURG, May 2S.-Hans Wagner
and John Miller, Of the Pittsburg cham
pions, had a most narrow escape from
death when their auto crashed into the
safety gates Of a railroad crossing IN
Carnegie. The unsteady play Of the big
fellows in yesterdays game showed con-
clusively that if they had not been in
jured, as they claim, their nerves were
badly wrecked. Miller had one bad er-
ror In the game, while the big short
stop had three fOOZles.
Wagner and Miller, who spend each
evening in their autos, were both riding
in Wagners car last night, and had
raced into the country. Returning late.
they claim not to have noticed the
safety gate being down at the railroad
crossing in Carnegie and so crashed into
It at full speed While it was indus
triously circulated by friends Of both
this morning that neither had been
hurt, the smashed machine gave evil
dence that 1t must have been by a mir
acle only that they escaped azd the
game played by the big fellows showed
that they had been frightfully shaken
up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
GAME AT ANNAPOLIS
WITHOUT AFATORITE
Many Washington People
See Army and Navy in
Annual Contest.

Severai hundred WashingtOnians are
today at Annapolis for the ninth annual
baseball game between the National
Naval and Military Academies this
afternoon
The indications are for a fine contest
under IDEAL conditions and with a rec
ord-b. eaIzing crowd IN attendance
The game has attracted many distin-
guished officers OF the army and navy
here, and Is quite a social as well as
sporting event
The West Point contingent arrived az
Annapolis yesterday morning and prac-
ticed both morning and afternoon The
visitors gave the impression that they
were hard hitters, but not particularly
strong fielding aggregation
The Annapolis crowd Is just the re-
verse Of this and It's game has been
marked BY snaDDy fielding SaS weak
hitting the whole season However. the
news that the midshipmen have vastly
improved IN this particular during the
past week and has made the local lads
an even choice. though the Army team
was thought 70 be sure winner form
erly.
Coach Sammy Strang OF the Army
team announced the following bat
ting order: Lyman. c. Anderson, #.
White side, 3b-; Harrison. 2b-: Cook,
1b.; SUrles, II; Schneider, IS; UllOa,
Icf; Hyatt, ,.
There is a possibility that MIIlfken,
the crack shortstop who was de-
tanned at West Point. may arrive IN
time for the game.
Lieutenant Weaver, head coach OF
the local team. gave out the following
batting order: Erwin, 2b.; Gillian, IS
Abbott, 3D.; Callaghan, c.; Osburne,
r.: Metz. II; Battle, CT; Seibert H..
Anderson, p.
Brennan and Moran OF the National
League viii umpire.
The military academy has won i've
OF the previous contests, and the
Naval Academy three.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
.INTERCITY TENNIS
At CHEVY CHASE
Washington and Philadel-
phia RacketerS Vie for
HonorS on Courts.

All tennisdom gathered on the Chevy
Chase courts this afternoon TO witness
what has often Oeen labeled the fea-
ture card OF the season, the intercity
match between washington and Phil
adelphia-
The visitors arrived in town this
morning and went direct to the Chevy
Chase Club where they viii be guests
during their stay in this city The
Quakers, realizing the strength Of the
Capital City team, have brought their
most formidable representatives, mere
in order to get revenge for last season S
defeat at the hands OF the Washington
team.
on the other hand. the Washington
players are equally confident and ex-
pect 10 repeat their victory.
The makeup Of the team was announc-
ed as follows: Singles G. b. Doyle, II
e Doyle, 5. Gordon j. h Dels, T. r
GrosvenOr. P. H S. Cake, G. Grosyen-
or. A Howard; doubles, Doyle and
Doyle, Gordon and Deis, Grosvenor and
GrOsyenor, and Hills and Howard.
PLAY started promptly at 3:30 O'Clock
and a large gallery was already or
The Middle Atlantic Championships
were continued on the Bachelor courts
Yesterday afternoon and brought about
some interesting play
Original plans called for the playing
off of finals, but because of unfavorablt
weather conditions which halted play
I earlier in the week, II is was impOs'
sible.
In the mems singles Cotton defeated
Hoffman after n trio Of hotly contested
sets. BY So. +6. 81 Cotton played al
exceptionally strong game in the fina
set and as the score would indicate
won rather handily.
Gordon, the eN-colleRiate player de
feated Gore in an interesting match BY
! 6-S. rs
In the ladies' singles. Miss Winner de.
feated Miss Doolittle in two sets. GO
6-S..
Hills and Howard defeated McLear
and Dunlop after two hard-fought set:
in mems doubles. by scores of 10, and
| Sc
The summaries of play follow:
Mems SinCleS-COltOn defeated HOltZ
man. 6-2, &c. 81; Deis defeated Cake
! SIS. 6-3: Howard defeated Bates, IS
6-3. 6-3; Gordon defeated Gore. 6-3
Ladies sinSles-BIiss Baker defeated
Miss KruC. 81. -. "a; Miss Wines
defeated Miss Dooiittle. So. Ga; Mis-.
/ Turtle defeated Miss Bryan. 6-3. 60
Miss Turtle defeated Miss Smith, Go
lei
Mixed doubles-NJiss Turtle and Mr.
| Doyle defeated Miss Smith and Mr.
! Fischer. %. 81
| Mems douhles-Hills-Howar defeated
| NcLean-Dunlop,. rs. SIS; Green-W
! Doyle defeated ENTHUSIASTICALLY, Ga
/ SIS; c. and w. Hackett defeated
! Fischer and De Motto. e-s. S-s. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
COMPLETE DETAILS
OF GLIDDEN TOUR
Entries Close Wednesday
for Growing Event of
Auto Season.
By HARRY WARD.

With the entries closing on Wednes-
day next the start Of the seventh an
nual Glidden tour is but sixteen days
away. All the details have been at
tended to. including the arrangements
for gasOlene and oil supply stations
at the noon and night controls. Il
has been necessary this year to plan
two rather unusual river crossings.
The first is at Trotter's Landing,
about sixty miles below Memphis,
where the caravan crosses the Father
OF waters" The cars will be carried
across the river on bargeS. the latter
being coupled together and towed by
a steamboat. This makes a novel and
interesting incident to break the mo-
notony of travel The tourists will
cross the Red river to TOrral. Okla
over specially laid plank road bed
on the cross ties of a railroad. Train
dispatchers will be stationed al the
entrance to the bridge and the cars
will be sent over between trains on
railroad schedule time
The Sims Motor Company reports
the sale of a Haynes touring car to
T. Janey Brown.
The Bennett-CoIIins Company has
been advised that two Staver cars
have been entered in this years Gid
den tour. One viii compete for the
Glidden trophy, while the other is
after the trophy offered by the Chi
cagO Motor Club.
The latest addition 70 the Chalmers
FORCES is c c. Hildebrand. He goes 10
the Chalmers Motor Company in the
capacity OF assistant general manager.
Mr.. Hildebrand has for a number of
years been prominent in the autom ,bile
industry. Lee Counselman. who in
the early days of bicycle racing in this
city was a star performer, has been
appointed general manager Of the CyhaI-
mers company. His advance in the
automobile business has been rapid.
Joseph T. F1restone, president of the
Columbus Buggy Company, makers OF
the observation-disclosures automobile. has
been in the city for several davs. He
came to Washington to see his daugh-
ter graduate from one Of the fashion
able seminarieS.
L w. Holt, of the Regal Motor Car
Company, who spent the week in Wash
ington with Emerson and Orme. Regal
agents, left today for Scranton, Pa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
LEWIS HELPLESS
BEFORE KETCHEL

NEW YORK. Nay s.-welterweight
Willie Lewis Is thoroughly convicted
today OF a fact that New York fight
fans think he should have k-own be-
fore entering the National Sporting
Clubs ring last night with Stanley
Ketchels TO wit, that he hadn't a dead
mans chance against the middle
weight champion
KetcEel put over a right clip on
Willie's Jaw in the second round, and
later in the night Lewis feebIy re-
marked 20 one OF his attendants: 81
thought they said II wouldn't hurt
when Halley's comet struck the
earth"
Lewis appeared almost as heavy as
Ketchel, and was in fine trim. but he
didn't reckon on the kick that
The first round served only TO awaken
Retchel, and be lost no time in deal
ing out a sleep powder to his over
ambitious antagonist in the second
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

land Maps, apparently needs some out
heiders who can hit the ball
Lee Garvin has been deposed as man
ager Of the MuskOgee team in the West
ern Association, and viii return 10
Shreveport, in the Texas League.
Sammy Strang ran over to Baltimore
from Annapolis, where his West Point
ers are CHARTERED on the eve OF the bat
tie with the Middies, last night and had
heart-to-heart talk with Manager
Jack Dunn in reference 10 playing with
the orioles this season.
Evidence Of the clip that the Eastern
League clubs are travelling is to be had
in the general absence Of the spring
forecasts from the dOpesters and the old
guard OF fandon- 1t is a hard matter to
find real group Of fans outspoken IL.
their selection Of the 1910 penant win
ner.
This felcw Daubert, who has SUP
planted Tim Jordan on first. appears 10
be the real thing. It is a pity that
O'COnnOr did not grab this first base
man They both were in the Southern
League last season, and the Browns
were minus an initial sacker.-St. Louis
Republic.
Bill Burns. former Washington south
paw, has been operated on for nasal
D
breathe properly for some time, and
! the affection seriously hampered his
work on the ball field He viii be back
in the game when the White Sox return
from their Eastern visit.
Owner Bradley, Of the Richmond Colts.
dictated letter to President Jake Wells
! Friday morning making formal COM
( plant against one or more Of the UNI
pires now working on the circuit. In
his letter he mentioned specifically the
many poor decisions made by Umpire
/ Harry Mace, most Of which seem to be
/ against the Richmo club.
Strong rumors are flying around in
! baseball circles that Oucky Holmes Is
| about to resign as manager of the
Toledo club Holmes is said 10 have
! told several Columbus players that he
intended buying a franchise in another
] league and would again become a club
/ owner. It Is further stated II Holmes
resigns, Harry Hinchman will be Ar
/ mclir'S selection to fill the vacancy.
/ Holmes denies the story, but neverthe-
] less, It IS believed he has a deal on.
I Providing that Bill Abstein did not
suffer a Big slump this season he ad-
ninistered tough knock 10 those who
claim that the National league pitch
ers have it all over those of the Ameri-
Hitting against National League
| twirlers all last year, Abstein got a
| batting average of $50. This year
batting against American League pitch
ers he hit .1S2 and was forced to sit on
! the bench
/ Last year Abstein claims he was
worried all season. and that no man
/ in his position could have made good
| under the same circumstances. He
| could not make that complaint this
/ year. And he could not lift enough
| against the American League fingers
TO stay in the game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
WALLACE JOHNSON
WILL NOT PLAY
Philadelphia Racketers Will Tackle
Washington Team Minus Serv-
ices of Star PLAYER.

The Philadelphia tennis team. which
will meet Washington IN the first match
OF the intercity series on the Chevy
Chase courts this afternoon, arrived
here this morning minus the services
OF their star player, Wallace johnson
The team Is captained by J. c Car
penter and is composed OF The following
other well known players. James, Croz-
Ter. Townsend. Tilden, Register, and
Brown.
The matches will start promptly at
80 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

OllE OF LEEEk Is u
2. HOLMAN, 1911, Who halls ION Seat
tie, Wash
sued q statement fOrbidding students 20
play Sunday baseball
Yale oarsmen viii prepare four weeks
on the Thames for the annual regatta
With Harvard, June %
Yale VIII issue a call for al its vet
eran football players to take a two
weeks preliminary workout before the
regular practice IN the fan
Pinder beat the gun IN the nigh hurd-
les in the Syracuse-Michigan dual meet
That EsIpS 70 account for the fast per
formance the Syracuse man did
Capt. Little Goddard and Thayer, OF
tho Harvard track team are Phi Beta
Kappa men They are the prize stu
dents OF the lot
Buser, the Wisconsin varsity oSrsman
has been forced 10 lay on for a few
days because OF straining his arm put
ting the shot for the track team
L Tithington, who gave up rowing
q Il 80 weeks ago IN order 20 take
charge Of the spring practice OF the
candidates for the football eleven, OF
which he is captain, has gone back
10 lis former place at IN the uni
versity crew. Hooper, who rowed at
4 during WtthingtOn's absence. Is now
rowing s In the second crew.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
Close Competition.

However, the score IS not the shade
Of an indication Of the closeness Of CON-
petition IN several OF the events. Hird,
a doughty youngster, representing Tech
meal High School, sprung a surprise in
the mile rum which was one Of the most
Interesting races Of the afternoon. Trail
ing well in the rear Of Lawrence, Cen
trails representative. until the last lap,
he steadily made up the distance that
separated him from the lead and at the
stretch came forth with q burst Of speed
at the tape tEat found him an easy win
ner.
Lawrence, Of Central, was second 20
cross the finish line. closely followed by
his team mate, Supplee, who had pre-
viOusly captured first hOnors in the half
mile race.
Because Of q heavy track. the time OF
the race was not good, the winner COW
ering the distance in minutes and II
seconds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
SCORE BY TEAMS.

Those who have followed track ath-
letics In the high schools since the origin
Of the sport some fifteen years ago. are
not surprised today al the announce
ment Of CentraI's overwhelming victory
over other contestants in the annual az
fair at Georgetown Field yesterday az
ternoon-
pectauons Of many followers OF the
other schools. scored almost tvrise as
many points as the other entrants COM
bined with a total Of seventy. Tech
finished second With nineteen; Business
third. with nine; Western fourth. with
seven, and Eastern. fifth. with one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
Shores Clever Race.

The 44O-yard run brought about an
other upset. Shore OF Business captur-
ing the event from a field OF class in
number as well as personel. CentrSl's
entrants. Hamilton, Robinson. and Pol
lard, started out at q killing pace. The
challenge was accepted by q scarf few.
The winning runner cleverly main
tanned his usual pace, and at the Anal
turn started a sprint that gave him a
rather easy victory Hamilton OF Cen
trail looked an easy second, but tired in
the last five yards and was passed by
Bone Of Western. The time Of fifty
seven seconds. considering the fact that
the track was eight yards over the dis
tance, Is excellent.
Reuter- Of Central High was easily the
individual star OF the meet. He showed
his heels TO other competitors in the 100
ard 2z0-yard dasheS, captured first hon
ors IN the broad jump with a leap Of
nineteen feet three and a half inches
and ran last on the Central relay, which
defeated Business BY quarter OF a lap
IN a mile race.
Second honOrs go 70 Kelley OF Cen
trail, who won first place in the shot
put and hammer throw, and second in
the high jump.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
Country Board

IF you have place in the country, you
can easily rent your spare rooms to some Of
the numberless people who want to get away
from the hot city during the summer months.
You only need to let these people know that
you have such rooms to rent
The most effective way is to advertise
them under Country Board In the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
AMERICAN HORSE
LIKED IN DERBY
Whitney's Witchwork Is
Thought TO Have an Ex-
cellent Chance.

EPSON, England. May 2s.-An Amer
lean bred three-year-old promises 70 be
a factor In this years Derby, the blre
ribbon event Of the turf world. which
viii be contested over the historic Derby
course next Wednesday.
The colt is Witchwork, by Hamburg,
who will carry the Eton blue and brown
sash and cap OF Harry P. Whitney. This
one has been kept under cover up 20 the
present. but his work recently has con-
WINGED Jack Joyner trainer. that he has
a 'iook-in' for the big stake.
Joyner has a line" on the fayorite
and second choice in the race. Earl
!toseberry's Neil Cow, and A Fairies
Iemberg, through their race for 2,O0c
eulneas' when Whlsk Broom, from the
whitney stable, followed them home.
His opinion that he has a chance is
accepted by the American colony as
meaning that he expects to be inside the
money In the big race. II he does not
actually win.
Martins Dope.
Nell Cow beat Lemberg n scant head
in the Guineas after a hard drive for
the entire distance. Whisk Broom was
third, a length back. According TO
'Skeets" Martin. who has ridden Witch
work In his trials and Vhisk Broom IN
his races, the Wamburg colt could give
Whisk Broom ten pounds and a beat
ing over any distance
The extent that the British turf has
suffered by the death Of King Edward.
VIII be shown next Wednesday Of
course, there will be a crowd. Derby
day is a holiday. and TO thousands Of
LOndOners the one real holiday Of the
year. But the sight Of the horsec Will
recall vivid memories OF last wear,
VuHnn the rnuQN rnlOva Al
victory by the japanese named Minoru.
King Edward led MS horse into the
paddock, but this year the royal box
win be empty and draped in mourning.
The contrast viii be especially no
ticeable because It had been intended
TO make this years derby unprece-
dentedly brilliant, and King Edward
had planned 10 have former President
Roosevelt as his personal guest
Maher or Neil Cow.
This years derby VIII be worth about
s35. 100 TO the winner. The Earl OF Rose
bery's Nell Cow, who viii have the ben
eft OF Danny Makers plotting. VIII be
favoTite, but FAIRIES Lemberg Is Ger
tain to be a close second choice Others
who will be well played viii be the Earl
Of Durham's Rochester, Major LodeTs
Admiral Hawks, L Robinson's Tres
sadly, ViscOunt NiIlier's Greenback. H.
Lytham's Lonawand. and J. Buchanan's
Charles O'Malley.
The latter is well liked BY a certain
following usually designated as the
sharp shooters He was bred by A
=. Cunliffe and Is sired BY Desmond
His dam, GOOdy Two Shoes, was bred
in America, and O'Malley has had a
. long, careful preparation for the derby
His backing. like that OF the Whitney
colt. viii. however. be more on the
strength OF his trials than on anything
he has shown under cOlOrS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
CENTRAL FOLLOWERS
ARE NOT SURPRISED
Easy Victory in Scholastic
Track Meet Follows
Expectations.
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS.

iO0-yard dash-Reuter, c. H S.
220-yard dash-Reuter. c. II. 5.
44O-yard run-Shore. B. II. s.
SSO-yard run-Supplee, c H S
One-mile run-Hird, T. II. S.
22O-yard hurdles-Huut, c. II. S.
Pole vault-Guy. w. II. g., and
Hunt, G. H s.
High jump-Currie. c. II. S.
Broad jump-Reuter. G. H S.
Shotput-Kelley, c. II. S.
Hammer throw-Kelley, G. H. s.
75-ysrd dash Ounior)-P. Pollard,
G. II. s.
SCORE BY TEAMS.
Central Hish......-.''s''s'.s~ ~
Technical ID
Business High-..,-.-....~4-@S~s
Western High.............rss..s. Z
Eastern -..............-...... l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
HEARD AND SEEN
AMONG COLLEGES

one OF DartmOuth's track S.ars IS q.
2. HOLMAN, 1911, Who halls ION Seat
tie, wash
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
BASEBALL COMMENT
FROM MANY POINTS

Jim Mcguire. manager Of the Cleve-
land Maps, apparently needs some out
feeders who can hit the ball
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

President Schurman OF Cornen has Is
sued q statement fOrbidding students 20
play Sunday baseball
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Lee Garvin has been deposed as man
ager Of the Muskogee team in the West
ern Association, and viii return 10
Shreveport, in the Texas League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Yale oarsmen viii prepare four weeks
on the Thames for the annual regatta
with Harvard, June 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Lord Macaulay said that the Puritans
stopped bear batting in england, not be
carisa they svmpathized with the bear,
but because the exhibitions were en-
jcyed by the spectators. He was liter
ally true. and much of the professional
q citation against this, that, and the
osher thing in this land of the free"
today is attributable TO the same in
stinct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

L w. Holt, of the Regal Motor Car
Company, who spent the week in Wash
ington with Emerson and Orme. Regal
agents. left today for Scranton, Pa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Sammy Strang ran over to Baltimore
from Annapolis, where his West Point
ers are CHARTERED on the eve OF the bat
tie with the Middies, last night and had
heart-tO-heRrt talk with Manager
Jack Dunn in reference 10 playing with
the Orioles this season
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Evidence Of the clip that the Eastern
League clubs are travelling is to be had
in the general absence Of the spring
forecasts from the dOpesters and the old
guard Of fandom- 1t is a hard matter to
find real group Of fans outspoken ir.
their selection Of the 1910 penant win
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

This felcw Daubert, who has SUD
planted Tim Jordan on first. appears 10
be the real thing. 1t is a pity that
o. Conner did not grab this first base
man They both were in the Southern
League last season, and the Browns
were minus an initial secker.-St Louis
Republic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Bill Burns. former Washington south
paw, has been operated on for nasal
trouble. Burns has been unable 70
breathe properly for some time, and
the affection seriously hampered his
work on the ball field He viii be back
in the game when the White Sox return
from their Eastern visit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

It's a record to make the spirit of
mortal proud.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

Even such a two-handed talker as
Horace Fogel Will have his troubles
explaining the sudden slump of the
Philadelphia Nationals, who won a
paitry three and lost ten in the West
Likewise, the remarks of Col Barney
Dreyfuss upon the Pittsburg Pirates
winning four and olsing nine on their
home grounds will be more interest
ing than polite.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

McAIeer's former team, St Louis, won
three out Of fifteen games in the East.
His present henchmen garnered nine
ont Of thirteen.