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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
WALSH HAS A HOBBY.
Does Not Care for Victories, But
Likes His Strike-Outs.

Most every ball player has his hobby
or popularity. and Ed Walsh, the star
HEAVIER Of the Chicago White Sox, has
one that is just. about the limit, Walsh
doesn't pay much attention to the shut
outs he records. the games he wins the
hits made off him or the bases on balls
he passes out. but he does dote on his
strike-out record.
Walsh pitched the morning game Dec
Grafton day in Cleveland and managed
to win. more through his mastery pitch
ing than through the efforts OF his team
mates The writer happened on Walsh
after the game and remarked that he was
forced to the limit to win. Walsh re-
piled that hard luck was pursuing him
this spring and that he should have won
all but q few Of the games in which he
worked but for tough breaks.
by the way, how many games have
you won and lost this year?"I asked the
big fellow.
you've got me there" he replied Il
haven't the slightest idea how I stand
now, but 1 have struck out seventy-two
men so far"
I was more than surprised to learn that
the strike outs interested Walsh more
than any other feature OF his work. and
he frankly confessed that keeping track
of his strike outs was his one and only
hobby In base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
LON MYERS RECORD
CANNOT Be BEATEN
One Thousand Yard Run
Mark Has Stood for
Twenty-Nine Years.

NEW YORK, July 9.-No running record
on the books at the present time has
been the target Of SO many attacks as
the mark of 2.13 for the LOCO yards,
made by the late Lon Myers twenty
nine years ago. and apparently the rec
ord is. as safe today as the day after
Myers had established it. In the long
string OF years which have since fitted
by many good man has tried to dupli-
cate the feat. and, needless to state, all
have failed. In fact. every man who
at all worked himself into the front rank
record. and, while several did well, the
majority were away off,
One of the best attempts stands to
tho credit OF Charlie fitzpatrick. who
In the fall OF 1895 did 2 minutes IA
seconds at Travers Island, and he ran
himself almost to death. Those around
Travers Island at the time were Of the
opinion that OF all the middle-d distance
men Fitzpatrick was the most promising
to tumble this supposedly invincible feat.
He had speed and could stay the journey.
so with the hope that he would do the
trick the race was put on specially. with
limited handicap, so that he could be
well extended at every stage of the
race. Fitzpatrick ran splendidly, doing
the half mile in 1.5s, but the old-timers
who had seen Myers do his record shock
their heads and said the gait was too
slow, as they said Myers did better
than 1.57 when he made the record
Seemingly they had the correct dope, for
Fitzpatrick failed. though he ran himself
clean out to the last ounce Recently
Melvin Sheppard made good attempt
at the games Of the Pastime Athletic
Club by running second to q handicap
man. who did a fraction slower than
the record.
But while numerous bids are adver-
tised for the 1.OOO-yard honor it Is singu-
lar that none of. the cracks ever adver-
tised to take fall out of the record of
3.02 40 seconds for the three-uuarters
of a mile, made by Tommy Conner in
1886. 1t Is easy to account for the neg
lect. for this is the best record on the
book. and the one above all the others
against which the tip-toppers OF the pres
ent would cut but very poor figure.
Any one of the men who would aspire
to emulate Conner at this particular
neighborhood and try to run the sort of
race he did. He was leading at the
half mile In 1.59.. and every stride after
that he drew away from Fitzpatrick, his
aggressive opponent, and won by about
twenty-five yards. Previous to that day
the record was 3.07, and Fitzpatrick beat
this by a fractions This three-quarters
Of a mile record is the one that should
remain the longest on the books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
BALL PLAYERS VALUE
RATHER UNCERTAIN
Player Who Looks Like, a Star
Today Often Proves a
Failure Tomorrow.

Star ball players are certainly a mighty
risky commodity.
One year a player may show to ad-
vantage. look like million dollars, cause
his owner to turn down all kinds of fab
ulous offers for his services, and the fol-
lowing year prove big failure.
While every club owner is in the base
ball business to get the money, still it's
the one ambition Of every owner and
manager to win pennants. otherwise there
would be much more trading and sell
ing Of players among the various clubs
Of the majors and minors. Civic pride
often keeps an owner from selling one
Of his stars for a big sum. The fact
that such a sale may also bring upon his
head the wrath of the fans plays a part
as well in the base ball market.
Four years ago George Stone of the
ST. Louis club led the American League
in batting. Stone and his big stick was
feared by every pitcher in the Johnsonian
circuit. Every club owner would have
been delighted to buy Stone at most any
old price. while the st. Louis fans simply
offers were made Owner Hedges, but he
turned a deaf ear to them.
Stone was expected to be the big noise
the following year, but he proved rank
caused him to get late start. Injuries
set him back several times just as he was
getting into his stride and all in all he
had a bad year. One OF the injuries to
his ankle slowed him up considerably
and since then a number Of the hits that
he used to beat out go in to the putout
column. Three years ago Stone would
have brought down something like $lO.-
600. yet it's questionable If any club
would pay much more for him than the
draft price.
A few years ago Manager McGraw Of
the New York Giants offered the st.
Louis Nationals $4,000 for Pitcher Kar-
ger and was willing to throw in a couple
of young pitchers to boot. Owner Robi-
fans a winner and turned down the offer
without even hesitating. Karger failed
to show the next year. was traded to
Cincinnati and then turned loose to
minor league club. He is now with the
Boston Americans. but Is nothing like the
pitcher he was a few years ago.
Not so many years ago Elmer Flick.
Herman Schaefer. Lee, Tannehill, Bill
Bradley. Bill Donovan and a host of
other stars would have brought fancy
prices were they placed on the auction
block Of base ball. While quite few
of the boys are still valuable to have
around there wouldn't be any riot should
they be offered for sale, and they
wouldn't bring one-fifth the price they
would have commanded five years ago.
Good players are players who take long
chances. Players who take unusual risks
are, of course, very liable to injury and
slight injuries often ruin star players.
Yes, indeed. star ball players are more
delicate than the daintiest bits Of bric-a-
brac.
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Sunday School League.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Ninth Wins Hard Fought Game.

wnen Svmanoskie famed Riddle for
the final out in the ninth inning OF yes
terday's game in the Sunday Scnool
League the rooters Of the Ninth street
Christian Church heaved a sigh that
had held them in suspense for several
moments The contest was in doubt UNI
til Riddle took his third healthy swing
at the horsehide. The big first baseman
came within an ace or defeatinP the
Christian aggregation, but Umpire
Hughes declared the clout foul ana
the next ball ended matters. IL was no
place for a weak heart.
Not a hit was registered by either
team until the final half of the thlrd IN
ming. In this session Johnny Carrol,
who was going nicely on the mound Ior
the Christians, was chased to the bench
as a result of four hits and as many
runs.
At this stage it looked as though Peck
would be winners over the CHRISTIANS -or
the second time this sea son.
In the following session Qulgley was
also hit freely, and when Quantrelle
ended the inning with a fly to left field
six hits and total OF hve runs mao peeh
registered. Peck tied the score In Its
ca me hack strong in the fifth and scored
it's sixth and final run Of the contest. :,
The game was the most exciting and
Interesting contest of the season. and
was featured by some clever neldlng py
members of both teams Hands at third
for Ninth and Slack at the middle sta
tion for the Memorial aggregation played
brilliant ball. Steinmeyer led with the
bat with a triple and two singles
with one run needed to tie the score
PECK gave the Ninth rooters the biggest
scare Of their lives in the ninth mixing.
powell batted. for Quigley and was an
easy out, Symanoskie to Quantrelle.
Murray singled to left and Slack fan
ned. Symanoskie gave his only pass of
the game to Donnelly, and on the next
ball pitched Murray pilfered third, and
n was up to Riddle. With one strike
Riddle lifted one over third, but the
BAH was few inches foul and he famed
on the next ball pitched. Had the baH
been fair two runs would have resulted.
The score:
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Davis Tennis, Matches.

NEW YORK, July 9.-Affairs surround
ing the Davis International Lawn Tennis
Challenge Cup have taken new turn
during the past week. From the Official
American tennis organ the statement is
made that it has been decided to NOM
mate the team OF players to represent
this country at the time of playing the
all-comers' national championship on the
courts at Newport. r. l.. which will be-
gin August Is That was the procedure
last year. At that time it will be posi-
BILE to obtain players willing to journey
to Australia. Already. it is known that
Beals c. Wright. now competing in Eng
land, and the two Californians, Maurice
e. Mclaughlin and Melville T. Long.
are willing to 60. However. much de-
ponds upon the form that thestwo latter
display when they appear In the. eastern
tournaments this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

The figures in the following tables.
which have been compiled from the
oficaI tabulated scores of the games
contested by the Nationals with the otn-
or seven teams in the race Tor the
American League championship pennant,
rs published in The Star each day, give
an accurate and complete description OF
the work of each Of the players VINO
compose the team of the Nationals In
the seventy-two games played by them
from the commencement Of the season
TO Saturday. July 8.
Lelivelt has been batting terrically
during the past two weeks, having been
At bat forty-six times and made twenty
base hits, giving him an average OF .43o
for the thirteen games played, and a
batting average of .2I6 for the sixty
four games in which he has taken part.
and in fielding his position he has made
but one error in forty-five games-a fine
record for a youngster ''Kid'' Elber-
field has also been doing excellent work
with the big stick" having batted at
4 1913 clip during the past two weeks,
and SO has Milan improved in his stick
work Killifer has also done well in
the games in which he has taken part.
batting $40 in the last nine games In
which he has played. A perusal OF the
figures below will give a better idea OF
the Nationals work to date:
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N CASES WHERE
ATHLETES HAVE QUIT
Stars in One Sport, But Rank
Cutters in An
other. =,

NEW YORK, July CT have heard Of
many cases." says an old-time athlete.
''of men who were accused Of being quit
tiers solely because they couldn't make
good in one sport as they had In an
other. For instance. there was lad at
Pennsylvania, we'll known for his ability
as a water polo player, who simply funk
ed in foot ball. Water polo is no child g
game, and this man could stay below
with the best and rough It as hard as
any one. Still, when it came to foot ball
he wasn't there.
pennsylvania had also the case of a
first-rate sprinter. a real champion at the
dashes, who showed all the courage in
the world at anything up to quarter OF
q mile no matter how hard he had to go,
and still in a foot ball suit couldn't. get
up his courage to go at the tacklers. He
had what has been described as the
sprinter's natural hesitauon-the desire
to save his legs.
I'm the foot bali days at Columbia
there was a fellow who was first-class
bicycle rider, as daring as they made
rough sport. He tried to play end on the
foot ball team. but gave 1t up because,
as he said himself. he could not get his
feet OF the ground. The dive tackle was
an 1mpOSS1O1l1ty TO MIN. he sara he
couldn't rid himself Of the dread Of let
ting loose at the man with the ball.
Columbia, too, had a man who was
reputed yellow in foot ball and afterward
went out to row. A graduate came to
Coach Rice, who put this man in his
boat. and said: Rice, that fellows a
cutter. Better get him out For an
swerj Rice put the crew through a tough
time row. bringing the graduate along
with him in the coaching launch. After
the exhausting trip. in which both men
watched the man all the way. Rice turn
ed to the other man and said: wen. IS
he a Quitter?' And the graduate had to
admit there wasn't any yellow in the
man in. question. The oarsman rowed In
two OF the toughest races Columbia has
had lin recent years and never showed the
least sign of cowardice.
I've heard Of q case at Yale OF. a man
who was q champion hurdler. but foot
ball showed him UP. He simply couldn't
carry the ball, fast though he was. 1t Is
foot ball that furnishes the hardest test
for these men who excel in other lines OF
sport. There seems. to be special sort
Of courage required Of mem for foot fball
and another type In other games.
1--WE known men who were arrant COW
ards as far as fighting was concerned
who ran the most bruising races on the
track and never displayed the least UNI
willingness to punish themselves. They
probably suffered more than they would
have IL they had been In INST fight, but
they couldn't get themselves to face the
idea of a personal encounter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

NEW ORLEANS. La, July 9.-Work
is progressing on the Tulane University
field, which will stage the national
championships Of the Amateur Athletic
Union. to be held here August H.. About
$1,000 will be expended on the field
alone before 1T lis ready for the games.
It is expected Sthat the work will be
done by. August 1. New jumping and
vaulting pits aretbeing built in the oval,
and a foot ball and basket ball courts
are under construction. According to
the plans, the one-quarter-mile track
and t220-yard straightaway will sbe the
best in the country. They are being
modelled after: those fbuilt for'the James,
town and st. Louis expositions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
s s:::::: as $ s,:,; 81
Government. Printing once. $50. LIST and "
streets northwest.
As neither the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company or the Dia-
mond Athletic Club was able to put a, full
Umpire Wood declared the game post
poned.
The report that the Diamond Athletic
Club was to lose its franchise in the
league, and that the other teams would
play out the schedule caused stir in
the ranks of that team. and as a result
Manager Heinreich, who recently took
charge Of the team, has gotten good
team together.
officials of the league Friday night the
Diamond team was warned that II 1t
failed to put team on the held tomor-
row the franchise would be taken away.
II Is stated another team is already
waiting to take the place.
As several Of the players of that team
have left the city. the managers decided
to allow Manager Heinreich TO secure
other players to fill the positions.
Mccarthy. who had put up a star game
for the Pension Bureau team. was trans
ferred to the Columbia 1O1 team, leaders
of the league. His transfer was made
prior to July 4. which will allow him to
play In the post-season games.
Many of the players are making efforts
to lump from the weaker teams in all
OF the leagues OF the city to the leading
teams. believing that they will have
chance 70 play In the post-season games,
but in this they will be disappointed. as
only those who were with the leading
teams before the LIST of July will be al
lowed TO play.
During the past two weeks the teams
have put up such poor exhibitions. and
in several instances games have been for
feited. that the attendance has dwindled
down to, scant few. The collections
have been SO small that Umpire Wood
had din1culty. after working In the sun
through long game. in getting enough
for his pay.
The postponed games as announced for
Saturdays are as follows: Saturday
July 16 Columbia 101 vs.. Hygenic Labora-
tory: Saturday, July %, Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company VS. Column
bia 101.
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COMMISSIONERS WIN.
Defeat Hyattsville in, Holly Con-
tested Game by Two Runs.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSvILLE, July 9.-The Hyatts-
Vile base ball team was defeated this aft
ernoon by the Commissioners club, pen
nant winners in the Departmental League.
at Capital City Park, Washington, by the
score of to 8. Anderson, for Hyatts-
Vile. pitched a fine game. allowing the
hard-hittins Commissioners but five hits.
c,evA Beckett was in the box for the
Commissioners and Hyattsville got but
four hits and nine batsmen fell victims
to his elusive curves. The Commissioners
scored four in the second inning. but
EVANSVILLE stuck to their work and put
I'M a creditable uphill game. The score:
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Petworth Swamps Takoma.

Petworth swamped Takoma in the Sub
urban League yesterday, batting it's
pitchers to all corners Of the field and
winning by the score of IA to g.
Clayton pitched we'll for the Red and
Gray boys and held his opponents safe
at all times.
Stewart led both teams In batting.
swatting out two triples and a single.
Tilp's catch of Stewards long drive to
center was the only fielding feature.
Score.
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Olympia League.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
81. Stephens IL 1 .917 ranglewood.. 8 10 .s3a
Olives . o 800 Georgetown. 2 ~:
Teuleytown.. Z .533 Spartans. 80. 2 9 ISL
Tenleytown Wins Close Game.

Tenleytown took a Suggest from Tan
glewood yesterday, 13 to IL. Tie game
looked as IL it would be a pitchers bat
tie until the fourth, when the Suburban.
ties jumped on Petit for six runs. Tan
glewood came back with Ave in the next
and four more in the sixth Tenleytown
tied 1t up in seventh only to lose the
lead in the next inning. In the eighth
it was 30 dark that the ball was prac-
tically invisible and Tenleytown won the
game by scoring two runs. Rawling'
hitting featured the game. He fon-
nected for a double and three singles.
Freeman hit WELL for the winners. Score,
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Capital City League.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Midways Surprise Leaders.

The Midways threw a big surprise
into the Cornell camp yesterday by
trouncing the Tigers. to 2. Much of
the credit oftthe victory should sgo to
Paul Jones of the Midways, who
twirled pennant-winning ball
The sfielding on both sides was excel
lent, Trowbridge in particular starring.
Score:
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New Race Track.

HAMILTON. July s.-Tne London
Jockey Club has made application to
the Dominion government for a charter.
and it is the inception TO build new
race track in Ontario. provided per-
mission is granted. The organizers are
R. r. Bruce, w. ]. Southam, ]. L.
Counsel. st. Clair Balfour and H. W.
Wilcox.
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Fielding average for past week. .964.
Sacrifice Hits and Stolen Bases.
contested by them to Saturday. July ..
have made .seventy-three sacrifice hits.
q gain Of two In the last seven games.
and have piifered ffty-one basas. q gain
Of five during the past week. in the
games with Boston, Philadelphia and
St Louis. while their opponents have
made lightweight sacrifice hits, a gain
of eleven in the same games, and have
purloined eighty-three bases. a gain OF
seven, and those players Of the home
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Totals. I41s2712 ) Totals. 2 b2414

T Rsss%s -. . 3 55-i.s
base on balls-On Clayton 2; Oh Tin. /: Oh
Bladen. l.: Oh Burroughs. /. Innings pitched
sy Bladsn. - ny 6y Tip 81 By Burroughs I.
roughs !. Struck out by Clayton, i; By BIa-
den. 2; BY Tip. I. Three base hits-Stewart g
Two-base hit-Seitz. Sacrifice hits-Parker Moss-
berg. stolen bases-Dempsey Parker, Clayton
o. e. Mayne 90. Setz Double plays-Stewart
to Mossberg to LIE Duo; Dempsey to Mossberg to
Le Duo: Hit by pitcher-By Burroughs (ParEerS.
Wild pitches-Ttlp l2), Burroughs. Passed ball.
Cheek. Umpires-Messrs. Carroll and Faeue.
Time Of game-l hour and q minutes.
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Southern Railway League.


The Bookkeepers humbled the Opera
tors yesterday by taking a hard-fought
game, score to 6. The contest through
ing on an equality. each having four err
rors and the hit column totaled one more
for the losers. Bookkeepers scored first
and held the lead during the game, al
though the losers by rally in the
estins Both shortstops were In form,
Tanners work being particularly bril-
liant. Turley also played we'll at the
initial sack, taking fourteen chances
without a wsbble The score:
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American Security Wins Out.

American National scored eight runs
in the first two innings yesterday aft
ernoon against American Security, and
retained the lead till the eighth inning.
when the Security boys punched hits
and scored six runs. which proved enough
to win. Score, IL to 8.
johnson pitched we'll for the winners
and held his opponents scoreless during
the seven innings he worked. The score:
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Left on bases-Nassau, 3: st. Martin, 4.
First base on bslls-On Harmon. 2; OF Sheilen-
berger, 1: OF Burley, 2; or Leonard. l: In
nings pitched-By Harmon; two and wo-thirds;
made-On Harmon, 8: OF Shellenberger. 3; Oh
Burley, 8. Struck out-By Harmon. 2; by Bur
ley. 8: by Leonard, 8. Home runs-Dampier, 2;
WILKINSON Two-base hit-Dampier. Saerihce
hits-Herriman, Rapp. Stolen bases-Hauteman.
Heeney. Rapp, Mclloy. Tansill, LEONARD, Her
Passed balls-Smith. 2; Harmon. 4: Brewer. 2.
Umpire-Mr. Newman Time Of game-1 hour
and As minutes,
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Two-base hit-Hessler Sto1eH JAZZ E.aris.s
Leakin, Harding. Moriarity, Morse; Sae aaass
hits-Herring 2 Sacrifice hy-Hartley. BASES
IN h.iisNOfr Anderson, 4; OF Beckett, j. STRUCK
out~By Anderson. 8; by Beckett, o. On p bssesE
EHrrss,t.riiie Z. Commissioners, Z. First base on
errors~Hyattsviile, 2; Commissioners, 3. Ia %
nire-Mr Smith. Time Of game-l hour anu 'o
minutes.
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"Batted Tor QuigIey IN ninth Inning.
Ninth ............., o o 5 0-6
Peck .............. o o 1 o o O-S
Two-base hits-Quantrelle. Miles. Donnelly
Three-base hits-C. Broome (2l, Steinmeyer.
Home run-Miles. Sacrifice hit-Murray. Stolen
bases-Q uantrelle. Miles 80. Murray. Double
play-Slack to Meyers to Donnelly to Jackson.
baIls-On Quigley.. s; on Symsnoskie, !. Hit By
piteher--By Quigley. Struck eut.By Sy-
manoskie. Time Of game-1 hour and 50 min
utes. Umpire-Mr. Hughes.
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Independence League.
omorrow's game-Manhattan VS.. Twini
Three-Cornered Tie.
STANDING OF THE TEA,

The Overwhelming defeat Of Nassau by
ST. Martin, IA to 2, caused q three-cor-
nered tie for second place In the 1nde-
pendence League.
The contest was the poorest put forth
this seasoh. The losers played like sand
lotters, and had not Leonard toyed with
them in the eighth they would have been
h,aokad The score.
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NATIONALS INCREASE
THEIR, STICK WORK
Eiuht of the Regulars Advance
Batting Percentage, leIi-
welt Biggest Gamer.
SOARING HIGHER.

The following Nationals increased
their batting percentages in the
games contested by them dur
ing the past week with the Boston
Red Sox), Philadelphia (Athletics)
and st. Louis (Browns) teams: