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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
ACCOMMODATE
25,00O FIGHT FANS

HILADELPHIA. Sept. 1.-Arranse-
ments are being made TO accommodate
.. O00 spectators when Al Kaufman and
Bill Lang meet in a six-rOund battle al
the National League baseball park next
Monday evening.
The pugilists have each posted $50 70
guarantee appearance in the ring at 10
O'Clock. and the promoters have put up
$3.50 TO be forfeited in case or interior
cnCc-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
POLOISTS ENTHuSE

NARRAGANSETT. R. L. sept The
spectacular playiuC Of the English polo
PLAYERS a. Nara ga1sett sPier has won
The admiration OF the American polo
PLAYERS. who speak enthusiastically
about he playing Of the Britons Il
row looks as if there viii be an inter
national match next var II both sides
csn be BROUGHT toEether.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
PICKED FOR MAYOR
IF HIS TEAM WINS
Manager Hindricks May Be Den
ver's Executive If He Captures
Western League Pennant.

DENVER, Sept If Manager Jack
Hendricks, of the Denver Western
League club. can land his team al the
top Of the league IN the pennaut race
he stands an excellent chance OF being
4 candidate for being mayor OF Denver
TIE Knights Of Columbus enTerta med
the Denver AMI Lincoln baseball clubs
a. a smoker. and several speeches were
delivered booming Hendricks for mayor
III case ne lands the peu0ant. Follow
iug the speeches SO fans present unanl-
mOuSiE adopted resolution backing
ETr~T-rr--e
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Drafts Pat IN by Wash
lrgtOn.

Magic, pitcher, Los Angeles
Wit, infiCidcr, san Francisco.
Perry, OutfeIder, Sacramento.
Wilbur Smith, catcher, Mime
apOlis.
Henley, pitcher, san Francisco.
bunting, lnfieIder, Fayetteville,
n G
Vaughan, InfeIder, Toronto.
Lefty George. pitcher, Indianapolis.
Bussey, pitcher, DanvIIIe.
James, Murray, catcher, Baltimore.
COrbin, OUTheIder. Akron
Doll, pitcher. Edmonton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
General Sports

At Ottawa more than 1880 has been
raised by the rowing club to send a
crew TO FIcu-e y next year The Otf4vza
Boat Club won the International or
Tor Fights a Washington. and &c + the
IDten ion OF the city 20 send the oars
men 70 England tCcompete il the big
E-Dg-'sh race Jim Ten Eyrk IS GEe
coaSh % The successful crew
Ray Bronson. Of Indianapolis. was
forced To extend himself 10 his utmost
10 win the decision over Grover HAYES
al Memphis in an eiCht-round bout
Hayes made a WhirlWlGd finish and had
Bronson hanging on fOrdear life a.
the end Of the bout. The latter, how
ever. secured a good lead early in the
battle, and this save him the fight
The trap shooting season viii start 4
Travers' Island In another month The
Crescent A g. VIII also UDeu its trans.
Nontclair Club VIII start the season
later.
Frank Gotch, worlds champion wrest-
Ter. has been beseeched by various pro
motors TO re-enteT the game A large
purse has been guaranteed by each Of
them for a match between the cham
uion and Zbvs-fzo or HsCkenschuidt-
Thus far GOtch has refused. but II Is
hoped by the managers 10 get him into
the game again by next month -
much for retirements-
Matt 1TcGrath,of the y 7 A .,
eSta bIfshed another worlds record WHOM
he beat Pat MacDonaId'S heave with
the ffty-six-pOund weight at Chicago by
fully FIVE feet The Mercury Foot ath-
lete is in fine condition Tor the senior
championships, which take place on
September 10. and Il would not be sur
priSiuE II he took Flsnasan's scalp at
The games
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HARVARD SQUAD
LEAVES FOR MAINE
Team viii Try Out New Football
Rules At FraZieTS
Island.

BOSTON, sept 1--Harvard's foot
ball squad. eager 20 try out the new
rules. left here today for Cceanville,
Me, where for the next few weeks,
under the personal supervision Of
Head Coach HaUEhton and one or
two 1ieutauanrS. thew viii indulge in
liCht preliminary practice and try
out the new rules
The squad viii he the guests OF DR..
BIodEett and d-rinE their stay viii
stop at his camp on FraZieTS Island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
RULES DON'T PLEASE.

NEW YORK. Sent. IA big hozrl Is
being set uD ali over the country by
the big coli eyes over the new football
rules All of the veterans VIII have To
start all ,Ver again while The coaches
viii have to sit u-s nights trying 10 die
J-7 new PLAYS TO offset the innovations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
WELL-KNOWN YACHT
AVENGER IS SOLD

NV YORK. Sept L-One OF the
best known racing yachts In the coUn-
fry changed hands with the sale, an
noUnced TO-DAY. Of the AEenEer. BY Hen
~ l. Maxwell, vice commodore Of the
IarcEm0uI Yacht Cluo. 10 Daniel Ba-
con OF the New York Yacht club
Tho Avenger was built IN 1906 by Tie
Herresh0Hs. She viii be Teritte6 sfn
entered next year In the contests FOR
The tiftv-fOot class She has ia-Se
string Of victories to her credit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
TUFTS WILL PLAY
YALE OCTOBER 5

MEDFORD. Mass, Sept 1--8Iauager
E I McPhile, OF the Tufts CoIlese
football team stated today that a re-
port circulated in View Haven that a
game would not be played on October
between Yale and Tufts was Gro
ueous-
Tufts has not Cancelled the date. Re
said, and so far as the MedfOrd team
is concerned the same VIII De played
Al New Haven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
IN BASEBALL WORLD

y Lord and zeider were the yum get
AIEs or the Chicago Americans in
PaA erdsy's game with Boston. Our
or Skour times at bat Lord got two
ern 4 soaring each time one of his
. -sel vice on one hit and a base on
~ double plays on the part Of
- not only iivened Gp the Game.
bI~also cut Chicago out of a larger
scre-
lou Criger is printing up the Yankee
plCheTS for that murh--a lked-uT post
s-sson series If IL Is arranged. Ed
sweeney VIII do most of the catching
probably all OF IT, But r. viii be Eri-
gers job 10 get the fiugi1g corps
worked up 10 the games
BY winning yesterdays game from
esTieS from the league leaders
Rumor has II that 1TcGraw is dicker-
ing with Fred Clarke for Campbell. the
E1ttS1urE utility oUrfelder and pinch
hitter Not much chance Of getting him
unless Mac Is willing TO turn over a
couple Of pitchers
Delehanty and Crawford We're the
heavy batters for Detroit yesterday
ont Of Eve times at bat. both got
three hits which resulted n one run
for Crawford DeleEauty failed 10
score
Clarke cannot last much longer as q
he picked Campbell as his logical sue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
MORAN OUTBOXES
FRANKIE BURNS

SAN FRANCISCO. SEPT. Owen
Egaran out7ointed frankie Burns IN
.--e,r rer-round bout last night under
~ Ills management. 40 &C
flsion was given IN the rims
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Lett on bases-NNashiugtOn. u St
Louis = First base on balls-CT John
son. q of Bailey. g. Struck out-Bv
johnson IA by Bailey. Z. Tw0-base hits
Mcbride. GTiEES. Sacrifice hit-COn-
ROY stolen haSEE-N- n Infer. Cess Ilr-
T-nElaub. TruesdaIe. Double plays
Johnson Mcbride. and TnElaub-
F4ar4zeF and Newman Hit by pitched
baII-AcBride, E1berfeld, BeckendorL
Wild pitch-Johuson- Passed ball
Beckeudorf Tmpires-MeSSrs Evans
and Collifower- Time OF game
hour and - minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01

The winning Of the game from St
Louis was such q simple matter as TO
need little comment The real features
were the tv&O successful attempts ar the
hit and run which were made bv Con
roy, and Milan and Gessler. and Kill
fer Another delightful memory Is fur
1iShed By the pair of singles and the
double with which Mcbride sweeteneG
his batting average kIlifer. El6erfeId
and TnElaub likewise lifted their aver
ages 10y manly Clouts and altogether 2
--erE pleasant afternoon was spent, de
spite the constant. drizzle-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01
Lead To Athletics.

Twenty-eisht days IN the month Of
May saw Philadelphia with the lead
The first day OF the same month New
York and Detroit tieo Second dav the
Tigers were in the lead. but the fourth
day, when the fans Looked at The pa
pers they saw Detroit second. with the
Athletics first
June was a sad month for the Tigers
The first six DAYS saw lIack-s men on
top with the Tigers second, and New
York and Boston close bel ind. The next
eight days the New 70 rkers held the
lead. then Il went back O Philadelphia.
on June = the Athletic had the lead
again They held It for ser en- days. and
then gave way TO New York Three
days from the Sd. Connie Mack did not
Ike second so he went back to first ard
stayed there
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Mike Kahoe TO persuade them 10 let
the catcher go. Had the Lawrence own
ers not fallen upon evil DAYS and needed
TIE coin extra badly at that time Ain
smith would have finished the New
England League season. and Washing
ton would have been without his ser
vices Just when the team was ready 10
start the winning streak that has landed
u IN nth place No matter II the men
obtained in the drafting are not av>.--.
able here, they viii be useful for sdch
emergencies
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Detroit Sank Steadily.

In the month Of July. AIack-s men had
their own way in the American League.
tie was not out Of frst place at any
time.
Detroit was third for first nineteen
days. then dropped 10 fourth. and stay
ed there until the month passed on
the 10Th day Of July Philadelphia led
Boston by uinety-two points Boston =
lead over New York was I'VE points. and
New Nork's lead over Detroit was ten
-. MS
In the thirty days that have passed
in August Connie and his tribe have
T-SJed with The best OF peace While
sle other teams have been fighting for
second place. Boston has Il Just now.
but she IS not sure of holding il for the
remainder o. the season
Philadelphia has had the lead 109 days
this year, and has been in first place
since the I'D o. June
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President Tom NcyeS. Of the Washing
ton ban club. is In Cincinnati TO-DAY al
terdiua the annual drafting lottery 10
do the drawing for Washington.
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double plays on the part Of
p not only livened up the same,
.sO cut Chicago out Of a larger
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II was great day for Walter John
son yesterday He famed fourteen
men and shut out s. Louis bE = 10 q
so easily that some Of the fans were
sorry he had rot been reserved for III
opener with the Athletics tUGay. bu5
that talk does not count A game IS "a
game whether won from ST Louis or
Philadelphia and the one great 5dea
now Is u have the Washington team
finish strongly in ffth place The whole
trio OF other Eastern clubs must be
met before the season is over. and the
prospects OF Washington fatIeniuE on
them are exceedingly slim. IN even
break would be q grand performance
In the meantime. II few cinChes can
be picked mp among the feeble Wezt-
erE5us. AIcAieer should grab the said
CIucHoE without any false m0destr
TSueEeT-WhlCh was what he old in
a cEarmI-Ei- braZen manner by send
Ing Johnson against St Louis IL the last
game a Western team VIII play in
washington This year
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What the Washington club needs and
needs badly IS trading material 10 offer
minor maEnates when Il IS desired 10
set aplayeT in a hurry after the season
opens Such contingency arose when
IL was necessary to have ATUSmifh at
once from Lawrence when Street was
hurt The Lawrence folk insisted that
they should have men rs well as money.
and IL took q week OF barney from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-01

Today's Games
Philadelphia IT Washington
Bosto- at New York
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Club Standings ard
Possibilities

IeSLetlay HeSuILA
Washington s: st. Louis. 2
Detroit 1. Philadelphia. I.
Chicago s, Boston. @.
New York ,. Cleveland L
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Dixie Walker and probably Jack
COMBS VIII be the pitchers TO-DAY.
The necessity for sending Eddie PLANK
10 the rescue Of Chief Bender in the
game between the Athletics and Detroit
IN Philadelphia yesterday uroha Flv
saved Washington from facing either Of
those mighty men o. might until Satur-
uly game CoOm1s has not been such
a. terror fO- Washington as thar Daf-
and the prospects Of maintaining The
comparatively fast gait against the Atl-
letlcs Is improved usr so much
Neither Bender nor Plank pitched a
full game, and might come back tenor
row unless Connie Mack sticks TO his
resolution TO give them all the rest
possible before the worlds series
The Athletics are not going 50 good
There IS hope
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Amused at the Many Accounts.

Lauren Barker, First Sergeant, Co. A
28th Wis, Third Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, Thirteenth Corps, Brookfield, Wis,
writes:
81 have been one of your readers for
29 years, and will keep on as long as |
can see to read. i was not one of the
first that went to the war, nor one of
the last to return, but served three
years and one month, and as l was born
in 1897 was not just a kid in wartime,
and, having a good memory and also
kept a diary Of every day / was In the
service, / will try to get things correct.
] have been greatly pleased to read the
history of the Western army in the de-
partment where my regiment served.
'As to Spanish Fort, / have been
greatly amused for many years, and
have concluded that there must have
been one of the largest armies in the
South there to capture that fort by the
number of letters | have read In The
National Tribune telling what regiment
and what army corps made the capture
The best account that / have ever read
about il was written a year or two ago
by Lieutenant that had more chance
TO know about ii than we did and
think he got il about right, as / was
there from start to finish and know
something about ii, and my watch was
d good timepiecc.
"On March 27, 1865, our regiment
had roll call at 4:30 n. M, and we re-
mained under arms until after sunrise
We then got our breakfast, and at 9
O'Clock we marched out and formed
line III the brigade and marched two
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start to finish; at Spanish Fort, Blakely
and Mobile April g., 1865. From there
our regiment marched to Talledega,
Ala, where we went into camp and did
duty, and was not mustered out until
Nov. s. 1865. We received our dis
charges at the Capitol Building at Al
bany, \. Y. ] think we were nearly the
last regiment out from New York State
mustered out of service.
II took an active part with my COM
pany and regiment in all their battles
and skirmishes. / was only II years
old when / returned home after serv-
ing two years. On Sept. %, 1856, l re-
enlisted as private for three years in
Co. X. goth u. s., and was honorably
discharged as First Duty Sergeant at
Fort Totten, Oak. T., on Sept 22, 1863,
at expiration of service. On the bot
tom of this discharge is written by my
Captain: Character, excellent i Joined
Winfield Scott Post, 445, G. A. r., Chi
cago, in June, 1887. Post holds two
meetings each month. Up to the pres
ent time l have only missed four meet
ings since 1887. i was reelected Chap
lain for 1910, making the 10th year as
Post Chaplain. I have attended every
funeral of my Post excepting two.
don't claim to be the youngest private
soldier, but don't think l am very far
behind ! have a brother William, in
Co. l. 9th L. 6 now at Fort Sam HouS-
ton, Tex, who is serving his goth year.
He will retire Nov. ], 1910, at less than
so years of age"
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80 80 Great difficulty. They kept
can - lrd and Lee accurately inform
! IL nc movements ana also of the
:. y between the two corps Lee had
ra.afned something Of his old agGres-
s.veness. and he sent A. =. Hill down to
arrest the advance upon the Weldon
Railroad. Hill took his corps with him.
but left one division in reserve while he
advanced with Wilcox's and Mahone's
Divisions. He sent Wilcox to check
the Fifth Corps. while he led Mahone's
startled Barlows Division. which was
on the left of the Second Corps. by
heavy volleys upon its flank and rear.
Barlow was not in shape to receive this
assault and crumbled before it. Motifs
Division was next attacked, taken at a
similar disadvantage and retired. and
then the storm broke on Gibbons Divi-
sion. which was driven back, losing four
guns. Parts of several regiments were
captured with their colors. The killed
and wounded We're not numerous. The
Second Corps was reformed little way
back. and the next morning advanced
and established itself on the line it had
intended to take. The Sixth Corps also
lost a number of prisoners.
The disaster was attributed largely to
the loss in the Army of the Potomac of
so many able leaders of the troops who
had been killer or wounded in the Sc
we're fighting since the army had crossed
the Rapidan. Swinton, in speaking of
this period of the war, says:
Had not success come elsewhere to
brighten the horizon. 1t would have
been difficult to have raised new forces
TO recruit the Army of the Potomac,
which, shaken in its structure, its valor
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Goddess Brigade at Spanish Fort.

Frank p. Eckert. Co. G. 124th Ill,
Goddess Brigade. Carrs Division, Six
teenth Corps, Minneapolis, Mimi,
writes:
I'm The National Tribune of Jan. 13
Comrade Richard Haworth. Co. /, 23d
Iowa, claims that his regiment captured
Spanish Fort at 10 o'clock at night.
am surprised at such absurd claims.
The facts of the case are as follows: A
little after p. m. on April s. 1865, the
sth Iowa, led by Col Bell advanced
boldly, and in the face of sharp mus
kerry fire gained the crest and a part of
the parapet on the extreme left of the
enemy. A hand-to- hand struggle en-
sued between the Sth Iowa and the gar
rison in their immediate front. The
rebels were completely surprised The
remainder of Col. Goddess Brigade of
.Carr's Division. composed of the Slst.
1OSth and l24th H.. followed the Sth
Iowa, and had possession of the fort at
1880 o'clock. capturing over 500 pris-
oners and 80 guns. over half of Ector's
Brigade fell into our hands. The rest of
the garrison, under Gen. Gibson, made
their escape 10 Fort Huger and from
there TO Blakely on rebel gunboats. Our
entire loss was confined to the Sth
Iowa-fve killed and 20 wounded
After we had complete possession of
the fort we were fired upon by the
troops Of the Thirteenth Corps (Grang-
er'sl for half an hour before they could
be made TO understand that the fort
was ours by officers and men standing
on top of the rebel works and shouting
to them to cease firing. Comrade Ha-
worth says his regiment captured Span
ish Fort at 10 o'clock. / think he
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True Method Discovered

landmarks. Our old camping ground
on Spring Hill is all built up. The spot
where the magazine exploded near the
river on North Water street is used as
woodward. Many of the old buildings
on Government street are just the same
now as when we entered the town. /
passed by the old theater building, and
imagined that l could near George Nc
Farland, our Drum Major. singing and
dancing Old Bob Ridley and that
could see AL Powers and Wham and
Billie Campbell waiting for George, so
as to help him blow in what he got for
the stunt. Upon inquiry l learned that
Blakely and Spanish Fort were nearly
covered with pine and grasses. The
little grocery that stood where St. Mi
chael commences on Dauphin is no
more, giving way to a Catholic infirm-
AIRY. The same little stream crosses the
street at that point. The boys all had
a good time at Mobile. for there we got
pay and stayed long enough to enjoy it,
and none more than my dear chum,
Capt George S. DOane, of whom / could
never get trace after the war. 1 think
that ] will take my vacation next Win
ter in Florida
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BOUNTIESI Widows Claims Specially
r. Washin D. C.
A New and Attractive Premium.

The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has been fortunate obtaining small
edition of handsome publication entitled CoMFoRT s
contents being composed of choice Biblical and poe quota
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Each page as read can be turned back and instruction
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regular subscription. :
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THE WILDERNESS C.,h-1.-.
CONTINUED from page oue)

ranged 10 have rations sent down from
Bermuda Hundred to issue as the troops
crossed. Finding they did not arrive.
then directed that the corps should
march without them, and arranged that
the rations should be sent in wagons
from Bermuda Hundred 10 meet them
on the road. This is not said in any
spirjt of fault-finding for any delay. for
there was no fault to be found in what
was done either by the Second Corps.
its commander or the commander OF
the Army of the Potomac.
The BEGINNING of the Siege
With the failure of the blows of June
IS to penetrate any vital portion OF the
enemy's lines of intrenchments began
one of the most remarkable chapters III
the history Of wars. This was the So
called siege of Petersburg, but it was
only a siege in so far as il was me-
thcdical advance from one line of foru-
ficatfons upon the fortifiCations of the
enemy 1t was not truly a siege, be
cause neither Petersburg nor Richmond
was surrounded and cut off from COM
munioation with the surrounding coun-
try
Petersburg might be regarded as an
immense outlying fortress, covering the
approaches to the main citadel, the
Confederate Capital. Only p miles
from Richmond, il was the focus Tor all
the railroads, except one, Leading from
the south into Richmond. Many OF
the great wagon roads also 1ocuSeu
there For the next nine months the
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Saws II Was the Thirteenth.

A. Y. Barnard Co. I, oath ILL.,, Spring
field, Ill, writes:
Il saw a letter by Comrade ]. w. La
cock, saying that the Sixteenth Corps
did the fighting and the taking of Span
ish Fort He is badly off or / am. If
my memory serves me right. and / think
it does, l was there. l made the march
from Fort Morgan overland with my
brigade the 94th ILL.,, 18th Iowa, Goth
Wis and 26th Ind. We took part in
that fight from start to finish, and Gen.
Gordon Granger was in command in
stead of Gen A. ]. Smith. l was in the
charge the night the fort was taken,
and was sent after we got inside of the
fort with squad of men to pick up
anything / could find. We succeeded
in gobbling n rebel picket post of six
men, and reported to Col. McNutty;
then we got some hardtack and SOW
belly for them to eat. This was all
done in the night. The next morning
the boys at Fort Blakely, hearing that
we had taken Spanish Fort, went after
Fort Blakely and got it. Then in a day
or two my regiment was detailed to
take the prisoners to Ship Island. This
know to be fact. for ! was there, and
my brigade belonged to the Thirteenth
Corps. We were in the charge and
among the first to enter the fort.
served three years, in every battle and
on every march that my regiment
made"