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JACKSONVILLE RACES.
Lady Irma, Left at the Start, Beaten
in Lakeland Stakes.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January G.-The
Lakeland selling stakes. the feature at
Moncrief Park yesterday afternoon, went
to Booger Red. but the favorite, Lady
Irma, who finished third, beaten a
nose for the place by Arionette and a
length and half by the winner. would
no doubt have won the race with an even
break. She was unfortunate enough to
collide with Tom McGrath just at the
start.
Dona H.. who won a breeders race and
was thought to be outlawed from run
ming, raced yesterday, as, her owner had
snapped a stallion In the place Of the
mare a rule having been made to that
effect; but Dona H. cannot race again
in any Of the breeders events
The summaries:
First race, five and a half furongs-Clem
Beachy 1Os CTroxler,, to l, won; Capt Glare,
III page. 8 to l, second; Dave Nicholson. 1o9
&him Phoronis Ny Henrg scrSpies ' and In ~
Fifrh race. seven furlongs Roseboro. 1903
Kins}. 10 to /. third. Time. LOS. '' scbl ,.o
Clamp. Select H. Alamo and Many coiors also
Third race, 81. furlons.-Grande Dame. l.a
re 10 third. Time i4 '' cone d me
and Enlist also ran.
Fourth race. Ave aurlongs-Booger Red. 1os
Gam, 8 to 2, won; Arionette. 100 Davis, 8
to 2. second; Lady Irma, 100 tPowersJ, o to 8,
third. Time, 100 p Ida D.: .; X: Herndon'
Fnrh race. seven furiongs-Iso.eboro. 100
(Obert). to 2. won; La Refine Hindoo. 1o1
tMcGee). 3 to !. second; Sally Preston. 100
Troxler) 8 to 8, third. Time. 1.2S Dona
H., May Lutx, Little Fitz. Steimwood and The
Earl also ran.
Sixth race one mile and sixteenth-Topsy
Robinson. 100 tMusgravey to 2, won; En-
dymion. 100 king, IL to !: second Bellevew.
Ill page, to /, third. Time. las To-
Mary Candlemas. Lois Cavaragh, Malediction,
Agreement. Matte Bumppo. John Mcbride.
Michael Beck and Harry Scott also Coun-
termand left at the post
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Several of the stakes were not sched-
uled by the Coney Island Jockey Club.
notably the Foam. Surf, Grass. etc, but
were maintained on the books in the form
OF overnight races. The Hanover and
Glover were dropped by the Brooklyn
Jockey Club. The Derby, Carlton and
Gazelle stakes were closed to yearling
entries. <and the 1909 figures denoted, not
the actual nominations. but the number
OF horses eligible after the declarations
were all in.
John E. Madden sent his entries from
his farm. Hamburg Place. Ky. He is
the largest nominator to the Futurity
1912. with fifty-eight entries. The Futur-
ity list promises to reach 500 and is stead
lily creeping toward that total. Last year
the nominations for the Futurity u91D
were $50
The Kentucky horsemen responded
literally to the Brighton stakes. F. A.
Forsyth sent nineteen entries and Wood
ford Clay eleven. among them the name
OF his great f1lly, Ocean Queen. the
champion Of her sex last year. Up to
date the track by the sea has received
572 entries for its stakes.
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have lain there these forty years. Under
a glass case In the cabinet of medals
Of the Bibliotheque NatlQnale is an
Egyptian sarcophagus and Psychologists
are positive that the inscriptions upon il
prove il to have contained the body of
Cleopatra.
Egypt to Paris over forty years ago
by a French savant, who placed IL I'm
the national library. After some months
II was found impossible to preserve the
mummy which 1T contained and the ques-
ton arose as to what should be done
with the remains of the Queen of Egypt.
1t was at last decided to bury her quiet
ly. without pomp or publicity. in the old
bit OF garden. Enclosed I'm the building
where she was accordingly laid secretly
in the earth forty years ago.
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ball men present to try for the track team
and thus support the university in more
than one sport. said:
IAN foot ball men should come out for
the track team and keep in good condi-
ton all the time. / heard from Percy
Haughton recently by letter, and he
wanted me to urge all the foot ball men
to try for the field events and SO aid next
years foot ball team.
Il don't know whether or not Haugh-
ton will coach next year. he continued.
and none OF you know. But he certainly
has the right plan in asking all candidates
for the foot ball team to come out now
and gain strength at the same time that
they help Harvard"
Wilmington joined with Little in appeal
ing to his men to appear as track team
candidates saying that only by hard
work all the year through could Harvard
hope TO defeat Yale next season at foot
ball. He ascribed the defeat of last fall
to "a few bad line-ups,' and said that
this could not happen II ell were in good
shape all the time. Garcelon spoke to the
same effect
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Riches and Fame in Hemp.
From the Bookkeeper.

From the Bookkeeper.
When we went to the islands we found
the Filipinos stripping hemp by hand, a
tedious process which robbed the world
Of a bigger hemp supply. Many Amer
leans of mechanical ingenuity, including
citizens and soldiers. early commenced
work on inventions to do the work by
machinery. Some of the designs were
stationary. while others were portable,
for field work. Some half a dozen OF
the inventors were highly successful, and
their machines are now doing in a few
days what it formerly took thousands OF
natives to do in an entire season.
These plucky inventors were much ridi-
culed by Spaniards and foreigners when
they first began work. Some Americans,
too. had little faith in their efforts. The
Spaniards said they had for years en-
deavored to produce successful hemp
stripping machines. They found it inn
possible to attain success. Most of the
inventors. therefore. met discouraeins
opposition. Especially was this true in
the matter of securing financial backing.
But in the end they won. Riches and
fame will be their reward.
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Reds May Have New Grandstand.

CINCINNATI. January 6-President
Hermann said yesterday that If the
Cincinnati Base Ball Company could buy
the ground upon which League Park is
now located. and a portion of the prop
erty back of the grandstand. the club
would build a new grandstand. a set Of
bleachers. and enlarge the field next
year He is now conducting negotiations
with the owners, and says he thinks ar
rangements for the purchase can be per-
fected The grandstand will be built to
accommodate 5000 more people. and the
bleachers 5000 more than now. The club
will then own it's own home, and can af-
ford to go to this extreme.
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Browns Famous Pair.

Carruthers and Bushong and Foutz and
Bushong were renowned in the points for
the original st. Louis Browns. and their
pennant-winning habit continued after
they had been sold to the Brooklyn club
Batteries were not split up then as
much as now. Foutz and Bushong have
gone TO their long sleep, and SO has
Charlie Byrne, who owned the Brooklyn
club when they were there.
Nichols and Bennett were a star bat
terry for the pennant-w winning Bostons OF
the early OBS. Bennett was already a vet
eran and Nichols a young man. who
frankly conceded that much Of his early
success was due to the sagadous han
ding he had from Bennett.
Baltimore while winning three pennants
in succession, in 1894. 1895 and 1895, owed
not a little of it's chain Of successes to
the mastery battery work of Mcmahon
and Robinson, an accomplished couple
who played into each others hands like
clockwork.
Before Mathewson and Bresnahan went
to be New York's most famous battery
Ruse and Buckley and keefe and Ewing
were the best known.
Rusie and Buckley went to New York
together from Indianapolis. and 1t was
big Buckley who was largely responsible
for Rusie's acquiring control to increase
the effectiveness of his wonderful speed
and curves. Keefe and Holbert for the
old Nets, were great players separately
and in unison. Each was a player of the
highest class by himself, Ewing to this
day being rated the peer of all catchers.
What a team it would make could he be
paired off with MathewsOn.
When the New fork team won the
Temple cup. in 1894. the pitching honors
were shared between Amos Rusie and
Jouett Meekin. Meekin and Farrell were
great battery in their day. They were
bought by the New York club. then
owned by E. B. Talcott. and went there
from Washington as a battery.
Farrell was of the big. strapping type
of catcher, a heady player. and a fine
big, free-and-easy chap. who improved
immensely under Farrells tutelage.
Farrell will tell you now that Meekin
had more speed than any pitcher he ever
caught. and he caught the whirlwind
Rusie.
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Cleopatra's Grave.
Paris Correspondence London Telegraph

Paris Correspondence London TELEGRAPH.
Marc Antony's Serpent OF Old Nile
lies buried In Paris. a stones throw
from the stock exchange. An anony-
NOUS writer makes this strange revela-
ton and vouches for the truth Of 1t.
Every student who has read in the
Bibliotheque Rationale knows the melan-
choly little bit of garden. shut in on
three sides by the buildings Of the library
and on the fourth by ratings along the
Rue Vivienne. which is accessible to
none save the keeper of the printed
books and in which he has most prob
ably never set foot There. ii seems, are
buried the remains of Cleopatra, and they
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Umpire O'Day Back From Cuba.

CHICAGO, H.. January 6.-Umpire
ODay Of the National League stan may
spend his winters in Cuba hereafter He
enjoyed his recent trip there SO well that
he Is considering an offer to 60 back at
the opening of the Cuban Leagues season
and officiate as umpire until around
April 1.
The dean Of the umpires is enthusiastic
over the future Of base ball in Cuba. and
brought back the information that the
Cubans intend to apply for admission to
the ranks OF organized base ball. and
were extremely hospitable in their treat
ment of visitors from the United States
despite the recent troubles the American
team had there
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APPEAL TO ATHLETES.
Harvard Wants Foot Ball Men to
Try for Other Branches of Sport.

The return OF Percy Haughton to Har-
ward head foot ball coach in 1910 is
still very doubtful if judgment is based
upon the speech made by Capt. c. c. Lit
tie of the Harvard track team at a meet
ing Tuesday night in the Union Of the
candidates for the 1910 varsity and fresh
man track teams and the varsity foot
ball squad of next year. This meeting
was also addressed by Lothrop Withing-
ton. captain of the 1910 varsity foot ball
team, and w. F. Garcelon, graduate ath-
letic manager.
Capt. Little, after urging all the foot
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Bush Wants Bigger Raise.

DETROIT, Mich, January 6.-Owen
Bush, the Detroit shortstop. came to De-
troit yesterday, talked with President
Navin and returned to Indianapolis with
out signing. He was offered a raise. as
other veteran local players have been.
but thinks the advance is not enough, in
view of the way his work bolstered up
Detrot's wabbly infield at the finish of
1908 and at critical periods of 1909. Navin
denies that Bush Is holding out.
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Highlanders Approaching Limit.

NEW York, January 6-The New
York American League Club yesterday
cut it's roster almost to the legal limit
of thirty-five players by releasing Second
Baseman Wanner and ,Outf1elder Chan
nell and Farrell to the Memphis team Of
the Southern Association. Wanner was
with Hartford last year, Channel with
Fort Wayne and Farrell with Marion,
Ohio.
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SYNDICATE BALL IS
RAPED BY HERMANN
National Commission Presi-
dent Takes Fling at MUIR
ply and C. P. Taft.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. January 6.-Presi-
dent Hermann of the Reds who was re-
elected to the post of chairman OF the
national commission and thus again rec
oanized as the leader OF base ball in
America, handed out yesterday afternoon
what might be called a ''szzler'' against
syndicate base ball 1t is contained in his
annual report.
After commenting upon the degree of
popularity to which the national game
is developing and noting the fact that
several of the clubs have been fortu-
nate enough recently to build their own
beautiful parks and grounds he says:
This condition of affairs tits popu-
larity), however. will not continue very
long if syndicate base BALI is permitted
to enter the game, and ! cannot con-
ceive that any club owner will differ
with me on the subject. II it is at
tempted, no matter in what league or
in what city. prompt action must be TAX
en- not only by the national commission
but by every one else interested in the
perpetuation of the national game TO i'm
mediately represS it,
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Old-Timers Recalled.

Another famous old-time battery was
Mcbride and Malone. for the Athletics. In
1871. But of those early times the bat
terry with the greatest reputation was
Spalding and Mcvey of the Bostons OF
1872. A year later Jim White was Spald-
ing's catcher.
Another allterative pair were Bond and
Brown-Tommy Bond and Lew Brown
who afterward caught Johnny Ward.
One battery was all club could boast
both big men. but their avoirdupois didn't
affect their skill. They played in Boston
in 1877.
Another weighty old-time battery of
note had Jim Mccormick and Charlie
Briody in the points. Briody was one OF
the biggest men that ever played profess
sional base ball, but he was a good re-
ceiver. Mccormick was first-class
pitcher, an easy and powerful worker.
Cincinnati had another distinguished
pair, the Italian battery, as they were
known. Mckeen and keenan, composed
the Italian battery, and the only thing
Italian about them was their dark skin.
They were both swarthy men. McKeen
being a little fellow and keenan, a big
one. Both supported mustaches. This was
in 1885. before the vogue Of the clean
shaven player.
Kelly, two of the best and brainiest ball
Numerous pennants did they help bring
to Chicago under the Arson regime.
and when they were sold to Boston for
what at that time was a famous price
the deal was the biggest ever made in
base ball.
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Asks Support for Umpires.

at seems to me that one Of the meth
DDS that could be used effectively to
preserve order at the games would be
to have the public fully understand that
the decision Of the umpire stands, and
that the players, though they may dis
agree with his decision, should be pre-
vented from showing any hostile dem
onstratien toward the umpire during the
game, because the spectators are largely
made ur of partisans. 'and any cue that
is given them by the action Of the players
is readily taken up. and then disorder
arises.
II have very strong ideas as to the
part the police should play in handling
the crowds In this city at places Of
amusement. but we can only go so far
legally. AS l said before. if the man.
ayers of the clubs will be liberal in their
care of the people who come to see the
games. providing for their comfort and
protecting them from the ticket scalpers
outside the fence, the work of the police
will be easy as we'll as that Of the man.
ayers of the clubs"
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A double wedding occurred at Sunny
side. near Warrenton. Va. the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. c. Blackwell. when their
daughter, Miss Eva A. Blackwell, and
Warren w. Goodman Of Montana, and
their granddaughter. Miss Grayson Black
well, and Frank b. Talbot of Chaneyville,
Md, were married.
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DETROIT AND BOSTON
MAY MAKE BIG TRADE
Tigers Figure Red Sox Catch.
er Would CIinch World
Series H0norS.

DETROIT. Mich. January TINE
Tigers needed just one more man to
assure them of the worlds champion
ship last year, and with that same man
added TO Jennings present roster TINS
Year there will be absolutely nothing but
a worlds pennant for Detroit when the
playing season of 1910 is over. That
man is Bill Carrigan, the Red Sox catch
err We want him for Detroit this year
and We are going to do our best to get
him
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W. P Ward. for twenty-four years
bookkeeper and head clerk for James F.
Harlan of Charlottesville, Va, died at
the home Of Mr. Wisely. a near relative.
in the southern->part of the county. He
suffered stroke Of paralysis.
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Hits at Murphy and Taft.

There are several other references to
the same topic in the report and while
no names are mentioned the public sees
that he means the attempt of President
Murphy and Charles P. Taft to ''syndi-
cate the Philade4 phia National League
club.
One Of the funny points about this
topic is that Mr.. Taft seems to like it.
He gave out an interview here last even
ing commenting upon the Hermann
statement. which he had read.
II certainly approve of everything Mr..
Hermann has said," said Mr.. Taft. II
like his idea Of keeping the league free
from blen1ish and entirely in the clear
from any financial subjugation." He
said that he had read the report before
II was published. and that nothing had
been placed there to cause in any way
his objection
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BATTERIES FAMED TO
THE DIAMOND FANS
Celebrated CatChers and
Pitchers Noted for Bril-
liant Joint Work.

Certain ball players are or have been
known to national game fame quite as
much for their association in pairs as
individually.
Naturally they are pitchers and catch
ers. deceivers and receivers. who have be-
come prominent as batteries.
The battery Of Plank and Powers of the
Athletics of the American League is a
case in point.
Before death dissolved the copartner-
ship last summer DR.. Maurice Powers
was as closely associated with the pitch
ing of Eddie Plank as the latter's left
arm, almost. Powers was in the harness
up to a short time before his death. and
while Plank was too good a pitcher not to
be able to get along with another back
stop. Powers had caught and handled and
coached him so long and so we'll that the
two were as near perfect In their battery
team play as two men could come to be-
A noted team of bygone days was COM
posed of Getzen and Camel. the pretzel
battery. as they were called when they
pla yed for Detroit in 1887.
The ALTERATION perhaps helped In keep
ing them before the public as battery,
but, Of course. only slightly as compared
to their usefulness. The Detroits were
the champions that year, and Getzein
won more games for his team than any
other pitcher-twenty- nine. Plank and
team-the AthIetics-when they won the
American League pennant in 1905.
Brainard and Atwater were leading
names forty years ago. They were the
pitcher and catcher of the Cincinnati Red
Stockings in 1S69-10.
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To Offer Big Trade.

Yes We want Carrigan and perhaps
we'll get him. Well offer money and a
good trade. giving John 1. Taylor an
offer that will rival the famous Cy Young
deal of 1909 and one that will make him
gulp hard to refuse. OF course Cobb.
Crawford. Mullin or Bush will not be in
cluded in the deal, but 1t will be an ad-
yanta1eous one for Boston at that.
Three times have we lost the worlds
championship. principally because OF
weakness behind the bat. With Carrigan
we could easily have beaten Pittsburg
and / think we would have trimmed Chi
cago as WE'LL
Our present lineup. with Carrigan
added. would make the greatest aggre-
CATION that the American League ever
had, and we could walk away from any
team in either Ban Johnson's or Tom
Lynch's organization. ;,
Don't be surprised to read next April
that the battery for Detroit in the open
ing game of the season will be Mullln
and Carrigan The acquisition of Bill
would mean probably that Schmidt and
StanaRe would go, and that Beckendorf
and one of Jennings other kid catcners
would be relied upon to go In on the rev
occasions that Carrigan didn't work Bin
is a RluttOn for work, you know, ana
would likely do more than three-fourths
of the catching.
Il think Carrigan would like to work
for Jennings. He's just his style, and
then again, that almost certain world s
series money would look good to him..
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Would Outclass ALL"

This was the statement made by man
who, next to Jennings and President
Navin, has as much to say about the
American League champions as anybody
on earth, and who never INDUCES in rabid
statements Boston fans can thereby
he certain that a determined effort will
he made to have the Lewiston star don
TIL. Red Sox insignia and don the stripes
of the jungle beasts.
We're going to win our fourth pen
nant, anyway" continued the speaker,
hut with Carrigan to do our catching
our Job would be a great deal easier. and
with him behind the bat the Pirates or
the Cubs would not be in our class.
..Carrigan. i'm my opinion. is by far the
hest catcher in the American League to-
day. and in all-round ability ranks as
high or even higher than Gibson of Pitts
burg. He has every requisite OF a good
catcher. can throw and field, is there
with the gray matter, and maybe he can
bat Think of a backstop who batted
over 900 for Boston last year added to
the Tigers What wouldn't he do in
such company Cobb. Crawford, Dele
hanty, Bush. Moriarity and the other
sluggerSc A man always hits better with
smuggling aggregation.
Another thing about Carrlgan which
commends him to Jennings is his scrap
piness. Jennings doesn't want any dopes
on his team. Aggressivenes is one OF the
requisites he is after Carrigan was GER
tainly aggressive enough against the
Tigers last year. and he would be even
more lively as one of their band.
Some people say he could never get
along with Moriarity, Cobb and some OF
the others, but that's all poppycock. Just
because a man played his best against
US is the best reason in the world why
he would be even better with US.
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lVesper'. to 5, won; Banorella. 9s Kenny,
to ]! second: DR.. Dousherty. ITO ndcBnde,, 70
to I. third. Time. LA rs. Sainotta. Mnoros'
Recon: Ocean View. Creamery and Myles oCon-
nell also ran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06

/ In the Brooklyn Jockey Club events
the following table shows the difference
in the number of nominations sent to
the various stakes and handicaps:
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Managers Think Only of Money.

Zone of the principal reasons, to my
mind, Is the greed Of the managers who
conducted the racing and the boxing
bouts throughout the country; they
seemed to look to the gate receipts only.
Conditions became SO bad that the SEN
timent of the public arose against these
two sports. and when public sentiment
is aroused and takes sides with what is
believed to be an evil it Is sure to sue
coed.
The people are now turning toward
base ball for their amusement: that is,
to great exteent; and the responsibility
rests upon the managers whether this
sport Is going TO maintain the great pop
ularity that it has today, or whether,
In looking solely for the gate receipts.
they are going to spoil its chances in this
country. 1t Is up to them to provide
comfort and security for the people who
visit their grounds. and rowdyism should
be prevented
"a strong spirit Of rivalry should ex-
list between the clubs. II the time should
come when base ball in either the Ma
tional or American League be syndicated
by that mean one club controlling an
interest in another-decay will immedi-
ately set in, because you cannot fool the
people all the time. Just as soon as the
public learns that it is witnessing ball
game between two clubs which are con-
trolled by the same parties confidence in
the sport will wane.