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fully rub each before a game.

fully rub each before a game.
Down in the Texas league jim
mic Maloney, who manages Dallas
and usually had his team fighting
for the top, had a bat which he
called Betsy" Maloney had the
bat for years, and he usually
clouted 900 or better. Last year
a portion of the Dallas grand
stand was destroyed by fire and
part of Maloney's bat was de-
stroyed. He saved one part, but
he didn't strike his old batting
gait and he blamed it all on the
fire.
And SO it goes. Every man has
his fayorite bat and his own pc
culiar style at the plate, AMI it
takes mighty hard, sound reason
ing to convince a ball player that
he can improve on his batting by
changing his club or his position
at the bat.
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gered wonder of the Cubs. said
once, "as to keep it away from him
if he wants to hit, you would have
to pull a wild pitch"
All batters are superstitious.
The New York Giants still carry
along with them the bats Mike
Donlin and Harry Mccormick
used and Chief Myers, the Indian
backstop, always uses Donlin's old
bat when he is up and a hit is
badly needed. Also the chief has
a habit of delivering, but he
swears he couldn't connect if it
wasn't for Donlin's bat. so the bat
is tenderly cared for all the tine.
Jimmie Sheckard of the Cubs,
when he wants to make a hit real
bad, takes out his chewing gum
and sticks it on the button on top
of <his cap. Other Cubs, so a
truthful scribe informs me, pay a
IIed-headed youth to take charge
of the bats for them and to care
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MISS HOTCHkI5S
IS WINNER IN
PORTLAND

PORTLAND, July 25.-The ten
mis- championships were settled
here Saturday. Miss Hazel Hotch-
kiss of California defeated Miss
Marion Pitts of British Columbia
in emphatic fashion and Nat En-
erson defeated Brandt Wicker
sham, former Oregon champion,
for the mems singles.
Miss Hotchkiss and Frank Cor
rill won the mixed doubles and
Gorrill and Wickersham won over
Emerson and F. H. V. Andrews in
the mems doubles.
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as a sort of necessary evil. which
isn't so bad If the home pitcher
happens to be right and his team
wins, but what the real fan de-
lights in is a free hitting game,
full of daring base running and
sensational fielding.
Consequently the actions of the
best batters in the game while at
bat, and of the best base runners
are of considerable interest. In
deed, / heard a wordy argument
which resulted in a bet of good
sized sum of money between a
couple of fans in Cleveland recent
ly, as to whether Ty Cobb swung
three bats before taking his posi-
ton at the plate, or contented him
self with swinging two of the war
clubs. The man who picked the
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AT THE TACOMA.

"a Woman Against an Empire"
The Swain Stock company open
ed last night with the last weeks
bill of "a Woman Against an En-
pre- being a story of the time of
Napoleon and Josephine in French
history. The play is strong and
is especially well put on. The
Swain company leaves Tacoma at
the end of this week.
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MARTIN o'roonE.

SIOUX CITY. Ia. July 25.-
Wonder what will happen to Mar
tin O'Toole, the youngster who
4xncd Is Lincoln batters July 10,
establishing the seasons Western
league strikeout record?
O'Toole was loaned to Sioux
City by the st. Paul team of the
American association this year to
ripen- He played with Brockton,
Mass. last season, winning &c and
losing 10 games. oaToole's record
was established couple Of days
after Buck" Freeman OF the
same club struck out 16 wichita.
Kas.. batters-
$50 .----.----~-------~------
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Games Yesterday,

Games Yesterday.
Raymond and Montesano had
two hot games yesterday, Ray
mond taking the first to and
Montesano the second 4 to 8. Che
halls won both her games from
Aberdeen AZ and rs.
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, The strikeout record for nine
inning games includes Charley
Sweeney's performance in 1883,
when, pitching for Providence. he
struck out FL Boston players; the
American league record is 16
held jointly by Glade. who, pitch
ing for ST. Louis, struck out this
number of Washington players
and by Waddell who famed the
same number of Athletics while
with the Browns.
Willie Mitchell, now with CIeve-
land, struck out 90 Galveston
players last season while with San
Antonio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-25

The Sheridan team defeated the
Red Stars yesterday to 8. The
pitching of Wog of the Sheridans
was too much for the other boys,
he striking out Is of them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-25

The Pioneer Bindery G Print
ing company beat the Halligans
at baseball yesterday Is to 10.
Batteries: Pioneers, Reault and
Calender; HalIigans, Esklurd and
Esklurd.
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INDIANS TAKE
SIX OUT OF
SEVEN

{By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, July 25.-Jess Bak-
er put a coat of whitewash on the
Vancouver Beavers Saturday and
the Indians drubbed them twice
yesterday, making it six. out of
seven in the series and putting
the Spokane team safely ahead in
the league race. Scores:
Saturday r II E
SPOKANE .s...s-..... L
Vancouver. ........... 0 6 l
Batteries: Baker and Shea;
Engle and Lewis.
Sunday r H E
spokane z
Vancouver ........... 1 6 2
Batteries: Holm and Shea;
Smith and Lewis.
r II e
SPOKANE .......s..... U
vancouver .......... 0
Batteries: Claflin and Shea;
Gardner and Lewis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-25
AT THE PANTAGEs.

Ned Norton and Tim Mcmahon s
Pullman Porter Girls make a
combination that is sure to prove
a winner at the Grand this week.
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WITH Ihe AmAIEUpsI

The Pacific Brewing & Mating
.company's ball team went to Car
bonado yesterday and defeated
the Carbonate team 22 to a. Mar
tin allowed the home team but
five hits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-25

The Puyallup Red Men got
away with the Old Town Athletic
club yesterday to 3.
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, ese Q . - Q . Q &c
Lots of Baseball This Week

D There will be plenty of [
Q baseball in Tacoma this I
D week. Spokane is here all
Q week and besides this there
o will be double-header games [
Q at the stadium every day
Q between the soldiers who
. are playing a series for
o prizes of $3.50, 500 and $50.
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Tacoma took the rubber.

Tacoma took the rubber.
After walloping the Turks hard
In Tacoma the Tigers took their
beating in the home of the enemy
the latter half of last week and
they went down again Saturday
TO 2. This made 1t even on the
series with the advantage in favor
Of the tail enders for they were
on their own grounds.
Both teams sent in their best
twirlers for the last battle. Annis
was on the mound for Tacoma
and Zackert did the tossing for
Seattle. 1t was a desperate con-
Hict of star box artists and up
until the seventh inning neither
side could get a man home. 1t
looked as If 1t would be another
all afternoon contest when in the
Tacoma half of the seventh after
Zackert had famed McFaddl.n,
Custer dropped the ball and Nc
Fadden broke for first and got
there safe. He would have been
the third out and there would
have been nothing doing apparent
ly for some time but for that wob-
BILE of Custer. Annis then step
ped up to the plate and in an awk-
ward swing dropped the ball over
the fence for a home run. winning
his own game. Seattle still stay
cd in the goose-egg business I'M
til the end and Tacoma could do
nothing more. Scores:
Saturday r II II
Seattle Z 2
Tacoma .....,....... 2 10
Batteries: Hinkle and Custer;
Hall, Maston and Blankenship.
Sunday r H E
iidCouid
oeattle .............. 1
Batteries: Annis and Burnes;
Zackert and Custer.
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State League

Yesterdays Results.
Raymond SIS, Montesano "A;
Chehalis Al, Aberdeen 2-5.
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Visit the DOnnelly Pool Hall. =
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AT THE GRAND.

ARIZONA Joe" and his company
with trained horses and wild west
maneuvers on the stage will be the
big hit at the Pantages this week,
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Standing of the Teams.
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Visit the DonnelIy Pool Hall.
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Visit the DonnelIy Pool Hall. "
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ANNIS WINS RUBBER
WITH HOME RUN
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.

Standing Of the Teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18

tied with about $4,000, the proceeds of
the sale of 400 shares of pool stock. his
only recorded transaction that day on be-
half of the pool.
Mr.. Keene could not explain the alleged
short interest. because OF his lack OF
knowledge OF bookkeeping.
THE bookmaker must have made an
error he said. He maintained, however.
that he had not unloaded his personal
holdings on the pool, but had sold them
out during the interim between the forma-
Formation of the Pool.
Now, let me tell you how this oc-
CURED" he said. when the first pool
was made and before it was signed UP
nearly all the pool people met in the
ONCE of Mr. Haskins. They asked me to
come over and there was a long discus
sion of the project. 1t was asked who
were the biggest holders in the Column
bus and Hooking stock, which had been
dormant for two or three years.
u said the Lathrop estate. Then turn
much he held. Haskins said: L won't
tell you What do you intend to do
with it,? / asked. He said he had no in
tentions, except that he did not intend to
sell at the figure ,at which it was then
quoted.
Then said TO all present: i own 5000
or 1000 shares. but l am willing to go
into this project with you. and to buy and
sell all the stock for you.' and I think
you can make some money out of II. The
and they ought to make the property
more valuable.
Now until l sell out the pool. and
inform you l have done so, and you are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18

Marshal Ewell and charged the men with
arson only, producing just enough evil
dence to cause the men to be held for the
action of the grand jury of Somerset
county. which meets in April Only four
witnesses were sworn, and their testi-
mony tended to show that the men under
suspicion were seen leaving the neigh
borhood of the crime a few minutes after
the fire alarm was given and before any
spectators or ffremen had arrived upon
the ground. and that they had a griev-
ance against the aged Waterman.
Defendants Withhold Testimony.
Col. Hodson advised his clients to save
their testimony for the court and they
refused to testify.
While the three prisoners did not tes-
tify in their defense. they proclaimed
their innocence to visitors and said they
would be able to prove an alibi.
Justice Lyons held all three prisoners
under bail of 5000 each Being unable TO
obtain the bond the men were placed in
Jail.
When the case is presented to the coun-
ty grand jury the charge of murder and
robbery will also be placed against Smith.
BOznango and Elliott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
SCENIC ROAD ALONG CANYON
Application to Build It Brings Up
Interesting Question.

The principle of opening the national
parks of the United States to private
enterprise is involved in the consider
alton by the House committee on public
lands of q bill for the construction of 4
scenic railway along the rim of the
Grand canyon in Arizona
The committee asked the Secretary
of Agriculture for his opinion In re-
gard to granting permission for the
construction of the road, and the rem
resentatives OF the company seeking
the right presented their arguments in
its favor TO the Secretary. Mr. Wilson
had already received. in response to his
request. report. from the forest serv-
ice, and has taken the matter under
Amusement He probably will render
his decision to the committee within a
few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
CHIEF CLERK PROMOTED.
D. w. Duncan Becomes Assistant
City Delivery Superintendent.

p. w. Duncan of Pennsylvania, chief
clerk Of the office Of the auditor for the
Post once Department. has been appoint
ed assistant superintendent of city de-
livery by the Postmaster General, at q
salary of $1,000 a year. Mr.. Duncan has
been employed in the auditors Office a
number OF years and has won his way by
efficiency and merit to his present posi-
ton. For ten years he was chief OF the
bookkeeping division, where he was in
strumental In causing many improve
nlents in the method of settling postmas-
tsrs' accounts and revising the form of
reports. pay roofs and blanks.
He has always had the respect and con-
fdence of the officials of the Treasury
Department and goes to his present po-
sitiOn well equipped for its duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
PREFERS BUCKET SHOPS.
Burleson Declares Cotton Exchange
Does Far More Harm.

The ordinary bucket shops is to be pre-
ferred as doing less harm than the cot
ton exchange, according to statements
made by Representative Burleson OF Tex
as yesterday afternoon before the House
committee on agriculture. which is hold
ing hearings on legislation intended to
prohibit dealings in cotton futures. The
cotton exchange, in comparison with
bucket shops. he declared, was as Monte
Carlo to a game OF craps
There are more creeping flying, bor-
'nS insects preying on cotton than on
any other plant in the world" said Mr.
Rurleson. Are you going to leave this
tender plant to the mercies OF the bulls
and bears, the worst pests of all?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
TELLS OF THE POOL
Keene Examined Regarding
the Hooking Collapse.
BOOKS SHOW HIM "SHORT"
Explains Agreement With His As
sociates-Says He Yielded in
/, Moment Of Weakness.

NEW YORK, February 1s.-James r.
Keene was examined yesterday regarding
the rise and fall OF the pool in the stock
Of the Columbus and Hooking Coal and
Iron Company. Proceedings had been
brought by the receiver for ]. NJ. Fiske
& Co.. one Of the wrecked brokerage
houses.
Ralph Wolf, as attorney for the re-
ceiver. was the questioner. He tried to
find out why Keenes books apparently
show ed that on the day Of the collapse
Keene personally was 'short" 2.7OO shares
OF Hooking stock. while the other men,
bers OF the pool were apparently long
and that keene's account had been crei-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
Senator Perkins Convalescent.

Senator Perkins of California was In
his seat in the Senate today for the first
time in more than six weeks.
His absence had been due TO an In
jury to his spine received by falling on
the ice soon after the Christmas holi-
days, in consequence of which he has
been under the constant care of physi-
clans and surgeons. He said today. how
ever, that he had almost recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
Mammoth Dry Dock Projected.

MONTREAL. February 1S-J. w. Cowie
chief engineer o: the Montreal harbor
board, announced that a floating dry dock
capable of accommodating vessels Of TO-
900 tons is TO be built at this port by an
English Arm. to whom the Dominion will
grant a ~ per cent bonus. Montreal has
no dry dock at present.
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Saturday Morning
COUPON SALES.
From 9 A. M. to 1 PM.

Another list of specials" that
mean a busy Saturday morning
throughout the store, Read every
line, and be here to share the
economies tomorrow
Sold only from am to 1 pm.
at these reduced prices. and only
when coupons are presented
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YOU. and YOU are clear, I shall sell my
stock wherever and whenever l please.
And 1 give you notice Of that now
Sold All But LOO Shares.
II closed the pool out when the price
of the stock had reached about 20 and
the pool held about 5000 shares. showing
profit OF about $4,000. Then l sold
my own stock or rather about $500
shares Of the d, 900 I held
They wrote to me and asked me to
90 on, but l told them 1t was imprudent.
as the price was too high to be safe. But
they wanted to go on at any price. and
finally arranged to have the pool go on
until June 1.
AT the time l told them had closed
out the pool I could have sold the hold
ings Of about 5000 shares in one day
But you went in the second pool. did
you not?" asked Mr.. Wolf
Yes, but conditions had changed. Bet
ter reports had been received from the
property. The pool couldn't have gone
on il l had not entered, and there were
some friends of Haskins in the stock
and some friends Of other of the pool
members, camp followers. and so 1 went
In, in a moment OF weakness. Lots of
people do things in weak moments"
What was said about your $500 shares
at the time of the formation of the Sec
ond pool?' /,
Il did not have $500 shares. I've told
you. ! sold. out about $500 while they
pool"
But did you tell any one about the
200 shares YOU had left?"
No; / don't tell any one about my per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18

The Virginia house of delegates has
passed the senate bill allowing the coun-
ties which receive state aid for good
roads to spend as much of the money as
they see fit In the construction of bridges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
HELD FOR GRAND Jury
THREE MEN CHARGED WITH
BURNING OF DOCKS.
Assert Innocence and Say They Can
Prove Alibi-Will Be Accused of
Murder of Waterman Collins.

CRISFIELD. Md. February 1S.-George
Smith, Louis Boznango and Miley Elliott,
the three men under arrest on the charge
Of being implicated in the murder of
Waterman ]. Dallas Collins and the
burning of the docks and warehouses of
the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Railway Company in this city Wednesday
night of last week, were held for court at
a hearing yesterday at Princess Anne.
Mob Violence Feared.
Fearing mob violence because of the in
tense feeling exhibited by the people of
Crisfeld. Fire Marshal Ewell and the
county officials decided to take the men
to the county seat. They were lodged In
the county JAIL
Represented by Col. Thomas S. Hodson
of Crisf1eld as counsel. the three men
faced Justice of the Peace Emanuel
Lyons in Princess Anne.
The authorities accepted the advice Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
AMENDS CAR RULES
New Regulations Adopted for
District Lines.
CONDUCTOR ON EACH CAR
This Provision May Result in Killing
Use of Trailers.
TENDERS ARE NOT REQUIRED
Two Suburban Lines Granted Per-
mission to Substitute Pilots
Discrimination, Says Harries.
CONDUCTOR ON EACH CAR
TENDERS ARE NOT REQUIRED

A separate conductor for every street
car operated within the District of CO.
lumbia, on and after March /, is one of
the requirements of a series of important
regulations adopted by the interstate
commerce commission yesterday and just
made public.
Other regulations order that the cars
operated by the various lines shall be
subject at all times to inspection by the
duly accredited representatives of the in
terstate commerce commission; that
when a car or train operated in the
suburbs is delayed under circumstances
under which it may be evertaken by an
other car or train, the conductor or other
employee, carrying a red light at night
and a red flag by day, shall go back i'm
lnediately a distance Of at least 3OO feet
and stop the following car or train ana
that and after March 1 there shall
ue operated ON the Mount Pleasant line
between 9TH and + streets northwest and
Mount Pleasant street and Park road a
sufficient number OF northbound ears,
each having seating capacity of not
Tess than tnirty-1our adults, to maint ain
Il Roadway of not more than two min
utes between the hours of $50 and $50
pm.
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A Collapsed Condition.

sonal business. sold those LOO shares
about December, ] think
A Collapsed Condition.
And what was the condition of the
pool on the day of the collapse?" asked
Mr.. Wolf.
"A collapsed condition. replied the
veteran, and he chuckled when those in
court laughed.
The case was adjOurnd to Monday
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Pilots Instead of. Tenders.

The motor cars operated in the Dis
trict by the Washington. Alexandria
and Mount Vernon and the Great Falls
and old dominion lines, under author
ity granted by the commission. may be
equipped with some form of pilot, such
DIS is commonly used on interurban
cars, said pilot to have clearance of
not more than five inches ABOVE the
rails and the front end OF the pilot not
10 extend beyond the furthest outside
unit OF the bumper OF the car. The
speed at which the cars on both lines
may be operated has been limited to
len miles an hour within the city. This
VIII enable the companies to discard
the tenders and wheel guards hereto
lore required by the regulations.
The request of the w ashington, Bal
timore and Annapolis line, which is to
run through tine city from 18th and IL
streets northeast to the Treasury De-
partment by way of New York avenue
Tor permission to substitute the use of
pilots for tenders and wheelguards is
practically denied by the regulation
adopted. which states that cars of that
line may be equipped with similar
pilots, in addition to the front auto
matte or platform operated projecting
pickup tenders required by section l
OF the regulations in lieu of the auto
matte wneelguard. 1t also requires
that there shall be a clearance or not
more than five inches between the rail
and the lowest portion of the pilot
adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-18
Sweetheart

This Coupon
and DC entitle
the buyer to
three regular
&c size cakes
of Sweetheart
White Float
ing Toilet
Soap: value.
1Jc.
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May Abolish Trailers.

The cars of the Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon and the Great Falls
and Old Dominion lines are excepted from
the provisions of section one of the pres
ent regulations. which requires tenders
and wheelguards.
The effect of the regulation requiring a
separate conductor for every car operated
IN the District, it Is SAID is likely to
hasten the adjustment OF the trailer car
1t was explained at the commission that
the regulation is an additional safety
pTecaution. made necessary by the alarm
ing number of street railway accidents
curing the past year.
Gen. George II. Harries, vice president
and general manager of the Washington
hallway and Electric Company. said to-
day that he did not feel able to express
an opinion upon the new regulations, or
discuss their effect until he had seen their
text and carefully considered it,
He could not say as to the additional
cost of operating the lines controlled by
his company II every car had to be pro-
Vded with a separate conductor The re-
quirement to prevent rear-end collisions,
said, had Deen long observed on the
lines of his company.