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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17
WONDERFUL SCULLER
IS RICHARD ARNS1
Ernest Barry, the Champion
of England Goes After
Him Nevertheless.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Ernest Barry,
sculling champion of England. recently
left Waterloo for South Africa to make
bid for the sculling championship Of
the world. Richard Arnst, the New
Zealander, present holder Of the title.
is now on the spot practicing and train
ing for the race. According to all ac-
counts, he is the biggest marvel in a
sculling boat ever seen; 1t may be that
SO far he has not had an overstrong
crowd to beat, but there is no doubt
that he possesses enormous muscular
strength and an extraordinary chest de-
velopment, yet we have no absolute proof
that he Is sculler, or even has the fine
points of the art at his command. Many
men who know Arnst and have seen him
scull have expressed the unanimous opin-
ion that Barry has not the ghost of a
chance. However, as these men have
never seen Barry scull and are not ex-
perts, but have formed their opinion gen.
orally on what has appeared in print, it
cannot In the present case have any
value whatever.
There is also no doubt that owing to
his enormous strength Arnst can propel
boat at Sreat pace. And, again. this
is no proof that he can stay. AS a cyclist
it was known that he could stay all day.
but II Barry takes him beyond his pace
in the last mile he will be a beaten man.
And why? Because Barry is water man
to his finger tips. AS sculIer. quite
apart from any other athletic exercise, he
is In class by himself. He knows all
the finesse OF the game. He is as much
at home in popply water as in smooth
he cannot only go at Great pace,
but can also stay at it, although
his greatest pace may perhaps not be
ca 70 90 60 H.
who have seen Barry at work agree that
he Is the best sculler seen on the Thames
since Hanlon's palmy days. He holds the
record for full championship course,
and also for every part of that course In
bad water it is an eye opener and a treat
to see the manner in which he coaxes his
boat over il.
The purse to be rowed for is one Of
5000, subscribed by South African
sportsmen. $3.50 of which. with the title
winner. and S1,25O to the loser. In addi-
ton to this about $500 has been SUBJ
scribed by the public, 81 500 of which, as
guaranteed. has been forwarded to Arnst.
Barry, is being accompanied by his
coach and trainer. ]. r. (Bossie) Phelps.
and G. d. cordey, as . champion for the
double seuller to pace Barry. Three
sculling boats, dozen pairs of SOULS
and double sculler complete the outfit,
plus special chronometer for timing the
race, etc. The race itself is to be de-
cided August 1s, over a three-and-one-
half-mile course, and is creating enor-
nous interest in South Africa generally
and in Rhodesia locally. Lose Or win,
Arnst has promised Barry a return match
on the Thames as soon as it can be ar
ranged.
Englishmen need not feel alarmed as
to Barry's chances OF recovering the
championship. The mere fact that he
can beat any pair of double scullers in
mol
sit up is sufficient proof of his qualities IL
no other were required. He Is also in
excellent health and exactly at the right
age.
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LONGWOOD TOURNEY.
Seventy Players Entered, With VIII
liam Larned Heading the List.

BROOKL1NE, Mass. July 16.-Second
only in Importance to the National
lawn tennis championship at Newport
next month, the twentieth annual
singles of the Longwood Cricket Club
will begin on the Longwood courts
Monday with seventy players entered.
William A. Larned. champion of the
United States, heads the list. Others
are Beals c. Wright. just returned
from his invasion of blue ribbon Eng
lisff tournaments; NJ. l.. Mclaughlin of
San Francisco. an international play
err; Raymond d. Little. N. w. Niles,
F. c. Inman, r. H. Palmer, Wallace
F.. Johnson and several other lawn
tennis opponents of the country.
w. A. Larned. who won the cup last
year and in 1908, will play the winner
of the tournament in the match.
Thirty pairs are entered for the east
ern double championship. which will
start Tuesday and will be run OFF ST.
multaneously with the rest Of the sin
giles The pairings for this event will
be made Monday. Among the leading
teams in this event are a. s. Dabney
and n w. Niles, W. A. Larned and
G. NJ wrenn. jr. Beals c. Wright and
r.. d. Little.
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SOUTHPAWS ARE HAVING
A SUCCESSFUL SEASON
American League Left-Handers Maintain
Winning Average This Year
Karger of Boston Leads Them.

American League southpaws are hav-
ing a good year. Left-handers in the
National League are not experiencing
even fair success. Mayhap it's because
the old army batters are better against
the Outsiders. Maybe the American
southpaws are more effective. Any
way. they manage to keep on the win
ming side of more games.
Eddie Karger. ex-National Lacquer,
has pitched more victories than any
Karger didn't do so we'll last year after
Clark Griffith consigned him to Bean
town. but this season Eddie appears to
be making use Of some Of the qualities
which drew attention to him during
the early period OF his success at St.
Louis. Karger has won seven and lost
one game.
Jennings has not worked Killian ex-
ira hard this year. Burly Ed has not
failed to respond efficiently when call
ed upon, however. He has hurled four
good games and has been defeated
twice. The irrepressible Ruben" Wad
dell won two and lost one up to the
time a muzzle was placed on him.
Tommy" Atkins of the Athletics has
the same record.
Plank, the Athletic veteran, has been
twirling steady ball. With him on
duty the Mackmen have won seven and
have dropped four contests. Jim
Vaughn of the Yankees has a similar
achievement to boast of.
"Laddie" Link has proved himself
just an in and outer. The Maps main
southpaw has won six and lost five.
Ray Collins Of Boston is even up with
the averages, with five and five.
Krause. the sensation of 1909. has at
tanned victory four times and has been
defeated the same number OF times.
Doc White Of the White Sox has not
been doing himself justice. The frail
dentist has a record Of four and four.
In al American League pitchers have
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to hit. and, as I had several errors, l
figured that my job was gone Wen, you
can CINE my surprise when, after the
game, several folks came over to con-
graduate me- well, how many errors
did I have?' 1 asked. and I did not 'un-
derstand when they patted me on the
back with the remark: Never mind your
errors; you had five hits
That sort of set me to thinking, ana L
gave my hitting more attention.
There was great rivalry that year be-
tween GAINESVILLE and Blossom. Dode
Criss, now with st. Louis, was the star
pitcher and batter of the Clarksvllie
team, and he surely was some hitter:
Well, we played GAINESVILLE. and l not
cnly hit Criss hard, but in the ninth IN
ming, with the bases full. guess l mace
the most remarkable eaten OF OIL ms pat
that l have ever made in my NE. l
the ball. which looked as If 1t was going
a mile out Of the grounds. but 1 nailed
it and was hero In Blossom Thereafter.
But you know I never had much luck
In my early days. Every team Played
with broke up and couldn't pay salaries.
and I had hard time getting out of
Texas, and finally went to play with
Shawnee, Okla. That team also busted
without paying salaries, and I was about
to quit the game in disgust when had
chance to go with Wichita. l felt none
too sure that I could make good there. for
the company was faster, but l found It
easy enough 1 was playing there when
Cantillon saw me in the spring of 1907,
and he arranged to bring me to Wash
ington To get in the big league was
more than had ever hoped for. 1 spend
my winters at Linden; but folks down
there don't know anything about base
ball. They think 1t strange that l get paid
for playing the game. And when l tell
them that there are as many as twenty
five Of US travelling around the country
and stopping at good hotels just to play
base ball, they look at me in a doubtful
sort of a way. and have to be careful
to hold the facts down as much as pos
sible to keep from getting q reputation
Of being a fibber."
Milan is today regarded as one of the
best outf1elders in the American League.
The fact that he has been greatly
handicapped all season by the effects of
an injury which will require an opera
ton this fall has prevented him from
doing his best work, and yet he figures
among the best in the league.
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TOO MUCH JOHNSON.
Negro Preacher Goes Insane Read
ing About the Fight at Reno.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ROADS, La, July 15-Contin-
ued reading of newspaper accounts of
the Jeffries- johnson fight has drv zen
Rev Frank Murdoch, a negro Methodist
preacher. insane.
Murdoch Is. OF course. a strong john
son man. He prayed with his flock the
week before the Reno battle that the
negro champion might be victorious.
When the result was flashed Murdoch
developed into a gibbering idiot and
since then has alarmed his neighbors
His yells kept people from sleeping.
The preacher is in Jail and will later
be conveyed to the state insane asylum
at Pineville.
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NEW TRACK MARK.
Major Mallow- Clips Quarter of a
Second for PAGERS at Rockport.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 18.-Maj.
Mallow clipped quarter of second of
the tack mark for PAGERS in the first
heat of the free-for-all of the Lake Erie
meet at the Rockport track today. He
stepped the distance in EOS Ia. Mai.
Mallow also won the second and third
heats in 2.OSA and 2.Oe. this being the
fastest time paced on a half-mile track
this season. Results:
Free-for-all pace; purse S4O0-Maj. NAL
low first; Jennie w. second Green Pilot
third. Best time, 2.O6A.
2.l4 pace; purse $400-Alta Coast first:
Alvin 8. second; Findlay Boy. third
Best time, AHA.
go trot: purse 34O0-Maccalia first:
Florence II. second; Harold B. third
Best time, 2.17A.
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5ukB & Ond1}1a11lJ
Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street.

tional II any of the 1908 stars Will be
good enough to score points in 1917 IN
the fast company that they will hnd.
Nevertheless, there are several men VINO
are undoubtedly trying to remain in the
game with the hope OF still 'oelng 9OOd
enough to represent this country IN l9l-.
Among these may be mentioned MelVln
Sheppard, the winner of the $40 ana LOU
meter runs; Harry Porter, the high jump
champion: Flanagan. the winner OF the
hammer throw; Cloughen. who was sec
ond in the 20O-meter dash. and Martin
Sheridan, the discus champion. Sheppard
and Cloughen will find their task the
hardest. for it is obviously more dihcult
for q runner to keep himself in condi-
ton for q period of four years than IT Is
for q Jumper or weight man. 1t is worthy
of note that no sprinters, murders or dls-
lance men have been able to score In Two
sets OF these Quadrennial games, and II
will be unusual if Sheppard or Cioughen
or any others who try 1t succeed On
the other hand, this is to be expected or
men in the special events. F1anagan
won the Olympic championship IN the
hammer throw at Paris in 1900. and he
duplicated 1t at London eight years later
Ray EWry did the same at Paris IN l9OO.
at St Louis in 1904, at Athens In 1908 and
at London in 1908.
There is not much doubt that for most
of the events the men we must depend
upon for the points in 1912 are those who
have been developed since 1908 or VIII be
discovered within the next year ana
half. The, athletic talent of this country
is probably better right now than 1t was
two years ago. In some events we may
be slightly weaker than we were then,
but the general average Is certainly high
Or today.
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NEW YORK TENNIS.
Bissell and Raleigh Win Final Hon
ors in Mems Open Doubles.

UTICA. N. Y. July 16.-In the cham
pionship tournament Of the Central New
New York Tennis Association. concluded
here today, Bissell Of Buffalo and Raleigh
Of Syracuse, the Princeton champion. won
final honors in the mems open doubles
f1om Costello and Lewis, both of SYRIA
cuse, by scores Of e. 81.
In the MATCH for the Frkbie challenge
cup Stevenson OF Yale defeated Bissell Of
Buffalo, 6-1, e. 81.
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won sixty-three and have lost sixty
nine.
In the National League webb Of
Pittsburg and kroh OF the Cubs have
perfect averages. winning two apiece
without a~loss. Pfeister has won three
times and lost once. Bill Burns, the i'm
has made the best record since his en-
try into Lynch's league, winning six
and losing three. Lush OF St Louis
ranks next with seven and four The
other portsiders have not Jared so we'll
1t is best not to mention the other
records.
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NEW JUNIOR RECORDS.
Fresh Figures for One Mile, Pole
Vault and Running High Jump.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Three new Junior
champion records were established today
at Celtic Park during the annual track
and field games of the Metropolitan As
ISOLATION Of the Amateur Athletic Union.
In the one-mile run j. w. Monument OF
the Irish-American Club, put up a fine
race in 4243-5. In the field events G..
Dukes Of the New York A. c. cleared
twelve feet In the pole vault. and his club
mate, w. Thomassen, was credited with
six feet one inch in the running high
jump. All are new junior records.
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FOOT BALL RULES ARE
MADE MUCH CLEARER
Carl Williams of Penn and
Percy Haughton of Harvard
Revise Entire Code.
By Edward B. Bushnell.

A clearer understanding of the foot ball
rules on the part Of foot ball ofaciais,
players and spectators will be one or the
results of the labors Of the special COM
mittee appointed to put into form the
changes made In the rules during the
last year When the committee held us
last session in New York and voted to
retain the forward pass and decided on
other radical changes this body decided
that the two men who had done most to
bring about the changes finally agreed
upon were the ones who should put them
into codified FORM
Neither Of the men concerned-Dr Carl
Williams of Pennsylvania or Percy
Haughton Of Harvard-was a member OF
the rules committee, though both had
acted as alternates at various sessions
Walter Camp is still the editor OF the
rules, but the 1910 changes were made In
direct opposition to the ideas OF Mr.
Camp. It was only natural. therefore,
that he should have insisted upon having
the aid of Williams and Haughton IN
drawing up the new code:
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Camp turned
over the whole work, except the final re-
vision. to these two experts. They met
recently in New York and drew up the
new rules to cover all the points passed
upon by the committee. They did more
than this, for they went over the entire
rule book and clarified as much as posi-
BILE all misunderstood and ambiguous por-
tions Of the code. just how far they
went In this direction Is not known, but
there was abundant reason for making
good many changes.
Any one who has followed foot ball
closely of late years must have oeen
astonished at the ignorance on many
points shown by experienced players. ana
not nfrequently by officials supposed
to Know the rules. Without doubt, some
of the ignorance referred to lis due 70
the game AS A. A. Stage of Chicago,
himself member Of the rules commit
tee once said: THE rules are badly in
need of the services Of competent copy
reader
OF course, it is impossible to write
rule book like one would novel, but
there is certainly no excuse for the many
involved sentences and ambiguous
clauses that have made the rules 80
hard to understand heretofore. 1t IS
the hope Of every one concerned that the
new committee has accomplished some
thing worth while in this regard. When
the NATURALIZATION program went
through the committee in May 1t was
predicted by Mr.. Camp and others that
the officials would have harder time
than usual to interpret the rules this
fall Probably the recollection OF this
had something to do with the care with
which DIR. Williams and Mr.. Haughton
did their work Of drafting and revision.
The rule book will probably not be pub.
lished for some time yet. so that 1t will
require much careful study by players,
coaches and officials when 1t does make
its anDoarance
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY LEAGUE.
Auditors Defeat Bookkeepers in Well
Played Contest, 5 to 9.

The Auditors won their seventh straight
victory yesterday by trimming the Book
keepers. 3 to .. Both teams played well.
but the superior fielding Of the winners
won out. Murch was in perfect form and
whipped sixteen of the opposition, ard al
lowed only four hits. Quinn led at the
bat with two clouts. each good for two
sacks. Smith was he star for the losers,
getting half OF the teams hits. and play
ing a sensational fielding game.
Score:
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ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.
Barney Oldfield Makes New Figures
for a Mile on Half-Mil Track.

WHEELING. w. Va. July 16.-Barney
Oldfield and Ben kircher raced in events
under the auspices of the Ohio Valley
Automobile Club at the state fair grounds
this afternoon. the former breaking the
new worlds record for a mile on half
mile tracks In 1.0511. He drove a 100
horsepower Darracq. Oldfield, in his long
wheel-based Benz found difIiculty in
rounding the sharp turns, but equaled
the former worlds record for the mile on
half-mile tracks established by himself,
1.06N.
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Ramsdell's English Victories.

The double victory of F. L. Rams
dell, the University of Pennsylvania
sprinter. over r. E. Walker in the 100
and 220 yard dashes at the, English
championships was not a great sur
prise. N. j. Cartmell. the former Penn
sylvania and intercollegiate champion.
with whom Ramsdell went abroad,
predicted before their departure that
Ramsdell would certainly beat the
South African. Apparently Walkers
championship is OF short lived dura-
Olympic title in 1908 he was beaten
in the 100 yards at the English cham
pionships by Kerr. the Canadian cham
pfon. Last year he won the event from
both Cartmell and Kerr. while this year
Ramsdell defeated him.
Walkers trouble this year seems to
be carelessness in his training. He
was in England all of last winter, and
knowing that Cartmell had turned pro-
fessional and that there were no wor-
take things easy. He did so with dis
astrous results. The times of 10 is
seconds and % 3-5 seconds were very
good considering the cold day and
heavy track.
Ramsdell intends to return to this
country early in September and will
resume his work at Pennsylvania The
foot ball coaches want the big Splinter
to play foot ball, as he did last year.
Whether or not he plays will probably
depend upon Ramsdell himself. He made
failure Of the foot ball business last
fall. apparently lacking the abandon to
plunge into the game and use his speed
and strength. Last fall Ramsdell dis
played a fatal hesitation in the back
field, which made him almost useless. AS
a result he was never any better than
substitute. Without doubt the Penn
sylvania coaches will urge him to try
for the eleven. Speed will be at a
premium this year. as it was not last
fall. and with a year of experience at
Pennsylvania's foot ball system, Rams
dell may develop into q star back.
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American Association.

Kansas City. 3; Indianapolis. o.
Toledo. 5; st. Paul. ..
Minneapolis. q; Columbus. 3.
Milwaukee. 3; Louisville, /.
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Navy's Many Athletes.

There isn't any educational institution
in this country that can boast of SO fine
a supervision of athletics as Annapolis
The Naval Academy authorities don't be-
lieve in abusing athletics, but they DO m
sist that every midshipman shall 90
something in athletics II possible And
when 1t ia considered that out of $50
students enrolled last year no took part
in athletics we must admit that they
have about reached the ideal.
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Southern League.

Montgomery. .: Atlanta, 5.
New Orleans. 3: Chattanooga o.
Observation-Disclosures postponed; rain.
Birmingham, 3: Memphis /.
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Left on bases-Auditors. 3; Boekkeepers. 5.
First base on balls-on Munch. 9 stratk cut
Quinn, e Stolen bsses-Riddle. foiford. snith.
Simpson. Turley. Double plAys-oliver 70 rqtley:
son. I. Umpire-Mr. Iaughton. Tine Of ssns-
hour and 20 minutes
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MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.
Virginia League:

Petersburg. I: Lynchburg. 4.
Norfolk. o: Danville. 2.
Norfolk. U: Danville, g.
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Sprinters Wanted for Foot Ball.

On the subject of sprinters and foot ball
it is worth observing that the new game
requires fast men for its successful execu-
ton. And those coaches who are wise
and have a clear understanding of the
new plays are already planning to build
up a game which will require the use Of
fast and strong men. DR.. Carl Williams,
who stands to Pennsylvania foot ball as
Walter Camp stands to Yale, makes no
secret of the fact that the Quakers will
give the preference to men who are fast
and powerful The passage Of the rule
allowing the man receiving the ball on a
direct pass from center to advance 1t at
any point through the line or around the
end will first of all do away with the
little man who has been utilized at quar-
terback. 1t also means that every men,
Der Of the back field must have speed.
Otherwise he will merely slow up the at
tack.
Another change quite as important is
that which divides the game into four
periods of fifteen minutes each. There
won't be any time for loafing now IL q
team is to score within this flfteen-minute
period We shall also see less Of the
practice of teams trying each other out
with kicking game. Short periods will
demand that the game be speeded up
every minute. The foot ball season OF
1910 is certain to develop something abso-
lutely unique.
Europe's Olympic Fever.
Americas clean sweep of the athletic
honors at the Olympic games in 1905 is
having an unexpected effect upon the con-
tinental athletes Of Europe In 1908 the
only serious competitors that this coun-
try had were the representatives OF Great
Britain. Undoubtedly their failure to
make credita BILE showing against the
Americans and English has acted as an
impetus to Sweden. Denmark. Finland,
Italy and France, while even Germany
has been experiencing somewhat OF an
athletic revival. 1t was only few weeks
ago that Sweden secured the services Of
Ernest Hjertberg, the former trainer OF
the Irish American A. c. of New York, to
coach them in the methods that have
made the Americans SO strong. Now re-
port has * that Finland wants to hire
the Irish Americans for similar purposes.
There are even rumors that one or two OF
the other continental countries want
American or English coaches to develop
their athletes and teach them modern
methods of training.
This unprecedented interest throughout
Europe means that the next Olympic
games which are scheduled for Stock
holm. Sweden. in the summer OF 1912.
should reach higher standard than did
those OF 1908. 1t Is this development OF
a national spirit that will do more to
bring out the athletic ability OF q coun-
try than any other means.
the attempt in some quarters to forecast
the composition Of the American team in
1919, or rather to make q guess as to
the number of men who were members of
the 1908 team who will also be on the
1912 team. 1t will certainly be excep-
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Tri-State League.

Trenton. 5; Harrisburg. 0.
Lancaster. 6: Altoona. @.
Reading. g.: Williamsport, 9
York, Q; Johnstown, l.
Johnstown, 5; York, l.
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Eastern League.

Newark, 4; Providence, o.
Jersey City. 1; Baltimore. o.
Rochester, 4; Montreal, ..
Rochester, /; Montreal. !.