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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
GIVES FATHER A CHANCE.
Pastor Wants Hymn Written Elk.
tolling His Virtues.

CHICAGO, November o5.-The Rev. DR..
William E. Barton, pastor of the First
Congregational Church, is offering
prize for the words OF a hymn that will
extol the virtues OF Father" He says
if he can find such a hymn his church
organist has promised to set it to music.
and that he will have it sung in his
church at regular intervals. He said last
night:
''Ouu religious hymnals are filled with
songs to mothers and there are few
military hymns such as Onward, Chris
tian Soldier and few for those In
Peril on the Sea, but none for the faith
ers who have a living to earn and u fam
lily to support.
ut is the fathers-the old man YOU
might say-who are doing their duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
GROSNER, 1913 Pa. Ave.

faithfully and making living for the
family.
ITO my mind the beauties of father
hood are second only to those of mother
hood. \ man resists twice as much
temptation as a woman. and when he
is Christian he is enc all through.
Il want this song of fatherhood to be
full of dramatic vigor and Christian sem
timent. The music must not be too lady
like, either, but must be full CT vigor and
fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Promotion for Mr.. Preus.

J. \. o. Preus of Minnesota, who was
United States Senator Nelson's secretary
in Washington for a number of years.
is to be promoted from the position of
executive clerk in Gov. Eberhart's Office
at st. Paul. Mimi, to the job of
state insurance commissioner. Mr.. PreuS
left Washington to accept the position
in the governors Office in the Minnesota
capital and plunged right into the work
of making the election of Gov. Ebelhart
certainty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
GOODS
ALONE SOLD AT EALING
Suburb of London Has. Gu
rious "AN-British Shop
ping Week."
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON. November 10, 1910
Ealing a cheerful western suburb of
London, if an obscure one, is busy this
week beating the patriotic drum. 1t is
holding what 1t calls an 'al!-British
shopping week." under the encouragement
of the Union Jack Industries League,
which certainly has never made nobler
effort
The Ealing Broadway just now is deck
ed as for royal visit, only rather more
SO, with oral crowns and unreasonable
bunting The very errand boys vans have
fiuttering colors on them.
II you ask the street corner policeman
what il is all about he indicates that he
is proud Of Ealing. and that this is what
tariff reform" means.
'All-British" Label.
One need not take the politics of the
shopkeepers seriously. In Ealing. as else
where, advertisement is good for trade.
There is a good deal Of mild amusement
to be derived frem their difficulties. Thus
the wine merchants window is quite out
of the show. You cannot find there the
badge-a lion doing on Union Jack
which denotes that the goods are 'all
British.
The bridge does appear on goods
which, except i'll week OF excitement.
would be admittedly foreign. The eX-
PLANTATION is probably the simple one that
the ordinary shopkeeper has imperfect
knowledge of where his goods We're made.
One may accept the little stuffed Wilt
i shire pigs with red. white and blue neck
laces, and the mountainous Cheshire
| cheeses, but one suspects that a good
many things have been put in the cellar
out of sight until Saturday.
Townspeople in Accord.
The townsfolk are supporting the brill
liant scheme as we'll as they can. 1t
must be a little trying not 10 be aale to
buy, say. German sausage
| If YOU go into one OF the big shops the
| shopwalker advances upon YOU in the
guise of John Bull and is repulsively
| nirthfu John Bull in plaster is seated
| in several of the windows.
| A free trader has been writing to the
| local paper to ask what would happen il
| the principles of the Union Jack League
were carried out in certain French and
| German towns. OF which evidence is
given, where the shop windows are
| crammed with English-made articles. Blu
| what do inconsistencies matter so long
| as Ealing feels that it IS saving the en-
| pire?
| The only really miserable person there
| was the Italian hot chestnut seller. He
talked OF moving TO more hcspitable
ttown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
JOHNSON WILL NOT
FIGHT FOR A YEAR
CoIored Champion Intends to
Have Long Rest-WiII Not
Take on Langford.

GRAND ISLAND. Neb., July Cham
of the Associated Press. during the stay
Of hi- train here last night, that he posi-
lively would not fight for a year. He in
dicated that he would not consider any
challenge from Sam Langford
Just say for me that Langford hasn't
got a chance said Johnson to the re.
porter
I'm not going to fight again for one
year. l think l have been square with
the American people and have done all
can be asked to do for while / have
put UP five fights in rapid succession
believe l am entitled to take some time
before going into the ring again.
Il am going to Europe and fill some
of the numerous contracts / am receiv-
ing, and that i have here now" point
ing to bunch Of letters lying on a table,
from which Johnson and Mrs. johnson
were eating dinner.
Johnson continued, in answer to a query
but during September
What about the pictures?" asked the
champion, who had not received the news
of the day. When informed about the
action of the authorities at Washington
and other places the champion replied:
We'll, I'm not surprised at it, and espe-
cially not at Washington
Johnson looked at ease and showed
no marks of his recent battle.
His train was two hours late, but a
crowd of good-natured men and women
remained at the station to get glimpse
Of the Reno winner. There were repeat
ed calls for Johnson, but he paid no at
tention, and did not show himself outside
his car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07

since passed. In the old days it was not
difficult matter to develop talent. be-
cause the demand was not so great.
But today the club which has a good ball
player cannot afford to sell him. and to
make the sale of star to a club which
Is fighting for the flag at this season OF
the year would not be apt to help the
sport in the least
Perhaps there is no stronger evidence
that Jim McAleer has the nucleus for a
great ball team right here in Washing
ton at the present time than the fact
closest kind Of margins to teams that
are many positions ahead of it in the
race.
There is nothing Of the tail-end va
put up a most interesting game OF ball
every day. Their exhibitions are well
worth seeing, providing you do not
have that partisan pride which cannot
see any ball game that is won by the
other side.
II the local club can be fortunate
enough to pick up the material it needs
to give the team that which 1T now
lacks it could be made a winner in a
very short space of time.
Johnson's refusal to fight Langford
is not going to disappoint the fight
loving public very much. Since his
easy victory over Jeffries no one fig
ures that Langford can possibly have
chance with the champion excepting
perhaps Langford. who does not ap-
pear to have much respect for John
son as fighter since he fought him
some few years ago. Langford figures
that he can punish Johnson, and once
under fire he will prove him to be any
thing but a champion. Johnson, how
ever. proposes to rest for a year, dur
ing which period he figures on picking
up fortune in theatrical contracts
and few exhibitions such as his fight
with Burns in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07

Z o'clock July 3. an earlier liberation
having been prevented by a heavy fog.
The wind at the start was northwest.
and the weather clear, but at Buffalo
and vicinity a brisk wind from the
southwest retarded the racers. The first
return was July Fourth at O'Clock to
he loft of w. III. Sarton, followed an
hour and twenty-five minutes later by
one to the loft OF Riley a. HUNT, tho
same loft getting another return an hour
later and three July ), while Mr. Sartor
reported an additional bird July 8, snd
j. G. Eastburn also one.
The former American distance record
from Canada was held by Lake Breezes
Of w. III. Sarton, which won the 5SS-miIe
race from North Bay. Ontario. last year
and she this year adds another record
by winning the 56O-mile race This fin
ishes the series Of old bird races IN
which the Washington pigeons have
shown themselves to be equaied by few
and surpassed by none.
Already several applications have been
received by erstwhile norices who intend
to share the glory of the veterans and
the coming young bird races promise TO
be as successful as the series just closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
BASE BALL NOTES.

Jim Wigs of the Montreal team Of the
Eastern League pitched a no-hit game
yesterday afternoon against Rochester.
He only gave one base on balls -
The Northeastern Arkansas Leapue q
four club affair. ended its season today.
Charlottesville won the pennant. WITH
Paragould. Jonesboro and Blytheyille fol-
lowing in that order. =
Jim Vaughn OF the Yankees has almost
recovered from the cold which nut his
He will in all probability be seen in one
game against the White Sox
Fred Clarke year ago was the idol Of
Pittsburg and the apple of Barney Drew
fuss eye. Now Barney is said to he die
satisfied with ClArke's manaeement or
the club. 1t is said in Pittsburg that
Dreyfuss has scored Clarke to his friends
and limited at internal dissensions among
the Buccaneers.
Fred Merkle is not only hammering the
ball for keeps, but he is playing a pretty
nifty game around first. At Boston YES
terday he pulled play that compares
favorably to anything Hal Chase has
shown lately. With Herzog on first
Sweeney attempted to sacrifice He Don
ped little low fly too close to the foI,l
line for Matty to field. HerzoE darted in
with the pitch, but seeing he could not
sprint under the ball threw himself full
length on the ground for a wonderful
catch. Then while PROSTATE he rolled
up Herzog of first base.-New York Jour-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
SPORTING COMMENT.
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Though it is a matter which ma,
have a direct bearing on the outcome
of the fight, in that it might prove tina
some one felt assured Jeffries would bt
beaten, there has as yet not been an,
satisfactory explanation of why the
terms of the fight articles were changed
winner so and the loser 40 per cen,
of the purse instead of IS and 25, as
the articles originally called for
Seems rather strange that such a
change should be made on the very
eve of the battle and then be passed UP
as a mere trivial incident.
Surely il it was Jeffries who brough,
about this change in the division of the
purse it would indicate that he did not
think we'll of his chances and was
trying to save as much OF the purse
as possible.
There was hardly an incentive for
confidence he continually expressed in
his ability to beat Jeffries was sincere.
1t goes without saying that Jeffries
knew he was not fit when he left his
training camp for the ring. He may
have known it days before that. Judg-
ing from his experience in that fight. 1t
would seem that he was really over
trained. The collapse which comes to
athletes who have not trained judiciously
seems to have grabbed Jeffrfes and he
was weak and i'll when he went into the
ring. He could have put up better
showing If he had not trained at all
1t would seem due the public to have
PLANTATION Of why the division Of the
purse was changed at the last moment.
The individual who suggested this should
be known.
One hardship which the farming OF
players works is that it deprives the
weak teams from Strengthening with the
best material in the minors because this
usually is the property OF clubs wnicn
are not in need of material.
1t has been the experience of a large
percentage of scouts who are being sent
broadcast by clubs which want TO bet
ter their condition to find that the most
desirable players in the minor leagues are
not the property of the clubs they are
with. but have merely been loaned by one
of the strong major league clubs. This
Of course. prevents the weak club
securing such player. for before the
drafting season sets IN such PLAYERS are
usually again turned over to their orig
inal owners.
There is a strong rule against farming
in base ball. but it is not observed. There
Is always a way of getting around the
rules and it Is being done at an alarming
rate Just now. Present conditions in the
game are such that it is the most difficult
thing in the world to get playing material
which will benefit weak team.
Some one started the story in Phila-
delphia that the Detroit club had offered
$50 600 for Walter johnson. There was an
immediate protest from the fans, who
feared that with the additional strength
that Johnson would add 20 the Tigers
there would be danger of the Athletics
losing their lead in the race.
OF course, there is nothing to the yarn,
hut Philadelphians were not satisfied
until they heard from President Navin
Of the Tigers himself.
There was a time III base ball when
clubs sold players promiscuously to one
another and pennant results were often
affected thereby. but that time has long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
EVERS NOT PUNISHED.
Cub Player Explains Pittsburg Trou.
BILE Satisfactorily to Lynch.

PITTSBURG. Pa. July 1.-Presdent
Thomas j. Lynch of the National League
has turned down Barney Dreyfuss and
the Pittsburg club on its demand that
Johnny Evers of the Cubs be disciplined
for his alleged unbecoming conduct on the
field during the game in Pittsburg June
-. Dreyfuss has received a letter from
Inc league chief. stating that Lynch had
referred the matter to the Chicago man.
agement and that Pittsburg would have
no further trouble with Chicago players
while i'm Pittsburs.
Ii was claimed that when the Cubs
were losing the game Evers used rougl,
language in the hearing of women i'm
the stand. Dreyfuss filed charges against
Eyers, but il il understood that the latter
had a good defense in that he had been
goaded to his remarks by insults from
the stand.
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Groom to lose. He pitched well enough
| to win it hands down and enough hap
pened about him to make him lose inter-
est. but he gamely stuck 1t out to the
| finish.
The playing of the Athletics stood out in
strong contrast to that of the locals. The
visitors did not overlook an opportunity
to get runs and got every one that it was
possible to sneak over on the amount of
hits they were getting off Groom. The
! two runs made by the Athletics in the
second were the result of system of play.
In the second inning with Murphy on
third. Barry on first, two out and Dono-
! hue up, the two runners started the dou-
BILE steal. Mcbride was pulled over to
cover the bag and Pat DOnohue in trying
to pull the ball through the unguarded
territory popped up a little fly which or
dinarily Mcbride would have caught cas-
lily, but which on account of the play
which was under way fell safe and Murphy
came home. This was followed by dou-
BILE steal which worked successfully be-
cause BeckendOrfs throw to Mcbride was
high.
With the average ball club finding it
most difficult to get it's hands on promis-
ing ball players it develops that Connie
Mack has so many youngsters planted
in the various minor leagues that in ad-
dition to keeping his own team we'll sup
piled he makes a business of selling many
of these youngsters to other major league
clubs.
Jack Lelivelt, for instance, was the
property of Mack when Washington
bought him from Reading. and the local
clubs check was turned over to Mack
Having large crop Of youngsters gives
the astute leader of the Athletics a chance
to pick out the cream and sell off tina.
which he does not desire.
Cy Morgan pitched Illegally all during
the game yet there was not a single
protest from the local players or the
umpires.
Morgan would place his right foot in
contact. with the rubber and have his left
one far to The right of the rubber, some
times as much as two feet, and then IN
taking his motion wind the left foot far
to the other side of the plate. The rule
which governs pitching clearly forbids
this practice. Here is the rule:
Rule @-Preliminary to pitching the
pitcher shall take his position facing the
batsman with both feet squarely on the
ground and in front of the pitchers plate.
and in the act of delivering the ball to
the bat he must keep one foot in con-
tact with the pitchers plate defined in
rule 0.
He shall not raise either foot until in
the act of delivering the ball to the bat
nor take more than one step in such de-
livery"
he did not have both feet in front of
the rubber when in the act of delivering
the sball. But there are so many rules
of base ball being violated on the local
lot these days that a little thing like
that does not cut much figure
The final game of the series will he
played today. 1t will probably be Bender
against Resling.
Schaefer i'm sliding into third base i'm
the game Tuesday badly wrenched his
shoulder and he will be absent for sew
eral days.
The following is the tabulated score of
the game played Wednesday II does
not show all that happened, by any
means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
HARRY LEWIS ARRIVES.
States He Beat Willie Lewis, But
Was ONLY Given a Draw

NEW YORK. July with the hope
that he may obtain a match either with
Stanley Ketchell or Willie Papke, Harry
Lewis. the Philadelphia welterweight
fighter. returned yesterday on board the
Oceanic. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Lewis and his manager, Al Lippe. Since
his departure last January Lewis has
had a number of good bouts in London
and Paris. and reports that his foreign
invasion was successful, especially from a.
financial point of view.
my only regret" Lewis said, lis that
did not get square deal in my fight
with Willie Lewis. / had him beaten
badly both times, but all could get was
a draw. l am going to make try for
the middleweight championship if the big
fellows will give me q chance. Ny fight
ing weight is 142 pounds. but 1 think
would stand q show II ketchell or Papke
would make 15S pounds. at the rfngside.
Early In October ! expect to return to
Paris"
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RECORD-BREAKING FLYING.
Washington Pigeons Again Among
Leaders in Long National Race.

Once more the pigeons belonging to the
members of the Washington Federation
displayed their superiority, and In the
race from Sudbury Canada, a distance
of 563 miles, competing against 500 others
from cities represented in the Atlantic
combine. two of the fifteen entered won
leading positions.
The Washington entry consisted of fif-
teen well chosen racers. which were sent
to the headquarters at Baltimore for their
secret racing band Wednesday night.
They were liberated simultaneously with
the birds from Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, Boston and other points at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
FAMOUS TR0TTER DIES.
Allerton Suecumbs at Age of "a
Was High Sulky Star.

DES MONIES. Ia, July 7.-Allerton, a
sire of many trotting horses. died Tuesday
night at the Hopper stock farm at In
dianola Alierton made a record OF 2O9A
and was the king of the high-wheeled
sulky. He was twenty-four years OF age.
He was the sire of 202 colts, with records
Ranging from 2.O4 to go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
Maps Defeat White Sox.

CLEVELAND, July I.-Cleveland de-
feated Chicago to 4 in yesterdays game
between those clubs in Cleveland. Koest-
ner was invincible until the eighth, when
Chicago took the lead for a few miputes
On Niles triple Cleveland tied the score.
winning in the ninth on two errors and
two hits. Bemis' hit scoring the winning
run. The score:
R.H.E.
Cleveland. 3 90 0 0 OO1 Is Q .
Chicago. o o o. o a. Z i
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Reds Defeat St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. July 7.-Cincinnati yester-
day won the final game of the series from
st. Louis, 1 to o. Gaspar allowed only
three scattered hits. Egans triple and
McMillan's single won the game Ernest
Lush, a former member of the New York
Nationals, who recently was released by
Troy, N. Y, was signed yesterday by the
St. Louis Nationals as utility fielder.
Score:
R.H.E
Cincinnati 900 OOO1 o. 0
st. Louis 90 O o U o 90 3
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Yanks and Red Sox Divide.

NEW YORK, July New York and
Boston broke even in yesterdays double
header. The home team won the first
game. 3 to =; the visitors took the Sec
ond, to 3. Pitcher Quinn's sacrifice fly
brought in the winning run in the early
encounter. In the second contest Boston
gained the decision by making four runs
in the opening inning. The score:
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National League Games.
Pirates Nose Out Cubs.

PITTSBURG, July 7.-Pittsburg yes
terday tied the score against Chicago in
the eighth inning and won in the elev-
enth. Chances batting was the feature.
He made two three-baggers and scored
each time. Evers was put out of the
game In the eleventh inning for disputing
a decision. Score:
R.H.E.
Pittsburg... 10000 o2O01-3 II .
Chicago ..O O O o 0 O o % Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
Other American League Games.
Ray Beats Tigers Again.

DETROIT, July Ray defeated the
Tigers yesterday for the third time in as
many starts. to 4. The visitors punched
Ave hits. two OF which were very lucky,
in the fifth, and drove Killian Off the rub
Der. Works. who succeeded him, was
hit at opportune times in the closing
stages. The score:
R.H.E
st. Louis. o o O 10 IL
Detroit. l o 0 Il 90 o. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07

Roger Bresnahan is evidently great
admirer of McGraw. He never let's a
player McGraw tries out In the south es-
cape him long once there Is a chance to
grab. Yesterday Bresnahan got hold of
a bit of attention at Marlin Springs last
spring. Lush was turned over to Troy by
the Giants after suffering an attack of
malaria shortly after the club returned
from Texas,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07

Detroit isn't having the cinch with the
Browns which Jennings expected a few
weeks ago. The champions appear to be
about the only team which ST. Louis can
beat with regularity. With Ray i'm the
box, Jack O'Connor's misf1ts slammed the
jungle tribe again yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
stted for Beckendorf In ninth.
atfed for Groom I'm ninth

base hit-Hsuser. Double plays-Miisn and I'm
giaub: Bakss. Collins and Hauser: Barry Col
Inns and Hauser. Left bases-W ashington
10: Philadelphia. 5. First base on errors-Phil,
adelphia, /. Time of same-1 hour and 10 min
utes. Umpires-Perrne and Egan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07

President Tom Lynch OF the National
League has decided that Barney Dreyfuss
had no cause OF complaint against the
conduct of Johnny Evers i'm recent
game in Pittsburg. The owner of the
Pirates charged the Cubs second base,
man with conduct and language detri-
mental To the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
Becker's Homer Counts.

BOSTON, July 7.-Becker's home run
tied the score for New York in the ninth
yesterday, and the visitors punched hits
off Brown in the fourteenth. winning
from Boston, to g. Brown allowed
but one hit until the ninth, while Math-
ewson was batted hard in the first few
innings. Score:
R.HE
New York
100000 0o0O5s IL 2
Boston
OO3 100000 OOOO-3 10 2
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DODGERS Beat Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-Brooklyn
punched hits with Philadelphia's errors
yesterday, and won, to 2. The visitors
played fast ball in the field and made
three double plays. Score:
R.H.E.
Brooklyn 10000 Il O-6 0
Philadelphia. 1 0 o 900 o. 10 4