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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
GOOD DAY FOR BOOKS.
Players Find It Difficult to Pick
Winners at Moncrief Park.

JACKSONVILLE, January 12.-As the
favorites were not in evidence as winners
at Moncrief Park yesterday the boOkies
quit the afternoon with healthy looking
bank rolls. One of the chief features OF
the afternoon was the victory of Para
disc Queen In the fifth race. The sur
prise OF the day developed in I. NJ.
Green, the winner of the fourth race.
which at post time was IL to 1. Sum-
mary:
First race, one-Iuarter mile straightaway;
purse-Easy Life. us tPowers>, to l, Won:
Tallahas see llS lHownrd). ] to q second; Nora
Emma lis &C. Burns,. ~ TO 1. third Time.
O.23 %. Horizon. Albetto. Mud Hen, Sunny
wood. Fruitful, Valionia. Miss Helene, Rollup,
Blanch. Eastern Star Kentucky Rose and De-
lena also
Second race, five and one-half frlongs: selling
-Grandissimo. 10 tPOwers,, : TO l. won, Sou.
113 (NicoD. . TO 2, second; Miss Sly. los up
tom, 30 to 1, third. Time. LOS 3-5. Frank Pur-
cell. Starover. Captain GlOre, d. b. Herndon
and My Henry also ran.
Third race, six furOngs; selllng-Joe Rose, 1O2
Burns, even. won: ,rakahira. 104 CIV. Will
liams'. > TO 1. second: Sand Piper. % Ganzl.
% to l. third. Time. L. IA 30. Endymion Camel
Youthful and Druid also ran.
Fourth race. furongs; purse-T. NJ.
Green. 100 Is. Davis IL to 1. won: Charlie
Eastman. 100 tBurnsi. ) TO :, second: Abrasion.
so Urali. 10 tn l. third. Time, l.27 :-5. Cen
ter Shot also ran.
Fifth race. one mile: seilns-Paradise Queen
81 tOfain,, to :, won; Otilo. 100 (MeCarthyJ.
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Ebbets threatens to give Barney piece
of his mind At present Charley calls the
president of the Pirates unfair" and
"discourteous" and speaks of his actions
as Contemplate, the last word. we are
told, being "hissed out.
The cause of the Brooklyn mans bit
ter feeling is that Dreyfuss has failed
utterly TO acknowledge the receipt OF a
draft of les games schedule for the Ma
tional League season Of 1910. recently
drawn up by Ebbets. Instead lie has
announced that he will stick out to the
last for a 1,4 games schedule.
Dreyfuss has got II into his head
says Ebbets that tho Pirates are GO
ing TO win the championship again this
year. That's why he is opposed to the
1,iS games schedule. He is only looking
at his selfish end of il. lie thinks that
if the worlds series starts earlier he
will get more money.
"Dreyfuss has done a discourteous
thing in criticising the work of the
chairman of a committee of which ne
Is member. In preparing tho rough
draft of the schedule | only did what
any chairman OF committee would do
In order to give the other members
something TO work on. Mr.. Dreyfuss
voted for the 1ss games schedule. and
while. as he says. he voted merely for
an opportunity to move to reScind at
the feDruarN meeting, uouDN very
much If he can succeed. as he will
have to get five votes to do 1t.
Naturally. there may he some weak
spots in the document | have prepared.
but my intention was TO have the COM
mittee mold 1t into shape and perfect it
with the American League committee.
For that reason sent copies 10 the
other members. so that they might look
1t over and improve on it. Whatever
the faults may be they are small and
can easily be ironed out. The It's games
schedule IS feasible and l believe the
p,ll,lic wants it. At any rate, the Ma
ti"nal League voted unanimously to
adopt it. and it is up t. US to prepare
such schedule.
Il don't think it is proper for anybody
to throw rocks at the tentative Work of
anybody especially in the papers. and
If he is Il member Of committee ap-
pointed TO prepare n report. I can throw
rocks at 1.4 games schedule for that
matter. If the intention is to avoid bad
weather why doesn't Mr.. Dreyfuss advo-
cate a 40 games schedule? The only diff
ference in time between the old schedule
and the new Is one week. No one can
tell what kind of weather we are going
to have on October or October IL. If
the weather is the question why don t
people be sincere and adopt a 40 games
schedule and cut down the games In
April, the time the weather is 1T its
worst for base ballo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
GEORGETOWN LOSES GIBBS.
Ex-Track Captain Will Not Run
This Year.

4 bomb of no small size was dropped
in the Georgetown track teams training
camp yesterday afternoon when Fred
die" Gibbs, captain Of last years relay
and one Of the best quarter-milers at the
West End school confirmed the runors in
circulation the day before by announcing
as final his determination not to actively
engage In running this winter. Although
he declared his intention to do this at the
close Of last season. Yet the students of
the university thought that sufficient
pressure could be brought 10 bear on him
SO that he would get back on the spikes
for this season. But from the decisive
way IN which he disposed of the suggesa
ton yesterday there seems to be little
chance of such being brought about
Ever since he first entered into track
athletics at the Blue and Gray prep
school. five years ago, Gibbs has been
prominent on the track teams of the in
sttution His first year out lie made
the junior prep relay and during the two
following winters lie competed for the
props OF the senior section. In his fresh
man year he surprised every one by cap
turing place on the varsity four and
his work during the season warranted his
election as captain for the following win
ter. Last winter he was not up to his
usual standard on account of poor health.
but. he. seems to be in the pink of
condition at the present time. there Is
little doubt that this season would again
him performing in the excellent form
that characterized his work two winters
ago
His reasons for withdrawing are we'll
known among the students and are sub
stantial In every way. The training con-
nected with running a quarter of a mile
has in the past proved injurious to his
constitution. and as he is not VERY large
man lie Is afraid that any more straining
might leave permanent results.
Despite the apparent finality of his de-
cision the Blue and Gray devotees of the
running game are still hopeful that he
will change his mind, and they are
using all the persuasiveness possible with
the accomplishment of this in view. They
are especially hopeful that he will con-
sent to train for the annual race against
Virginia at the Georgetown meet, where
his absence will work more havoc than
anywhere else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
CHAMPION De OR0
LOSES At BILLIARDS
Fred Eames Again Takes
Measure of Three-Cushi0n
CarOm Title Holder.

MEM YORK, January Ely Winning
the second block Of the loo-roint billiard
match three cushion caroms for the
worlds championship at MrC;raws Bill
lard Academy. last night Fred E,ames of
Boston took commanding lead over the
champion. .\lireda De ORC. and looks like
a probable winner when the third block is
contested this evening. F,amcs won
handily last evening by 4 score of 20 to
"a. The Bostonians Monday night vic
tory was 10 to IF. and the match now
stands 100 to 81 in Eames favor.
There was very noticea BILE difference
between the players last evening Eames
playing easily and confidently and using
quick confident judgment on all his shots
But with the title holder it was differ
ent. He seemed nervous and uncertain
in his play. and many times during the
match after getting set for a shot. he
changed his mind, and this tended to
make his playing cratic all through
Games displayed confidence on his open
table shots. and used fine Judgment in
inc use OF the cushions. especially on the
tWO-Dank cushion shots before counting
OH the object ball. The Boston cueist
plainly got the cubans nerve, and went
inning after inning without scoring a
point.
F.dIncS stroke was much more even
than de OroS. and the Bostonian had a
much superior judgment of pace, for sew
eral times De Oro's shots stopped within
a traction OF an inch Of counting. For
thlrty-fnur innings it was an even thing,
but then Eames' superiority began to
show. and with a run Of four in the
forty-second inning and another in the
hfty-third he took a commanding lead
De Orc was unable to bunch more than
two points at time. but he got a duo
OF counts in several innings.
reward the end of last evenings match
Eames showed such confidence that he
played both right and left hand with
equal facility. and in the sixty-second
INNING, when the challenger made his
high run Of five. he made four straight
with his left hand. During this run all
three balls were on the lower rail, and
Eaines showed much skill in short cusl-
ion shots, three of the points being scored
with the ball not travelling more than a
foot. When the balls were closely group-
Ell ne utilized the side cushions and the
upper rail to count. Toward the end of
the match De ORC played safe, apparent
~ not having confidence to take a chance
on the open table play. Eames counted
out. leaving the balls in an ideal position
TO resume his run this evening
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MURRAYS CASE NOW
UP TO THE LEAGUE

NEW YORK, January 12.-President
Thomas ]. Lynch of the National League
announced yesterday that the case or
Manager Billy Murray against the Phila-
delphia club had been resubmitted to the
hoard of directors of the National League
for settlement In case the directors de-
eide against Murray he will once more
take the case to the national commission
If the decision of the supreme court OF
base ball is unfavorable to the deposed
manager of the Philes he will take
the case to a court Of law.
Murray holds a two-year contract with
the Philadelphia club to manage the
team at $3.50 per year Besides this
tie club owes him 81 800 for back salary
last season. A year ago when the Boston
clup released Manager Joe Kelley. ignor-
ing his contract for 1909. the Boston man
sgement was advised by the members OF
the national commission to settle with
Kelley rather than have some National
League dirty linen washed In public
courtroom. The hint was taken and
Kelley got all that was coming to him.
President Fogel is wrong said Billy
Murray yesterday, lin saying that the
Kelley case involved the Toronto club OF
the Eastern League as well as the Boe-
ron National League club, and therefore
the national commission had the right to
interfere, as it was an interleague al
fair. Kelley's case and mine are iden-
teal. as he did no business whatever with
the Toronto club until Boston settled with
him. and the Toronto club had no claim
on his services. as he had been released
outright and was free agent"
Manager Fred Lake of the Boston Ma
tionals left town last night after trying
in vain to secure some OF the surplus ma
terial Of the Giants.
Lake had nothing 10 offer us but
money, said John McGraw, and that
we don't need. l am ready to buy play
ers or trade, but have nothing TO SELL"
Lake will offer suggestion to the
rules committee of the National League
that, he thinks. will help to increase bat
ting. Lakes plan is to reduce the num-
Der of balls necessary to obtain a base.
The Doves leader thinks that by pin
ming the pitcher down so that he will be
forced to put the ball over batsmen will
stand better chance of singing the
those long raps that send the bleachers
into ecstasies and the Outfielders on the
hotfoot for the center field fence.
Reduce the number of balls from four
TO three and YOU have a solution Of the
question" said Lake. IF the committee
eral of the major league managers are
now considering l think that it will re-
suit not only in increasing the batting
but also in shortening the game. and tr
addition developing greater accuracy by
the pitchers.
BY forcing the pitcher to send the
ball over with reasonable frequency the
batting will not only be increased, but
greater accuracy will follow and the
chances of injury to the Eastman vii
not be SO great Seldom does batsmar
get hit by we'll pitched ball. 1t is one
of the wild and fast ones that catches a
player in the face or ribs and forces him
to retire from the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
Totals. $50 SCI $50
Totals. $50 SOB 500 Totals. 800 S,
SI.NnAY Sl,uOnI IEAcrE
SUTTON MAY QUIT GAME.
Veteran Billiard Player Is Suffering
With Kidney Trouble.

NEW YORK, January 12.-George SUIT
ton. the champion billiard player at the
1871 balk-line game. says he is suffering
from kidney trouble, and may never be
able to play in championship form again
Sutton made this announcement after
one of his performances at the Grand
Opera House. st. Louis where he ap-
peared last week in connection with a
vaudeville exhibition.
According to Sutton, he has been all
ing for months, but he did not know the
nature of his trouble until short time
previous to the 1872 championships in
this city last month. At the solicitation
of his friends Sutton says he went to a
physician. and 1t was then that the
diagnosis was made, and he was placed
under treatment.
Since the New York tournament SUIT
ton says he has lost twenty-six pounds
In weight His failure to defeat Demarest
for the. 1872 championship he ascribes
to his poor condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
GRAND CIRCUIT DATES,
New York to Have Five Days From
August 20 to 26.

DETROIT. January 12.-The grand cir
cult meetings for the year are: Kalama-
zoo, July aJ-23: Detroit. August Is,
Cleveland. August S-l2: Buffalo, August
lo-19. New York. August 22-26: Read
vile. august % and September =: Hart
ford September 90; Syracuse. Septem-
Der 12-lt; Columbus. September 1890
These officers We're elected today: Pres
ident. F. Il. DeyereauX. Cleveland: vice
president. William +. Engelman Kala-
maZoo; secretary. George j. Dietrich.
Cleveland. The presiding judge will be
Robert y. Newton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
PLAN A BASE BALL INVASION.
Brooklyn and Newark Included in
the United States League.

PROVIDENCE, January 12.-Plans for
a new base ball league. to be known as
the United States League. were outlined
yesterday by DR.. G. II. Lawson, the
promoter. who is here in the interest of
the organization Grounds for another
base ball park in this city have been
leased, and as soon as the Eastern
League schedule is made known the of
fcialS of the United States League will
meet here for the purpose of formulating
a schedule.
DIR. Lawson says that clubs representing
the following cities will constitute the
league: Boston. Brooklyn. Philadelphia.
Baltimore. Providence, Paterson, Newark
and Trenton. Three members of last
years Cuban Giants have already been
signed for the Providence team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
/ IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS /


the Tech manager. AS no word of any
sort was received up to last evening, IL
was decided 10y the Blue and Gray
leader that il was best for him TO cancel
his game with the Blacksmths without
further delay. and consider the incident
closed
1t is believed that the trouble which mas
arisen over the basket ball affairs of the
two schools will make it practically I'M
possible for them TO get together before
another year. and hence little hopes are
being held out for any base ball games
being scheduled for the coming spring
The situation now seems to he in the
same state it was previous to the sched-
uling of the two basket ball contests,
and there signs on the horizon
of a possible settlement of the existing
difficulties for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
ZYBSZKO WINS MATCH.
Defeats Charlie Cutler in Straight
Falls at Chicago.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. January l2.-In a slow
and uninteresting match at the coliseum
Monday night Stanislaus Zbyszko. the
Polish wrestler. defeated Charles Cutler
of Chicago In straight falls. Nearly an
hour was taken by the foreigner in scor-
ing the first fall the actual time being
ii minutes - seconds. The hold was
chancery and bar arm, the same that
accomplished Cutters defeat in the sec
ond fall, which was made In 10 min
uteS 80 seconds.
Cutler is the man whom Champion
Frank Gotch picked to defeat Zbyszko.
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the title which he claims to the welter-
weight championship, defeating Harry
Baker of Boulder, Col. The fight was
scheduled to go ten rounds and went
the limit Referees Gallagher award
ed Lewis the decision. Lewis was the
aggresor throughout, but Baker showed
himself to he u clever blocker During
the few times when he got d chance to
go after Lewis he showed the Philadel-
phian that he had good wallop.
The bout was witnessed by the largest
crowd that has attended prize fight in
this state in years.
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Dreyfuss Restricts PLAYERS.

PITTSBURG, Pa, January L. = The
new contracts for the Pittsburg ball
players were received yesterday from the
National League headquarters by Presi-
dent Barney Dreyfuss, and will be for
warded to the players as soon as Mana
ger Fred Clarke makes up the list of
players to be retained this season. A
clause in the new contracts provides for
the retention of 70 per cent of salaries to
prevent players INDUCING in hockey,
basket ball or base ball during the win
ter.
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Abstein Cost $500.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. January 12.-Bin Abb
stein cost the Browns exactly 81, 500 The
fact was learned early Saturday morn
ing from a man who knows. The big fell
low is worth every cent of it.
There were other clubs after him, but
Hedges was shrewd enough to get an
option on the big fellow, and grabbed
him quick when O'Connor said the word
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Chicago Drops Three Players.

CHICAGO. January u. = President
Charles A. Comiskey of the Chicago
Americans announced yesterday that he
had returned three of his recruits to the
Dies Moines Western League club. Those
returned were Manager and First Base
man Dwyer, Catcher korner and Third
Baseman Niehoff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
Breitenstein to Umpire.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. January l2.-
Theodore Breitenstein, former st. Louis
and Cincinnati pitcher, who has been
playing in the Southern League for
seven years. will retire to enter the field
as an umpire. He has been promised a
position on President kavanaugh's staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
EBBETS INDIGNANT
At PIRATES CHIEF

Jew YORK. January 12.-President
Charley Ebbets of the Brooklyn club is
angry. In fact. when he meets President
Harvey Dreyfuss of the P1ttsburg club
at the coming meeting Of the National
League schedule committee in Pittsburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12

The Virginia Oyster Mems Association.
report from It's legislative committee rec
ommending that. the Legislature of Vir-
ginia make an official investigation of
the financial condition and management
Of the Virginia state fisheries commits
sion.
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. 10 :. second: Font. 103 Howard. q To y.
third. Time. IL: 30. Schleswig, ST. Joseph.
Irrigator. Snow Ball AMI Enlist also
Sixth race. one and one-s,Nteenth miles towen.
10 GAM to I. won; Pinte, 1o9 ,Powers,, III
to TO- second OheroB. III Burns. is to ,.
third. Time. 1.49. Harry Scott. Danger and
Belicview also ran.
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HARRY LEWIS WINS.
Gets Decision Over Harry Baker in
Ten Rounds.

DENVER, Col. January 12.-Harry
Lewis of Philadelphia last night retained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
BOWLING BATTLES.

!. NJ. {. A. DUCkPIN LEAGUE.
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At this writing. Reuter- OF Central is
tearing things up In the go. and is
about the best at this distance at the
10 street high school. The track man.
agement expects Reuter- to annex several
points for the school in the approaching
indoor competitions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-11
~k,Ll ne IN Any OLD WAX Xou e!Shs

move in. Shall you bring down your
photograph? You don't know how
beautiful the music sounds down here
on moonlight nights, when it seems as
across the Atlantic. No. it's not a
bungalow now; it's only the 'bung'
part. The low will come later. My
stars, what ais the mani
Mr.. Bowser was jumping up and
down and flinging his arms about and
acting like a man fighting humble
bees.
''Mebbe you've hit the ozone on an
empty stomach suggested the fish
erman in sympathetic tones.
Then the Johnstown flood broke
loose again. For the space of ten min
utes Mr.. Bowser handed out the En-
glish language as she is spoke when a
man kicks an April fool hat. The
snipe flew away in terror; the Atlantic
ocean recoiled ten feet; the clans for
half a mile along the coast went down
into the mud. When he had only one
breath left he used it to say to the
poor man in front of him:
Get ready! Say your prayers!
m going to hammer the life out of
youl'
"You feel that way, do you?" was
lsked.
Il feel-oh, how feel! Man. man,
JIt I'll have blood for thisn'
81 don't blame you. You came
3own here to find a bungalow, and you
lind nothing but the bung part. OF
course you're disappointed. OF course,
you must have blood"
"And I'll have yours"
notwithstanding. That's what
I am here for-to shed my blood.
will lie down here on the sand and you
can go ahead. Kill me in any old way
way you wish-'
Mr.. Bowser couldn't do it. He
hadn't committed enough murders to
harden his heart to that point. He
glared at the groveling figure for a
long minute and then walked away.
Behind him was Silver Beach. Be
hind him was the shimmering sea.
Behind him the ozone was playing
leap frog along the beach, but he
reeked not. He had come out to find
a bungalow and found only a bung.
When he reached home by way of a
gravel train he was all keyed up for
what Mrs. Bowser was sure to say. And
yet that good woman-that wife who
knew her Enthusiastically gave him
a glance, but kindly said:
ooh. Mr.. Bowser, I am glad you are
home early. I want you to take down
and rehang a couple of pictures for
mel"
Now wasn't that nice of herr
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-11

snatched a hasty breakfass and was
off He didn't propose to let anybody
get ahead of him on that bungalow.
His serenity and complacency as he
boarded a train would have aroused
jealousy in the breast of an old set
ting hen. 1t continued for ten miles.
Then he had a word to say to the con-
ductor and was answered.
your ticket is for Silver Beach, but
you'll have to go to Brass Beach,
which is two miles farther. and walk
back"
"But why will 1 ="
Because you took the wrong train.
Yes. there are 20 trains "a day, but 10
of them are gravel trains You should
have taken one of them"
That's a nice how-de-dol'
"And there is Silver Beach, Brass
Beach, Iron Beach, Lead Beach, Nickel
Beach and Copper Beach If you don't
like Silver Beach you don't have to sc
home mad"
'eWhy in thunder wasn't I told Il
have to walk two miles?" shouted Nj
Bowser.
Because we never discourage The
patrons on this road. If YOU were go
ing to Copper Beach you would have to
walk FIVE miles,
do you know anything about Sill
yer Beach %
"Oh, yes A silver teapot came
ashore there about 90 years ago, an6
that gave it its name -
Mr.. Bowser's heart sank. At the
same time his heart sank his gorge
rose. If he was fooled on Silver
Beach and the shimmering Atlantic
ocean some one should die. His walk
of two miles on the ties didn't bring
back the serenity he started out with.
It was hot day and the mosquitoes
bit, and he met no one on whom he
would commit murder. He was in a
dangerous mood when he came across
an old signboard directing him to turn
to the right to reach Silver Beach. He
turned, and after crossing marsh ano
three creeks on Dlanks the beach lay
before him. So did the shimm ering
Atlantic ocean. So did a fisherman s
hut and another structure of some