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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Big Aviation Meet.

NEW YORK, June 11--Hempstead. L. l.,
was awarded the international aviation
contest by the governors of the Aero Club
of America. The original date was set
for October, but it is moro than likely
that the date will be changed and the
contest take place some time in Septem-
Der.
\ committee was appointed to arrange
the details of the meet, which will las,
one week. The prizes will be the mos,
valuable in the history of aviation, AM
the Aero Club expects every aviator OF
note of this country and from abroad to
take part in the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Crack Diver Under New Colors.

NEW NORK, June 11.-Harold Smyrt.
the New South Wales lad, who has TO his
credit the fancy diving championship OF
England and Australia, Will wear the
Mercury Foot of the New York A. c.
during the coming summer and will ma r. q
a bid fQE the national title here. He tied
for first with Johanson of Sweden just
before the latter won the Olympic cham
piorship of l30S ard it will be interesting
10 note how he makes ont against George
Gadzik Of the Chicago a. A.
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PENIS Varsity Crew.

PHILADELPHIA, juno 11.-Ellis Ward
has selected the Pennsylvania varsity
crew that, barring accident, will repre-
sent the Red and Blue in the intercole-
gate regatta at Poughkeepsie on June 10.
-Four members of the second crew which
raced Cornell recently were promoted to
the first eight, while the balance is made
up of Bennett. Hoagland and Walton of
last years varsity and Shoemaker OF last
years freshman crew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Western New York Tennis.

BUFFALO. y. Y, June 11y-The an
nual tennis championship Of western New
York viii be held in this city August %.
The only other event fixed for that day in
the state by the National Lawn Tennis
Association takes place at Nyack, so
that this city will have chance to see
a number of the prominent racquet WELD
erS in action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

art of pegging to second had cut down
the daring runners. Cobb gives an in
terestinS explanation at least. He is al-
thorlty upon the art of stealing bases.
TOO.
IL is well known fact that runners
generally await the managers signal
Maybe If some Of the flyers We're let
loose on the paths they would swips
more bases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

is almost ideal. five-pound sugar or
salt sack is about right: in such bag
one can carry a dozen frogs and they
will remain in good obndition if kept out
OF the direct rays Of the sun: In secur-
ing frog for the hook all YOU have TO
do is to insert your hand into the bag
and select bait; upon withdrawing
your hand tie knot in the end of the
sack and the other prisoners are safe.
Probably other anglers are acquainted
with the method, but / never have hap
pened to meet with one that used X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
College Crews Are Assembling.

The arrival of the Yale crews at New
London and Of the Columbia oarsmen at
foughkeepsie marks the final preparations
l"r the TWO Dig reeattas which end the
college year. The Harvard crews will
arrive at New London this week Al
PouehkecpSie the rowing sharps will wei.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
fan CARRIES PENCIL;
ROOTER A TIN HORN
Horace Dyer, Michigan Foot
Ball Hero, Distinguishes
Base Ball Audience.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. June 11.-"Thcres one
thing about this base ball game I'd ike
TO have the public Strengthened out on be-
fore the season proceeds any further,
began Horace Dyer, the well known ST
Louis attorney and former gridiron star
Of the University Of Michigan. Il refer
to the use of the words 'rooter' and fan,
Interchangeable.
Il may be wrong-this is nothing more
than my opinion--but it is my firm belief
that the base ball fan, by which | mean
the man who attends all the games and
reads all the accounts in the newspapers
after he gets home, is seldom much of a
rooter.
The fans the regular; the rooter's the
occasional. The fan-the reguIar-ls az
| imp assive, as non-eAcltabie as an OLD
theater attendant is over the dastardlJ
act Of the villain in meiodrama. lie
used to be a rooter, but he quit all forms
of outward demonstration when he was
graduated into the regular class and be-
came a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fan.
Not Less Appreciative.
1T isn't that he's any less appreciative
of a good play than he used to be, but
he's too old fixture in the grandstand to
be swayed by the passion of the multitude
any more than Dan Fishel would get het
uu over the climax of a strong scene on
the stage.
This clay-worsted fan says to himself,
You're out.' or You're safe!' the moment
the ball has left the surface of the bat
and he begins to jot something down on
his card, but you don't see him getting UP
on his hind legs and hollering about IT
and making a spectacle of himself
NOW, the rooter. on the other hand.
| he, doesn't get a chance to attend ball
game every day in the week, and the in
| tervals between his visits to the ball park
are sufficient to renew his enthusiasm
So he makes a good deal of noise.
Let him do it. He adds to the gayety
| of the occasion. We couldn't get along
| without him. But don't let him pose
| around as a regular
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FESTIVE FROG MAKES
FINE BAIT FOR BASS
King of All Game Fish Loves
to Feed Upon the Mus
cu|ar Legs.
From Cutters Book.

From Cutters Book.
Probably there is no better or more
favorably. known live bait than frogs
Almost any game fish will feed upon
he Of the muscular legs and raucous
voice upon occasion. but the black bass
seem to regard frogs as an especial
delicacy. and at times will refuse any
other bait which the eager angler may
offer. Hence frogs has come to be a
sort of synonym for best bass bait
though, as l said before, they are not
70 be despised when angling for other
fish. from the lordly pike down through
the long list to the humble perch. BY
the middle of the month of roses
Mycropterus will rise to the correctly
presented batrachian, but it is not until
the September waters have become
Opaque that bass fishing with frogs is
at It's best. Why bass should espe-
cially desire frogs in the fall is not with
in the province Of this paper to inquire
though the writer thinks the reason
would not be hard to find. However
we will simply admit that the bass is
possessed of fondness for frogs, and
VIII proceed to inquire how we may
best satisfy that appetite-for con-
sideration.
BY the last of June or the 1st of JULY
young frogs are large enough for bait
and are to be found along the banks of
creeks. or upon the marge OF stagnant
pondho1es. At this season of the year
the brown and gray striped (Sometimes
called grass toads') are the best
though by the last OF August they be.
come too aldermanic in proportions tc
cast well. However, in August. the
young Of the well known bullfrog are
large enough for bait. and while
not as attractive in appearance as some
other species, will serve on a pinch. I,
is the writer's opinion that by all odds
the best bait is the young leopard Rana
pipiens) and pickerel frogs (Rana
palustries).
The two species look very much alike
and are closely related. but the fisher
may know them apart If he will but re-
member that the former has round spots
and the latter SQUARE
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Safeguarding the Hammer Throw.

The western conference has made
move which could well be copied in the
east by ordering that all colleges in the
aSsociation provide an Enclosure for prac-
icing with the hammer, both for the
safety of competitors and for the specta-
,ors- This rule is especially To be en-
forced in the intercollegiate meets. 1t
would be rather difficult to enforce such q
regulation in the east, where the fields
ar" quite small. When the intercoliegi-
ares were held at Harvard the hammer
THROW was conducted on an adjoining
ntld. and the spectators did not seem
worried that they We're unable to view it
There is still feeling among college
men in both sections of the country that
tire hammer throw should be abolished in
collegiate meets. There have been SO
3'anE accidents with il that they would
prefer the substitution of another event
i one suitable To weight men could be
found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Tinkering With Summer Ball.

The action of the Conference Intercoi-
legiate Association last week in so amend
ing its rules as to permit player to take
part In base BAH game in which one
team has a professional battery looks
like a confession of it's inability to con-
troll the evil of summer ball playing by
supposed amateurs. The westerners are
now at variance with the Amateur Ath-
letic Union because they permit athletes
to compete with professionals at which
gate receipts are charged. While there
may be nothing on the surface to lndl-
cate that there has been any payment to
the college men for their services, their
relations are such as TO make It fnlpoSsl-
bic to detect any irregularities that there
may be. If it is worth while for an
amateur team to import professional
battery, there is no reason why il should
not be worth the while of the team to
also reimburse the college players.
AS q matter of fact, every association
that has attempted to deal with the
problem of the summer ball players
among the collegians has been baf1ed.
passed to break up this evil, but 1t is
safe TO say that the rules are violated
with Just as much impunity today as
thew ever were The evil will never be
stamped out until the colleges have
created a feeling among the collegians
which will not approve OF the slightest
departure from the spirit and the letter
of the rules concerning amateurlsm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

There We're a good many unusual fea-
lures in connection with the conference
meet Chief of them were the double VIC
tories of Davenport of Chicago in the
quarter and half mile runs. and of Baker
Of Oberlin in the mile and two mile runs.
three of them being new records. Had
Baker been pushed a fifth of second
faster in the tWo-mle run there would
have been four instead of three new
records. Too much praise cannot be
given TO Davenport for his work In the
quarter and half mile runs Either record
WOULD have been sufficient to have estab-
lished his fame, but to have made both
in a single afternoon is something that Is
seldom duplicated on any track. In the
carly days of the Intercollegiate Asocia-
ton in the east these two events were
frequently won by a single man, but not
since 1854.
II possible Bakers work in winning the
mile and two mile runs was even more
rneritorous than that of Davenport, for
il requires great endurance to win Two
such events in one afternoon. IN fact, 1t
hes never been done in the eastern meet.
The nearest approach to it was when
W \. Coiwe1 of Harvard won the mile
IN 1907 and finished fourth in the two mics
II should be said, though, in regard to
the eastern performances that there Is
fieTcer competition among the men there
than in the west. For instance, IN this
years eastern meet it was necessary TO
run three heats in the half mile before II
vas possible to reduce the number or
starters for the final heat TO nine men.
When it is stated that these heats were
run in LIS LIS % and LIS 40. re-
spectively. il will be realized how hot
was the competition. for every neat was
real race in itself. Similarly, in the
quarter mile there We're three heats close
to - seconds. Had Davenport of Chi
cdco been compelled to run heats of this
character in both the quarter and half
mile runs it is doubtful if he would have
made the records ne did or even have
won both races. Another reason why
such performances are not possible in
The east is that the heats in the half
and quarter mile runs on the day for the
prciiininaries are close together the half
mile coming first
IN the western meet only one man
heat twelve feet, while in the east five
men had to clear this height before they
even qualified for the finals.
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come Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse

ana Columbia this week
The decisive defeat of the Harvard
eight by Cornell means that the inter-
collegiate regatta on the Hudson will pro-
duce the champion crew of the year. Just
now Cornell is pronounced favorite for
the honor and Yale would have to give
the Crimson q most decisive defeat to
enable the Ellis to be considered in the
award of this years rowing honors. Yale.
in fact, will go into this race almost a
totally unknown quantity, for her crews
have not had a single tryout against a
rival crew this year. Experience counts
for as much in boat racing as it does in
other sports
New interest has been created in the
Wisconsin crew by it's decisive victory
over the University of ashington on
Lake Mendoza last week. So fast was
the time that Wisconsin men anticipate
their crew springing somewhat of a sur
prise In eastern rowing circles. The de-
CisiOn of the Georgetown crew not to
row at Poughkeepsie is a disappoint-
ment, but the southerners are quite GER
tain to get back into the fold within
another year
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Preliminary Foot Ball for Yale.

Yale has already announced her inten-
ton to hold two weeks of preliminary
foot ball practice in September at the
home of Ted Coy. last years captain and
this years head coach, at Litchfield,
Conn Yale men make no secret of their
early practice and explain their reason
for II by pointing to the new foot ball
rules. which were decided upon too late
for the usual spring practice. Under the
circumstances there cannot be much pub
lie criticism against Yale or any other
college for holding preliminary practice.
Even among foot ball men themselves
there is more uncertainty regarding
what the rules actually are than has been
the case in a good many years.
1t is doubtful If even the coaches them
selves have any clear idea as to the eX-
tent to which the new rules will change
the game.
There Is certain to be a radical revolu-
ton in backfield offensive tactics. The
removal of the restrictions of the five
ward rule for the quarterback run and
the forward pass are responsible for most
of the changes. This year we won nave
much use for a quarterback in the
sense that this individual has been nee
essary heretofore These new regula-
tions will result in a speeding up OF the
attack nearly 30 per cent. The new
rule permitting the runner to take the
ball on a direct pass through any part
of the line will place greater emphasis
upon a quick pass and will be an induce
ment to the snapperback to pass the
ball without giving the opposition a
chance to detect the act. In fact, 1t
need occasion no surprise to see coaches
develop the one-hand pass.
other surprising formations introduced
as the season progresses. for many OF
these new plays can be worked out only
by trials in actual games
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-22
Of their mother. Magistrate Connolly
{ aid he wou'd Keep track of them and
see that they fulfilled their oblig alton.
THE ALABAMA MINE HORROR.

THE ALABAMA MINE HORROR.
Of.the 40 men ent ,nbed in the Mu ga
mine OF the Birmingham Railway, Cosi
and Iron Company, at Mu'ga, Ale, BY
an explosion Wednesday Dight, 1t is be-
lieved that all are dead. The cages In
the shaft Of tie mine vera 80 BADLY
sprupg by the force olthe explosion that
thew sre u,elees, and all other means
adopted by rescue parties Ia an f IT to
reach The entombed men have proved
futile.
There are Is white and 26 culored Is
borers In the iuine.
Following ths explosion flames shot
up the shaft of the mine for distance OF
ab,us 400 te.t, and the ground is covered
With cbarred timbers Art u I'D the mouih
of the shaft. They were hloW1 Up from
The bottom offs $50 foot shaft By toe ex-
plosiop Every widow IN the village
was broken By the explosion.
After the explosion timbers were placed
over the mouth of the shaft t. prsvs. a
dssft, SO 1t wss feared the Interior OF the
mine might cstch FIRE, tut so far as is
known there has been 90 fire. As DIR
wss at once pumped ito the mine the
families of the entcmbsd men are still
hopeful that some, II not al, may be res.
cued alive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-22
ANOTHER LEVIAIHAN.

Alfred A. Booth, chairman OF the
board of directors of the CnDard Steam
ship Company, announced at the annual
meeting in Liverpool yesterday th t the
line was planning for another great
steamer to take its place beside the Msu-
retanis snd Lusitsnis, In The Liverpool
New York service, aud that tenders al
ready have been invited for the con-
stru tion of another vessel of the Frar-
couis type. On the general subject of
transatlantic shipping Mr.. B,ttl said !:
''The future of the New York trade
lies not with the 10, 000-t,o cargo boat,
but with the 40, 900 and so, 600 ION com.
biuea passenger and cargo steamers. 4"
He warned Liverpool that t behooVed
her to hurry up and make proper ac-
commodst OBS for such vessels before
others stepped 10 and lured them else.
where. The new vessel of the Fran.
coma type will be added to the Boston
service,
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A WARNING TO WOMEN.

A startling comm u aication signed "E.
E. s." and dated NsSport, r. l., was
published 10 q B,s!on everiDg paper
yesterday.
"As a warning to girls travelling
alone," it says, 81 wish to pualsh the
experience of one Young womsn which
you nay rely upon as true in every de-
tsil.
"She was riding By train between
Boston snd New York when na7
dropped irto the seat beside her. As
the conductor came to collect the tickets
the man informed him that be was TAX
Ing this woman to an ipssne asylum;
suy demonstration therefore on her part
would bs tt;ribpted to insanity. As be
took her from the train on their arrival
In New York they were met BY her hus-
band.
'She fell fsinting into bis arms, aud
before the cause of her alarm could be
discovered her .would-be csp:or had es.
capped"
This is an old frick and has been used
by thieves on several occasions after they
had selected women who were travelling
alone.
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AIex,1n0ria 6azsfte.

puRI1sHFD DAILY AND TRI.ERKKLY AT
GAZETTE BUILDING. 80 d 0R PRINCE
STREET.
rEntered at the PoStofice Of AexAndrAs VIZ
ginia, ss second class matter.1
TKRMs; DAILY year, $500 mouths
sG6O; 8 months, S1:25; month, n cents;
/ week, 10 cents. ., xo
Tri.weekly-1 year, $500; months, $l.N
8 months, 75 cents: month. 70 cents.
oeed their space unless the excess is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum'
Ttances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business In he
space contracted for.
RESOLUTIONS in memoriam, Of thanks, tributes
Of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless Of public concern, Will
My be printed in the paper as advertise
ments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-22
Samuel 81. Luut. Auot on er.

RY VIRTUE OF a DECREE OF TIE
- CORPORATION Court OF the City of Alex
andris. Virginia, rendered on tie 2nth day of
April, 1910. in the chancery cause Ct William
Demaine, IT,, etc who sues etc g., VS. Lucy
Murray, in her own right etc., ct als., the
undersigned will at l2 O'Clock M. on
SATURDAY,
the 9TH day of May, 1910, in front of the
Roya1 street entrance to the Market Enid
ing, offer for sale st public auction, the follow
ing real estate, to wit
A house and lot of ground on iha west side
of Pitt street between Oranoco aud Ppndleton
streets, in the City IF Alexsndris, Virginia,
about i52 fest inches, north of Oronooo street
and running thence north on Pitt street 18
feet. more or less; thence west parallel with
Orono?o street l0U fee'; thence south parallel
with Pitt street l8 feel; more or less; and
thence east parallel with Cronoco street
LOO feet to the beginning.
Terms CT SALE. Cssh, or one third OF the
purchate money in cash to be paid on the
DAY of sale, ard the remainder to be paid in
two equal iDstslments in six and twelve
months from ths day of sale with right in
purchaser Ito anticipate psyments), with
interest at the rate of six per cent per annum
fron the day of sale until paid, and 10 be
secured By the bends of the purchaser and re-
tention Of he title until the PAYNE # the
purchase price in full lie mede. Conveysn.
cling at the expense of the purchaser a cash
deposit of S25 90 will be requi:ej Immediately
upon the property being struck off,
ROBINSON MONCURE,
SAMUEL G BRENT,
Spaciul Commissioners.
], Newell S. Greenaway, Clerk of the Cor
poration Court, do certify that Robinson Mon.
cure, one of the Special Commissioners in the
above cause, has executed the bond required
in this suit, with sufficient surety. Given
under nv hsnd this 2lst day of April, 1910.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
apr2l I'd
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WOULD SEND MOTHER TO JAIL.

WOULD SEND MOTHER TO JAIL.
William Murphy,a middle-aged clerk,
OF Long Island City, N. j., announced
yett:risy in Flushing Police o. rrt that
be did not feel likesupportiug his mother,
Mary Murphy, who is S5 years old, and
calmly suggested that she be sent to the
Qqeens ccusty Jail end kept there until
sne dies. His brother, Thomas, also a
clerk, WAS present and BY his silence
gave scquiescence to the proposal. "Do
you mesn to say that you would agree to
send your old mother to end her days In
isilY" shouted Magistrate Connolly.
"Oertalply," replied Murphy, 81
can't take care of her. II there Is no
place elss to send her, l think the county
ought to take care OF her In jail" ''Ill
give you and your brother one heut to
consider" said the magistrate. "If BY
the end of tbst period You have cot
made arrangements to provide for yiur
mother, I will send you both to jail"
William sud john held 8 conference
and decided to contribute to the support
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-22
MIR. BRYAN AND TIE LlQ QUOR
QUESTION.

Will,sm J. Bryan will speak 10 Mis-.
souri, In support Of the movement for
statewide prohibition, to be voted on
next November, according to an an'
nouncemept made in Springfield yes.er-
day BY F. U. Heffsrnan, vice. president
of The Msstuei constitutional amend.
ment association.
Mr.. Bryan returned to Lincoln, Neb.
yesterday from his South American tsip,
and was greeted at the depot By large
delegt on of tu ,iuess men and members
OF bis family. Hs was very glad to get
back home. America was the best
country ever. he said, aud all OF the
fauna be gathered we're sent him alive.
In a statement prepared for the newe-
papers, Mr.. Bryan said there was no ex-
cuse for the Misrepresentation OF bis atti-
tude on the liquor question. He CON-
planned That out of discussions he had
printed of various phases OF the question,
an effort had been made to chow that
be was seeking to make prohibition q
national Issue. This was not tue, and
be did not, in bis time, even expect 1t
to become such an issue. Hs severely
arraigred the political methods of the
liquor interests, declared that they were
organized purely to advance selfish ir-
terests and hesitsted at nothing. he
said he would not deserve the COD fdeDce
reposed in him If he kept silent sin tbs
presence OF so gigantic a conspiracy
agsinst the home, society, and the
stats"
He opposes brewers and distillerE
writing the liquor laws, as be does trust'
writing laws to requisite trusts, and says
be stands on squsre democratic doc
trine. His fight is against their domi'
nance In politics, and he has no desire
to preveLt the use of liquor under con.
ditions which relieve It's use of present.
evils,