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WILSON'S OLAMBALA
. Wins THE SUBURBAN
Keene's Ballot, the Favorite,
Beaten for Second Place
by Prince imperial.

: NEW YORK. June 1S.-Another Subur-
ban handicap went into turf history yes
terday at Sheepshead Bay with Richard
y. Wilson, jrs, Olambala the winner
.3he NOodhaven stables Prince Imperial
.secord and James X. Keene's Ballot third
IN many respects il was a remarka BILE
.sunniHs for the stakes. and to win the
Sturdy four-year-old had to race the mile
H nd a quarter i'll 2:N -, over a track
tthat was heavy from the recent rains
{. Suburban day is one OF the most i'm
sfortant of the racing holidays of the
Reason, and ever since its initial running
IN 1874. when il went 10 General Munroe
1T has been the most coveted of the races
Hor the handicap division. The race has
ttost none of it's prestige in the recent sea-
Sons Of adverse legislation, but instead
u crowd Of .,o,oDO eagerly acclaiming
p winner. not more than 1000 did
XIambala honor at the finish of his glori-
aus struggle.
8roro oV i'll for the racing holiday, but
:Sefokr race time the sun appeared. and
Song before the running of the biz. race
2 was DELIGHTFULLY."- bright and summer
1ke at the beautiful course, that has al
:says been the most popular OF the Long
1>idnu racing plants This condition made
,es<Aff.YY~d late in arriving, but as the
nptstSparaded 10 the post the stand and
lawns Were we'll filled and there was d
smack of the old racing enthusiasm that
has rilYays been part OF Suburban day.
Memory Betting Barred
~ aEr
Before the races Schuyler l.. Parsons.
president OF the Coney Island Jockey
Club. made it very positive that no viola
tiohs of the law would be tolerated, and
TO see that none OF the erstwhile layers
took liberties with the law a number of
special deputies were sworn i'm and they
mingled with the crowd all afternoon.
The commissioners could not be found
in the clubhouse, and there was no such
thing as the betting ring. There were
wagers, and plenty of them, made on
every race that was run, but they We're
strictly bets between man and man. and
il was impossible for a stranger to find
any action for his money.
This system naturally reduced the vol
ume of speculation. but il was very sue
cessfully carried out all through the aft
ernoon, and there was no occasion at any
time for the officers to assert themselves.
The Sheepshead Bay crowd has always
been not only an orderly one, but fash
ionable one, and at no time was there an
attempt to overStep the rules as lald
down by Mr. Parsons.
Tits Olambala Suburban was a worthy
race for 4 holiday crowd James r
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BROOKLYN Loses Hard Game.

BROOKLYN. June 1S.-In one of the
most sensational games witnessed on the
local diamond this season, Brooklyn lost
yesterday after thirteen innings to Chi
cago, by the score of to 0. Rucker held
the visitors to four hits up to the final
inning. when, with Steinfeldt on third, as
the result of his single. Hofman's sacri-
flee and Tinker's infield hit. he made a
wild PITCH Steinfeldt crossing the plate
R.HE.
Chicago. O O 0 o 0 o OOO1-1 2
Brooklyn o o o 0 o 90 90 10 2
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Marquette League.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Columbia 10, " L. Pct ct: WI. Pss Ct;
fsnsion b u, so 90! Gysi E L 1f sSe
Diamond. 80. 2 .eG7 G. p o.. 6 900
In close and exceedingly interest
ing game the Columbia Typographical
Union. NO. 1O1, took the Pension Bureau
outfit into camp. Az. The palms go
TO- F; IL krouse. who was on the firing
ponents safe at all times. allowing
them but five scattered hits, none Of
which were for extra bases. Although
ne MT two men, he gave but one base
on balls. and struck out five. The
Dutchman was particularly strong with
men on bases. six of the clerks being
left while he got the side out.
Six double plays were the features
or Yesterdays game, Columbia making
TOUR and the Pension Bureau getting
the other two. They came in handy
Tor both sides. as in every case the op-
posing side looked threatening.
Boreland. who pitched for the Pen
sion Bureau. is the crack slah-artist OF
the Navy team Of the Departmental
League He pitched good game. al
were punched. In the first Columbia
got two men over the pan on two hits
and an error. and in the fourth two
more runs were gathered in on a
uouple, triple and an out. He struck
out four. hit one and gave no passes.
The Printers victory gave them a
tighter hold on first place and showed
the clerks down a peg.
Hayden must owe KrOuse something as
the big pitcher hit him twice yesterday,
the last time putting him to sleep for a
while.
Capt. Jimmy Ellet of the winners played
one of the best games Of his life. ac-
cepting nine chances without a slip-up
and making one bingle. When he knock
ed McCarthy's line drive down in the
second and got it to first in time to make
the out he was cheered to the echo 1t
was certainly pretty piece of work.
In the fourth inning F. Krouse landed
on one of Borelands shoots for what
would have been a three-bagger had he
touched the initial bag. He did not
touch it. however, and as Umpire Wood
was on the job he was called out, thereby
losing credit for the hit.
Diamond has picked up another pitcher
who should make good. He is Mcfarland.
who is member Of the Brightwood team
Of the Suburban League. He will prob
ably twirl in -today's game between the
Diamonds and the Columbias. This game
is not the schedule. but is one Of
those which was postponed on account Of
the weather earlier in the season.
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Independence League. ;

Todays game-St. Paul VS.. National Union.
The heavy hitting of the ST Martins
enabled them to defeat the Twining ag-
gregation. II to ). The Church men
found Burke in the early innings and
hammered him to all corners of the field,
getting sixteen hits in all. In the third.
with three men on base. Monk Walters
drove out the longest hit made on these
grounds, scoring the three men and COM
pleting the circuit.
Byrd famed eleven men, and in the
last inning famed all three men. This
was Byrd's first appearance on the In
dependence League grounds, and he
pitched stellar game.
Mike Dowpey made a spectacular catch
Of Collinsworth's fly in the ninth. 1t
seems that Mike Is always there with
the sensational plays
At a banquet held at the residence of
Mr.. r. P. Bond, Q street. last night the
Twining team unanimously elected him
manager TO rthe rest Of the season. MIR.
Bond. who has been professional player
in the west. will take hold of the team at
once and has already gathered in several
new players who will no doubt materially
strengthen the team.
The large crowd was greatly pleased
with Twining's new first sacker, Pat
erson. The big fellow held down his po-
sition in great style and got one of the
teams runs.
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Philadelphians Qualify.

Local players who figured conspicuously
were j. r. Thompson, Philadelphia Coun.
try Club. professional. v-no had a card OF
Isl; Willie Anderson, Philadelphia Cricket
Club, who won the championship 1901
1903, 1904 and 1905. a record unequaIed by
any other player. T. Bonnar of the
Merton Cricket Club had a score of 1856; j.
Burke of Aronimink, one of 15S; j. Griffin
of BeIfield. one of 1872; W. Thompson OF
Riverton, one of 163, and J. Campbell,
Whitemarsh, one Of 154.
Despite tie Threatening OUTLOOK of the
early morning, there was big gallery on
hand when the first pair started out, and
later in the day the number increased to
500. The course was in me gnificent condi-
ton and in favor of good scores. Sum-
mary:
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National League Games.
Cincy Easy for Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1S.-Philadel-
phia easily defeated Cincinnati yesterday.
Z to 3. splendid fielding by Magee and
Grant keeping the visitors score down.
Score:
r. H. E.
Cincinnati. ... 2OO1O COOS 3
Philadelphia. 0 2 % o x-7 l
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Navy Yard, 8: st. Stephens, O.

Failing to put an eligible nine on the
field by 6:45 yesterday afternoon. the
st. Stephens forfeited to the Navy Yard
aggregation. 1t seems that most all the
st. Stephens players were playing in
the Departmental League with the Com
mssiOners and Post Office. which teams
are fighting for the pennant. You can
bet that there will be no forfeit today, as
Aloysius and Cornell come together.
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given the 20. K" Of the Senate just
before adjournment yesterday after
noon-the House bill regulating the
construction Of dams across navigable
rivers. The bill was pressed by Sena-
tor Burton of Ohio, as a member or
the Senate committee on commerce.
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G. &. L...... Z 2 .778 Agriculture. 400
POST otiice.. 9 .4oe
The Commissioners won out in the
eighth inning over Post Office yesterday
afternoon on the White Lot Score to
/. Jimmie" Kerr was on the firing line
for the .'Mailcarriers" and for seven
rounds it looked as If he would land a
who pitched mastery game. allowing
but two safe bingles. Robertson would
have scored shut out but for a passed
ball in the fifth inning. This lad is go
little trouble when he opposes them in
the near future and the Commissioners
are hopeful of landing the game through
his clever twirling.
Robertson also started the trouble for
Kerr in the eighth inning by lining out
double at most opportune time. 1t
paved the way for his teams victory and
so he deserves all the more credit for
pulling the game out of the fire. 1t would
they had dropped this game, as 1t would
have put them somewhat out of the run
ming for the championship. which they
are striving to gain.
Kerr had plenty Of speed and good con-
troll and with any kind of hitting behind
him would have won his game. He is one
of the headiest pitchers in the District
has been pitching for the best amateur
mines around town for several years, and,
Judging from his performance yesterday,
his right wing is as strong and as clever
as ever.
Vaughn led in stolen bases and got the
only two purloined or Woodward. He
Is one Of the fastest players in the
league getting down to second and as
he is usually there with a perfect slide
1t takes a true and perfect throw to get
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BOY GOLFER STAR
Of j. S. TOURNEY
Former Caddie Creates SenSa-
ton by Qualifying With
Second Low Score.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1S.-Playing his
Strokes with mastery accuracy, driving
putting and lofting with judgment rival
ing that OF champion, J. ]. McDermott
a caddie two years ago. was the sensa-
ton of the first days play of the national
open golf championship at St Martin S
yesterday. McDermotts card read las
for the thirty-six holes. just two strokes
higher than that Of the low score player.
Alexander Smith Of Wykagyl, winner OF
the open championship at Englewood. In
1906
McDermott's home is in Merchantville
N. j., and UP to two years ago he was
caddie on the links there. He gained
much knowledge of golf through watch
ing the players there and by caddying in
state championship tournaments. Yester-
day he entered the United States open
tournament for the first time and put into
execution the form and ideas as to good
golf which he used to think, but had nc
chance to display.
Astonishes Gallery.
He astonished the gallery by doing the
first nine holes in the morning In 30, and
just to show that there was nothing in
thC udluIc vi d luke dDOul IL uc Liz
last nine holes in 80, giving him total
for the morning round of "A. His after
noon round was equally good, and
in fact trifie more consistent. he doing
both outward and inward journeys in 81
each.
Smith. the low score golfer. played won.
derful golf, scoring I3 in the morning
round and another % in the afternoon
round. His best total for any nine holes
was 3D. on the outward journey in the aft.
ernoon, and his worst 80 on the inward
journey, which was also made in the aft
ernoon. Smith is playing exceptionally
fine golf just now, and it would cause nc
surprise if he held onto his lead today
and retained it to the finish.
Gilbert Nichols of Wilmington has beer
greatly fancied to win the present tour
nament. He knows the course like boob
and has been playing the game of his life
Three times recently he has negotiated
the course in 60 strokes, which had not
been equaled until Alex Smith went
around in 80. AS Walter j. Travis re-
marked at Huntingdon Valley las
Wednesday, Nichols is about due for 3
championship.
T. Anderson, jr., Inwood c. c.. who Ifs
a brother of Willie Anderson, professional
to the Philadelphia Cricket Club. was an
other of the select few to total under 100
In the morning round he totaled ~ and in
the afternoon round 76
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Sarsfield Club Celebration.

The forty-third anniversary celebration
Of the Sarsfeld Club of Frostburg. Nd,
will be attended by the members OF the
Union of this city. who
will leave here at 7:45 O'Clock tomorrow
morning for Frostburg. The principal
of the day will be delivered by
John Dewey, editor of the Gaelic-Ameri-
can of New York. and the other speakers
will be John J. Powers and p. T. Moran
Of this city and John Chambers of Frost
burg
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Pirates Slay Giants.

NEW YORK, June 1s.-Pittsburg de-
feated New York yesterday. 6 to B. The
Giants were in the lead up to the last in
ming. when the Pirates quickly got four
runs before being retired. Score:
R.H.E.
Pittsburg. .... OO1 OOOO14 6SI
New York;. D 0 600 zoos 3
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Suburban League.
Game today-Mount Pleasant VS.. WOODBURY.

Game today-Mount Pleasant WOODBURY..
Petworth by defeating Mount Pleasant
yesterday secured firm hold on second
and tiresome, and, while it lasted but
seven innings, it took more time than
any game played in the Suburban League
this season.
Silver Spring was away off color in
an off day, allowing five hits and giving
three bases on balls in one and one
third innings. He was relieved by
Buscher who held Petworth down to
three hits for the remainder of the game.
During the melee in the second inning
Manager Cissel of Silver Spring protested
that PetwOrth was employing fiat"
bat in its smuggling efforts incidentally
the bat was being used with telling eff
feet. Umpire Myers did, not allow the
protest and the bat continued to be used
throughout the game.
Brooke Lee is in town and a decided
improvement is due in Silver Spring
playing. The long Outfielder is very
his coaching has proved invaluable to
them in the past. History is apt to re-
peat itself, and if any improvement is
shown by the Spring aggregation a great
deal Of the credit can be attributed to
Lee.
The shake-up in the PetwOrth batting
order worked wonders for the Red and
Gray players They showed more batting
ability in their new positions than they
have exhibited in the past, and played
with more life and vim. Part of this
may have been due to the frantic cheer
ing of the teams rOoterS, but most of
the credit goes to the players themselves
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Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. League.

a full nine on the field. the Station team
forfeited to the Shopmen yesterday in
the Y. NJ c. A. Railroad League, 8 to 0,
but as there was a large crowd present
good exhibition game was played, which
the Shopmen won by the close score of
3 to /. Yesterdays victory puts the
Shopmen at the head of the second divi-
sion. with the Station team but one game
behind them.
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Trades Of Players in St. LousRea War Coming Over Big Fgh
him. If Postoffice had a few more
Vaughns it would be leading the league
hands down.

"Chick" Thomas is putting up one grand
verv few COT h'. III. ,i,e In 1niaon ,aheiad
for base hits. He is playing the game
of his life, and has very few errors
chalked up against him this season. in
spite of the fact that he goes after every
thing. The Commissioners have one Of
! the best fielding infields in the league.
and, what is more. this combination of
nelders is also there when it comes to
annexing base hits
Kraft made a pretty play in the early
part OF the game. There was but one
out and the bases filled when he made a
sharp and unexpected throw to second
and n1pped a runner in full bud. This
was play which meant much to his
team. and when a player can pull off
such play at such a critical moment
1t plainly shows that he is the owner Of
no yellow streak.
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Capital City League.
STANDING OF THE I

STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
w. l.. Pet. W. L. Pet
Aoysius. . 500 ST. Stephens 400
Cornell Co 700 Navy Yard. 3 800
Sew. z. Sta. 4 900 Mdways.... . .222
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Chunk Wheatley established a new
record for the Sunday School League
yesterday by striking out fifteen of the
Anacostia batters. He issued but three
passes to the first sack.
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keene's Ballot. which won the race in
1908. and was afterward shipped to Eng
land, was always the public choice,
though some shrewd judges had fear
that the heavy going would be too much
Tor Ballot. under his crushing burden of
l29 pounds. The Hildreth pair, Joe Mad
den and King James, had some following,
and Prince Imperial, the fast three-year-
old from the WOodhaven stable. had
shown enough form and class to warrant
a liberal support Olambala was known
TO like the soft going, and his race be-
hind FitZherbert in the Brooklyn handi-
ed with the crowd The other starter
Fashion Plate, .was harshlY treated when
asked TO shoulder lis pounds and he
was the one of the six that started that
was friendleSS.
Olambala OFF in Front.
The break was not exactly good one,
for both Prince Imperial and Fashion
Plate We're slow to leave while Olambala
was off in front Fashion Plate quickly
overcame his disadvantage at the start
and within the first furlong he had raced
to the front and was setting a terrific
pace, with Ballot in close attendance.
Jockey Powers had d snug hold of Ballot
but Fashion Plate reeled off the furlongs
so very fast that the big Voter horse
had TO step briskiy to stay with him.
rs NdS tAptCtcu, FdSlilOn Hidtc HaO
enough of the pace before the turn out
OF The back stretch was reached and it
was there that Powers permitted Ballot
to step into lead of a length. Prince
Imperiar and King James were following
In close order. while Olambala, after be-
ing away well, was permitted by Archi-
bald to drop lengths out of it. who real
lied that the pacemakers We're setting
too hot a pace to last the trying distance.
At the head of the stretch Garner called
Prince ImDprlal and the three
year-Old drew alongside Ballot the shout
went up, Prince Imperial wins." 1t was
still the cry when on the outside the big
dark ches nut colt Olambala, bearing the
old gold silks. came into the picture with
a rush that was not to he denied. Quickly
catching the firing pacemakers. he raced
over them with ridiculous ease. and at
the finish ne was six lengths to the good.
Ballot fought along gamely to save the
place, but his 'early effort with Fashion
Plate had been too much of a strain and
Prince Imperial had his nose in front for
| the place right in the last stride.
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Southern League.

At New Orieans-New Orleans, 10; Moatgom
cry. u.
At MObiIe-Mobile, 3: Birmingham. 2.
AT ChattanOoga-Atlanta, 3: Chattanooga, q.
At Memphs-Memphis. 4: Nashville, 0.
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Beach was the hero of yesterdays bat.
tie with the bat. The left fielder cracked
out three hits and two of them were
doubles.
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Eastern Carolina League.

At Wilmington Mount. .; Wilmington, 0.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q: Wilson, 2.
At Godsboro-Raleigh, 3; Goldsboro, o.
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National League.
MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.
American Association.

At Minneapolis Minneapolis, g.; Louisville, J..
At ST. Paul-Indianapolis. 4; st. Paul. ).
At Observation-Disclosures, 4; Milwaukee, ?.
At Kansas City-TOledO 10; Kansas City, J..
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Ninth and Peck are scheduled to play
this afternoon, and as the Georgetown
aggregation is the only team which has
been able to defeat the Christians this
season, rafting good contest will prob
ably be witnessed
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SCHEDULES.
American League.

American League.
TODAY. TOMORROW.
Washington al st. Louis. Washington at st. Louis.
New York at Cleveland. New York at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Chicago. Philadelphia at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit. Boston at Detroit.
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Sunday School League.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

The Hamline Methodist team frightened
Its hold on second place in the Sunday
School League Yesterday by defeating the
Anacostia Baptist troupe by a sensa-
tonal finish. The score resulted to t.
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The score up until the eighth inning
stood to 8 in favor of the Bap-
lists. and 1t surely looked as though they
would defeat the Methodist nine. By
scoring a run in the eighth Hamline made
the score 6 to 4, and in the follow
Ing and final inning they came to the bat
and tailed just enough to WIN
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Carolina Association.

At CharlOtte-Anderson, 5: Charlotte. o.
At observation-disclosures ); Spartanburg O.
At Winston Salem-Greenville. 5; Winston Sa-
lem, y.
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National League.

National League
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Tri-State League.

At AltOona-AltOona, 5; Williamsport. o.
At YOrk-Reading, g: York, q.
At JohnstOwn-JOhnstown, 3; Harrisburg.
(six innings RAIN.
At Observation-Disclosures, ); Trenton, tten in
ningst
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Departmental League.
STANDING OF THE CLUB

w. l. Pet. w. l.. Pct.
c. g. I....... 2 IT'S Agriculture. q 400
Comm RS. q 3 1867 Navy. ...... q .25J
Post Office. 9 ACC
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Will Be an Auction.

SO determined was the opposition to
Goldfield by the other Nevada towns
that the promoter partly surrendered in
the afternoon. He informed urgent petit
TONERS in Reno and Ely that he would
listen to what they had to say Sunday
night in Reno. This notice also was
conveyed to Goldfield. Committees from
each Of the three Nevada towns will be
at Reno Sunday when Richard arrives
from San Francisco.
Judging from Richards qualification Of
his first decision, the meeting at Reno
will be an auction, at which the much
desired prize will go to the highest bid
der.
Rickard said last night that nothing
new had arisen to alter his plans since
he arranged for the Reno conference He
spent a busy day reading and answering
kilograms. not forgetting to keep a wary
eye on the progress Of the controversy
between Gov. Gillett and Louis Blot over
the Observation-Disclosures battle. On the
final outcome of that dispute, which will
be settled before his departure for Reno,
the future of Richards big show rests.
In view of Gov. Gilletts avowed de-
termination to stop all prize fighting in
California, it is certain that a Nevada
town will be named as the scene OF ehe
Johnson-Jeffries bout. probably Reno, de-
spite Richards statement to the contrary.
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Virginia State League.

virginia STATE League.
At Lynchburg-Danville. 2: Lynchburg. 1.
At Observation-Disclosures. 2; Roanoke. 1.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 2; Norfolk, q.
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That the pitchers have been doing good
work in indicated by the fact that since
the first game in New York when
Walker had to be taken out of the box
McAleer has had no occasion to change
pitchers on the trip.