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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
FLAWS UNIVERSITIES
FOR BUYING STARS

PHILADELPHIA, June S.-Prof. Ray
moud NJ Alden. Of Stanford University.
California. has arrived in the city TO
attend several board meetings and 10
address the annual commencement Of
the ZclosOohic Society of the University
of PENNSYLVANIA on Thursday. DR.. Al
den. who graduated from Penn in 1884.
and was a varsity de5ateT and honor
man i'm his class. has pronounced views
on the methods pursued by some Of the
big Eastern universities in recruiting
Wen from the Pacific coast. particularly
on the north coast
The practice Of offering TO take care
Of the husky future athletic stars. at
Harvard. Yale. and Brown. by offering
free scholarships. and sometimes also
even free board and lodging in add
ton he said. accounts 10 a very large
extent Tor The swollen representation at
these colleges Of California. Washington.
OREGON. and Idaho. There are times
when I DESPAIR for Penn and almost de-
uICre the fidelity with which wealthy
alumni out there stick TO their ideals
and refuse 10 use anything but perSUa-
sive arguments ON new men. IN time. /
think. our policy VIII win out. but it is
hard TO see EoOd men snapped I'D in
such q way now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
PRINCETON ELEVEN
PLAYS At EASTON
Tigers to Try Out New
Rules on Lafayette
Grounds.

EASTON. Pa, June S-Lafayette-s
football schedule for the season Of 1910
was announced by Manager J. H. WI
Hams today, al but one Of the zine
games scheduled being slated for Eas-
ton.
For the ursU time IN fourteen years
Princeton viii meet Lafayette on March
Field. the Tigers having consented 10
come 70 EastOn for the first OF the big
games to be played under the new rules
The game with Pennsylvania IS the
only contest scheduled 10 be played
away from home The schedule follows
September 2+-BIOomsbIrs Normal, on
March Field.
October delaware University. on
March Field
October 5warthmore. on March
Field
October I5-PTincetOn. on March Field
October Gettysburg. on March
Field.
October 29-BUckneIi, on March Field
November Pennsylvania, at Phils-
deIphia-
November Ie-LehIgh, on March Field
November dickinson. on March
Field
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
CHICAGO. NATIONALS
ESTABLISH RECORD

The Chicago Cubs al present hold the
1910 National League record for con-
secutive wins Frank Chances charges
COPIED eleven contests in a row. being
finally halted in the afternoon tussIe
on Decoration Day by the Rajahs
-Four years ago. when the ChicaEoans
won 1l6 games. they had q long spell
OF success in August and made a rec
ord Of thirteen straight. On SeDtem-
Der . 1906. the pesky Cardinals, who
have a habit Of doing the unexpected
conquered the ChicaSoaus BY a score
OF 10 > Beebe pitching against both
PheSter and ReUlbach
So, even if ST. Louis teams have not
been finishing in the first division i'm
the last four years. they have done
their share toward keeping clubs from
getting within close range Of the PrOvf-
dence Grays' record Of twenty consecu-
tive victories
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
Games Today.

CAPITAL City .oaSue-PUmpinE Sta
ton VS.. Cornell COMPANY.
DepartmenJ9l LeaSUe-C0mmissio
ers vs.. Comm cree and Labor.
Sunday School LeaCue-Ninth VS..
Hanline.
Marquette LeaEUe-PensiOn Bureau
SIS. G. and p Telephone Co.
Suburban LeaEue-Silver Spring VS..
TakOma.
Independence League - NATIONAL
Union VS. Nassau
Terminal Railroad Y NJ c. A.
LeaeuC-Trainmen VS.. Sho2men.
Commerci5l League-Ffechts VS..
Berry * WhumOre.
Bankers League-Risgs VS.. Ma
tional Citv.
Olympia LeaEue-Madeira VS.. Tan
Clewood.
Southern Railway League - No
game scheduled.
Colored Departmental League-In-
terror VS.. Agriculture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
AMATEUR LEAGUES.
Yesterdays Results.

CAPITAL City League-Aloysius. L;
Midway. 3
Departmental League-Postoface. 4;
Navy, 2
Sunday School LeaEue--Anacostia.
4; I.angdcn. 2.
Marquette IeagUe-No game.
Suburban LeagUe-Woodburn. 3;
Brightwood, 2
Independence League-St. Martins.
g; ST. PauTs, s.
Railroad Y. N. c. A. League
Southern, y; Station. 5.
Commercial League-Brentanos for
feited to Andrews.
Olympic League-Tenleytown 9:
Prospects, g.
Southern Railway LeaEue-Traffc.
Q: Treasurers. g eleven fnninEs)
Raullers' Characterization Secur-
ity and Trust Company. Is; Wash
inGton Loan and Trust Company. s.
COl1rcd Departmental LeaEue-Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing. Z:
War and Navy. 6.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
LOSING SECOND GAME
ENDANGERS POSITION
Cleveland IL a Squirt and Rapidly Crawling Up-Wash-
ington Hopes for Ainsm this Early Appearance
How Detroit Won
By THOMAS S. RICE.

lowed no more bingles to send them
home.
That temporary injury to Street that
kept him out Of the game the day be-
fore, threw a scare into MANAGER Nc
Aleer. Hence the anxiety for Ain
smith.
Detroit did most Of its damage in a
bunch and the principal villain was
Jim Delehanty- 1t happened in the
fourth inning. Bush walked and
stole. Cobb hit a fielder's choice to
Retsling, who chose wrongly, for he
vainly tried for Bush at third. when
ne could have snagEed Cobb at first
Inereupon, Cobb stole second. Craw-
ford s blow 70 Unglaub was so deem
that Ungldub barely ran him out at
hrSt and Bush scored. Cobb taking
third. Delehanty tripled scoring
Cobb. Crawford drove to ConrOy. who
threw 20 the plate IN time to drive
Delehanty back 20 third, but IL was
rather a poor heave, for Delehantv
should have been caught between
bases and eNteTminated Tom Jones
sacrificed 10 UnElaub. scoring Dele
hanty- The Tigers scored their fourth
and last run in the fifth. Davv Jones
singled and Bush walked Cobb flied
20 Milan. Crawford's whaCk was
shocked down by Killifer. but not in
time TO get Davy Jones at the plate.
Bush was run down trying for home
on the same play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Reising's error Of judgment was
responsible for two runs, as an anal
ysis shows. First Cobb, Who scored,
should have been out, and Delehanty
should nave been left on third when
Tom Jones hunted to Unglaub-pro-
Vlding that with two out Tom might
not nave swung on the ball and made
a homer or some such hit. Twas
great pity that the doctor should suf-
fer SO much from one lapse. but he is
usually one Of the braineist players in
the business and may well be for
given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
HOLY CROSS STAR
GOES TO BOSTON
President Taylor Pays Large Wages
to Joe Foley, Who Joins
July /.

WORCESTER, Mass. June S.-Joe
Foley. the Holy Cross twirler who has
broken all records for his college. has
been signed by the Boston Americans
and VIII wear Rex Sox uniform by
July I.
Foley is said to have been given
better contract than was pill" CARR
gan. the Red Sox backstop. who was
also a Holy Cross product.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

dixie IN the indeId. With the Boston
Nationals last year. fresh from college,
Cofey showed forms that should make
him o. good man In the American As
SuClaCDl.
The iufeId ls rot going well at all
just now, and il is safe 20 say that were
the Fordham Boy here he would be
given q place without delay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Three-base hit-Delehanty. Sacrifice
hits-McBride, Reisling. Schmidt. T
Jones Stolen bases-Bush (9; Cobb.
off Killian. q Hit by pitcher-Bv REFS
ling, l. Bases on errOrs-Detroit l.
Lett on Observation-Disclosures s. Detroit 3
Struck out-By Reislng, /. by Knlian,
2 Double play-Bush TO DeIehantv TO
T. Jones Umpires-Nessrs. Perrine
and O'LOughlin. Time OF game hour
and . minutes Attendance-f,634
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

"All the startled mouths Of the seven
fold Nile took fright" did they. when
they beheld the light cominEE We bet
they climbed a tree when Washington
took three Gamea out of four from De
Jroit in this city
We " h TO draw painful but neces-
sary attention TO the fact that in the
general rOUt and revel Of hOUrid revenge
by The Western teams upon the East
in the return invasion. Cleveland has
sneaked I'D until il is only thirty-four
points behind Washington. This must
not be thus. It IS cruel at this approach
of the hot weather TO have 10 think OF
battling to retain sixth place. when
mere ten DAYS ago we were spending
many precious minutes figuring out how
we could break into the first division.
Cleveland's pitchers have braced Up al
the time our hatters have fallen down,
and baseball history has seen stranger
things than it would be for us TO be
pulled off our perch before the Nationals
get home again.
That viii occasion no particular alarm
If Washington strikes its stride. but the
fans here have had weak teams SO Ions
that IL must he confessed they become
fearfgl on rather slight prOvocauOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
snIrTHERN RATLWAY LEAGrE.
cnInRED DEPT. LEAGrE-

Harry Vail assumed charge Of the
Ariel crews at Baltimore last Wednes-
day, returning TO a position he had held
for several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

and instead OF accepting the situation in
philosophical manner. have lent their
ears TO EOSsiD-to rUmCrs refecliuE on
the players. as well as the mana-emeu-.
-PttsbCr2 Dispatch
Baseball as a college sport In the State
OF Iowa threatens 10 become extinct
after the present season because of the
dllaJOry tactics OF the Missouri valley
authorities when they assembled I'm DeS
MOiues last week 10 legislaue on the
summer baseball regulations 70 action
was taken on the recommendations Of
Nebraska, and as result il is not prob
able that the coaches at Ames, Ora Ike,
and Iowa VIII attempt to develop official
mines next spring Drake was forced 10
give up the game this spring and Coach
Clyde Williams has been reported 10
have said THAI he viii not allow his
men 10 sign up any such eligibility
papers as are now thrust under the
noses Of the crack baseball PLAYERS at
the beginning OF each collegiate season.
Last week in the American Association
was a bad one for the leaders in the
race last year, both Milwaukee and
Louisville taking turns in touching last
place in the race for the 1910 bunting
while the teams who proved rather
easy in 1909 gradually climbed 10 the
top rung, or near there at least The
Minneapolis big league outfit and the
Saints from St. Paul have led the way
for the other teams last week the fierce
playing Of these teams making IL look
as though the race was between them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

For the third time this season Jack
Fox. the well-known professional bas-
ketban player. has signed a Bingham
ton, y. Y. contract. Fox was signed,
released and resigned in tWenty-fOur
hours BY Manager Jack Warner Now
that Warner has sold out the new own
ers have signed UP Fox once more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

The Detroit club seems to have its
championship shoes on once more and
It would not be surprising if Jennings
had his team on top when the present
/ intersectiOnal series is completed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Minneapolis defeated Indianapolis and
went back into the lead I'm Sundays
game, in which FIVE pitchers ofhciated in
the box, by a score Of 6 to (. Manage
Joe Cantillon of the Minneapolis team.
was ordered from the grounds by I'M
pire Cusack for disputing a decision
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Indianapolis fans are waiting the COM
ing Of Shortstop Coney, who is due 20
arrive here June Is
Coffey viii soon drop his books ami
his baseball at Fordham College TO re-
port 10 Manager Carr. COffey is the
lad who Is expected 70 plug up the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Every time a good team loses a few
games some one starts a story Of dis
sension in the ranks. This sort Of
yarn was set in motion a few days ago
about the PittsbUTg club. Fred Clarke
and all the men are emphatic ia their
denials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Connie Mack says that he is disap-
pointed that he die not get Pitcher De
Mott. of Lafayette College, who has
signed a Cleveland contract. Mack says
that De Mott promised q friend that ne
would tie up with the Athletics and
Connie thought It settled. De Mott
must be a very promising young pitch
er, as Barney Dreyfuss also claims thar
he agreed 10 become a Pirate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

We are using the tradcsmen's entrance
today. No longer in the 400.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
Cevends Winning Streak Seriously Threatens WashOns Hold Sixth Place
Standings and Possibilities.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results
Detroit. 4; Washington, .
Cleveland, s; Philadelphia, l.
New York, 4; ST. Louis. O.
Boston, z; Chicago s.
Today's Games.
Washington at Detroit
Philadelphia AT Cleveland
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St Louis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

washington scored in the first in
ming on Unglab's single, McBride's
sacrifice. and Conroy's single. Street
singled in the Gfth. moved up on Refs
ling's sacrifice, and tailed on Lcli
Velts single That was all There
were other chances to score. but while
men got to first on hits there fol-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Doc Gessler continued the noble
work by making two hits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
PittsbUrg, 3. Boston. /
philadelphia, 1. Chicago. o.
Brooklyn, 10; Cincinnati O
ST. Louis, s. New York, L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Today's Games.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
Pittsburg at Boston.
St Louis at New York
Chicago AT PHILADELPHIA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

President Hedges Of the Browns is
after John Buick, the big pitcher of
the Illinois University team. Buick
is said TO be the best pitcher turned
out by that university, which had Lund-
gren, Falkenberg, Beebe, and Pfeffer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Besides. strong rumors are afoat
that the kibOsh is going TO be put on
sam Berger at the Jenries camp. SO,
why despair
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

lowed no more bingles to send them
4 home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Norman Hill. Of Buffalo. for two years
first baseman on the University Of
Michigan baseball team, has been elect
cd captain OF the team
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Catcher mig Clarke. Of Cleveland. I
has typhoid fever.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

II looks as if the contest this season
would be a repetition OF that Of 1909.
except that New York has been added
as one of the runners up. New York,
however. viii finish lower than Detroit
and Philadelphia. SJaliings has a bunch
Of youngsters who are liable TO lag a
trifle when the season really warns up.
If they don't It viii be another case of
the baseball dope pot being upset.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Andy Coakley. the former Holy Cross
twirler, is coaching the Princeton pitch
ers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Netzel the third sacker who Cleve-
land tried out last fall and released
10 Spokane. made a home run and
three singles in a recent game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

OF 100000. 0 0 0 8 ! D 0 D x
.hington 90. 0 I 0 0 / 0 0 0 %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

BOWser, Of Flint, in the South NIichi-
gan League, is the outfielder Germany
ScEaefer is 70 look over for AIcAIeer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Two sacrifices for Bush, Eulifer.s
record of three in one game viii stand
sometime.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

Tom Brown. the Washington umpire.
Is holding his own in the New York
State League. -Four umpires have Quit
ia that league already this wear. but
Tom sticks and bids fair 20 renain the
rest of the season
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
A LONG CAT JOURNEY

THERE are so many cases on record in
which eats and dogs have made long
home returning journeys that no one can
doubt the possession by these animals of
wonderful instinct that guides them toward
their goal country that they have
travel thus and find its way: One anthem
ticated i'll point shows that Il cat can
make such journey for at least GOO miles.
and that in the winter and early spring.
when prey upon which to subsist must be
relatively scarce.
In january. 1907, family which shall
be called by the name of Moore. removed
from Il town in Kansas to one in Indiana
the distance between the two places being
about live hundred and fifty miles. as the
crow flies, but to any creature without
wings probably not less than six hundred.
This family brought with them to Indiana
IL fine Maltese eat. to which they We're
much attached. However, they We're evil
IDENTITY more attached to the cat than he to
them, for sooner had he reached the IN
diana town than he began to NOPE. Final.
ly, after three disconsolate weeks, he dis
appeared.
On May 4 following the family received
Il letter from relatives in their old home
town. stating, among other things that the
Maltese had arrived there, tired and hungry,
hut otherwise quite cheerful.
| How the cat travelled the great distance
crossing the Wabash river. traverSing the
wide prairies and cireuiting the many
towns of Illinois, certainly crossing the
broad Mississippi and probably also cross
ing the Missouri, ascending that great
stream through the whole width of the
| state of Missouri and finally winding through
the score of thriving towns In eastern Nam
>as before the point of destination was
acknowledgements of course be determined.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
"Graeious." she cried. /.

Florence paled. Gracious" she cried. 81
forgot the gold'
perhaps | can save you the necessity of
going board the yacht. Demidrom
touched Il bell Il will send for someone
whom you will be glad to see" he explained.
Who is it,:
You shall see" Demidrotf touched II
bell and gave an order in Russian An in
slant later the door was pushed open.
Professor Sllshkin stood ON the threshold.
CONTINUED next week
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
A Chance to Make Money

Yes. elegant free homesteads can still be had
in Mexico where many Americans are now
locating. You need not go to Mexico. but are
required to have five acres of fruit trees planted
within five years. For Information address the
Jantha Plantation Co., Block 6l4. Pittsburg. Pa.
They will plant and care for your trees ON shares.
so you should make thousand dollars a year. 1t
is never hot never cold. The health conditions
perfect.
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WANTED A MAN or WOMAN

States to furnish Information their locality.
To interview their neghbors the residents
county No experience necessary. Can devote only
spare time to the work furnish requests for
information keep or woman busy all the time
Nice and refined work, easy and delightful you
earn good wages You have nothing to sell. An OPP
portunity for each accepted Send q
stamp for particulars today Manufacturers
ton Association. $50 Odd Fellow Bldg, Ind
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
SHORT STORIES

q CONGRESSMAN Mccall. of Massachu.
- setts. tells !; story of a SUNDAY school
tioning the pupils concerning Balaams ass;
and he asked them what language was
used, whether or not it was necessarily He
brew. in order that Balaam might under
stand it: and a bright boy gave answer:
'Of course it was Hebrew; for the ass
must have been q llebrayist
Rl this story Congressman Ransdae. OF
" Louisiana, was reminded of profess
Sional beggar in Dublin who had been wear
ing Il big .I-am-blind" tag for many years,
of his contributors saw the blind beggaf
skipping along by-street without any any boy
or dog for guide. and he stopped the beg
Here You rascal You can see as well
sure Sur / can, replied the Irishman.
They've put the wrong tag on me. III
dafe an doomb | am tn day.
SPEAKING of Boston reminded Repfese en-,
time they We're preparing to produce the
Passion Play in the Globe theater OF Ros-
ton The tinancier of the concern was look-
ing the stage and studying IT'S capapiir
tiles. and he said
I'VE can put Il group of Roman soldiers
here We put Pontius PLATE over
there; and then here we can place inc
twelve apostles.
twelve apostles. INTERRUPTED the resu-
lar Globe stage manager You might ght.a as
we'll put in two dozen apostles. lhere
plenty of room for them.
n CONGRESSMAN Carlin of Virginia. tells
~ of n little country girl who visited
city relatives who dwet in fiat Her
visit lasted two weeks. and all of the time
they were warning her not to make so
much noise: not to run across the street:
and not to waken the people in the adloln-
ing flats. In fact they were constantly, cur
| failing her freedom When she came nome
she told her papa she never wanted to 90
to the city again, and he said:
You must have had hard time OF IT.
| You do look hollow-eyed."
We'll. papa she said. ''if you had folks
hollerin at you all the time. you'd look
holler-eNed too.
| G ENATOR Depew is credited with the
" story that telephone bell rang sharp
ly in the office OF Il New York lawyer AND
was answered by the lady typewritist. who
| called the lawyer to come to the phone III"
| answered, testify: ''You see I'm too busy.
Attend to the call Yourself
"lsut this is Your little girl ut home.
said the young lady; and she insists upon
| talking to you.
The lawyer then took the phone and
| asked:
who is this taking?"
IBIS is your baby. Nellie came the
!-All right, baby. this papa. What is the
matter:'
Mamma been a-pankin' me- and he
| heard II sob.
That's too bad What shall papa dc
about it,
Il want you to tome wight home. an
living me box of tandy; an don't bwing
mamma even Il gum-drop. So there."
/ the candy iE the evening