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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
ROLD GROSS-COUETRY RUN
Baltimore Cross Country Club VIII
Have Handicap Event.
Large Number of Prizes offered.
Best Distance Runners I'm This
section to Compete.

Baltimore, Md, March 26-The second
annual six-mile open handicap cross
country run Of the Cross Country Club
viii be held on Saturday, April ., at 3
p m. sharp. The start and finish viii be
from North and Fulton avenues, through
Druid Hin Park the required distance
and back TO the starting place. y most
attractive feature win be the liberal list
OF prizes offered. Ten medals Of the
Cross Country Clubs handsome die Will
be awarded the first ten men. To the
winner a handsome gold medal; also nine
other prizes, including two sterling silver
medals. two combination silver and
bronze medals, and five bronze medals.
1t is usually the custom to award three
place medals and team trophy, but this
hustling young club has a new idea that
will attract a record-breaking entry list
from this section of the country, as al
ready entries have been received from
some Of the best distance runners in
this section. who are going 20 make a
strong bid Tor indlFidual hOnOrs. The
team trophy donated by a G. SpaIding
& Bro. for the team Of four finish
ing with the least number Of points will
attract such teams as the Washington
Y. N. c. A, Bloomingdale, Potomac.
Maryland Agricultural College. George
Washington University. Hopkins, Shaw
nee. Lafayette Wheelmen. Baltimore Law
School, Mount St Joseph College. and
Central Y. NJ. C. a. As this is the larg-
est number of teams ever entered in an
affair of this kind, it makes this a fea-
ture Of the run
Entries close March IS with Henry c.
Elphinstone. Cross Country Club, 1911
West Lanvale street, Baltimore. Nd.
Entry blanks may be had by applying to
the sporting editor Of this paper Oh. any
of the sporting goods houses.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
MARYLAND BIRDS WIN MATCH
Series of Cock Fights at Neighbor-
hood Roadhouse Prove Exciting.
Many Prominent WashingtOniaDs
STingIe in Crowd and En-
joy the Sport.

Maryland and Virginia game cocks en-
gagged in a fierce battle for supremacy at
a rcadhouse not many miles from this
city Thursday evening. and Old Sol was
peeping from behind the eastern hills
before the victory finally came TO the
Maryland birds. Prominent physicians.
lawyers. and business men from Wash
ington were interested spectators, and
the main was pronounced TO be the best
ever held in the vicinity Of Washington.
Nine fine specimens Of game chickens
were shown on each side, seven matches
being fought For the initial bout Mary
land displayed dark gray and Virginia
a brown red. The Maryland bird was
two ounces lighter than his antagonist,
and at almost the first flight received a
blow acr)ss the back that uneoupled him.
The game cock never recovered, although
he fought until his spirit beat it, to
chiCkenland
The next bout was between a pair OF
beautiful brown reds each Weighing five
pounds. The birds were evenly matched
regarding cleverness, and the battle was
fast and hard fought. and proved the best
fight Of the evening. The Maryland bird
was declared the victor. In the third
round Virginia had two ounces the best
Of the weight. Both cocks were Of the red
horse type, and after a short. fast fight,
the Virginia cock won.
The sixth round brought out a pair of
handsome brown reds, and after twenty
minutes Of pretty fighting. the Mary
land bird was declared the victor. At the
end of this bout, each side had won three
fights, and the interest in the next event
was at fever heat Both sides were anx-
ious and willing to wager their coin on
the last and deciding fight When the
handlers appeared in the pit with their
charges, it was seen that both were brown
reds, and handsome fellows they were
1t took twenty minutes to decide this
battle, which was fast and bloody, while
it lasted. The Maryland bird out gen
eraled his game opponent, ard was de-
olaTed the winner. Some of the Virginia
sports were obliged to borrow the price
of breakfast, and some of them prob
ably hiked it back to Washington
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CENTRAL HIGH WINS GAME.
Defeat National Cathedral school by
One-sIded Score of 10 30 1.

Central High School defeated the Ma
tionaI Cathedral School for Boys yester-
day afternoon by the score OF 10 TO l.
Boteler pitched his first game this sea-
son for the high school team, and scored
an easy victory. being backed up in fine
style by his teammates.
Despite the one-sided score, the game
was interesting from start 10 finish. and
some good baseball was played by both
teams. Clarke played a good game for
the losers. and made a double play I'M
assisted when he caught Cullum's fly.
The batting order of the two teams fol-
lows; Central Rawlings, second base;
Cullum, shortstop; HERMAN, third base:
Acton, center field; King, first base: Bo-
vie, right field Tilley, left field Braek-
EFT, catcher. and Boteler. pitcher. Ma
tional Cathedral School-Clarke, short
stop; Crane, third base; Fixen. catcher;
Mertz, right field: Beggs, pitcher; Small,
center feld Lulilke. left field: Murphy,
first base, and Miller. second base. Score:
Central ....-................. 0 ? 0 0 0 0 2-l0
National Cathedral .....-.. Q 0 0 l 0 0 G-I
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GEORGETOWN TIES
WITH PRINCETON
continued frem Page one.

three runs BALM walked and stole sec
ono. Bard singled TO center. scoring Bal
lin, and after Cunningham was thrown
out. Menefee to Freeman, Warwick nailed
the bali 10 left for home -un. Reed was
thrown out al first.
The HiIltoppeTs tied things up in their
half Of the third. Hunt was safe on
Whites poor throw TO first Murphy hit
to second, and Hunt was snuffed at the
second station. sitterding lifted one to
left. which Balm smOthered. Menefee IN
corked a double to right, scoring Muir
ply. Dugan fOuled out to Dawson.
Georgetown TO the Front.
With one out IN the sixth inning, Men
efee looked dangerous to Greenbaum. and
he was passed. Dugan hit schoreher
TO center. which deceived the Princeton
fielder, and counted for home run. Co
gan pulled 70 short Gibson and Feenan
singled. but failed to score, as Gray
wnlloped was relayed TO first by Green
baum catching him at the initial corner.
Princeton went to bat in the seventh
with a determination to win, and they
made three scores Bard led of with
single 10 center. Cunningham was an
easy out, second TO first. Warwick hit
safely to left. scoring Bard. and when
Sitterding threw Reeds bounder wild
over first. Warwick counted and Reed
drew up at third, scoring later on
Whites out, Gibson TO Feenan. Sterrett
singled, but his effort was wasted, as
Dawson was retired, short to first
The Tigers looked like sure winners
when they obtained the lead in the eighth.
With one down, Balm drove a hot one
to right and pilfered second. Grey then
threw wild over second in an attempt
10 catch him off the sack and the runner
advanced TO third. beating Glbson's throw
TO the plate on Bard's waIlop to short a
moment later.
Facing defeat. Georgetown made a des-
perate effort in the ninth, and, aided by
an error and two battery errors. tied the
score. Murphy hit sharply to Warwick.
and, when he threw high TO first, Sterrett
dropped the ball. The Georgetown cap
tain moved up q peg on a passed ball and
advanced to third on Menefee's out.
Greenbaum then threw the ball low and
wide and Dawson could not get his hands
on it. Murphy scoring and tying the
score. Dugan famed and Umpire Belts
called the game, as il was getting dark
Score.
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WILL HAVE STRONG TEAM
Twenty-Five Candidates for Commits
sioners' Baseball Club.
Dick Woodward and Harry CoIIi-
flower 20 Act as Coaches-Han-
dibOe and Hurley 10 Play.

Next week twenty-five candidates for
positions on the baseball team TO repre-
sent the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia in the Departmental League
viii report for practice. and the prob
abilities are that Manager Z. A. Fuller
and Coaches Dick" Woodward and
Harry CollihoWer viii experience some
difficulty in picking the regular team.
Unusual interest is being displayed in
the team this year. and the prospects
were never brighter for a winning team
About the only positions decided upon
are third and second base. The latter
sack win be covered by "Billy" Handi-
Doe. while third base Will be guarded by
either Jack" Hurley or Chick Thomas.
Both have signified their intention of
trying for the job. and it is going to be
lively tussle.
Robertson. Burch. and Whiting are the
twirlers thus far on the roster The
first named pitched winning bail for
Brightwood in the Suburban League last
season, and is d0ped out as a winner
lie is only eighteen years of age, and
with the coaching of Woodward, who
viii do most OF the catching, is expected
to make good this season. Manager Full
Ter has another young man in view and
if he succeeds in landing him, the team
that cops the bunting viii know they
have been In the fight.
Lay, Harding. and Aioriarity VII be in
the outheld. although some Of the other
candidates might show up sufficiently
we'll TO displace one CT these men.
Mooney, Camalier, Burch. and II. Beck
EFT viii be given a try-out for places be
hind the bat, while McNulty. Sabins
Morse. and Harding win try for the
initial sack
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
WOMAN WRESTLER IS HERE
Miss Cora Livingston, Female Cham
piOn of the Mat, in City.
Has Been Under Instruction Of Dan
Mcleod, Frank Gotch, and
other Mat Artists.

Lovers of sport viii see something en-
tirely unique at the New Lyceum The
alter this week in Cora Livingston,
worlds champion lady wrestler, who is
coming with Sam Z, Jacks Own Com
pany. At every performance she viii
meet all Corners, paying any woman SIS
If she fails TO throw her in ten minutes.
Miss Livingston has been under the tute-
lage Of Dan Mcleod. who is the best
catch-as-catch-can wrestler the world
ever saw; Frank Gotch. the worlds
champion. and other lesser lights.
In 1905 Miss Livingston defeated Hazel
Parker for the championship Of America
In 1896 she downed Celia Pont0s, a French
champion. one of the best wrestling
women France ever sent across the
ocean. Bessie Ferrsr. champion Of Eng
land. fell before her SO did Clara Ben
nett, considered the best in Kansas city.
Miss Livingston is twenty years old,
weighs 40 pounds, and Is five feet four
inches tall. she likes the wrestling
game and during her mat career
she has wrestled over fifty champion
ship matches and has appeared In public
over 800 times. OF the mat Miss Living
ston is a perfect little lady. is well edu-
Gated. aDeaking three different languages:
a talented musician. is an entertaining
talker on other subjects besides vres-
ting. is very much interested in out
door sports. claims that walking is an
exercise and is her chief training while
on the road, and declares that If every
woman would get out before breakfast
and walk from five 10 ten miles at a
good, steady pace and get good, pure air
In her lungs there would be less sickness
among the sex.
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BIG MEETING AHEAD.
jamestown Track VIII Soon See
Good Racing Events.

E<NeMAH-
Norfolk. Va, March 26.-The weather
here is like a June day in New York.
Trainers swimming their horses in
Hampton Roads, just outside the track.
reminded one Of Brighton in midsummer.
The number Of horsemen in the Lynn
haven Hotel lobby resembles the famous
paddock at the St. Charles Hotel. New
Orleans Judging By the requests for
hotel reservations from New York. Pail
adelphia. Baltimore. aud Washington,
the meeting Will be hummer.
Among the arrivals in town to-day
were Albert Simons. who has had a sue
cessful season IN Jacksonville With
him was Jockey Guy Burns. under con-
tract with J. ". Schorr. Ex-Jockey Joe
Jones also arrived in town The visiting
horsemen are enthusiastic over the
jamestown Jockey Club plant. and think
1t VIII surely take the place Of Benning.
The jockeys returning from Jackson
lille are all empty-handed. having con-
tributed their earnings. to the Curly
Brown fine fund To say that they are
all screaming angry is putting it mildly.
and the refrain is we viii never go there
any more"
jamestown workouts:
osorpe- Three-quarters bEcezins. IN Ils This ors
Is ready
Hyrerion II-Haf in o.. Not as much foot a.
formerly.
Goldeo Buttsrfy-Ralf in O:55. Locking fine wiz
go 10 Nozf0k Handicap
Eva Thres-eighths in oss This hny is
very 1T
John Carroll-seven-sighths il IS This fellow is
not much CT a work morse.
GIenade-Hah in O:55 LOOKS iaded.
Master John-Quarter in 0.2s Touches the ground
in spots only.
Touch Ms-Qsarter IN 0:2s 3s Not quite ready.
Tskahira-ThIee-quarter IN n breezing THIS
one has developed INTO a beeie-
Jack DsnneTlein-T hTse-quarteTs in I.IS Coma
Wei. In hand ell the way
occidsntal-ThFee-luarters in a. VIII do in ihs
mud
Reidrnore-{Dno mile in IA Locking we'll
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
EVANSVILLE WINS OPENER.
Southern Railway Team DOwned by
IL TO 10 Score.
7I0aial TO The Washington Herald.

~gcial To The Washington Herald
ssziyattsville, March 26.-The Hyattsville
5aseban team opened the season here to-
day before a large crowd with a victory
over the Southern Railway club of Wash
ington. u to TO- The visitors scored four
runs in the first inning on two hits and
three errors. Hyattsyille tied the score
IN the fourth inning. and Southern Rail-
way forged ahead in the fifth. scoring
four runs. Hyattsville came back in their
half with FIVE runs.
The visitors again took the lead in the
seventh inning. but Hyattsville won the
game in their half, Hartley hitting for a
homer cleaning up the bases.
a feature Of the contest was the base
running Of Pete" Herring. the we'll
known Splinter. John C. Holden. the
new manager of the local team, was busy
instructing his men in some inside work
The score.
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BUSINESS WINS GAME.
Beats Out American Security and
Trust Company. 5 to 2.


Business High School defeated the
American Security and Trust Company
yesterday afternoon in a seven-inn.ng
game on McDevitt's Field. winning out in
the final session by a score Of to ..
The StenograDhers got a run IN the
first and second innings, and held their
lead safely until the sixth. when John
sen got a single. stole second. and caused
Goebel to throw wild TO third when Ma
honey got q base on balls, and scamper-
ed home. followed closely by Mahoney.
before the Business players recovered the
ball.
In TIE last half Of the seventh. with
two out, Patched. who came up for his
first turn at the bat. after replacing
Schram in right field in the fifth in
ming, crashed one over the center field
ers head for three bases. and scored on
GoebeIs hot single past second.
Burly. the stenographers' twirler. pitch
ed fine game. and was well supported
by the team. But for GOebeTs rattle
headed throw to third. he would have
0btE ined a shuf-Oyf Tho Score.
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MANHATTANS START PRACTICE
VIII Begin Seasons Work Tuesday.
Want More Games.

The Manhattans win hold their first
practice Tuesday. and a large number of
players are expected to be out. Games
win be arranged for the next few weeks
for practice purposes, and any team de-
string to play. should communicate with
]. d. DonnelIy. SOS Fourteenth street.
Charles J. Kraft, who was manager of
the team last year. win not be able to
take active charge Of the team this year.
owing to lack of time. but win assist In
the affairs as much as he possibly can.
The team VIII probably lineup as fol-
lows: Rawlings Green. Kraft, and I'M
baugh. pitchers; Fegan, catcher; Gregory.
first base; DonneIly and Oakley, second
base; Dampier. third base: Carr, short
stop; Dom, left field; Haisnp, center
field. and Buckley. right field
After the high school season, the team
VIII have the services Of Naughton. Davis.
and Whitmarsh. OF Business. and Falco-
ner and GIL, or Technical
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HOLD MEET THIS WEEK.
Y. N. c. 4. Athletes will Take Part
in Indoor Games saturday.

Y. VI. c. A. Athletes VIII Take Part
IN Indoor Games Saturday.
The indoor track. field and wrestling
season at the Central Branch Y. NJ. c. A.
win come to a close next Saturday night.
when the annual closed indoor athletic
games and wrestling tournament will be
held in the G street gymnasium. There
viii be nine track and field events and
seven wrestling bouts on the programme
and the entry list viii include practically
every member Of the two squads. More
than two-score men have been competing
throughout the winter in the weekly
athletic contests. and the wrestling club
has had one OF the most successful sea-
sons in its history In the concluding
event Of the year next Saturday night It
is likely that there viii be moro than 100
entries
The list of track and lield events is az
follows; 25-yard dash. 25-yard hurdles.
440-yard run. SS0-yard run, one mile run.
running high jump, putting 12-pound shot,
three standing broad jumps. and medley
relay race. In the relay race the first
men viii run 220 yards, the second men
one mile, the third men $50 yards, and the
last men 40 yards.
The classes In the wrestling tournament
viii be as follows: Bantam-weight. 105
pounds and under; feather-weight. lis and
under; special-weight. 10 and under: light.
weight, 135 and under; Overweight, 1f5
and under; middle-weight. 15s and under,
and heavyweight. OYER 15S pounds.
Sheridan. the South Atlantic weight
champion, win be on the scratch In the
shotput, with Capt. Sampson, Stecker.
Young, Royce, Welcott, and Laws on the
back marks IN the sprlnts middle-dis-
lance runs, and high jump, There are
number of promising candidates in the
wrestling squad. with full list Of entries
for each class.
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Olympia A. C. wants Games.

Manager Swan, Of the Olympia Athletic
Club, would like to hear from all fast
uniformed teams of the city and vicinity,
as he would like to I'LL up his schedule.
He has open dates after April 10. Hyatts-
vile. Laurel. St. Stephens. Spartan Ath-
letic Club and all others please write.
The Olympia Athletic Clubs first an
nuai entertainment and dance win take
place next Wednesday night at the old
Masonic Temple.
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Force schOoIboys PLAY Rail-

The Seventh Grade Force school team
defeated the team from the eighth grade
in q game OF baseball Friday afternoon
By score Of II to 16. Needham. of the
eighth graders. made home run. Gran
ford pitched an excellent game for the
winners.
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Game a Union Park To-dnv.

\ fast bah game viii take place to-day
on the Union League grounds at 2:3O
p. m, when the. semi-professionaI col
ored team of the District viii clash with
an all-star white aggregation composed OF
Carr Warren. Dodd. Nebb, Mccarthy.
Limberger. Corrigan. Leonard. and Smith.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
Meeting of Advent baseball Team

The manager of the Advent baseball
team would like for all of last years
players of that team to report at his
house, III Adams street northwest, next
Thursday evening, at o'clock. a meet
ing viii be held and the plans for the
coming. season gone over, with the hope
Of putting winning team on the field
this year
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Friends Team pefented.

Cleveland Park took a listless game
from Friends School yesterday after
noon on the Washington School diamond
TO the tune Of to /. Neither side conld
connect with the ball The game went
only seven innings,
Waters was on the mound for the
Friends team. and kept the four hits
well scattered and famed six. Score:
RI. &.
Cleveland PARK ..........-..-...-.....--..-..2 !
Batierics-Friends. Waters, and swartzeH. Clege-
Land Park Ufaon AMI Chepsasn. Umpise-aIF. J.
T. kisYoeD. q e. ". u. Time q camel honr
and . minutes. Seen lnEingz
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Totals....... Il 81 . 8

Two Iilao IlI5- lllJaT " and Andors0n- Ihree-
base hit-NeCarthy, Home run-Hartley Hit bv
pitched bali-Lash solomon. and Gait Struck out
By Young 9; Aoger 3; Lash. Base on balls
Young. 4, Anderson, J. Stolen bases-Herrine Calt
and Andersen. Passed balls-ThoznpSon ~. Dorble
play-SolomoD to Hartley TO MacNen Tine Of
sume-OEe hour and twenty-five minutes. Umplres
MessrE- Mcfarland and Green
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Th-es-olso nits-Hesslr %. Two-base hits-Kiber
and DeyeTies. First base ca balls-Of johnson. q;
eff H. G. White l. Left on bases-Easteru. O.;
Catholic University 9. StTrek out-By Johnson. g.
by Il. G. White. 2; BY Green. TO- Double play
Widmeyer 70 Tobin. Hit by pitcher-Hessler. I'm
pirc-Mr. c. NJ. King. Of Washington. Time Of
game-FBo hours
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Earned rGns-B. q. s.. 2 First base by errou-
B. II. s, ]. -, bases-B. H. 5. (; American
s. T Co, p First base on balls-Of Burly. ,:
OF Narela, = Struck ogt-Bv Burly &. by VaTela
J. Ttssa-base hts-W hismarsh Patched. Two-base
hH-SclIam. Stolen basts-Dasis Bury. Be5kin
johnson. Narcla- hit hy pitche--By Farela l.
Um.Iire-MT. White Time Of same-l hour aud Is
minutes
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FIRST base on err0rS-PTlncetOn. s.
Georgetown, > Teton bases-Princeton.
9; Georgetown. Z. First base on balls
of Gray, ,; of Greenbaun.- . Innings
pitched-By Gray. 5; by Wymard. 1A~q4iIs
nade-Off Gray. II. Struck out-Bt Gray.
4; by Wymard, s; by Greenbaum, L.
Home runs-Dugan. Warwick. TWo-base
hit-Dugan. Sacrifice hit-Sterrett Stolen
bases-Murphy. Menefee. Balm %, Bard.
Reed Wild pitch-Greenbaum Passed
beI-DaWsOn- Umpire-9fr. Belts. Time
OF game-2 hours and . minutes
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YALE TRIMS pENNSY.
Els Captain Breaks Ankle; Score
0te 8.

Atlantic City, N. J., March &.-capt
Philbin. Of the Yale baseball team.
smashed the bones Of his ankle this
afternoon by catching his foot in the
second bag while making a slide TO es-
cape quick throw. intended to nail him
on a steal
Yale won by the score Of 6 to 3. Fully
1000 persons saw the game. Score.
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WIN IN FINAL GAME
Georgetown Team Closes the
Season with Victory.
Y. N. C. A. RESERVES LOSE

were Unable TO Pat Ball in Basket
at Times When There Was Almost
Clear shof-wrestIinE Bout Intro
duced Between Halves Proves In-
terestins-Giye Good Exhibition.