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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

GAVIN TENNIS players the coun-
try over are unanimous in
predicting that the 1910 sea-
==-z son gives promise of being
the most interesting that the United
States ever experienced. Fundamen-
tally the remarkable increase in the
championship tournaments schedule
list affords the best indication as TO
the growth Of the sport. Then there
is the promise of visit from the Ia
nous foreign players, an excellent
prospect as to the Davis international
cup team. drawing from the top class
men. and the stimulation OF another
skiruish by the brilliant Californian
wielders OF the racket and cracks or
the middle west upon eastern courts
Indeed. the program that the officials
of the United States Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION mapped out Is a most inspir-
ing one,
To begin with. that wonderful pair
of Californians. Maurice F. McLough-
lin and Melville II. Long, are 10 Visit
the east this season to play through
all of the important tournaments right
I'D to the national Championship at
Newport. They learned the ways OF
the eastern stars last year. and they
believe they can take the hOnors back
to the Pacific coast
The Californians undoubtedly have
hard work before them. Anthony F.
wilding, the great Australian, Is 20
plav in this country. Possibly the
English cup team Of challengers may
be at Newport also. for it is pretty
certain at present that the team named
by England viii cross the Atlantic
ocean again TO try the ties for the
blue ribbon Of the courts.
So William A. Larned. the five time
national champion in singles. and
Frederick b. Alexander and Harold II.
Hackett, the doubles holders. seem to
be in for the trial Of their lives. It is
predicted that Larned is due for a de-
/ feat this year. The hope is that one
/ Of the younger Americans may save
/ the title from the foreign invasion
William Clothier and Beals Wright
/ the former national champions. and
Raymond Little, the internationalist
are also bound to figure In coming
/ Journeys
! The figure westerners are TO cut in
national lawn tennis promises to set a
new standard for the game. Since
their achievement in arranging the
clay court championship Of the
United States after the hottest con-
troversy ever known in the sport they
declare the tournament will surpass
that at Newport in every respect The
/ tournament will be held on the courts
Of the Omaha Field club, Omaha. Neb
Probably a match will be arranged
with the national winner at Newport
to demonstrate the merits Of the clay
court and turf games. Nat Emerson
and Harry Waidner. two of the great
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
NUMBERING BALL TOSSERS
Method would Help Fans Pick Out
Stars, but Scheme Is Not Liked
by Players.

The old question OF numbering the
players on the field so that they can
be picked out by reference to the score
card has come up again. Some fans
want this system introduced, claiming
that it would add to the pleasure OF
witnessing a contest to be able to
glance at q. huge number on the back
or chest of an athlete and then refer
to card and pick out his name. There
is no chance, though, of any such
method Of being introduced. 1t would
be a bit of humiliation to the players
TO have to wear such pictures on their
manly forms, and they are entirely IN
necessary. To be sure, fan who Is
not personally familiar with all the
athletes sometimes has to ask his
neighbor the identity of certain play
ers but that is a small matter.
With Jockeys and bicycle riders the
case IS very different. The former ride
In all kinds of weather conditions, and
very often it is utterly impossible to
recognize the boys in big field un-
less they are provided with a large
identification slip IN the form OF
number on their backs. The same is
true Of bicycle riders. But the ball
player is different His calling is a
higher one than either of the others.
His personality is more evident to the
spectators than that Of a jockey or
man bumped over machine, He Is
an individual. not a piece Of machin-
cry. He is not driver Of horse or
q an automobile, but an artist in his
gay, 1t would be as foolish to COM
pei him to wear a huge and dishgurins
number on his back as it would be to
inflict the same necessity upon star
actor or singer
It doesn't hurt any one to ask his
neighbor a question as TO q player or
two if he is watching a game in a
foreign city, where he is not familiar
with all the athletes. Furthermore,
the score cards give a very good line
on the names of the players, and under
the new rules in the National league
the umpires are instructed to announce
all shifts in the lineup before the game
and also all changes in the batting
order made during the contest. If the
umpires do their full duty in this mat
ter there will be no trouble for any
spectator in recognizing the athletes
even if he has never seen any of them
before
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
DIAMOND BINGLES

Zach Wheat, the Brooklyn Nationals
young outfelder, is one of the few
players who are hitting better IN the
majors than they did in the minors
Brown, MatheWSon, Overall and
Adams. the greatest winter" pitchers,
have been knocked out of the box and
beaten this season.
According to a Chicago scribe the
other day: James Sheckard made the
admission that his first name was
Samuel and that his full name, there
fore, was Samuel James Tilden Sheck-
ard. Samuel has sold out his steel
stock and has started to corner the
wool market"
In Linke the Cleveland team seems
to have found a southpaw Of real
merit. His game against the Browns
showed not only good stuff but good
gray matter as we'll IN trouble sew
eral times. he showed backbone when
the pinch came
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
UNPADDED RINGS DANGEROUS
Fight Promoters Should Be Compelled
TO Surround Sport With
More Safeguards.

More than 80 per cent Of the fatan-
ties in the ring have been caused by
the unfortunate mans head striking an
unpadded floor or one that was not suf-
ficiently covered. Some managers have
excused their laxity on the ground that
too much padding made the boxers
slow on their feet. This may be true.
but IL is open to argument. However,
1t is just as fair TO one man as another.
Two or three layers of rag carpet un-
der a canvas mat would prevent a man
being injured, or, what would be still
better, thick corrugated rubber mat,
which by its resillency would reduce
accidents TO a minimum. When 1t is
considered how many boxing contests
are decided each week throughout the
country and such few men hurt II
ranks among one of the safest Of
sports. It, however. can be made abso-
lutely safe.
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TO see." No man should pay his fee
and expect to see punishment inflicted.
Neither boy is in the siugger class.
Bear in mind that well known fact.
Science sacrifices savage swats." In
other words. making a man clever
takes away a major end of his punch
ing power, The art Of sparring which
once stirred sport patrons to the echo
viii secure a demonstration II will
be a passage at arms. in English no
menclature. Americans haven't seen
much sparring recently They want
fighting stand for the fancy
game
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in fast company has been showered
with compliments for his pitching and
has seen himself heralded as one OF
the greatest of slab artists, he has car
ried his hOnOrs more lightly than
would the average youngster. john
son was a boy of nineteen when he
Joined the Nationals. and he was a
sensation from the start. He has been
consistently praised ever since, and
there are not many players who would
be able to wear their hats under such
conditions. The best indication that
Johnson has never allowed his success
TO run away with him is the fact that
he Is most popular with his team
mates. There is nothing chesty or
swell headed about big Walter. He
does not consider himself near as good
q pitcher as he is. He sees his own
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
WHERE OLD STARS SHONE.

Baltimore and Cleveland Teams Fur
nished Many Brilliant Ball Players.
Back in the old days Baltimore and
Cleveland had the greatest ball teams,
and. while the Forest City aggregation
never had the good fortune to annex
the pennant, yet this team was in the
thickest OF every fight and forced the
old Orioles TO set the hottest pace to
finish in front
It is therefore not strange that two
such teams should have furnished many
OF the most brilliant baseball leaders the
game can boast Of today.
For instance, there are McGraw, a
recognized wizard at the art Of han
ding g ball team. and Hughey Jennings
and Joe Kelley, three Of the men who
were foremost during the days Of the
old Baltimore team. Then there are
Wrbert Robinson and Bill Clarke Of
the same team, both Of whom have
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
The Record For Bases on Balls.

This Record For Bases on Balls.
A former New York pitcher
Billy George, a left handler
probably holds the National
league record for wildness.
George was with the Giants
during the M6Arie regime. In a
game in New York on the morn
ing of Memorial day. 1887. the
southpaw passed seventeen or
Adrian Constantine Anson's Chi
cago White Stockings to first
base, hit two men and uncoiled
a pair OF wild pitches. All this
inaccuracy was crowded into a
game of regulation length, the
visitors winning it by a score Of
u to II. Mark Baldwin, who
afterward was with the New
York club and who now is
doctor in Pittsburg. pitched for
the Illinois team.
After George drew the tinware
degree from the Giants he went
into the Western league. playing
for a time in st. Paul under
Charley Comiskey. George, how
ever. gave up pitching when he
was released by the local club
and became a first baseman and
outfielder.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

decision OF an umpire. Jimmy has
been suspended the greater part OF the
season so far for fighting with UNI
pires. Although Mac used to be an
umpire himself, he hadn't been in the
managerial position very long until he
began to take his former side partners
to account
Il have warned all my men to cease
taking exceptions to decisions, no mat
ter how raw" said Jimmy land I am
going to do the same myself. There is
nothing in lighting an umpire but de-
feat"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Wolgsst the Smallest Light
weight Champion.

Ad Wolgast claims to be the
smallest lightweight pugilistic
champion the world has ever
known, and It does not look as
If his claim could be disputed.
Wolgast stands but five feet
four inches In height and can
reduce TO 122 or 12G pounds IL
necessary. He fights best, how
ever, at 126 to 12S pounds.
George Dixon. who fought many
a lightweight and was twice
beaten by Terry McGovern. was
quarter Of an inch shorter than
Wolgast, but he was the feather
weight champion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

Wagner on a base much more than I
would Cobb. l know Cobb's system
pretty thoroughly. as was on the De-
troit team with him for a long time,
though never played against him. /
had the time Of my life. though. last
year trying to handle that fellow Wag-
nar"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
DRISC0LL READY FOR ATTELL
English Fsatherweight Champion and
American to Clash IN Frisco July 2.

English FeatheFweight Champion and
American to Clash In Frisco July 2.
Lock for the featherweight pot 20
start a boiling Jem Driscon. who is
fast, clever and the best featherweight
In England, is here to meet Able At
tell in San Francisco July 2. No use
OF endeavoring to gainsay Jem's abil-
ity. He is a brilliant pug OF the Ped
lar Palmer type. with an added virtue,
that of being a harder hitter than the
man Terry McGoyern walloped in a
punch
Driscoll can cut all sorts Of pigeon
wings in the ring He is really the man
10 put against Attell. II viii be a
pretty match. one Of the kind old
stagers used to say worth going miles
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Wastsrn Men MAXI Gain.

WosIeFH WsH WIaNs OaIHs
without intending any criticism OF
the United States Lawn Tennis asso
citation for its share in lawn tennis
history" said one Of the expert play
ers recently, ut is certain that its po-
sition toward the game viii be put to
the test during the 1910 season. From
all sections Of the country, and es-
pecially the wes-. where the newly in
stituted clay court championship Of
the United States has served as in
spiration, there is a marked increase
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
No Playing Managers In American
leauuo

Outfielders a7S catchers predominant
the managerial POSITIONS in the Ameri-
can league. There is but one former
infieider in charge of team, and that
is Hugh Jennings of Detroit O'Con-
nor of St Louis. Mcguire of Cleveland.
StalIings OF New York and Mack OF
Philadelphia all were catchers, while
Donovan of Boston, McAleer of Wash
ington and Duffy of Chicago were out
felders. and out Of the entire set there
Is not one playing manager.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

mcAleer at Peace With the Jumps.
Manager Jimmy McAleer OF the
Washington Americans is going to
register a solemn vow upon the Holy
Writ and the Encyclopaedia Britannica
that he will never again dispute the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

faults and tries to remedy them. He
lives up to every rule OF the club and
does not object when he is given an
upper berth while travelling, as do
most Of the players who meet with
success. Pretty level headed young
man is Johnson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Banner Season Predicted For Lawn Tennis Players

agreements between friendly eompeti-
tors?
There is no evading the fact that
the national association and the ac-
tive members of the executive com
mittee are 10 be more closely judged
by their acts this year than in the
past. Is 1t not shooting close 70 the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
SECUTED FOR FIVE YEARS AND NEVER LANDED PLAYER,

Barney reyu president club has scout
the Pacific for i've and has
Pirates He Is the best scout IN tne
wants to stay on my pay
he
has but he has saved US lot
with ball
could good the National league Barney doesn't care
player as long as ne tous MN OH
some hand him about punk Dali players
Van Haren mas
excellent judge OF BAH
player who is said TO be
wonder him. He has TO look
anything good about him. lie has
always tipped us keep don't think we have got any
the worsto
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
WIGHT |

mark 60 predict that another year
more power will be vested in repre-
sentatives from the west and even the
Pacific coast? The time has arrived
for the governing body to face the
conditions squarely and realize that no
longer is lawn tennis the favorite
game Of a select few in the eastern
states, but is a sport played ardently
by upward Of 100000 of our popula-
ton from Canada to the gulf and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Leading jockeys Of the East and Scene In Recent Race

ing fu one more a v m guy ne s
son IN a
raeB dmonp yh $ a los &C o Guy o
honmsf he o E lie
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
ENERS0N

In the number OF those seeking the
pastime of the courts. Now the ques-
ton that comes into the minds OF
some Of US is: Is 1t to be shown that
the laws and rules of the game mean
something and are TO be observed, or
are they TO stand as only something TO
be interpreted or violated according to
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Bill Delaney Tells How He
Found JEFF.

1 first saw Jeff at Colma when
he was training Billy Gallagher
to fight Mysterious Billy"
Smith. / liked his size i'm
mensely. and when / saw him
paving with that big left I took
him away with me to Carson TO
help Jim Corbett work for the
Fitzsimmons bout. ! never ham
died a man who had no left
JETS was almost perfect. Cor
bett and Tommy Ryan whipped
him into shape. and I want to
say right here that when he
quit the ring after beating Mon
roe he was just learning how
to fight. When Jef refused to
fight Squires after we signed I
passed him up.
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prueks Looks Good.

The New York Nationals new pitch
er. Drucke, is as engaging a looking
youngster In the box as has drifted
into fast company In a long time.
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- EX4NDER |

est tennis players in the middle west,
are going to compete in eastern tour
naments.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05

Johnson Is Modest.
Considering the fact that Walter
Johnson, the Washington Americans
star pitcher, from the time he has been
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
Nv TOMMY CLARK.

uAwN TENNIS players the coun-
try over are unanimous IN
predicting that the 1910 sea-
- -. oi,.ns nrnnniaa of being
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

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SOUTHERN RAILWAY

P-FoFlovinE schedule figures PUBLISHES
onlv as information and are not guaranteed
For Atlanta birmingham MOBILE StF
o-iea-s AshexfIle. T. and 1913 D N
For Chattanooga and Meaphis. 3-oo a
daily
untuzhsrn New Orleans. fC-l0 .
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattancoga. %ass-
vile Memphis. 40 a m. daily tSieep5a
car open after 10 p nj
For Atlanta. Birmingham Columbia.
Charleston. Augusta Aiken Savannah Ja-E-
nzzvflla. and Florida points. SO o. n da.-y.
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FOR SALE-HOJSES
WONDERFUL VALUES.

NEAR 10TH ST AND MASS. AVE. y. W
Two small homes. Z and rooms each
Great Investment Price, $3.50 each.
HALF BLOCK CARNEGIE LIBRARY. s.. go
-sice hone. roouls and bath Don't fail
10 see this
NEAR CONGRESSIONAL. LIBRARY
Practically rev press brick. rooms. tile
oaln cellar furnace. -0Xl00 II A bargain.
FS''Vo.
5-FAMILY FLAT. NEAR LINCOLN PARK
Press brick. S rooms and bath each; all
modern improvements. large back porches;
rent SO Best offer accepted next 10 days.
Never idle
on PARK ROAD y. ". $500
Nice brick large rooms and tile bath.
pa ntr-, reception hall. dome light. cellar,
guaranteed furnace Terms 500 cash and $50
month. including all interest Take adj
vautase Of this good home proposition
COLUMBI. HEIGHTS SNAP.
Large lot, +lxl50 t. ColorisI brick. built by
owner SIX pretty rooms. porches. tile bath.
cellar. hot-water heat chicken yard and
house Sacrince for quick sale atssi 20
DETACHED HOME on HEIGHTS
LOT 20xII5 TT H0T-WATER HEAT
Beautiful home. with large rooms. tile
bath. pantry. linen closets reception hall.
very large front porch. laundry room Built
by owner bear close inspection. Fruit and
vegetable gardens; perfect IN every modern
detail Cost $500 Owner leaving city. &C
eept $3.50.
WILLETT & REINECKE CO.,
1909 H st N. w.
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EAST BARCROFT-The CLASSY Subdivisions
Of Alexandra county. Va. lots 10UxZI5 feet.
7g-foot streets, several modern houses 20 Sc
iect from. comfortable train service on Blue
mont Southern 4 miles from city. Is min
utes' walk 10 Port Myer electric. auto vii
meet interested parties al Columbia pike
Phone ROsslvn 10f-F & P WRIGHT
Exclusive Agent: home Office. Bancroft, Alex
CO.. Va.
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SHANNON & LUCHs. 10 18th ST. \. ".
YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY A
HOME WITHOUT CONSULTING Is
OUR LISTS ARE THE MOST COMPLETE
Our PRICES TIVE LOWEST
SHANNON < LUCHs. 10 18th ST \. v.
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FOR SALE-H0USES
ADVISE Us OF YOUR WANTS.
WE WILL FURNISH IT OR FIND IT
FOR YOU
kEY-SMITH & LATHAM, INC,
Second Floor Front,
EVANS BLDG.

FOR SALE-In Cambridge place. Georse-
town, three-stoTy brick, I0-rOom and bath
house, cellar rents for $3.50 per month.
only $50 terms 70 suit
FOR sALE-A large double brick house
facing south. in the thirteen hundred block
OF Harvard 81 y. W; three-stcries, Is rooms
and baths; hot-water heat, rent 500 per
MONTH lot Iz3Xl50 feet; front and rear
Porehes. Make US an offer on this.
FOR sALE-At the corner Of Mt. Pleasant
and Irving streets; 3-story brick. II rooms
and baths; hot-water heat; servants toilet
and bath in cellar. Price, y16.oo0; terms TO
suit
FOR SALE-A nice colonial porch house
on Garfield street just half block from Con-
nectlcut avenue car line. and two blocks
north Of the new Connecticut avenue bridge.
10 rooms and baths, concrete cellar:
servants toilet and laundry tubs. h. ~. n :.
rent So per month. others in block counter
parts Of this sold for sIC.000 To q quick
suit
FOR sALE-In the seventeen hundred block
Of hilbourne street. 1o-roOms and bath house.
hOt-water heat handsomely finished. ex-
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FOR SALE-On Irving street west OF 18th
street. handsome house with front porch: on
large loti containing II rooms and baths.
see Us about this. II YOU are lO~king for
nice home for reasonable SUN. Price,
sl5,eoo-
FOR SALE-Ou Calvert street, fear the
car loop. 3 stories and cellar; II rooms and 2
baths; steam heat; trust AT IL per cent
only Price. $500
FOR SALEOne Of the hsndsomest cor
ners on 18th street. near Kenesaw Apart
menr House. fronting 20 feet on this beautiful
boulevard. ard improved by a modern T.
room double house. containing baths. I'm
Iished in Quartered oak: hot-water heat
AMI open frepIaces. An ideal nome. Price,
S25. 600
FOR sALE-On Irving street. vest Of 18th
finish, 70 rooms and . baths fronts south;
concrete cellar steam heat and open FIRE
places Price. 50 eco. upon terms 20 suit
FOR sALEOn Columbia road. English
basement house. containing y rooms and 2
baths exceptionally well arranged Tor en-
terraininz This is a nice home Price,
$4,000 upon terms 20 suit
one Of those popular BHtmore street houses,
lot IsxI50 feet 20 paved alley q S-stOry brick
containing 10 rooms and bath 2 stsirv-ays.
concrete cellar with servants toilet ana
Laundry and heated BY steam Cuiy $500.
On terms 20 suit-
Also other properties. improved and IN
improved. 81 every section q the city and
I suburbs
KEY-SMITH & LATHAM, INC,
Second Floor Front,
EVANS BLDG
apso.myz.a.
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GEO. ". LINKINS.
500 18TH ST. y. W
$1,000

Haf square from Conn ave and n 81
7-roOm house. rents for $50 per month
good sfzed lot A BARGAIN Small cash
payment Investigate