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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
WATCH TENNIS MATCHES.
Prominent Colored Educators View
Y. M. C. A. Tournament.

Another record crowd attended the
ln.rd day session Of the colored tennis
nurnamcnt. being held at 18th and T
streets northwest. In the class A singles
Or. Freeman. the District champion. had
bis hands fun defeating Johnson. who has
never been rated as d class a man until
mis- year. freeman took the first two
sets easily. Johnson winning the next
two. ,hus forcing the District champion
10 play the fun i've sets to win. Score:
Freeman. }. Johnson. =
Class Il furnished an interesting con-
test between Lieut.. Clark and T. =.
Hurst Hurst won. using some OF the
famous strokes ne learned last year while
attending Dartmouth College.
In class the contest was between
Booker and Mehlinger Both men played
a strong game, bur Mehlinger's accuracy
uou for him
Today the first doubles of the tourna
ment viii be played. Freeman and ]
Walker will WELD their rackets againS,
Goodrich and Johnson. The former pal,
Is picked TO win. bur the contest will nc
Interesting. Goodrich and johnson
light 20 the finish. The contest will b.
called al > o'clock
Mr.. William Knowles Cooper. genera
secretary. Central Y. VI. c A. visited
the tournament and expressed his view
on the type and class of tennis put up D,
The men in this tournament He says il
Is second 70 none in the city.
Mr.. Dwight Holmes. a crack tennis
player of Baltimore. was An interested
spectator Yesterday. as was also Prof
Hawkins. principal OF the Baltimore Col
pred High School DR.. Bruce Evans o.
Armstrong High School and Prof f. {
Williams OF NJ Street High School ar,
constant attendants
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1nkers Had Better fed Than Any Other in the Amateur Circuits
BANKERS INFIELD HAS BEEN
TEAMS MAINSTAY ALL YEAR
Ability of Clubs Inner Works for Most Part
Responsible for Success Of Team
This Season.

! he would be almost unbea table In his po-
sition.
Taken all in all il is hard to find any
| other single combination in the city Wmcn
| has anything on the Bankers inner
works and 1t is the superior OF any play
| ing ball in the amateur leagues
And the Bankers outtield is not such
| a poor one either Both Dyer and BOY
| kin are light stickers, but both are good
| tielders Boykin especially being able to
cover lot of ground. rawlings is .--e
best OF the three men, and ne Is eoou
In each department of the game. RATED
as the best sticker on the team ne Is
certainly a good fielder, and these TWO
attributes. coupled with the fact that ne
runs the bases fairly we'll, make nm
up His hitting has probably done more
10 win games for the Bankers TINS year
than any one individual factor.
When i, is considered that the Bankers
have one of the best intelds and an
outfield that is not poor one bS any
means il is not to be wondered at that
they got away with the amateur cham
pionship OF the city. The play OF ena
team all year has been consistently good
in all departments of the game. and that
il is at present classed as the pest OF
the local amateur teams is only what IS
due it in return for the excellent "ofh
which it has done as whole
II is indeed. to be greatly regretted
that Mr. Copp has resigned the presl
dency of the Olympia League since
the beginning. of amateur base bali III
Washington there has been no man
who has been more interested IN the
DEVELOPMENT of the amateur sport IMAM
has Mr.. Copp. and he certainly de
serves the gratitude or the olympia
League and its patrons for the great
work he has done since the orsahl|d-
ton of that circuit.
The following is the letter of resig-
nation which President Copp forward
ed to the secretary of the league yes
terday:
Mr.. Karl G. Schwegler. secretary Olym,
pa League of Amateur Base Ball
Clubs Washington. ID. {.
Dear Mr.. Schwegler: ! hereby tender
my resignation president OF the
Olympia League of Amateur Base BAH
Clubs, to take effect al once. As you
know. ! have contemplated this action
for some time. but deferred doing SO
until the season closed.
am heartily sorry to temporarily
turn aside from official activity In a
field which is so much TO my liking
and which I deem the master sport in
the athletic world but sing de-
mands upon my time along sociological
lines make II imperative that l relin-
quish some Of the extra duties | have
found such delight
| find great pleasure in contemplate
ing the CROWN ana achievement ol lie
Olympia League during the three years
Of its existence. and predict for II
yet greater things.
Please express TO each team of the
league and to every member of each
team my deep appreciation of their
uniform loyalty to the league their
ciean-cut. sportmanlike conduct and
gentlemanly behavior throughout the
season
With best wishes for the leagues
success. I am, yours truly
FED H. COPP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
SMALL MARGIN MAY WIN THE
REMNANT FOR THE GIANTS
AS Schedule Is Arranged This Year Slight
Lead May Be Enough-Western
Series Important.

been a great deal better to have Won.
Had the game been won the Giants would
have been about five points better of In
the middle of this month.
Five points may seem TO be joke so
far as championship possibilities are con-
cerned but it is margin enough to count
at the end of the year if New York doesn I
have ii on the right side.
AS the race in the National League
looks now 1t may be half possible that
for the first time in the history of the
organization a team may win the cham
pionship with only 100 games won.
1t seems out of the question to believe
that a pennant can be won with those
figures. but the probability is there. If
il should result that the Giants, or the
Chcagos. or Pittsburgh should win the
championship with so small a margin of
victories it would create record In base
ball which years may be unable to
equal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September Some folks
believe that the man who made the
schedule for the National League this
year had in mind the idea that some
club in the west would win the cham
pionship.
harder for the Giants than any base ball
outlay which they have faced for the last
two years.
1t is not very pleasant to run into
succession OF contests against Pittsburgh
and st. Louis. to be followed by others
against Cincinnati and Chicago But.
after all, if the Giants are half as good
as they appear to be now there is no
particular reason why they should not
come as close to the championship as
they might do under other conditions.
The game which was lost Monday att
ernoon was a contest which VIII not De
forgotten for a long time by those VINO
saw it. Admitting the fact that the
Giants played rather worse than tneS
should, in view OF the eager desire when
everybody has that they may win the
pennant. 1t can't be forgotten that MEYERS
made a hit toward right field Which
would have cleared all of the bases on
the ground had the ball got away. Never
in wears has a crowd SO large as that
which was present at the Labor day
game in the afternoon walked out OF
the Polo grounds practically dazed.
When Meyers hit the ball II appeared
as If the game were easily won, and be-
fore the spectators had time to cheer the
ball was in Ingerton's hands and ne was
running from the field. Then 1t was
half choked sob which ran through the
stand from one end to the other Those
who had started to yell their heads on
for Meyers stopped and swallowed hard
about four times.
Many games have been played which
might have won or lost championship
for q team in the major leagues, but 1t
will be a long time before the scenery
will be put up again at 1t was Monday.
II didn't matter much SO far as actual
figures arc concerned. 1t would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
The Tri-State League season closed YES
terday with Reading winning the pennan;
by wide margin

terday with Reading winning the pennant
by wide margin.
Edgar Lennox, formerly a Dodger, is
batting at $50 clip for Louisville. and
American Association critics insist that
he is going better than ever.
4 recent poll of the st. Louis Nationals
showed eleven players favoring the Pi-
rates as pennant winners. six for the
Cubs and only four for the Giants. And
Roger Bresnahan's team, too.
Ty Cobb is anxious to get away from
the Tigers and it looks as il Jennings
was nearing the end of his career as a
leader in Tigertown. He does not seem
to keep his men working together very
long.
There was a terrible groan Of despair
in the ninth inning, when the bases were
full of Soy runners and Pat Dougherty
struck out in the first game on the south
side. A long ny at that time would have
won the contest-ChicagO Journal.
President Charlie Somers is feeling very
optimistic over the prospects of the Maps
for next season. The general opinion is
that Somers has a good right to feel that
way about H.
Can the Highlanders overhaul the De-
troit Tigers and finish in second place
The Detroits lead them by a compare
lively big margin, but Jennings men will
soon come east to travel a rocky road.
Chase seems to think that IL his pitchers
remain effective he can accomplish the
feat. He is anxious to finish in the place.
so that If the Giants fail TO win the PEN
nant local series will excite the in
terest displayed last year.
The action of the Giant management
in fling a recall notice for Third Base
man Manush of New Orleans has aroused
some comment as the national commits
sion declared during the controversy be-
tween the clubs that drafted player. If
not kept, must be sent back to the club
from which he lis drafted. Cleveland
wants Manush and New York proba bly,
is not pining for his services. but the
recall is nevertheless on file, and il may
be that the New York management wants
to make a test of the case. Manush had
one trial with the Giants last spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
ALMOST READY FOR BELL.
Wolgast and Mcfarland in Prime
Condition for Coming Scrap.

CHICAGO. September 7.-Packey Nc
Farfand is slowly taking off weight in
order to reach the lightweight limit
of 1873 pounds before September Is.
when he is scheduled to meet "Ad'
Wolgast at Milwaukee.
Mcfarland declares he will make the
weight easily by 3 o'clock on the day
of the fight and that he will step into
the ring at night weighing less than
49, pounds.
Wolgast is taking things easy at Mil
waukee and reports from his training
camp say that he now weighs 100
pounds. which will probably be his
weight on the day Of the fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
EDDIE SMITH DEAD.
Well Known Sporting Writer and
Referee Called by Grim Reaper.

OAKLAND, Cal, September Eddie
Smith. a well known sporting writer
and fight referee, died here yesterday.
He had been i'll with brain trouble for
several weeks
Smith was thirty-three years old. At
one time he was d boxer in the light
weight class, and was the champion
long distance bicycle rider of the
Pacific coast. The last important fight
which he refereed was the Wolgast Nelson
battle at Point Richmond, for the light
weight championship of the world
He also refereed the ketchel-Papke
fight. the Britt-Nelson contest and many
other notable ring battles. including the
Cans Wolcott fight, in which Cans won
the championship in the lightweight
class He was official referee of the
Pacific Athletic Club of Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
Short Automobile Course.

OLD ORCHARD. Nc. September An
apparent explanation of the world beat
ing time made in the twenty-five and
fifty mile races on the beach here Tues
day is given by the discovery that the
barrels which marked the turning points
were misplaced, shortening the course
considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
FERTILIZER IN DEMAND.
Production in 1910 Broke Record
But Prices We're Lower.

The mining of phosphate rock for
fertilizer showed increased activity
in 1910, with the greatest production
in the history of the industry. The
output was 2.65iesS long tons, against
2.330.1a2 tons in 1909. an increase Of
3e4,s36 tons.
Prices. however, were lower. the value
of the 1910 output being sl0.9i1. 600. or
S4.11 per ton. against s10.TT2, lie. or
S462 per ton. for 1!sG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
SINGLES.
Total

Match play sunmary-Clarkc beat Morrow. !
I'D and | to play Sargent beat Butterworth. "
up and 10 play; Booth beat Downes. mp and
) 10 play. Mcneil beat White up and ) 10
play Amory beat Stern. up and > To play;
EstabroOk won by default.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

In Isle of Wight county. Va, Miss
Amanda Woody. seventy-four years old.
probably was fatally injured by a vicious
hog, which attacked her while she was
seeking to dislodge pig that was wedged
in a fence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

Here's one pitchers rating of another
Deacon" Phillippi. veteran Pirate. says:
s'Matty' Is not one. two, three the
pitcher he was q few years ago but he is
not all in by any means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

Johnny Evers will be big help to the
Cubs chances. for he is now playing at
third with all his old-time vim. The
Trojan was conspicuous in yesterdays
defeat of the Cardinals with four bin
giles in five times at bat. With Jimmy
DOYLE back in the game Chance would
have as fine an infield as anything to
be found in the big show-that is. of
course if Evers can keep up the pace
around the keystone sack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

Announcement has been made that
Charlie Hickman. the outfielder who was
released by Toledo few weeks ago and
then signed with Milwaukee. had been
given his unconditional released by Man.
ager Barrett:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
SINGLES.

Match play summary-Seckel beat Gardner. :
up and = 10 play: Stanley beat Kay. up and =
10 play: Lee beat Houston. up and l TO play
Dunlap beat Eddy, . up and TO play: Blair
beat Wilson. ) up and TO play; Jennings beat
Stearns, up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
YALE-HARVARD WIN
Princeton Golfers 0utpIayed
by the Blue Team.
COLUMBIA SHOWED UNDER
Fails to Score a Point in Match
With the Men From
Cambridge.
COL UMBIA SHOWED UNDER

NEW YORK, September 1.-Princeton
hopes of making a clean sweep in the
intercollegiate golf championship tourna-
ment were dashed yesterday, when the
Tigers fell victim to Yale in the team
match by points to g. at Baltusrol. In
the other half of the semi-final round
Harvard won as 1t pleased over Columbia.
the final count being to o.
Whatever hope Columbia had of making
even respectable showing vanished
early in the day. when it was found that
the four-ball part of the program would
have TO be carried out with only two
teams, This meant that Columbia had 10
| forfeit a point. In the singles the Blue
and White managed to gather together
five players, one less than the regula-
ton six, SO that there as we'll a default
had TO be registered.
The best golf of the day marked the
struggle between Yale and Princeton.
Starting out in the four-ball match Rob
ert Gardner. former national champion.
and A. Dunlap scored a point for Yale
at the expense of Albert Seckel, the west
ern title holder. and l.. ID. Blair. Inc
Princeton pair turned for home l up. hut
a great finish by Gardner. wherein the
Yale pole vaulter came home in "a, com
pletely turned the tide and enabled ms
side to win by > up and ! TO play. Gard
ner made the round in IS. At the 10
yard twelfth hole he drove the green,
while his second shot TO the Joy ara
sixteenth also reached home. and lie sup
plemented this dashine long game by
bringing off thirtyfoot putt for d
three, the par being five
Later on Gardner and Seckel, who play
ed No. l for their respective teams. took
part in a rather unusual match. Luck
was with the Yale man at the outset,
when he laid Seckel stymie on the first
green. This enabled Gardner to win that
hole in ). At the seventh hole Gardner
stood ) up, and then Seckel started TO
play real golf. making the next six holes
in three under As. Against a pace like
that Gardner only succeeded in halving
one hole.
He was then two down, playing the
fourteenth. and a drive out of bounds
cost him another hole. for Seckel laid a
beautiful second shot to within twelve
feet of the pin Had ii been necessary,
the Princeton golfer could easily have
made his four, but he putted carelessly,
being content to win the hole. as the
| best Gardner could do was g. The match
Gardner threw away chance for halve
in ) by Indifferent putting.
After winning by and > margin,
Seckel finished out the bye holes, coming
home in sc, for a total of 10, which was
really "A because of the stymie which
cost him stroke on the first green. AL
| though Seckels golf coming back was ir
resistble, Gardner killed whatever chances
he might have had by wild tee shots
In addition to the decisive match be-
tween Harvard and Yale. start will be
made in the individual championship to-
day
IIn fnlln
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07
OUR BALL.
HAIRY

HARVARD. COLUMBIA
Il. W. Estabrook and X. l.. Morrow and
r. Il. Clarke. ..... ! W. White ........ D
j. q. Mcneil and &. F.. Downes and r.
NJ Amory. it,. / Butterworth $3.50. u
r. Sargent and W. Forfeit ......-..... o
V. Booth ...-.....l
Total ............. ) Total ............. o
Match play summary-Esta brook and Clarke
beat Morrow aud White, q zip and 4 to play;
Mcneil and Am0ry beat Downes and Butter
worth. :; up and = to play; Sargent and Booth
won by default
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follows:
FOUR

FOUR BALL.
YALE. PRINCETON.
r A. Gardner and Albert Seckel and l..
A Dunlap ....... ID. Blair .......... o
c. Stanley and Hol- d. W. Houston. ir..
den Wilson 0 and A. G. Kay.
II. Il. Lee and f. b. C. T.. Eddy and j.
Jennings ......... NJ. Stearns Sd. -. o
Total ..........2 Total ............ /
Match play summary-Gardner and Dunlap
beat Seckel and Blair. up and to play !;
Houston and Kay beat Stanley and wilson l
up 80 holes,; Lee and Jennings beat Eddy and
Stearns. . up and l TO play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-07

Edgar Lennox. formerly Dodger, is
batting at .335 clip for Louisville. and
American Association critics insist that
he is going better than ever.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-27
QUICK WIT IN A CRISIS

Little Tim Suilivan's resourcefulness
as a politician is acknowledged by his
fellow-members on the board of alder
men. When lad on festive occasions
Little Tim knew what o'clock IL was,
He and Col. Mike Padden, secretary
Of state i'm the Sullivan cabinet were
at an east side ball with two of the
rosy checked lassies of that neigh
borhood of peachy young women.
Little Tim and Col. Mike had be-
tween them exactly 81; no more. no
less Supper time came. Before taxi
ing the girls into the supper room
Little Tim and Col Mike secretly
scanned the bill of fare and found that
oyster stews at 25 cents each would
just fit their pile Little Tim blandly
and innocently impressed this conclu-
sion upon the young girls.
Anything Little Tim said was ac-
cepted as the top notch of hospitality.
The four stews were before the little
party. one of the girls liked catsup.
While administering dose of the
condiment the stopper shot into the
stew. and with IL spurted half the bot
ties contents.
There, I've spoiled it now" piped
the beauteous one, I'll have to have
another"
Little Tim. alert to the size of the
Joint wad of a dollar, reached for the
girls ruined stew, plumbed il before
Col. Mike, grabbed Col. Mikes UNI
tasted and unadorned stew. and. plac-
ing it before the girl. soothingly said:
mo, no, grille; Col. Mike never eats
any oyster stew without dousing it
with catsup He likes 'em that way
don't you. Mike?"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-27
PESSlMlST ON HUSBANDS.

James c. Dahlman, the mayor of
Omaha, said the other day of ter
rible graft scandal:
These things destroy our faith in
human nature. They give us the pes
simistic outlook of the elderly lady
in the jewelers. shop.
"a salesman in this shop was show
ing an ingenious electric clock to a
young girl
You see, miss he said, by touch
ing this level you switch a bright light
onto the face of the clock. It's splen-
did device for telling-ha! ha! hal
for telling the exact hour of your hus-
bands return from the clubl'
"The young girl smiled.
But L. she said, haven't got any
husband
"'Ah. but you will have some day,
said the clerk.
Yes she agreed Then she nod
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-27

The incident of the governors re-
fusal 10 attend the DIR. Kennedy dinner
at Detroit last Saturday night contin-
ues 10 be the subject of much talk al
Lansing. Some OF the "antis" I'm the
senate advocate the theory that the
governor would like to have an open
breach with the senate, so that he
could charge it with the responsibility
for the failure to carry out such parts
of his program as are not accomplished
this session. as a preliminary to hav-
ing a demand go up from the people
for him to accept another term. This
is only an "anti's" view, however. If
the governor had wanted second term
it would have been easy enough for
him to have gotten IT by simply saying
nothing to the contrary.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-27

the reciprocal agreement s4ISSS.OOO,
equal to 81 per cent.
Value OF articles remaining dutla-
BILE at fun rates, Si,77l,OOO, equal to 8
per cent.
Value Of articles now dutiable which
Canada proposes 60 make free. S2l,-
| 95S,O00 equal To l6.5 per cent.
Value of dutiable articles on which
tCanada proposes TO reduce duties. SOS. =
$4,000, equal to l6.5 per cent
Value of dutiable articles imported
into Canada which are affected by the
reciprocal agreement, S47,S2S,OOO, equal
to SO per cent.
Value of articles remaining dutiablc.
SS5,19S, 900, equal to Ga per cent.
Amount of duty RENTED by the
United States on leading Canadian ar
| ticles; Sawed lumber, S1,292, 600: fish,
S464.OOO; hay, $3S6OOO; haxseed and
linseed, $685.. 900: wood pulp. $3OS, 600;
live animals, $4,000; vegetables,
$4,000; printing paper. $165,OOO; oats
SLAP. 900; mica. $4,000: dairy prod
ucts. 100000; gypsum. 100000; rail-
road ties, telephone poles, ETC., $4,000;
wheat flour, $4,000
Amount of duty RENTED by Canada
on leading articles from the United
States: Coal bituminous. S455,00O;
fresh fruits. 1862. 600; fresh vegetables
$242 600; cotton seed oil, $4,000; live
animals, 100000; paper. $161.OO0;
maa1 S14T 900. "a pricuIturoI inple-
ments. etc, $4,000; fish of all kinds,
100000; meat products. $1,000 motor
vehicles. $91 900.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-27
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

The terms of the new tariff reci-
procity agreement between the United
States and Dominion Of Canada were
made public yesterday. simultaneous
ly at Washington and ottawa. Presi-
dent Taft sent it to Congress with an
extended message, urging the confir-
nation of the proposed treaty.
This agreement, if approved by the
legislative branches of the two govern
ments, will effect a considerable saving
in the cost of living in both countries,
as it will lower the prices Of many
commodities and enlarge trade. Many
foodstuffs coming from Canada are
placed on the free list. 1t is a
notable fact that no less than ninety
one per cent of the Canadian goods i'm
ported into the United states will ben
eft by considerable reductions and on