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The Worlds Greatest Pugilists;
Jem Smith, the Briton Who Failed.

lot OF weight. but made a spasmodic at
tempt to regain favor. Creedon. however,
finished him in two rounds. Still more
weight, and out he went for good.
There have been similar careers for
oecade or so. 1t is, perhaps. owing to
that fatal desire to grab at any one who
may give a suggestion of championship
caliber. While acknowledging that fight
ers can be developed in extraordinary
fashion. ! shall always hold the opinion
that fighters are born. not made
Popularity was thrust on Smith but
notoriety was a great deal his own fault.
! Nature, in endowing him with extraor-
/ binary strength, just kept that bit back
which would have made him first rank
| er without ever being a champion. He
! made money IN his public engagements
1 with a Sparring partner, and showed him.
| self great deal on the roads with trot-
/ ting ponies The race course knew him,
| too. and his temporary fame elsewhere
! assisted him.
Smiths endeavors to get back and. de-
spite his lack OF education and the fnel
| sentiments. he realized what lie had lost
] am frightening my impression of :
| man who perhaps is not worth so niue!
| consideration because know Jen
! Smiths name was so freely mentioned il
America as British champion, Will,
the reason for his decadence. or rathe
failure to prove what his early booster.
claimed is not known.
Smith dawned on England when Their.
was a great lack of talent. the same a
now. Gunner Moir. who met Tomm,
Burns for the championship proved
similar disappointment. Moir has takel
more care of himself. but has not hear
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about this great pitcher that ! cannot
tell. but this much will show to what
pains we went and how deeply we stud
led him to learn all we could about him.
Then the all-important question arose
as to whom would pitch against Matty
In the opening game on the Polo
Grounds. Some of the players We're eager
to do what We in base ball call waste
a pitcher, figuring that if Matty We're
right no one could beat him, and II by
chance he We're not right. almost any
pitcher could beat him. 1t was not an
admission of fear on the part of the Ath-
letics. but looking ahead more than one
game. If We pitched one of our second
string men against him and he beat US
we would have our first string men TO
pitch the next two games. This would
then have given the Giants Matty again
in the third game. and he would have
pitched against one Of our best pitchers.
I'VE argued another way. too. We
figured that Matty had a great chance to
win the first game. inasmuch as 1t would
be played on the Polo Grounds. before
his home crowd. Connie Mack earned
the undying adulation of every Athletic
player when he announced that the best
plan would be to beat Matty at his own
game Connie decided to pitch a man
against Matty who could hold the Giants
longer than Matty could hold the Ath-
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every time he pitched his 'fadeaWay' and
we discovered something remarkable.
Only once in ten pitches was Matty able
to put his 'fadeaWay over the plate.
Il have since wondered why the clubs
in the National League never studied
Mathewson as closely as we did, for we
have solved him, and | do not think he
could ever beat Us again.
Having learned this much about Matty
we decided not to hit at the fadeaway'
at all. but to take it every time he
pitched It,
Just as soon as we learned how he
pitched this ball we studied him and de-
Quoted that as he had very little speed
on 1t. there must be a great deal of lost
motion somewhere. and we discovered
that he threw in such manner, and that
he gave his arm such a peculiar twist.
that he couldn't get much speed on It, and
also 1t must be very wearing on his arm.
Discovered Matty's Secret.
Then we watched Matty pitch several
games, and also learned that he used his
curve ball in the pinches and pitched his
fadeaway mostly to left-handed bats
men, and for them it broke or faded
low and on the outside of the plate.
There were many more things We learned
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I'VE first decided 10 analyze Mathew
son and decided on the following:
THAT Mathewson had curve ball.
That Mathewson had a fast ball.
THAT Mathewson had a fadeaWay.
I'VE had batted against the best curve
balls in the land and we hit them, and
we had batted against the best fast
balls in both leagues, and we hit them,
but we were rather unacquainted with
this 'fadeaway.'
Beat the Fadeaway.
I'VE disposed Of the curve and the fas.
one, and concentrated our efforts at solv-
ing the 'fadeaway' Just how we dis
covered the secret Of Matty's 'fadeaw way
will perhaps never be known outside of
the Athletics bench, but this much ! can
tell. and that is that by watching Matty
closely we could tell by certain little
step ne made that he would pitch this
famous ball. That movement was almost
minute. and l dare say even Matty did
not know he made it. but every time he
pitched his 'fadeaway' he made that one
little step that warned us of what was
coming 1t took long time to discover
this. and we knew then that we had &C
complished a whole lot toward soivlnf
this problem. Then we watched Mn
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Sporting Editor Star:
Please advise me in the pink sheet how
many games Washington won from Phila-
delphia during the season of 1911. Also
the number won from Detroit by Wash
ington. B. r. HUMRICkHOUSER.
Washington defeated the Athletics sew
en- times and lost fifteen. Won eight from
Detroit and lost fourteen.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please decide the following questions
relative TO Georgetown foot ball
game played at West Point.
l. A bets B that Georgetown scores on
Army. Who wins?
2 c bets B that Georgetown wins foot
ball game from Army. Who wins?
3. In foot ball II four periods are played
that q game played? l. j. K.
1-B wins
2-B wins.
3-Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
VIII You print in Sundays pink sheet
how Milan pronounces his name?
"Myian.'
| is on first base with two men out. b
| gets a two-base hit and is thrown out
trying TO get to third. A scores. Does
| the run count? g. c. w.
! Yes. II II crosses the plate before the
/ out is made not otherwise.
/ Sporting Editor Star:
t ]. Is 1t possible for a catcher to make
| a balk? .. Was there ever a game won
1 in major league by catcher making a
| balk? n. p.
( 1. Yes. Rule "a section O. .. No in
4 stance OF the kind Is recalled.
/ Sporting Editor Star:
]. A runner on first and second bases
| .. The man on second leads off and the
man on first comes and occupies second
/ The runner who led Off second comes
hack to the said base. Who Is entitled
| TO the bag? G. w. Il.
| l. Some base runner, believe US. 2
Runner who was on second is entitled tc
1t in this case.
Sporting Editor Star:
l. A starts to pitch a game. but Is
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SWIMMING MEET AT PENN.
Will Be Held in Quakers' Pool
March 2.

PHILADELPHIA, November 1.-THE
intercollegiate swimming meet this year
will be held at the University Of Penn
sylvania. March . has been fixed as the
date. This was arranged at a meeting
of the Intercollegiate Swimming League.
The delegates were to have arranged
their dates for the season. but because
OF the absence Of Cornell the schedule
making was postponed. Executive officers
for the year. however. were selected.
Robert C. Patterson of Columbia. presi-
dent: J. Stoddard, Yale. vice president;
William Beal. Yale. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
compose the new board. Representatives
at the meeting were delegates for Yale.
Princeton. Columbia, College Of the City
OF New York, Pennsylvania and Amherst
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the catching staff. but he was one or
those most vitality interested in the over
throw of Christy .iatheWson, and one
of the board of strategy that discovered
the secret of Matty's fadeaway and beat
the FeerlesS One by as clever piece oil
inside base BALI as was ever played
ON the diamond.
1t was after the series that Thomas
told how it was done.
LAS the secret of any Mack campaign
holds good only until an important
series is over" said Thomas, Il have
no hesitancy in telling Of some of the
plans we made to beat the Giants and
how we beat Mathewson at his own
game.
There was held one of the most i'm
portant meetings ever conducted on the
Athletics bench a full month before the
worlds series started. We realized that
Mathewson was the backbone OF the
Giants and we held a meeting to plan
our attack on him.
The bravest member of the Athletic
team must have realized what tough
proposition 1t was to beat MatheWson,
and Connie Mack realized it and made
his plans a month before the series
opened. 1t was at this meeting that
every weakness of Mathewson's was
discussed and before the meeting was
over every member of our team knew
just what Mathewson would pitch.
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WAS GREAT SEASON.
1911 Marked Breaktas OF Many
Records in Traok A.hledcs.

NEW YORK, November II. I'm glancing
back over the performances % american
track and field athletes during the out
door season of 1911 IL is gratifying -
note the number OF records equa.ed AL
broken. In almost every branch or tn
sport new figures were created, and they
show as nothing else could how constant
and consistent Is the development ~
champions. During the past summer
worlds marks that had STOOD the test *
time for ten, fifteen and even twenty
five years went by the board. as We, -
quite recent ones probably harder 10 de-
throne, because each part Of second
clipped or inch added makes SO muc n
more difficult the task OF the next COM
ers.
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feet and both dogs were in fine form ex-
cept that Gladstone's tail had recently
been broken and was wrapped in ban
dages. Joe. jr., was large dog, while
Gladstone was a medium sized black.
white and tan owned by p. II. Bryson of
Memphis.
At sunset on the first day the score
stood, Joe, "a; Gladstone, 30 points. On
the second day 1t was nip and tuck, first
one then the other in the lead The score
was even when Joe Sprained his left hip
very badly but despite this he astonished
every one by running a wonderful race,
secured and increased his lead until sun
set when the total score stood Joe, Jr.,
81: Gladstone, % points, Joe winning by
9 points.
The two races. Lit-Grousedale and Joe,
Jr.-Gladstone, were the two greatest en-
durance races ever run in this country
between field dogs. Why there are not
more of them it is difficult to tell, for the
writer meets sportsmen very frequently
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- rank. of rrofessional pugilists. At
tha- time hn was employed delivering Iner-
,handis. h. a firm Of carriers IN LONDON
~ q must have lost = most nseful en-
pIoye. FOR hc could do tho work % Two
men ia lifting hiG wooden cases smith
rev his strength and rs quite Young
man developed q certain ability Tor spar
ing lie va tried ont several times at
hosiery known a. III. Blue Anchor. III
.;horefitch London " was a historic
bcuse better known in the old days OF
bare knu~kle lighting
smith. s career was n 90, Is meteor.
L3t n was 4 dISapUnlntnent ~ Is q
IA jnqe~ that the experts did not find OUT
-euner that Ie Wa saoIldrr tied. tie had
good paEch ~ ham. hut much the sam
80 golfers cannot e.t into their SWING
and go through" with 4 stroke, smith :
tIuscIe-borud shoulders detracted from
~ boxing ability. although ne couio
81 and great punishment
There was a boxer named All Green
iield whom smith defeated IN faris. ihen
began the smith boom.
They talked Of him as champion OF
champions that he would beat Sullivan
che great John l.. and all sorts OF o,nei
stupidity. Others, a little wiser. uleo te
keep the man from getting q swelled heac
from too nue.. popularity The judg
rnent however. ~ rush him 10 beat SUI
Ivan If he was ever 20 DO 20 was cor
rect. as Smith might have made lot OF
money as a Loser then.
Smith Was matched with SlaHln. ma
wss rather q disgrd esul affair. \ large
number uf alleged sports" went over Z
Belgium and some Of the stories are sim
piy disgusting r Was getting bit dark
I have heard, when bottles and ever
knives came out To prevent smith losing
Bat to give the man credit. II was never
said that he was cOgn!zant Of the plan.
smith was pretty We'll done with soo'
after and took 10 racing He put on
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The writer had the opportunity a Few
days since of looking over the beautiful
liver and white pointer recently purchased
by Mr. Edward b. Mclean. lie is in
formed that this is Mr.. McGean's first en-
trance into field dog ownership. and II
appearances count he has made no mis-
take in his initial purchase. Not only is
the dog beautifully marked but his limbs
and chest indicate both speed and en-
durance. We did not learn his breeding.
but know such dog necessarily comes of
great stock We hear that Mr.. Mclean
proposes doing much shooting in the flu
ture and contemplates the establishment
OF an extensive game preserve
Andrew LpScomb. IT.. and Mr.. Fitz-
gerald returned from a three-day hunt in
Culpeper county Sunday, bringing a poUk
etful of quail and a CARLOAD of rabbits.
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IiNtA@ 80 T. n - . :
We're built as
Jem Smith, who -four
ished for a brief ca
reer about twenty
Ave years ago.
Smith was of alb
normal muscular de-
velopment-in fact, II
turned out too big foI
his inches. He looked
the typical pug,
and passers-by re
marked this even be
fore Smith entered
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BY the Marquis of Queensberry.

opyright, 1911, by the Marquis Of Queeusberry)
Within my recollection there was never
IN EngIishman on whom 30 many cham
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- ~
TAILApELI 1lA November
violate the confidence Of Connie Mack
and his hoard az strategy. is a sin almost
.-narso,,rl - -, b.rsy -. ,he world g
unbeiuo'ote 20 80 -
champions. aha' because ever! PiaSe -.
that great team has Learned that a pupil
IN tho Mack school must maintain dis
craet silence a. Ia tho mans Of a cam
- ;. =, -. ;. 81 !, ,raolxman
pGgh' IL - d Hdtu - - .
10 talk, especially or MmseI, as IL was
10 get New Workers to admit that the
A+hlat,cs had a chance at the world 8
.t.,. go -. b;r sariae started
iisic DeAoic ~
There have been columns Pliiiteu Aoout
the worlds champions. collectively and
NJ individuals but II is a safe bet that
<a--s,,,, &C L.. ~ ,ro real worth OF
AaHuoli
those players thah me AthieeiSs go y
the fans. ana tileE are 700 puSS pias ms
..'e " ;. ...oo.;ns,,, 50
loudly in the oleaehers. Inc average
ian sees q piaSet - ~ ny -,n;ra
saiis lin o,It an strikes The thought
flashes through the fans brain why
didn't he swing at it, There is just
where the ian shnWs now niue ne hn Low
oi .,ie pc 80 No. =, ,,.ai, nitcher out.
iI -, ,,..,...,t,. .4on.od when the
an olu pan us,'a's ;,i, -, Iii o,,er
t"4iI,i mas ~ =, 800, -, -, .nnIaure
ihe Piatt. ,3,t axarr man
80 nc 9 - ~. - I'D iuat what
" ais ~ - ,,d tba nlaver and his
~ Na9 49, - |t;.l+il
AeaoS =; t..e,rs -. ,Iare.,a fan, Is So
= ..i,,s,da- ~ the game
t o.. ,a. nbo !. tbe most yaliIa Bile
. .nao n re- ~ no team Is looked upon
,,se' - rIi,,.,~,. MAYER r. TOOK Phila-
- az - - -. -, 10 reaI;za the worth
- P-J5i roi7ii,s rha,, watched his loose
80 .,u,I-u-ar5 eait -. he pIayed around
oana Easc toeip.. sirb- If the wonder
- - ~, .rro,,o,i-coyaripp ability
- ttsai,,taE. s.,re tieI6inr of hard hit
III, -, rSti,e. th. nacrIiarities of his
,,a,.c,,apts When ~ lar, he was spiked
- '.rahIa ia continue II, the game the
s,,i IN - ,b3s v.o,derful young PLAYER
We b~nIfohr home forcefulIv 10 the fans
LIZ; ,oss v.es IL tho Athletics like the
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who claim to own or have owned dogs
who can go all day and every day. Try
some Of them, gentlemen, in race.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Emo Would Change
Rules of the Road

The rights of citizens to proper IA
cilities on the street car lines should be
enforced in this city, according to Will
lam Phelps Emo, who has submitted
new rules of the road to Major Rich
ard Sylvester for his consideration and
embodiment in the police regulations OF
the District. He thinks there is room
for more cars and no one should ever
be forced to stand.
Mr. Eno's rules do not attempt to reg
ulate street railway traffic, but are de-
signed to apply to other vehicles using
the streets. Mr.. Emo was largely in
strumental ir framing the present traf-
fiC ~egulations of ew York and Paris.
II his opinion there should be embod-
led in the District regulations rules re-
uuiring all drivers to keep to the right
Of the road and whenever making a
stop the right side of the vehicle always
should be brought to the curb.
The enforcement of such rules, Mr..
Emo thinks, will be very simple once
drivers are acquainted with them. Driv-
ers will see to it that they are en-
forced, for their own protection.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
PUTS AN END TO INDIGESTION AND
A SOUR, Classy, UPSET STOMACH

Belching Of Gas, Eructations Of sour.
undigested food, Nausea, Headaches,
Dizziness. Constipation and other
Stomach disorders.
Some folks have tried so long to find
relief from Indigestion and Dyspepsia
or an out-of-order stomach with the
common, everyday cures advertised
that they have about made up their
minds that they have something else
wrong, or believe theirs is a case Of
Nervousness, GaStritis, Catarrh Of the
Stomach or Cancer.
This, no doubt, is a serious mistake
Your real trouble is, what you eat
does not digest; instead. 1t ferments
and sours, turns to acid. Gas and
Stomach poison, which putrefy In the
digestive tract and intestiues. and, be-
sides, poison the breath with nauseous
odors.
A hearty appetite, with thorough di-
gestion, and without the slightest dis
comfort or misery of the Stomach, 10
waiting for you as soon as you decide
to try Pape's DiaDespin.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Ambassador Reid Tours
States With Son-in-LaW

CHICAGO. Jan. 3O.-WhiteIaw Reid,
ambassador of the United States to
the court of st. James. with his SON.
in-law and daughter. the Hon. Mr..
and Mrs. John Karr. today are speed
ing toward the Grand Canyon of Col
orado in the private car Mayfiower.
Ambassador Reid is giving the pair
a personally conducted tour of the
by a three-hour stay in Chicago. The
party will go from the Grand Canyon
10 Millbrae. the country seat near
San Francisco. where Mr.. Reid first
met his wife, when she was Miss Eliz-
abeth Mills.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Take a little Diapepsin now and
your Stomach will feel fine
five minutes later.

AS there is often some one in your
family who suffers an attack Of Indi-
gestion or some form of Stomach
trouble, why don't you keep some Dia-
pepsin in the house handy?
This harrpless blessing will digest
anything you can eat without the
slightest discomfort. and overcome a
sour, gassy Stomach Ave minutes
after.
Tell your pharmacist to let you read
the formula, plainly printed on these
50-cent cases of Pape's Diapepsin,
then you will readily see why 1t makes
Indi gestion, Sour Stomach, Heartburn
and other distress go in five minutes,
and relieves at once such miseries as
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Now Believe Immigrant
Boy Was Not Drowned

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 30.-Eugene Pc
terson, the Norwegian boy who was re-
ported as drowned in his attempt to es-
cape the immigration officers and be-
come an American, may have escaped
after all, the police now believe.
He went over the side of the steamer
Noruega Friday night, during a heavy
sea, so that it was assumed he could not
get ashore. but his body has not yet
been found. There is a possibility that
his body might have been swept out to
sea If he was drowned, but it is more
likely that 1t would have come ashore.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Baby Born Each Hour
At New York Hospital

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-With a record
Of thirty-one babies born within its
walls from IL o'clock Thursday morn
ing until noon yesterday, the Jewish
Maternity Hospital, on the East Side,
today is claiming the stork champion
ship of the country.
Fourteen of these births came in four
teen consecutive hours, after which the
long-legged bird took brief but much
needed rest In addition to these births
a dozen babies were ushered into the
world by the physicians of this hos
pitaI in the homes of patients, within
the hours mentioned.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Miss Deacon at Bedside
Of Fiance in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Jan. 30-Miss Edythe
Deacon, of Boston, who came to Balti-
more Saturday from Washington, where
she was a guest at the home of the
Secretary of the Navy. is expected to
may visit her fiance, George L. Pea
body, of Boston. at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, where he recently underwent a
surgical operation.
His condition now is said to be critical.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
BRADLEY FUNERAL
SET FOR TOMORROW
Rockville Friends to Bury
Citizen Who Died of In
jurieS of Car Accident.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. 30-Funeral
services for Henry Bradley. who died
sunday morning, will be held at the
family residence tomorrow at p. m.
The services will be conducted by Rev.
Thomas ]. Packard, rector of Chris
Episcopal Church, burial in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Mr.. Bradley was a son of the late
Henry Bradley, and is survived by his
wife. who was formerly Mrs Cluskey
Cromwell; stepson, Stephen Cromwell;
a brother. George G. Bradley, of Po-
tomac, and a sister, Mrs. William w.
Anderson, of Washington. He was
sixty-four years old.
Mr.. Bradley's death was due to in
Juries received in an accident here
seven weeks ago. In attempting to
fag an electric car to get a cane he
had left aboard, he was struck by the
car and injured about the head and
body
Mr.. Bradley was a member of Rock
willie Lodge, No. 1885, A F. and A M.
Montgomery Chapter, No 80, r. A. NJ.
and King Solomon Council, No. Is, all
of Rockville. For many years he was
engaged in farming. but several years
ago retired and removed to Rockville
He was twice married, his first WIFE,
who died about ten years ago, having
been Miss Eppie Kilgour, of Virginia.
Mrs. Sarah H. Lyddane, widow of
Stephen NJ. Lyddane, died at her home
here yesterday afternoon, aged eighty
four years. She had been i'll about
week. Surviving her are three daugh-
ters-Mrs. William Dorsey. and Miss
Bessie Lyddane, of Rockville, and Mrs.
Charles H. Quigley, of Baltimore. The
funeral will take place at II o'clock
Tuesday morning from the residence,
burial to be in Rockville Cemetery.
Mrs. Lyddane died in the house in
which she was born.
Arrangements are in progress for the
establishment of agricultural depart
ments in the high schools at Brookeville
and Sandy Spring, this county. S. r.
Risser will be in charge. For the pres
ent, the theory of scientific farming only
will be taught, but when the weather
and other conditions are more favorable
the practical end will be taken up.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Ann
Offutt, Gaithersburg' Oldest resident,
who died early Saturday morning, were
held at 10 o'clock this morning at the
home of her son, Richard H. Offutt,
the Rev. J. Harry Smith, pastor Of
the Gaithersburg Southern Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial was in Rock
vile cemetery. Mrs. Offutt was eighty
seven years old. She leaves two sons
and a daughter.
Peyton Whalen, Joseph Whalen, and
Joshua Offutt, who are charged with
intent to kill Attorney Moncure at the
courthouse last Wednesday, will be
given a preliminary hearing in the po-
lice court Thursday. They will be de-
Tended by John A. Garrett.
Should the evidence fail to show in
tent to kill, Justice Reading will TRIP
them at once on charges of assault and
battery.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Stafford Memorial Fund
Now More Than $40, 600

With more than $4,000 pledged for a
statue Of Father D. ]. Stafford, fitting
memorial for the former pastor of St.
Patrick's Church is assured.
A site will be purchased this week,
bu. it has not been decided whether the
property at the northwest corner Of
New Hampshire avenue and Sixteenth
street or a site in Massachusetts, avenue
will be selected