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The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
PREPARING DETAILS OF
" THE KINGS CORONA TION

q careful, thoughtful man, and in these
times when radical doctrines are openly
preached to the common people he is
not going to allow any unlawful Oh
irregular provision Of gloves to be made
If he can help it Whoever else is slack
in his duty the Duke Of Newcastle will
not be. and let Lloyd-George do wha,
he will. the duke will be at the Kings
side on Coronation Day, ready with the
glove and prepared to hold up the royal
right arm.
Hereditary Loyalty.
Possibly a more selfish motive minyles
with the dukes hereditary loyalty Many
estates are held on condition Of render
ing some special service to the King stip-
ulated in the Srant: and In these days
when there Il q manifest disposition to
humble peers 1t may be well to prevent a
title from being clouded that the duke
should be seen Of all men in the great
hall ready to incase the royal hand in
the glove aforesaid.
II the Duke Of Newcastle Is bound to
render this service as condition of some
tenure Of land or place, 1t Is a light obli-
cation and one not unpleasant in itself,
whsreas the requirement which underlies
or did recently uncerly the holding of
certain lands Of the crown-that their
possessor should be always ready to at
tend the King when crossing the sea and
come prepered with a basin for use In
case of seasickness-has a drawback even
to those monomanlacally fond Of travel
Ing. Fortunately. few Of the recent occu-
pants Of the British throne have possess
ed the sardonic humor to enforce this OBJ
legation, which N tn. Middle Ages, in the
cranky ships of the period. was no dead
letter. There are tenures of romantic or
dramatic expression imposed by Parlia-
ment which are proudly discharged by
the benenciaries. as when Marlborough
on the anniversary Of Blsnheim or q We'll
lington ON Waterloo day. presents to the
sovereign miniature French standards,
falling which they might forfeit the es-
tates they received from the national
bounty.
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talk and so be kept from worse places.
to which they would assuredly go il
they could go nowhere else. Being OF
good. thrifty stock, she also added that
selling things. anyhow.
A Good Citizen.
There were a number Of men in the
store, among them q miner just of his
shift, and as black as the coal he had
been mining. He was obviously an in
telligent man and a good citizen; and
we at once plunged sympathetically into
discussion of municipal problems and
the difficulty of doing what ought to be
done and at the same time avoiding the
spending of money that ought not to be
spent. He told me that the Poles in the
town Che was himself of Polish parent
age) had a new picnic ground where
they could dance and have a good time;
and he was happy to say that the young
generation, born on American soil, were
drinking much less than their fathers
had drunk. Like the others, he spoke
Of the need Of amusement. but. rather
curiously, he had never taken any in
terest in baseball, which seemed to be
somewhat Of an obession with many of
the boys and young men. told him
that l thought baseball was as good as
any other healthful, vigorous amuse-
ment, that the first requisite was to have
an amusement that would amuse. that IL
the boys liked 1t, it was Just the game
they should be encouraged to play when
they had leisure.
Times Of Iron Stress.
In the half hours talk with the miners
in this candy store the thing that i'm
pressed itself on me. as always. was the
fact that here in America, at any rate, in
any community. in any social stratum, it
IL not usually the conditions and qualities
peculiar to that stratum. but those COM
mon to all cur people. that count for
most. There are times Of iron stress
when the need In ore which affects only a
certain class. and Affects all the members
OF that class: and there are very gross
injustices and inequalities affecting whole
classes which should be remedied at once
But frank recognition Of this fact should
be accompanied by equally frank recog-
milton Of the fact that in most cases 1t Is
not what 10 vaguely called the ,'.social
system" but Individual virtues and short
comingn. that count most: normAlly, the
hard-working. sober fore handed. intelli-
gent father Or son does well By himself
and his family: normally, the chief bur.
Den Of sorrow and uisfortu10 comes be-
cause The fn&hr = 6elEnh Or ahiftlses or
MA the son tn1es 10 drink. the Ntca n
daugAtW saehtD he dHf1oi becanse ~ .
Week - oGfoe ~ n1oc6 ~ S1p14 o.
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MR.. ROOSEVELT TELLS OF
MINERS AND THEIR HOMES

Theodore Roosevelt, in the January Outlook.
The next place 1 stopped at was the
house Of an elderly lady, with a grown
up son and daughter. The house was
as comfortable as possible, clean and
well kept: pictures on the walls. a nice
porch, and candy shop. Of which the
son took charge. just adjoining. This
was indeed an American family: Of old
stock. The members at first refused to
believe who I was. and the son remarked
tried to tell me that man was the ex-
President, but I told them they couldn't
josh me. even if he did look some like
him. / guess he's a factory inspector;
that's what he is'' Much to my amuse-
ment in this household found that my
views were far more radical and. to use
the terminology Of the day, progress
sive" than theirs. In fact, in their views
on trades unions, individual bargaining.
capital and labor, and the like, they were
at least as conservative as some Of my
good friends Of the capitalist class
whom regard as reactionary and who
regard me as a revolutionist. Ny host
ess was the widow of a soldier who had
fought in the civil war. and their son
was n member of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, and he spoke very
warmly Of what the lodge did In the
way Of caring for its members who suf-
1ered from misfortune and the way it
frowned upon the drink habit. The only
complaint Of the life which they made
was that the neighbors gossiped alto
gether too much-not a fault peculiar to
any one social stratum.
Fail to Understand the Needs.
My hostess was connected with a
church and a member Of one OF the
church organisations for social and
charitable work: but she spoke very
strongly about the fact that the clergy
men did not understand the need Of the
young men and young girls for health
full Amusement. She said II was quite
useless In such community as that in
which they lived to expect that young
people would not like to dance and have
fun. or that the young men would stay
idle all Sunday without any amusement
or occupation. She Aaid that II would
be an excellent thing e amusement
rooms or halls could be provided. BY
preference connected with the churches,
where no liquor would be sold and from
which the young people would have to
csssne home before midnight. but WHARF
they could da1ce and enjoy Themselves.
She also satd thq3 the eADdy store No.
alweye epsn eo Sunday and; that e Vas !
. Hnd Of club fm The yomg men round
about Who eeu1d ceune theee eaes ~ -
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COronatonS are not what they used Il
be. In olden days the kings real author
ity dated from the moment on which the
crowd first pressed his brow. There was
! much force in coronation then. and the
king was very careful OF his crown
| which was not, as it Is to-day. kept In a
collection until wanted and exhibited Al
fixed price to tourists. It was then
almost as important as the grea: zeal
itself, identified with royal authority.
When Henry Wis attendants. finding
the crown which had been knocked of
Richard III's head in the bushes on Bos-
worth FIELD made haste to clap it. oat-
tered as it was. on the victors head,
they knew what they were about.
King George will be no more a king
when he sits, crowned. in Westminster
Abbey next summer than he was when
the last breath left his fathers body. He
succeeded to all kingly powers. rights.
privileges, and prerogatives on the in
slant. Nevertheless he is making the
most careful preparations. for what has
become simply the most gorgeous cere-
mony to be seen in the British Isles. As
a coronation can come only once In q
kings lifetime, as there is no way for
him to have 1t done over again II 1t Is
not satisfactory, 1t Is the simplest wis
dom to leave nothing to chance which
can be arranged by precaution. Hence
the London papers hustle with circulars
from the earl, marshal, and findings OF
the Court of Claims. which passes on
.'the special services. duties, and onices
discharged as II tenure by divers noble
men and gentlemen.
The Earl MaFshal.
What robes peers and peeresses must
v ea., and no other. and the only proper
forms of coronets-on ali these subjects
the earl marshal has much to say. and
Is saying 1t, q column at . time. light
ened by illustrations. Coronations come
ai such irregular intervals that unless
precedcnts are carefully scrutinised
something essential to the conservation
OF ceremony may be ignored, or an IN
novatitn may creep in. To guard against
such a shocking possibility COMMITTEES
Of tho privy council has been constituted
by King George - . court OF claims.
Before this court all claims to suit and
servise must be presented. At it, Arst
seAston various claims were presented.
manly to comply with fDrmalities. One.
however, may well attract attention. ~
evidencing the care with which even
great mobiles zee that their rights and
privileges are respected. Tne Duke of
1gewo16tlo nled his clsim ''tos provide .
eloye fer the Kings right AAnd. aA9
- e1s0oet his ma3esty'S righR arm wb31o
- + hst1lng ~ eesoees.- - dulne =
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overle.hea /. Hotel Bill.

It was in Italy. Dawson had just re-
cefved his hotel bill. duly itemiSed.
guess It's all right" he said, rum
ming his eye over the items. You don't
seem to have forgotten much. II any
thing-lights. service. the use Of plates
at three meals day-ah. yes, you have
omitted one very considerable ITEM
'Ah. said the landlord. with poined
oeok on his hce and An indulsentl fIance
~ tie coao1er.
Yee," sajd Dawson. lyon left out ~
Geca1o - NJ daughtsrss noss last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
Youngsters Making Good in the Big Leagues
No. 3.-GROvER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER, PHILADELPHIA

Less tnan ten years ago Grover Cleve-
land Alexander, the sensational young
right-hand pitcher of the Philadelphia
Nationals, earned his first money as a
ball player The amount was SIS, but
more important in after results than the
amount was Alexander's determination
then formed to switch from his infield
position at second base to the pitchers
mound
Alexander, who Is now only twenty
four years old, was a boy at the time and
playing on one of two picked teams at a
Danish celebration at Dannaborg, Neb.
IN the sixth inning, with the score ~ to
) against Alexander's nine. two venture
some partisans registered wagers of ST
to SIG, Bryan odds, that the under dog
"oulu WIN the game One of them
promised Alexander S. if he could win.
linen the future star, who was on the
middle sack and had never pitched be-
fore, determined to get that 81 Real
lzing affairs could not be worse he tool
ms place on the slab and held the oppo-
sitlon hitless for the remainder of the
game, while batting rally behind him
Iesuteo In ultimate victory, Ii to L.
mat ended AleXander's DAYS as an in
helder Thereafter he was a nitcher ar
an outfelder when not working on the
mound o'' '''e
Inc present Quakers boyhood home
was near ST Paul, Neb HIS father was
one of the pioneers who went to that
country and bought farm lands in 1871
so .Dode,' as he was known to his hoy
mood pals. or 'AIeck," as he is known
to his present teammates, played on the
country nine against St Paul and later
was persuaded to join the town club in
games against teams from ne.yhboring
towns. In a desutory way he PLAYED on
various clubs in Nebraska, sometimes re-
celV1ng a few dollars for pitching, but
more OFTEN working only for the fun
OF IT, and even taking days off at his own
expense from his work as a lineman for
a Nebraska telephone company
In lUS Alexander accepted his first
regular position with the Central CITY.
Neo, club at Il salary of $50 per month
playing Saturdays and Sundays and one
or two other days a week, the club being
backed by the firemen Of the city. After
ttie regular season closed for Central
city he went to Burwell for a month of
extra games, and while PLAYING against
the National Indians attracted the atten-
ton of pitcher named Sanders who had
been with Galesburg. Sanders was posing
as an Indian. and when Alexander twice
doWned the Indians Sanders wrote to his
former manager at Galesburg telling him
OF his western find. During the winter
Alexander received an offer of 500 per
month from Galesburg, and the Ne
braska farmer boy accepted.
didn't really expect to make good"
said the modest Alexander the Great, as
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BIG HORSE SHOW.
Officials Chosen and Arrangements
Made for Event.

NEWPORT, r. l., July 29.-At the fif-
tenth annual Newport horse show Sep
TENDER 4, > and = Guy A. Ward of LenoX.
Mass. will judge the harness horses;
Charles F. Hubs of Brooklyn the sad
dlers and c. r. Snowden of Bryn Mawr
the hunters. Entries close August %.
For horses IN harness there are fourteen
classes, including the Neptune novice
class for singles and the Ware novice
class for pairs. There are classes for
four-in-hands, tandems and two for ponies
in harness. For saddlers there are ten
classes. including the Sea Foam novice
class, two for PARK and road races, one
for chargers, one for United States caval-
ry horses and one for horses suitable for
cavalry horses. Ten classes are pro-
vided for hunters and jumpers, including
the Seaweed novice class, the Corinthian
class and the class for hunt teams Cham
pionship classes are those for harness.
pairs and singles, hunters and saddlers,
four in all.
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GOOD PROGRAM.
Germantown Cricket Club Playing
MANY Games.

PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-The Ger
mantown Cricket Club has a lengthy pro-
gram mapped out for its players while in
England and Ireland, and the Philadel-
phians will meet some of the strongest
clubs on the other side of the water.
This is the first occasion on which a
team representing an individual local club
has gone abroad. The schedule of games
follows:
July IS. 23-Royal Artillery. at Woolwch.
July IL and August Free Foresters. at
Lords.
August 2, BAN of Brothers. at Belmont.
August 4. 5-The Mote, al Maidstone.
August Z. S-Royal Engineers. at Chatham.
August 9. 10-MarylebOne Cricket Club at
Lords.
August 1G-Mitcham al Mitcham.
August 13-Blackheath. Mt Blackheath.
August X. 16-Gentlemen of Surrey at Kin
nington Oval.
August Il. 1S-Gentlemen OF Liverpool at
Ai2burth.
August p. -Wcodbrock. at woodbrook
August %. 2i-PhOeniX at Dublin.
August 25--Cork County. at Cork.
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bought him from Indianapolis or drafted
him from Syracuse Alexander says he
although the records show he was draft
ed. For Syracuse last year Alexander
took part in forty-three games, winning
Twenty-Five and losing fourteen. The
last three games were shut-outs.
When the recruit held the world
champion Athletics without a hit for five
innings in one of the exhibition games
this spring Manager Doom deemed his
new charge worthy of a league trial. and
Alexander jumped to the front with as
the Cubs last season.
Alexander has an effective side arm ball
and good fast ball with break to 1T.
and with this as the basis of his stock
new pitcher of the year He nonchalant-
ly admits he is willing to walk four or
five men a game in trying to pitch to a
batters weakness. which Is his theory
of success in pitching. AS result. ne
saws he often finds himself in hole to
the batter and the base on balls results.
But there must be something in MS
method. for the twenty odd games he mas
won for the Phillies this season explains
in large measure the high standing or the
club Alexander ascribes much of his
success to the coaching of Pat Moran,
the old Cub catcher now with Philadel-
phia.
Alexander's first league game was
defeat from Boston to 4 in ten innings
in which only seven hits We're secured,
but breaks in his support cost heavily
He lost only one other game in his first
ten, the Cubs winning to = When
Young fellow fresh from the minors
wins eight of his first ten games the fans
begin TO sit ND and take notice. and they
have been sitting UP and taxing not'ee
ever since.
The successful pitcher is Dig. liiie
looking fellow, standing six feet and one
inch and weighing 173 pounds. he IS
likable fellow personally and talks lnte,-
ligentlv on his chosen profession his
size suggests early prowess on the 1901
ball field. but foot ball was not in MS
school curriculum. Since giving up his
lob of lineman for that of base ball play,
or Alexander has hunted during the ran
and winter, getting duck, geese. prairie
chickens. quail. rabbits and such game
as is found near his home
Alexander comes of Scotcn-!rish stocN'
He has seven brothers and a sister III Ne
braska OF the brothers he credits only
one with a possible base ball future. "A
sixteen-year-old has aspirations TO De a
big league pitcher like brother Aleck.
Despite all his success and the glamour
of the big cities where he is nero 10
thousands of fans, this product or the
Nebraska prairies looks forward TO the
time when he can buy Nebraska 1arHl
lands with his earnings and there return
when his pitching arm loses Its cunning.
At the rate he is going he will be able 10
buy several quarter sections BEFORE ne Is
a candidate for retirement.
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TO MEET BORDINO.
Burman Desires to Race italian
Driver for Championship.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Bob Burman is
anxious to race p. Bordino, the celebrated
Italian driver. for the worlds champion
ship, and has issued a challenge for a
match with his 200 horsepower Benz.
Bordino recently. at Saltburn-by -the-Sea,
driving a 3O0-horsepower Fiat, lowered
the worlds record for one hour when he
travelled 1913 miles in sixty minutes, or
twenty-six miles less than Burman aver
aged when he dethroned Barney Oldfield.
The record of BordinO eclipses the best
performance of any of the foreign pilots
with fast car since Burman took into
camp the record of Camille JanatZy, who
drove his famous klometer in l61 Is
seconds at Ostsnd. and who lowered the
record of Oldfield made at Florida. Bur-
mans time was 1888 seconds.
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The event is exciting great interest
among the golfers of the club. and over
fifty members are now competing.
Edgar B. Calvert, chairman of the
green's committee of the Washington
Country Club. has arranged a unique
event that viii start next Wednesday. 1t
will be known as a goat contest and
each member who brings a goat" medal
is privileged to challenge any other MEM
player tries to get the others goat.
II a goat is lost. the loser may challenge
the winner twice and losing these match
es. must forfeit a ball. A player who has
gotten the goats" Of all other entrants
receives a handsome gold medal. which
is his for keeps, and then returns the
medals won to the original winners.
Handicap rules to govern.
A foursome Of more than ordinary in
terest was played out at the Washington
Country Clubs links yesterday morning
Bascomb Johnson and Ed Calvert being
paired against S. f. l.. Dunlap and w.
G. Thatcher, The game was remarkable
because the best ball was Sixty-nine,
which equals the record of the course.
Messrs. Thatcher and Dunlap won, get
ting eighty-fve and eighty-nine, respect
lively, while Bascomb Johnson and Ed
Calvert had scores of eighty-seven and
eighty-nine.
Secretary Walter Fisher and Alexander
Br1tton were partners and winners in a
four-ball match that went for thirty-six
holes last Monday at Chevy Chase Their
opponents were Col. c. r. Mccain and
Morven Thompson. In the first round,
which was played before noon, the first
two players negotiated the eighteen holes
for about up. In the afternoon Mr.
Thompson and Col. Mccain cut down
this score. and when the final cup was
played Messrs Fisher and Britton had
> UP and l.
During the latter part of the game
Secretary Fisher trod in a hole while
walking past bunker and sustained a
severe sprain to his left ankle. He re-
fused to quit and played the game out.
using a cane in going from the fifteenth
hole to eighteenth. 1t is quite likely that
he will be out Of the game for several
weeks.
The President played Secretary Knox
and Capt Archie Butt Thursday, and
Wednesday trod the Chevy Chase green
with Martin Littleton, the prominent New
York attorney. He smilingly refused TO
state the score. saying it was merely
practice game and no cards were kept
Wednesday last Sam Dalzeli, ST. played
Sam Dalzell, jr,, at Chevy Chase, and the
pater won by up. Thursday the elder
duplicated his victory by defeating the
rest of his sons family, the charming
Mrs. Sam DalZell, jr., who is a splendid
golfer
F. De Courcy Faust and c. F. Wilson
played a single on the course at Chevy
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he is now known. Il thought my sue
cess had been due to the fact that the fell
lows l had been playing against did not
know anything about base ball, just as l
knew practically nothing.
Yet Alexander Won fifteen of twenty
three games for Galesburg, which was
ornamenting the lowest round in the pen
nant race. before he was hit by a thrown
ball along in July. The young pitcher
was unconscious from the blow for
thirty hours. was in bed two weeks, and
when he recovered found that his eye
had double vision. His work previous
to his injury. however. had attracted the
attention of Manager Charles Carr of In
dianap polls, whose club bought the young
ster and had him treated successfully by
an Indianapolis eye specialist
In the spring of 1910 Alexander was
ordered to report to the Indianapolis club,
but did not even get in any practice be-
fore he was sent to Syracuse under an
optional agreement. Whether Philadelphia
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BETTER STAY AT HOME.
Do Not Favor American Athletes Co.
ing Abroad on Tours.

NEW YORK, July 29.-There is a feel
ing among section of the followers of
athletics who love the sport for it's sake
that the A. A. L. authorities ought to
stop individual permits of athletes wish
ing to tour and compete abroad. and 1t
is no secret that a majority of the ma
tional body favors the policy. 1t is the
opinion of the more conservatively in
clined that the annual junket of few
crack performers to the old world does
no good toward improving the standard
of the American amateur in the eyes of
the foreigners, and it is better that they
be kept at home in future.
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SALLEE BEST SOUTHPAW.
Makes No Bones, Either, About Say.
ing So Himself.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. July 29-''Slim" Sallee
of the St Louis Cardinals, rated one of
the best southpaw pitchers in the bust
ness when he is right. loves to discuss
his eccentricities on the. ball field. and.
more so, his failure to down the demon
rum.
Sallee honestly believes he is better
southpaw than Nap Rucker. Leified and
Wiltse, and makes no bones about say
ing SO, either.
There is not a question of a doubt but
that Sallee is one of the finest left
handed pitchers when he is on the water
wagon. He was fined couple Of times
last season for imbbing too much Of the
red water.