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still. You'll find him somewhere about the ship telling everybody howdy that he isn't telling good-by.' I'll be back for the Elks' convention at Atlantic City July 10
 T think there will be some improve ment in the racing situation, but it will never be like it once was. Racing is not coming back.
 The fighting clubs in this town need attention. There are too many of them The license for club ought to be SEQ Ooo year, payable s12,5O0 a quarter in ad vance, and nobody ought to be allowed to hold fights unless he comes up with the money for his license. Fighting in New York is not in any good way, and it will have 10 be improved. I think 1t will he improved"
 A white hat shaped like a pyramid after hard evening with the boys of old Egypt. flashed by. Somewhere be- tween the cabin and gangplank Johnny Rogers was caught
 Going to Europe? Yes, the Parson and I are going over to Belfast. and then l am goig to Dublin to see Richard Croker, and then to London to the Ma tonal Sporting club. After that I am go Ing to run over to Paris to see Mcintosh, and then come back for the Parson.
 T am going to talk things over with Mcintosh and between us we are going to md some way to beat Johnson"
 Parson' Davies was for many years one of the most noted sporting men in the country. He got his name from the elder William H. Vanderbilt, who, upon him being pointed out today, remarked,
 lie ought to have been preacher. He manages John l.. Sullivan, Peter Jackson. Jlfn Hall aud lot of other fighters. He packed Joe Choynisli. was allied with Jim Corbett and had the reputation of be- ing square,"
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Mobile, April 3o.-(Special)-A stoeky young right-hander answering to the name of Sexton, aided by the Birming- ham club, this afternoon handed the Mo bile Sea Gulls a nice trimming, to l, and but for a momentary blow-up in the ninth would have won fame as the pitch CT of the first no-hit game in the South ern league this season.
 With Sexton twirling there was not a chance for the Gulls and their best ef- forts against him were easy pop-ups and infeld grounders, but few balls being hit outside the diamond For eight long in- nings he twirled a phenomenal article of ball, but one drive that looked any thing like a hit, and which could have been scored either way, being garnered off his delivery until the ninth inning.
 After Mowrey had been retired Phean laid down bunt and beat it out. Moley fooled everyone by singling clean over short. Mcbride hit safe to right but a quick return by Jude kept Phelan at third With the bases choked McGil- vray delivered the pinch wallop, sig zIing single to left on which Phelan and Moley scored
 Onc,. more, in the fourth, Birmingham bats were susy and two hits, one Of them a double, brought In two runs.
 McGilvray led off with a single to left. Marcan, on hit and run play, doubled to center and McGilvray counted. Mar can took third on an infield out. Pratt grounded to Manuel, who fumbled, Mar can being held at third. Pratt stole sec- ond On an infield out Marcan scored. When Holmes fumbled a grounder Pratt scored.
 The game was anything but good one from a local standpoint, but the Barons played jam-up baseball and the fast, and at times sensational, support they gave Sexton brought applause from the Mo- bile rooters. A side from the pitching of Sexton the game was featured by the hitting of First Baseman McGilvray, who walloped safely three times out of as many times at the bat.
 Second Baseman Bill Fox's 3-year-old boy died this morning and the local field captain was out of the game. Manager Holmes played third base and Seitz was switched to second. Fox will not go with the club on the present trip to Montgom- cry, but will rejoin 1t in Birmingham the latter part of the week.
 In the final session the Mobile stands began pulling for Sexton to finish out the game without allowing hit, but such was not his good luck. and. after striking out the first man to face him, Dick Bayless spoiled his no-hit game with a clean single to center. The ter rife strain once broken, Sexton gave way and the next Dall was wild pitch on which Bayless took second and d moment later Chief Jude pasted a double against the right --eld fence, scoring Mobiles only run of the game. Sexton frightened up again and the next two batters were easy outs.
 The Barons got to .uoXie Manuel who assumed the mound duty for the Gulls, at the outset and in the first inning four successive singles brought in two runs.
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POINTERS TO RANDOM
doubtful quantities,

erto considered doubtful quantities, showed rare form.
 Trough in New Orleans made a dis tinct hit He was hailed as a world beater with his speed. which dazzled and his slow curves which deceived. Gilroy
 in Montgomery, using scintillating spit ter" stood the Sleepers on their fore heads. and crushed them without trouble. Yesterday in Mobile Sexton pitched a wonderful game. Through eight innings, he went with hardly a scratch, and in the ninth was hit but twice.
 And Manager Molesworth is in auandary. He cannot tell today just what action he will take in regard to his pitchers There remain two weeks be- fore the date for cutting down, and in that time he will give the fingers a thorough try-out. He. intends to make no mistake, if he can possibly prevent such a misfortune
 There Is every reason to hope that the Barons will forge to the front before talk ing the road again. They are at home TOT more thhn three Weehs' III WhiCH 'iiie they meet every other club in the league save Montgomery.
 Today we have in our midst the Peli- cans of Manager Frank. The Barons and the Pels are standing neck and neck in the race The teams are easily among the best in the league. Therefore, the battles, the first of which will begin to- day. should be extremely interesting.
 Wilhelm and Maxwell will probably op- pose each other today. H. w. R.
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Record of Pitchers
ATLANTA CLAIMS ABILITY
 TO PURLOIN THOSE SACKS
By PERCY H. WHITING

was invented by Harry Stovey and per- fected by Bill" Lange But the only man in the Southern league. according to local bookers," who always gets away with it is Jordan. He is too foxy to use it often, but when he uses it. 1t goes through Usually the spectators don't know exactly what has happened. But the players will tell you that Jordan has made a bluff toward second, turned back got the second baseman and short i stop away from second and then. gone on down, while the catcher held the ball, afraid to throw.
 Another thing that makes Jordan a dangerous man on the bases is. his weight and the careless way he throws it | through the air Jordan slides into base viciously and there are few field CTS who will deliberately get in his
 way and try to block him off. It is too much like trying to nudge a locomotive engine off the track. | Zimmerman is doubtless the fastest man on the Atlanta team and while not in the Bay class in a straight-away race, IS | quite likely to prove the best base run
 ner in the league. He has not had
 much chance as yet as it has generally
 happened that when he has got on bases
 the strategies have called for something
 beside steal And Jordan is no mana
 ger to show off his "phenoms' just for the joy of exhibiting. When the season | warns up Zimmerman should do some marvellous base running.
 | Corbin is another grand performer on bases He is inclined to perform trine wild. though he never steals second with
 the bases full like John Anderson, nor | does he try to steal back from sec ond as did Harry Davis on one historic | ccasion. Give him plenty of room on the bases and he will run his head on. | Sometimes they nab him but if he gets the onposng team when they are begging hit badly he is likely to come home any old time on his own bunt to the | infeld.
 Miller and Wells. the Atlanta catchers, will probably steal as many bases as any backstoppng team in, the league and | Sykes and O'Dell. new Cracker inf1elders,
 will take down their share.
 | Another notable base stealer of the Att
 lanta team is Roy Moran. who is as
 reliable a man on the bases as the league
 has had. He runs bases with good judg-
 ment and his success in stealing home
 has worried many pitcher into wild
 ness. t4 | All in all. Atlantas team this year is
 probably the best in the league at ad-
 vancing on nothing but nerve and speed. |
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Atlanta, April 30-(Specal.) )-America' s leading writer of light baseball literature, Hugh Fullerton, in a recent magazine article has propounded some new figures on base stealing. Here are some of them:
 That a player who can run S5 feet in 3 1-3 seconds from a standing start ought to tie the ball nine out of ten times in stealing second, provided the throw were perfectly made.
 Sacrifice hits average one-third riore each season than stolen bases.
 That the hit-and-run is used 60 per cent
 oftener than the steal t3
 That base stealing efforts succeeded in ss per cent of the attempts, and the hit and run in 66 per cent; and further that the hit-and-run in per cent of the at tempts results in double plays. That out of 55,9Ss opportunities in the average big league season to steal sec ond only 2744 are improved-that is, one
 runner in 20 steals a base. That the average time it takes the
 pitcher to get away fast ball and for
 the chatcher to return it to second was 9 45:320th of a second.
 That on a fast curve ball it was 3A seconds, and on slow balls and spit balls 8 961 seconds.
 Also that the average time of Ty
 Cobb and Rolle Zeider in stealing sec
 ond was 37s seconds.
 That, therefore, the fast base runner
 has nearly 50 per cent chance to steal second.
 Manager Otto Jordan of the Atlanta Ball club was much interested in these figures and with good reason for, &C., cording to local opinion, he is undoubted- ly the most scientific base stealer in the Southern league and because he num- bers on his team some of the best base
 runners in the business-notably, Heine Zimmerman, who stole 1c5 bases in the ! New York State league last year. When all the figures are gathered to-
 gether and tabulated it will as likely as
 not be admitted that Jordan is the best base stealer for his speed that the Soutn- ern league ever saw. At straight-a"ay running Jordan is just medium speeoy' He isn't built along greyhound ilnes.
 His legs are comparatively short and he is not constructed for doing the loo ln 9 4-5 Yet Jordan steals steadily all the season and he is especially notable for putting himself down from first to second when his side needs run. It is mostly in the start with Jordan. He knows all the pitchers in the league and can tell exactly by the hunch of the shoulder whether the twirler is going to throw to the plate or to first The best of them fool Jordan about once a year but then they're. lucky.
 Fullerton says that the delayed steal
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LOOKOUTS HUMBLE
 PROUD TURTLES

Memphis, April 30.-In game charac- terized by heavy hitting on the part of both clubs and loose fielding on the part of Memphis. Chattanooga defeated the locals to today before the larg- est crowd which ever witnessed base ball game in Memphis A home run by Bearwald of Memphis was a feature. Two jumping enchanted spears of long drives by Collins, leftfielder for Chattanooga brought the crowd to it's feet. Finlayson relieved Dickson in the ninth for Mem phis and was hit hard. Score:
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SPORTING NEWS
 AND LIVE GOSSIP. FROM EVERYWHERE

A team crippled and shot to pieces by accident and misadventure which wins four of nine games in foreign territory, must of necessity be reckoned strong and. what is more, game to the marrow.
 The start was as dismal as the fall of the angels. The first day out Ellam' s collarbone was fractured. Yantz was switched from third to short and Phelan, who was on the bench with a broken nose, was forced again to his accus- toned corner.
 In this condition 1t was not marvellous ihat Birmingham lost two games hand running to the Seagulls
 In New Orleans Wilhelm, pitching the opening game, went 13 innings, but lost. On the following day Trough won the first road game, but on the next Elliott was badly spiked by Hank Butcher and went out of the game, McGilvray was called out at third by Bill Hart on a close decision, this putting the Barons chances to the bad. and in the tenth in- hing defeat fell.
 In Montgomery, however, there WAS d rally, although through bad luck, the opening game of a doubleheader was lost in 10 innings. Gilroy, working finely, won the second. and Fleharty, in great style, won the third handily.
 Yesterday the ninth game was played and Sexton held the Guls safely all the way.
 On the road three of the fingers hith-
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HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAMPERED
 BY WEATHER BUT DOING WELL

ton It. It was expected that at least four men will bat above the 300 mark and the remainder somewhere within the vi- cinity of 200 or .250
 Unless a decided improvement Is forth coming immediately, some changes are bound to occur in the lineup of the High school aggregation, for the best pitchers in the world cannot win unless the team back of them Is able to hit.
 Track practice has been going on stead fly and the men are fast rounding into shape for the big class meet which is to be run off at East park on Wednesday. A large number of men have already en- tered, and before the close of the entries on Tusday 1t is expected that many more will be enrolled.
 The averag
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AshviIle Defeats OdenyilIe

Odenville April 3o.-(Special) - The Odenvile team was defeated here this afternoon by the Ashville team. This was one of the most interesting games played on the Odenvile diamond this sea- son The score was 9 to in favor of Ashville. Batteries: Grove, Nelson, Nun nelly and Cooke for Ashvlle; Ash and Swafford for Odenville.
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Chicago, April 3o.-Chicago defeated Pittsburg today in an exciting batting bee to 4 The visitors took the lead with a base on balls double and single In the first inning. Camnitz held the locals safe until the sixth when three doubles, a sacrifice, an error and single made four runs. single and home run gave Chicago two more in the seventh and Camnitz retired after Archer fol- lowed kith a double. Pittsburg started a rally in the ninth two doubles, a single and an error giving them two runs The excitement was so high that one of the spectators fainted and had to be carried from the grounds. Score:
 R.H.E. Chicago 900 GOA 20*-6 10 PittSburg ................-O VVV VoI-f 2 Batteries: Weaver, Richie and King; Gardner. Camnitz and Gibson. Empires, Finneran and Rigler. Time, l:oo
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RECORD OF THE BARONS

1 for base stealing honors, each having , purloined three bags. All of the pitchers are going well, four at 800 and one, Sexton, standing at 1000, he having got credit for two victories.
 The following figures, official, are up to date, the work of each game being included:
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Barons Receive Pels At Redwood
TOUTED AS GREAT STAR

This Is John Nagle. the young catcher obtained by Manager Frank from Cleve- land along with Dave Callahan and oth- CTS.
 While Nagle is a youngster with little experience in league baseball. 1t is said that he is sure conner. He has favor- ably impressed the fans of the Crescent City and Manager Frank considers him one of the best men in the league.
 According to the records, Nagle is an ordinary hitter but one who is expected to improve with age. It is said that he has a crack whip. He and Angeimier will do all the catching for the Pelicans this season.
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SUMMARY Two-base Hits - Marcan, Mcbride. Jude.
 Innings pitched Manual with hits and runs, Clarke with hits and no runs.
 Ba ses on Balls---anueI ?, Sexton 5. Struck Out-Manuel 1, Sexton D. Double Plays-SeXton to McGilvray, Bayless to seitZ Wild Pitch-Sexton. .acrInce Hit-Marcan. Stolen Base-Pratt. Umpire-tIart. Time-1 3h.
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Memnhis on the Road

Memphis, April 90.-(Special)-The en- tire Memphis team with exception Of Pitcher Dickson whose wife is i'll, was taken to Atlanta tonight for commence ment of a long tour on the road Dick son will join the squad in Nashville. nitching the first game Friday; Finlayson works in Atlanta Monday.
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SCHOOL SCHEDULE

Games scheduled in the western divi- sion of the Junior League of the Cram mar School tournament scheduled for this afternoon are as follows:
 Bush vs. Vivian at Bush.
 Moore vs. Pratt, at Pratt
 Fairview vs. Minor, at Fairview.
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American Association
STANDING
Results

At St. Paul: St Paul 4. Toledo O. At Minneapolis: Minneapolis l3, Indian apolis 6, t. At Milwaukee: Milwaukee :. Louisville G. At Kansas City: Kansas City 5; Colum- bus B.
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Excellent Reason

From Pathfinder. Pottle-Why did you break off your en- gagement withfthat school teacher?
 Proof-1f I failed to show up at her house every evening she expected me to bring a written excuse signed by my mother.
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 son, Murch, Crandall, Bearwald. Home run, Bearwald. Sacrifice hits, Cannel, Lister ?, Collins, Jackson, Donohue. Stolen bases, Northern ?. Perry, Higgins, Swalm. Double plays. Sentell to Lister; More to Sentel1 to Lister Hits, Dick son g, in eight innings; Finlayson l. Struck out, More 6, Dickson 2, Finlayson 2. Time, 2 hours. Umpire, F'itzsimmons.
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YOUNGSTJR HELD OPPONENTS TO THREE HITS-MANUEL WAS EASILY YSOLVED-MGILVRAY'S HITTING ANOTHER FEATURE
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Birmingham 5, Mobile 1. Chattanooga g, Memphis 4. New Orleans Montgomery, rain.
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MASONIC NOTICE

Special communication King Solomon Lodge No. 460, Tues day, May 2. 8 p. m. Lecture by Dr. B. c. Ehrenreich of Mont gomery. Subject "The Bible in the Lodge" All Master Masons invited to attend.
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Games Today

New Orleans in Birmingham. Mobile in Montgomery. Chattanooga in Nashville. Memphis in Atlanta.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Cubs Do Things to Pirates

Cincinnati-st. Louis game postponed,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Murray Hits Home Rul

Chicago, April So.-Chicago routed Pitchers Criss and George today and defeated St. Louis to 1. St. Louis scored it's only run in the first inning, when Murray knocked the ball over the left field fence for a home run. Walsh re- lieved Lange in the sixth inning after St. Louis filled the bases. Score R.H E. Chicago ..,.............. O3O 900 33"-9 12 St Louis ............... 100 GOO 0O0-1 5
 Batteries: Lange, Walsh and Sullivan Criss, George. Lake and Clarke and Stew ems. Time, 2:15. Empires, Perrine and Sheridan.
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Tigers 5, Maps 4

Detroit, April 30,-In an exciting ninth inning rally today Detroit knocked Bland ing out of the box, securing three runs off Mitchell and defeated Cleveland to 4. Cobb's fierce drive, which Stovall was unable to handle, sent in the winning runs. Schmidt and Drake made their seasons debuts with singles. Score:
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Batter1eS. BIdnuIHB, MltCHeII and Lan Works and Stanage. Empires. O'Loug lin and Dineen. Time, AS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
CLASS in AGRICULTURE.

a class in agriculture at West Noting
ham academy viii besorganized this eve
ming and All Interested are cordially in
vited to attend the meeting at the
Magraw House at i o'clock. The course
will be free, except the cost Of text books
and il is the intention Of Prof Lawsing,
who is the instructor in charge, to have
two meetings Of the class each week 10 the
evening for period of from eight to
twelve weeks. Those who desire TO avail
themselvessof this opportunity to receive
free instruction in agriculture and allied
industries should attend this preliminary
meeting and assist in the formation Of the
class 50 that it may fully meet the wants
of all.
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Skater browns.

Dodson Hawkins, r3-year-son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Hawkins, of Havre de
Grace, was drowned in the Susquehanna
river at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Young Hawkins, accompanied by his
younger brother, left home about noon to
enjoy skating. Everything went well
until they ventured too far down the bay.
when the ice broke and Dodson went
under. His brother summoned help and
in four minutes number of people were
on the scene and made heroic efforts to
save him, but without avail. One man
succeeded in catching him with IN ice
hook, but the handle broke and he again
went under. His body was recovered
about an hour later
George Pendleton, Of Perryville. and a
number Of others broke through the ice
but their companions succeeded in
rescuing them.
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Union Detective Association.

The Union Detective Association, ems
bracing ten associations in Lancaster
and Chester counties. Pa, and Cecil
county, Md, held its tenth annual meet
ing on Monday, Jan. 2, at Oak Hill hotel,
The associations compromising the
Union reported as follows, concerning
membership and amount in treasury:
Bart, SO members and $I26 in the
treasury; Eighth District of Cecil county,
AZ members; Fulton, II members, sos 81;
Little Britain, Sc members, $326. So; Kirk
wood, Io4 members, $500; Marticville. So
members, $I7s. 20 Nottingham. ago mem
bers, $sa5.73; Rising Sun Cecil county,.
Ir5 members $3.50: Union. Ia5 members.
$242.s3;' Upper Oxford, All members,
$Iso.4s
A splendid turkey dinner was served
BY mine host George Brown, which was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.
John Shank is president of the Union,
and Eugene Haines secretary.
The Rising Sun Association was repre-
sented by Jesse Wood, Wayne Reyn-
olds and DR.. T. B. Moore.
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Want Deeper Waterway.

A public meeting was held at Havre de
Grace last week for the purpose Of discus
sing ways and means Of securing deeper
waterways for Havre de Grace, Perryville,
Lapidum, Port Deposit, to facilitate the
shipping interests in the upper Chesapeake
Bay and Susquehanna river, and to allie
viate, as far as possible, the ice-gorges.
w. Scott Silver was chosen permanent
chairman, and Leo M. Moore was made
secretary. Three representatives from
Havre de Grace, PerryviIle and Port De-
post and one from Lapidum were chosen
TO form general committee which is TO
meet and formulate plans by which to en-
list the interest Of their community and
petition the next Congress for an appro-
priation.
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A Close calf

Emerson Tome. four-year-old SON Of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Tome near Port De
post celebrated the new year hy drinking
some caustic soda mixture which had
been prepared for the batteries Of a gaso-
line engine and placed in the cellar to
cool. Dr. W. G. Jack. the family
physician, was hastily summoned and
arrived in about fifteen minutes, armed
with stomach pump. The acid as it
was brought from the little sufferers
stomach was strong enough to burn, the
hands Of those who were assisting in the
relief. The lads parents report that he is
nov. getting along nicely and is thought
to be out Of danger They wish to ex-
press publicly their appreciation Of the
prompt and efficient service rendered by
Or. Jack in saving the lifeo their little
son.