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to do any work along that line on account
Of the weather. The coming week though
will probably find them playing regularly
scheduled contests. If the old prediction
II true that there Is generally good
weather after st. Patricks day.
The wrestling tournament held last
night in Carroll Institute Hall for the
championship of the South Atlantic ANA
teur Athletic Association, was about the
best affair Of the kind ever pulled Off In
this section. The bouts in the main
were very evenly matched and all were
6ercely contested.
That the tournament warranted a bet
ter attendance Is certain. when the class
of the meeting is considered. The best
men In the south were entered in the diff
ferent classes and yet there was an ex-
ceptionally small crowd present. Unless
local patrons of the game show a more
decided interest in the graphing game. 1t
is highly probable that the championship
tournament will go to Baltimore next
year. It was only obtained for this city
this winter because of the assurance that
it would be supported by the public. and
warranted it is likely to be held In the
Monumental city next year.
1t is more than possible that the two
games which Western High has sched-
uled for this week will be called Off. The
team has had but two days practice this
season, and it is not thought that it is
we'll enough seasoned to begin playing
games. AS the high school series Is over
a month off, 1t is hardly likely that a
preliminary game or two will make much
difference. especially when the time may
be used more profitably.
1t is we'll that Easter comes a little
late this year. If it were as early as
last the college base ball teams In this
ha in, l..
ton to meet those from the north. This
time last season the weather was almost
perfect, and the different squads were
getting plenty of work, but SO far this
spring there is not one nine which can
boast of a really good workout.
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STECKER GETS RING.
Declared Tied With Golden in
Guardsmen's Games.

At somewhat heated meet OF the
board of managers Of the National Guard
Athletic Association, which was held in
the offices of Maj. Il. II. Neumeyer, John
G. Stecker, the crack distance man of the
washington Grove Athletic Association,
was declared tied with II. Golden Of the
Georgetown Preparatory School. as win
ner of the point trophy which was award.
ed to the athlete scoring the greatest
number of points in open. events In inc
recent National Guard meet
Rather than have any d1sSat1S1actlon
the board has decided that, instead Of
making the men draw lots for the tro,
phy-a handsome diamond ring-it will
allow Golden to keep it and Will award
Stecker a similar one. This action on the
part of the board has met with instant
favor among the athletes.
The reduction of GOlden's total score
from 10 to 10 points was the result OF
Stecker's protest to the effect that he 90
yard dash, scholastic (open only to ath-
ietes representing high and preparatory
schools). was not an open event The board
agreed with him, and as Golden mas won
the event, its action brought his total
down to that OF Stecker, who mad won
the one mile and half-mile runs. Stecker
also claimed points for being a member
Of the winning team in the two-mile team
race; basing this claim on the statement
of the manager of the games that this
event would count points 1or the winners
Had the board upheld him in this he
would have scored more points than
Golden, but after lengthy and some
what heated discussion. it was decided
that this event should be treated the
same as a relay race and no points be al
lowed.
It was believed that the easiest and
most satisfactory way Of closing up the
matter would be the awarding of two
trophies, and steps to this end will be
taken. Both of these points could have
been covered in the entry blank had the
management used a little forethought,
and all unpleasantness could have been
avoided. The board realized this. and 1t
is understood that the entry blanks for
next years meet will answer all doubtful
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the first big college in the east to begin
actual rowing practice on the water.
The Quakers got out on the Schuyiklii
the first week In March with six crews.
Coach Ellis Ward is preparing to train
the Quakers somewhat differently this
year from 1910. The difference In train
ing methods was apparent When lhe
crews were first called out for indoor
practice on the rowing machines. Instead
of reporting during the month OF Janu-
nary the crews did not begin their in
door work until the middle OF February.
This gave them hardly more than three
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GOAT GEHER IS
SIR THOMAS HUGHES
Long TwirIer Frequently Talks
BatterS Out of Hitting
the Ball.

Long Tom Hughes. the original Jonah
man. to the Cleveland team. who re-
turns to Washington this year. is a droil
chap Tom has much natural ABILITY.
more than the Average successful pitcher.
also other accomplishments not pos
sessed by the ordinary twirler. He is
one Of the most original goat getters
in the business. When pitching he keeps
I'D a verbal broadside against every bat
ter he faces He comments on their an
cestry, their habits. their facial adorn
ments and any other unkind thing that
comes to his mind. He has a biting
tongue and many a hard-fought contest
has been won by his singing verbal as
seults Some Of the things said by Tom
on the ball field wouldn't be considered
the proper lingo in the best society. but
they answer the purpose on the ball field.
Zeke Wrigley. the former Columbus
player, relates a story that is typical OF
Hughes and his methods, except that
This is what wrigley has to say:
Zone day in 1909. during a series be-
tween Minneapolis and Louisville. at the
latter place, when the pennant was at
stake. Tom Hughes was pitching for tho
Minneapolis team was mad through an6
through. Everything was breaking bad>
for the Millers. Umpire Hayes was Civ
ing all the close decisions to the Colonels.
according to Mike Cantillon, while Tom
declared he had to cut the plate In two
before Hayes would call q strike.
"Orville Woodruff was at bat. and the
midget player kept htgging the plate
closer every time he came up to hit.
making 1t a difficult task for Hughes to
pitch to him. At last Big Tom lost his
temper and roared at Woodruff. You
had better cut out loving that plate and
set back where you belong before / scat
ter your brains over the infield. You little
runtr
Woodruff just smiled and. it seemed
to Hughes, Rugged the plate closer than
ever The next time Tom wound up he
let the ball accidentally slip In hia
fingers and with q groan saw tho Pill
start straight for Wo0druns head. Dur
ing the next few seconds that followed
Hughes saw visions Of the electric chair
and grim walls but by freak OF good
fortune the ball curved slightly Just be-
fore il reached woodruff. and this en-
abled the latter. by an acrobatic turn, to
ret out Of the path.
Il Thought you had some brains when
I made that speech peeped Hughes.
but you are getting my goat instead. you
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GOSSIP OF LOCAL
AMATEUR ATHLETES

Heretofore the track teams Of the col
chances to get into competition during
the spring to warrant their teams train
ing during the outdoor season. but If all
plans mature this year 1t will de different.
Especially has it been true OF the scho-
lastic institutions that they have not had
the opportunity to make good on the
cinder path in the spring months because
there has been practically but one meet
In which they could hope to compete
with any degree Of success. This will
also be remedied this season. it seems.
The Georgetown Props, Johns Hopkins
University, Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, the high school meet and the inter-
scholastic southern championships at
Virginia. will be the games in which
pete.
The interscholastic games at both Vir-
ginia and the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege will be collegiate affairs also.
for the championship of the south. the
one at College Park will be a revival Of
tho old Maryland intercollegiate games
that were discontinued four years ago.
the last meet being held on the Mount
Washington track. Besides these two
meets in which tho colleges may compete.
there are plans being laid for two or three
other outdoor games under consideration.
Quinlan. who In trying out for the
Georgetown University base ball team this
spring, has all the earmarks of q conner.
When he swings at the ball he mas his
whole weight behind 1t, and he generally
meets the leather squarely. II he shows the
same ability to swat the ball when the
pitchers begin to shove them across the
plafe With twists on them he will prove
the best base ball find at Georgetown in
years.
Several Of the high school base ball
teams were scheduled for practice games
last week. but It was almost impossible
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and are expected to do good work in
the games this season. The other men
showed that they were way above the
average as individual players, and this
year under a good coach ought to do
much better work.
Practically the Only positions. which
are open-that is, about the only two
that It Is not fairly certain by whom
they will be filied-are shortstop and
first, and out of ninety candidates
there should not be much trouble ex-
perienced in settling these satisfac-
torily.
Eastern Has Good Squad.
Over at Eastern it is claimed that there
is the best chance to develop a good team
than in years. Nearly all Of last years
regulars are back. and 1t Is expected that
those places which were vacated by grad
uation win be capably filed by new men.
Ligon, McCanrey.. Eakle and Litchfleld
are the men on whom the greatest share
of the box work will fall. The first men,
toned of these did practically all the
twirling last season, and 1t is understood
that he has Improved considerably since
then. Parker will again be on the re-
ceiving end, with Binneran, a new man,
to help.
Chase Iho starred on tina foot hall
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team last fall. Is the most likely looking
man for frst base, and he Will probably
hold down that position in the series.
Harris at second, Varella at short and
Evans at third are all old players, and
will by all accounts, be seen in their old
positions when the season opens. For
the outfield positions Defandorf and Fitz-
hugh, both members of last years team,
are back for their old jobs.
Central May Repeat.
All is confidence at Central. 1t is firmly
believed by the Blue and White sup
porters that It will again develop a cham
pionship nine out Of the material that
answered the first call for candidates.
Seventy two men reported for the initial
workout, and cut Of this number the .
Streeters claim that it should be an easy
matter to plug up the holes left In last
years championship aggregation
Probably that which will help the Gen.
traIites more than anything else is the
fact that they have the same man IN the
box who did the twirl1ng last season.
Nothing could inspire them with more
confidence. and It Is likely that no man
will be as valuable to them as Boteler,
especially when it Is considered that
good pitcher Is the whole show in inter-
scholastic base ball.
Western and Business.
Over at Western High there is very
little material for the development OF
good team. All but two OF last years
nine left school, and it Is going to be a
difficult matter to I'LL the positions left
vacant Business seems to be in the
same boat, as it also has two men left
from last seasons squad. The Stenog-
seem to have 1t on the West
Enders, though, IN that one Of their
men, Burley, is good pitcher, while
Western has not a man who has ever
done anything in the twfrling line. The
absence Of Todd will be q loss which
cannot be made up by any man who Is
now out for the Red and White team.
Dodge and Burley are the two old men
back for their positions at Business. while
Meyers and McArdle are the pair around
whom q new nine will have to be built
at Western. 1t IL understood, though.
that each OF the schools has some pretty
good new material, and 1t Is not Inn
possible that one or both will be among
the leaders when the championship OF
the schools is decided.
With what appears to be the best ma
terial in years out for the different teams.
and with each school striving to do all
In its power to land the interscholastic
1t may be expected that
when the high school series close this
spring the best base ball that has ever
been played by local schools will have
been Seens
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will again win back his position, all
though it 10 stated by the, coach that
some Of them will be hard pushed. It
Is intended to make q cut in the men
who are out and prune the number OF
candidates down TO about three teams,
as 1t practically II impossible to handle
the bunch now out.
Those old players who are back and
who are expected to again hold down
Ofyut, pitchers: Norris and Colbert.
catchers; BurIey second base; Heald.
third base, and 6weigler, Towles,
Eckendorf ana Bennett in the outneld.
All three-01 the pitchers. aresgood men
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now in progress by the Yale authorities
and it is promised that IL the facts war
rant such action the game will be perma-
nently abandoned or else Yale will be
withdrawn from the intercollegiate
basket Ball Association. College men
everywhere will regret very much II such
drastic steps are taken, because ule
nresence Of every team in the league is
necessary to put college basket ball on
the high place that 1t should occupy.
Penn Crew First on the Water.
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the best material in its history out OF
which to build winning team. More
suuad this spring than have ever be-
fore been out for any, sport at the
manual trainers school. somewhere be-
tween ninety and one hundred being
the sum total OF the candidates out Tor
the team Out Of this ninety 4 Is
thought that. every ono Of the -old. players
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ct the end OF the scholastic series should
belong to either Central or Tech. but 1t
may be that neither OF these two mines
will he In the running. as base ball at
best is mighty uncertain, and especially
% when opponents are high school boys.
Tech Has Good Material.
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Like to Work in Certain Cities.


emf cities in entirely different lights. A
certain city that is a hard place for one
unpire TO please may be the stronghold
AZ another umpire. 1t all depends on the
success and luck that follows the umpire
Nine times out Of ten the doing OF some
thing that at the time appeared quite
trivial will seriously work against the
Rii,v Klein and Silk o'Loughln regard
PHILADELPHIA as their jonah town. SILK
gave q decision against the Atnietics IN
that memorable Notwithstanding game OF
zoos with Detroit that the followers OF
Connie Mack refused to forget. Several
years ago KLEIN forfeited q game against
the Phillies which the National League
fans still recall. New York fans sun
associate thu famous Hank ODay with
the Merkle decision that cost the pennanf.
Cleveland fans make II troublesome Tor
lack Exan simply because Egan gave q
decision against the Maps in game with
ST. Louis that meant much to the Cieve-
Ianders. The play happened In st. Louis.
in Cleveland. Detroit was always re-
garded by Jack Sheridan az his jonah
town. while Cy Rigler looks on st. Louis
as his hoodoo station
The base runners who make the most
trouble for an umpire are those who
employ the Hathaway slide. the use Of
which gives the fielder only the feet OF
the base runner to touch. Often the ball
touch him, and Q declaration Of safe by
the umpire seems the height Of folly.
Base runners who glide straight into the
base without shifting the body are not
hard to pass Judgment on. as the fielder
has the entire. length Of such sliders In
front OF him.
Every umpire will tell you that the
player that worries him most IL the
nesger. BY nagger Is meant 2 playsi
who Ii always quietly expressing poor
opinion of your work, yet never In any
way showing you up to the crowd. The
election Of such q player from the game
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I'm not likely TO get the chance
very soon," he returned. "Just at pres.
ent l am still n legal resident of the
good old commonwealth OF Massachu
sets and member OF its bar, eligible
TO office there and nowhere else"
You'd be citizen of this state by
the time you could get elected to an
Office in It," suggested the senator.
IL know--the required term of resi-.
dence here is ridiculously short. But
you forget that | am as unknown in
the sagebrush hills as you are well
known. couldn't get n nomination
for the Office of poundkeeper"
David Blount was chuckling softly.
sounds right funny to hear you talk
that way, son." he commented. Mighty
near everybody will tell you that the
slate hangs mp behind the door ut War.
truce. and don't know but some peo-
pie would say that old Sagebrush Dave
himself does most of the writing on II.
Anyhow, there's one place on II that
Is still needing a name. and I guess
yours would ht 1t as well rs any
body's." -..'
The young man, who was so lately
out of the well considering east.
gasped.
"Heavensw he calculated. You're
BOT considering me rs a possibility on
the state ticket before I've been TWEEN
ty-four hours on the ground, are your
mo, not exactly ms n possibility. son.
Wen call It sure thing If you want
to. It's this way: We're needing a
political housekeeping pretty bad this
year. We have good enough laws, I
guess, but they're winked at any day
In the week when somebody comes
along with barrel. The fight is up
between the people Of this state and
the corporations. 1t was up two years
ago. and the people got the laws all
right. but forgot to elect men who
would carry them out. This time
think the voters have got their knives
sharpened. We've been little slow
catching step, but the marching orders
have gone out. We're going to clean
house this fall."s
mot II the slate hangs behind your
door or any mans door, father" was
the theorists grave reminder IRE
form doesn't come In by that road"
Hold on. son; steady go easy's the
word. Reform comes In by any old
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Eyes. and told you my price. IL
you happen to remember"
IL know. You said you wanted us
to turn everything over to the reform
ers and take our chances on Il clean
administration. Naturally we are not
going to do amy such u;opian thing.
What | want to knew now Is what II
Is going to cost ~ 10 .:,t your consent
to do the practic..i II al pussible thing '
Want to buy tie ,ut..ght this time.
do youy' said ill.,. bass. still smiling
gently. 49,. .u
"We"-McNic!:ar was going to say.
I'VE bought you before" but he
changed II to less offensive form -
1--WE have had no difficulty In arriving
at some sensible and practica! conclu.
sions In the past. BlOnnt. and we
shouldn't have now. We can't let you
have your son for attorney general.
That's out of the question. II you put
your son In rs public prosecutor you
can have but one object In view--you
mean to squeeze us till the blood runs.
We're willing to discount that object
before the fact"
80 you have said before a number
OF times and In number Of different
ways" was the mild counter sugges-
ton.
II shan't say It many more times.
David. You're pushing me too far"
"What will you say then?"
"Just this-if you won't meet me
halfway, II you insist upon fight. I'll
fight you with any weapons cnn get
hold Of"
you've said that In other cam
paigns. Hardwick, and in the end
you've always been like the possum
that offered to come down out Of the
tree II the man wouldn't shoot"
"I'll hand you another proverb to 20
with that one" snapped the man In
the chair by the window. "The pitch.
or that goes often to the well Is sure
to be broken at last. You've got a
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swept him along into the vortex Of
action.
Before he had gone ten steps toward
Gantry's Office some one In the throng
Of debarking overland passengers call.
ed his name. When he turned he was
facing a white haired old gentleman
with scholarly face and an irascible
twist to his thin lips, man and a
straight figured maiden with level eyes
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CHAPTER VII.
A BATTLE OF L'oUTRANcE.

BATTLE or LoUIhANCE.
LOUNT had been hating be-
tween two opinions. The fight
IL Ing blood In him prompted him
to stay and set up the stand
ard of honesty and fair dealing In the
Biount name, to gather a few men Of
like convictions around him and to en-
ter the political conflict at the head Of
Il movement designed ut once and for
ever to abolish machine dictatorship
In his native state.
But, on the other hand, the claims Of
blood could not be altogether ignored.
The campaign for political cleanliness
would inevitably involve his father
would, IL successful defeat and dis.
grace him. Clearly 1t was the part of
iilial duty to hesitate before he should
set his hand to this particular plow Of
reform. Would 1t not be better for
him to drop out quietly, leaving the
political housekeeping for some one
who would not have to pay such a
costly price for the leadership?
Thus the two promptings clamored
each for its hearing. But, after all. 1t
was chance and the swift current Of
the occasion that decided for him and
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trail 1t can find mostly and thanks its
lucky stars II 1t doesn't run up against
any bridges gone or any mudholes too
deep to ford. We've got u good man
for governor-not any too broad, may
be. but good-church good; he's II min
lister of the gospel and the president
OF church university. No man has
ever said he'd take bride, but he
isn't heavy enough to sit on the lid
and hold 1t down. Alec Gordon, the
man who Is going to succeed him next
fall, is all the things that the present
governor isn't. SO that Is fixed"
"How 'lxedT" queried the young
man. who. though he was not from
Missouri, was beginning to fear that
he would constantly have to be
Shown"
''In the same way that everything
has to be fixed, II we're going to get
results" was the calm reply. After
the governor the man upon whom the
most depends is the attorney general
The present incumbent, Dortscher. is
one Of the candidates, but we've cross
ed his name off. The next man we
considered was Jim Rankin. In some
ways he's 1T; he's a hard fighter, and
the man doesn't live who can blum
him. But he's poor, and he wants to
be rich, and guess that lets him out"
All this was directly subverslve Of
Evan Blount's ideas Of the conduct Of
affairs political In free country, but
he was willing to hear more. "WellT
he said.
"What we want this time is one of
your 'hew to the line men, son. Reck-
on you'd like to try it?"
The young man who was less than q