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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
MARYLAND AGG|ES
ARE WORKING HARD
Good Squad Out on Track, But
Prospects Not as Bright
as Last Year.

Track work was begun at the Maryland
Agricultural College last week in minor
way. and tomorrow the men are expected
TO he out in full force. One Of the largest
squads In the history of the school is eX-
pected to report for practice. Eleven
runners were out on the track three days
last week limbering UP, the majority OF
them old veterans, and about twenty re-
cruits are sure to turn out today for their
first workout.
In spite of the fact that the squad will
probably be one OF the largest ever try
ing for track honors at the suburban in
stitu,ion, it is doubtful whether as good a
team as represented the school last year
will turn out-in fact. 1t is almost GER
tainty that the bunch this season will be
below the standard of the three preced-
Ing years.
Kemp. Duckett and Morris are the only
dependable old men who are left, Mum
son and Adams, the mainstays last sea-
son having graduated. Munson will COM
pete for the 5th Regiment of Baltimore
AMI Adams will represent the Washing
ton Grove. Kemp did some very good
work in the quarter, while Duckett and
Morris were the other two members of
the championship relay four.
Reubert, Munnickheuysen and Branham
are the most promising Of the new ma
terial, the latter being almost assured of
a place on the relay four. Reubert made
quite q reputation Splinter in the
New York high schools, while Munnick-
heuysen Is crack quarter-miler. CLANCY,
who has heretofore given more attention
to the longer runs. Is also out for the 40.
Kemp and Trimble Will be about the
only ones trying I'm the distances, the
former In the sso-yard and the latter in
the mile. II is more than likely that
CLANCY will also be used in the mile.
The captain of the team has not yet
been elected, but the choice lies between
Morris and bucket. the two remaining
members Of the relay team. with the
chances good that Duckett will get it.
Ii was thought at one time that a coach
would be secured for the squad, but IL has
since been found insdSisabie because Of
lack of funds. Adams has about consent
ed TO come out and teach the candidates
a few tricks. lie will undoubtedly be of
great benefit to the team as he did some
mighty good work I'm his three years on
the relay team and knows the game
pretty thoroughly.
The team is and has been Handicapped
because OF lack OF suitable training
quarters. A small corridor about thirty
tive yards long and only six feet wide
constitutes the track used by the Farm
erS since they have been sending teams To
the indoor meets. and il is remarkable
that they have been able to put out the
class OF teams that have been represent
ING them for the last four years.
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SWEENEY TELLS OF FORD.
Highlander Star Catcher Praises
the Teams Star Catcher.

Catcher Ed Sweeney of the Highlanders
was recently asked to explain, II possible,
the reason for the wonderful pitching OF
Russell Ford last year. Sweeney is win
tering in Chicago and is Ford's closest
friend, although the young pitchers home
is in Milwaukee. This is Sweeney's de-
tailed explanation:
when Ford started pitching to me last
spring he insisted on having two signs
for his fast ball had caught him be-
fore, you know, and poohpoohed the dou-
BILE cross stunt. We started warming up
and he sent in a fast one. which broke to
the right so far that l missed it. Then he
steamed in another, which broke the
my mitt. Yes, that's it. That boy can
throw the same thing as Mathewson' s
fadeaway with everything he has behind
it. The fadeaway naturally comes up
more slowly and just lops away from a
left-handed batter but Russ can get the
same break with his fastest ball.
HE can hand up a splitter that will
break In or out or straight down if he
tells it to. Players wouldn't believe that
until a few of them stood behind me when
which way he was going to break 1t.
That boy has something nobody else has.
Take it from me, he uses something out
side Of base ball. It's not natural what
he does with tndL Ddll sOIlttlIH6S. i
don't know what he uses. and I room
with him, but if every pitcher could get
it I'd never hit 600.
Russ has a younger brother who's a
pitcher. Stallings asked him II he
thought he could teach his brother to use
what he does, and Russ said he could.
Stallings put the boy in an exhibition
game one day and they made three hits
off him in five innings. using only the
stuff he had himself without Russ show
Yrrcf afc1 nrlf F0y |, .
Ford admits that when Sweeney was
injured in the first game between Sthe
Giants and Highlanders last fall he could
not pitch with his usual effectiveness. ~
couldn't use the splitter with confidence
he declares land that let me out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
AUTO RACE POSTPONED.
Lack Of Funds Cause of Putting OF
Date.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 9-In &C.
cordance with the wishes OF the auto
mobile racing powers. the Panama
Pacific. formerly known as the PortoIa
road race, has been postponed until
February. 90. The course, however, has
not been changed. and the motor cars
will whirl over the San Francisco race
way. as planned several months ago.
Announcement was made to the effect
that the promoters were obliged to post
pone the race owing to the lack of funds
another reason. 1t is known that seve
eral prominent drivers did not care to
be away from their homes during the
holidays. This would have been their
been held to. As q result the entries
ibid not come in as fast as expected.
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I'M MCCORMICK WINS NEARLY
$4,000 ON GERMAN TURF
Little Giant" Finishes Close Second in
Winning List to Kaiser VIII
helms Great Race Horses.

NEW YORK, January 9--Jamcs III. Nc
Cormick. late OF Shecpshcad Bay, but re-
Gently Of Berlin, breezed into town yester-
day. The advent Of Mccormick acted as
a tonic to the faggcd-out spirits Of turf
ties: hence the terlp-he ''breezed'' In. He
was bubbling over with his usual ami
mated spirits. The fact that he had won
nearly $4,000 on the German turf last
season, which was very near the sum
won by Emperor Williams string of
racers, known as the Graditz stable.
failed to change him in the slightest de-
gree.
To those who do not know Mccormick
personally it may be we'll to describe
him He is an American, born OF Irish
parents; not tall, but OF good, robust
frame; his round face always wears a
smile; his twinkling eyes denote the love
of life and fun that Is In his soul; white
hair crowns his head But 1t is not the
physical parts that make Mccormick IL
wonder among turfmen. 1t is his vital
force. He Is q human dynamo In full
swing. Like Bill Simmons, noted in song.
he can't keep STILL"
Mccormick has ability and self-reliance
TO q great degree. These assets brought
forth victory on q foreign turf, to which
tom. In 1910 he signed to train for baron
Oppenheim and Richard Hanial In that
year he won over $l2O.OOO This was &C
complished with a string OF horses that
lie was absolutely unfamiliar with when
he took charge OF them. Last season he
improved on his first winnings by nearly
$aU,WD. Such Is his German record for
two years.
Good Treatment.
Germany is a great country, said
Mccormick. 'Once 1 was an Irish
American, now I'm an Irish-American-
German. Germans are hospitable, gen.
ial bright and energetic. They are hon.
est to q fault. They take no mean ad-
vantage OF strangers. During the short
time 1 was there l found them very
pleasant companions. l managed to pick
up few words Of the language, to obtain
an introduction to their beer-there Is no
beer like the Munich brew in the world
and to have a speaking relationship with
frankfurters and sauerkraut. But l was
unable to make friends with what the
sports call the watchdog OF the Rhine
limburger.
The Germans are very fond OF racing.
Racing days are Sunday. Monday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. The sport begins
at 3 o'clock Sunday and about o'clock
week days. There are seven races each
day Kaiser Wilhelm and his staff at
tend tho races frequently at the track
situated in the Grunewald, which Is the
fashionable section Of Germany. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
GEORGETOWN RUNNERS
WANT HONORS AT HOME
Will Endeavor to Get Team
Out to Win Point Cup in
Their Own Meet.

| With just little less than two months
| to pass before the thirteenth annual In
door meet under the auspices Of the local
| school takes place. the Georgetown Uni
versity track candidates turned out yes
terday morning twenty strong. with the
one idea In view Of taking the big honors
at that event. In past years other plans
have been in vogue which had a more
extensive ambition underneath them.
Seldom. though, in late years have such
plans materalized to substantial extent.
and hence it is hoped that the new way of
working primarily for one big gathering
will prove of more benefit.
OF course, it Is very likely that entries
will be made in the other nearby meets
that may be held in order to give all of
the men fair trials, but the general
trend OF training will be of such an
order as will put the youngsters in tip
top shape by the night of March 4. On
this evening 1t is the hope of the Hilltop
pers that their track team and relay
team will both prove able to conquer
visiting aegregations and thus keep at
home the two big prizes around which
the affair is built.
That chances for obtaining such results
are by no means small became evident
with the first workout of the men trying
out. over half have had experience, and
among the remaining youngsters many
looked more than passingly good. The
candidates worked out for q short while
under the direction of Capt. Smith: the
stunts which they went through being
merely of g. nature to timber them up for
the harder work which will be started this
afternoon and increased as the week
goes on
1t was gratifying to the leader to see
three Of last QpQaOn'S relaV quartet again
available. Martin. Gross and Mull.gan.
The other member Of the four, Billy Bren-
nan, is not at Georgetown this year. His
absence. however. is compensated for by
the reporting of ex-Capt. Gibbs, who
led the team in 1909. but who did not try
out last winter on account OF his health.
He is again in the harness. and should 1t
be possible for him to keep up his work
on the path he will greatly strengthen
the squad
Other quarter milers who have very
good chances to land places on the four
are Vlyman, Walsh, Kraft, Bone and
Davis. The first mentioned won his letter
in an open event last winter, while Walsh
and Kraft have shown that they possess
speed while playing on the foot ball team.
The two others are products OF the local
high schools. Bone being from Western
and Davis from Business.
Besides these a veteran of long standing
made temperance, incidentally caus-
ing no little surprise. was Jimmy Null
ligan, the old distance runner, who did
his last race in a Blue and Gray suit in
1905. Mulligan has returned to complete
his course in the local law school, being
now a senior, and as he has one more
year OF collegiate competition coming to
into his old-time condition. If he succeeds
in his undertaking he will be. a valuable
asset. as he has no peer in the south at
any distance above the quarter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
NAVY WRESTLING.
Many Good Dates on the Card for
the Winter.

ANNAPOLIS, January 9.-The full list
of dates for the wrestling and gymnastic
teams have been given out at the Naval
Academy. The midshipmen's opponents
in both lines are the strongest in the
east. with the possible exception Of Har-
ward. The Nays wrestling squad num-
bers sixty-six, and as only one of last
years grapplers has graduated it is
hoped to indicate top form among the
colleagues in this sport. The schedule is:
February IL, YALE gymnastics and
wrestling: February IS. University of
Pennsylvania, gymnastics and wrestling:
February "a. Princeton, wrestling; inter-
class gymnastics; March t. Princeton,
gymnastics: interclass boxing and wres-
thing; March !, Columbia, boxing and
wrestling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
DUCKPIN LEAGUE
Standing Of the Teams.

Although Claim did not roll during the
past week. 1t lost the honor Of leading
the league when the Managers won four
out Of their six games, and incidentally
tied Claim In number of games won and
lost. The honor Of leading the circuit
rightfully belongs to the Managers, whose
total pins top Claim by over 200. The
Managers were looked upon 10 romp into
first place easily, but they struck tartar
in the Traffic aggregation and the latter
bunch COPIED two games.
Transportation and Car Record had q
battle royal Monday and It looked for a
time that the tailenders would vacate tina,
position by virtue of taking two games
from their opponents. They won the sec.
ond and were a number of pins ahead in
the final contest when Coe, Car Records
captain, inserted two helpful spares and
tai OF one pin.
The Acknowledgements set resulted in
three easy games for the former team
Its last two games-491 and 473-shoN
that the team will hereafter be consid.
complete reversal OF form is displayed
it will make it hot for the three leaders
from this point on. Boylan, with 127
game, boosted the score in the second
contest
The final. game of the set between the
Managers and Car Record was undecided
until the last two men were to roll. The
Managers had previously taken two and
Car Record came back strong with de-
termination to take the final melee. The
teams were tied in the sixth and eighth
boxes and tied up until the last two men
rolled. Downey came to the rescue with
q pretty spare and gave the Managers a
six-pin lead. Coe, anchor man for Car
but the two boxes were more productive
for the Managers last man and the game
went to them by ten pins.
ton Of Richmond and Fletcher the here
tofore considered weaklings have become
the terrors of the league, evinced by the
manner in which they trimmed the Man
ayers and by the healthy scores they roll
ed. Richmond got q bad start with
Is, but the next two, 115 and 1OS helped
some. Fletcher came across with lis
game.
Mechanical met Tie and Timber yester-
day with the result that the latter team
moved one game nearer the leaders. Tie
and Timber has a hard set on tomorrow
night when it rolls Claim. Claim Is
Timber will have to display some of
it's old-time form to get away with the
majority Of the games
Barse and Vernon, the average" men
Of the Mechanical team. are as yet bowl
ing consistently. Vernon rolled 296
set against Tie and Timber. and had q
number Of miserable splits in the final
game Barse is averaging around the
05 mark and bids fair to lead his team
in the averages.
The schedule for the coming week:
Monday-T1e and Timber and Claim.
Tuesday-Mechanical and Law.
Wednesday-Trad1c and Paymaster, Claim and
Mechanical.
Thursday-Car Record and Controllers.
Friday-ManaGerS and Bookkeepers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
PREMIUMS FOR DOG SHOW.
Special Prizes Of $50 and Thirty.
Three Silver Cups.

NEW YORK, January 9.-Premium lists
for the thirty-fifth annual show Of the
Westminster Kennel Club reveal 6l8 regu-
lar classes for sixty-two breeds and two
miscellaneous classes. The special prizes
are as many and include thirty-three sill
yer cups in different breeds to be won
outright and given by as many members
Of the club. The club repeats the two
prizes Of $50 in money or plate for the
best five couples. respectively, of Ameri-
can and English foxhounds to be shown
by the L, r. II. and huntsman or whip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09

, race course cost $3,OUl.OO. Local race
goers think Belmont Park a grand track
and It certainly Is, but 1t doesn't com
pare with the one In the Grunewald.
Germans Great Riders.
The greatest amateur riders in TIL,
world are the Germans-at least the,
seem so to me, and I've had years OF ex
perience in that. line. The best rider, II
my estimation, Is the crown prince.
say this not because he is the crown
prince, but because he Is the best rider
He Is fearless. yet, withal, discreet. HI
has good hands, a good seat and display!
good judgment The Germans are proue
Of the army officers riding ability. JUS
think Of it-they give a race for army Of
ficers which is worth $4,000!
Il will nave in my charge this year
fOrty-eight horses, the property OF Baron
Oppenheim and r. Haniel. There Will
be sixteen tWo-year-olds In the lot. All
Of these hoses represent thOroughbreds
bred and raised by their owners.
I'm Germany there are practically no
yearling sales. Nearly every patron OF
the turf Is i breeder. 1t is next to Inn
possible to buy a good race horse in
Germany. The owner is so anxious to
keep him for the glory Of the colts turf
any price. Consequently anybody who
wishes good horses must breed them.
As the German government has I'M
ported such great English Derby win
ners as Ard Patrick and Galtee More,
to say nothing about a large number of
other great horses Of similar type. Ger
many Is not lacking in fine stations.
Gets New Jockeys.
Herr Haniel's racing colors are white.
black sash, green cap. Baron Open
helms colors are red, blue sleeves, black
cap. I've Just returned from Florida,
where / signed three jockeys for next
year. Willie Knapp will pilot the horses
of Herr Haniel and Vincent Powers will
be the Jockey for Baron Oppenheim. Both
boys have agreed to ride at liz pounds.
Frederick Herbert, the little lad who rode
so successfully for William Gerst last
season, has been engaged to do the light
weight riding for both employers. He
weighs less than 100 pounds.
"Walter Miller rode for Herr Haniel
last summer and Willie Shaw for Baron
Oppenheimer. j. Sumpter did the light
weight riding. The reason l did not re-
engage them this year was not due to
any objection to any one Of them as
Jockeys. But force OF circumstances
compelled the change. Increasing avoir-
dupois on the part of Miller and Stump.
ter made them unavailable. Shaw had
an arm broken last summer while riding
q bicycle. He collided with Miller's
wheel. That broke his contract with
us and he obtained very good engage
ment later. after his arm had healed.
with an Austrian turfman."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
HARVARD TO MEET PENN:
May Drop Princeton in Favor Of
Quakers in 1912,

PHILADELPHIA. January cit was
admitted by a University of Pennsylvania
athletic Officer here that Harvard and
the Quaker eleven are likely to meet on
the gridiron in 1912. He said that the
Harvard. Princeton game was not to be
an annual event: that it was merely ar
ranged In accordance with a year-oId
agreement, II Harvard finds that the
Princeton match does not give the varsity
too many big games. the Tigers will be
1912, it Is said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
RACING SAFE IN CAL.
Sheriff and District Attorney Salts
fed It Is Legal.

NEW YORK. January 9.-Reports from
California In regard to the future Of rae
ing are rather encouraging. The latest
news from Oakland, where the sport il
now being conducted. says Sheriff Bar
nett and District Attorney Donohue are
satisfied that speculation under existing
conditions is not illegal and conforms to
the decision OF the supreme court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
YALE ADVISORY COACHES.
Capt. Frost Appoints Committee Of
Five on Rowing.

NEW HAVEN, January Elliott p.
Frost, II, captain of the Yale varsity
crew. has announced the appointment OF
a committee OF five advisory coaches in
Yale rowing. The committee Is COM
posed OF Julian w. Curtiss, TO; Walter
Camp. 81; frederick Allen. 90: H. Lee
roy Whitney. 'a5; and r. A. Wodell, 10
Capt. Frost has appointed this commit
tee to assis, with advice and influence,
and, I'm fact. 20 act as an advisory board
for Yale rowing for the coming year.
This is an innovation In Yale rowing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
Jesse Willard Another Hope.

The other "hope' that Oklahoma has
developed is Jesse Willard, a young giant
from the northern part OF the state, who
drifted into the Union Athletic Club at
Oklahoma City and asked to be tried out
privately to see whether he might not
make good as a fighter.
Willard is twenry-four years old. stands
six feet six inches In height, weighs 235
pounds, has reach of eighty-three
inches, and declares that he can run 100
yards in ten and a half seconds. He is
In good training now, and has practically
no superfiuous flesh. Frank Mayo will
take charge Of him as trainer for the
present, and Mike Memsic will take the
job when he returns next month. Both
say he will make good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09

Dode Paskert lives In Cleveland and has
the reputation OF being the longest throw
er IN the National League. His winter
coal for his big stove and chopping a lit
tic wood. He Intends to keep his arm in
trim by that kind of work all winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
Southern Railway.

n B.-Follovfng schedule figures pubiished osly
~ information. and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile. New Or
| leans. Asheyflle 900 am. and 10:45 pm. daily:
900 am. daily for Chattanooga and Memphis
Dining cars.
ham. Few Orleans. 1910 pm. daily. Dining cara
For Ro,noke. Kne1vilie. chsttancesa; Men:
open sfter 10 p.m.l. Dining cars.
For Charlotte. spartanburE Atlanta: Annis'
Tourist cars for caiifornia Monday. "wednesday.
Thursday. Friday. Saturday. 4:15 pm.
For Charlotte. Columbia. Charleston. Aiken.
points. $40 nm. daily. Dining cars.
Local for Harrisonburs. $50 am: daily, 3:5s
7:S0 am. daily and for Charlottesville. 7:S0
an. and 4:s0 pm: daily: for warrenton. ASA
pm. daily and 4:56 pm. week days. FreQuent
trains to and from bluemont.
L. g. BROWN General Aren't.
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MARVIN HART SAYS
MORRIS IS A BEAR
Ex-Heavyweight Champion Claims
New Hope" Could Hug Vic
tory From Johnson.
JESSE WILLARD ALSO
POINTED FOR TITLE
Oklahoma City Fight Manager Is
Planning to Put New Boxer.
on With Big Men.

GUTHRIE. Okla. January 3.-The
prominence given Carl Morris Of Sa-
pulpa, because of his crushing defeat
Of Marvin Hart, and the discovery of
a new hope" at Oklahoma City. who
is picked by some of the sporting fra
ternity there as conner" have placed
Oklahoma very much in the limelight
In pugilistic circles.
most Of the talk. and he is now being
flooded with challenges from heavy
weights Of all degrees. He inflicted
a fearful amount of punishment on
Hart. who had been boasting before the
fight that he would have an easy time
of it, but is now one of the most ar
dent boosters Of the big railroader.
Carl Morris can whip any man in
the world" said Hart after the fight
"He can lick Jack Johnson by hugging
him, If in no other way. Although
Morris has not yet had the chance to
develop his science, he has the ply
sique, the staying qualities and the
punch Of the professional championship
fighter. I am too old and have fought
too many hard battles to do much with
know just exactly what he had in him.
Although he is not SO good on protect
ing himself, he Is one Of tho best in
fighters 1 ever saw. The way he hug
ged me in the clinches was something
fierce, and 1 was as helpless as q baby
In his grasp. II he never learns any
thing else, Morris will almost win from
Jack johnson by clinching and then
working on his kidneys with those aW.
full pile-driver swings. Enough OF
them would put the best fighter In the
world out Of business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09

will be between the Athletics and the
New York Highlanders." said John CAM
Eel the other day. THE Yanks ought
to be right up In it all the time IL Hal
Chase is any goodoat all as manager"