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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
kirkby and Travers
In Golf Finish Fight

NEW YORK, May 27.-on the play Of
Jerome d. Travers and Oswald Kirby.
both of New Jersey. will rest the Met
ropolitan golf title for the 36-hole course
on the Garden City links.
Kirby, who represents the Englewood
Country Club, and Travers, represent
ing the Upper Montclair Country Club,
are today fighting it out in the final
round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
League Averages ou Real Weakness of Washington Baseball Club
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip
Every Knock Is q Boost.
Good baseball.

Sood OdSeDdI.
That Georgetown-Japanese game ar
Georgetown field yesterday afternoon
was about the most interesting article
of baseball that have seen this year.
While 1 hardly believe that the Japs
will ever be a strong hitting or throw
ing aggregation, the general fielding and
base running is Of such high class that
1t Is mighty dangerous proposition for
any college team to face.
An evidence of the knowledge of the
game possessed by the little men from
the Far East was shown in the ninth
inning, when. with a man on third and
the score tied, the outfieId came right
In and played so close that, had the sac
r1hce fly been shorter, it would have
been possible to stop the runner at the
plate. Such plays as that make pretty
sweet baseball.
Inc hrst baseman played deeper than
any man 1 ever saw. including Hal
Chase. and still was fast enough to get
up 70 the bag on every infield play.
II was gratifying to see such a large
crowd for such a good game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Cub Second BaSeman
Says He's Well Again

. CHICAGO. May N.-Johnny Evers,
keystone of the Cub infield, today an
nounced himself entirely recovered.
The little second-sacker will work out
with the White Sox until next Friday,
when the Cubs return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Goes to Japan.

Mike Kahoe, the Washington scout,
told me today that he has decided to 90
10 Japan with Jimmy McAleer and that
ali-star team that expects to take the
long trip after the worlds series.
While Kahoe is not expecting to pick
up any ball players for the Nationals.
he thinks he Will like the tour, and
that's the reason he has decided to go.
Early next week Kahoe will leave here
to take look at some players in the
Western League. Among those who
viii be watched by the scout is Johnny
Beall' the Washingtonian who has been
doing some higE-class smuggling for Den
yer, and who is now believed to be ripe
for trial in the majors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Flip of Coin Settles
Coster-Conley Dispute

NEW ORLEANS. May 2T-The con-
troversy over the length of the Joe
Coster-Frankie Conley battle, to be
staged here Sunday, has been settled by
the Tipping of a coin. The scrap will
go twenty rounds, II both fighters last
that long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Wants bowling game.

Mrs. Brelsford, who is in charge OF a
bowling alley on Tenth street, has gath
cred together an all-star team, and is
anxious to have her proteges meet the
representatives of any other club in
the city.
AS the regular league season Is over
the bowlers have plenty of time 10
themselves. and 1 should not be sur
prised to see some interesting matches
should any other team decide to accept
the challenge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Games Today,

Brooklyn at Boston.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at New York.
Chicago at St. Louis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Games Wanted.

The Bowie baseball team would like
to get games with any uniformed team
playing Sunday ball. Address J. E.
Shegogue, Bowie, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Rowing on Potomac.

Rowing on Potomac.
Rowing enthusiasts will have an op-
portunity to see some interesting sport
this afternoon in that Potomac Boat
Club regatta. The races this afternoon
are especially important, for upon the
showing made today will depend wheth-
er the crews of this city are to be sent
to the different regattas In the North
during the season which is just start
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Shift cricket.

Captain Rose, Of the Washington
Cricket Club, was telling me that there
has been hitch in the plan Of playing
the game with the Sons of St. George
on the White Lot Tuesday, with the
rsult that the contest will be decided
at the Chevy Chase grounds Of the club
: To those who like cricket that game
should furnish some mighty interesting
sport. as the Baltimcreans are strong
and the Washington clubs team is said
to be the best in several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Standing of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Result,

Cincinnati. 4: Pittsburg, 3.
New York. 5; Philadelphia, 3.
Boston, I; Brooklyn, 2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
No Games Scheduled.
Games Today.

Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Chicago.
st. Louis at Detroit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-27
Smith is winner.

smith Is winner.
At last Frank Smith succeeded in
landing victory for the Cincinnati
Reds.
This pitcher who caused so much dis
cussion when 1t was reported that he
might come here, has evidently got
something left, and he would be
mighty valuable man to have around
Florida avenue and Seventh street in
these days when capable twirlers are
scarce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

London Special to New York Sun.
 Among the Mauretania's paSengers as sembled at Euston station Saturday was no more pathetic a figure than the Mar ouis of Queensberry, whp Is sailing to the United States to look for job. Stand ing with an old friend and his two sons the holder of oYie of the oldest titles in Scotland was depressing sight In a slouchy, ill-htting flannel suit of blue and white stripes and discolored straw hat.
 Yes" he said to the Suns representa- tives, q am going first to New York and thence to Porcupine. The length Of
 my stay depends upon what turns Up.
 Frankly, I am looking for something to
 do, and If there Is an opening I will stay
 and become an American citizen. l will
 then bring over my sons, who will grow up in the country.
 There is no room for me here. The
 old order is passing, and I feel at 43 that
 it is time to try my luck in new fields.
 I am sick of it all here and have been trimmed thoroughly. What is there for
 me to do? am the only marquis in the l United Kingdom who has not a seat in the house of lords. I am Scottish peer, but cannot be elected by my fellow peers l to one of the IS seats allotted to Scotland
 in the house of lords because I am a
 radical. Yet Scotland is almost entirely
 radical.
 1 "I realize the changes which the fools l of my class have not seen. It was evi-
 dent decade ago that a change in the house of lords was inevitable, and they
 then could have entrenched themselves 1 forever, but the fools could not see Sc
 I am off to the United States with the hope of an opportunity 10 do something
 or other"
 l The Marchioness of Queensberry lives 1 in an unpretentious home in Hammer
 smith, a topulous middle class suburb The Suns correspondent found her quite
 r. accord with the plans of the marquis
 She said He made up his mind sud denly and went away saying that if he were successful he wanted me to join him."
 | The marchioness admitted that it would be hard for her to give up her own coun- | try, but added, skeptically. that before
 she spoke definitely she had better wait tc see how matters turned out for the mar | quis.
 I The picture of the Marquis of Queens
 berry on the Huston station platform was in strong contrast to that of the Earl oi
 Granard, the Kings master of horse. and the husband of one of Americas richest
 heiresses, Beatrice Mills The earl is go- | ing to the United States to see his wife
 and visit friends and incidentally to at
 tend to a little business. He will return to London on August 90. He would not
 talk of the house of lords situation or
 the veto bill, asking to be excused as a l member of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
For Benefit of Orphans

"The all-day picnic which will take place at Germania park for the beneht oi the orphapage at East Lake will be one 6f the most attractive ever held here said P. H. Linnehan.
 "The merchants have been generous in giving prizes for the various con tests and the corporations and the pub lie generally have been liberal in aid ing the good cause. 7 President George G. Crawford of the Tennessee company has been most gen erous by donating $500.
 "The annual orphanage picnic has come to be regular institution anu the large hearted people of the Birmins- ham district hall the event with real pleasure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Vardaman and Underwood

Senator-eect Vardaman announces that when he goes to Washington he will strike against predatory wealth" There is nothing new and certainly nothing definite in this an- nouncement. A broadside of words will not harm predatory wealth. It would fatten on it.
 What does make" says the Allan ta Georgian, "the leviathans and behemoths of wrongful riches squirm and grow scant of breath is such direct, to-the-right-spot shots as are being poured into them by the quiet, calm, effective Oscar Under wood of Alabama, in his tariff revi- sion leadership. He has done more in the few months of his service to put the knife on the throat of preda- tory wealth than Vardaman with all his vocal thunders and lightnings will 
 be able to do during his entire sena- torial term.
 Acts are better platforms in all cases than promises or pronounce ments, and when Vardaman accom- phshes something he will get due credit. His oratorical shots against predatory wealth will be accepted, il at all, at a considerable discount Certainly no trust and no trust mag
 nate will go out of business and pu up his shutters when he reads wha
 Vardaman says he will do. The Mis- sissippi ex-governor and senator elect thunders altogether too mucl in the index.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Labor Conditions

Those of us who have been in touch with industrial work hereabouts ap- preclate the fact that the foreigners who have settled In Jefferson county have contributed greatly to the devel-
 opment of the dstrict,'' said well known citizen.
 There are many Italians and many Stays In Jefferson. The Slavs are good
 miners and the Italians are exceptions ably desirable workmen at the coke
 ovens and around the mines The law
 lessness that has at times marred the
 record of the Birmingham district has
 seldom been traced to men of European n
 birth. I come more in contact with The
 ment and 1t has been my observati
 for 20 years that they have been in-
 dustrious, sober and peaceful I have | often heard slurring remarks made | about foreigners in general but the
 men who spoke disparagingly were
 prejudiced and ignorant of the truth. > - T recall when I was youth that | immigration included a large number of Irish and Germans, but Ireland has been prosperous in recent years and there is practically no immigration now from the Emerald Isle. In Germany
 conditions are prosperous enough to keep Germans at home and very
 small percentage of immigrants are of the Teutonic people. Italy has not been so prosperous and many Italians find their way to this country In the Birmingham district we need more of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Lynch Law in the North

The lynching of a negro in Penn sylvania who had shot down a pa- trolman and the lynching of another negro in Oklahoma should not, and probably will not, encourage lynching in the south. In this section of the sountry lynchings are annually de- creasing, and youthful sports are looking in other directions for recrea- tion. As rule any set of lynchers Is largely made up of boys and young men, and it's brutaliing tendencies are in that way rendered doubly harmful.
 The mob's action in Chester county, Pennsylvania, was wholly inexcus- able. No crime against women wa, involved. A drunken negro shot down . patrolman who was trying to ar rest him. Chester county lies be. tween Lancaster and Philadelphia and the main line of the Pennsyl. vania railroad crosses it Coalsville the county seat, is town of about 12,000 people. Why those people should have permitted mob to burn |. at the stake wounded negro who had tried to commit suicide and who would have been hung if he had lived is bit remarkable, and Governor Tener will no doubt strive to bring the lynchers to punishment.
 The entire business simply suggest. . little more mildness of expression in Pennsylvania papers when lynch ing occurs in the south. It does no excuse or palliate in the least south ern lynchings, it simply suggest that human nature is the same in al states, and that the .frailties of on section would under like circum stances become the frailties of an other section.
 As things are going, the south ma. soon be called upon to become an ex ample to the east and the west in rae troubles. This would not be pnrea sonabls in view of the greater eAperi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Long Flights Becoming Possible

The flight of Aviator Atwood from St. Louis to Boston is attracting the attention of the country. He covered the 286 miles between St. Louis and Chicago in 10 hours and IA minutes. He stopped at Springfield and Pon- tiac, and his actual flying time was hours and 43 minutes. This is far below the record of Andre Beaumont who flew 401 miles in single day in the Paris-Rome contest.
 Some may think aeroplaning is be- ing developed slowly but when one recalls the fact that it is less than three years since Orville Wright sur prised the world with flight of 35 miles at Fort Myer in Virginia, the conquests of the men-birds do not ap- pear slow or unpromising.
 After the flights of the Wrights came flights by Frenchmen, each ex ceeding the other. On August 9, 1911, Vedrines, a Frenchman, won the Paris Madrid race, flying 497 miles without touching the earth. This is the longest flying record at this time. A Frenchman also holds the record for lofty flights, he havnig gone up towards the stars little more than two miles.
 Germany and England, and really all the rest of ths world, are com pelled to admit .that the Frenehmen -excssl. ;.n, .,.Izsfn, daring and endurance. They have rendered the crossing oi the English channel commonplace and there are no indications that an, country will soon take away tn honors held by French aviators
 And yet the Wright brothers wer the first who demonstrated that mal could fly in heavier-than-ai ships propelled by gasoline engines. N, one questions Americas priority il that respect.
 All aviators are looking forward tc the day when an airship will cross the Atlantic. It is difficult to see how this can be done unless an airship is built large enough, strong enough anc fast enough to cover 5000 miles with out stop for gasoline or lubricating oil. Possibly this task will be accom- plished in about five years or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
MT. Taft's Veto Pen

The correspondents seem to agree that the President is overworking his veto pen in an effort to stop the wool bill and the statehood bill from be- coming laws.
 He has declared Schedule K of the Payne bill to be "indefensible," and how he can veto bill that brings to consumers some relief is incompre- hensible at this writing. The bill is not ideal. It is compromise. On its very face, however, it reduces the Payne rates, and any one who can read can see without any aid from the tariff board or any other board or any individual that it does this. All the intelligence of this country is not confined to the Taft tariff board. If MT. Taft has gone over bag and bag gage to the protectionists-if he ex- poets the tariff beneficiaries to raise vast fund next year to put him over then indeed a veto of the wool bill will be ineligible. The country wants cheaper clothing and the Pres ident can put himself in a way to as- certain that fact.
 A veto of the statehood bill was not altogether altruistic. Arizona will certainly go democratic. So will New Mexico. All republicans will be glad, therefore, to see their admission post poned until after 1912.
 Arizona has as good right to ap- ply the recall to judges as Oregon has. It is an extreme measure that conservative democrats should and do oppose, but it is really and basically question of self-government. If Arizona desires to apply the recall to her judges, state sovereignty comes in to say she should be permitted to have her own way so far as state judges are concerned, just as the fed eral government has it's own way, so far as federal judges are concerned. The wisdom or unwisdom of the proposed plan should be left to Arizona's own citizens. This is states rights and the American spirit of self government in state matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

.ence of the south in handling ques- tions involving race distinctions and
 prejudices. Step by step the south
 is meeting this problem and it will solve it. It has solved all questions that have come before it, and it will solve the one that led to lynching in an agricultural community descended from the Quakers in Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
More High School Room Neede,

Wore High school Room Needed
 The city commissioners and the board of education are, The Age-Her- aid is glad to. say, planning to relieve the congestion at the Central High school. A high school at Ensley was built by the city of Ensley but not completed, and it is thought the com missioners will supply the money needed to render the building avail able as high school. A high school at East Lake is also greatly needed. These two would relieve the conges- tion of the Central school until the city is in condition to build large high school on Southside. The last named building should not be erected until it can be built in a manner that would be creditable to the'city.
 The commissioners, let us hope, will place public education second only to the public health and public order. No city can rise to it's greatest possibili- ties until it's children are educated, and the high school stands to them as a rule as college, and the nearer high school approaches a combina- tion of classical and technical courses taught in a college the better will 1t fulfill it's splendid mission to 99 chil- dren out of every 100 in community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Ibe Feo,t of the A..um mrs,on

According to the Catholic calendar yesterday was the feast of the Assump- tion of the Blessed Virgin. There is an old and ipious belief that Mary, the mother Of Jesus. was taken body and soul into Heaven. A church au- thority says that this is a point of 'Catholic belief which. though not de- fined doctrine. is and always has been accepted as matter of certainty by the Catholic world.
 Tn Catholic countries the feast oi the assumption is celebrated on an ex- tensiye scale" said a travelled man
 Some years ago happened to be%n Antwerp. three or four days during the octave of this feast and was impressed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
BOOSTING UNDERWOOD q shinrton Correspondence Louisville

Washington Correspondence Louisville Courier-Jou ournal.
 Friends of Representative Oscar w. un- derwood, conceding that he lives too Tar south to become the democratic presi- dential nominee in 1912, have started a iife-szed vice presidential boom that IS oing to grow. Those fostering the cam paign belong to the many who would help Oscar Underwood get anything he wants but they do not believe the time is quite ripe to nominate him for President
 They hold, however, that as none or tho most prominent presidential possibiii- | t.es-Cark. Harmon, Wilson or Folk-has l tariff record. MT. Underwood in second place could serve to remind the voters of the House record on tariff which will
 be the paramount issue. By the time Of the 1912 campaign, MT Underwood will have successfully completed the tariff re-
 vision he has so successfully begun, and the now popular democratic House, or
 which he is the leader. will then be the
 chief vote getter for the democrats. l When discussing Mir. Underwood as vice presidential nominee, his friends said to- l day. that he would accept the place. They consider the vice presidency probable stepping stone to the presidency.
 "Oscar Underwood is 49 years old, saio one of his supporters today, "and IT ne is elected vice president at the age or ou there is little reason why he cannot sue cecd to the greater office. By the tlIne he is ready, the country will have TOT
 gotten It's prejudice against electing a
 southern man."
 Mr. Underwood himself gree'eo te above statement when repeated 10 nm
 with the same quiet smile with wnich hs
 has been receiving news of his strone
 presidential boom. He considers it all 2
 great compliment to him and to the south but he Is not letting the newspaper stories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
WHO OWNS THE PANAMA CANALY

We see no reason to fear war. But war it least, and we propose to defend our rights in any case. We have put up the money and the energy and the brains to build the canal. It is enough if other na- tions use it in peace. Naturalization would be chimerical. The whole world may as well understand now as at any other time that the United States owns the Panama canal, not as trustee for the rest of the world, but in fee and abso- lutely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Our pleasures come in faint outline, our pains in solid chunks.
 In some businesses cold nerve seems more useful than sound brains.
 The summer girl tries. the sun on her complexion the winter girl the rouge pot
 The dickens with a. man who has ped igree is he never seems to have anything else.
 It's easy for any girl to get marriet. the hard thing is for her to get happiness out of It. *9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
President Abercromb,e

President J. w., Abercrombie of the University of Alabama, who is soon to Hotel Hillman. He said yesterday that he had not made any plans for the fu- ture, but that he would be in Birming ham several days and would be glad tc receive visitors seeking information about the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Shelby NJ Cullom. the last of the old guard, has concluded to announce his re- tlrement from the Senate at the end or lis present term. This renders the task Of the people of his state easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Helping Miles Memorial

s'The Rev. J. A Bray, colored, presl- dent and financial agent of Miles Meme rial college, is meeting with fine success in raising by private subscription s5OOo Tor the excellent institution which he man ages" said man who takes deep in- terest in all educational work, including that among the negro race.
 Miles Memorial, in order to enlarge the scope of its industrial training for col ored boys and girls, needs additional buildings which will cost $10,0oo. Condi- tioned on local subscriptions amounting to 5000 the general education board will contribute s5000.
 'It is a noteworthy fact that the val uabe property belonging to Miles Memo rial college was paid for almost entirely by negroes. Practically no assistance has been asked from white citizens. Only re- gently the negroes interested in this col lege raised 5000 to clear the property of debt. Now for the first time the Rev. Bray is calling upon white citizens to suo- scribe to the s5000 fund.
 Miles Memorial college Is situated on 20 acres of good land only few mln- utes' walk from Vineville, on the Bess-- mer car line. The grounds with the buildings already there will l estimate, aggregate in value between No,Uo ana sl0O,000'