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Evening journal., 1911-01-09
pELAWARE WANTS CAME.

The Delaware Club would like to
arrange a game of basketball with the
Chesmar team at the West End Read
ing Room. Delaware will play on any
Saturday afternoon that will suit the
Chesmar team providing the hall has
not been previously engaged. Della
ware will make all arrangements for
securing the hall. Address cores
pondence to Charles Braun, No. 1705
Lincoln street. The probable lineup
will be, Braun, White, ]. Stewart,
Currans, Warburton and Mahoney
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
"DEL' WAS A FUNNY ONE
BY "Honest John" Kelly.

Years ago umpires Of ball games
were selected by the team and not by
the league managers.
I seemed to be the favorite umpire
with Pop Anson. He always believed
in me except on the home grounds AT
Chicago. There, he declared, ! never
gave the boys fair run.
Well, one day they had a big mn
ishing game, a lot depended on It,.
Anson had man on third and they
needed that run badly Finally the
player ran on a short hit. and the
ball was whipped to the plate to head
him of. II was a pretty toss ana
pretty slide. Anson's man was safe
by a hair When | called him so, in
loud voice, at a signal from Anson
the entire Chicago team Topped over
on their backs on the ground, even
10 the bat boy. was dumfounded,
and I guess the crowd was, too. Final
" Anson propped himself UP on his
elbows, and. with a smile. said:
John. old man, I often told you
that if you ever gave us just one Of
those close decisions on the home
grounds we'd all drop dead. Pipe!
We're dead.
Ed Delehanty. big Ed" The
Only" as the boys called him, was one
Of the games unconscious humoriste,
as well as one of its greatest hitters.
When the Celeveland team was at New
Orleans in the spring of 1902, under
Manager William Reginald Armour,
DEL" who was also in the Crescent
City, acquiesced to Bill Bradley's re-
quest to bat him a few
After he had batted to the great
third baseman for about fifteen min
utes Delehanty tossed aside the bat
and walking toward the bench said TO
no one In particular: Brad and
Jimmy Collins, them's the only two.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
APPRECIATION.

Appreciation OF another's work put
into kindly speech is all too rare. but
recently ] have been the beneficiary
Of such a word.
Here am /. one OF the numerous writ
er folk. playing, as an actor might. to
an invisible and dumb audience.
DO ! please7
do not always know. ] only know
do my best. In the nature Of things
seldom hear applause.
know my motive is good. for am
not 40 built that. like a nickel-in-the-
slot machine. you can put in a topic
nd draw ont Heart TO Heart Talk"
To write as could always wish to
write ] must feel the. urge-something
must take hold Of me. And then It is
With the keenest pleasure that ! put
hovn the words.
Plainly. I must work within certain
hines. must write Of things Of hu-
man interest. and must be brief. And
fhus have been writing-every day
for about three years-for this news
paper and many others
Once in awhile in roundabout way
hear from some one in the audience.
but should depend upon such infre-
quent expressions should become
thoroughly discouraged.
But now
Just the other day. when was feel
ing little blue. came a ringing salute
from man of big brain and big heart
4 was the Rev. Samuel d. Purvis.
y. d.. who wrote me the letter. He
= Is the popular divine whose printed
sermons bid fair to become more pop.
ular in his day than Talmage's ser.
mons in his day-and justly so.
He had never known me. but had
read some of my talks. Permit me tc
quote one sentence from his letter:
If your talks catch others as they
do me I'm sure many a fellow carryinf
the heavy end Of a log will look up and
take fresh grip and many a woman
With aching head and aching hear
will hum a hymn of fresh inspiration
Wasn't It fine that be should hun
me up to say that7
And Il did not make me proud. either
while II encouraged me. the lette
made me take fresh grip on my owl
task and hum hymn of fresh inspira
don-
An. there's hope and heartening in
voice of cbeerl
Speak II. friends.
Rest the weary ear Of nortals. bur
with the continuous strain Of the strif.
by the strangely sweet music Of broth
erly appreciation
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
h. q. r.. A. INSTALLATION.

Branch No. 81, OF the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association has
installed the following officers: Past
president, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor;
president, Mrs. Hannah G. Kelly; first
vice-president, Mrs. Julia Keogh; sec
ond vice-president, Miss Annie Nc
Caulley; recorder, Mrs. Catherine B.
Hughes: assistant recorder, Mrs. Mar
garet Lannan; financial secretary,
Miss Elmira Kearny; treasurer. Mrs.
Mary a. Bolen; guard. Mrs. Name
Gilbride; marshal, Miss Margaret
Harper; trustees, Mrs. Mary Killroy
and Mrs. Bedelia Healey.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
IMPERIAL BOYS
HAVE OPEN HOUSE

The Imperial Athletic Club held
open house TO big company Of
friends following an installation Of
club officers yesterday afternoon. The
club program was enjoyed much.
The Imperial Club is the youngest
of the city's athletic associations and
rs hustler It is the purpose of
the club to get new home at an
early date Tho building will be thor
oughly equipped for athletic work
The club includes among it's mem
bership all the best athletic material
In the town
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
RUNAWAYS HIT
PASSING FREIGHT
Funeral Party Has Mar. ON
!, Escape When Horses Be-
come Unmonageable

~ Nocopcord Turnpike late Sattr-
r0r@ ny two horses attached 10
coa5Horivee .ing from the funeral
OF Waliam Conly, Wholesale con-
ieclioner. took fright and ran down
Conly. Jr.. and Harry Comfy, sons,
Jumped from the coach in a vain ef-
fort to stop the horses and Mrs. VIII
liam Comfy, Jr., Jumped and struck
on her head, being badly hurt. Mrs
Harry Comfy tried TO jump and was
dragged 90 yards and severely cut
and bruised.
The horses crashed into the side Of
the freight train at the crossing and
were thrown to one side. The women
we're taken up to the Delaware Hospi-
tai were their wounds were dressed.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

AL Kaufman, California heavy
weight, who has been promised
battle with Jack Johnson, is the lat
est one to announce his intention of
going abroad. AL figures that If he
takes on several of the American
heavyweights in Paris and slows them
away I'm Jig time it will make him
better drawing card with Johnson.
Within the next month or so there viii
be five or six American heavyweights
in gay Pa-ee. Among them will be
Joe Jeanette, Jim Barry and Sam
Langford Kaufman will try hard 20
land a battle with Langford. Kauf-
man figures that if he defeated the
Boston negro it would hurry his con-
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-This city Is TO
mold the first international speed leo
skating championships ever held west
of Pittsbu-g and the first event of the
championship circuit Of the United
States and Canada. The Ice Palace
here has been selected for the inter-
national indoor championships, which
viii be held January II. is and 10. All
the star amateur speed skaters of the
United States and Canada will be
here TO compete In the events
Among the fast ones that are coming
are Edmund Lamy, Saranac Lake. n.
Y. present champion Of America;
Russell Wheeler, Montreal. Canada,
Fred Robson and Lot Roe, Of Toronto,
Canada; Fred Logan, ST. John, N. B.;
Phil Kearney. New York; Carl Ahl-
reth, St. Louis; Charles Fisher, Mil
waukee; A. c. G.. Anderson. Chicago,
and many other local skaters. After
the races In Chicago the speed mer-
chants will travel to Cleveland. Ohio.
where the national indoor champion
ships viii be held at the Elyseum
rink January 20 and q. From there
the skaters go to Detroit, Mich, where
the middle states championships will
be held January %. The next place
Of competition will be the lnterna-
tional outdoor championships at
Saranac Lake. N. ", January "a. %
and 26.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
SCHOOL. BOY IN
GYM COMPETITION

An athletic gymnasium event for
the boys of the public schools is be-
ing arranged for by the officials of the
Y. NJ. c. A. and superintendent Twit-
myer of the schools. The idea is to
have scholars from schools Nos. /. 4.
l3. "a and 2S in the competitions and
il Is expected that there will be sew
oral hundred entries.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
ANGLO.SAXON LnSES.

AS Anglo-Saxon turned up here an
Saturday with only eight men for
their ST. Georges League game with
Windsor, il was not surprising that
they were outplayed at all points OF
the game and were beaten by goals
to /. The home team scored S goals
in the first half and 3 in the second
while Anglo-Saxon's goal was scored
in the second half.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
FnneraI of Yeternn.

James A. Butler, a respectable col
ored man. who was a veteran of the
Spanish-American war. was buried
from the funeral parlors Of Payton
Rose, at Eleventh and Lombard Sts..
at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
choir of st. Paul's Z. A. NJ. f. Church
sang. The Rev. DR.. Albert Price.
pastor Of the chnrch oficiated.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
Y. M. c. A. A.ahAS
CAGE LEA0

A new basketball
Y. NJ. c. A was organi
evening.
Teams were chosen
thirty-seven candidate
ing to be held tomorro
teams will choose capt
will comprise four te
lively contests are lool
intention of Mr.. Meiss
first game on next 5;
if possible. The teams
as follows:
Team No. 1-Harve
Lewis, William Alunda
V. Dickerson, Clarence
Unger, X. W. Stewar
0lell0s
Team No. 2.-Willia
W. Walther. Fred Yet
ner, n N~%,am5ssa.e ae
Charles Mcclellan, IT
Nightbourne and NJ. n
Z Team No. 3.-JoseI
Thompson. Charles N
bourne, William J. O.
b. Fl. Fincher, J. W.
Davidson.
Team No. 4-G. K.
Bourden. W. F. Jensc
Robert Hockett, Hora
Sohock, c. l.. Schopfe
Plumline.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
SATURnAY RASkETRALL.

Old Swodes, IS; Ardmore, 14.
High School, 23 Coatesville H.
s., A.
la Sale College, %; Chesmar, TO-.
Hilton. ~; Rookwood. -.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
Rreaks Ann hr Ban

Joseph Porter fell on the sidewalk
at Ninth and Union streets on Satur-
day night and broke his arm. He was
removed 10 his home, No. 1904 Union
street where Dir. j.. l. France reduc-
ed the fracture.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
YACHT CLUR MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the Will
mington Yacht Club will be held in
its city headquarters, No. 72S Market
street, this evening at $50 o'clock
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
Defiance Reats CoIumbia.

By the score Of Is to Defiance. of
Wilmington. defeated the Columbia
Athletic Club second team in a rough
game at New Castle on Saturday
night.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
SPORT GLEANINGS

Although winter has practically
just begun many cities outside .he
big leagues are talking baseball aud
Wilmington is no exception.
The Tri-State question keeps bob
bing up and II never seems TO be
settled although no Wilmingtonian
made his appearance at Harrisburg
last week TO make any effort TO get
a franchise
RumOrs around town have II that
the team from The Skyscrapcr" are
pulling for Chester Wilmington
League. The Big Four is already
talking and Fifth Ward favors an
other season of it, But many plain
fans of both here and Chester want
an Inter-Ciiy League.
fremont. the winners of the Semi
Profession Cup and pennant, are after
a berth in tho County League. They
say they already have secured enough
financial backing TO assure the fans
the greatest team Of many seasons.
Even without their withdrawal the
Semi-Professional League will ne
called upon to select another team
as Peerless at least the team of the
l9OS-09-10 management. seems to be
history. Charles" Harkins, who got
control late last season. has not made
a statement as to his plans. but II IS
said he will try to get in the league
representing the No-th End team.
President Alexander Abrahams stat
cd that as to teams that is causing
him no alarm. In fact his trouble
will be to select the best out of the
already four applicants. There are
lour teams applying and out Of the
four. three have grounds. The appli-
.icants are St. Peters, Of New Castle;
North End, of this city: the Mt. YER
non Club, Of Henry Clay. and the
Marshallton team.
4 ST. Peter's needs no introduction,
as they led the Catholic League last
season without a defeat until dis
pute caused their withdrawal
North End is one of the best mde-
pendent local teams and made appli-
cation last season. but no vacancy oc-
CURED.
The Mt Vernon Club has made
rapid strides in athletics in the past
two years The club is well financed
and at present play Philadelphia bas-
ket ball teams once a week. They
have a large membership and a
splendid club house. II they fail 10
get the Peerless franchise, they will
go strong for Highlands.
( The Marshallton team made a great
fight in the Church League and with
some Strengthening might make it
Interesting for the Professionals. They
have grounds second TO none in the
county.
/, The annual winter meeting of the
Memi's will be held on the second
Tuesday in February. President
. Abrahams says nothing but talk. will
be done with the applications until
then. At that meeting the season
president will be elected. Although
Abrahams was charged with iron-clad
ruling last season. the election will
very likely be a repetition of The
National League when Lynch was
elected because they could find no bet.
ter man.
Neither DUPONT or Gas Company has
elected managers for the coming sea.
t son. II is likely that Griffith will
{ again hold the Gas Company reins
5 The managerial berth of duPon
5 seems to be in doubt. We have heart
/, several rumors. but viii have TO take
/ them as such until February when ;h'
Ir1Qrffou will hn held
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
nLn LIGHTKERPER mL.

J. A. Patterson is critically III at the
home of his daughter, at Bellevue.
Mr.. Patterson recently resigned as
keeper of Island Rear Range Light.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
JOHNSON GOES
AFTER JEFFRIES
Champion, Peeved Over Dope
Story, Would Give Jim
Another Chance
MOREN GETS NEXT
FIGHT WITH WOLGAST

Jack Johnson. peeved by the vari-
Gus stories launched since his defeat
of Jeffries, that the hope Of the white
race" was doped at the time, is out IN
def today for another battle with
the former champion. The offer to
meet Jeffries in a second struggle, fol-
lowed his reading of Barney Oldfeld's
recent story alleging that the white
hope" was drugged and that Jeffries
is as good to-day as he ever was, and
could take Johnson's measure.
I'll give Jeffries a return match
any time he wants it." said Johnson
to-day IF Oldfeld believes JEFF ia
as good as he ever was. just let him
get some good club 10 hand up a suit
able purse and watch me. I'll sign
articles and / won't demand anything
unreasonable. I'm tired of these
stories that Jeffries was doped when
he fought me. If he thinks he is the
better man. am willing 10 meet him
again and show the world that John
son is a real champion
owen Moran. the fighting Britisher,
will receive the first chance to wrest
the lightweight championship from Ad
Wolgast, following the latter's re-
entry into the squared arena.
This announcement was made in
Chicago today after conference be-
tween Charles Harvey, acting for the
British lad, and Tom Jones, repres-
senting Wolgast. The date for the
fight is to be set within sixty days.
The coming Wolgast-Moran battle
will be the first for The 1873 pound
championship since February %. 1910
When Battling Nelson bowed to the
inevitable and the championship was
snatched by the Michigan boy. Jones
also announces that it is unlikely
Wolgast will venture trying out his
right arm. which has been keepins
him in retirement on account of tn,
mending of broken bones, in battl,
before March H. This bout will b,
a ten-round affair and the champion
ship will not hinge on it.
Abe Attell and Joe Coster will mi,
things at the Vanderbilt A. c., New
York, tonight. A lively cgontest Il
expected, although the little Hebrew
is a one to two favorite to get tn,
decision. Abe will perform twic,
this week, as he is billed to NEE
Patsy Kline before Tom ORourkei
Club on Friday night.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09
LECTURE BY DIR. ROBIN.

In the rooms Of the National His
tory Society OF Delaware, this even
ing, Dir. Albert Robin will deliver au'
address on Bacteria and Their Re-
ton to Disease"
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

Cold storage plants Of the United
States have a total refrigeration ca
pacity IN excess Of 200. 600 600 cubic
feet
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

test with Johnson an ~is
moters would offer -'-
bout with the cha
wants $4,000 for his
that the fight take t.r
United States Now
know, the boxing gan
larly prosperous, an
who would guarantee
for his end to say
Kaufman would der
looked upon as mor
curiosity. Should X
big drawing card in
moters might offer a aa .H
suit Johnson.
will probably be J.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

will probably be J.
special event.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

Rumors around town have II that
the team from 'The Skyscrapor" are
pulling for a Chester Wilmington
League. The Big Four is already
talking and Fifth Ward favors an
other season Of it, But many plain
fans Of both here and Chester want
an Inter-City League.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

ST. Pete~'s needs no introduction,
as they led the Catholic League last
season without a defeat until a dis
pute caused their withdrawal.
North End is one of the best indie
pendent local teams and made appli-
cation last season. but no vacancy oc-
CURED.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

The Mt. Vernon Club has made
rapid strides in athletics in the past
two years. The club is we'll financed
and at present play Philadelphia bas-
ket ball teams once a week. They
have a large membership and
splendid club house. II they fail 10
get the Peerless franchise, they will
go strong for Highlands.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
YALE CUBS PLAY TO A TIE
Exeter Scores Two Touchdowns
in Last Period Of Game.

rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
View Haven. oct. 2l.-The Yale freshman
team, playing without the Shelf mon. who
were suspended for the recent Shelf riot
PLAYED Exeter 70 a Z 20 - tie to-day at
Yale Field and AZ every period Of the game
outpayed the visitors Until the fourth
period the Yale team held The Exeter team
to no score.
Castles tried two goals from the field for
Yale in the first period. but both failed,
and after that this form Of play was
dropped Yale then took up the forward
PASS and IN two instances made twenty
ave-yard gains Before crossing the line
Yale went back 10 straight line plunging
and Tuttle took the first one over and Cor
nell the second. Castles kicked both goals
Not until the first Of the fourth period did
Exeter score. and the final tally came just
before the end Of the game Then McDou-
gal blocked Castles's punt and Bolton
picked the ball up and ran forty yards for
a touchdown. Hurd kicked a beautiful goal
While the Exeter team played uniformly
well. The eleven would have been able 70
do nothing had il not been for Hurd The
latter gave the signals, carried the ball and
cncoura ged the team. He was the indi-
v;duaI star Of the game
F-TFx
New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
Little Straight Rushing.

or straight rushing after thar there was
little. Both teams resorted 10 puntinz. and
on each exchange the Army found itself
a little nearer the Yale goal but never
within close enough striking distance TO do
much damage. Arnold blocked one Of
Spaldlngs punts I'm the middle Of the sec
ond period, and after chasing the ball from
the 3o-yard line TO midheld. Gillespie picked
n up and went off full tilt down clear
field for the goal. Francis tried Intellectual
Iv 10 get through and grab the flying Army
man. but he was so well blocked that he
couldn't get within striking distance
Finally. Spalding splsshed up 20 even
terms with the service PLAYER and downed
him on the 2-yard line Then came the
play when Devore was caught holding and
the hall went out 10 the l7-yard line. From
that point Dean tried for a goal. but the
kick was blocked and the play went for
nought
r, the early moments Of the second half
Dean had another chance 10 get a goal
across the bar West Point had made II
Arst down on Yale's 2i-yard line. and
Browne slashed through for another four
Yards That brought the leather within
strilsing distance. and Hyatt and Dean pre-
nared for The second attempt 10 get goal
fron placement. Dean dropped back TO
tho 2o-vard line. nut the work Of placing
the hall was te .r'rly SLOW, and the kick
was biocked BY s,nIly. and was pounced
upon bv Blue pln7er
After that the plsy never left the middle
Of the field. Punt followed punt regularly,
New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
Army Triuuao6S Again
Over the Yale EleOera

holding in the line. and the team was
sent back 70 the t7-vard line.
Touchdown Comes as Shock.
The Armys touchdown came as n shock
p Yale and West Point cohorts alike The
game seemed 10 he only half started when
the Army had scored. The visitors were de-
Tending the north goal, and had the advan-
tage Of the northwest wind with them.
Dean got off a good kick 10 Philbin. who
vas downed on his 2o-yard line after a run
Of fifteen Yards. spaldng punted at once.
and Ketcham smeared Browne in one OF
the biggest puddles on the field Thorough
~ impervious 10 further soaking. the teams
slammed into each other. and Dean. after
one play at the line, punted. Hoge was
down under the ball Ike a fash and recov-
cred II on Yales iO-yard line Dean got
off another punt this time 70 Merritt, on
Yale's 95-yard line. Spalding tried TO punt.
but Benedict. the Army back. blocked the
ball and II bounced right in front Of ST.
bert. who fell on It on Yales 1S-yard line.
On a fake Kick formation Dean fooled
the visitors for eight yards. and Hyatt
tried II again. but It didn't work But
on the next play Dean slammed around
right end and tore across the line. He fol-
lowed with a goal from the touchdown. and
the teams took the field with the count
against the Blue.