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BYRNE GETS PIRATES
OFF TO GOOD START
WITH Home RUN DRIVE
BATTING ORDER.

POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, June
H--Ten thousand fans came out this
afternoon to see the Pirates in their
first appearance on the Polo Grounds
this season. w.ltse was the pitcher for
New York and opposed to him was
Camnitz.
There was great excitement at the
start OF the game as Byrne lunged at
the first ball pitched and drove It In
to the left field bleachers for a home
run. Carey struck out. Holman
caught hold Of a good one and slammed
It past third for two bases. Wagner
was out on a long fy to Becker, who
made . great running catch. Miller
flied out to Murray. ONE RUN
The Giants failed to score. Devore
singled as a starter. but Doyle forced
him out at second and Snodgras hit into
a double play. NO RUNS.
An errcr by Josh Devore gave the
Pittxburghs two runs in the second
inning and II looked as II the Giant.
we're up against tough fight. After
Wilson had gone out. Mccarthy singled
to right field and Gibson walked. Cam.
nitz advanced them both with a sacri.
Ace. Devore then muffed a line drive
Mccarthy and Gibson scored. Carey
was safe on F1etcher's eSror, but Hof.
man fouled out to Meyers. TWO RUNS
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ROUGH WATER CUTS
Down CREWS WORK
At NEW LONDON
Practice in Shells Is Handi-
capped, but Candidates Are
in Fine Condition.

NEW LONDON. Conn, June 1.-THE
weather continues good on the Thames.
and as usual to-day rather rough water
and q good wind greeted the crews
when they went out for the first prac-
tice Of the day. Weather conditions
are Keeping tho crews In excellent
physical senditon. but they are handi-
Gaping the work IN the boats. especially
In the case OF Tale. whose men are
learning new stroke.
Last evenings practice for the Yale
varsity and freshman elghts took the
form Of . brush between the two boats.
with the varrsi'v having tho advantage
by three-quarters OF n length for the
two miles. A 81 stroke was maintained
and the time given out was 1913 A
change In the second varsity -four
brought Scuily back TO No. and he
will probably remain there for the race
Saturday sculiy was slated for the
varsity eight. but did not seem able "a
master the new stroke we'll enough "a
retain his position.
Hsrvards work was light IN the eve.
ming practice and the coaches DO NOT
seem to be worried over the poor water
conditions. The men are considered M
and all the boats faster than last year.
especially the nrst varsity four. which
10 said to be the best Harvard has
boatsd for several seasons.
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JOHNSON ONLY "PlAYlNG"
At TRAINING 50 FAR.

LAS VEGAS. N. NJ. June il.-Tom-
my Ryan told the newspaper men here
to-day that Fireman 3Am ylynA hns got
his weight down tks1Sb, and that It
now ssems likely that he will onter
the ring with Jack johnson July 4
Weighing under $50. He may get down
- low ~ lo6.
This pieasss Ryan. according to the
statements Of the syracuse sage. He
insists that Flynn 10 normally . light.
heavyweight, and that II would be
foolish for him to enter the ring
AGAINST such a powerful scrapper as
johnson carrying about any SUPER
tuous avoidupois. lie says he will be
satisfied II tho Pueblan makes 1856.
At training camp Johnson said to-
day that he expected to get down "a
81: or 21o pounds for the nEht, though
he admitted he would have to take on
q good deal OF flesh to accomplish this.
When no weighed to-day the scales
trembled at 222 pounds. The big black
says that he has merely been laying
UP 10 the present time, but that next
Monday his real hard work will be.
gin.
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MUSIC AND BASEBALL
FOR FLAG DAY FANS
At WASHINGTON PARK
BATTING ORDER.

WASHINGTON PARK. BROOKLYN.
June 14.--F'lag day was surely OBJ
served in most fitting manner at
these grounds to-day. In the frst place.
the Dodgers met the st. Louis Browns
in the irst Of a series OF four games.
and in order to make the event . big
one President Ebbets extended an In
vitation to the Hebrew Orphan Asy.
lum. the Disciplinary School and the
st. Johns Roman Catholic Orphan Asy.
lum. all OF Brooklyn. to attend the
game. Each of these schools brought
along their bands OF music with them,
and from o'clock until the finish OF
the game the youngsters played popu-
lar airs to the delight Of the fans and
the players OF both teams
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of\sev-
enty-fve sat in the grand stand. the
Discipline School Of 22S occupied the
right field bleachers. while the st. Johns
Asylum, which comprised NO youngsters.
sat In the ief. field bleachers. At ais
o'clock all three bands sembled In
| front Of the right field sleachers and.
headed by Prof. Shannon Of the Twenty
third Regiment Band. they marched up
! to second base. Then. ut q signal from
Prof. Shannon. the young musicians
suddenly started playing the star
! Span glel Banner" In an instant every
one in the bail park stood W and. with
hats of. glanced In the direction o.
centre field, where the employees OF the
grounds raised a new flag TO the ton o:
! the fagpole In front Of the clubhouse.
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while the fans applaude,l.
Rucker did the pitching for the Dods-
ers. while Willis worked for the Car
dinals.
In the first inning for the Cardinals
Magee SINGLED TO short left and went 10
second on Ellis's sacrifice. Rucker to
Daubert. Mowrey grounded out. Tooiey
to Dau3ert, Magee moving up to third.
Konetchy fouled out to Miller. No
RUNS.
In the Dodgers half Moran started OF
by slamming a home run to the bleach.
ers in deep left. Cu,shaw went out on
his bounder to w. Smith to Konetchy.
J. Smith walked, but was out stealing
second, Biiss to Nance. DaubArt filed
to Ellis. ONE RUN.
For the Cardinals In the second Evans
hit to left for three bases. Wheat play.
ing tho tall badly. W. s'nith slnxied.
but was caught mapping. Rucker u
Daubert. to Cutshaw. to Daubert. Cakes
flied out TO Norm and Evans was
doubled up at the plate on Moran's
great throw to Miller. NO RUNS.
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Boxers Rematched for Inter-
national Middleweight Battle
at Garden A. &. on July 1.
ny JOHN POLLOCK.

- RIKE GIBBONS, the fast 1t. Paul
" light middiswslght. and Sid Burns,
s'e the English welterweight fighter.
have been rematchsd to mset in q ten
round bout before the Garden A. G. at
an all-star show on the night OF July I.
Billy Gibson cllnchsd the match to-day
George Mcdonald that Burns had en-.
tirely recovered from the illness whi,h
prevented him from meeting Gibbons
several weeks ago Besides this con est
there will be two other ten-round bouts
between prominent fighters Gibbons
will train at the New Polo A. A. and
Burns at Rye Beach. n. Y.
Pscksy Mcfarland will arrive In New York 10.
moros He Is coming here 20 finish up some
busints mAtitra Packey Il updesided whether OF
aot he viii take the trp 10 England. but II he
calls oif tine irr he Intends 10 SPEND several weeks
at Atlantic Ciy. In letter 10 Billy Gibson
Packiy SAYS that he vii not do any hsatiag dur.
ing the n,K, thvc months. but viii be ready tc
don the m!iis again IN ssp.emis.
Lnthsr McCary's first app,srancs In a bout ia
the Fast will be at Philal,lphis. whrre he vii
meet Tim Logan. hn'ky ,aias Of the bauisshl,
Connecticut, ~lo claims the heavyweight cham
! p,oaLii2 q the navy, In sia.rouad bout at ,
s.cial show 70 he held by the National A, G Of
tb.t civ On nex, wtdnrsdsy nixht. Ascending /,
Jack McGuisan, the fight promoter of "Philly,
Logan has fought eight iigh,s aud Won ssvsn b,
knockoul,.
I The Eureka A. @. which &. the name Of ,
nexN Organized club. has made Applicstton 4.
| the state Athletic Commission for license 4
hoa " H.. oS an .. nov sor n iSs lie.
! lie National SORTING Club held It's boxing en-
isd.nmsnts before the commission revoked It
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Another Date Set for
GibbOnS-Burns Bout
BOXING SHOWS TONIGHT.

ST. Nicholas A. C.-Joe Fisher IS.
Young 0uarina. ten rounds.
Olympic A. C.-Bob Massey VI.
Young Godfrey. ten rounds.
Atlantic A. c.. Rockaway-Younx
Otto W.. Terry McGraw. ten rounds.
Greensboro A. A.. Long Island City
Andy Cortes va, Jimmy Flynn. ten
rounds.
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Ed. SMITH WILL REFEREE
J0HNS0M.FLYNN Co.

CHICAGO, June N--Jack Perkins. ono
OF Jack John; on's sparrInS partners In
Chicago to-day on n business trip fer
the champion. predicted that ed. smith
OF this ci:y. would be the referee July
T. Perkins said that Johnson IL . s to 3
favorite at Las Vegas.
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TRENTON. y. j.. June N,-Alfrcd NJ Ono
challenger for the worlds championship At
pocket billiards. defeated Edward !. Ralph Of
Higb,,town. n. j.. IN the fins, block Of 600
ponA In their match At Masonic Temple. aud
th.rby wns the match. The score Of Last night, I,
game wa. 200 20 81, snd the grand total for the
last might IN Oro's high run was 20 and Ralph 5
10 he Oro made six scratches and Ralph five.
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VANDERBILT AND MOORE
DIVIDE COACHING HON0RS.
In London Marathon Former Takes
First Prize for Road and Latter
for Private COacheS

IUI TTVdIC NOdIIICS.
LONDON. June 1.-THE honors Of the
coaching Mara ihon In connection with!
the Richmond Horse Show were divided
to-day between Alfred q. Vanderbilt and
Judge william Fl. Moore. who took first
prizes for road and private coaches re-
spectively.
Twenty-thrse competitors started this
morning from Hyde Park Corner and
drove to Richmond. and a large crowd
OF spectators gathered all along the
route 10 see the four-!n-haads pass Mr..
Vanderbilt was also awarded the second
prize for private coaches.
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Heavyweight Situation Seems
Likely to Be Cleared Up In the
Near Future.
0spyrisht 1912. By The Pr.ss Publishing %.
Tile New York WofldD

ospyrishs. 1912. sy tn. prs.. Publishing %.
THE New YORK wofid).
wv It'll Palser and Wells matched.
w the heavyweight situation seems
likely to be somewhat cleared
op IN the near future. Wells 10 the
English champion. and comes here with
excellent accommodation. lie 10 big.
tall. rangy and strong. and II he can
eox half a. well a. the Engiishmen say
he should give PAlxer some trouble The
winner Of the bout will probably be
matched with Luther McCarty. who De.
fsated Carl Morris. Or possibly Jim
Stewart will be matched with McCarty.
and the winners Of these two bouts will
meet to determine which has the right
20 challenge johnson and forco him into
. night with q real heavy weight. These
VIII make up the best lot Of heavy
weight encounters seen in New York-os
anywhere else-since the days OF JEFF
fries. Fitssimmons. Corbett. sharkey
Ruhlin and the rest Of the great heavy.
weights Of over ten years ago.
TIM MALoNEY. ws,ls's manager. 1,
II . little nsttled over thu few re.
- marks made by Willie Lewis. Hs
tr,tes:
r. Edsren:
Dear sir-lt Il hardly fair Tor VIII.
us Lewis to use Bombardier Weiss
name In his come-back stunt. He
says that Carpenter Of France was
willing to wager $1,000 with Wells.
Now. there's no truth Whatever In
that Certainly the Frenchman and
his supporters were flushed with
conceit and challenged Billy Wells.
] accepted their challenge. but found
that they were blumng. You know
what excited people the French asc.
and when forced them to q match
with Carpenter I offered TO wager
1900 20 their 0.S00 that Wells would
trim their man. but failed TO get an
answer from them. I have been out
Of the game for good many years
now. and from what know OF vii.
lie Lewis powers a. boxer. don't
whether he could trim me In a ten.
round 20.
Billy Wells has bean away down
at Rye this two weeks. and 10 now
In shape to take tho ring At q mo-
ments notice. and We are quietly
waiting for further assurance Of the
match with Palzer Yours truly.
jim kALoNEY.
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,en.s. The appliOation We, put 90 the table unti

license. The application IVES put on the table uatil
the nszt meeting.
Leach Gross will he notified BY ths State Ath-
leuc Commission to-day that he must be more
careful In the future where he hits his op
ponents and that h. must cut out uslns the kid
ney blow. Cousmi uioner O'Stil saw the bout
tvtween Cros and Jack Richmond ct the St
Nicholas A. q. and he didn't like the puncht .
Leash used. especially the blow that hss caused
Bsimond's confinement In his bed.
Dave Smith. tho mddleweght champion OF
within The next few days Smith went 10 England
from Australia with the hope Of setting on hgh,s
there. but a. be learned there WA nothing doir 6
In that country he has cshled here that he vii
take N, first steamer for this county. Smith de-
festei Bny Palke In AusiraliA but wsa, later
beaten by him. He has also fought Johnny TLomT-
son aud Jimmy Clsbby.
on A Tss.das t sssp chsfsy White Is. cSsssS
fish,sr ss,s he viii rot iisht astn until septsn,
during thr simmer months are frankie burns
Tommy Murphy ard Leach Cross. Leach intends
To watt until the fall, when he hopes to get q
fisht With Al wolgar n; the Garden A. G.
III am successful In defeating Tom Kennedy
IN air ten. rpund bout at the Garden A. e. Mon.
dsy night p" said Jim Stewart, II viii poet foF,
f,it and ssus a challenge 10 meet the winner OF
The -Bombsriisr Wells fight. i think I am
able 10 give either Of them q hsrd hattie. a.
tnav / have Improved" Kennedy Is slse ate,
| the winner q the above match.
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" u q f0uOVnoN
physical cLturist IN
classical poses. fspts
of strength and lie
startling and Seusa.
tiona lecture. TiSe
inner secrets Of a.
Ierb manhood. 10.
.lusins q remarkable
illustrated Lesson in
the huild ug Of
bounding vitality.
IL You are dsfro,ls
OF acquiring the -.
lefb visor OF sllsn :
did manhood. q yoi,
want TO- be Ndly
alive. pulaating' with
surplus energy. this
lecture and lesson d
worth . million,
the lesson ohaN.
saturday afternoon,
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Y,RRy COLEMAN Of New Orleans.
- manager OF Joe Mandot. writes to
= tel. me that he has returned 10
the South. having failed to persuade
any Of the New York lightweights TO
risk meeting his man
The evening world., 1912-06-14

TRANCE In taking an important IA RI
In the worlds boxing now. The
French organization In control Of
the sport wishes to initiate an interna-
tional agreement. Here's a letter Just
received from Paris by Commissioner
Frank o'Neii:
Monsieur Frank =. o'Neii. New York;
Dear s!r-Iiaving had the pleas
ure to discuss with Nr. Frank Erne
regarding the difficulties arising In
boxing circles for the guarantees OF
true sport. We have coue to tho
conclusion that the best plan would
be TO make arrangements with an
authorised State commission In the
United States. In view to create a
board to control in,erna tional boxing.
N. Frank Erne having suggested
/ your name as being the mos, au-
thorized party In New York with
whom 10 discuss the matter. we take
the liberty 10 submit to you the
question. II II Ia possible for you to
come over to Paris. we should con-
slider a favor to- have the plea sure
OF your visit and would be delighted
20 talk this matter over. rs Il would
perhaps lead TO a fnal understand.
ting between our two countries
The Federation Frsncaise des So
c!etes de Boxe has already the con-
troll OF boxing amateurs. and is anil
lated with the Amateur Athletic
Union OF the United States. TO the
Amateur Boxing Association for
England and TO the Boxing Club for
Belgium
The y. +, 8. r. has also edicted
rules for professional boxing In
France ana has control for the titles
= Of professional champions of France.
Hoping 10 hear from YOU favor
ably soon.
LIE PRESIDENT ROUSSEAU
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BREYER write. from

" farH
As ecu are aware. Il has al
ways been our desire TO get Jack
johnson TO meet Joe Jeanette here.
We have never succeeded In getting
. straight answer from Johnson.
Last time I saw him In Paris he dis
tinctly stated that he would never
box asap and had made UP his mind
TO retire then and there. OF course
didn't insist. but q few months
later We learned with surprise that
johnson was 10 meet Jim Flynn for
the worlds championship July L.
II wish we could get johnson
either to box or TO give some answer
TO q fair proposal. For q match Of
over thirty rounds with Jeanette
we're willing 10 pay him the sum OF
$4,000 OJo.0oo francs). win. lose or
draw. II he. accepts we'd naturally
expect him to post a substantial for
felt for his appearance. say Sl0.0 0J.
but We would post the same amount
and guarantee that tho whole OF the
purse would be deposited before the
hght takes place.
VICTOR BREYER."
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For 10 Years Fpe Been
Square on the Circle. \
The ready.made man can't
touch my prices because of
"high rent" "bunches ofex-
psnses." and a "raks-Off"
tor the clothing manufactar-
crs. pay $4,000 less rent
up here because I'm out of the
high rent district lout easy TO
reach and ! buy for spot
cash and sell for spot cash.
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SUITS / MAKE TO So
YOUR MEASURE AT Id

Iean 81 eli com1stiiien ia ike "seeea1.1i
BLU.SERCES" 1t SIS, SO and 80. They're u
prsef. The pstierns are eli s.s.s ~. !. "Sml
"Thins," can III yen aeewding 10 Hsylsi Belle
srsys, sixties end lights Of flannel asd srss %
asked The ready. made man 10 duplicate EN- Il 4
Hse jeily6sh. Ms6s 10 ysn measUs end spec
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TN ihe ~.s Shs e1Is'sa dc 'ss1y..s2s q
%.a. s:S :; :.. IT,: s;:. ::.::. s,a
.u. :.e., nd" y :ss l..I. s.s ,.s~... e.:
It me--.Lm, . e Ess Tsasssy, II DON'T CARE
Men. Isay irsss.isste! "lssk.fss.iks.Lsbsi.l
,esiy. Hedss 5esi,ceiy eosi ~ sssee a .sek .,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-03

The gentleman from New York moves
to adjourn. that is all there is to it,
Concluding. Senator Bankhead re-
leased the friends of Mr.. Underwood
from their pledges. and thanked them
for their loyal support;
Senator w. J. stone. II Missouri. re-
leased the Clark people. but said that
the Missouri delegation would vote for
Clark to the last. which It did Mayor
Fitzgerald, OF Boston. withdrew tho
name of Governor Foss. John ]. Fitz-
gerald. of New York. said his deleEa-
ton was ready TO support the choice
OF the convention. and moved to make
IL unanimous. However, there was
objection, and one more ballot was
taken.
After all. the Democratic party has
not sold the truth to serve the hour,
and has remained true to the standards
set for ii by Andrew jackson in words
which have been staring the delegates
in the face for more than a week.
a ship subsidy plank intended to
DO offered as an amendment to the
party platform by Allen d. Jones. OF
Newport News. Va. was not presented
TO the convention tonight Mr.. Jones
body at such n juncture.
This declaration comprised plan
for building up the merchant marine
OF the country by system OF DIFF
formulated tariff duties. Briefly IL
proposed TO make n lower tariff rate
on merchandise brought to the United
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-03

terly by surprise, but enthusiastical-
ly received the suggestion. Then a
curious situation arose
During the weeks preceding the
convention the Wilson delegates had
been urging Dat no unit rule be
adopted. At that time they feared
that two-thirds Of the delegation
would decide to vote as unit for
Underwood or some other candidate.
and thus force the Wilson minority ~
vote against the man they wanted.
Speaker Byrd among others, mad pro-
tested against any attempt to throt-
tie the VIII OF the minority.
Yet now Senator Martin was pro-
posing to throttle the VIII" OF the
Underwood minority To be consis-
tent. Harry St George Tucker and Au-
Nrey T. STROBE opposed the adoption
OF unit rule. although II would
mean votes for their candidate. Gov
ernor Wilson
By vote OF 81 l-2 to l-2 the
Martin resolution was adopted. the
following delegates. with half vote
each voting no. II. y. Flood. r.
Il Bavlcy. Harry ST. George Tucker.
Aubrey T.. Strode and Poyton Cochran.
Tho last three named took this stanc
because OF their previous protest
against the unit rule. and the other
two because 1t meant destruction Of
their votes for Underwood speaker
Byrd. who voted aye had to un-
dcrRo n good deal OF Joking regarding
the difference IT made whose OK was
gored. But It was all good natured.
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and everybody forgot all differences.
Thomas f. Ryan was not in ti<
caucus. but when he arrived a few
minutes later he acduiesced in the
result. saying it was the 5esc thing
and most logical Thing to done un-
der the circumstances
Thereafter. Chairman Swanson cast
the entire vote OF Virginia. twenty
four in all. for Woodrow Wilson. as Il
unit To the onlooker. the unusual
sight was presented of Senator Martin
and Congressman Flood lighting on
different sides. Mr.. Flood yielded
gracefully,
Much the same thing had happened
In the Illinois delegation. and to Vir-
ginih and Illinois is largely due the
solution Everybody saw that the end
had come. Senator John II. Bankhead,
OF Alabama, made q graceful speech In
withdrawing the name OF Mr.. Under
wood. who he said could not he used
TO defeat tho nomination OF any other
candidate. lie thought the vote cast
for the Alabamian demonstrated that
the country is once more reunited. and
that sectlonalism no longer plays a
part In Democratic National Con-
vention Somebody shouted: Make
him Vlce-Prosident" mo" promptly
responded Senator BanEhead. mo
friend OF the party will take him from
me post he occupies, unless to elevate
iin 10 n position Of greater usefulness.
anybody can sit IN tho chair OF the
VICE President. coald do 1t myself
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-03
WANT LIGHTS PUT OUT
In Summer season Street Lamps AR
Not Popular.

Now that the summer season has
come and people are living on their
porchcs, electric lights are not so
much In favor as formerly Instead
or petitions for new lights. the Coun-
ell Committee on Electricity last
night was beslcged by people want
ing them moved or eXtinguishcd. y
large delegation from stuart venue
had both the Clay and Lee " ards del
egation to aid 1t, and was success
full in having a recently installed
lamp taken away. Mr.. Jones pro-
tested that street lamps were Installed
for the use of ali the people. not for
the convenience of the abutting prop
crty owner, but the ne!ghbors OBJ
lected, the light was ordered out.
md pedestrians may now walk in
darkness.
Dr. stratton did not have such
strong support In regard to a new
lamp on Main Street between Third
and Fourth. which was set gust thir-
~ PAGES from one corner. where there
Is brilliant arc lamp. He did Sc
cure an order. however. removing the
light to the centre of the block, in
I front of somebody el5e's house There
WAS some comment on tie placing OF
this electric light when the block is
already obstructed with dead gas
lamp posts that could have been used
at less cost
Electrical Instructors Speights and
Bowry were reelected on recommen-
dalton OF City Electrician Thompson.