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career In the majors.

career in the majors.
Mack finally tired of the game. He
sent RUDE TO ST. Louis and St Louis
passed him on to the minor league. Rube
was a big factor in winning a pennant
last year. but the old habits undermined
his health. Instead of taking care OF
himself during the winter. RUDE usually
tended bar or toured with a one-night
stand Tom" troupe.
Now the once mighty arm is gone. the
once famed control is no more and Rube
is down and out. He spent thousands on
good friends but it's safe to say that
those good friends would not stake him
TO beef stew now il he asked them.
His small salary check on the 18th was
drawn in advance. and he is Of no fur
Their use to his club. It's 80 for the
greatest left.hander and the most erratic
character the national game has ever
known.
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BEGIN BIG SERIES.
Giants and Ex-Giants to Play for
Colored Championship.

When Greek meets Greek there 10
generally a great contest on hand. Such
will be the case next sunday al Union
League Park when the Washington
Giants meet the famous Washington
Giants. strong rivals for the District OF
Columbia championship There will be
rooters TO the right of them and rooters
to the left Of them and rooters all around
them These teams Sunday begin q nine
game series for the District OF Columbia
championship for the season. The second
game will be played August at District
League Park. LIST and NJ streets north
east. Adams for the eX-Giants will oppose
Tom Johnson of the Washington Giants.
A double-header will be played on each
meeting, which will end Labor day.
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cal Crews Begin Training for Middle States Regatta September
MANY EXTRA-BASE HITS
MADE IN YESTERDAYS GAMES
Amateur Batters Had Good Day Against
the Pitchers Boat Clubs
Begin Work.

the same team were all clean hits, which
featured the rather dull contest.
Perry Mclean of Southern robbed Bald
win Of a sure hit when he ran about f1f-
teen feet back of third base near the
foul line and captured Texas Lacquer
1t was the best bit of fielding in the game.
Thirteen errors We're charged against
the combined teams, most of which were
wild heaves in trying to catch runners.
Standard meets the Printers this after
noon and hopes to give the Marquette
champs good fight, despite the fact
that II has met with numerous reverses
since joining the league. Although Stand
ard has had big scores made on It, there
is reason to believe that it will show
we'll against the Printers. The improve
ment of late has been most marked, and
a low score by the Columbia, 1O1, team
would not be unexpected.
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PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR BUSINESS MEN
A BROOMSTICK GYMNASIUM
By Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion.

means Of lettering his physical being. A
cane. Of course. will do the same thing.
provided it is large enough In diameter
TO permit of a firm grip.
No business man should complain OF
lack of facilities. They are on every
hand. The big thing is the determine
tion-not simply in getting started, but
in sticking to it.
Nature puts al! these simple little
things in our paths. and Ii is up 20 us
to take advantage OF them. 1t 10 worth
the effort too. because he who goes into
a system of training will reap the harvest
in health and happiness. He will be re-
paid a thousandfo.d. II no other method
is convenient. try the broomstick. That
is always dependable.
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the coast. He was out there when Con-
ME Mack's pitching staff was wrecked BY
National League lawsuit. Mack van
ished one day. and two weeks later the
untamable RUDE was back In the fo.d.
pitching pennant-winning ball for the
Athletics.
His happy. carefree ways attracted the
fans, and he was one Of the best cards
in the game. These same ways almost
drove Mack into a madhouse. He APP
pointed Ossie Schreck as Rube's keeper
and then hired a regular keeper for the
pair. From city to city RUDE and Ossie
wendell their joyous ways. winning
games by day and spreading hilarity by
night That they were ever fit to stand
a grueling race was a tribute to their
capa city rather than their virtue. AL
ways drawing their salaries ahead. il is
said that neither ever drew q full month 8
check at the same time during their
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TADAY'S GAME.

Lincoln Avenue VS. Sherwood
Although Nativity beat Sherwood by 1C
to 3, the score would have been entirely
different if Sherwood had had any kind
of team on the field. Nativity scored
four runs in the first on two hits three
in the third on two singles and two in the
fourth on four hits and base on balls
and one in the fifth on a single.
Sherwood could scrape only eight men
together. SO Manager Love went out into
right field. and while several hits were
made into his territory which should
have been fielded. he was one OF the star
performers with the willow.
Big Six" Brawner connected for a two
base clout and a single out of three
times up, and played a rafting good
game in the field.
Noone pitched splendid game. and
might have won If he had had a good.
fast team back of him. He struck out
hits were registered against him, there
should have been only about five.
Dean, the kid second sacker for Ma
tivity. is one Of the fastest inf1elders
playing amateur ball, and he Is some
sticker, too.
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RUbE'S DAYS ENDED
WaddeI| Down and Out After
Long Career.
ABOUT THROUGH WITH BALL
Lax Habits Have Undermined the
Former Great Pitchers
Health.
ABOUT THROUGH WITH BALL

MINNEAPOLIS. August For years
George Edward Waddell has been the
most prolific subject overworked space
writer's have had in base ball. When
news was dull, when the high spots in
sports came not, when things were rum
ming in a groove, George Edward, alias
"Rube.' was always good for a column.
He was the one subject that never grew
tiresome. the one player who was always
sure to be engineering some demoniacal
stunt to smash the peace of mind of his
manager. RUDE was popular. famous,
great. He was always the leader of the
lit is to laugh club.
But times have changed. We have
all written the comic side of the cratic
Rube's history. recounted in detail his
original manner Of extracting every atom
of enjoyment from life's grind. Now
comes the pathetic part. Could we but
write Of the pathos surrounding RUDE
Waddell today as we wrote of the merri-
ment in his earlier career, the tale might
be worth while But il would take a
master to do the story.
kube Waddell is down and out. It's
tough to be broke-dead broke-and we
wonoer if RUDE faces the world with the
same old smile he wore IN his halcyOn
days. It's right to assume he does, for
Tuesday he jumped from a sick bed and
attempted to win a game for his club.
He's with Minneapolis now, in the
minors. For seven innings he was the
same old RUDE. Whitfield seven of the
first nine men who faced him and struck
out ten In six innings. In the seventh he
blew" didn't have the stamina to hold
the opposition and was knocked out OF
the box. That night he was back in
bed, too III to raise mis- giant frame from
the pillows. He knew himself that some
body was getting the paint pot ready to
add finish to his career.
First With Pittsburgh.
Waddell gained his first fame with the
!. old Pittsburgh club. He came down
from Butler county a big, rawboned
youth. and dazzled the country with his
south wing shoots, his control and his
speed. He was the originator of the
stunt of calling in his entire club and
then tanning the next three men to face
him. One day he was missing, and the
manager found him outside the grounds
pitching a game for a nine of kids. He
tried to show them how to curve a brick
and threw out his arm.
For a few years he was only ordinary
after that, and drifted to the outlaws of
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COLUMBIA LEAGUE.
yesterdays RESULT
Southern, IL: Equitable, 4.
GAME TO-DAY.
Printers We. Standard

An exhibition game was played yester-
day when Southern had but eight men
when play was called. Equitable got a
forfeit and later a hard beating from
its opponents. The fielding Of both
teams was very poor, but Southern's hit
ting made up for this bad feature.
Virts. recruit Of Equitable pitched
good game, though hit hard at times. He
has had lots Of experience on the mound
but lack OF SUFFICIENT work this year
placed him under a handicap. Control,
one of the good points of his pitching.
may be a factor in winning a few of
Equitables remaining games.
A home run and double by Hefin, the
Central High School boy with Southern.
and a triple and double by Buckler of
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Aloysius. 4: Southland, 4.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Aloysus. 4: Southland, Z.
TODAY'S GAME.
Pepco VS.. Manhattan
Scoring three runs in the first. three
more in the second and one more in the
third. Southland looked like an easy win
ner over Aloysius. but such was not the
case as the latter club braced up and tied
up the score in the Nth inning
Kelly started on the mound for Alloy
sius. but the big fellow didn't last long.
six runs being tailed during the two in
nings he was in the box.
Jack Leonard pitched good game
after relieving Kelly. The southwest
boys could not do thing with Jack.
only one hit being registered of his de-
livery.
Both Jones and Leonard were as wild
as a March hare. Between them ten free
passes were issued to first. Each walk
ed FIVE.
McCarthy's homer was one of the long
est hits Of the season. He also poled
double over the right field fence with the
bases loaded.
OReilly connected safely on every trip
up. Twice he pounded out doubles, while
on the other trip to the plate he got q
single
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A recent statement that Arthur Irwin
was the first player to make and use a
catcher's mitt is disputed by glove
maker named Bennett at Rock Island.
H., who declares he made the first catch
er mitt for a college player Of Davenport,
Iowa. named Cook. MIR. Bennett says he
made this mitt in 1854.
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Will Show Nationals Chicago Coz
test on Beard Again.

Next Sundays game between Chicae0
and Washington, At Chicago. will be
shown at the National Theater on the
Rodier scoreboard. A direct wire from
the grounds win be installed and each
play instantly shown.
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Sanford Burk was released yesterday
by the Brooklyn Superbas to the st
Louis Cardinals at the waiver price. The
pitcher will thus set another chance to
stay In fast company. and IL safe for the
present from the minors. He will join
the Cardinals In Boston today.
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Southern vs. ADAMS Express oIH duu
Florida avenue northeast, at $50.
Six innings of play resulted in a tie
score between Southern and Car Depart
ment yesterday. The game was close
throughout. neither team having a lead
Of more than one run at any time. +.
Callow tWirled for the last years cham
pions, and allowed six hits and walked
one. Young. Southerns pitcher. was
hit safely eight times, four wandered to
first as a result of his wildness and
nine famed.
Kehl was the heavy sticker of the day.
The big boy hammered out two hits
both being injected at times when they
sent runs over. Bell c.outed two safe
ones in addition to catching good
game.
On the result of the game today de-
Ponds much. win for the Southerners
will about cinch the pennant for them
and victory for the Express men VIII
not only put them on the heels of the
leaders, but give them confidence in the
succeeding battles.
Southern is under the handicap of play
ing too many games in row. Car De-
partment is again on the schedule TO-
morrow and Station Saturday. Young VII
be sent back against Manager Taylor
boys.
Today's battle will uecide much and
both managers will send their best tWirl-
ers forward. Strobel has beaten Adams
easily this season, and is looked to re-
peat Bryant has shown a marked I'M
provement in his last few games. and
Adams followers will not be surprised tt
see the big fellow trim the leaders.
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First Methodist Protestant. D; Metro
politan, ).
TODAY'S GAME
First Presbyterian VS.. Metropolitan.
The Metropolitans lost a good chance
to win yesterday. as they hit Madigan
hard. and they had the game ) TO up
to the eighth. when the Methodists pulled
one across tying it UP. the score remain
ing a tie at 5-5.
Lloyd pitched a fine game and should
have scored a victory. The Methodists
were able to get only six hits or him.
five singles and a double. He struck out
thirteen and gave only one free pass.
Campbell. Kerper. Rathbone and Oak
ley each got two hits Oakley's going
for three bases. while Keeper and Rath-
bone hit for two.
This is Jaeschke'S first attempt at UNI
piring, and he certainly proved to be the
goods with the indicator.
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and the race. the best performance in
time being Derby Boys 2.U9l4 in the
fourth.
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&. B. Y. N. C. A. LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. l.. Pct. W. l.. Pet.
Southern 13 703 Car Dept Ia 8 1888
Adams E1p..l5 1856 Union Sta. y 900
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E. w. Sunday School League.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. Pet. ". l.. Pet.
Ninth. .. O1.OO0 First NJ. p. 1888
First Pres. 800 Metropolitan. DO
YESTERDAY'S RESULT.
First Methodist Protestant. ); Metro
politan, ).
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yesterdays GAME.
Southern, 5; Car Department. ).
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GAME TODAY.
Southern VS.. Adams Express. 9Th and
avenue northeast, at $50.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. l.. Pet W. L. Pet
Nativity 20 Z $50 y. Carolina. IL Is .4St
Ingram .....16 1852 Lincoln Ave. Is .2st
Sherwood ..13 10 .565
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
Nativity, 10: Sherwood, 5.
TADAY'S GAME.
Lincoln Avenue VS. Sherwood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
s'Black Hand" Rumor Disturbs Capitol

FTNWONTED excitement disturbed
~ the usual morning calm of the cap
itol, when 1t was whispered that a
senator had received a message from
the BLACK Hand" Immediately
there were visions OF detectives trac-
Ing up every evanescent clue. for it
had been stated positively over the
phone by the senator that he was the
victim of Black Hand disaster.
There was CONSERVATION when the
senator was encountered at the golf
links, and an excited group OF play
ers surrounded him to quiz about the
alarming missive. What about that
Black Hand letter." they cried.
What Black Hand letter." asked
the senator absently.
why. the one you were talking
about this morning"
Il think I threw it In the waste
basket"
I'VE must have that letter, SENATOR"
put In . young reporter earnestly.
Your cooperation with the press and
the officers OF the law viii mean much
IN
/; SAY. young man." broke In the SEN
eepx - this joker He was cult
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

WASHINGTON is decidedly hot
w in Washington There Is moth
ing especially new or startling in this
statement, may be, but it serves neat
ly as an introduction to the interest
ing narrative appended. During the
summer months. it seems, when a
Washington resident is not discussing
the baseball team he occupies his time
figuring reasons for the utter success
of heat here.
Numbers Of perfectly reasonable
reasons have been so figured. HUI
mildly, for one; the discouraging,
mushy asphalt; the white buildings;
the wide streets-oh, any number of
reasons. Many residents cling to
one thory, but more declare that all
causes work together. One single
cause, the latter argue, could not get
so much effect
However, this story is written to
rarrate the discovery of an entirely
new theory accounting for the heat
peculiar to Washington. 1t was dis
closed to Washington visitor during
a dragging, sun stified walk along
Pennsylvania avenue the other after
noon. 1t was a typical Washington
summer day, the kind referred to by
an old resident who said:
We'll. l admit that the mornings in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
"Love, Not Larceny" Leads to Arrest

JAMES Harris Champion, reared on
y a farm in Alabama, the only other
product of which was one bale of cot
ton year, came to Washington the
other day to earn a livelihood. Only
one day of joyous freedom was en-
joyed by Champion, and then his
dream Of world conquest was nipped
in the bud by the police, and then
James, looking from between the
bars at the First precinct station, NUT
tered:
1T was love, not larceny, that got
me here"
And then Champion told the police
a story of a starved soul, crippled
body, and the first sight of beautiful
woman-the most beautiful woman he
had ever seen-and how infatuation
for Lee Chapman, whom the police
we'll know, compelled him to live a
lie and the consequences of 1t.
"Wednesday evening l met Lee
Chapman on the street. She was the
prettiest woman l ever saw" said
Champion, ''and guess loved her as
soon az / looked at her. Anyway,
loved her soon afterward. for she was
the only pretty woman that ever paid
any attention to me-"
And then Champion sobbed little
when he said:
You know a cripple doesn't get
many smiles"
81 didn't have any money and 7 eaw
] couldn't make much Roadway with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

III restaurant men and
w their customers were much dis.
turbed the other day over the news
from Georgetown, Del, that a man
Of that .Sace. had succeeded in de.
geloping ar tpple that has no core
According to the report. the expert,
nents have proceeded so far that for
two years he has raised apples that
have absolutely no vestige of either
seed or their fibrous covering.
1t was with much indignation that
the news was received in the restau.
rants Of the National Capital.
ITS an outrage" said the proprie-
tor Of one restaurant, when he saw
the dispatch. Something ought to be
done. Oh, Mr.. Rigger!"
A wiry looking man of about fifty,
who was lighting cigarette at the
cigar lighter, came over to where the
proprietor stood.
"Mr. Rigger," explained the proprie-
tor, is one of the Oldest customers
I have. He has been taking his meals
in this restaurant for 20 years. II
ought to be OF interest to get his
views on the subject" Whereupon
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Coreless Apple Alarms Pie-Eaters

the contents Of the dispatch were ex'
planned to the customer.
Il, for one, won't stand for it." de-
clared Mr.. Rigger, firmly. 81 have
been eating in this place so long that
it wcul6 seem like breaking home ties
to stop 1t, but If this restaurant ever
serves pies made of these coreless ap-
pies I'll have to go somewhere else
Why, an apple pie without plenty OF
seeds and fiber in it would be like a
highball without fizz or matrimony
without Nat Goodwin. No, sir.
won't stand for 1t, and If"
Quiet yourself, Mr.. Rigger," inter.
posed the proprietor. 81 intend to see
that your rights are protected ]
simply won't buy pies made of core
less apples"
Thank you!" exclaimed Mr.. Rigger,
and he grasped the proprietor's
hand
At the headquarters of the Wait
ers' unlon the news met with q
chilly recptrn.
What do you think OF it," one of
the officers of the union was asked.
Think Of It! Well, think there
will be walters strike If they try
to introduce these coreless apples.
IL We served guests with apple pies
that had no seeds in them, we never
would get a tip. and without tips We
simply couldn't make living"
Shaking his head solemnly, and
with a new look Of care on his face,
he turned on his heel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

waiting the language necessary for use
with mules) in intensified farming,
and INDUCED In few epithets before
he stated:
That Black Hand is nothing
nothing at all / tried to I'LL my foun-
tain pen this morning with indelibls
ink. and I still have the black hand
with me-" For proof he, held up an
inky palm which liberal applications
OF pumice-stone had failed to whiten.
This was the newspaper rumor
quieted. The Disguised golfers saun-
tered away to conceal their feelings.
and the senator went back to his
game. wondering why II was that a
man could not even talk about his
fountain Pen without avakening re-
portorial energy and national attenr
tion- Chapple's NsEs Letter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

her without money, SO I went to the
best jeweler in Washington and or
dered $4,000 worth of jewelry. l told
them / was stopping at the Raleigh
and would send for the jewelry.
when l met Lee l told her I was
going to give them to her, and she
threw her arms about my neck and
kissed me. l guess I'll have to pay
well for those kisses Then / took
her lavilear and gold wedding ring
and told her to wait while / went to
the hotel and got the jewels. / only
took them because I knew she would
wait for me IL had them. It was
Lees beauty that turned my head
II intended to go to the hotel and
then go back to Lee and tell her !
couldn't get the jewels until tomor.
row. ! thought she would be nice to
me then, because she would believe
she would get the jewels If she treat
ed me well. But before l got to the
hotel they arrested me-"
Champion is held on a charge Of
larceny. The lavilear and ring were
found on the prisoner.
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A Question of Names.

In some of the country districts OF
Ireland 1t is not an uncommon thing
to gee carts with the owners names
chalked on to save the expense OF
painting. Practical jokers delight In
rubbing out these signs to annoy the
owners.
A constabulary sergeant one day &C.
costed a countryman whose name had
been thus wiped out unknown to
him.
'Is this your cart, my good man?-
"Of course 1t Isl" was the reply. DC
you see anything the matter wild it?"
Il observe" said the pompous police.
man, chat your name is o-blitherated.'
Then ye're wrong" Quoth the coun.
tryman, who had never come across
the long word before, "for me names
O'Fqaherty, and I don't care who
knows it."-Youth's Companion.
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Triangle Victims Odd Story.

Esther Harris, an 1s-year-old girl
who was placed in a heap of the life
less in the triangle fire disaster, but
who was taken to hospital instead of
to the morgue wlSen faint sign OF
life was detected, and who suffered
total paralysis for months, afterward
can walk again. The girl slid down
the elevator cable when the shirtwaisi
fire panic ragged, but was knocked from
her hold by man who jumped down
the shaft. and she too was hurled to
the basement, breaking her neck and
back. On top OF. her fell twenty other
girls, many of Ahom were killed.
After 2sre had lain In a hospital
unconscious for fourteen weeks with
her life despaired OF, she regained her
senses and the surgeons experimental
by attaching weight to her head and
legs to pull the fractured vertebrae
back into place The operation was
successful anc e vas learned today
that the young woman had been dis
charged as cured.-New York Times.