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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-09
ISATHLET|C WONDER
Meredith, $50 Record Break
er, Only Is Years Old.
UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON
Has Run in Many Meets, But Has
Won in Every
Event.
UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON

| PHILADELPHIA, July 9.-James Ed
ward Meredith, who won the SOO-meter
run at the Olympic games yesterday in
worlds record time, is only nineteen years
OF age and his home is In Media. Pa,
where his father Is a contractor. Ted, as
he is known by the athletes, spent a
couple of terms at the Williamson Trade
School learning bricklaying and in the
meantime ran some races for the Aquinas
| Catholic Club Of this city.
Then he went to Mercersburg Academy.
Since entering the upstate institution and
| having the benefit Of James Curran's
coaching Meredith has improved wonder
fully, until yesterday he defeated the
worlds best.
| Meredith did not meet defeat during the
entire scholastic season. Every Saturday.
beginning with the first week in March,
the Mercersburg Academy team engaged
In q scholastic meet, and Meredith always
ran the 40 and $50 yards, and every now
and then took flyer at the 20 yards.
Even at that. little attention was paid to
him until the sensational performance ne
contributed in the last quarter-mile OF the
scholastic relay championship at Franklin
Field, when, running for Mercersburg he
made the two furlongS over track heavy
with water in 40 As seconds, and gave
Mercersburg new record for the race.
SuIIdu WdS preparing Auci CNieA AZ -
great smashing of records at the middle
states championships on Franklin Field.
but Meredith rounded to form more quick
| ly than Curran expected, and at the
| Princeton scholastic games ran 40 YARDS
I in 40 1-5 seconds, three-ffths OF second
| faster than ever before run by an Amer
| lean schoolboy. Twenty-Five minutes later
| he came out and ran $50 yards, and the
| slowest of four watches gave him l min
ute IS 40 seconds. which was only three
seconds slower than Lunghfs world
record and three seconds faster than the
! time in which any other schoolboy In the
world had ever run half mile.
At Cornell Meredith ran the half mile IN
| 1 minute 81 seconds after covering the
first quarter in % seconds. He got SO far
ahead that he slowed up go yards from
home. He had the worlds record at his
mercy that afternoon II he had cared to
go after it. Later he ran quarter OF a
games in 4S As seconds. the same time
that John B. Taylor made on the track,
and came back with 1855 for the half
mile.
1t was not the easiest thing for Mere
dith to be selected on the American Olym-
pic team with all this. There were quite
! a number OF men on the Olympic selection
committee who were Of the opinion that
Meredith was too young and that he
would ''blow up when he got in the
Olympic meet.
George F. Pawling. representing the
Middle Atlantic Association Of the Amer
lean Athletic Union on the committee,
championed Meredith's cause and finally
Iwon the rest of the committee over to his
way OF thinking.
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PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR BUSINESS MEM
MEETING A RECESSION.
By Frank A. Gotch Worlds Wrestling Champion.

| the zest of horse-slept like a dead
man-and dragged himself to his daily
| tolls.
| After he had worn away the worth
| less material in his body he began to
take interest in his work. He felt bet
| ter. His muscles responded. He gloried
in his hard work. And then. he began
to think. He was a man Of brains and
ability. Here he was producing things
to eat, and the food was pure. His was
a wholesome existence.
He began to recall how he and his
neighbors had longed for pure country
butter and eggs and produce generally.
Then he conceived the idea of starting
a business right on the farm. Little by
little he added to his dairy herd and his
poultry flock. Then he wrote letters to
the people he had known, quoting prices
by the season on eggs, milk, cream and
vegetables. He sold to them direct. and
his son did the delivering and collecting.
Instead of receiving low prices, he was
given the highest prices His farm was
paying He was specializing and turning
his profits back into more cows and
poultry.
He is a proprietor now. riding out over
and there. working all day. and planning
and building. He is making more money
than he ever made in business and once
a year he had his family take vaca-
ton trip. He doesn't talk shop now. He
enjoys life the way any real mortal
should. He succeeded because he made
himself physically fit, and the balance
was easy. And 1t is my belief that the
lack of physical fitness is what stands
between many q man and success in the
great world of commerce and finance.
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.

ST. Stephens beat Medicos yesterday In
the Marquette League, to 8. Hilleary
stole third and home in the eighth inning
and won the game for st. Stephens.
Jones bit for three bases and scored on
Norris balk.
Rice had a perfect day at the bat, max
ing four hits out OF four times up and
scored a run.
Yoho hit the ball into the tall grass
and came all the way home, but was
called out for not touching second
Purdy caught a line drive from Yoho's
bat and doubled up Evans at first in the
third.
Berry made the star catch OF the game.
He went from center to deep right f1eld
to make the catch. II was a eauty.
Norris struck out the side in the seventh
and struck out eleven men in the eight
innings Of play.
Rice pitched a game that would have
won four out of Ave- as he kept the hits
we'll scattered until the last inning. Two
hits and a muffed fly in the eighth, with
two wild throws, lost the game for him.
Yoho held Rice up well. It was the
first game he has been behind the bat.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Yesterdays RESULT.
Ingram, 6; North Carolina, 5.

Ingram won over North Carolina yes
terday in a game that was we'll played
and exciting throughout, despite the er-
rors made. Ingram started off with a
one-run lead, but North Carolina in its
half of the first came back with three
before it was headed. Ingram tied it up
in the second, and in the third North
Carolina made another putting them one
run to the good. The Ingramites, not
to be denied, hit the ball hard in the
fifth and scored three more. making their
total six. which was enough to win.
Bif johnson pitched his first full game
this season, and the North Carolintans
were lucky in getting as many hits and
runs as they did. AT that they only got
six hits, while Biff struck out sixteen.
Ingram has had hard luck in its infield
during the past month. and If 1t had been
able to keep 1t intact it would have been
one of the fastest in the city Carl Col
lingsworth, who narrowly escaped being
killed. is hobbling round on crutches
Charley Miller in Fridays game lacerated
a blood vessel in the back of his hand
and yesterday Harper. a new third base
man. badly sprained his ankle and will be
out Of the game for a week or two.
Both teams made quite a few miscues
and it is wonder that more are not
made, as the infield is simply horrible,
while the outfield might be said to be
more than horrible.
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Giants Take Both.

The ex Washington Giants pounded
Parker Of the Teddy Bears all over the
lot yesterday and won the first game. 3
to 1. The pitching OF Adams. whose own
error let the Teddys have one run; the
fielding Of cambridge and Cooper were
the features Of this game. The second
game was brilliantly pitched by Harry
Eppes for the Giants, while Gardner, Foy
and Parker could not stop the Giants,
who won, to 2. Scores:
R.H.E
Giants. OO 1 0 0Ox-3 8 5
Batteries-Parker and Avery; Adams
and Ham.
Teddy Bears......... o o o % 6 5
Giants. 3 3 O KS 9 2
Observation-Disclosures and Foy: Eppes and
Ham.
On next Sunday the ex-Giants will try
conclusions with the Rockville Stars Of
Rockville, Md. These games will be Of
much interest to the public, as the make
up Of the Stars is composed of many To-
cal favorites who are well known.
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DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.


Post Office tied the fourteenth knot in
its already long string OF victories yes
terday by sending G. r. O.'s crippled
team to defeat. Is to g.
G. p. o. started off with a rush, gather
ing its total number Of scores in the
opener then loafed along with goose
eggs in places of interest in the run col
umn.
Vaughn and Beard, third and second
basemen. respectively, on the winning
team, connected safely two times out OF
three trips to the plate. One of Beard 8
hits went for three bases.
Three Of the Printers stole bases yes
.erday, and they were the fastest men
on the losing aggregation, and swift they
must be when Kraft is catching.
Ryan, from ST. Joseph's. pitched gilt
edge ball for the victors, allowing but
two hits in the SIX innings he worked.
and neither of these bingles went for
extra bases.
But three Of G. p O.'s men stuck to
the position at which they started, and
these were Second Baseman Simpson,
First Stacker Dow and Lucas. left field.
Three double plays were pulled off dur
ing the contest, two by Post ONCE and
one by G. p. O.
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
Pepco, l.. Aloysius, l.
TODAY'S GAME.
Manhattan VS.. Southland.

Pepco easily defeated Aloysius II to l
YESTERDAY, and is now less than half a
game behind Loffier in the race for the
league leadership.
Kelley. twirling for Aloysus. was no
puzzle to the Power boys Eleven MUS
were made off him and he issued seven
free passes to first. Pepco scored In
every inning but one, the second, ana
continually had men on the bases
AIoysius' lone tally came in the first
inning, when OReilly. first man up
doubled, went to third on Fury's poor re
turn of the ball, and scored ON Haden
single to right.
Both of Pepco's extra-base hits oc-
Cured in the fourth inning. With GIL ana
Howard on the bases Fury smashed one
of kelley's shoots for double. scoring
both men, and after Morris had struck
out, Green clouted the ball over center
field fence for a home run.
that as a pitcher his hat is still IN the
ring The big boy allowed only five hits,
gave but one base on balls, and sent
seven men down by the strike-out route.
One man who has been big factor in
the success of the Pepco team is Jimmy
Green, its captain. Green has participat-
ed in every game his team has played in
the independence League, playing noun
infield and outfield positions. While
really an outfielder, he has covered the
second sack in a creditable manner In
number of games. and as a center fielder
he ranks with the best in the league.
Green is a good hitter and an exception
ally fast man on the bases, and is among
the leaders in run scoring. His fine work
has served as an excellent example 10
his teammates. and the ginger he inserts
into their play has brought the team up
to its present position behind the league
leaders.
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PALZER AFTER JOHNSON.
Al Wants to Sample the Champion
Before Going After Title.

CHICAGO. July al Palzer. heavy
weight pugilist. is anxious to meet Jack
Johnson in a ten-round battle Labor day
He talked with Johnson for an hour in re-
gard to the match today while enroute
from his home at DEBORAH. Iowa to New
York. The champion Of the world said
he would meet Palzer for 1000 purse
or a side bet of equal size, either for q
finish fight or any number of rounds
round bout before l sign for a long con-
test" said Palzer. He may outpoint
me in a short contest, but he could not
put me away. I will try to get my
friends to back me for q ten-round 20
with Johnson when / get back to New
York.
Palzer is matched to meet Luther Nc
Carthy on July Is in New York, but
unless he gets a substantial guarantee
he declares he will call OF the hsut.
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ANOTHER CY YOUNG SIGNS.
White Sox Get ICY the Third
From Stevens Point, Wis.

CHICAGO. July 9.-Another Cy Young,
known as ICY the H. who stands six
feet six inches. and is said to be prom
Using pitcher. has been signed by Presi-
dent Comiskey of the White Sox. Young
was obtained from the Stevens Point.
Wis, club after he had pitched his ninth
consecutive shut-Out game. He will join
the South Side team on their return from
the east.
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BIG MONEY FOR WOLGAST.
Tom 0'Day Offers Him $32, 500 for a
Bout With Mcfarland.

Los ANGELES, July a-Tom O'Day
has telegraphed to Al Wolgast offering
So, 800 for a fight between the champion
and ''Packey'' Mcfarland on Labor day.
Wolgast also has received offers from
two different fight clubs in Sacramento
for a fight with Rivers in Sacramento on
Labor day. Each club offers 10000.
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STRIKES OUT TWELVE.
Mccarthy Pitches Fine Game fol
Sunday School Team.

Brightwood Park Sunday school
team defeated the All-Stars again yester-
day BY the close score Of 2 to 1. The
Stars could do nothing with McCarthy's
spitters and floaters, he striking out
twelve Of the eighteen outs. Each side
pulled fast double play. G. Gist hit
well, getting two in two trips, and also
scored both OF his teams runs. The
score:
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Runs-Terney. @. Gist. Two-base hit-Totney
Sacrifice hit-Uuok. Stolen bases-B. Gfst. Helt
muller ca, r. McAleer, @. Gist a., Poole (O,
Iorney, Motley, Lambert. Double plays.G; Gisi
Howard. Lett on SasesIAil-stsrs. 8: bright
wood Park, 9. First base on balloon Leitz. =
OF Mccarthy 2. First base on errors-Bright'
wood Park, 2. Struck out-By Let's, 8; by Nc
Carthy, IL. Passed ball-Waldron. CmIfre-Mr
Eirder. Time OF game hour and minutes
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yesterdays RESULT.
Brentwood, s: Marines, 4.
TODAY'S GAME.
Rockaway vs.. Capitol a.

Brentwood scored five runs in the first
inning of its game against the Marines
Yesterday which would have been suff1-
Gent to win. The MSrines put up hard
fight. but could not touch Payne, who
twirled great game.
Payne allowed but three hits in six
innings, which is good when 1t is con-
sidered what heavy sluggers make up
the Marine team.
Graef. new man in the league,
strengthens the team he is with. no little
bit. He played second sor the Marines
yesterday. getting one OF the three hits
off Payne and accepting all five of his
chances at second without slip.
Payne and Shomo were the only play
ers TO connect for more than one hit.
Each made two singles.
4 good game is booked for this after
noon between the Rockaway and Capitol
A. G. Both of these teams are about
evenly matched.
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There is story going the rounds that
the Highlanders will secure the services
OF Olson and Peckinpaugh Of the Cleve-
land club. 1t is known that Wolverton
would not waive on those two players.
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Jackson's hitting and fielding was one
OF the main features. He batted 1000.
getting two two-base hits and three SIN
giles out of five times up. and accepted
six chances without slipup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-09

The two Cruickshanks'. Andy and Bill,
played good ball. as did George Miller, be-
hind the bat for the Methodists.
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First Methodist Protestant, 10; First
Presbyterfans, T.
The Methodists put 1t all over the Pres
byterians yesterday afternoon to the tune
Of 10 to 4. winning easily in the first two
innings by batting Cruickshank out of the
box. They landed on Symonoski in the
sixth, and when at last three men had
been retired 1t was found that the Meth
odists had scored nine more runs.
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
". L. Pct. W. L. Pet
Cornell eco CAPITOL A. C. o 900
Rockaway.... l LOCO Mercury. ] 900
Y. NJ. C. A. 1000 Marines. 100
Brentwood. / ] 500
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E. W. Sunday School League.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
w. L. Pet. W. L. Pct
Ninth. IS 1 .847 LIST Pres. IT 800
LIST Al. P.... IL IL 500 Metropolitan. IA 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-09

White held the Presbyterians down to
five hits and pitched one OF the best
games that he has this season.
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GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
W. L. Pct. ". L, Pct.
9: F. OPP ! .s2s Intersor...... az . *
Aggies I'LL .6S1 War;. 10 .O0O
Yesterdays RESULT
Aggies. -: Interior. g.
ToDAY'S GAME.
G. P. o. We. War.
Yesterday on the ellipse the Farmers
defeated Interior in seveu-inning game.
With Owen pitching his usual good game
the Interior Club was not very hard to
down. Owen was backed by excellent
support and allowed only six hits to be
made of his delivery. -
Herman for the winners and Mertz Of
the losers had a good day with the bat.
Each man connected for three hits out OF
four trips to the plate Earnshaw OF the
Aggies deserves mention also with a
home run and a single out OF four times
at bat
McLarney on first for the winners
played great game. He accepted all of
his chances, eleven in number, without an
error. A few Of his chances were not
easy ones, at that, but no matter how
Yesterdays game shows that when the
Aggies get hits they mean runs. The Ag-
giles always connected for hits with men
on bases. A total OF sixteen hits were
made of of three pitchers and along with
the six errors made by the Interior club
netted eighteen runs.
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from Boardwalk. 50 to $3.50 wky., 50 up daily.
Can. 400 Elevator. Sat- to Mon. $3.50. Rooms.
running water. private baths. J. e. DICKINSON.
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hotel. with surrounding lawns. Capacity, 300.
Elevator private baths spacious !, 1ogches ETC.;
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, at Moderate Rates.
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New throughout: capacity, $50; private baths;
elevators: 1000 IT. wide, cool porches; eIcep-
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On ocean front Now open. SD season Modern
Send for booklet Mrs THOS. DEvIiN.
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Hotel AbsecOnl,

VIRGINIA AVE. NEAR BEACH.
Fireproof. Everything that constitutes nfst'
class hotel. Elevator. private baths. ETC.. etc.
$500 up daily. Special weekly rates: Booklet
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The Whitefish pilot., 1912-10-10
THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE
(By c. W. Avery.)

Four political parties are now
represe nting their views of civil
government to the people. They are
many and varied. and all of them
relate in some manner to the rights,
liberties and happiness OF the peo-
Pile. Many of the progressive policies
found in all of the platforms are
meritCus and will be a benefit to
the American public. A backward
glance over the centuries will reveal
the fact that the same ideas in many
and varied forms have been before
the people since the earliest dawn
of history.
One idea more important than
many CT the others combined has
never been presented to the people
cf the United States, VIZ: The
land fer the people,
The settlement of this one aues-
tiou would have a greater effect on
the happiness and prosperity of the
people than many of the others com-
hiped.
Nature has placed fertility enough
in the soil to provide food, clothing
and shelter in abundance for all.
Separate humanity from this store
house of nature, and the race will
perish.
Turn back through the mouldy
pages Of history to the Roman, the
Babylonian, the Grecian and the
Egyptian Histories and you will see
that as the Land passed slowly into
strength of the nations faded away.
Look into the history of the lead
irg European nations since the dawn
OF the Christian era and you will find
that the Land has at all times been
held by the privileged few and the
masses were forced to pay tribute in
the form of rent.
There can be but one result from
such a policy, viz: Conges.ed wealth
ON the one side and grinding power
ty on the ether. Every nation in Eu-
rope is slowly passing through this
and unless they adopt
policy of ''the land for the people,"
they will all follow the Roman en-
pire into past history.
The decline and fall of the Roman
empire covered a period CT four
centuries. Figure, if you can, the
condition of the American people if
we follow our present land policy as
long time.
Five English provinces, viz: New
Zealand, Manitoba, Saskatchewan AL
berta and British Columbia have all
adopted progressive forms of taxation
looking to the policy of the land for
the people. ALI of these provinces
exempt from taxation aA Improve
ments on farm land. The idle land
pays as much taxes and i'm some ca
ses more than the improved farms.
The Whitefish pilot., 1912-10-10

thus making it unprcfi,able to hold
idle land and forcing it on to the
market.
All CT these provinces are enjoy
ing an unprecedented degree OF
prosperity. The thirteenth United
States census shows the amount OF
unimpG-oved land in farms in the ma
tion to be 4O0,0OO.OOO acres, to this
must be added vast tracts owned by
Railroads as land grants, by lum-
ber companies, speculators, Indian
reservations, forest reserves. uns,m-
veyed and unappropliated govern
,ment land etc. The total acreage of
unimproved agricultural land in the
nation has never been estimated and
can Cnay be guessed at.
OF the land included in farms 6
per cent is unimp-oved and 1T is a
very conservative guess to say that
with the addition of all the items
above enumerated the total will
come little if any short of 60 per
cent of the total. In the seven
north western states of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Montana
Idaho. Washington and Oregon, 81
per cent of the farm land is improv-
ed, leaving 51,0OO,OOO acres or 43
per cent of the total lying idle. To
this of course must be added all the
ether land that Will be or is CLASH
fled as agricultural land.
We growl and fume, fuss and ag-
itate about the high cost of living.
We blame the trusts, tariff the gro
GERS the butchers, the banks and
every one else whilst all the time
this stupendous storehouse of ma
lures riches is lying idle all around
us. One of the fundamental causes
of the high cost of living lies in the
fact thai. during the ten years, 1900
to 1911, the population Of the ma
tion increased 21 per cent. The urban
population increased "a per cent
while the rural increase was only
II per cent. During the same time
the production Of wheat increased 4
per cent while the price increased
II per cent.
Production of corn decreased 4
per cent while the price increased
73 per cent. The total number of
cattle decreased per cent while the
price increased 20 per cent. might
go through the entire list with the
same result, but the readers can
get the census bulletin for himself
and see the full figures. A few min
utes careful consideration of the
facts will convince the most skepti-
cal that the movement back to the
Land ds needed to restore the equil-
ibrium between the producer and
the consumer.
A very large proportion of the
idle land of the nation is held by
specu}ators, who are hoidane S-f for
a raise of price. This expected raise
of price will never occur through any
efforts the speculator may expend