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The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
PITCHER Ed DENT,
SIGNED BY GRIFF,
GOT START HERE
Twirler Drafted from Newark Club
Formerly Played on the
Local Sand Lots.
is BIG HUSKY FLINGER

Ed Dent, the big pitcher drafted by
Clark Griffith. of the Nationals, from
the Newark club. of the international
League. got his baseball start on the
sand tots of Washington and is wei
known among the local amateurs who
performed five years ago.
During the summer of 1903 Dent pitched
for the Southern Railway team and at.
tracted so much attention that the Wal.
brook Athletic Club, of Baltimore grab
bed him the following season. where he
only pitched a short while as the Win
ston-Salem club, of the Carolina Associa.
tion, signed him up, where a Brooklyn
scout saw him in action and he was
drafted by Charley Ebbitts.
Brooklyn carried Dent during the sea-
son OF 1910, and the next year he was
farmed out to New Haven, OF the Con-
necticut League, and recalled at the close
of the season, only to be turned over to
Newark, where he finished well up
among the leaders Of the international
League fingers.
The foregoing is a brief sketch OF
Dents professional career and he is a
twirIer, who is conceded to have an ex-
cellent chance to make good in the major
leagues.
Before casting in his lot with profess
sionals, Dent made quite a name for
himself on the sand lots of Washington.
His home is in Oakley. Md, but bis
brother. w. G. Dent, of the real estate
firm Of Gardner & Dent, lives In WASH
ington. and the pitcher himself has spent
most of his life in the Capital. ~.
Standing six feet, Dent weighs l9C
pounds and Is twenty-four years old.
During a recent visit with his brother
he expressed himself as confident that
he would make good with the Nationals
II Griff only gave him a fair show.
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oil and roster, so these men can
be left out of the reckoning at the
start.
When Ray Morgan returned home
with the club after the Nationals had
made their grand cleanup in the West.
last June. he was hitting the ball hard
b. er than Ty Cobb, his average being
something like .45O, and it was believed
that the second base problem had at
last been solved. Unfortunately, Nor
gan struck a batting slump in August
and the bottom dropped out of his high
average. Frank Laporte was purchased
from the st. Louis Browns and finished
the season at the keystone station.
When the Nationals reach Charlottes-
vile Morgan and Laporte will fight 1t
out for the job against a trio of new
comers-Morley, Sheer, and Z. williams,
but the chances are that when the
time comes for the season to start, Ray
Morgan Will be the man selected for
duty, with Laporte held in reserve.
The fact that Grin has three new Sec
ond basemen from the minors shows
that he is not quite satisfied with that
part Of his baseball machine, and hopes
to corral a better man than either Nor
gan or Laporte.
The same condition of affairs exists
with the Nationals outfield, where
Clyde Milan alone is sure of his job.
Howard Shanks proved the weak sis
ter of the team with the stick, but
grand fielder. Danny Moeller is an in
and outer. He goes along in streaks,
playing sensation ball both at the bat
and In the field: then comes a slump.
His left shoulder pops out at the least
provocation, usually when he is needed
most, and then comes an enforced vaca-
tion for couple Of days.. all of which
goes to show that there might be room
for Improvement in the Nationals out
field: but on the other hand, should
MoelIer and Shanks start the season
hitting the ball hard, there is absolute
" no chance in the world for the half
a dozen or more rookie" outfielders
10 crowd either, of these players on to
the bench.
In justice to shanks it must be said
that he was the victim of little. hard
luck last summer. Twice he was hit
in the head by opposing pitchers, and
some of the confidence shaken out OF
his system by this "beaning" process
In many games he was robbed OF ter
rife line hits by sensational fielding.
Danny Moeller also tossed his shoul-
der out of joint several times during
the season, when the club could least
spare him, and his batting also sluTnped
at inopportune periods, but in spite Of
this, he is a grand ball player, and,
like Shanks. is a good to shot for
starter next April
Grin has Connolly. Wellchonce, Tommy
Long, Gideon. and Allen who would like
10 become regulars, every one of them
with big regulations among the minors.
Possibly one or two Of this quintet will
look better to Grif than MQeller or
shanks Time alone win tell. but from
Continued ON Page Two.
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TWOJOCREYSARE
BADLY INJURED
At JUAREZ TRACK
Burlingame, Gross, and Forsythe
Sent to Hospital as Result
of Spill.
LONG SHOTS WIN FOUR EVENTS
SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Juarez Mexico, Dec. Two jockeys
were seriously injured and another re-
ceiyed minor hurts when their mounts
went down in a heap during the running
OF the first race this afternoon. The
unlucky riders were BurIingame. Gross,
and Forsythe, and they were riding Cop
pers, John Patterson, and Guy Spencer,
respectively. The three horses were
racing in the first division and on the
turn in the back stretch John Patterson
went to his knees and carried the other
two down with him. Gross and Bur
lingame sustained cuts on the head and
injuries to their shoulders. They were
removed to an FL Paso hospital For
sythe, only slightly injured, was able to
go home.
The weather was bitterly cold and the
crowds sought shelter from the, biting
wind in the betting ring and i'm the
stand. Swift Sure, at % to !. and An
nual Interest. % to !, furnished the sur
prises Of the afternoon. Jim L., in the
opening and Duncraggin, in the closing
race. were the only winning favorites.
Summarizes
FIRST RACE-s1 hrloagA Jim L. To ]. won
Abe Slupky. to l. second; Pon, 3 to !, third
lime. ll5 So Lookout. Guy Spencer. Aunt Ben
John Patterson, and CoppeTs also ran.
SECOND RACE-FiTe and one-haf furlonEs.
Swift SURF. tn l. won: KiTa. to l. seond; In
quieta, to l. third. Time. los So Pretty Dale.
Belle sTTishtly Miss. and Mother Kafcheu also ran.
THIRD RACE-Five and ono-hah frlonES Frsz-
zle, 70 ], won: Ursula Emma. to s. sccupd; Lady
Rankin, to !. third. Time. los Rio Brazos and
Cnlinct also ran.
FOURTH RACE-sir tlrongs Bob lynch. TO
l. won: Swede sam. 10 to l. second; DAVID Wsrield.
Is TO I. third. Time. LA IS Miss KoTh Zool, Eye
White. suftrssist. L. NJ. Exert and Shooting Spray
alSd ran. r..
FIFTH RACE-Si1 furionzs. Annual Interest, -
to !. won: Bobby Cook, to l. second; Clint Tucker.
70 ], third Time, l:l4 tS Acmen. Jim CaferAta.
Lee Harrison ii, Golden Agnes, Silver Grain, and
Lescar also
SIXTH RACE-Ons mile. DgncragEin to s.
won; Bac,ih. to l, second: Love Dsy, to l. third
Time, i:S Is Florence Krip. McAlleu. ROssyale.
Minnolette Don Enrique and MaiKie Girl also ran.
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rStone, Kelly, Geller, and Schoe-
field with comparative ease speaks
well for his ability to add more
laurels to the Georgetown track
team.
Battles Is strong.
Jimmy Battles. the little Brown Prep
speeder. who. last year did creditabls
work for the Yale freshman relay team,
was the second Georgetown man to m
ish, Elphinstone beating him to the taps
by q scant twenty seconds. Battles ran
a clever race, and would have materially,
aided Gallagher had the race been close.
As It was. Jimmy laid back In an effort
to bring the remainder of the Blue and
Gray men in home in front
The surprise Of the day was furnished
by Bobbie Williams. a Washington A A.
man who was forced to run unattached.
Williams ran a clever race and finished
fourth, beating Schoefield by almost a
minute. .
The Baltimore Cross Country Club won
the team trophy, with a score Of 81 to
Georgetown's - This resulted because
the first five men OF each club were
counted instead OF four, as was Previous
ly intended.
q
hill nearly the entire distance, oveR
roads ankle deep in mud. faSs time was
impossible. and that Gallagher was able
to make the seven and one-half miles in
less than an hour Is all the more 10 his
credit. Johnny ran one Of the best races
ever seen In Baltimore as he took the
lead after running about a mile and was
never in danger. Elphinstone, who car.
ried the hopes OF the Monumental City,
vETo9 ~,
him across the finish line. Had Battfen
ran for himself instead OF trying to
help his team mates. the Blue and GRAY
speeder would have finished Afth instead
Of ninth.
Fresh at Finish.
Both Gallagher and Battles finished
strong, neither appearing to be the least
winded, while the Baltimore men were
all on color. Condition and class told
in the end, and had the race been two
miles longer the Hilltoppers would
surely have landed the team trophy.
Louis Hiteshew, running in the colors
OF the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A, was sec
ondy finishing a minute behind the 4
OLYMPIC marathoner. GeIler. of tho
third about forty seconds behind Hite-
shew. Bobby Williams was a good
fourth. ..
The Georgetown boys kept together,
ran in the rear Of the bunch until the
three-quarter mile mark was reached,
ard then Gallagher took the lead, leay-
ing Battles behind to nurse along the
remainder OF the squad in hopes OF,
landing the team trophy. Gallagher Was
never pressed hard after this. and won
Continued ON Pase>Twe.
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Gettman May Never
Play Baseball Again

Baltimore, Nd, Dec, 7~Jake
Gettmnn, once a member of the
Washington baseball club, who
last year played with the BaIti-
more Orioles, In about through.
Big Jake, after playing remark
able, ball for the first halls Of the
last race. Injured himself sliding
into the plate, and was n bench
warmer the rest of the season.
He developed water on the knee,
and being a veteran mad n man
of nearly zoo pounds, II In q ques-
tIon In the mind Of many wheth-
er he Will be of any more value
as a player. HIS case is< very
similar to that of Danny Murphy,
of the Athletics.
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TO RACE EVERY DAY
Juarez Track Management Decides
to Crafty Horsemen.

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. Ito meet the de-
mand of the horsemen who object to an
"off day during tho week, 1t has prac-
tically been decided blythe management
of the Juarez track to do away with
Monday as an on day and have rae
ing seven DAYS of the week. The new
arrangements IL is understood. will go
into effect Monday, December 10.
There are so many horses at the track.
and II Is pointed out that six races
day for six days of the week is not
suficient to give all a chance to win
race Fresh shipments OF horses are
arriving daily. and II win only be
short time when the one thousand stalls
at the track Willie filed
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Few Veteran Catchers
Now in Big Leagues

Catehers do not seem to last
long these days. After four or
i've years of STEADY work the
strain seems to tell on them, and
there are few Instances where q
catcher Is at his best after that
period. Three years ago Charley
street and Charley Schmidt of
the Detroit team were n pair OF
as good catehers as could be
found, yet.both have dropped out
of fast company, and, In fact, lre
finding II a diAicuIt matter TO
hold their own I'm the minor
Leagues. Many Of the old catch
ers have gone down with them,
and only a few are hanging onto
the big league jobs. Billy suIIi-
van II one Of them, hut SuIIivan
is working only seldom, and his
days I'm the majors, too, are num-
bered.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
CATHOLIC .. WINS
FROM GALLAUDET
BY AZ TO 81 SCORE
First Intercollegiate Contest of the
Season Staged at Kendall
Green.

The first local intercollegiate basket
ball game Of the season was won by
Catholic University over GaIlaudet Col
lege in the latters gymnasium at Ken
dali Green last night. 4 TO p.
The game was a rough and tumble af-
fair from start to finish. though but
few fouls were called on either side.
Catholic University showed the better
all-around team work, department of
the game at which the Kendall Greeners
were woefully weak.
Mcdonnell, right forward of the Red
and Black five. was the first to cage the
ball. McDonnelIs free throwing from
fouls was the particular feature Of the
evening. He sent the ball into the bas-
bet six times out of a possible seven.
keegan Plays Well.
Keegal at right guard for the Red and
Black put up a clever game. Besides
csging the ball five times, he held his
opponent forward down to but one goal.
The first half ended with the score
standing 10 to II in favor Of Catholic
University, but at the opening OF the
second half the Red and Black started
going at the blow OF the whistle and
was never headed, rolling up, in this
period. twenty-three points to their op-
ponents' seven.
Lineup and summary:
GALLAUDET. = CATHOLIC UNIV.
Heimark L. F. Horan, L. f.
Rasmussen r. r Mcdonnell r. f.
Raffiste C. lambert, C..
keeley L. q. Clancy, L. G.
DURAN n O. keegan. r. g.
Substitution Gallaudet, heeley Tor He1marK.
briggs for Kelley Foltz for Rasmussen, todz for
briggs, Faucher for FOltz Catholic university. Derby
for Lambert Goals from noor-Hemark, Rasmussen
l2), Foltz, Battiste, Kecley az. Hcrsn tS. MeDon-
nell 90. lambert tsj. Keeean 81. frse thross-Me-
Donnen l6l, Battiste DURAN C9. Fouls-Gallandct,
q Catholic University g. Time Of hHlyes-2o minutes
Referee-Afr. Haas
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Fnmou. Rnce llor.e pend.

Lexington. KY, Dec. 7.-Ringston. the
famous old race horse and sire- owned
by James R. Keene, died at the Castle
ton stock farm. aged % to-day. Kingston
raced nine consecutive years, retiring in
1894 Starting in lSs races. he won eighty
nine. and had the remarkable record OF
being unplaced in only three.
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peter Pan on for France.

New York, Dec. I-Peter Pan. the
s10O.ecO racing stallion owned by James R.
Keene. together with many other thor
oughbreds, was shipped to France to-day.
where he viii be raced
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

Pitcher Ralph Works drafted by Gin
ciHnati from Providence, is wintering In
Detroit, where he attends law school
and sells insurance on the side.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

extend himself He left $40 for New York where he will
compete with Hugh Mcclure also Olympic star tweIve-mie
against Koaner the sensational Swede Harry
Smith, the national ten-rn champion As Gallagher will soma
OF the best dnce the country late tonight he did
himself this afternoon and that he able Ephin-
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
GriffS New Youngsters
Up Against Real Thing
Recruit InfieIders and Others Must Show Class to
Beat Out GandiI, MOeller. Foster, Morgan,
and Shanks-Other Comment
By WILLIAM PEET.

, INSTALLED as regulars last season, quintet of bali
players who performed sensationaly while the Ma
tionas steam-roIIed through the West on its initial
trip, sweeping everything in the pathway, Danny
Moeler, Howard Shanks, Chick Gandil, Ray Morgan
and Eddie Foster will be mighty hard to replace when
the 1913 season opens, providing these get away
to good start.
With the exception of Morgan Capital fans saw
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Johnny Gallagher Wins
South Atlantic Title
Defeats Field of twenty-five Starters in Cross Coun-
try Event in Baltimore-C. C. C. Lands
Team Trophy.
By c. W. SWAN.

Baltimore Nd Dec T.
- OFfNNY Gallagher, the little Irish lad who finished in
b the Olympic Marathon, wearing the colors of our
81 Uncle SAM won the South Atlantic cross-country
"a championship here to-day for Georgetown Uni
Is very, beating field of twenty-five starters home in
the fair time of "a minutes 90 3-5 seconds
Getting off good start, Johnny took the lead
s. before the mile long and never headed
His victory all the more remarkable as he did
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Y. NJ. G. A. QUINT
BEATS THE GUARDS
Militia Outfit Defeated in Associa.
ton Gymnasium by 81 to-6
Score.

The National Guard basketball team
met defeat at the hands of the Y. NJ. c.
A. regulars last night by a 81 to g score,
the Association lads heading all the way.
The general team work OF the winners
was the feature OF the game, while
Schlosser played a great game for the
losers. Line-up and summary:
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this quintet in Washington uniforms for the first spring
They replaced such players Jack Level Doc Gesse Kid Eber
fed Wild Conroy Bill Cunningham and Germany Scaefer the
jority of whom in the minors
That Gr has purchased drafted rst-sacers third base
indicates clearly that the Old Fox perfectly satisfied with
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

Goucher for Huttoa Goals-Tan IiJ. Frazer co.
Hutton. Earnzhag. Fee tosses from fouls-Mc-
Kay 81, Schlosser ~. Fo1ls-varela AilTine
Mckay. Hutton, Giovanno1i Earnshaw. Total
score, Y. ~ c. A. Regulars. 81; u. C.. n. C., 6.
Iseferce-AIr z. Con.nouer. Scurer-Mr Walk.
Tmer-Mr Teuncy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-24
Belief in Lucky stones .

Amuets and charms are still widely
believed in, judging from the letters
OF recommendation in circulars sent
through the mails by a Boston jewel.
er who sells Lucky stones" The
very day | received the lucky stone.
says one of the gulllble ones, Il met
a man who had owed me several dol.
lars for years. and he paid me all that
was coming to me-" Rheumatism
and other bodily Ills as well as bad
debts are, so the letters say, cured by
the lucky stone. There are unlucky
stones, too, it seems. The famous
Hope diamond. which was bought by
a gem-oving American, has reputa.
tion for bringing misfortune to its own.
er. As its most recent buyer, how.
ever, gave $4,000 for 1t Ga record
price for diamond in America), while
a few years ago it sold for only $780,
600, the Hope diamond appears TO be
living down its bad repute and living
up TO the significance of its name.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-24
cbano. to Win wife and Fortune.

The lottery for a wife. which take.
place annually az Smolensk, has been
successful this year, all the ticketa
having been bought The promoters
of the lottery select the young WON.
an. who has to he drawn for. She ia
then ordered to remain constantly At
home for ten days to receive the
visits Of candidates for her hand. The
sale or 5000 tickets at a rouble each
is controlled by the municipal council.
AS soon as they are sold the lottery
takes place, and the winner has the
right to marry the young woman and
her fortune of 5000 roubles. She can,
however, refuse the man who has
drawn the lucky number. In this
case she has to divide her fortune
with him. Since the lotteries were es.
tablished refusals have been rare.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-24

mr.. Hicks" said the Judge. nrbars
and gracious. Il believe IN frankness"
Sure" agreed Hicks. notified by
the judges altered tone.
Therefore LIDO not hesitate 10 say
that consider you q damned scoun-
drel," concluded tie Judge
Mr.. Cayendish, accepting the judges
ultimatum as something which must
debar Hicks from all further consid-
Grafton, and being, as he was, exceed
ingly active and energetic by nature,
If one passed over the various forms
OF gainful industry. uttered loud
whoop and threw himself on the over
seer There was a brief struggle and
Hicks went down with the Earl OF
Lambeth astride of him: then from
his boot leg that knightly soul flashed
horn-handled ticker Of formidable
dimensions.
The Judge, Yancy and Mahary.
sprang from their chairs. Mr.. Ma
haffy was plainly shocked at the spec
tacle of Mr.. Cavendish's iawless vio-
lence. Yancy was disturbed, too. but
not by the moral aspects of the case;
he was doubtful as to how his friends
act would appeal to the Judge. HE
need not have been distressed on that
score, since the judges one idea was
TO profit by it. With his hands Oh his
knees he was nov bending above the
two men.
what do you want TO know.
iudge?" cried Cavendisb. painting from
his exertions. I'll learn this parrot
to talk up"
Hicks said the judge. 1T is in
your power. to tell us few things we
are here to find out" Hicks looked
up into the judges face an closed
his lips grimIy. Mr. Cavendish.
kindly let him have the point OF that
large knife where he'll feel it most!"
ordered the judge.
Talk quick.p said Cayendish. with
a ferocious scowl "Talk--or what's
to hinder me slicing open your WOOL
el?" and he pressed the blade OF his
knife against the overseer's throat.
4 don't know anything about Miss
Betty" said Hicks in suIlen whis-
per.
Maybe you don't. but what do you
know about the boy?" Hicks was
silent. but he was grateful for the
judges question. From Tom Ware he
had learned Of Feutress' interest in
the boy. Why should he shelter the
colonel at risk Of himself? IF you
please, Mr.. Cavendishi" said the
judge, nodding toward the knife.
You didn't ask me about him. said
Hicks quickly
Il do now" said the Judge.
"He was here yesterday"
Mr. Cavendish--" again the Judge
glanced toward the knife.
Waltz" cried Hicks You go to
Colonel Fentress."
Let him up, Mr.. Cavendish; that's
all We want to know" said the Judge.
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SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening OF the story Il
laid tn the library OF an old WORKOUT
southern plantation. known as the Bar
ony- The place Is TO be sold. and rs
history and that OF the owners the
Quintards. is the subject OF discussion by
Jonathan CFeashaW- business man.
lancy. farmer. when Hannibal WAYNE
Hazard. a mysterious child of thz old
southern family. makes his appearance
fancy tells how he adopted the boy Ma
thanlel Ferris buys the Bar0ny. but the
Quinfards deny any knowledge OF the
boy Yaucy to keep Hannibal captain
Murreii friend Of the Quintards, ap-
pears aud asks questions about the bar
uny. Trouble at Scratch Hill. when f1a1-
nbal IS kidnapped b Dave Blount. Cap
t1in Murreiis agent, fancy osefiakes
Biouuf. gives him thTasning and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squtte
Balaam, and is discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty MalrOy. frlend o.
the Ferrises. has an encounter WITH Zap
tain MurreI " no forces his attentions or
her. and Is rescued by Bruce Darlington
Betty sets out FOR her Tennessee nome
Darlington takes the same stage. fancy
and Hannibal disa ppear, with MurreH on
their trail Hannibal arrives Al the nome
Of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recOg-
Ffzes In tie boy the grandson Of an oid
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judges
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
fancy. who is apparently dead. Prlce
breaks jail. Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. HannibaFs rifle discloses
some startling things to the Judge. Han
nibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
rive in Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking up
land titles. Charley Norton. young
planter. who assists the judge. Is inys-
teriousiy assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised 10 marry
him. Norton Is mysteriOusly shot. More
light on Mufrelfs plot He plans upris-
Ing OF negroes. Judge Price, with Hanni-
bal, visits Betty. and she keeps thes boy
as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks,
daughter of the oyerseer. who warns
Betty OF danger and eounseis her %
leave Belle plain at once Betty, terri
lied, acts on Bess' advice, and on their
way their carriage II stopped BY Slosson.
the tavern keeper. and a confederate. and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are AIKEN to Hicks cabin, IN an
almost Inaccessible spot. and there Muir
reli visits Betty and reveals his part In
the plot ara his object. Betty spurns
his pronered love and the interview is
ended BY the arrival Of Ware. terrified
at possible outcome OF the crime. Judge
Price. hearing OF the abduction. plans ac-
ton The Judge takes charge OF the
situation. and search for the missing ones
Is instituted, Darlington visits the Judge
and allies are discovered.