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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
His Curse Fats
to rotect I omb
OF Shakespeare

Z. III. Sothern lately made the as
tonasnlng Statement that. uespite the
curse embouIed on tae Inscrl ptlon OF
SnaAespeare tomb. purpurteu to
have been written by the bard him
sea-, ms ,onb mas oeen ope.ea On
tnIee tccasiens. The inscription on
the tomb reaus:
Good, Friend, for Jesus sake for~
oeare
To dig the dust enclosed hesre.
biesee be We man vt spares thea
stones,
And curst be he vt moves my bones."
Mr. Sothern and Miss Mariows
spent their last summer vacation At
a country house near Stratford, and
so made frequent visits to the home
of the Bard OF Avon. The tomb
was opened. according TO Mr. sothern.
for the first time IN the early part
OF the last century. in the Month
ly Magazine of 1918 there appeared
the following:
Notwithstanding the anathema
pronounced by the bard on any dis-
turber of his bones, the church
wardens were so Negligent, few years
ago, as 10 suffer the sexton, in dig
sIng the adjoining grave OF DIR. Day-
export. to break a large cavity into
hAiG NHhs' va Ats
told the writer that he WIS excited by
curiosity 10 push mis- mead and should.
ers through the cavity that he saw the
remains of the bard, and that hs
could easily have brought away hIs
skull, but was deferred by the curse
which the poet invoked ON anyone
who disturbed his remains"
Some years later. when the Church
OF Stratford was rest ored, Charles
knight. the famous Shakespearian
scholar and author of life of Shake
speare. happened to be visiting STRAIT
ford. He subsequently made the posi-.
tive statement that he had seen the
remains OF the poet. The last time
the grave was opened was alb ,ut 30
years ago, and the remains viewed by
MARTA Bird, who was then the sexton
q the church. and who is still alive
and residing at Stratford. MIR. bird
liz now in his ninetieth year aud lately
made an hdavit setting forth the foI-
lowing facts:
'T have lived in stratfori- on Avon
10 years. About 30 years ago was
present when shakespeare's remains
were exposed - view, at which time
a stone was ed, a candle let down
and | could see the bones OF Shake
speare."
When interviewed last snmmeg Mr..
Bird said: In The short minute they
were exposed to view. could plainly
see. by the aid OF the light OF the
candle. a perfect skeleton"
II will he recalled that in 1854 DR..
fHgleby, then enc IT the life trustees
OF the birthplace of Shakespe are. pro-
posed that the remains be exhumed In
order to compare the poets skull with
tia bus, In the church On account
of the anathen,a inscribed on the
tomb, there was great cutlery over
the Trop sal of DIR. Ingleby, and the
request was denied.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
This Golfer Feels
Eoursome Is Being
Sadly Neglected

Az IL reluctant TO admit the fac'
that the fashioned foursome Is
steadily growing less and less popu.
lar among golfers In America, one OF
the champions of this style speaks MIA
mind quite freely. He takes Walter
J. Travis to task for the stand the
Garden City player took shortly be-
fore the Lesley cup matches last fall.
and also int!n1ates that the golfers
hereabouts are as the benighted heath.
en-, knowing not OF the foursome.
He relieves himself, in part. as fol-
lows:
These things must be stated over
and over again, for rumbles are con-
tinually heard in the New ork goliing
district. where the poor. benighted
heather know not the foursome, and
attempts frequently are made to in
fiuence opinion 50 that the foursome
feature Of the Lesley cup matches VIII
be lost by the substitution of four
ball matches.
Chief Travis refuses altogether to
play foursomes, which, unkind critics
say IL because he can play his own
good game Just the same way every
day. and he does not r1pose to have
to play anyt ody else's game. whether
1t IL better or worse than his own.
In other words, he proposes to play
the ball where IT lies after his own
length of shots. and not after longer
or shorter ones made by his partner
I'm this matter. of course, Travis
should be- left to his fate and his four
ball matches. always provided that
his four-ball match does not block the
course. II is almost Impossible to con-
vince first class golfers playing a four
ball match that they keep back q single
composed OF mediocre players. But II
has been demonstrated again and again
that the two mediocre players lose
about half an hour every time they
play the course behind such a consti-
tuted four ball match. and yet the four
ball match players remain unconscious
or their SHINING, and 1t is extremely
diff cult to bring them to task when
they are such great men--pundits who
have made the history of the game
here and who pontihcate it's services
North and South. following the sun
and the stars In their courses"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Racing Memoirs
OF Col. be. k eley

Colonel Edmund Berkeley, yet halls
and nearty, Ut Itsytiia, Aet, VA, boz
gan sIaftIasg faces a. WaTrrHtons a..
vain L@o saas, the previous custom
having been ~ start wan IA uruin and
the r.can with a b4gie, says ina
.uer alu driver.
lnciuenally. we mentioned the fact
that Ioionei Befketey nAu walked u
number OF niles to attend match
AAGa------
We are now pleased to learn fron
the coioneI that the race watch Es
walked SO many m.ies 10 see. 10 years
ago, WAS between Decatur and Fanny
Wyatt
me only races Il was his good for
tune to witness during the war were
IN 1904, wnen he was stationed below
Richmond with his confederate corn-
mand. tearing that there was TO bs
racing at Broaa Rock, ne and General
Terry and Captain kitx Hugh obtain
cd permissi9r from General Pickett
10 ride up 10 them, with the eautiosls
however. to hurry back IL they heard
any firing
Before starting. Colonel Berkeley
asked his brother II he had any mon
ey, and he handed him 5000 note
| Upon arriving near the track. the
| party went To Colonel Davy Mechanical
anu TStnhlffEu AhGt1 ohh' w 90
to the track. Colonel McDanieis had
| two entries, which he thought were
sure 10 win. one was Oaklands. In
| which he had "A haif-ownersnip with
| White IL Monterio. the faro oanh
/ mon. the ether vas Lady Blessing
r ron. - = = o s+,..s@' y o.'e''.+ ....>
The frat race of two or three mile
! heats had three entries-oakiAndA
| Conductor towned by Captain Beie-
herr. and Orion, owned by Major Dos
we'll
| AS the horses were being lee
around, preparatory to saddlinE. MY
! White saw orion limp slightly. and,
Shaping his own horse, oaklands ON
| the back. said:
81 WIN bet 1900 this horse wins
/ tae race
Co,onel Berkeley a--.nnced that ne
| would take that bet, which MT. White
| accepted. although he said he had no
money with him. Colonel Berkeley
| said that was all right, and put up his
! $500 Oaklands won the nrst heat
. ute handily. Orion won the second
| heat, Conductor the third and of'oa
! again the fourth
| Lady Blessington won her race
! quite handily, and, when Coione!
/ McDarieis took her to Long Island
after the war abe won several otnss
| races there. i,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Murphys ! emper
Costs Him $4,000

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.--Practicai
baseball men who have no axes TO
grind have figured 1t out that Charles
webb Murphy. of the cubs, allowed an
opportunity to make $4,000 10 slip
away In order to vent his spite Wnen
he sold Frank Chance to August Herr
mann for $500
Murphy could have sold Chance
release TO Frank j. Farrell for slo,-
GOO last summer, for Farrell stated
then, without reesrve, that II 1t were
possible he would readily pay that
much money to place the peerless
leader In charge Of the Highlanders.
II Murphy had controlled his tenn
per and had retained Chance on the
Cubs ro~ter. even after he had APP
pointed John j, Evers manager, ne
could have sold the +. l.. to w, IL.
Locke's syndicate, which will take
hold of the Philadelphia National
league club on or before January 18TH.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Bowlers Improve
Their Average in
Duckpin League
Ry C. l.. Gosh Y

The Palace team won two out OF
three games from the News Leader
team last Monday night in close
and snappy series,
The players. most of them, had got
ten rid OF the christmas in the
bones" and settled down to hard
work after a weeks lay-off at the
duckpin game.
The game scheduled between the
Times-Dispatch and Alcos teams for
last Wednesday night were post
poned on account OF that night being
a holiday. This series will be pulled
off as soon as the TWO captains de-
eide on the date.
The game between she Journal and
the Nrginian teams last Sriday night
were rather hard to Judge Both
teams won enc game each arG tied
the third game. A l,;tts arEome mt
occurred AMI the Journa! captain pro-
tested the games, which will be de-
Cided on later.
Tcnpin Series.
The Remington team OF the Rich
mond Bowling league, will roll prac-
tice game on the Palace alleys next
Wednesday night $50.
"Parson" Askew has been given the
job OF preaching the funerals over all
dead wood left on the alleys during
the week.
Notes of Players.
MeanlCy, 0f the Palace team, rolled
like a chant ion In last weeks series.
w. Anderson and G. NJ Anderson
also rolled wen last week.
Cosby, Of the Palace, rolled a star
game last week, ami he also has the
high total mark OF 357 for three
games, which is spilling the little tim
hers some.
Campbell also rolled well.
Richardson. Of the News Leader.
rolled in topnotch form.
Cook and Barrow rolled well in
last weeks serics.
y. Jordeu, Patrick and f. lohmann
also rolled in apple pie order last
Friday night.
Gilbert ana Levy rolled like old
timers In Friday nights series
Bjck and Glenn are rolling like
cham ions.
Anderson and Tucker also are in
top-notch form.
Games This Week.
Monday, January 6th--Alcos Vs.
journals.
Wednesday. January. 8th--Virgin-
lars vs. New Leader.
Friday, January 10th-Palace va
| Times Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Bresnahan Is Busy
Getting Aftidavits

ST. LOUIS. Jan. Roger Bresna
han Is extremely busy gathering an
davitB from baliplayers managers,
magnates, umpires and newspaper
writer's which he will lay before the
board of directors OF the National
league here next month.
Bresnahan believes he can prove by
this mass Of evidence that he strictly
attended to business while manager
of the St. Louis Cardinals last year.
John mcGraw has promised to ap-
pear as a witness for 2resnaha n.
Meanwhile the st. Louis club has ig-
nored the order OF the league to ALL
an answer to Bresnahan's charge that
he WAS unlawfully released from an
iron clad contract. 1t begging to iooh
as IL Mrs. Britton's lawyers are get
ting ready to offer n compromise, said
10 be $4,000 In cash.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Bits Of Baseball
EPiieekkedUp Around
the Big Leagues

The fan who brought suit against
the Red Sox tor 5000 for not being
allowed TO see game tor wnlcn ~
had bought ticket places large
absentee value. on the performance
of the champions. He would never
have paid an admission price of thig
size.
John McGraw took a week off from
vaudeville to go into New York and
send out his contracts; also make a
few remarks about Rube Marquard
Some one asked him If the Rube vas
kidding and McGraw replied no that
he thought he must be skidding.
Bob Harmon. the ST. Louis Cardi-
nal pitcher. may be the cause of a
complaint to the Players Fraternity
by the fans of the III ound City. Bob
is torturing vaudeville audiences with
his ragtime violin specially. His alibi
is that ST. Louis stood for Rube Mar
guard.
The Athletics are getting the big
play as the WHINE rig If the American
league pennapt in 1913. Baseball
mana gers and players say that Con-
ME found out how strong ne was when
a couTle of his young pitchers came
through. That was ali that was
worrying him.
The White Sox and the Yankees are
going to train about rs far from each
other as they can get. The Yankees
will go out of the United States and
prepare for the seasons work In the
national game under the British flag
comiskey's White Sox 70 to the Pa
ctfc coast, the land Of flowers. China
men ar1 winter baseball The Van
KEGS 20 to the island Of Bermuda. the
lard Of flowers, sandy beaches end va
cation headquarters for presidents
elect.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Praises Horses Of
Fauq lier County

Every one knows that FauQuier coun-
Nv has for q long time been tho lead
ing county III virginia IN raising line
horses. says writer IN Rider ana
Driver. Here in our blue grass pas
lures are raised Gue horses that have
made great names for themselves Ia
racing, hunting and the horse snow
ring, and are continuing 10 40 the
snrne. "a the quality aud high standard
Of sD@5set4,a,a 54ee t..4i t~2 fs&fifs ifs%ssf5
year We have in cur county more
thoroughhrea slres than any other
county ia THE state and our mares
have been improving for many years.
Almost any haN-bTtd colt that we see
now is, iu fact. q great deal better
bred than what is generally undei-
stood by Il baf-hted. The breeding
OF these horses ley thS farmer has
made a splendid industry for the tram
err and dealer who has been so forJQ-
nate as to locate In the county, and
hundreds OF good hunters, saddle
horses and race horses leave the coun-
ty every year TO give pleasure and
profit 10 other people. NOW. II 1t
were not for The racing, showing ana
hunting there would be no sale for
these horses and tte Industry would
naturally de out, $50 II is the duty
of every farmer. and TO his adYan-
tage, 10 DO alI i'm lis power 10 pro-
mote anything hat VIII create de-
nland for these horses, and by show
ing and racing IN cur little race meet
tnes and horse shows W. VIII let the
outside world knew what we have:
and by attending Ourselves We VIII
meet the buyer # the kind Of horse
that we raise. and thereby get In
touch with the market. not only for
horses. INT fer real estate as well
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Chase Has Praise
for Kid Catchers

NEW YORK. Jan. HAL Chase
says that the beat young catcners IN
the Am rfcan league are Ainsmiths
Henry and Williams, of the Wasninss
tons. He cannot understand why ths
Red Sex parted with Williams.
Chase also believes that Schalk. the
$4,000 catcher OF the White Sox, VIII
he d star next season; that ALEXANDER
the Young backstop uncovered by the,
st. L1uts Browns last fall. will bcl
heard from. Incidentally Prince Hall
is sure that Chance will make hrst.'
class catcher out of Charley SterretS
tina farmAr Princeton college nAAA !,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Chance Goes East
10 Meet F arrell

LOS ANGELES. CAL. Jan. a.
Frank Chance started Last at 10
O'Clock this morning. going to Chi
cago for conference with Frank
Farrell, of the New York Highland
ers.
II know absolutely nothing about
the situation. except that Farrell
wants me as manager Of the team,
and want the job" said Chance. as
he stood on the depot platform at
GIendora-
It's merely a matter Of terms be-
tween us. and | expect that we Will
easily reach an agreement.
'"Teott tootl" from the eng ne. so
long. Mary shouted Chance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
want Motorcycle Congress.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-Two cities
are already being talked Of for the
1913 convention and meet of the
Federation OF American MotorcycliSts
Chicago Ia an active candidate and
viii try TO land the big event of mo-,
ftsrsy IN hsaia iF held ssIsualfysEfs
July. Denver Is also mentioned and
will contend that the West should be
recognized
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Enriehnrn Inclirinlc.

HANOVER N. r.. Jan 4 Because
w r. FnTiehorn. recently elected
ca ntain Of the Dartmouth college foot
rall team for next season. discovered
that he was Ineligible under the So
called three-year rule. the Dartmouth
athletic council today accepted his
RI sigration No date las been set
for the election OF a new captain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

CALGARY. ALBERTA. Jan, A.
Richard r.elrar, the French fight pro-
moter, who has been here for several
Days. has nade terms with Tommy
Pu~rs OF this city, to meet Luther
McCerty in Paris on the dav before
the Grand Prix, next June. Leigan
has wired McCar'v for his terms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
>s~rarisnd Wants righ Weight.

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.--~fackey McFar-
lands terms fer fight have been
turned down by White Richie AMI
there Heeff4- to ~. HI effa f4ee-sa+at
the two will come together. McFar-
land offered to make as pounds four
hours before the fight. but Richie
insists on 1873 pounds Mcfarland has
been matched to meet Frank Whitney
In Omaha January nth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
pcrs.ma rctire~ From Raciu,

.wAUKFE. WIS, Jan. %.~-That
Rslpn Depaima. winner OF the 1919
Vanderbilt cur. has retired from the
racing game was the word reacning
here today DePalma has not fully
recovered from the injuries he qua
tained in the collision with Caleb
Bragg here. ard he doubts his ability
10 come hack" as driver. He will
enter the automobile business In FL
Paso, Tex. IL Is said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

NEW YORK, Jan. Ain game
OF real Canadian hockey, at st,
Nicholas rink tonight. ottawa col
lego defeated McGill university, Of
Montreal. by a score Of 4 TO 2. The
capitol city boys wen out In the Sec
ond half as the result OF McGilfs
rouRhness. Repeated penalties broke
UP the fine defense of the Montreal
boyg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

NEW YORK. Jan 4--Charley F~r-
zcg. the Giants third baseman, cars g
here yesterday to hate "A piece" ct
bone removed from his nose. The
operation was sUccersful and today
Herzog will have his tonsils cut out
Otherwise he liz feeling tine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
pufya,o Cc;s Ca.clcr sscnlcn>.

SIT louis Jan 4--The iocnl
American league club today released
Catcher Jimmy stephens TO the Buff
fafo international league club Stenh-
ems ioired thc local team in 1901.
ccr-i"v from the Dallas club of the
Texas league.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
s..c.,c4 Ask National Assistance.

STOCKHOLM. Jan Swedish
athletic associations have applied 10
the government for an annual appro-
pfiation OF s270o to enable thcra
to repsat their 1912 Olympic games
triunphs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

The board Of public works Of Bal
tlmors. Md, will open bids on No
venber 21st at Baltimore Off $1,000
900 of state road bonds Of $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

p~oyvre 80 r-av Cardi~a.s Asnfu.
srr rOtIS Jan 1.-The st. Louis
tr,ericnn tcertic team end the local
Natioral 1ea~pe club will meet In an
% rte-snnro,, series 81 seven ga here
newt snriny. According to the an
ro.,~on~,cnt ths dates are March goth
"~H 3oth, April lss, I'd "a, 5th and
9th
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

George s. Davis, the famous retired
shortf'ap OF the Giants and Chicago
Wife Sox, has signed q contract to
cr~"h the Amherst college nine In
1ttt5 II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05


Lost motion I'm the spark and gas
feed levers Is taken up and new sec
items Of hose placed on the radiator
and motor, The pump IS not dis
turhed, having been cleaned when the
Jacket walls were cleaned, with warm
rlycerine water and I've solution. The
shaft bearing Is given new supply
of rrease and packing,
When all the motor parts have
been replaced, attention Is given the
bodv. The seats and top, Lost nuts
are replaced. repairs m7de on the up
h0Isterine. new mating placed on
the tonnenu ionr and the whole
Cleaned and polished Last Of all the
hrarq and metal work is shined. the
lamps and generator overhauled This
done. the car with the wheels still
lacked up and the tires removed. IL
allowed 10 stand and ill such time
as it IS wanted or can be used, This
}s a work that Is not done In a day,
but IN odd hours and moments when
we have an ir linaticn for the work.
Dennis II Stovall. in Field and
Farm.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-27
FOUR CITIES WANT
DAVIS CUP MATCHES

New York, Oct. 27-With interna-
tiOnaI play for the Davis tennis cup
assured for this country in 1914 there
is already considerable rivalry be-
tween Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia and Chicago for the matches next
season, and a keen contest is expected
when the matter comes before the Ma
tiOnal Lawn Tennis association in Feb
ruary.
The Longwood Cricket club. near
Boston. where the last challenge round
for the cup was played in this country
and which resulted in an English vic
tory. is understood to be an active bid
der for the matches in 1914 The Cres-
cent Athletic club. of Brooklyn. where
Davis club matches were played in
1902, is again in the field for the big
event next year, while Philadelphia
and Chicago are anxious for a chance
to see the international preliminary
or final matches
Judging from present information
the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- association viii have at least sew
en- challenges to consider at the an
nual meeting to be held within the next
three months. England, Australasia,
Canada, Belgium and Germany are all
said to have announced. in an infOr-
NAL way. their determination to chal-
lenge- France, Mexico. Switzerland
and South Africa are also pOssibili-
ties. The attitude of the English ten
mis- officials is pessimistic, so far as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-27

the fight was not a pleasing one -tc
the spectators as Smith failed to show
any special ability until the final
round After the fight, Gunboat
claimed that he was stale from so
much training and he said he would
probably rest up a bit before tackhng
another hard job. He demonstrated
that he carries the punch, however,
the same as when he Jared Carl Nor
ris several times in their New York
fight; but the Gunner will have to add
some class to his makeup before he
can be considered a championship pos
sibility.
And talking about heavyweight
champions among the white men. Sew
before Luther McCarty died he was
given the honor by most writer's and
also by Tom McCarey, who arranged
for the elimination tourney and gave
the belt for the same. Then Arthur
Pelkey, the Canadian heavyweight, de-
feated McCarty, and if any one can
lay claim to the title given McCarty
it is Pelkey. If Carl Morris can learn
how to hit he will wade through the
to start all over. While Smith was
beSting Ross at Boston, Al Reich, the
former amateur champion heavyweight
who was so easily beaten by Carl
Morris a few weeks ago, came back
and put Tim Logan, a Philadelphia
heavyweight to sleep in four rounds.
Reich is a finely built young fellow
and If he can stand the gaff and learn
how to handle himself, should make
a name among the big ones. He has
the build of young giant and is only
yOungSter. the same as John l.
Sullivan when he started on his fam
Gus career
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-27
HOCKEY SEASON WILL
OPEN WITH WINTER

New York, Oct. 27.-PIans are under
way for the opening of the amateur
league hockey seasons in New York
Boston, Syracuse. Cleveland. St. Paul.
Montreal and Toronto and the mana
gers of the various college sevens have
already booked a number of exhibition
and inter-Varsity matches
The intercollegiate Hockey league
appears unlikely to be revived, but
Yale, Harvard and Princeton will play
a round robin series of three games
against each of the two other colleges
and both Cornell and Columbia will
have sevens on the ice. Harvard will
meet some Of the best of the Cana
dian amateur teams at the Boston rink
and there will also be several interna-
tional matches at New York between
the leading athletic club sevens and
those Of the Canadian amateur organ
izations- Yale and Princeton players
expect to make the usual Christmas
holiday trips to Cleveland and other
middle western cities. playing exhi-
bitiOn games against local teams and
possibly several intervarsity practice
matches