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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
SAYS MINERAL LAWS
ARENOT CLEARENOUCH.
George Otis Smith of GeoIogi.
cal Survey Urges LegisIa-
ton on Subject.

George Otis Smith, director of the
United States geological survey. in a
statement on the public land policy of
the United States. says there is urgent
need for legislation that will clearly de-
fine the various mineral laws as Congress
intended them to be administered He
says that the federal business of land
handling is not unlike any other real
estate business except in extent. and that
the object of the government is not to
hold up land distribution and stop de-
velopment. but merely to put all the avail
able land and natural resources of the
country to their best and most productive
use.
He says that this is particularly true
or the withdrawal of water-power sites,
which now amount to more than 2,OOO, OOO
acres. He says that this has been done
not with the idea Of checking the devel-
opment OF the western country. but mere
ly to get the power into the hands of
the people and the communities who will
make the best use of it.
In the same connection, he says, by
far the largest Withdrawals of public land
are the coal land areas, but these, he
adds, are withdrawn from entry only
long enough for the survey properly to
classify them as to their productiveness.
Since 1907 he states that 100000 acres
of these lands have been classified and
are subject to lease based on their real
valuation. These values amount in the
aggregate to $7JOOOO.00O.
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HEIRS OF AFRICAN SLAVE
MAY OWN VAL LIABLE LAND
Flaw in Title to Piece OF Property
on Nassau street Dis
covered.

NEW YORK, January 30-One Of these
days the industrious lawyer is apt to run
down the heir to the property. And then
he'll throw the heir. and handcuff him
to q long pole. and walk him out Of the
Kongo jungle after the fashion shown in
any story Of the slave trade. Because
the heir is supposed to be pervading and
infesting one Of the largest of the Kongo
jungles right now. For all the lawyer
knows. he may be a cannibal. The search
promises plenty of high lights.
1t started some years ago. when the
lawyer heard by accident that there is
a flaw In the title of one of Nassau
streets most valuable plots. Nassau
street is just wide enough to swing a
small cat in. Real estate in that part OF
the financial zone sells by the inch. The
lawyer looked into that flaw. He found
that shortly after the revolutionary war
a well-to-do family freed q faithful old
slave. Sambo-if that was his name
wanted to SAVIOR his freedom to the full
est. And SO he bought him little patch
Of ground on the shady lane that was
then Nassau street and built him little
hut, and lived there in reace and COM
fort until his death.
Sambo had no known heirs. The his
tory of his life, so far as any one knew.
began when an Arab slave trader cap
was sort of tradition that Sambo had
been a man of family-possibly of several
famtifes-When he was In the Kongo. Per-
haps on that account he had resisted all
efforts to nudge him into matrimony
when he became a slave. BY and by some
property. and in time claimed its owner
ship through the rule of possession. 1t
has been transferred and retransferred
dozens of times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
LONDON PAPERS GENEROUS.
Feel Sorry for Indian, But Do Not
Question American Integrity.

LONDON. January 3O.-Local newspa-
pers, in commenting on the Thorpe case.
are unanimous in falling to make any
attack upon the good faith of American
athletic administration.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Several
American papers seem to think that Eng
lishmen will take advantage Of the occa-
sion TO taunt Americans with every ath-
letic crime. We will do nothing of the
sort. All we will do is to say that We
are rather sorry for Thorpe. who seems
to have posed as an amateur rather
through ignorance than with any deliber-
ate Idea OF fraud. and that his 'excom-
nInication' might perhaps have been a
little more gentle. The purity Of American
amateur athletics will stand as high as
ever. These anticipations of cantan Ser-
Gus English criticism reveal a sad igno-
rance of our attitude toward American
athletes
The Evening News treats the matter
jocularly. 1t says, in effect: Let Thorpe
keep the trophy. We shall not talk any
more about it. We have already in Eu-
rope more bronze busts than We desire
or deserve"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
CHAPTER XIII.
A Masterstroke.

Sallie sat down quickly in a cushioned
chair, and lay back, trembling like cap
tured bird.
ashamed Of himself. but found easy SOL
ace in the reflection that all he had said
was for her good as we'll as his own. He
could see that his last brutal argument
had struck home. For Sallie could no
longer doubt now, in the lurid light of
her recent experiences. that Capt. Dove
looked upon her as a mere chattel, to be
turned into cash as soon as occasion
should offer.
In a little she looked up at him again
out Of pleading. desperate eyes. Some
most unusual impulse of pity stirred him.
She was only a young girl yet, and her
helplessness spoke its own appeal. even
to him. He made up his mind again,
to deal with her as generously as might
be practicable
will Capt. Dove let me go now if
promise to marry you. Jasper" she ask
ed. And he nodded solemnly.
And not unless ] do?" she insisted.
You know didn't-before. although you
say did
II swear to God. Sallie.' he declared.
that 1 can't raise the money the old
man wants any other way. And-l won't
say another word about what's past and
done with.
IF you'll really promise to marry me,
he said eagerly. I'll prove to you that
all 1 have told you is true before You
need even leave Capt Dove: 1 won't ask
you to go a step farther with me until
you're perfectly satisfied; I'll take you
safely to your own home as soon as you
are satisfied that You can trust me. And
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QUAKER FL|ER WINS
SUBURBAN QUARTER
His Rush in Final Yards of
Race Brings Meredith
Home a Victor.

NEW YORK, January 3O-Ted Mere
dith. the University of Pennsylvania
freshman competing as unattached cap
tured the great suburban quarter mile
trophy from the best field of sprinters
that the metropolitan district could mus
ter at the games of the knights of st.
Antony in the 41th Regiment Armory last
night. OF the original entry of six there
was only one absentee, Ira n. Davenport,
conceded to be the best quarter mile run
ner in the west
Opposed to Meredith were r. J. Halpin,
Boston A. A., the quarter mile champion;
Melvin w. Sheppard, the most noted mid
die distance runner of modern times; J.
NJ. Rosenberger, twice winner of the
trophy, and Alvah +. Meyer "a champion
sprinter who was making his first at
tempt for fame at the quarter. Shep-
pard was the favOrite in the desultory
betting which preceded the big event. but
1t was admitted that the draw for posi-
tions placed him at disadvantage.
Meredith drew the pole, which was con-
s.dered a factor on the eight-lap track.
Meyer was next with Sheppard. Rosen-
berger and Halpin following in order.
The track was entirely cleared of Off
Gals for the contest, and the men lined
up at the corner Of the ellipse so that at
the finish the men would have a long
stretch for the final dash. There was a
scramble for positions when the pistol
cracked Rosenberger shot in from the
outside and for the first eighty yards
fought with Meyer for the pole. Then
Halpin closed with the leaders and his
long. raktng stride soon placed him in
front.
Sheppard was outrun at the start and
uas ten wards behind Halpin when the
latter jumped into clear lead in the
middle of the back stretch. The BOs
tonian increased his lead until the end of
the nrst furlong, where he led by three
yards from ROSenberger with Meredith
in third place. In the next hundred yards
Meredith ran by ROsenberger and began
to close on Halpin. The Boston man held
his own until the straight, when Mere
dith came with the strength of lion and
caught him eighty yards from the finish.
Halpin fought every inch of the way,
but there was no denying the rush OF the
young Quaker who seemed to gather
fresh speed with every yard he ran.
The men were locked until fifty yards
from the tape. but Halpin had shot his
bolt, and Meredith drew away to win by
q yard In the fast time of so So seconds
Sheppard came strongly at the finish and
landed in third place, three yards behind
Halpin.
Abel r. Kiviat hung up a new indoor
record in the three-quarter mile handi-
cap. which he won from scratch. He cut
down the big field steadily until, when he
started the last lap he was on the heels
of three men, with Miles McHugh of the
Pastime A. C. leading. Kiviat nailed
McHugh on the back stretch. and the
Pastime man held on Well until the turn
for home. then the little Irish American
danced away and came back jumping
over the finish line in 3 minutes 80 sec
onds. beating his own previous record by
three-fifths Of a second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
JENNINGS FACES CRUCIAL
TEST AS TIGER MANAGER
For First Time His Aim Must Be Solely to
Develop Youngsters Won Pen
nants With Team of Vets.

cause of illness rather than because of
lack of ability. Joe Lake is an old vet
eran. The rest of the Tiger hurlers are
youngsters who have not as yet made
good.
Stanage is the only catcher the Tigers
have besides the new men who are COM
ing here for tryouts
What GainOr can do at first base Is
problematical. depending largely upon tho
condition of the wrist that was injured.
At second, Louden Is sure of his posi-.
ton. especially if he can improve in his
hitting.
1t is not likely that anybody will force
DOME Bush out of his job at short, II the
little fellow is In condition when he re-
ports. and he. no doubt. will be. since he
learned his lesson on that stuff last sea-
son.
Moriarty. who is the selection among
the veterans for third in case q young
ster doesn't make good there. came to
Detroit in 1909 from the New York Amer
lean League team.
Cobb and Crawford, as has been men
toned, are the outf1elders who were here
before Hughie.
In his ambition to develop the young
men. Jennings will face many handicaps.
In the first place. dissatisfied veterans,
the latest of whom to voice his protests
is Davey Jones, have said that Jennings
frghtens youngsters out Of their growth.
They claim that Hughes power lies In
his ability to draw the crowds through
new men. Furthermore. Detroit fans still
have a hankering for championships
rather than for good base ball.
The year 1913 will give the Tiger boss
a glorious opportunity to disprove this
first charge, while he doesn't need to
worry about the accusation that he Is a
dollar magnet. And as for the last handi-
cap, it is up to the fans to realize that
pennants can't be won every year and
that the Tigers must wait for their next
one.
One big encouragement for Jennings in
viewing the prospects of the season is the
fact that the youngsters who were with
him last season seem to be strong for
him.
There have been received d number of
letters from men like Witt Deal and
those others who were with the Tigers
part or all of last season. and nearly
every one Of them closes his letter with
a statement to the effect that he is with
Hughie all the time
The Dissatisfaction Of the veterans is
blamed by many upon their prosperity.
The man who earns a big salary during
pennant-winning years, and. like Sam
Crawford. takes care Of 1t, is naturally
disgruntled when he doesn't get what he
demands for the future.
There is one thing. though, that will
make the players forget their peeves of
the winter and that is the opening Of the
spring season.
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1t is not unusual for a wise base ball
manager TO fail to appreciate the ability
of some classy youngster. Connie Mack.
John McGrsw. Clark Griffith. Hughey
Jennings. in fact, every big league mana
ger of note can cite at least one instance
OF where he let some promising young
ster. vino afterward turned out TO be a
star. get away from him.
Stars like Walter Johnson. Ed Walsh,
t. Cobb. Joe Jackson. Hans Wagner,
Larry Doyle. RUDE Marquard and other
major league celebrities are not picked
Cd IN the dozens. Yet If you should talk
with the various stars about their major
league debuts. nine out OF ten would first
tell You what & tough job il was for them
&c get a chance 20 prove their worth. A
goodly portion of the present-day stars,
when in the rough. were passed Up by as
many as three or iour managers before
striking one who believed he had chance
10 make good.
\ few years ago a young pitcher broke
into the American League and made good
from the very start. Today he IL rated
among the leading slabmen In the young
er organization. 1t SO happened that two
OF the managers in the league at that
time had looked over the pitcher n ques-
ton. and decided he was a trifie shy OF
the class demanded by fast company.
As luck would have II, the recruit.
shortly after joining the league. was pit
ted against the team managed by one OF
the men who couldn't see him as a big
ieagce proposition. Naturally. the kid
.as anxious TO win. and show tie doubt
ful person what a big mistake he had
made. The kid succeeded. and won a
shut-out game. allowing only four hits
The following day; while sitting on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30

Harry O'Hagan, made famous by maxi
ing an unassisted triple play while first
baseman for the Rochester team of the
Eastern League August Is. 19O2. died sud
denly at Newark, n. j.. january Is, of
heart failure. tIo was forty-one years of
age. O'Hagan had played in the Eastern,
New England and National Leagues,
once having been 4 member of the Giants.
His unassisted triple play was against
Jersey City ard was the first undisputed
feat OF the kind recorded. Such q play
had been claimed for Paul Hines In 1878,
but was disputed by his teammates.
O'Hagan's play was thus described at the
time: "Shoch was on second and Mack
on first. Butler. in an at.e,np to bunt. hit
a short fly. OHagan ran In and caught
the bail ii tew inches froin the ground.
He then ran 20 first base and touched the
Dag and went on to second. which he
reached before Shcch. who had run to
third, got back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
CHAPTER XU-Continued.

He lay back in his seat. and, gazing
about him, recalled to mind all he had
been able to learn as to Sal'ie's strange
past. 1t all fitted in SO perfectly with the
fabric Of his wonderful new plans that
he could find no possible flaw IN them
And when Sallie herself at length came
out to him from her cabin he was opu-
mistically disposed TO be very generous
in his dealings with her
Fresh from her bath and doupiS oe-
witching in her clinging. intinlate u'"
peries. she met Slyne's glad, eager glance
with grave. doubtful eyes and isnoreu
entirely the hand he held out to her as ne
sprang from his chair. But ne aIeS.ea
not to notice her attitude OF ois'rus'. a,iu'
greeting her gayly. saved his race 10y nay
ing his outstretched hand on announcer
chair, which he set little nearer his
own.
Wont you sit down.? he suggested
with dehonair courtesy.
IDENTIFY afraid to receive him on any such
friendly footing. She did not even care
to ask him what he was ooihs III
ing dress at breakfast time ana on ooaru
the Olive Branch. But In her ;,,a,,,rv
eyes he could read that unspoken INQUIRY
1--WE been travelling all night 10 se.
back to YOU, Sallie," he told her. IN d
low. eager tone, land l hadn't Tune TO
change-I was In such hurry 10 ten YOU
the news. I've come to take You away
from the Olive Branch-and Capt. Dove
I've come to set you free
She stared at him as though she had
not heard Alright. her lips parted, her eye
brows arched, a faint. puzzled aues'ioH-
ing frown on her forehead.
aI.ye come to set you Free he said
again. ,sao,,r
with disconcerting directness, ana ms
would-be STRAIGHTFORWARD glance WaEere IN
Don't put 1t that way!' he urged: 1
ask no more than the fulfillment OF the
promise you made me. And-iisten. same
I've found out who you really are ana
where your home is. I'll take you there
I'm not asking you to marry me right
away, either. remember. All you must
do in the meantime Is to sign without
question some papers that Will De re-
auired Then I'll make everything quite
safe for you and take You to your own
home.''
The quick doubt in her eyes had given
place to an expression OF helpless amaze
ment and growing dismay. But ne ala
not wait to hear anything she might nave
to say.
ITS like this, you see." he went on.
hurriedly. capt Doves absolutely at
the end Of his wits for money. and now
Il can pay him his price for you II you IL
keep your promise to me by and py.
OlnerWlSe i can LO HlattCi AAo" Winning
l might be. / can't, l swear to YOU
He feels, too, that you owe 1t to him
to make up in one way or another for
some part, at least. of what he and
have lost through your-your interfering
so much lately in his affairs. Ano II
You don't back me up now he'll have to
take the Olive Branch east as best he
can. He'll take you, too. and-youu
never come back.
"You don't understand. I'm not really
irwin IN
save YOU from a fate far worse than the
worst you could imagine. You don't I'M
derstand that It's really freedom I'm Of
fering you, and that your only option Is
slavery.
me! for your husband, wouldn't you.
than a yellow one-or brown-or, maybe.
black?"
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DETROIT. Mich, January 3O.-Hugh1e
Jennings, manager of the Tigers, right
now faces the severest and most crucial
| test in his base ball career.
Hughie has won three American League
pennants. But he has won them with a
team of veterans that was handed down
to him.
Now the pennant-winning veteran COM
binat:On has crumbled. Only three men
who helped Jennings nail the first Ameri-
can League bunting to the fiagpole in
Bennett Park still remain on the Tigers
rester-Cobb Crawford and Mullin.
When the old combination cracked, the
Tigers failed to win any more titles FOR
time the momentum furnished them
by the pennant years of 1907. 1908 and
1909 helped them on, and it was only last
year that they failed to land a place in
the first division.
In the ebbing of power which almost
always follows the dimming of a teams
stars the Tigers have sunk low. They
finished sixth last season. The year
1913 is set aside in their history for the
purpose OF upbuilding.
Jennings activities this year must De
devoted to a task which he has had to
face squarely only since the time last
year, when he ana PRESIDENT NdNlu saw
that there was no hope for a pennant;
he must face the task of developing
youngsters.
1t is true that every manager has to
keep in mind constantly the fact that
he is going to need new material when
his old men give out. and it is the constant
purpose of every manager to keep feeders
for his team ready.
But, on the other hand, Jennings has
never had to make it so completely his
aim to bring out men to fill positions
left vacant by the passing of former stars
as he has to this season. There has al
ways been that hope of a possibility of a
pennant which has led him to try for
the flag with older men rather than try
ing for future pennant winner with
youngsters.
There are three Tiger regulars now
who came here green from the minors
during Jennings term of office, who are
sure Of their jobs in 1913-Bush at short
stop. Stanage at the backstop job and
Louden at second base. Pitcher Edgar
Willett joined the Tigers before jennings
but he wasn't Of much value until after
Jennings got here.
Among the pitchers, there is none
whose development came while Hughie
was the Tiger manager, with the pos
sible exception Of Willett. Mullin was
here before Jennings. Dubuc was fin
ished major league pitcher before he got
here. He was let go from Cincinnati be-
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ty of Pennsylvania foot bail team next
year. While the announcement has just
been made. the action was presaged some
time ago-in fact. right during the foot
ball season. When the Pennsylvania
eleven failed to show the form that was
expected last year in view of it's excel
lent material. it became known that Andy
Smith was through as far as the job as
head coach of the eleven was concerned
for 1913 Despite the fact that the Penn
team beat the Indians and Cornell, its
season was considered more or less OF a
failure. 1t was due more to the mtsplays
d the Indians that they were defeated
than it was to any exceptional display Of
foot ball on the part Of the Quakers, and
the to 2 victory over Cornell Thanks
giving day. was moral Cornell triumph
Brooke should give Pennsylvania bet
ter foot ball team than it has had in
years. He undoubtedly has a wider
knowledge Of the game, and is a very
capable instructor. as has been shown In
a great measure by his success with the
Brooke has consistently turned out elev-
ems which have met the best In the coun-
try on pretty even terms. Last fall he
won from the Navy by a score OF Il to &
and defeated Pennsylvania by to 3.
Watch Penn next year! 1t will cut a
greater figure in foot ball than 1t has in
a long while.
The Business High basket ball team
won from the Cathedral Quint yesterday
by the close score of 10 to 10. The Bust
ness players showed poorer form than
usual. lacking in the teamwork and in
dividual playing ability they have shown
at times. On the other hand the Ca
thedral school did more creditable work
than it has usually done. Coach Green
seems to have got his green material
working together better.
The National Guards won from the
Bull Moose quint of the Y. M. C.. A. in
a regular city league game last night.
The guards were looking for rather an
easy contest. but were surprised to the
extent that they came near not getting
away with the long end Of the score.
The Maryland Aggies were scheduled
to meet the Business High School basket
ball team tomorrow evening, but owing
to the fact that a dance is to be held at
the college. it will not take place. The
Farmers do not get out OF school in time
to play in the afternoon. their work in
the classrooms holding them until about
4:3O every day.
The Atlantic City polo team will not
play here tonight as was at first thought
would be the case. 1t was found that the
team could not come here until next
week, and Manager Whiting Immediately
got busy and arranged another contest
with the Baltimore club for Friday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
TALES OF THE DIAMOND
Humorous and Otherwise.
BY Billy Evans.
BY Billy Evans.

home teams bench waiting for the start
of the game. the young fellow who was
umpiring with me suggested that Pitcher
So-and-So had worked q wonderful game
the preceding day. Imagine our thoughts
when the manager replied:
Yes. he seems to be delivering the
goods. with the very able assistance of a
staff of blind umpires."
Since there hadn't been a single kick
the day of the game, we didn't know
whether the manager was simply sore.
kidding or in dead earnest. Both of us
decided that silence was the best policy,
and not another word was uttered until
the manager gave me the batteries for
the game. Later We learned that the
manager of the home club could have
secured the pitcher for a sum of 81 800
which was very small amount, consider.
Ing the ability he had shown. 1t ex-
planned the attitude of the manager in
reference to the blind stan.
Copyright. 1918, by ". G. Evans)