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The Washington times., 1913-07-26

Boss Booster Bill Hoover, after con-
ferring with the various sectional lead
ers of his cohorts. announces today that
there will be George Mcbride day
in the Capital on the return of the
Grirmen from their next trip In Sep
tember. Plans will be made 10 make it
eclipse even the coming Walter John
son day." to be celebrated next Satur-
day.
I'VE boosters have decided TO have a
celebration for George Mcbride. The
veteran captain Of the Climbers" says
Hoover today. We will start right in
on the plans as soon as the johnson
celebration is over, and we're going to
make Mcbride remember this forever
1--WE haven't decided Just what we
shall give him, but it'll probably be n
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
May Trade Mcconnell
For KahIer and RYAN

NEW YORK, July S.-Pitcher Nc
Connell to Cleveland for Pitcher Kahler
and Outfielder Ryan, was the trade
which Manager Frank Chance and Joe
Birmingham, Of the Maps, were said to
be planning TO put over today. Kahler
is a right-hander.
Another report circulated today was
that Chance isn't satisfied with the
work Of Cree and Daniels and that she
will trade than II he can get what he
wants N exchange.
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bers for Second PacePlan Holiday for George Mcbride
GANDIL KEEPS UP
HIS GOOD HITTING
Consistent cIoung Boosts Work Of Big First BasemaMfan
Continues to Lead the Base SteaIers, While MoeIer
Is second-cobb and Jackson Tied For First

Consistent hitting by "chick" Gam
all has kept that worthy not only in
the select class, but has boosted his
average considerable over that pub
iished last week. The big frst base
man is also found among the leading
sluggers Of the league.
Cobb and Joe Jackson are tied to-
day. the General having dropped sew
eral points recently, while Cobb has
been fairly consistent. "Zeb" Milan
continues along at fair clip In base
stealing, now leading all the others.
Moefier 10 but one base ahead Of
Eddie Collins for the honor.
Batting Averages.
Records Of all players who have
played in fifteen or more games to and
Including Wednesday, July q:
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Championship Begins.

LAKE FOREST. ILL. July 26.-UTnder
the auspices OF the National Lawn
Tennis Association the Western cham
nicnships are being played here TO-DAY
On the Onwentsia Club courts Warm
cnmnetitions were expected, as ALI tbn
western tennis cracks were entered.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Red Sox Victorious
In SIugging Match

BOSTON. Mass. July 26.-The world s
champions walloped the white sox in
a slugging match yesterday. driving
Cicotte and Russell from the slab Hugh
Bedient was also hammered of the
mound by the visitors, but Leonard
finished the game in good style. Man
ager CarrIgan was presented with a
large bouquet Of roses from admiring
friends. The score:
r. II. Z.
Red SoX X.............. 0l0 230 01x-7 II 3
White Sox. 10l 012 000-5 8 2
Batteries-Red Sox: Bedient. Leonard
and Carrigan; White Sox: Cicotte. Rus
sell, Benz and Schalk, Kuhn.
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Shotton misJudged his fly in the sun,
scoring on McBride's drive to center.
After that both teams struggled with
out avail down to the end OF the fif-
teenth session. when Connolly called
off hostilities because of the gathering
gloom.
Here you are for the tabular results:
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

Johnson pitched eleven innings yes
terday and only struck out fifteen.
Maybe his ankle was bothering him
along toward the last.
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Leading Run Getters.
Double Plays.
Triple Plays.

Athletics % VS.. Cleveland-Barry,
Thomas. Baker, Houck, Barry. Collins,
Baker to Oldring.
WASHINGTON % vs. Cleveland
Gaadil 70 Mcbride.
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St. Louis ............... 800 400 100 900 0Oo-S
Runs-Moeller. Foster. Milan ~. GandiI
t2l- Morgan. Laporte, Shotten, Johnston C2J,
Williams C2). Austin. Alexander, Lavan.
Stolen bases-Moeller C2). Milan. Morgan,
shotten, Pratt. Left on bases-WashIngton
q; st. Louis. s. First base on balls-On
Engel, j; on johnson. 2: of weilman, 2
Innings pitched-By Engel, Q (none out in
fourth); by Hughes. %: by johnson, II l-3;
by Baumgardner. 1-2; by weIlman, N2-s
Times at bat by opponents-Against Engel
Is; against Hughes. s: against johnson, 90;
against. Baumgandner 4: against weIlman
81. Hits made-on Engel, 9: on Hughes
2; of Johnson, Z; on Baumgardner, 3: on
Wei!man, IL. Struck out-By Engel q: BIZ
Hughes. /; by johnson, Is; BY weiIman, &
Home runs-hoeller. Milan. Three-base hits
-Johnston. LAporte. Two-base hits-John-
ston. Pratt. Foster. Gardil sacrince hit
Gahdt. Double plays-Pratt TO Lavan to
Brief; NcAllister 70 BalentL Hit by pitcher
by Engel. Agnew; by Baumgardner, Nor
sgnI by Weiiman. Milan. Parsed balls
ofxander. Henry. Umpires-Messrs. Con-
nelly and Ferguson. Time Of games hours
and sS minuteG
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Tn.state League.

York. 4; Allentown, 2.
Harrisburg. IL Trenton, 8.
wilmington, 10; Atlantic City, 1.
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THE PULLMAN COMPANY.
Fans and fannettes of the Pullman
Company, Washington Terminal coach
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]. THOMAS HEFLIN, JR,
Son of Congressman Heflin of Alabama.
UNION TRANSFER BOOSTERS
CLUB, UNION STATION.

]. s. Spalding. o. A. Williams,
A. c. Galloway, d. White, L. F.
Lord, Z. II. Dorsey, ]. II. Eller-
brook, l. W. johnson. c. A. Nc
Conel. r. Moore. H. Dutch, ]. w.
Owens, F. A. Johansen, r. B.
English, Z. z. Williams........
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The Johnson Cup Fund

Is WASHINGTON RY. AND ELEc. CO.
BOOSTERS. ELEVENTH ST. LINE.
r. McWilHams, chief
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e tabular results:
WASHINGTON.
ST. LOUIS
Totals. SO Is Is u

'Batted for Alexander in twelfth inning.
"Batted for Lavan in twelfth inning
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Pitchers, Records.

Who have pitched In games to and
including July q.
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print-will lift his team up another peg
or two and then there will be some
pretty fighting all around.
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the Irish challenger is OF a type that Is
oftentimes regarded as distinctly Ameri-
can. That is to say. he is a self-made
man He was born of wage earning
parents in an obscure hamlet. An old
Scotchwoman-Mrs Catherine Murphy
who, as it happened. was being detained
at Ellis Island while Sir Thomas was
down the Bay sailing his first race IN the
1903 series, lifted the curtain from the
great mans boyhOod while she waited at
the immigrant station for her two sons to
come and meet her She had left her
Diapers shop in Glasgow TO come and
visit them. She bridled bit as she
smoothed her old style black silk gown.
drew her black silk shawl about her
shoulders and explained that she had
known Sir Thomas as wee lad when
she lived neighbor to his parents.
"They kept a provision store at Ander-
son, near Glasgow explained MIS-
Murphy, land Sir Thomas ran about the
streets barefooted. He was wee, lively
lad. but he was good to his parents" she
smiled and then. to show her memories
of him were pleasant. II hope he wins the
cup" she added
This kindly lad emigrated 10 America
TO seek his fortune. For time he worked
at starvation wages In the South Carolina
rice swamps, then came north to New
York as a stowaway In a coasting ship.
At eighteen he was one OF the army OF
friendless and homeless walking the
streets OF New York. A little later a
homesick and heartsick emigrant return
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was for the best three out OF five races,
and the Columbia took three straight
Two years later the Irish baron sent
over the Shamrock IL, designed by George
l.. Watson Several members OF the New
York Yacht Club had formed a syndicate,
headed by August Belmont. to build a
defender, which they named the Constitu-
ton Thomas w. Lawson built the indie
pendence I'm Boston for the purpose OF de-
Tending the cup. but as he was not a
member of the club mis- boat was not per-
mitted to compete In the trials that were
to decide what vessel should defend the
cup. These trials were held between the
Columbia and the new Constitution, and
the older boat proved so far the superior
of her rival that she was chosen TO meet
the challenger second time. Again she
took three straight races.
once more Sir Thomas allowed two years
10 elapse, and then brought over the
Shamrock III. which had been jointly de-
signed by Watson and Fife. The new
cup defender, designed and built by the
famous firm OF Herreshoffs. headed by
Nathaniel. at Bristol. r. l.. for "a syndi-
cate headed by the late j. =. Morgan.
was named the Reliance. In nineteen
trial races against the Columbia and the
Constitution the Reliance came out a
winner i'm all but one She had earned
the right TO defend the cup, and did so
successfully by taking three straight
races from Shamrock III
1t Is one of the most interesting feat
ures of this great series OF contests that
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r1O Sir Thomas Upton there Is
nothing half SO desirable, 1t APP
n pears. as another chance to re-
gard the Americas Cup as his potential
winnings. In fact, he doesn't seem 10
care a cardboard strake or a marlin
spike how long a boat he has TO race
against so long az he is allowed to come
within sailing distance Of the trophy
lie has already met an American defend
er Of the cup on three occasions-in 1892
1901 and l9O3-and has. besides, offered
two challenges that have been refused
one In 1907 and the second only last
March. The refusal in each case was
based on the terms Of the much dis
cussed and by many criticised deed Of
gift under which the New York Yacht
Club acts as custodian Of the trophy.
Without giving the club time TO catch
its breath after that second refusal Sir
Thomas came back with a renewed chal-
lenge from which he had eliminated the
conditions that had led to the refusal Of
the preceding offer. Yachtsmen express
no doubt whatever that this will result
in a race in 1914 The probability is al
most as strong that the race will be be-
tween boats of - feet length on the wa
terline-a radical departure from the 90
footers that have put the Americas Cup
races Of recent years in a class by them
selves.
Ever since Sir Thomas entered his fret
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the first few contests for the America $
Gun. many Of those earlier vessels having
been used afterward not only for pleas
ure yachts but also for purposes of COM
merce. The old cup defenders have Tor
years stood idle on the ways.
John g. Stevens. of the famous family
OF engineers, a bold and intrepid sailor
and the first commodore of the New YORK
Yacht Club. was chiefly responsible ior
the start Of the whole series of America
Gun contests lie had a firm BELIEF that
American built sailing vessels were the
fastest in the world. He formed a syndi-
cate Of yachting enthusiasts to build
boat that could Justify his belief. George
steers. a veteran builder. VINO had de-
signed some pilot boats on new and orig
intI lines. was engaged by them to buId
the America, of l70 tons. on being tired
she was found very fast, and the CLUB
sought TO arrange an international race.
After mach correspondence the Royal
Yacht club Of England offered a l3O-
guinea cup to be competed for in con-
test open to all nations IL was sched-
MED for August % 1851. the course TO be
from Cowes around the Isle Of Wight and
return.
There were eighteen entries and fifteen
started. Their size ranged all the way
from q to 392 tons. The America led all
the way.
After the race Queen Victoria. who had
not been present, asked who had won
and Oh learning it was the America fur
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ing to Ireland. At twenty-five he was a
clerk In "A Glasgow tea house. and a year
later went into business for himself with
"A capital OF $500. Before he was fifty he
had become Millionaire. philan-
thropist. sportsman. an intimate friend OF
the late King Edward and guest at din
ner given i'm his honor by the President
of the United States. had pucked a
knighthood and a baronetcy and had been
much talked of for peerage.
IL used to work twenty-five hours out
of the twenty-four" sir Thomas has said
but now | work only eighteen" And
his friends say the statement is not
greatly exaggerated.
This hard worke- may be expected TO
hold in little esteem anything that Is of
no use to any one and IL Is this attitude
of mind that leads him TO oppose the use
Of nnety-footers I'm the international
contests. lie points out-and Is not dis
puted-that such big racing machines are
built only for speed and can be used for
nothing else. Their long, Unlike keels,
like great penduums of lead. weighing
each one hundred tons and extending
twenty-five feet below the surface, keep
these boats out OF many harbors, includ-
ing that favorlte haven for yachtsmen-
Newport. Their decks are built smooth,
without rails. and the space below them
is all taken up with tie superabundance
OF tackle that is required for the extrava-
CANT spread of sail and with the handling
OF extra sails. They are an astonishing
contrast to the boats that took part In
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/OO.3 eo,, O. or c'4<-~<~,
fContests for This Hundred Guinea trophy
Have Cost Millions and Have Cast a
Halo Around the Names OF Barr
and Heneshof in Ameri-
can Yachting Annals.

tor tyne. while the American boats have
been centreboard sloops and later fin.
keel sloops. In 1881 the Canadians sen,
down another boat, the ATLANTA, which
was beaten by the Mischief in two
straight races.
In 1885 Sir Richard Sutton's ninety
footer, the Genesta, required the build
ing Of boat big enough 10 meet her
and this brought forward a group of
Boston men. who were prominent in the
next three contests. In the presence OF
General Charles j Paine. who headed
q Yachting syndicate of ten men, and
Edward Burgess, the designer, no one else
was able to figure in the limelight IN the
races of 1885, 1856 and 1887, unless. per-
haps. the sailing master Of the Puritan
Cthe defender in 1850. may be excepted
The fishermen of the New England coast
often expressed their confidence IN MIN
by saving: "Capn Auberry Croker an
a crew o. Nawiggians kin beat all hell
and their statement was not dlsereoiteo
by the races of 1885.
Edward Burgess was rich mans sou
and Harvard graduate, but when he
was twenty-five his father lost his
wealth and the son, who had been an
amateur yachtsman. turned his attention
TO designing. lie designed the Puritan
the following year, the Mayflower year
later, in 1856. and the Volunteer in W.
All three defended the cup successfuL!'
the last named being regarded as tns
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LA[TI1ze III III 1908 N4oro G. o, nc t/~~[~r

, first side street you came TO. east or west,
! leading to the river, and there scramble
aboard the nearest vessel. Besides the
swarming hotilla OF public carriers Of
every size and stage of decreptude. there
were snorting and chugging motor boats
and launches by the hundred and private
yachts from the whole Atlantic Coast
each one with her nose pointed IN the
general direction of the stakeboat.
Sir Thomas himself has ascribed his en-
trance into the ranks of challengers for
the Americas Cup largely to patriotic
fervor In 1887 the Thistle. a Scotch built
and owned boat. had challenged and been
beaten In 1893 the Earl Of Dunravens
Valkyrle II, an English vessel, had sailed
TO defeat, and two years later his Valky-
RE III had met a like humiliation. It oc-
CURED to the Irish sportsman that II was
high time his native land should be rep
resented in the attempt to bring back the
cup. 1t was his ambition to present an
all-Irish boat-dcsgned, built. manned and
owned by Irishmen and sailing under the
colors Of an Irish club
He presented this plan to the Royal
Irish Yacht Club-which, by the way. Is
the oldest organization Of the kind In the
world-and was informed by Its apollo
getic and regretfu members that the
thing couldn't be done. There wasn't a
designer within the limits of Erin's green
shores who could produce winning boat.
At length Sir Thomas had the Shamrock.
cutter, designed by William Fife, jr.,
and brought her over in 1899 to sail under
the colors of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
Her opponent was the Columbia, owned
by syndicate headed by G. o. lselin and
including the late J. +. Morgan. who, 1t
was said, furnished he money TO build
her. Like all the other yachts that have
defended the cup, she few the ensign OF
the New York Yacht Club. The contest
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Their inquired: "And who was second?'
There was no second. your majesty"
was the reply that indicated the deci-
sveness Of the defeat.
Still. some OF the discounted Britons
grumbled. whereupon Stevens offered 10
wager $4,000 on new race and TO re-
main In England six months. to give his
rivals time to build "A new boat The
offer was not accepted, and the America
sailed back. home with the cup. 1t has
been here ever since.
The America Carried eight men across
the ocean as crew. and added seven more
for the race-consldered In those days a
big crew. cup defenders of recent years
have carried a crew of sixty.
In 1870 j. Ashbury's challenge through
the Royal Yacht Club was accepted and
the race sailed on August OF that year
the first defence OF the cup since the
original race. The British boat was the
Cambria. a keel schooner of 2H.6 tons,
ard she finished tenth in "A numerous
feet. The schooner Magic. centreboard
boat of 972 tons. owned by Franklin Os~
good and built in Philadelphia, led the
race over the entire course. finishing
more than forty minutes ahead of the
Cambria. In that race the course lay
from off Stapleton, Staten Island, around
the Sandy Hook Lightship and return
Later races were sailed on the open ocean
beyond the lightshp.
Ashbury returned in 1871 with the
Livonia. which was beaten by the
schooner Columbia The next challenge
came from the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club. This time Major G. Giffords
Countess of Dufferin was beaten in two
straight races by j. S. Dickerson's Mad
eleine. which was the last Americas cup
contest between schooners. The British
yachts SINCE then have been of the cut
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challenge in 1S9s-the challenge having
come in the name OF the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, OF which he is a member
the Irish knight has been smiling. While
issuing challenges. while sailing in inter-
national races off Sandy Hook, while
suffering defeat or picking a rejected
challenge from his mornings mail he has
exhibitor a countenance overspread with
the same luminosity OF expression. As
an accompaniment TO the smile he has
always taken occasion-whenever and
wherever found-to refer In terms Of
high praise TO the sportsmanlike treat
ment that has always been accorded him.
in short, as loser Sir Thomas is su-
perlative and can't be beaten
For more than forty years the Imperial
game for which Sir Thomas originated
the name of lifting the cup" has pc
riodically drawn the attention OF all the
maritime nations Of the world, including
Switzerland No one was too far from
Sandy Hook Lightship 10 let his thoughts
so sailing down the wind 10 that tossing
vessel about which clustered craft gath
cred from the four corners Of the earth
10 watch the blue ribbon event of the
worlds aquatics.
The British sailor at Suez or the Amer
lean marine I'm the Harbor Of Hong Kong
has watched and waited for the result OF
the international contest with emotions
whose violence promised to result either
I'm n yociferous tango OF delight on the
hurricane deck or flood Of tears that
would make light work for the deck
swabs His feelings have been duplicated
in the breast OF his brother doing garri-
son duty in Mindanao or strutting about
the parade grounds OF Simla. Citizens Of
both nations In every country under
the sun have. on the various days set
for the contests, brought out their re-
sUective flags and waved them with vigor
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finest sreciman Of the older type OF CEN
treboard yachts ever produced. NheH'
ever a Burgess Cup defender crossed t'e
line a winner the why little man new"
failed to turn very neat somersau'' ="
her deck. The Volunteers opponent Voc
the Thistle. which is said 10 have pee"
the first challenger specially designed 10
, lift the Cup. IN.
General Paine. who figured in that CON
test and the two preceding ones was .ns
of the most picturesque figures '""'
Cup races have produced. lie was 49,
rich. a graduate of Harvard In the voc.
of SO. and served through the ClVl' ~
He used to lounge about the decks u y
cup defenders in costume u."'
made conspicuous by a battered $40
hat. a blue flannel shirt and red susp."
ders. There were no government. "a
in those days to keep the course o'e"',
when the Volunteer was racing tile Sc"
eral had hung out some big canvas
printed i'm huge black letters ihc l',-lo
ore over the taffrail which read NV
astern." aster
1t was good sign" said Pane a Zion
the race, but no one PAID an!
to il except the Thistle. nun
six years later. when the Ear u II
raven came over with the Valh!ile los
General Paine entered the preii'l'," can
with the Jubilee. designed oy I'VE the
John. But she was defeated
vieilant. designed by Nathaniel he', 80,
hon whose firm has designed the wy
defenders since that time.
Whatever the outcome of it all may .,"s
race or no race whether the coh'es, az.
boats are gO-footers. 75-footers' or u WV" w.,
" different sizes it is quite certain , ,
Sir Thomas, in 1915, will still be snli, -.
and having high compliments 10 w
sportsmanship Of American
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IL MlzzM 70 155xze 70 ~HzveS2ca.
For Over Forty Years the Pastime of Rebuff
Ing Efforts to Lift the Americas Cup
Has Periodically Engaged the At
tention Of Its N. Y. Y. c.
Holders and the Public

and continued to do SO impartlally after
the result of the races had been learned.
The friendlness of their interest was eX-
ceeded only by its intensity.
The scenes right here in New York, the
alien home OF the coveted cup and the
headquarters of the racers, would have
led a stranger to believe that he had
happened in on a national fete day.
Every one who could afford to do so sus-
pended business and went to the front
The rest pleaded dead grandmothers ana
buried them at sea. off Sandy Hook The
final game Of a pOst-season series to de-
eide the worlds baseball championship
was never so great a drawing card as
race between challenger and defender
down beyond the Lower Bay.
1t can be confidently predicted that when
the day Of days arrives next year the same
splashing scramble will take place down
through the Narrows as in the days OF
other cup contests. IL was not necessary
then 10 purchase transportation to the
scene of the great event months in ad-
vance as one must in the case of seats II
he desires to witness the grand prix of
the spherical horsehide, for every river
or harbor steamer within radius of 800
miles, provided only it could carry pas
seDgers, was chartered for the occasion
All that was necessary, after you had
stuffed a lemon and a ham sandwich into
your coat pocket, was to seek the lower
end Of Manhattan Island turn down the