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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
DAYS OF BEAU NASH"
Famous Dandy Of Goldspith's Time
Owed Success to, Fine Clothes,

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegram.
Richard Nash. commonly known as
Beau Nash. owed little of his popularity
to physical attractiveness. According to
Goldsmith, he was large and clumsy of
person and his features were harsh,
strong and peculiarly irregular" His
stock In trade was "assiduity f1attery.
fine clothes and as much wit as the ladies
he addressed"
He was born at Swansea. October is.
1914. entered Jesus College, Oxford, but
left without finishing his course, and. aft
er brief career In the army. entered as
student. in the Inner Temple. High liv-
ing and outrageous exploits were more to
his taste than law books and legal drudg-
cry, and he eked out his income by gam
ing and performing for wasers such feats
as riding naked through a village mounted
on COW.
Coming to Bath In 1893. he found it a
crude. ill-organized place, filed with fash
iionabie people putting up with the most
inadequate accommodations. This state
OF affairs Nash set himself out to re-
ieve. He became master Of ceremonies.
and succeeded presently in revolutionizing
the place and becoming its social dictator.
He built an assembly house. procured
decent lodgings and subdued the insolent
sedan-chair men. the .'tai-pirates'' OF their
time. His rules of conduct were enforced
on high and low alike.
During the time OF his prosperity his
income was drawn from gambling houses
and his personal skill in sucl, matters. In
TAO. when gambling was made illegal. the
first blow at his supremacy was struck,
and In 1745 he was left practically with
out resources. The town which owed him
80 much came to his rescue with a pen
sion Of e10 month, on which he lived
until his death. February g. 17G2. when he
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HOPKINS SEEKS
return MATCH
Would Like Another Chance at
Georgetown University
Chess Club.
BECKNER HAS SPLENDID
CORRESPONDENCE RECORD
Winchester. KY. Man Is Winner Of
Every Game of Forty-Six
He Has Played.

The Johns Hopkins University Chess
Club has challenged the Georgetown Uni
veTsity Chess Club for return match 10
be played in Baltimore some time dur
ing January. The first OF these southern
intercollegiate chess matches was held
i'll the rooms of the Washington Chess
and Whist Club last winter. when the
Johns Hopkins team drew a double round
six board encounter. with the hiltoppers.
Whether the local collegians can go TO
Baltimore and do as well remains to be
seen, but in any event these intercol-
iesiate matches arc always interesting
and exciting, and it Is to be hoped tina;
they will become annual features of the
.'oial chess season Eke the intercity
matches with BALTIMORE.
J. T. Beckner OF Winchester Ky. well
known to local correspondence players.
and without superior at that branch OF
chess has kindly sent to The star for
publication n selection of his most mas
teriy efforts, most of which have never
been in print before. and which will ap-
pear in this column from time to time.
TO those who are unacquainted with Mr..
Beckncr's record it may be said that nc
has won forty-six straight games at cor
respondence play without single loss or
draw The game which follows was
played last week. over the board with
the celebrated American master, Sho-
walter:
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played about a month at Elmira and was
then released. This was the last heard of
the once great fielder.
Pair OF. Classy Players.
Johnston and Curt WEIGH in their
palmy days were considered the best
outfielders in the game While Johnston
played with Boston in the National
League. WEIGH was a member of the st.
Louis Browns and the Athletics in the
American Association, and both were
center fielders. WEIGH also went a fast
pace. which finally killed him. lie was
with the Browns in 1SS5-S6-S7, with the
Athletics in 1sSs-s9-90. and with Baltimore
in 1s90-91-92. He finished the season OF
1892 with Cincinnati. but was engaged by
Louisville in 1893. At Louisville he fell
by the wayside after playing fourteen
games. and was let go. He played center
field in 1894 and 1895 for Syracuse, but In
1895 was unable to play at all. He died
of consumption at his home in East
Liverpool, Ohio, in August of that year.
At E.mira Johnston met NJ. j. Doc
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Kennedy, who played first base without
wearing a glove Kennedy caught for
the Cleveland team from 1879 to lSo-, ana
the next four years played nrSt ior ~
chester. He did his last playing In 1872,
beginning with Elmira and finishing Win
Buffalo.
When Joe Hornung joined the Boston
team in 1881 Harry Wright was the
manager, and in 1885, Joe's last year with
the Beaneaters, Mike Kelly was at Ihe
the sod. The season Of 1888 was also
the last at Boston for two other stars
Ezra Sutton and John Burdock.
Hornung was a member of the Balti-
more team of the American Association
in 1889. but in 1890 he returned to the
National League. joining the ranks OF
the New York Giants. where his Fellows
in the outfield were Mike Herman III
right and Jesse Burkett in center. Hor-
nung took the place of Jim O'Rourke and
Burkett that of George Gore who had
jumped the Giants and gone over to the
Players League. Now Hornung was AT
the end of his career and Burkett just
beginning his, and when O'Rourke and
Gore returned to the Giants in 1891 the
oldster and the youngster were let 60
Hornung went to Buffalo. where he
played during 1891. and in 1892 did his
last work. starting with Providence and
ending with Buffalo.
Burkett. who began his base ball career
as pitcher, now turned his whole at
tentlon to the outfield. He was with
Lincoln in 1891, but when that team dis
banded in August he was signed by the
Cleveland club. and became one OF the
star fielders and batters of the National
League. He remained eight years with
the Cleveland team. and was transferred
with the entire team to st. Louis in 1899,
where he played good ball. and continued
TO do SO for the ST. Louis American
League team in 1902 and later. He is
now at the head OF the Worcester club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
PITCHERS ATTAIN SUCCESS
WITH DIFFERENT METHODS
Walter johnson and Ray Collins Form Striking Con
trast Yet Collins Was the Hardest Man for the
Washington Star to Beat Last Season.

that il is difficult TO correctly time it.
You never seem to meet the ball square
~. while his slow ball is SO slow, and
has such a deceptive fadcaway. that it
is next to Impossible 10 hit it hard. no
matter how YOU swing. When hitting
against Johnson you see very little and
hit ut less. When you hit against Col
linus you see whole lot and hit at
nothing"
Often during the season I hear the
batters gfumble at their failure to hit
some pitcher. ,who really doesn't seem
to have very much STUFF. Whenever
hear such comment | always decide that
the pitcher in question must be show
ing the batters something little diff
ferent from what they have been accus-
toned to looking over. Collins, to the
spectator, does look easy to hit, but
stand up there with bat and try to
hit him. and You will soon make up
your mind that the bali has deceived
the eye.
Fans Wonder at Falkenberg.
Fred Falkenberg is another pitcher who
looks easy to the folks in the stands. l
have had any number of Cleveland fans
ask me how Falky made the opposing bat
tiers look SO foolish,- when his delivery
didn't appear unusually deceptive. / have
always told them in response that Fal-
kenberg was a really good pitcher, that
to discover what hard fellow he was to
hit they ought to ask for trial workout.
have often heard people remark that
Falky seemed to have trouble in getting
the ball up. to the plate.
AS a matter of fact Falkenberg has far
better speed than the average pitcher.
Because of his great height and long
arms the ball is on the batter quickly,
and much of the speed is lost sight of.
His fadeaway ball is a most deceptive de-
livery. During the Pittsburgh Cleveland
series a number of the Pirates remarked
that 1t was hard for them to figure
out as Matty's mysterious ball. Until last
year Falkenberg's fadeaway usually was
ball if the batter let 1t go. Last year
he gained more control OF ii and a ma
jority of the times it was over the plate.
Falkenberg il far more puzZling to bali
players than spectators. lie is like many
other propositions in base ball, hard to
dope out.
Copyright, 1913, by W. G.. Evansl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

While I'm this city Mr.. Marshall was
the guest Of l. B. Zapoleon. The United
States champion is probably about the
most popular OF the masters and for
a player OF his rank and brilliant achieve
ments is possessed Of an almost aston
fshing modesty and lack OF desire Tor
notice. He appeared to be i'm fine form,
and preparing himself for tho coming
International tournaments at St Peters
burg and Havana.
The, .irst OF the graded class tourna-
ments at the quarters OF the Capital
City Chess and Checker Club has been
completed. DIR. Conner winning the
trophy and title of captain of the class,
with Mcclure second. and third place az
yet undecided. In the class L tournament
The other entries were Mcssrs. Rogers.
Whiting, Barrett. Kent and Nelson. a
number Of challengers for the trophy
are anticipated, and some interesting con-
tests are in prospect
A meeting IN the chess arena between
these two government departments mas
been recently discussed as an echo OF tho
late interbureau series OF matches IN the
Department OF Agriculture. The "ompe-
titioa just referred TO has developed the
fact that Agriculture possesses ssronS
array of chess players and should make
n good showing against the champion
Interior. The usual annual matches be.
tween the various departments nave iot
as yet been arranged this season, ctieliy
because of the superior strength OF the
Interior team. which has won the cna'n-
pionshp year after year. II Is known.
also. that the team is stronger than ever
this fall because OF NUMBER o. Tor
mdable acquisitions. However. some o;
the Agriculture players arc not wi!ha%
to concede the palm TO Interior ~ =
thorough trial of strength. such as would
be the case in a match OF Ins"en 10
twenty boards. Accordingly IL WAS de-
cided to send a challenge to L. E. Wall
er. who has been the team captain IN
recent years, suggesting a meeting IN nc
near future at the Capital City thcSa
and Checker Club on not less than ht.een
boards. Tho date proposed for the match
is "Wednesday night January :, iali.
and IL is hoped TO receive a prompt lau-
nca:ion from .he !utcriorItcs.
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score of sixteen won. .hrce drawn and
but one lost. though he confessed after
ward that at ieast three OF hts games
looked like sure losses. retrieved eventu-
ally by the characteristic Marshall
swindles'' W. r. Pratt. the well known
local amateur who scored the only win.
played a pretty game which viii be given
in these columns later. winning from
visiting masters appears TO be a habit OF
his The score is given below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
Harry II. Mclean Played Then.

1t is rather interest ting to mention
In this Connection that the Mclean
who is in the lineup Of the Nationals
in the sepond game. at catch is at pres
ent deputy health officer of the District
Of Columbia. Harry Mclean is just as
much of fan now as he was an in
terested player that day, nearly half
a century ago. = s..
Mr.. Mclean was connected with base
ball for q long time. Prior to the
inauguration of professional base bali
Mr.. Mclean and the late Senator Arthur
Pue German were delegates to the base
ball convention as representatives of the
Nationals and other southern clubs by
proxy. Mr.. Mclean opposed the adop-
ton Of the professional feature of the
game, and ran Tor the presidency of
the convention on the amateur ticket,
and was defeated. The. following year
saw the beginning of the professional
game, which has since developed into
one suf the greatest of commercial pur-
suits.
The bound copy Of Oliver optics Maya
zine. !; from which the above informa-
ton was secured, is the property of
Mr.. William B. Ho1tzclaw, and it is
to him that the writer is indebted for
its use.
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Marshall Gives Exhibition.

The most interesting chess event OF the
season was the appearance of the famous
American. champion. Frank ]. Marshall
in an exhibition at the Capital City Chess
and Checker Club. While the quarters
of the club Were crowded with specta-
tors, only twenty players cared to try
conclusion with the famous master,
among them being, however, some OF
the strongest of the local amateurs
Affc, loss than three ho,,-r If actual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
Collins Gives johnson Trouble.

Last summer these two twirlers work
ed In three pitching duels. all of them
decided by TO scores. Collins has the
honor of twice emerging from the trio
of trays victorious. In Il game played on
Decoration day Collins beat johnson at
Washington 1 to q In nine innings. The
only run of the game was a home-run
drive by Harry Hooper, the first man to
lace Johnson In the opening inning. The
next TO y battle was staged at Boston,
Johnson winning after fifteen innings of
sensational play. In the final meeting
between the two Collins was returned
the victor, although 1t is very doubtful
Il Walter Johnson ever pitched greater
game OF ball in his life. In eleven innings
he allowed only three hits: i'm ten innings
only one man reached first base-Steve
ferkes, on rather scratchy hit early
IN the game Two hits and an error in
the eleventh proved the undoing of the
speed phenomenon.
In some of the best games pitched by
Collins l have umpired on the bases. 1t
Is there that / was forced to listen to
some mighty amusing comment on the
work OF Boston's clever pitcher
He hasn't got thing" would remark
some great slugger. as he rolled puny
grounder 10 the pitcher after taking a
healthy swing.
When you can't hit that pitching you
ought TO quit" would be the comment
of the next batter as he went out on a
little pop fly.
Il have gone blind when I miss three
In succession right over the heart" would
be the way another star would sum up
the situation after being retired on
strikes.
Engle Explains Style of Collins.
Many a laugh did Clyde Engle, the
Boston first baseman.. and 1 enjoy last
summer at the various explanations
offered for the failure to hit the as
sortment served up by Collins Engie
never failed to impress on them that
Collins must have something from
the feeble attempts they were max
ing in their efforts to get the ball
safe. Engle and We're discussing the
pitching dueis of Collins and Johnson
one day on the bench before the start
of the game. His size up OF the situa-
ton struck me as being pretty nearly
the correct one.
Once fellow bats against Collins
and doesn't let his better Judgment run
wild he understands why IL is hard to
get the ball safe. His speed is so differ
ent from that used by most pitchers
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triangular match :

ta) This unaccountab,c oversight throws away
game. With % POT Black could not
The second lost game. to Mr.. ioorman.
is curiosity. and We give a diagram Of
the position in which Mr.. Whitaker lost
the battle in the very moment OF victory.
most instructive mistake.
WHITAKER.
BLACK.
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.Ndi1ouais- . - o - ~ o--Oo
Scorers-Messrs. Borlagc and Murscn. Time
Of game hours.
These scores speak for themselves,
and show just what kind OF a game
must have been prayed with the pos
sibflities of playing games in which
. more than 100 runs were scored. An
eight-to-ten-run lead was nothing in
those days, the opposing club being
liable to come across in the next in
nlng with twenty-five or thirty scores,
which would have made the keeping OF
a. box score such as. Is used to describe
a game now nearly impossible. The
Nationals at. that time must have been
StickeTS of real class. 1t seems almost
impossible that any team ever could
have scored 11S runs in one game, and
yet that is just what the Nationals
n II
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WHITE.
White 70 play and mate in four moves.
IQ-kI R-Kf3
2O-QBs RiRGi-kt6
3Q-KR1 Anything
Mates
PROBLEM BY D. ". CLARK.
BLACK.
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der which the pitcher works been defined
and drawn down to equalize opposing
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been a pretty strong combination.
scores OF those games follow:
T'lle

Umpire for both mafches-Mr. Coon Of the Em-
pire club. Scorers-Messrs. Munson and Smith
Zine Of game-Four hours and thirty minutes.
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SIcILiAN.

= iab 25 Kt-K2 wins also.
tbl 30 ...... QxKt, 81 Koch k-B. - QxBch
R-Q2 33 QxRch wins, the KRP advancing TO
draw X and side P's so in.
The following is one of the two games
lost by Mr.. Whitaker in the recent quad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The Atlanta club. champion Of the
Southern League. has purchased lntcsdcr
Schwind from the Boston Graves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

Tom Eeid. frst-sacker. has been pur-
chased by San Antonio. Reid WAS, =
member of the San Antonio CLUB severn
years ago. having been released TO the
Smithville club as manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

Facing embarrassing financial conditions
the Keckuk team or the Central Associa-
ton has shown moving pictures OF tue
world series to raise Sufficient FUNDS TO-
the coming season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

rip Egan of Louisville has penned
a contract with the Hannibal ciuo OF
Hannibal, Mo-. of which Al .Egan. for
merly connected with.the st. LOUIS Ma
tionals has been chosen manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

The indianapolis team Of the American
Association will train at Memphis next
spring President Sol Meyer has been Of
fered the use of the park by the Mem
phis club of the Southern League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

The Portsmouth club of the Ohio state
League has signed Steward Diitz, right
handler OF Roseville. q. Diltz Was DIS
covered by Billy Doyle. scout for the
Cleveland Maps. who recommended him
to President Cablemap OF the Cobpicrs. +
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-12-24
HOT AIR VS..
HARD WORK
Dubuque County Will Spend $4,000
While Other County Are Spending
"Hot Air" on Good Roads.
BENEFICIARY OF STATE AID
MarshaIItown Times Says Lincoln
Higway Will Not Be Built Until
Bond Issue is FIoated.

The River to River road boosters
have solemnly resolved to pave their
road across Iowa and it ought to be
done, but it will cost approximately
a quarter of a million dollars for each
county on the route and when it is
discovered that under present laws in
this state not much more than $4,000
per annum can be appropriated from
any one years tax money in any one
county for this one road, the River to
River road boosters are going to look
like 80 cents.
The Lincoln highway boosters are
selling tags for their road alt IS apiece
under the happy delusion that some
body else is going to build for them a
magniticently paved road across the
continent. This road will cost the
same as the River to River road with
no more public money available.
In the meantime, while the rest of
us are indulging in hot air, Dubuque
county will have teams and men to
work next spring on a 100000 road
and the money is all ready.
Now, the difference is this. Dubuque
has been made the beneficiary of
state aid, principle which has led
to tremendous building of permanent
roads in Wisconsin, Michigan, Cali
fornia and many other states. Du-
buque appealed to the federal govern
ment for $4,000 from special road
fund and promised $4,000 of local
money to get the $4,000 of national
money. The government engineers
reported that Dubuque's proposed road
would cost 100000 to be worth while
and the department then offered $780,
900 if Dubuque would contribute $780,
900. Dubuque was game and met the
ante. State aid brought Dubuque up
to an expenditure never dreamed of
before. In the state of Wisconsin ev-
cry county in the state has over sub
scribed for state aid on the basis of
50 of local money for one of state
money. If the state of Iowa would
adopt the principle of state aid there
would be prize money enough at stake
to bring the counties up to the point
of building these permanent state
roads.
However, we will never see any
road building in this state upon per
manent construction until this quar-
ter of a million dollars for single
cross country roads can be split up
into easy payments and spread over
approximately the period of time in
which the road is to last. No state in
the union is trying to build forty year
roads out of one years tax money;
not one, while three-fourths of the
states now use the county or state
bond issue plan of scientifically finan-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-12-24
new
BANK BUILDING
Manila National Bank in New Build.
ing Just Completed MANY Wis
itors During Past Week.
ELEGANTL FURNISHED
Grille Work Is in Straight Bars Of
Statuary Bronze; holdings Heavy
Quarter Sawed Oak.

Manila, Dec. 22-The Manila Ma
tional bank is now housed in one of
the finest little bank buildings in west
ern Iowa. During the past week the
business men and citizens generally
called to pay their respects to the
bank and the officers in charge, Cash
Ter F. L. VanSlyke and Assistant
Cashier Edward Theobald.
The Manila National bank was or
ganized in December, 1901, as a ma
tional bank, but it really dates back
to 1888 as banking institution when
it was opened as a private bank with
Leslie NJ. Shaw as president and Carl
F. Kuehnle, of Denison, as vice pres
ident, and the late D. w. Shaw, a
brother of Leslie NJ, as cashier. Al
ter the death of D. w. Shaw, Mr.. F. l..
VanSlyke, who was then assistant
cashier, was made cashier and NJ. F.
Strauser and later Edward Theobald,
who had just completed term as
county auditor, was elected as assist
ant cashier. It's other officers at pres
ent are: Carl F. kuehnle, president;
]. G. Hamann, vice president. The
bank has a capital and surplus stock
OF $4,000, and its combined deposits
now aggregate $175,00O.
The building is one story high.
o5X4S, built of pressed brick and
stone. The interior is elegantly fur
nished, pretty tile floor adds to the
mo'lernness of the lobby. The work
room is large and commodious. on
from the work room is a private Of
flee which can also be entered from
the lobby. This Office is 12x16 and
is equipped with quarter sawed oak
furniture. The fixtures are all new
and are of oak with wax finish. The
deal plates and bases are Tennessee
marble. The grille work is in straight
bars of statuary bronze. The mold
ing on the top is heavy quarter sawed
oak, making very neat and massive
finish. Very pretty steel ceiling paint
ed ivory white gives the interior of
the bank the very best lighting eff
feet. The building is heated by a
large hot air furnace and is lighted
by an individual gas plant and also
by the city gas. The new bank build
ing was erected by Contractor E. Y.
Turpin, of this city. 1t is entirely
modern in all respects. 1t is a fine
structure and credit to the business
part of the city.-Times.
1t is time to take heroic measures
hie 1v,vo h0roinn