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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
DEFEATS OLD RIVAL
M. A. C. Wins From st. Johns
by s to 3 Score.
AGGIEs IN BETTER FORM
Do Much Superior Work to That of
the Annapolis Nine shipley
Hits Homer.

The Maryland Agricultural College
base ball team defeated its old rival
st. John's-yesterday by to s. The
Farmers showed superiority from the
start. and We're never in danger of los
ing In the first inning they tailed, got
three more in the second. and after that
there was little chance for the visiting
nine to accomplish much
Stevens started Oh the mound for st.
Johns. and his work really entitled him
to a better fate. He was put in bad on
two occasions by errors on the part Of
his teammates. and those, coupled with
wildness and hits when they were needed,
gave the Farmers their runs. Matthews
replaced Stevens at the beginning of
the seventh, and he got away we'll with
the first man UP, but then Shipley came
fence for home run. Matthews pitched
well after that
Hoffecker Pitches Good Ball.
Hoffecker was on the slab for NJ. A. e.
and was effective. He held his game
we'll in hand all the way He was not
in danger except in the last period. when
single by Noble. three-base hit by
runs. Hoffecker. who had let down. then
iShtened up and got away without be-
ing scored on further
st. JOINS made brilliant double pIa,-
In the second. NJ. y. G. filed thv ps.s..s
mad scored three runs and only one ma n
was down. Morris was up but he dump
ed an easy roller down the third base lire.
stevens went over fast. made the pickup
threw home to Noble in time 10 get
knode at the plate. and Noble in turn
threw TO first, getting Morris
There was really not feature to the
game. After the first two innings s,i-
periority on the part of the NJ A c. nine
was evident and il seemed fairly sure that
only fiuke could prevent the Farmers
from winning.
Previous to the contest with St Johns
the NJ A. G. second team played the Cen
terville High School nine. The Farmers
reserves won by to 1. Tucker pitched
well for the Aggies. but got poor sup
port.
The day marked the end of splendid
week in athletics for NJ A. c., they hav-
ing defeated the University OF Georgia
and st. Johns and played a fifteen inning
tie with Dickinson in base ball and hay
ing won their intercollegiate track meet
from the five other colleges represented.
'baS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Totals. 70 n Z Totals. IS SIG u 4
.Batted for Jump In third inning
tMaispn out for Interference.
st. John is. ........... U o q o o q Pa
NJ. A. C.............. 0 ) y o Ks
Runs scored-Noble. Stevens, Freeny, Knode,
Shipley, Morris. Derrick, Mess. Williams 90.
HOffecker. Home run-Shipley, Three base
hit-Stevens. Stolen bases-rhompson ~.
Knode (2l. Derrick Williams. Double play
Stevens TO Noble to Freeny. Hits OF stew
ems six in hve innings: on Matthews, two in
three innings Struck out--By Stevens. Il by
Matthews, 3: by Honecksr. 1. First base on
halIs-On stevens. 4. Passed bals-Noble,
Ness Hit by pitched ball-By Stevens tkRode
and Hoffeckerj. Left on bases-St. Johns 4;
" A. O., 7. First base errors-St. Johns,
|3 NJ A. C., 3. Time of game-1 hour and
50 minutes Umpre-AIr. Sam EdmOnston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Mrs. Agnes Havenor- Timme has an
nounced at Milwaukee that she has quit
base ball Her husband she says. viii
look after the business of the club that
Charley Iayenor left her. Mrs. Timme
Just now is interested in cultivating her
voice, and recently returned from Paris.
where she studied under D'AubiSne. who
told her she would be a great success II
she went on the stage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
G. w. U. FRESHMEN DEFEATED
Friends Defeat Them by 6 to 5 in a
Fast Game.

Both infelds played sensationally at
times. but errors occurred at critical
stages. Capt. Yerkes tried hard to win
the game by stealing third and home in
the ninth inning, thereby tying the score.
but an error, base on balls and hit put
over the winning run in the last half.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Navy ..--......-..- x-19
RunsT. Fisher 81, Adams Rodgers t3) Vim
son %, Connolly t2t, Kennedy, Smith. Hamil-.
ton. Glover t2p, Hicks, Blodgett (2,. Scribner
Sharp. Stolen bases-Smith o. T. Fisher
Glover. viEson. Hamilton. Brenneman. Steckel,
Moose. Sacrifice hit-Glover. Twobas hits
Kennedy. Stcckcl. Three-base hit-Hodgers
Hits-on Potter $ in innings; of Perry 3 In
IS inning; on Brenneman . In > % Innings;
Oh McFall. l in 2 2-3 innings: on Blodgett, = in
Is innings; of vinson, 1 In . innings. Struck
out-By McFall. z; by Bodgett, /; by vinson,
3; by Potter, 3; by Perry, l: by Brenneman, 2
Eases ON balls,On Blodgett. 3; OF rinson. !:
Off Potter. 3; OF Brcnnenan, l. Hit by pitcher
Fisher = (by Potter; Evans tby Blodgetty.
Passed bal-Mies. CInpires-Messrs. Belts Of
Washington and Fisher OF Annapolis. Time of
game hours and % minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
,otnls - coII7

-yolinan IA. Perry. RayiS - .inl ."
f2p. Mlstead t2l. Richards 90. Chaimsnn. ioll,a
on balls-On Hoffman ,; on Bnylis a. nn.n :
pitched-By Hoffman $; by Crogaan, /. NJ /,
made. Hoffman H. Struck ont by Hoffman
4: by Baylis. q. Three-hasa liit-Rcha; IDS staten
.,ases-yolman 81. Goode t2l. Stahl co.. Milsital
Hutton Baylis Perry. Hollcy -. Caaimsnr q
Cunningham 81. Marx. hit by pitchnr-Ey Hon
man tfhompson,: by l;aylis Marx. Wild pit, MS
-Baylis. l. Hoffman. l. Tmpire-Mr. Shurten.
Time OF game hour and 80 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Latest pitching johnson, Robert, shuts
out opposing college nine without hit.
What with Walter and Rankin and
Chief. he simply goes TO prove that if
you want to be pitcher be born q
Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
High Jump Is Well Done.

Another provisional record is Conpolly's
high jump mark. The slim Hopkins
jumper went over the bar at 6 feet u
inch in the trials. but was not able to
get higher than feet 9la inches in the
finals. II the committee decides to ac-
cept the trial jump Connolly will have
bested the previous record of feet IL
inches. Cronly was the star performer
Of the meet, winning two firsts. His ten
points made him highest point winner.
Jones. Georgetown's sturdy Splinter. was
second with nine points. He won the
220- yard dash, was second in the 1O0-yard
dash and fourth in the broad jump.
Virginia won three places in two events
Cronly, HARRISON and Wilson finished
first. second and third, respectively. in the
1.O-yard hurdles and Barker. Coleman
and Mayer took that order in the shot
pat These two events, coming early In
the program, put the Virginians far in
the lead. and the top position was never
wrested from them.
The summaries:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
Marines Trim Navy.

Marines found Navy easy in the
Treasury League yesterday and won.
% to 2. Baylis, who pitched for the
Marines allowed but two hits and
struck out six. Score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Runs-Yerkes 81. Mcknew Ct, brown. THy-
lor, Sacks. Miller, G. King. Simpson. Three
base hit-Yerkes. Two-base hits-Stuckert t2l.
Taylor. Miller, Mcclure. Stolen bases-ierkes
(3) Steel (2. Mcclure. Mcknew. Stuckert.
Upton. II. Owens. Brown. Sacks. Miller. G.
King, Boynton. Bases balls-Of ierkes 4:
OF Boynton, l. Struck out-By Yerkes. Il: by
Boyn,on, 5. Umpre-Mr. Brooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
CLASSY SWIMMERS.
Championship Title May Change
Hands This Season.

NEW YORK, May although none OF
the national indoor aquatic champions Of
1913 will fail to defend his title in this
years battles for supremacy, which will
take place within the next three weeks,
there is every likelihood of seeing sew
eral of the crowns change heads
In the fifty-yard dash. for instance.
Perry McGillivray of Chicago. the pres
ent holder. will have to face r. B. Small
who recently defeated the great Kahana-
moku in worlds record time: Kenneth
Huzzagh, who claims the American
standard figures. and Harry Hebner. Ar
thur Raithel. Philip Mallen. Norman
Buck and others with performances as
good as his own to their credit. II will
be surprising ii he retains his laurels.
Two straight wins may be an lndica-
ton that the Giants are coming, but the
Pittsburghs are going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
W.. s. P.


Howard Shanks shared in the batting
bee, gathering in a couple OF doubles IN
five trips to the plate. Howard also
PLAYED his usual brilliant game in the
outfield.
While it is true that George Mcbride
never figures with the leading hitters in
the league there are not many players
who make their hits more productive
than he. There is no batter on the team
more apt to come through with mt
when there are men on the bases than
Mcbride. Yesterday ne helped matters
on two occasions. In the fourth he drove
Morgan home with double. and in the
fifth he singled and helped couple of
runs across the plate.
Now. that Jim Shaw has shown mis-
ability to pitch in a regular game. he IS
sure to be worked regularly during the
rest of the season. Shaw would nave
broken in some days ago. for Griff1th was
convinced as to his ability 70 make good,
had il not been for very sore hnser
which handicapped him in delivering the
ball 1t NAV be several days before
Walter Johnson returns to his best form.
but in the meantime. Boehine. Ayers.
Engel and Shaw will be able to take care
Of the pitching and when Johnson rounds
TO the team will be especially fortified
in this respect 1t is not unlikely that
Bentley or Harper. too. will be added 10
the regular staff. for it is plain that there
are several teams in this league Whlch
are at a disadvantage when they are up
against southpaW.
Jimmy Walsh. the Yankees left heider'
who was secured from the Athletics, has
been making good with vengeance TINS
spring, having hit well and showed lot
OF speed in the field. But in the -FOUR
games the Yankees have played against
Washington he has failed to get single
hit. Somehow or other the local pitchers
do not seem to be to his liking The
nearest ne came to breaking the luck was
YESTERDAY, when he drove a liner TO lett,
which Shanks caught however
Fosters stop of PeckinpaughS drive IN
the eighth inning on which Reynolds
was forced at second was one Of the
hardest hit balls of the day. but Foster
came up with it without wobhle and the
bail had Travelled 50 fast that he had to
wait for Morgan to cover second base
before he could make the throw there.
Truesdale, the former St Louis Brown
player whom Chance purchased from
Buffalo. seems to have added lot OF
strength to the Yankees infield. Trues-
dale is not only a good fielder, familiar
with the position. but he looks like for
midable hitter. at least on his perform
ance in yesterdays game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
c. u. SQUAD SECOND
Blue and Gray Next to Virginia
in S. A. !. A. Meet.
ATHLETES DO GOOD WORK
Three Records May Have Been
Broken in Hurdles and
High Jump.
ATHLETES DO GOOD WORK

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. May Virginia
athletes experienced no difficulty in walk
ing away with the third annual South
Atlantic intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton championships held this afternoon on
Homewood Field. Pop Lannigan's crew
piled up 81 points. Georgetown was sec
ond. with Biz. and Johns Hopkins fin
ished third with 3ois.
If the South Atlantic committee decides
that the wind which swept down on the
track from the west did not figure in aid
ing the runners in the dashes two records
will have been set. Cronly of Virginia
did the 22O-yard hurdle event In "A 3-5
seconds, besting his last years work of
"a As seconds. The same athlete went
the 12U-yard hurdles in 10 So. clipping
% seconds off Horrax's 16-second mark.
Wagner, the Hopkins captain, equaled
the 1OO-yard dash mark of 10 seconds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

PROBLEM BY W. A. SHINKMAN, 1888.
A. c. White gives this as the first prob
lem in which all four promotions for the
white pawn on one square were achieved.
RACK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

genuine 'swindles." a term which might
we'll sound bit dubious to the outsider
but has well defined meaning to the
chess PLAYER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

Howard Shanks shared in the batting
bee, gathering in a couple of doubles in
five trips to the plate. Howard also
PLAYED his usual brilliant game in the
outfield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
no chance for the Cuban to break into
the lineup.

Sporting Editor Star:
You frequently descant on the poor
playing of the Nationals on the home
grounds as compared With their playing
while on the road. The answer: 1t is
simple. automobiles. Nothing is hard
er on the eyes and the eyes are the keys
to every players efficiency
Respectfully,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
JOHNSON ADMITS HE is
STALE; NEEDS TONIC
TO REVIVE SPEED

Continued from First page)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06

international matrimonial prizes"
and the way the prize husbands
turned out;
Sarah Stokes, worth $4,000, 900 mar
ried to Baron Halkett, who kicked her
repeatedly, deceived her and whom
she divorced.
Martha Leishman, worth 100000,
who died leaving her his old debts,
married to Count de Gontaut Biron,
for which her property was seized
Florence Audenried, worth $1,000
600, married to Count De la Forest
Divonne, who gambled away her
money, beat her and ill-treated her
And there are others. There was
Count Villars, who married Estelle
Chaplin and who spent his time at
his club; Count Castel Minardo, who
married Edith Van Buren, and pa
raded another woman as his wife.
Sir Spencer Headley, who married
Justine Dixon and who drank himself
into insanity; Baron Achsetbaum.
who married Estelle Ogden and
ruined her by his eXtravagance-and
dozens of others, every man jack of
whom has been a spendthrift, a liber-
tine and a brute, and who, having
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
CITY OPENS FREE:
WARD To FIGHT
MEASLES
Alarming Spread of Disease Spurs
Leaders to Establish Retreat
in Grady Hospital.

An emergency hospital for children
LAYING measles will be opened in
GRADY hospital at noon Friday.
Money, beds, nurses and doctors were
-rnvjded by Mayor Woodward, the
Rotary club and DR.. ]. p. Kennedy,
~ the city health office, at meeting
n HE Winecoff Hotel Thursday night.
Or. Kennedy said the death rate
among whites in Atlanta would be
mich lower if the negroes were re-
moved from the city.
pr. W. b, Summerall proposed a
100000 reorganization of Grady Hos
raaI to include the housing under one
roof Of all public hospitals in the city,
AMI including a new municipal hos
dtal
More Hospitals Promised.
7Iayor Woodward assured the club
members that next year the city bud
oer will carry an appropriation Tor
Tvp contagious hospitals, one for ne
groas and one for white persons, and
Gota removed from Grady Hospitals
IN cash and notes, $500 was sub
sarfbed for the hospital The large
rumber of neglected cases of measles
h The city caused the promoters of
.be emergency hospitarto arrange for
r1e opening of the hospital with SO
beds at noon Friday.
Free medical advice will be given
hose who appeal to the emergency
hospital, even after all the beds are
taken. If the bed space is taken up
am extension of the emergency hos
pi,al will be arranged Immediately.
Day Nurseries Affected.
Mayor Woodward offered the use of
side building new used partly as a
CONTIGUOUS disease ward by Grady
Hospital. Part of this building is I'M
occupied. and is being cleaned and
renovated
The emergency hospital will be un-
aet the direction of the city health
office. It will be supported by the
Rotary Club.
DR. W. B. Summerall, speaking of
the extent to which measles has
spread in the city. said two day nur-
series, patronized by working women
mostly Widows, have been closed. In
one of them eight children were af
facted and in the other place twelve
babies contracted measles. DR.. Sum
neral said the children often had to
he placed three in one bed.
Mortality Statistics.
Dr. Kennedy gave these figures,
ala 1913. 1866 whites died in Allan
la establishing a percentage of lI49
IL every j 000 whites. If negroes We're
removed from the city, the death rate
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
BUCHU FINE FOR
WEAK KIDNEYS
Mixed With Juniper Is Old Folks
Recipe for CIogged Kidneys
and Backache.

Most folks forget that the Kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and
.cIogged and need a flushing occa-
sionally. else we have backache and
ami misery in the kidney region Sc
we're headaches, rheumatic twinges'
torpid liver. acid stomach, sleepless-
ness and all sorts of bladder dlsor-
ders dizzy spells. spots before the
ewes frequent desire to urinate
no avoid above troubles, you SIMPLY
,ust keep your kidneys active and
clean. and the moment you feel any OF
the above symptoms get good SIZED
bottle of Stuart's Buchu and Juniper
Compound from any good drug store,
talie a teaspoonful in a glass of
water after meals. Stop eating
sweets or sugar In a few days your
kidnevs will then act fine and natural
Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Is harm
ioss 10 flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to normal activity
n also neutrallzes the acids in the
urine SO it no longer hurts to pass
water thus ending bladder disorders
Everybody should take Stuart's Blu
ohm and Juniper now and then 10
Leon their Kidneys clean IT'S old
roll;s' recipe. and be sure the drug
rlsts give you Stuarts.-AdYt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06

land and Ireland, and then came
across the Atlantic to Canada, He
went from Hudson Bay to Niagara
Falls and from Quebec to Victoria.
When he came INFO the United States
he walked to Cleveland where he
spent a week, Then he walked
through the country to Chattanooga,
and came from Chattanooga to At
lanta. walking over the right Of way
of the Western and Atlantic Railway
He will leave in a few days for Jack
sonville, ana will spend some time in
Florida. later probably going to Mex
leo and Central America and down
through South America
To Inherit $4,000
Mr. WIKI says he intends to write
a book about his experiences. in which
he will include a chapter about At
lanta. Unlike the usual globe trot-
ting pedestrian, he says he is not do
ing it on any wager, but simply be-
cause he wants to. His people, he
says, are wealthy and send him
money, although sometimes when his
remittances are delayed he has to go
to work When he returns to Amer
lea. MIR WIKI says he VIII come with
$4,000, which he Inherited from his
grandmother estate.
The globe trotter ia IS years old,
and at the age Of Is was private in
the South African army that wageG
war with Great Britain Later he
served as n mounted policemen on
the ranges of the Transvaal
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
GIRL
WINS DOUGHTY
BOER HERE
Globe Trotter, Who Fought
British, Says He Will Return
to u. S. to Wed.

In the short space of eight months
the American girl with her smile and
undeniable pulchrtude, has accom-
plished a task that occupied the
Kingdom of England for several years
and cost many millions OF British dol
lars and thousands of British lives
conquered the stout heart Of full
booded Boer, a follower of Dom Paul
Kruger in the days when South Afri-
ca ran red with blood and a million
farmers and herdsmen dehed the
power Of Britain.
The conquered is Hofmyer Van
Wiki, of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. who stopped over in
Atlanta Friday on a pedestrian tour
of the world. The conqueror is g
blooming American lass that Mr..
Wiki met shortly after he crossed the
Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls
August 10, 1913, and began his walk
to the Florida keys. He came to At
lanta bubbling over with enthusiasm
for America-and American girls.
To Wed American Girl.
Il will return TO America" he said,
after | complete my tour of the
world. | expect to locate in this
country and marry an American girl
Mr.. WIKI left his home in johann
nesburg october 81, 1918, and has
been walking continuously since that
time. He walked straight from the
Transvaal through the heart of Afri
ca to Egypt where he took boat and
went to England.
He walked through England, Scot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
PlantHere to Have
Payroll of S750,000,
Says Ford Manager

The advertising men of Atlanta
were fully acquainted with the Ford
idea" Friday following the address
Thursday by Robert Abbott, manager
Of the Atlanta branch of the Ford
Automobile Company, at the weekly
luncheon at the Hotel Ansley.
MIR Abbott described how, from
cart a discarded boiler and indefa-
tigable industry, Henry Ford evolved
his mammoth business which has
made him many times millionaire.
The Ford company will establish its
eighteenth assembling plant in At
lanta
I'VE will employ about 500 skilled
men," said Mr.. Abbott, and all will
come under our minimum wage plan.
None of our employees make less
than s. per day, and none Of them
are discharged When we find they
are unsuited we transfer them to an
other kind of work. The pay roll will
approximate $750000."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
Reform School for
Negro Firing Home

Annie May Hays, 15-year-old negro
girl. who confessed she started the fire
which did $1,000 damage to the home
of Comptroller General w. A. Wright.
at No. 80 East Fifteenth street, was
sent Friday to a negro reform school
in Cincinnati, following an order by
Judge w. ". Tindall, of the Juvenile
Court, issued Thursday, after he had
heard the girl repeat her confession.
The girl stated that she set fire to
the house in two places, upstairs in
closet and downstairs in the pantry,
Wright.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
H. H. M|LNER NEW
HEAD OF THE ELkS
Wins From Van Astor Bachelor
After Exciting Race-0ther
Officers Chosen.

II. Fl. Miner, the newly elected eX-
allied ruler of the Atlanta Lodge Of
Elks No. IS, will on April assume
active charge Of his new office. Mr..
Miner, by vote of 219 to 113,
Thursday night was chosen after an
exciting race with Van Astor Batch
elor
Mr.. Miner is the city passenger
agent of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. and from time to time has
held many responsible positions In
the Elks lodge in Atlanta. Until mis-
election as exalted ruler he was serv-
ing as esteemed loyal knight
At the close of the balloting Mr.,