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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-31

result. The enemy shows an increasing
tendency to counter-attack."
Steady Advance
These counter attacks have failed to
stem the steady allied advance and,
although at the present moment the
fighting on the Somme is mainly de-
voted to securing mastery Of small
stragetic positions which will be the
keys to further progress. there is yet
no sign Of the Germans making any ef-
fective counter offensive.
Russian Successes
The Russians remarkable victories
reveal a most interesting situation
The army Of the German general,
Count Won Bothmer, holding the Stripa
near the Lemberg- -Ternopol ridge, was
a few weeks ago being outfanked on
the south by General Letchitzky's sue
cessful advance. which the Dniester
foods prevented Letchitzky's further
progress. This enabled Won Bothmer
to hold on to the threatened positions.
General SakharOH tuen devoted him.
self to enveloping Won Bothmer'S
forces on the north, with what sue
cess is seen in his double victory west
of Lutsk and at Brody.
Thus outf1anked north and south, 1t is
considered impossible that Count Won
Bothmer can longer delay extgicating
himself from his precarious position, even
il he can now do so without serious
losses.
The Russians at Brody are at present
nearer Lemberg than Won Bothmer's
forces which are entrusted with Lem
berg's defence. and although the country
between Brody and Lemberg is very diff
cult, it becomes a question whether the
evacuation of both Kovel and Lemberg
will not soon become evident.
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ENGLAND Warned Of
Serious Consequences
the Blacklist Involves

Washington, July 3o.-Great Britain is
warned in the American note of protest
against the blacklist, made public to-
night by the state department, Of the
many serious consequences to neutral
right and neutral relations which such
an act must necessarily involve
Already in the hands of the British
foreign Office, the note declares Sin the
gravest terms that it is "manifestly out
Of the question that the government Of
the United States should acquiesce in
such methods" and that the United
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-31

States regards the blacklist as "inevit-
ably and essentially inconsistent with the
rights Of all the citizens of all the ma
tions not involved in the war" 1t re-
minds the British government that cit
izens of the United States are entirely
within their rights in attempting to trade
with the people or the governments of
any of the nations now at war, subject
only to we'll defined international prac-
tices and understandings which the gov
ernment Of the United States deems the
CONTINUED on Page 10ecoI. 81
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Expect Deutschland
Leave IN Short I ime
from Baltimore Pier

marines interests if he could convoy
the Deutschland to The three mile lin :
1t off the Capes. The officials we're re-
ferred tc the Treasury department. To-
day the Apache's commander said he
had received no orders to convoy the
submarine and had no official informa :
tion here.
1t can be stated On good authority
that the engines an. submersible ma
ohlnery Of the Deutschland are in per-
feet condition and that the vessels de-
parture is not delayed by any trouble
aboard her.
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Property
at Petograd Lost in
Great Conflagratior

Berlin, July 3o.-(via Sayville).--
Reports of a great conf1agration at
Petrograd, in which a bridge across
the river Neva. Il large steamers. in
Guiding several trans Atlantic liners
and the Putiloff gun works and other
establishments, were destroyed, are
printed in the Lokal Anzeiger.
In its account of the fire the news
paper says:
"On Tuesday the wooden palace
bridge across the Neva took fire at
several places. INN ediately flaming
platoons drifted to Vassili Ostrov
Basil Island). where a huge fire broke
cut and also to the port where II large
steamers, including several trans At
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Will Be Candidate

Ienerai Carranza Will enter the field
as presidential candidate at the
forthcoming general election, it was
SAID today. apparently confirming re-
cert unofficial advices from Mexico
City, which intimated that the First
ohief would seek elevation TO the
presidency at the hands Of the voters.
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GEN. PABLO GONZALES

Laredo, July 30.-Venustiano
Caranza is to retire as First
Chief of the de facto government
Of Mexico at an early date and
will be succeeded by General
Pablo Gonzales, according to in
formation given out by Mexican
administrative circles in Nuevo
Laredo tonight.
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Englehart, Ont, July 3d.
Forest fires raging in northern
Ontario are believed tonight to
have resulted in the loss of from
$50 to 200 lives. Scores of 9TH
er persons have been injured
and it is feared many of them
may die.
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secretary Of the treasury, in Hancock;
Cong. Clarence B. Miller of Minneso-
ia in York; Cong. Patrick H. Kelley of
Michigan in Oxford; Cong. W. A Rod
enburg of Illinois in Somerset; Cong
E. H. Wason of New Hampshire in
Piscataquis; Cong. z. L. Hamilton of
Michigan in Franklin; Cong. George E.
Foss of Illinois in Cumberland; Mr.
Hooper in Penobscot; Cong S. Wallace
Dempsey of New York in Aroostook.
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Congressman Fess, Miller and En-
erson in Cumberland; Mr.. Cole in Ken
nebec; Cong. Kelley in ennebec: Cong
Rodenburg in Piscataquis; Cong Wa
son in Hancock; Cong. Foss in York
Cong. Hamilton in Oxford Mr. Hoop
er in Penobscot; Cong. Dempsey in
Aroostook.
Wednesday, Aug. 80
Cong. Fess in Piscataquis; Cong. En-
Continued on Page 4-Column 81
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Baltimore, July 20.-Although the
German submarine Deutschland still
was at her pier here tonight develop
ments during the last "a hours indi-
Gated the intention of Captain Paul
Koenig. her commander, to leave in a
short time.
1t was learned today that when the
Coast Guard cutter Apache anchored
a short distance from the Deutsch-
lands slip late yesterday afternoon,
the Apache's commander was asked by
officials who are looking after the sub
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Showers of Shrapnel

The decorations, which were felt in
five states, began with continuous
rapid fire Of small shells, then the
mite. trinitrotolune and other high ex-
plosives, followed by the bursting of
thousands of shrapnel shells which lit
orally shOWered the surrounding coun-
try and waters for many miles around
Warehouses Destroyed
Fire that started soon after the first
great crash which spread death and
deSolation in its wake, destroyed IS of
the huge warehouses of the National
Storage co. on Blackwell Island in
which We're stored merchandise valued
at between s12 .0O. 600 and sl5, ,oOo, 600 The
flames, shooting into the clouds. were
reflected against New York's sky line
of towering office buildings, which only
few moments before We're shaken to
their foundations as by an earthquake
Debris in Manhattan Streets
Miles of streets in Manhattan alone
We're strewn with broken glass and
shattered signs.
Early reports Of heavy loss of life
We're impossible of verification, and the
authorities asserted that the number of
deaths probably would be small. 1t is
said, that owing to the extent of the
wreck, it may be several days before
the extent of the figures can be OBJ
tanned
Cause Not Determined
The cause of the disaster had not
been determined tonight Officials of
the National Co. and the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad, which also suffered heav-
lily through loss of property, declared
however, that reports to them showed
that fire started shortly after
O'Clock this morning on a barge be-
longing to an independent towing COM
pany which had been moored along
side a dock used by the railroad COM
pony to transfer ammunition ship
mentS from trains to vessels in the
harbor The barge, it was said, was
there without authority of either the
railroad or the storage company.
The officials refused to disclose the
name of the independent towing compa-
ny, saying they were investigating "to
ascertain whether the barge purposely
had been set on fire as the result of
plot"
Statement by Lehigh Co.
A statement issued this afternoon by
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co, after a
conference between heads of all depart
ments here, said:
Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the "a owned and operated by the
National Storage Co. and six piers owned
by the storage company and leased to
the Lehigh Valley road. were destroyed.
Several others of the brick warehouses
were badly damaged and some minor
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lantic liners at a floating dock. the
Putiloff works and other establish
rlents, took fire.
Tho police suspect that the con-
fagration was the work Of anarchists.
who planned to burn all public build
ings being used for military pur-
poses"
tains the most important insular sec
ton of the Russian capital. The part
of the Island facing the Admiralty
quarter contains the Bourse, the
buildings Of the University of Petro-
grad, and Of the Academy Of Sciences,
the Academy Of Arts. the Mining In
stitute, the Geological Garden and the
Semenof gallery IF raintings
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London July 3OThe opening Of the present week finds the
prospects Of the Allies perhaps brighter than previous
period Of the according to the views held here and the
position of the Central Powers discouragng.
Brssos striking victories the German general staff
imperative problem of how to reinforce the
General Lnsingen who sent by the Ger
mans to aid Austrans has completely
thrust back from the Lutsk salient.
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On Western Front

But the same problem is presented
on the western front. where. says an
unofficial correspondent. the cease
less battle seems steadily to gain in
tensity. Doubtless the constant arrival
Of fresh German troops and guns" he
adds, has everything to do with this
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OBSERVERS AT
MAINE STATIONS
DENY ANY FIRE
ON MAINE SIDE

Portland. Me, July 3o.-Smoke.
which today spread over the greater
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THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY

Weather forecast for northern New
England: Partly cloudy Monday
warmer on east Maine coast Tues
day partly cloudy.
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Towns Wiped out

Several small towns have been wiped
\raging for As hours. Reports thus far
received show that 81 perished at
a French Canadian settle
'ment and "a at Matheson. Cochrane
has IS dead and "a injured; Iroauis
Falls, Is dead and many injured and
Ramore Is dead The number killed
,at Porcupine Junction is not known,
but the entire town was destroyed ex-
cept the railroad station.
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REFUGEES ARE
IN GRAVE NEED

Have Neither Food Nor
Clothing - Railroad
Officials Provide All
Possible Relief Meas
ures-H Hundreds of
Square Miles Burned
over
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Counter Attacks by Germans Fail to Stem Fran
co-British Advance Along Somme General
Sakharoff Meeting with Sensational Success
in Attempt to Envelop Won Bothmer's Forces
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Large Death List

The death list will be materially IN
creased, it is feared, by victims in out
lying district. There are apparently
Well authenticated reports that many
prospectors have been at Tashota an:
Kowcash. One farmer and his 10 chill
dren are known to have been burned
while the mans wife was vainly seek
ing aid to check the on-rushing
flames sweeping through grass and
timber.
Mushka. hamlet consisting Of q
score of frame buildings and stores,
suffered worst. 1t hal been threatened
for several days but the residents lin
gered in the hope that they might
save their homes. They waited too
long, however. and walls Of fire cut
eff escape in any direction.
A nearby lake in which they found
refuge saved many residents Of Coch-
rane. Only two streets in the town
were saved.
The Chief Sufferers
Thirty-four bodies are lying side by
side on the platform of the railroad
station at Matheson. The station and
two houses are the only buildings still
standing Ramore. n small settlement,
was wiped out.
The flames were checked at Timmons
after II houses had been burned Only
the saw mill was destroyed at South
Porcupine.
All that remains Of Iroquois Falls
are the ruins Of the great paper mill
and one store.
Refugees without food or clothing are
pouring into the larger towns south Of
the burned district. large number Of
them have arrived here and are being
sent to Cobalt and Haileybury.
AS soon as the gravity Of the situa-
ton became known, officials of the
Temiskaming Northern Ontario
Railroad adopted energetic relief
measures. Calls for assistance were
sent to towns along the line and a fully
supplied relief train was sent out.
Hundreds of square miles Of bush
ard farm land have been burned over.
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TOWNS ARE
WIPED OUT
BY FLAMES

Fear Death List Will Be
Greatly Increased as
Details Are Received
Residents of Mush-
ka Attempted to Save
Homes until too Late
to Escape
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Boston Forecast

Boston, July 30.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Monday fair and
warmer: Tuesday fair; moderate
southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-31
DEATH IN ONTARIO FIRES
From $50 to zoo Lives Lost and Scores Are Injured
Germany in Sad Need of Reinforcements
on Both the Eastern and Western Fronts

GENERAL Won LINSINGEN SENT TO
AID AUSTRIANS COMPLETELY THRUST
BACK FROM LUTSK BATTLE GROUND
SAME PROBLEM IN EASTERN ZONE
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Monday, Aug. %

Monday, Aug. %
Cong. Simeron D. Fess of Ohio in
Cumberland: Cong. H. I. Emerson of
Ohio in Cumberland; Mr.. Cole in Lin
coin: Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw, former
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Cong. Fess in Piscataquis; Cong. En-
Continued on Page 4-CoIumn 81
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Tuesday, August %

Governor Frank Willes of Ohio in Ban
gor; Congressman Meeker in Cumberland; !;
Congressman Campbell in Oxford; Con-
gressman Gardner in Washington; Con-
gresham Schal in Waldo; Congressman
Magree in Androscoggin; Congressman
Sanford in kennebec; Congressman Win
slow in York; Hon. Mr. Cole in Saga
dahoc; Congressman Temple in Piscata-
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+. the property is good
...,u., making it known will
sell it.
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The Washington Tennis Association
finds Chevy Chase playing Columbia IN
a return match on the Columbia courts.
Departmental will meet the Dumbarton
players on the Dumbarton courts.
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Tomorrow the Suburban League
plays as follows:
Princeton VS.. Argyle, at Otis and
Warder streets; Euclid VS.. Home. Sher-
VS.. Petworth. Thirteenth and Mcnroe
streets; Bureau OF Standards VS.. Rae
quet, Connecticut avenue and liiden
street.
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Ing Office are down for matches today
in the Departmental League. War and
Postoffice are also slated to take the
courts in their regularly scheduled
matches.
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CONNIE DOYLE MAY
Be ASKED TO PLAY
On EASTERN TEAM
By BRYAN MORSE.

Conrad B. Doyle. Washington's tennis
champion. whose great showing at
Cleveland in the national clay court
tournament has attracted the eyes of
ehe tennis world. may be asked to play
ON the team which will represent the
East against the invasion Of the Pa
CHIC coast stars.
Doyle, with Henry c. Breck. his part
ner In doubles. In winning the middle
Atlantic states championship, will take
part In the sectional matches for the
championship. The pair will meet some
OF the best players In the country In
these matches, but Doyle. in defeating
Church on the Lakewood courts. has al
ready earned an enviable reputation.
George M. Church is at the top of his
game game; lie Is rated as No. by the Ma
tional lawn Tennis Association. With
Dean Mathy. Church is a member Of
the national champion clay court team.
In addition. Church has been playing
intournaments without end from week
to week. Doyle's victory was no fiuke
as the experts who witnessed the match
have testified.
Followers Of Doyle in this city have
long been aware that extended compe-
tition would bring out the best of tennis
from the local player Connie Doyle has
never been hard put to 1t on local
courts FOR victory. He has done very
little In preparation for the endless cups
and prizes that have come his way in
the Journeys here. Doyle has had little
dmeto devote to the game, and in other
years has played baseball and golf
right up to the day before entering q
tournament.
Those who saw the matches In Glove
land said that Doyle's service was ter
rifle. Even the bulletlike drives of
Mclaughlin were eclipsed by the WASH
inGton player, who appears to have
been put to 1t for IT, first time In his
life for a win. Added to this Doyle's
net play was invincibje, and he defeat
ed CHURCH at his own game.
Those In charge Of the Cleveland tour
nament speak so highly of Connie Doyle
that II Is rumored he will be asked to
be one Of the players who will meet
William Johnston. national champion:
Maurice Mclaughlin, Willis Z. Davis.
II. v. ID. Johns. C. J. Griffin, Ella Fot-
trell. and Roland Rotert. members of
the Pacific coast team, which comes
East for a battle with the racqueters
In this section of the country.
Few persons here know that Doyle
was sent for by Harry Seymour, of
Cleveland. who is tho moving spirit in
the clay court title competition this
year. At almost the last moment the
sandy-haired Washingtonian found he
could GO. and slipped out of town in
his usual modest Doyle-like fashion.
That he has startled the tennis world
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Wrestlers Resting
For TomorroW's Bout

Milo Hackensmith and Joe Turner are
resting for tomtrrow's match at The
I.yceuh when they will stage their
third meeting in six weeks. Because Of
the extremely warm weather, both men
are refraining from over-exertion. pre-
fering to reserve all energy for tomor-
rows mat contest.
That II will be hard bout for both
men is admitted by the principals.
While Turner is considered the faster
and more clever mat performer. he Is
wrestling at a handicap OF twenty
pounds and expects to have his hands
full. Hackensmith's reputation as a
clever user OF the toe hold Is quite as
well known ms Turner's and for this reA-
son they are said to be particularly
we'll matched.
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at this stage OF the game and without
special preparation gives rise to the
years ago had he had the opportunity.
Washington might have boosted n ma
tional champion In tennis.
Ing Office are down for matches today
in the Departmental League. War and
Postoffice are also slated to take the
courts In their regularly scheduled
matches.
Yesterdays matches In the Depart
mental League were as follows:
JUSIICfs-TkADE, 4; INTERSTATE. l..
Team /. Cash and Doyle Qnt0 de-
teoted Cotton and Graves C.-To. It,
Team 2. Tracy and Rublee q. ~ de-
feated Nelson and Graham unt). c-a.
Them 8, BieIaski and HUH U.-I.). de-
featcd Lyon and Paulson unto. s-5.
Team 4. svold and ;sornburger tJ.-TJ
defeated Stevens and Smith Unity. 80.
Team s. Hinton and Hall J.-Tj de-
feated Herring and Gaenz unt>. 63.
60.
LABoR-sTATE, 3: q. r. o.. /.
Team No. 1-Buckingham and VIII:
Jams (G. p. o. defeated Sheppard and
sk! nam a. a. 8, N Ell TO; and Whitney
q. s. defeated Tisdel and Tarbox g.
Team Ne; DECKER and 20. & e.. s. :
defeated Heisler and McGraw %. p
Team No. 4-Huddle and Shepherd
q. 50 defeated clun and Reinohl C.
Team No. 5-Match postponed.
CoMMEkCE, =; Ali,iIE:s. /.
Team No BARBER and EIdred Gag.
gIesl defeated Roal and Palmer
Conn. 60. IS. g.; 49,. p...,,,su
,c %ss% ds EFF GSiisn and ' sheaF%aH
Team No. SMerica and tracy tCom.)
defeated Frank and Boyd tAggies). 80
Team No. 4-Cuddle and Phelps tCom.)
defeated kellerman and Earl tAgsies)
6-3, -
Team No: SW yh a and an Mueller Y \,
Aggies). 80 IS. S-a.
Tomorrow the Suburban League
plays as follows:
t ArSye 4 oo Otis and
man avenue and Euclid street: Holmead
VS.. Petworth. Thirteenth and Monroe
streets; Bureau OF Standards VS.. Rae
quet, Connecticut avenue and liiden
street.
The Washington Tennis Association
finds Chevy Chase playing Columbia n
a return match on the Columbia courts
Departmental will meet the Dumbarton
players on the Dumbarton courts.
Home Club racquetcrs had their inning:
| on the courts at Sixth ana b streets
yesterday. Beadie and Brown. Recla.
| nation. won out over Stone and Hol.
Tiger. after three hard sets.
Duubles-Beadle and Brown (Recla.
mationI beat Stone and Holliger (Pat'
Singlee-Beadie (ReclamatioiO. beat
Stone (Patent). 6-i. "a; Brown Rcc.
lamntion) beat I.ovett Patent), 81. So
Holliger CPatenD beat MyeI (Reclama,
! tom. So. 60: Andrews (Lan6 beat
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on his roster. "Trip" as he is known
among the players. gets all that can be
gotten out Of his players without much
effort This Is Trips" second year as
manager OF the Auditors. and his team
will come mighty near carrying off the
bunting.
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Voshell Will Battle
In Two Finals TODAY

NEW YORK, June 30. - Howard
Nosheli. the sensational Long Island
tennis crack. will be seen In action In
both the doubles and singles finals OF
the Long Island championship at the
kings County Tennis Club tomorrow.
Triple victories on two successive days
won him the final round.
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Sleepy Hollow Golf
Tourney Is Under Way

NEW YORK. June 3o.-sleepy Hol-
lows annual invitation golf tournament.
which every year brings together many
Of the country's best golfers. begins
today on the picturesque old course.
The qualifying round yesterday showed
Phil Carter. Hamilton Kerr and Max
Marston tied for the medal with SOS.
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Chambers Survey. 6-3 60: Lind
LandJ beat Stevans Survey. 60. So.

CLEv tLAND. June 0.-Conrad b.
Doyle, OF Washington, and Robert s.
McEllroy, o. Pittsburgh. are fghting II
out today for the finals In the sevcntn
clay court tournament at tho Lakewood
Tennis club here. The winner wall OPP
pose Willis +. Davis. the Penn student
and champion or California.
Willis Il. Davis. champion OF CALI
fornia. and Il. Van Dyke johns. whose
greatest claim to fame 10 a victory
scored over Johnston. were the lumin-
aries In yesterdays play.
These two. playing as doubles part
Nners. won their way through the final
round OF the tournament. and will face
Dean Mathcy and George NJ. Cnurch.
the title holders. In the challenge round.
today. But this was not the limit OF
play for Davis. Inc facirle coast man
competition by a victory over the sturdy
youngster. Charles Garland. OF Pitts
ourgh.
The victory Of Davis and Johns in
pchse q Conrad B. Doyle of Washing
ton, and Walter b. Knox, OF Princeton.
The Californians. though they lost the
first set. wer invincible In the next three.
the score OF the contest being 3-S. 60.
6-l, 60. ~
Davis and ohns have elected to play
as doubles partners through the season.
and their work today marked them as
formidable rivals for the title holders.
They did not get started quickly, a
tendency to the erratic featuring the
play of the first set. and Doyle and
Knox. who settled down to conservative
tennis from the very outset. were un-
errors of their opponents aiding largely
In the result
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Moore's Garden and the Tulip A. G.
which the former won to- (. The game
resulted into a smuggling contest. TWEEN
ty-three hits being made during the
time of play. T. Moore, of the first
named team. led at bat. getting three
hits out Of four times up.
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Bennett pitched another good game
for the Printers yesterday. and his team
administered n coat of whitewash to the
IIilltops, the score being to 0. This
makes nine out OF ten for the Printers,
who are gaining Roadway toward the
pennant In the Rosedale League.