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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
THAT RACING
CONTINUE At LAUREL
Delegation of Business Men Appear
Before Committee at
Annapolis.

LNI REL, Nd, March 25.--A plea for
the continuation Of racing at Laurel
for The sake of the town was made
TUESDAY by d delegation of prominent
business men Of this community before
subcommittee of the Senate finance
committee at Annapolis. The dcIega-
ton was unanimous ia its opposition
10 amy legislation resulting in the
abandonment OF racing. The argument
vas made that the l-anrei track had
been beHctting the farming Comnuni-
ties near by and helped hundreds Of
citizens Of tn. town. The delegation
"az composed Of the following bust
ness mem NJ ]. Tighe, Randolph Wat
ers. John ". Gray NJ f. Quin, ELL
Mood Fisher. George +. French. Carol
y. Frost, i. \ Grown, Ernest Nichols,
Frank Thics. Iohn +. Palmer. :. j.
Ath"y aud A. Z. Williamson.
Cardinal Gibbons viii shortly visit
and administer confirmation. The class
this year viii be an unusually large
one. most Of the candidates coming
from - Lawrencc's Church of Jessup.
The classes hay" been Instructed by
The Sisters of Mercy Of 81. Mldred's
Academy at Laurel Rev Joseph A.
My"r - pastor of the church.
F!tzhGgh Lee Chapter of the United
Daughters OF the tunfcdoraCy gave. a
reception 10 Mrs. Cofdelia Powell Odcn-
hcIH.r president general of the or
saniZatiou. Mrs. Ddenh"Imer spoke on
the work Of the order in erecting
monuments a. Arlington and shiloh
and Tho proposed memorial at stone
Mountain Ga. The reception was held
from to s O'Clock in the colonial
HON" of Mrs Francis Fcnwick smith
The house was decorated with south
crn flags ana y hitc carnations.
Charles l.. Young and T.. Melvin
Moore, election supervisors of Laurel
acting as board Of registration, will
sit at the city hall tomorrow to sup
Plcment registration and revision OF
the registered voters within the cor
porate limits Of the town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
M|DD|ESBLANKP PENN
BIodgett Holds Quaker Boys
Down to One Hit.
FANS FOURTEEN OF THEM
Middies Garner Eight Hits and Put
Up Faultless Fielding
Game.
FANS FOURTEEN OF THEM

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 25.--An al
most ideal spring day greeted the ball
tossers of the Naval Academy and the
University of Pennsylvania for the
opening game of 1916 season in Annap-
oils, and both teams put up a good
article of the game for a season starter.
the Middies emerging with victory by
a count of to O.
The work of the Middies espe
cially pleasing to their followers, as
they showed that they have the max
ing of strong aggregation. This
means much to the credit of Lieut.. c.
c. Gill, the new head coach, who has
the able assistance of Walter S. (Steve)
Brodie, the old Orole player. The
very creditable, especially In view of
the fact that today was the first time
the men had actually worked ont OF
doors.
Capt. Edward w. E.berle. superintend-
ent of the academy. tossed out the first
ball. according to custom.
Blodgett, "A veteran of two previous
seasons. pitched a mastery game for
the sailors. He retired fourteen bats
men by the air route, and allowed only
one hit He was given faultless sup
day in the field, only one error being
credited against it. This went to Gil
more, the backstop, when he made
poorly judged throw toward second in
the sixth inning, IN an eHoft 10 eaten
Moran stealing. Score:
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! Having that, You would not need ordi-
nary curves. Walsh in his later years
developed curve that was pretty
good, but in the pinches he depended
upon the splitter
wv alsh was "A great pitcher-one of
the greatest, so ! believe, that ever
pulled on spiked shoe. But Walsh
would have been even better had he
mastered change of pace. This he
did not do. James has change of pace.
50 has LoWdermilk. With a splitter al
their command neither would lose more
than five games a season"
This is a season of vexation for the
portly ball player. 1t is presumed that
all through the winter season he has
iolIed IN idleness and ease. permitting
the fatty tissues to assail him and am
pllfy his biceps He reports at the camp
bearing strong family likeness to a
bioated bondholder. In essa wing fight
or other violent action he uheeZes
audlbly. II is his stern duty to scam
per about and rid himself of the fat
II is AN affecting thing to see a large,
Noracious bail player with an appetite
ca pable Of eight hearty meals seated
before a glass of cold water and plate
Of thin soup. The harder he works
TO reduce the keener his hunger and
the less he is able to eat There never
was so raVenOuS creature as q ba
ball player at training camp. But
all through the spring battle with
corpulence he must sit at the training
table and eat what is put before him,
and If his manager or the trainer
catches him Inunching a we'll grown
steak on the sly he Will be fined
weeks wage and most likely he spoken
to. Base ball managers have n manner
of reproachtng their charges that is
said TO be very humiliating.
The player who makes a fat salary
this season i'll earn it. With the Feds
out Of the way and things in better
order, our faNorlte outdoor diversion
is to be conducted more vigorously.
Players are getting into their best
shape, inspired with Just little des-
peration. They know that if they don't
produce their choicest goods some one
else will cop their jobs. With the dis
polling Of the Feds there is an ade-
quate number Of first-class players on
the market. He will have to be better
than the average who hopes to make
more than the usual wage The gay
primrose paths trod by many dub
through the past several seasons have
been barred up for keeps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
VICTORY FOR BOB BURMAN.
First Over Line in 50-Mile Auto
Race at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, Cal. March 25.-Bob Bur-
man won the fifty-mile Panama -Califor-
mia international exposition cup race of
fifty miles here today. The time was
57.S04-5 The course was slightly over
one mile.
Teddy Tetzlaff was second. in $500 c-5;
Barney Oldtield third. in 1915, and Cliff
ford Durant fourth, in 1902. No others
started.
Burmans time was considered remark
able by experts in view of the dangerous
course Tetzlaff from the eleventh lap
on closely pursued Burman, at no time
being more than 80 seconds behind Old
field after jumping into the lead in the
first lap was unable to maintain the pace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
STANDING OF CLUBS
IN BUREAU LEAGUE

The standing Of the teams shows that
the first five CUNTS are running a very
close race for the pennant
The Custodians walked away with two
games from the Electricians during the
week.
Rotaries have added strength to their
team by signing up George Lowry and
NJ kindsfather.
The Examiners annexed three straiehts
from the Printers of section / recentlv
Capt. Dampier of the Examiners club
rolled high game of the week by smiling
119 pins His anchor man, p. q. STEELE
rolled high set of 3Os pins. while the
teams average was high set of 1880 pins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
KEEPS ON WINNING.
R. Norris Williams Best in Tennis
Tourney of LongWood Cricket Club.

KRoOkLINE, Mass, March 25.-R
Norris Williams, I'd, of Harvard Uni
versity, former national lawn tennis
champion, today won the finals of the
covered court tennis tournament of
the longwood Cricket Club for the
second consecutive year. He defeated
Irving c. Wright of Boston, Ca. "a,
Is. The playing of Williams through
out the tournament was considered re-
markable, and although Wright put up
a strong opposition today Williams
was able to pass him often for clean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
BIG LEAGUES WELL STOCKED
WITH PLAYERS THIS SEASON
Scouts Face Trying Times This Year, as
Only Guaranteed Youngsters Will
Be Signed Up.

/ DETROIT. March 26-The call of the
| ivory,
That. you may well believe. is not
call that is going to be distinctly heard
over the land in the ensuing two years.
For the major leagues, in probably the
first time in their history, are pretty
well stocked with talent.
In other words the lot of the scout is
not going to be an envious one
The Federal League is-or was,
whichever you prefer-responsible. No
other agency could have brought about
the condition that now exists.
The start was made when club own
ers began signing their stars to long
term contracts The practice spread
until il included just about all the men
performing in the big leagues Take
Detroit, for instance. President Navin
last summer signed up all his players
and it is up to Mr.. Navin, it is up to the
other magnates, to live out these docu-
ments.
You can easily see, then. until some
of these contracts expire and their
holders begin to slip that the ambitious
young athlete from the way places is
not going to get real chance to dis
play his talents.
The Detroit club. like other major
league clubs. has received numerous re-
quests during the past few weeks for
places on its scouting staff. These re-
quests have all been turned down. The
club is not combing the bushes as il
once did. 1t is not doing this for the
reason that il cannot afford To-
The Tigers. they stand form one
of base balls strongest machines, and
the club owner would be foolish to spend
additional thousands in taking remote
chances.
ptrlment-not 50 costly to the magnates
OF organized base ball as to the FEEDER
ais; bur, nevertheless costly enough to
| Influence club owners in lacking around
corners 10 reduce expenses. The throw
ing OF the zoo Feds on the market also
closSed things up. and. inasnuch as
most OF these men had contracts base
pan VIII nave 10 take care of them be
tore II can pay more than scant atten-
ton to the fellows stepping in,
The peace pact also brought about a
closer relationship between the ma Tors
and minors The Detroit club is no ex-
I ception and il has received all sorts Of
requests for it's surplus taIcnt-particil-
larry It's pitchers. International League
Pacific Coast League and American As
ISOLATION clubs have written to the clut,
suggesting tuat affiliations be made.
Thus far no binding contracts have
been signed, but it is altogether. likely
that the Tigers will have two or three
, farms during the 1916 season
Billy sullivan declares that throwing
the spit bali has no more il effects on =
pitchers arm that the tossing Of any
other curve-provided II is thrown
right
The spit ball never harmed E.d
Eaish's arm declares Sullivan. III
never harmed it beca use Walsh knew
. flTOligl he fft1,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
Purdue Goes to Louisville.

COLUMBIA, Tenn, March 25.-"Hub'
Perdue. formerly a member of the Bos-
ton and ST. Louis National League
pitching STATS. has signed Il Louis
vile, American Association, contract
and will report Immediately, accord
ing to an announcement made at the
training camp of the Louisville team
here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26


has been found necessary because no
DAYS could be wasted when it was pos
sih,e 70 work. but now a rest is con
siderAd the thing that is needed Mon
day there will be a couple of hours Of
hating and fielding practice in the
,nnrninp and in the afternoon the Vir-
pinia team will be taken on for the
ANAL game
Pert Gallia learned "A lesson YESTERDAY
that team which is as strong with
the bat as the Virginia team cannot be
e,fet, Gaia did NOT exert himself
disnosing of the college batters but
,rban uji.u nrt hin, in a hole by drop-
rim, a IittIe Nv he learned to his sor-
rn,y mar serving nm nice fast balls
,i,ro,,gh mo ,erter or the pIate is not
no "a Ia ston any team. and he was
~. s.fe,v eix consecutive times and
mo coI,.pfaus took the lead by scor-
Inc, Eve runs Then Per, 90, down to
husinese and began 10 use his arm
,,i,b the res,It tina, the scoring ceased
Johnson was never in trouble and
III. f.s. hall over the pIate and allow
ing his felders to do the work But
Ibrso1 IL different from, most nitchers
- ~ -asr.c+ h.c.uae no has "a, b;s
'.n,,,,,apd :. grea, lot Of sneed u.hirh
,,y,,aII, serds ,ha h,lI mast IN. hattere
tnsara 49,, 49,, ,e+ ,beir h.te arourd
''-''
That fo.ch lack RYAN has a very
.,,nd Mining team for a cnlIer. arpre-
,,ia 49, se.sn,, has hecn nrcvcL an
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~ na,ta,;.re have ,,,is,nd come
80 - ,not ,hc,, ,n,, Ii.,t,l, ga
IA 90, ,,.,,ri, b.rd ~. y.,nes bera
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No. -, 90 80 49,. ~
,heir athletic fund the STAY of the Na-
49,. 49, ha",' ,roG,.b1 TO- ~
SN"o''-
rorri p,nde.u lit. po.,y o.h.re an,
~ ,aan, reeded orIv y mn. bnt
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

Totals - % s y II Totals. q I y IA
Connolly OUT hit by batted ball in sixth in
ming.
Navy .....-... o 0 Y
PENNSYLVANIA ..... y ~
Runs-Rodgers Blodgett. Left on bases
Navy, I: Pennsy lvania. >. Stolen bases Berry
t2l Connolly. Fisher. Sacrifice hit-Thornhill.
Double play-Schimpf to Smith. Hi's-of Cross
in seven innings: OFF Switier l in inning.
Struck ou,-By Blodgett. IA; 10y Cross. T.. Bases
balls-On Rlodgett. .; of Cross. 4: Error
,,ilmcre. Cmpires-Messrs Belts and Hughes OF
Washington. Time Of game hour and 81 min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
Schedules in Bowling
Leagues for Tomorrow

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Lag nc--H e
""nn' i"a>""' hcaS"e-be-
"hturS W. Nr'nrif3'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

High individual average-Farwell $500.
second high individual ayerage-Burtne
81 "A.
High individual Beilstein, 1870.
High individual set BURNER, 341.
IIgh team Chippewas. $50.
High team set-Nohcuns. ?33.
Greatest number of strikes-Shunk, Il.
Greatest number of spares-Burtner, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
Bowling Scores.

ALEXANDRIA CITY LEAGUE.
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Johnson was never in trouble and
did not resort to curving. Just sending
his fast ball over the plate and allow
ing his felders to do the work. But
Johnson is different from most pitchers
in this respect, because he has at his
command a great lot Of speed, which
usually sends the ball past the batters
before they can get their bats around.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER TX.
Buckets Of Gold.

Hemenway put in very busy Sat
urday morning with his baggage and
that of the twins, and with score
of many other things he had left I'm.
til that day in order to keep his mind
occupied.
He had placed all his eggs in one
basket, and sink or swim, he had To
go through with it as planned. 1t was
now too late to change. BY two
O'Clock in the afternoon he had clean
ed up all the little odds and ends he
could think Of necessitating four or
five trips to his office, and longed to
visit the schooner to see if everything
was all right.
But he was afraid 10 trust il, so
called up Anderson instead, who as
sured him that things were being
slowed aboard as fast as received.
But say, where did you get all that
baggage" asked the ship chandler.
Hemenway lied glihly. Most of
that is Marriotts, he answered. We'll,
solong; I'll see you Monday. l will
probably have another wire from Mar
riot by that time. Good by
Then followed some nerve rackins
hours. Hemenway went home and
threw himself on his bed. He tried
TO sleep, to read a newspaper, Du:
couldn't.
Cold blooded crooks may be all
right in fiction, but they don't exist In
real life" he unused. 1t was a RELIEF
when George Carteret came home
with several bundles. Hemenway
knocked on his door and entered.
whats the matter? You look all
in" exclaimed George. 'Persplra
ton is standing out all over your face
and you are trembling"
Il told you | was a sick man ana
you wouldn't believe me. But | eX-
pect | will be all right when we get
fairly under way
They made talk for and hour or so
Then Hemenway invited George TO
dine with him, and they went down
town. After a good dinner Hemen-
way felt his nervousness disappearing.
"Pve got TO relieve Jim, and / bet
ter be going" said George.
"All right. Got plenty of cigar
ettes?"
You bet"
pens and ink, paper and every
thing you need?"
"All fixed"
"Well, Eli see you on board at sew
en- tomorrow. Better order taxi TO
be at the house at six to serve as an
alarm clock. So long"
Hemenway killed time until nine
O'Clock and when he arrived at his
office the janitor was just about fin
ishing up.
Say, Mr.. Janitor, my office is get
ting rather dusty. Come in on Mon
day and give 1t a cleaning will you"
Sure. Working tonight, Mr.. Hem
enMay?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER X.
"You're a Dirty Cur

Shortly after seven o'clock on Sun
day morning Hemenway, Leot, Nc.
Donald and the twins were converg-
ing on Anderson & Brownlow' dock
froi: various points of the compass.
The Carterets got there first, and
the old Waterman came out rubbing
his eyes when they drove up in q
taXicab.
what do you want around here?,
he said. This is no public wharf"
1--WE are with the crowd that's go.
ing on the schooner yacht"
ooh, you are with Mr.. Hemenway's
party. All right. l got orders to let
you have the yacht. How long will
you be gomez"
about year, l guess, replied
George.
"a year? Mr. Anderson told me you
was only going out for a sail on the
bay"
Jim grew impatient. Settle for the
taxi, George" he said; and to the
Waterman: "Mr. Hemenway will be
here in minute and will give you all
the details about it. In the mean time
help us get these things aboard
please"
He passed two bits to the watch
man and unloaded the car of suit
cases and bundles.
"Now then George, we want to get
an early start. Suppose we change
our clothes and be all ready for the
other fellows" said Jim.
They went aboard. The Waterman
fumbled in his pockets for key and
unlocked the companionway, slid back
the top and the boys went below.
Trunks, boxes and bundles were scat
tered all over the floor of the cabin.
The twins made no attempt to
straighten things out, but hustled into
old trousers, soft shirts, sneakers,
and caps. and went on deck.
II was a glorious morning. A good
eight knot breeze was blowing little
west of north. Off to the east the sun
on the water was binding. There was
not a cloud in the sky. The boys be-
gan busying themselves about the
deck.
Jim took most of the stops off the
fore and mainsails, while George went
forward and freed the jib sheet. Then
purely out of curiosity he unchanged
the fore hatch, removed the cover, and
peered into the hold. AS he did 3D.
there was a rattle on the dock and
George looked up to see Hemenway
Jump off truck and give some sharp
orders to the men with him.
"Good morning skippers!' cried
Hemenway. Il see you are on hand
bright and early. I'll be ready to take
orders as soon as get this junk
aboard"
Junk 1t is, be the heft of It," re-
marked one of the truckmen who was
struggling with one of Hemenway's
boxes.
Hemenway looked around nervous
ly.
where are the other fellowsT no
asked.
4, I'VE were the first ones here, an
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER Viii.
"Hold Up Your Hands!"


On Sunday Hemenway took day
off, simple keeping his fences in re-
pair by meeting the two men, one
after the other in the park at night.
He said but two words to Joe. Nc
Donald who tried to start 4 converse.
ton, but Hemenway thrust silver
dollar in his hand and told him to be
there the following night.
On Monday it was the same.
On Tuesday and Wednesday it was
the same.
On Thursday Anderson reported
everything slowed on board; water
tanks full; the yacht ready to sail at
q moments notice.
On Friday, Hemenway telephoned
Anderson that he would take the
schooner out for a sail early Sunday
morning.
"Say," he said; Marriott is back.
Got a wire this morning. He must be
in hurry, as he says he will take the
first train. Hello! I'm going to send
a lot of truck down tomorrow. Put
Got the crew all rounded up? Fine.
See you later. Good by"
Hemenway hung up the receiver.
Haven't slipped a cog YETI he said
to himself. Looks as though she
was going through without a hitch"
That night Hemenway had a final
talk with the two mon in the PARK.
He told them whore TO find the
schooner; and instructed them to be
there not later than seven o'clock
Sunday morning.
When he reached home he told the
twins everything was ready, promise1
to look after their baggage in the
m rning, warned them to be on hand
al seven o'clock sharp, said he prob
ably would not see them again until
then, as he had some work of his own
to do, and then went to bed for a
good, long sleep.
The crucial test was near at hand.
The next thirty hours would tell
whether he was behind bars or fleeing
over the trackless ocean with a for
tune in the cabin of the schooner.
In the mean time the gum shoe man
had never earned SO easy a weeks
pay. Jos's life ever since Mcdonald
had begun to shadow him had been
as calm as that of a chess player. But
with action promised for Sunday at
the latest. the sleuth thought he had
better talk things over with his chief.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-05-12

OFFICE.
He repeated this performance three
or four times, then packed the bags II,
the boxes. wedged excelsior wherever
II was needed. screwed down the tops,
was no clink of coin, and then de-
scended for more.
He drew up all the bags he could
find, and then started In on the green
and yellow backs. After these came
the securities. These with the bills.
he placed in boxes too. as he had pro-
vided plenty of them. When he had
finished there wasn't enough left In
the vault to start a child's penny
bank.
Hemenway descended once more.
took last look around to be sure he
hadn't missed anything, blew out his
lantern, assembled the rope ladder.
climbed through the hole to his office.
and put back the flooring. Then he
drew the corner of the rug over 1t. re-
placed the table, swept up the excel
sior and disposed of it in the trunk
with the tools and other odds and
ends.
He took off his overalls and sandals
threw them in the trunk, locked the
trunk, washed his face and hands, put
on his clothes, sat down in his chair
and drew a deep breath.
He looked at his watch again. It
was three-twenty His labor had con.
sumed time, but all his movements
aboveboard had been made with OK
treme caution.
Then a thought flashed through his
mind that brought out the cold sweat.
What if the boys failed to show up at
the dock! And what il the truckmen
he had engaged failed to appear!
Oh, well he had all day and all
night before him.. He could pick UP a
crew of old salts IL it came to the
worst, and truckmen were not hard to
find, even If it was Sunday.
But for all that the next three hours
were the longest he ever put in. Day
light came. Five o'clock came, then
six. He began to get figety and lis
tened for every sound.
Finally there was far off rumble
like truck, and he went down to the
entrance to meet it and keep his eyes
open for policemen. He had the proper
kind of lies ready for any officer of
the law that might stroll along, but
he wished to avoid all that.
Yes, it was the truck with two men
on it. Inside of seven minutes trunk
and boxes were loaded.
Hemenway cast last look around
his little office, locked the door,
walked down the stairs jumped on the
truck, and then started, slowly us be-
fitted the day, toward the wat 81 front.
AS the team turned the corner Hem
elway blew a kiss to the silent and
ruined bank, but as he did so he be-
camo aware that he was treTbling
violently.