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son series, Montgomery. from tho Tenn
pie club Of the Central Texas league, was
covering third base
DcnlsOn hit him hard yesterday, but
he kept their hits well scattered except
IN one inning the sixth. when they
scored all OF their runs.
The Yankees won a twelve Inning game
from the white SoN I to 2 Bakers
home run In the ninth with Pipp on base
tod the score.
Walter Johnson pitched a brilliant game
for Washington, bu, darkness stopped
hostllties at the end OF the siNtocuth in
ming, each team having two scores
The Giants won n hard hitting game
from the Cubs 10 TO & Four errors by
the Cubs were the material factors in
tho Giants victory
Pittsburgh defeated Boston yesterday
In eleven innings and thereby broke even
In the series
RlNey was strong with runners on
bases yesterday and the phllles defeated
the Cardinals. who failed TO score.
Brooklyn. with MarQuard and Cadore
pitching. defeated Cincinnati Yesterday.
to o. The hitting Of Groh, with three
out OF four, featured
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Ok2ANTLAND RICE

Under Pressure.
Come. gather round me. little ones,
And give heed tu my song:
| may dctaiu YOU quito while,
And mlyh" not ao long,
! have no idcn iusi now
What | Intend Ia SAY.
And yet I feel the time is ripe
To KICK In with this lay
There's no dope left On iris or Ty.
ON Matty or McGraW;
The Johnson boost is ovcrpayed
And should be stopped hy pw
fhc Baker punch is ancient stuff.
Like Jrrrlng Mt the Reds;
Ana panning mugnatcs long ago
Was good for blgUpc heads.
SO, little ones. you may dlspcrsc,
I've had my little cay;
There may be something new to shoot.
But not h1 me today;
In SlS or seven years. perhaps,
Wen have a new, fresh crack:
Some sprlghtly dope tn which We moan
For Wagner going back"
Poor old Hans Just as he In well set.
tled IN retirement, with his first rest "
twenty Two years, they lure him away
from his hcatths,do by hanging up
baseball In front ot his nose and show
ing him the picture Of bat This ID
fougher stun than holding whisky bot
lie undcr the nose OF drunkaTd who /,
uylng 20 swear of
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Sport Splinters

Every day President Duncan has a new
player FOR the Boosters ilo saws he IN
going 10 keep on until he gets Il team
thdi VIII win the pcnunut
Wano seems 10 he quito hitter. Three
hits out of three times up was his rec
ord yesterday afternoon.
There were actually no changes In the
leadership Of the big leagues AS "A re-
suit of yesterdays games.
Ty Cobb's batting TX taking the Detroit
team toward the front rapidly The
GcorCin peach made two triples I'm ycstcr-
days game out Of four times up.
Kraft came through with victory yes.
tcrday afternoon after having been
knocked out Of the box In his last two
starts.
Tho first four teams OF the Western
association are well punched Only thir-
ty-thrce points between Muskogec In
first place and Oklahoma City In fourth
WnnO, new frstbaseman, PLAYED his
first game with Oklahoma city sunday
and made decided hit with the fans
Yesterday. In the first game OF the Deni-
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pnl the pou'uFy for the finals In each
NrNt follow.
FIRST Flight Second Round
George Ircloriek.nn Oklahoma. CitE
defeated g. \ lloumau. oklahoma 'lD.
' up
r. f. Bates. oklahoma Clty defeated
~ Is Smith ChIukesho 2-l
g. N Hotter. oklahoma city. defeated
% uu.tluuc. Chcthsha, ] up.
IS " shorta, Oklahoma Cuy, de
'.''rl lt !. tiuu"rtN oklahoma city
First FLIGHT Consolation.
Dr R Cunningham, oklahoma CITY
defeated ur g. s. Ferguson, oklahoma
.f'f. hy default
ram Eciss. okahoma city defeated
Stockton uurtrr Nuskogec I up
h a. NItNruuuDu. ChICkasha, de-
f"lyi n "a ownnup. Tulsa, by de-
Hul'
NJ E Gn.ml. VI Reno defeated +. f
Patterson. oklahoma CIV. hv default
Second Flight. Second Round
! T. EIc1'ripasuu. oklahoma city. de
tented r. n. Niles. Muskogce. up. ~
holes
vs. " Cuup. MusErzoc.. defeated r.
T. stafford. oklahoma CITY. 3D.
James Kennedy Tulsa, defeated Dr
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a. l. Guthrie Oklahoma clt5 up. 20
* r. Holm Tulsa. dcfc9,ed Charles
Hopes, Oklahoma city, VI
Second Flight Consolation.
J W lpsnrr oklahoma CITY, defeated
J. Rclford Muskogee 4 up.
j I. DARBY, Tulsa. defeated Dr. W. Il.
Newton. Mnkoger, by default
r II Williams IT,. Chlcknsha de-
fcotod j. H McAlcstcr. McAlcstcr, by
ii 4 Adams. oklahoma city. defeated
j. T.. Marrs. oklahoma CITY a.
=, ThIrd FLIGHT Second Round;
L y MaAFcil' Ardmorc. Asfcatcd w.
s. 'llicks. Oklahoma City, Go.
-, H. A Bump. oklahoma city, defeated
, i l. Moore. Tulsa, hy default
l.. h Tomm Muskogec. defeated l.. O.
rhlrd floh, Consolation.
hammcrI\, Chichnsha defeated w
u. Mccain. oklahoma Cit, up.
\ r. Lins2ielt oklahoma city. de
tented J. 7 Allison. NJ Reno. hy default
Charles Bags, Muskogcc defeated C.
Rourdmau oklahoma CITY. 2-l
G.. H. King, McAlestcr. defeated j G.
Lchols. Nrdm1re, So
Fourth FLIGHT, Second Round.
Herbert Nice oklahoma city, de-
ieatcd Rev, j. Hlhtt. oklahoma CITY
t. Williams, oklahoma city. defeated
T. " Frey ChIckasha, up
Gordon Clarke, Muskogee. defeated A,
J. Mon Mahon. oklahoma city, Z up =,
NJ 4 Ashhrook. III Reno. defeated
Tunstall Morris, Oklahoma city. 6-5.
Fourth Flight Consolation.
{. 5. Campbell. oklahoma city de-
teated Fred c. Clarke, Oklahoma city.
Z i Cockrcll oklahoma city. de-
lentcd J, w Shartcl, oklahoma CIy
Guy Webster. Muskoscc. defeated H.
Guy Bowman, Muskogcc, defeated J.
u Campbell, Muskogcc, hl default
First Flight. Semi Finals.
trcdcrickson defeated Bates. up.
lloitcr defeated Shartol, i-4
First FLIGHT Consolation,
Cunningham defeated Bciss. So
Nimgrspoon defeated Gaskln ! up.
Second Flight, Semi. Flna,s.
IL trcacrickson defeated Cutlip, !
Kennedy defeated Holm, up In 10
Second Flight, Consolation.
pNhci defeated Darby, ! M.
r. II Williams jr defeated Adams
=, Third Flight, seml.Flnal,.
Murray defeated Maxwell. "a
Iomm defeated Uump. G-5
Third Flight, Consolation.
fault
Iagg defeated King hy default
Fourth Fllpht. Semi. Finals
Nee defeated ~ Williams. 81
clarke defeated Nshhruuk. Bel
ourth Flight, Consolation.
e. $. Campbell defeated CoukreI hN
default
Webster defeated Bowman. 30
Inlrlrg. 'ur the nunl round IN nj
/ i'EhlI which wiz nc pnyrl today y
holes IN the morning ana rs holes In n,
L afternoon, urr.
First Fllgh,
George Eicdeilrksuu against Uoffcr
First Flight Consolation.
cunningham against WitrprspOon
Second fliaht.
!. u ftrlrrirhsun against Kennedy.
Second Flight Consolation.
lpshyr against T " Williams ir
THIRD Fllaht.
Murray against Tumn
| fhlrd Fulht Consolation
llugutvlt against NUrg
| Fourth FLIGHT
Ncu against clarke
Fourth Fuuh, Consolation.
| % 8 Campbell against Webster.
Il
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Bates 10 President.


Swiss Milk" It's good. boston
Wilson ADV
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BASEBALL AND BOXING
Driver Who Makes
Record Here Will
Get 5000 Bonus

A bonus OF $500 viii be paid to tho
driver making a new track record for one
mile, In next Friday and Saturdays auto
races at state Fnr track
Directors OF the State Fair were
prompted to make the offer because OF
the cSc.ttlent condition OF the course and
"A desire to show motor fans some real
thrills
The present record Of OG 2-5 has stood
for several years.
Fred lIorey, track champion. arrived IN
oklahoma city today He was the first
of the big speed boys to arrive An
uouucemeut that Art Klein, another en-
lraut, had broken the worlds twenty i've
mile record at Lincoln, Neb, Tuesday.
lowering the old mark two minutes.
proves thut IIorcy, Striegel. Hugdahl and
other Dust dogs viii havA TO look to
their laurels since the advent OF Klein.
who recently deserted the bpcedways
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With Boobies Aid

Robbie MCCahe, dlminutivc utility man.
inserted timely walop when he hit for
Montgomery In the eighth inning OF yes
tcrdHy's contest and drove WanO across
with the run that broke 2 to 3 tie aud
enabled Blus to score a moment later on
Krafts single The final count was Den
ison 3, oklahoma city .. with McCobo
and Wano contributing their fun quota to
tho victory Dcnison is hrrc again this
afternoon with Dick Kaufman probably
selected ns the pitching choice.
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Oklahoma City Is
Given Everything
1t Couldn't Win

Ntrr Oklahoma City golfers had Won
the low medal Scorc, the team match and
eliminated an visiting golfers from the
championship night. The visitors decided
iu give oklahoma city everything else.
At the annual meeting " the Oklaho.
mn Golf association held NJ the club.
huusv ~ tho Oklahoma city Golt aud
Country club last night, this city Was
awarded the next annual tournament and
oklahoma CITY citizens elected tn fil the
offices ot president and secretary treas
ufcr
Dates 10 President.
T. T. Rates was unanimously elected
president ot the association to succc'd !
J.. MARS. Gordon Clarke of Okmuisec
VAS chosen vice ptvsiivnt 10 succeed Il
u Maxwell ~ Afdmorc and paul Ress
succeeds Charles Noopes ne secretary
treasurer nf the Organization.
The largest number " entries ever go
compete IN the state tournament started
this Nrtt seventy eight and every per
son nt the annual meeting last night de
rlHfcd THIS years tournament 20 be- the
most 1rccsstul IN the eight years his.
tory Of the club
Dinner AZ Club.
dinner was served Mt the Oklahoma
city 1ulf and Country club last night. ~
which tho visiting golfers we're the guests
~ honor
Through the couttos, OF the Lee. Huck
lns hotel the snluist OF that hotel rem.
dcted several vocal selections ditlng the
evening and quite number ~ short
talks were made
Swiss Milk" It's good. Boston
Wilson.-Adv
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"Nettletons" So to SIP
"B. a. M, Specials" SIS, Sc, 81
Liberty Bonds Good as
Gold at the BE NJ"

We will gladly exchange our merchandise for Lib.
erty Bonds
If you haven't purchased a Liberty Bond"-do
IL now
They are the safest securities in the world not TO
mention the excellent investment which draws
31s%.
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and the pan'nFy for the finals in each
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summary, Earned runs. Oklahoma
city g. Denson 3: twobnse hits, Merritt.
Lips; base on balls, of Kraft /, of
Kinney b: struck out. by Kraft 6. by Kin
uey 3; left on bases. Oklahoma city Z.
Drnison 5; stolen bases Yockey. Harper.
double plays, Blue to Payne TO Wano.
Attendance. 500 Time. one hour and
fOrty-fiyc minutes. Impire--Pontius
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Have at 'Em,

When buffers merely miss n shot,
think no more about 'em
But when they try 10 tell me why,
I'd like to rise and clout 'em.
G. S 4
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Washington's Name.

MARY BALL. mother of George
4VA Washington. was an orphan at
the time of her marriage. George Esk-
ridge had been an adviser to Mary
Balls mother, so at her death she
named him executor of her estate and
guardian of her daughter. 1t was in
his home Mary Ball lived during the
courtship of Augustine Washington.
The EsiSridge hcme was just mile and
a half from Wakefield. the home OF
Augustine Washington.
Augustine Washington. after his mar
rage to Mary Ball, lived on Bridges
creek, where, on February 81. 1872. our
first President was born. Augustine
Washington already had son by
previous marriage named for him, so
Mary Ball named her first son George.
in honor of her guardian, George Esk-
ridge. She had no means of knowing
then what a great honor she was pay
ing her guardian. nor could she reauze
how long the name would live In the
hearts of Americans
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EXPENSES.

charged under these circumstances.
upon the principle which seems most
equitable to do Justice to the public
and no injustice to myself"
A study of Washington's letters to To-
bias Lear, his secretary, proves con-
clusively that the first President took
a far deeper interest in household
economy than does the average man OF
today.
For example, no housekeeper OF the
present day faces a more troublesome
servant problem than did George Wash
ington during the last ten years OF his
life. He preferred white servants who
were honest, frugal, neat and did not
drink-but, he admitted, they were
hard to find and always desired that
their wages be raised" 1t is Of record
that he refused to bring two Kitchen
servants from New York to Philadel-
phia because they We're not neat
enough, the kitchen being In full view
of the best rooms"
Washington, in these letters. also Ia
ments the lack of economy on the part
of those upon whom he was forced to
depend with respect to household
economy, declaring that 'it is incon-
ceivable to me how other fam1lies on
s2,5OO or $4,000 should be enabled to en-
terrain more company than can vi
$4,000 annually"
II strongly suspect" adds the hrs'
President, that nothing Is brought to
my table of liquors, fruits q other
things that is not used as profusely al
the servants tables"
Even after the commencement OF his
official administration as President
washington found time. as indicated in
the Lear letters, to look after his
negroes clothes, buy their caps. choose
the wallpaper and carpets for Mount
Vernon, see to the proper placing OF
the furniture and ornaments IN every
room. look after the wood supply, en-
gage washwomen, trade laundry I'M
Elements and furniture with Mrs. Rob
ert Morris and order preserves and but-
ter put up for the winter.
In short. George Washington appears
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surrender of CORVALLIS and the sue
cessful close of the war.
On September 8. 1881. Washington
made his final report of expenses to the
auditor of the Treasury, transmitting
his account book IN proof of his claims.
The last entry in this book is
blanket" one of $500 ito household ex-
penses from the close of Maj. Gibbs
account, November 81, 1880, until the
commencement of them by Lieut.. Colfax-
September s. 1881, amounting from the
best accounts and estimates that can
be had and from recollection exclusive
of what was obtained by bartering
little salt, which was put into the
hands of the housekeeper for that pslr-
pose), to at least $500"
Gen. Washington evidently felt that
there might be some question about this
blanket statement of household ex-
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penses, inasmuch as the remainder of
his accounts were in such detailed form,
for he added in footnote:
This business during the above Inter-
val was in such a variety of hands for
want of proper steward (Which I in
vain by myself and others endeavored
to obtain)-and the accounts were not
only irregularly kept but many of them
were lost or mislaid. & some of them
so defaced az not to be legibie. that it
is impossible for me to make out a
statement of them. But as it compre-
hends that space of time in which the
French and American armies formed
one camp at Philipsburgh and our ex-
pences were at the highest; and as this
sum corresponds as nearly can be
expected with the average expenditures
per Month as will appear by Lieut.. Col
fax's acct. since-the above sum is
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F1HosE who complain of the pres
ent high cost of living and
pirate of the good old days
q when expenses were so much
less" might do worse than to visit the
Library of Congress and there examine the
original expense accounts kept by George
Washington during the last two decades Of
bis life They would find that, while food
was undoubtedly much cheaper in the
early DAYS of the republic there were 9TH
er items of expense much higher-items
which brought the total cost of exist
ence fully up to what it is at the pres
ent time.
Who for example, now has to pay
SIS for q months personal washing, or
s. for the occasional services of bar
Der, or S225 for trip from Washing
ton TO New York exclusive of all other
expenses but food. or $500 for the
postage on a few personal letters, or
1856 a yard for muslin. or 80 cents
pound for sugar?
All these items, with the prices men
toned, appear in the account books OF
the first President and go to show that
there were many expenses at that time
which would cause the price-worrled
housekeeper of today even more
trouble and annoyance than she already
suffers.
During the eight years from June Is.
11T5 to July l, 1883, Gen. Washington
kept most rigid account or every
penny that passed through MS hahos'
in order that he might be able to pre-.
sent 10 the Treasury, at the close OF
his tenure of office, complete account
of everything that he had spent, Ior
Congress had agreed to recompense MN
a
money which he advanced to the
colonial forces.
AS shown by washington's original
account book, preserved to this day in
the files OF the Congressional Library,
the total expense to which the irst
President was put during these eight
years was $4,000 los lid, or. as inquired
tn the American currency OF that time,
$I2.0225O 1t is worthy of note that, In
figuring his expenses, Washington al
ways made n pound sterling equal to
three American dollars. and not, as at
the present time, the equivalent OF
nearly five dollars.
So carefully was every item recorded
and of such high quality was the paper
and ink used in Washington's account
book. that the original document Is to-
day in far better condition than the
originals of the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence, which
have been carefully stored away in air
proof vaults for many years Every
line of Washington's writing is dis
tinct and legible. while his figures and
figuring would do credit to an expert
accountant.
The thirty-nine pages of the account
book show that Washington advanced
more than $4,000 out of his own pocket
to finance his army and that at one
time he was out some $4,000, which
he had paid for food, munitions and
other expenses incident to the various
campaigns. When he resigned his
command there was $4,000 which the
Continental Congress admitted was ow-
ing to him and for which he presented
vouchers. stating that there were many
other items which he had not recorded,
but which he did not wish to put down
on account of not having a clear idea
of what they had been spent for. 1t is
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l.. APPROVED BY THE

clined many valuable gifts which were
offered him in lieu of money for his
services. saying that there might
come a day when it might be said that
his judgment was biased on their &C
count. He made an exception. however.
in the case of two gifts from Vir-
ginia, provided Congress would permit
him to leave them to the cause or
stand. is still yielding Washington and
Lee University an annuity of $4,000.
THE other, mentioned in his will as
Potomac Company shares. equivalent
to $4,000 in money, was left as a
nucleus for national university. After
the death of Washington this COM
pany was reorganized, and it is gener-
ally understood that the value of these
bonds was entirely wiped out, and all
that is left to us is the great thought
and the great wish that he might do
something for the education of his be-
loved country.
with the provision for educational
institutions of the regular academic
class throughout the land, it would
seem lifting that such an institution as
outlined by this society should more
nearly fulfill our first Presidents last
message and last wish than any
OtneT, since IN our udy anu ScH-
Grafton we diffuse knowledge through
the meetings of learned societies and
through national and international
conventions more than in any other
way.
"And it has seemed to me that to
erect at the National Capital build
ing suitable for the purpose of the dis
semination of such knowledge is the
broadcast method of carrying out Wash
ingtons great and lasting wish In
one of his messages he said: hnowi-
edge is the surest basis of lasting hap
piness' And through all his speeches
and his writings there is that desire
for the diffusion of knowledge among
the people of his empire.
II believe that when the north and
the south, the east and the west are
meeting in this building at the capital
of the nation and great American au-
diences are imbibing the knowledge OF
great minds in the George Washington
Memorial building we shall be fulfii-
ing the wish of the father of our
country for the truest happiness Tor
the greatest number of people
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schools and universities in every section
of this country, but it has as yet no
national meeting place where its great
est mines may come together for the
interchange of thought and for the diff
fusion of special knowledge along the
lines of philosophy, science, literature
and art.
The rarest knowledge is not always
learned from books, but is quite as
and those words are most frequently
delivered at the great conventions, ma
tional and international. which meet
from time to time in the capitals of
every country. The American capital
has It's great and growing share of
these conventions with no meeting
place for them. or for its great national
gatherings of any character: no es-
tablished headquarters for the dissent
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OF

cation would have carried the CONT
mental army through the entire revo-
luton and given them substantial
balance when peace was declared.
On July 10, 1875, according to the
first Presidents note book, Gen. Wash
ington received his first officia. pay
ment from the Treasury-an item OF
1900 being credited to the governments
account From that time on, Gen.
Washington received fairly regular re-
mittances of about $1,000 a month--in
our present currency-from Paymaster
General Warren. but there were many
times that these remittances failed to
arrive. notably during the winter of
1779-SO, when the Communicated
and his men were virtually destitute.
1t was on January s. 1880. that Gen.
Washington wrote to Gov. Trumbull of
Connecticut: THE army has been near
" three months on a short allowance
of bread, within a fortnight past al
most perishing. They have sometimes
been without bread, sometimes without
meat; at no time with much of either
and often without both. The public
treasury is exhausted: we have no
magazines anywhere that I know of;
the public officers have neither money
nor credit to secure supplies. Our situa-
ton is more than serious, it is alarm
ing"
Again, on May 81. 1880. Gen. Wash
ington wrote to Congress from Norris
town, urging that something be done at
once to relieve the food situation. For
several days of late" he stated, the
troops have been entirely destitute of
meat and for some time past they have
been at best at half, quarter or even
an eighth allowance of this essential
article of provision"
Shortly later, however, the situation
cleared up. and Washingtons men were
enabled to execute that brilliant sue
cession of coups which resulted in the
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nation of the great stores of knowledge
which lie within its borders and come
to it upon occasion from without.
The George Washington memorial, for
which Mrs. Dimock is laboring, will
take the form of a great national audi
torium, to be known as the George
Washington Memorial building, which
will be the nations meeting place for
its conventions, national and internal
tional, from which will emanate the
nations best thought on the vital ques-
lions of the day.
The George Washington Memorial
Association is national In its scope. its
members hailing from every portion of
the country. The builders Of the me-
mortal are the people Of all sections
who by their contributions large and
small have q part in its erection as well
a. in It's possession. for when It Is COM