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A BIG BIGBETTOR BIGBETTORAt BETTOR BETTORAt EITMAt
At Least His Wife WifeSaJs Says He HeIs HeIs HeIs
Is Not NotQENERAL NotGENERAL Not1ENERPL
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ArtfulSysonby Match Attracts inter intereat Interest Interet
eat in Racing R ing World WOrldDeath WOrldDeathof WorIdDeath WorIdDeathof Death Deathof
of Joe Cotton CottonNEW CottonNEW CottonNEW
NEW YORK Aug 19 19D12ke Drake Gates Gatesplunges G Gtesp1une tes tespIunses
plunges Bet you ou a a million Bah BahThe B BnhThe h hThe
The lid is is otf One or or two dollars dollarsonce dollarsonce do11arOnce
once in a a while whn and thank you youWhile youWhUn youWliiIa
While everybody ever Tbody was considering considering Mr MrDrake MrDr Ir IrDri
Drake Dri Dr k te a real betting bettin god 01 si ri a money mlmey de devcurer deCourer deYGurer
vcurer Courer the terror terror of bookmakers etc etcMrs etcMrs etcMrs
Mrs Drake steps forward and buries us usunder usul usuider
under ul der a heap of bitter disappointment disappointmentAll dlsappolntm nt ntAU
All tho reports printed about my myhusband m myhusband T Thcsbllnd
husband being a plunger said s ld she sheare sheare sheare
are incorrect Incorrect In fact a t Mr Drake Dra e is isa isA Isft
a very moderate moder te bettor bctt r and heverriskri heverriskrimore never everiisksmore > r sk skmore
more than a a few dollars on a aracej aracejPeople race racePeople racePeople
People can now explain themselves themselvestow theniselves1ow theirselvesbw
tow bw Mr Ir Gates associate could afford affordto nftorltCl affordto
to see his horse horS run rn last without withoutshowing withoutahowing without1iowing
showing the slightest emotion emotionWonder emotiononder emotIonWonder
Wonder onder what an interview on the thesame theI5nme thesame
same subject with one on one of Mr Gates Gatesrelatives GatesIeJatives Gateszelatlves
relatives would disclose discloseAnother disclq discIoeAnother e eAnother
Another of of the th old guard has haspassed haspassedaWl passed passedaway passedawaY
away awayOld aWl aWlOld awaYOld
Old Old Joe Cotton one of the t11ebe5t t11ebe5tknown best bestknown bestknown
known figures figureOf of the American turf ex expired eJ eJJi e erirod ¬
pired Ji d Tuesday Tuesda last last at the Bellevue Befl vu Hosrital Hos Hosrital J1o J1oItaI
rital ItaI Where wh l1 re r he had been for f r some soni time timesuffering thnesutrerinS timesurCerin
suffering surCerin from kidney kidne T trouble trou tro b1e le He Et was wassixtysix wag wagsxt wasshtysIx
sixtysix sxt slx years y cars ar old old and his loss will be bertourned b bILourned 1 1iaourned
rtourned by b all those who had the good goodfortune goodtcrtune goodZcrtune
fortune of knowing him himOn himOn himOn
On Tuesday Tues ay last Col John Jacob As Asters Asters AstGrs ¬
ters big steam yacht Nourmahal suf suffered suf1ered sueered ¬
fered a new mishap while on her way wayt wa watn wayV
t tn V Brentons Brentonsreef reef lightship to follow f 1tow the theracing thel1ilin theracIng
racing l1ilin yachts achts over over the course in the thecontest th thccntest theccntest
contest ccntest for the Astor cups off Newport Newportand Nevportnnd Newportand
and yachtsmen are aren now w talking of the thestrange thotrange thestrange
strange hoodoo that seems to pursue pursuethe pursuethe pursunthe
the floating palace of o the millionaire millionairesportsman millionaireportsman millionaireportsma1L
sportsman sportsmanSome > portsmanSome portsma1LSome
Some years ago she went on the reefs reefsin TeetsIn reefsin
in the Hudson river off New Hamburg Hamburgwhile Hamburgwhile Hamburgwhile
while on her way tl to New York to go goout goout goout
out to the races between the Valkyrie Valkyrieand oralkyrleand Valkyrleand
and Defender and instead of going to tothe tothe tothe
the races r ces she sh had to go go1 Into drydock dr dock A Afew Afew Afew
few days da > s later while whi on b her r way out to tothe tothe tothe
the Hook with Colonel Astor at the thewheel the11t1 thecshel
wheel 11t1 she was run into by b a ferry ferryboat fetTyboat ferryboat ¬
boat The latter was badly damaged damagedbut darnasedbut damagedbut
but the Nourmahal N urmahal went outside juct justthe juctthf juctthe
the same sameColonel same sameColonelAstor sameCol
Colonel ColonelAstor Col nel Astor has assured sured his many manyfriends man manfrjends manyfriends
friends that in spite of all the acci accidents accidents aecidents ¬
dents suffered by the Nourmahal he hedoes hedoes hedoes
does not intend to quit yachting just justI just1low
11 1low 1lowI ow owI
I have just received a letter from Rr Rrmon Rrmon R Rmon
mon FOnst the champion fencer of the theworld theworld theworld
world in which he tells me of his in intention intcntion intentlon ¬
tention to visit I51t the United States next nextfall nextfall netfall
fall fallMr Mr II Fonst is Is only twentyone years of ofnge ofngf ofage
age and in spite spiteo of his youth has had hadthe hadthe hadthe
the distinction of vanquishing the most mostfamous mQstfamous xnqstfamous
famous masters of two continents continentsA
A few years ago he won the sword swordchampionship 5woJdchampionship swordchampionship
championship of France after beating beatingthe beatingth beatingthe
the th most renowned fencers of France Franceand Franceand Franceand
and Italy Hal His record then was a a won wonderful wonderful wonderfu ¬
derful one having touched his adver adversaries adversarles adversarlos ¬
saries eighty eightytimes times and being touched touchedhimself touchedhimself touchedhimself
himself only anI once In the last bout boutFrom boutFrom boutFrom
From Paris Fonst went to Spain where wherehe wher wherhe whehe
he took part in the Kings tournament tournamentand tournamentand tournamenta
and a ± d he vanquished all his opponents opponentssixteen opponent5sixteen opponentssixteen
sixteen in number number touching them them sev several sevral seyeral ¬
eral ral times and not being touched him himself hlmselt himselt ¬
selt once onceAfter onceAfter onceAfter
After this wonderful victory the young youngchampion youngcbampion OUfllt OUflltchampIon
champion returned to France where wher he herepeated herepeat herepeated
repeated repeat d his hi previous performance and andafter andafter an anafter
after afteroa oa a brief rest in Havana his native nativecity ntUTec1t nativecity
city c1t he entered the Olympic OlympicFencln OlympicFenclnChampionship OlympIcFenc1ngChampIonship Fencing FencingChampionship
Championship at the St Louis L uis Worlds WorldsFair W WorldsFair rlds rldsFal
Fair FairThere Fal FairThere t tThere
There Mr Fonst met the th thebist bst tt fencers fencersof tenccof fcnsof
of the United States including Mr lrPost lrPostMr Post PostMr PostMr
Mr Casemere Casemer and others othersanrdetcaterl othersanrdetcaterlthfm and anLlefeatel anLlefeatelthem defeated defeatedthem
them both with swords and an an1foIls konsin konsina foils > ina in ina
a most decisive manner Unis thut winning winningthe V Vthe ntng ntngthe
the title of champion of ofthe the world worldIn w w rl rlIn rkl rklin
In the raolng raalngworld world the chief chetoplc topic of ofinterest atint ofp
p interest int reot is the meeting meetn between betwe n Artful Artfuland Artfuland Arttutand
and Sysonby which has b been en shifted shiftedfrom Ehlftedtrom shiftedfrom
from Saratoga to Sheepsheau Bay Bayrrhere Baywh Baywhere
where wh re the thCtwo two preat greatthreeyeirolds reat threeyearolds thre yearolds are areexpected arexppcted areexpctod
expected to meet in the annual Cham Champion Champion Chumpion ¬
pion Stakes StakesThe StakegThe StakesThe
The muddy mudd track at Saratoga was tha thadirect thadirect thedirect
direct cause of the withdrawal of th thWhitney tim thHWhftneyhoTIl6 timWhttny
Whitney WhftneyhoTIl6 horse from the Saratoga Cup Cupbut Cu Cubut Cupbut
but Mr Ke Keene ne had previously announc announced announced announced ¬
ed that he intended saving 88yln Sysonby for forthe torthf fortim
the Sheepshead event event1he eventThe t tThe
The oldtime rivalry between th thKrone t11f t11f1fI1 tIiICone
Krone 1fI1 and Whitney interests insures insuresan Immrf Immrfan insurn >
an n interesting contest cont st which will bo boawaited bj bjawaited hoawaited
awaited with feverish impatience imp ticnce by 11 the theracing theracIng theracing
racing world worldAnother worldAnother worldAnother
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Another subject which has been free freely tree1y freely ¬
ly dlscused at atSaratoga Saratoga In the last few fewdays tewlY fewdays
days lY is I the prospect of 0 c racing at Hot HotSprings HotSprings HotSprings
Springs during urlpK the the coming conun winter ntar and andIt anciit andIt
It has been Announced on goqd author authority authority authorIW ¬
ity that there will be nothing doing doln in inthe Inth Intlw
the th > way w y of racing r clng at t the th Southern resort resortthis rtisQrtthiJI reaortthis
this year yearThe yearThe eR r rThe
The fact that t at Martin Nathanson who whoofficiated whoofftcatt whoofficIated
officiated < as secretary secretar at Hot Springs SpringsOaklawn SpringsOl1klawn SpringsOukiawn
Oaklawn track last season will go to toNew toNew toNew
New Orleans and an that Sheridan Clark Clarkhas Clark1uts Clarkhas
has resigned r lgnod shows that nothing much muchii muchil much1i
ii a racing way wa can be expected c pcctcd from fromHot fromHot fromHot
Hot Spring this wInter wlntcsrANOTHER wint wInterANOTHER r rANOTHER
ANOTHER PROTEST PROTESTAGAINST PROTESTAGAINS PROTESTAGAINST
AGAINST SHERIDAN SHERIDANNKW
NEW Nr w YORK Aug 19 19Martin Martin Sheri Sheridan Sheridan Slieridan ¬
dan the champion all around athlete of ofAmerica otAmerica ofmerica
America merica Is again agf n the center cen er of a violent violentathletic vIolenttthletjc viOlentathIec
athletic disturbance He has ha been pro protected prototed protted ¬
toted OQce more before befor the registration registrationcommittee rQgfstra rogistrajlonccmmittee lon lonccmmittee
ccmmittee of the A A U on the same samegrounds aamegrounds samegrounds
grounds as the previous protest protestThe protCSltThe protestThe
The protestant is 1 C H Sherrlll cap captain captain captam ¬
tain tam of the New York Athletic Club Mr MrSheridan lIrBberldan Mrleridan
Sheridan leridan claims that although the title titlecf titlee titleci
cf e Sheridans position has been changed changedthe changedt changedthd
the t city records show That the discus discuschampion disCUBchampion discuschampion
champion ia still tm employed emplo Tet1 at an athletic athleticHeld athleticneld atlleticheld
Held and as such employe Etmplo e Is not en entitled entltiedto entItled ¬
titled tltiedto to enter competition with bona bonado bonado bonufdo
fdo do amateurs amateursThe amateursThe amateursThe
The new prolest pr test will be bf heard before beforethe betorothe beforetue
the registration committee in the course courseo courseol
o ol the next month Sheridan Sh rldan Is sore soreever soreever sorecver
ever the protest rot gt which ho says is a adeliberate adiber a1eliberate
deliberate < < diber te attempt to put him out of oftihletics ofI ofthIet1cs
I tihletics He sjnya tya he will engage a alawyer alawyer aIayer
lawyer and fight the case ca eto to the end endc
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BLUE AND GRAY GRAYCREwOUTLOOK
I CREW CREwOUTLOOK CREwOUTLOOKManagei OUTLOGK OUTLOGKManager
Manager Hayes Preparing Preparingfor
for Coming Conl ng Season SeasonDEMPSEY SeRsonI SeasonDEMPSEY
I DEMPSEY TO COACH AGAIN AGAINSix AGAINSix AGAINSix
Six of Last Junes Jun s Successful Eight EightWill EightWill EightWill
Will Be Available AvailableInter AvailableInterclass AvailableInterclass Inter Interclass
class Regatta RegattaI RegattaFrark f fFrance
I France Fra Frark k Haes manager mann r of the lie < George Georgetown G Geoigetossn bJgc bJgctown ¬
town crew was vts In town yesterday y veterda terd Y talkr talkring t talL talLIng l lIng
ing over the Blue and Gray Grn rowing roW r wing ngslt ngsltuation sit sittiation situation
uation with the local alumni alumniThe alumniThe alumniThe
The complete revolutionizing of theadministration the theadministration theadministratIon
administration of athletics > on the theHeights the theHeights theHeights
Heights has left the affairs of the the8s the8ssocIaUon as association assedation ¬
sedation in a rather chaotic condition conditionbut condit conditionbut on onbut
but the decision to turn over the profit profitfrom profitfrom prOfitfrom
from the student book store to the row rowIng rowing rowing
Ing department has left the crew out outlook Outlook ut utlook ¬
look more promising than at any an time timesince timesince timesInce
since the Introduction of aquatics six sixyears aixears sixyears
years ears ago agoWhile agoWhile agoWhile
While the profits arising from this thisstore thisstor thisstore
store stor will not pay for the crew never nevertheless neertheless nevertheless ¬
theless it gives the management a good goodstart goodBtartand goodstart
start Btartand and it is expected expect d that the re remaining remalnlng remainlng ¬
maining sum necessary ne < esnry will be subgeribcd sub subscribed stibscribed ¬
scribed and raised by a a crew benefit to tobe tobe j
be given during the winter winterHejd winterHejd I
Hejd Held Conference ConferenceWhile ConferenceWhile
I While in Washington li Manager Hayes Hayeshad Hinesjbad Hayeshad I
jbad had a conference with Director of ofAquatics ofAquatics ofAquaties
Aquatics Claude Clal1pe R Zappohe and P A ADempsey ADempsey
Dempsey who ho has coached the crew crewfor crewfor crewfor
for the past four fOU l years Further than thangoing tha thangoing n
going over the plans for Or the coming comingyear comIngyear comingyear i
year nothing definite was done al although a athough although ¬
though It is expected that Coach Demp Dempsey Deln Dempsey ¬ i iI
sey will be in charge as heretofore heretoforeor
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or last years ears eight Captain Graham Grahamand Grahamand
and Canario both of whom graduated graduatedlast graduatedlast graduatedInst
last June will be the only oarsmen oarsmenmissing oarsmenI oarsmenmissing
I missing next year Graham has gone goneI goneinto goneInto
I into a 3 novitiate to study stud for the priest priestj priesthood priesthood
j hood but Canario may return to take takei takethe takethe
i the oneyear post graduate course courseIt courscIt courseIt
It is planned to have an interclass re regatta regattl regatta ¬
gatta in the fall which will enlist enlistcrews enlistcrews enlistcrews
crews from six or eight classes of the theuniversits theuniersit theuniversity
university universitsCHESS uniersitCHESS universityCHESS
CHESS EXPERTS END ENDINTERESTING ENDINTERESTING ENDINTERESTING
INTERESTING GAMES GAMESBARMEN GAMESBRMEN
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BARMEN Germany G Aug 10 10In In yes yesterday yesterday ¬
terday afternoons session six games of ofchess ofchess I
chess were played to a conclusion Ja Janowski Janowski
nowski won from Gottschall Leon LeonHardt LeonHardt 1 1I
I Hardt from fro om Marshall Suechtlng S from fromBardeleben fromBardeleben
Bardeleben Alpin from Schlechter SchlechterTaehigorin SchlechterT3 SehlechterTshigorin 11
Taehigorin T3 higorin from Berger and Maroczy Maroczyfrom Maroc Maroczyfrom T Tfrom
from John JohnThe IohnThe
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The standing of the contestants at atthe attlle
the close of play pla last night was as fol follows tallows foilows ¬ I
lows lowsPlayer lowsPJ lowsPT
Player PlayerAtpln PJ yer Won Van ron Lost I
Atpln AtplnBardclcben At AlpinBardeleber Pin 3
Bardclcben BardclcbenBerger 2 4 4Berger 4Berger I
Berger BergerBernstein 2 4 4Bernstein
Bernstein 5 5CAPITAL 1 1CAPITAL I
i iCAPITAL
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE LEAGUENOTES LEAGUENOTESAll NOTES NOTESAll I
All games will stand as played So Sohave Soj Sohave
have the members of the th arbitration arbitrationCommittee arbitrationcommittee i icommittee
Committee decided decidedHad decidedHad
I IHad
Had any an one of the protests protestslodged protestslodgedby lodged lodgedby
by the Columbia Athletic th1 tlc Club been beenallowed beenallowed beenallowed I
allowed the team in second place would wouldhave wouldhave I
have ha > e had a lookin for the flag flagSt fia flagSt i iSt
St Stephens Institute will in all alllikelihood allIIkplIhood alllikelihood
likelihood agree to waive its victory vjctor and andplay andplay i iplaT
play off the game with the Columbia ColumbiaAthletic ColumbiaAthletic i iothletic
Athletic Club In order that Its per percentage percentage percentage ¬
centage column may not even be ques questioned oucstiOned ¬ I IHoned
tioned The West lest End boys believe believethat believethat believethat
that they can whip the contenders contendersJimmy contendersTlmmy contendersTimmy
Jimmy Kerr gave as pretty an exhibi exhibition exhibition exhibition ¬
tion of base running in the game with withAloyslus withAloysius withAloysius
Aloysius as was seen s en this year He Hecame Hecame Hecame
came all the way wa from first to third on ona ona ona
a bunt buntT despite the fact that the bunt bunter bunter bunter
er was w thrown out at a first firstCurly firsti
i Curly Brown is on Kerrs list and andstruck andstruck andstruck
struck out twice in rapid sequence sequenceToo sequenceToo sequenceToo
Too bad his batting eye has been dim dimmed dimmed dimmed ¬
med medConway medConwa medConway
Conway Conwa is making good In this league leagueand leagueI leagueand
and bids fair to emulate his record In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the Church League LeagueAValker LeagueValker League1Valker
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AValker who was on the rubber for forthe forthe forthe
the National Club had hard luck In
trying to stop a hardhit grounder groun er H
I just j t got enough of it to cause his hand handto handto handto
to tingle tingleGales tingleGdes tingleOate
Gales Oate is a high jumper of the blue blueribbon blueribbon blueribbon
ribbon variety when It conies to hold holding holdlug holding ¬
ing down certain wild young bloods bloodswith bloodswith bloodswith
with pitching propensities propensitiesi pIopendtlesTNeat1 propensitiesNearly
i Nearly Neat1 all of the clubs will arrange arrangepostseason arrangopostseason arrangepostseason
postseason games with the possible possibleexception possibleexception poibleexception
exception of t Carroll which in all like likelihood likelthood likelihood ¬
lihood will disband after its schedule schedulehas schedulehas scheduleha
has ha been finished finishedThis finishedrhls finIshedThis
This will be the last week of the theleague theleagucT theleague
league and the officials will IU endeavor endeavorto
to work out the postseason P03tsJa lOn series > with withthe withthe withthe
the Sunday SUl ay School league leagueVenabJcs LeasucYenab LeagueVenabies
VenabJcs Yenab e suit Is so like the Columbia ColumbiaAthletic ColumbiaAthletic ColumbiaAthletIc
Athletic Clubs ubs covering that it confused confusedGrant contusedGrant confUsedGrant
Grant in the game with Aloysius Could Couldnot Coulclnot Couldnot
not blame Joe much muchFuleher muchFulcher muchFuleher
Fuleher bunted Imnt d a ball in the Colum Columbia Columbia ¬ I Ibin
bia Athletic ClubNational game and andnoting an andnoting 11 11nOling
noting that he would he thrown out outho uutT outhe
ho deliberately dellbertel kicked the leather foul foulbut foulbut foulbut
but the umpire had him under observa observation ohservation observatlon
tion and It was all over with the thearmer theFarmer
I Farmer FarmerBauson FarmerBabson < armer armerBalJon
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Bauson booted one of Kerrs choice choicebender choiceb choicebeiiders
bender b n over the Coliseum fence with witha I
a man on base and while making the thecircuit thecircuit thecircuit
circuit subjected the pitcher to a con continual continual ¬
tinual game of con conHushes conHughes conHughes
Hughes will be out of the city cit until untilAugust untilAugust
August 2S and St Stephens Institute Institutewill IntftutewIll lustitutewill II IIAurust
will sufTer sufTerHarry sucreHarn sufe sufeHarry
Harry Quinn first bnse artist for fottl1 the theAloyslus th thAioysius I
Aloyslus galaxy gala < y is under the weather weatherand weatheran weatherand
and an < 1 hB bad hand ban gives 1es him plenty of ofannoyance ofannoyance I
annoyance annoyanceMyers annotUlceMyers annoyanceMyers
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Myers had a busy day when he caught caughtAl caughtAl caughtAl
Al Handlboes last game for he had hadthirteen hudthlrten hadthirteen
thirteen putouts and four assists assistsMcCormick as assistsMcCormick > lsts lstsMcConnlck
McCormick interfered with Curly
Brown as the latter was going after aHe aHeUSfitons
Useltons inflela IntleI grounder and thought thoughtho thoughthe thoughthti
ho would get off but it was apparent apparentto I
to the umpire and the National ntional player playerwas playerins playerwas
was ins out outPrice outPrice outPrice
Price the former George Washington WasliingtoiUniversity Va < Jhlngton
University center is now with the Na National NaUI Natitnal ¬
tional UI > l1ll1 Athletic Club alternating at third thirdbase thirdbase thirjbase
base and left field fieldNoyes fteldNoyes fieldNoyes
Noyes was wa formerly tonnert with the Atlantic AtlanticStars AtlanticStars AtlanticStars
Stars and is now on the Aloysius Aloyslusltan Aloyslusltanregularl stalf stalfregularly ataltregularly
regularly He Is a valuable addition additionA
A talc tnl of hard luck comes from the theIcadera theIcauerH theIcailers
Icadera camp now for there are sev several several ev everal ¬
eral men on t the hospital list the most moscnotable mostnotahlo mostnotable
notable of whom Is I Silk Carroll with witha
a badly festered hand handA handA handA
A series erles of three games cam s will be 1IcJlayetl 1IcJlayetlhetween played playedhot playedbetween
hot between ween the Columbia Athletic Ath et1c Club Chlbanl ChlbanlJ and andSt andI
J I St Stephens Institute if present plans plansdo llllwldo jlaiisI
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McCorrnick Mc Mccormick OJ lick a Monumental Fizzle Says Saystsaughton SaysI SaysNaughtonBrittNelson
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SAN FRANCISCO Aug 19 19Heavy 19HeavyweJsht liHeavyweight Heavy Heavywejght
weight pugilists PUglIlsts are r no longer the thevogue thevogue thevogue
vogue This 1hswaS was shown at the Gun GunRuhlinJim GUHRuhUnJim GusRuhlinJim
RuhlinJim McCormJek McColm k contest at Col Colma Calma Colma
ma some nights ago agoThe agoThe agoThe
The house was the poorest probably probablythat probablythat probablythat
that the Colma promoters have known knownIt knownIt knownIt
It was much smaller than than the crowd crowdthat crowdthat crowdthat
that attended atten ed the Frank l < mnk ONeillHarry ONeillHarryTenny ONemH ONeIllHmrryTommy rry rryTenny
Tenny battle From Inside informa information Information Information ¬
tion it Is learned that the gate receipts receiptsdid receiptsdid receiptsdid
did not total f 1000 loo And 1Ifl such a fight fightThe fightThe tightThe
The crowd began to jeer before the thefirst thefirst thefirst
first round was finished and kept it up upuntil upuntil upuntil
until McCormick finally flopped to the thelloor thefloor thefloor
floor more weary wear T and disgusted than thanpunished thanpunished thanpunished
punished The Th contest made patent a acouple acouple acouple
couple of things thingsOne thingsne thingsOne
One ne is that Gus Ruhlin never a aworldbeater aorl aI
I worldbeater orl beat is I only < T a wraith of the theGus theGU5 timeGus
Gus Ruhlin of a half dozen years ago agoThe agoThe agoThe
The other is that McCormick was wasnever wasneyer wasnever
never cut out for a champion San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco ¬
cisco sports had heard so much of the theViholesouled theholesoJled thevholesouled
Viholesouled fighting qualifications of ofJohn orJohn ofI
I John L < Sullivans towering Texan that thatthey thatt1lC3 thatthey
they < expected to see a very V0r earnest earnesti earnestw1llmg earnestwilling
i willing novice In action actionI aCtOlllhe actIonThey
I They lhe had doubts of course as to the thedegree the thedegree thedegree
degree of nattiness McCormick would woulddisplay woulddisplay wouddisplay
display in handling Gloomy Gus They Theyfelt TheTfelt Theyfelt
felt however that the Texan wouid wouidprove wouidpoe wouidprove
prove to he a flreeater even If he did didi didnot didnot
i not hew to the line in the matter of ofQueensborry orQueensborry ofQueensborry
Queensborry etiquette etiquetteWas etiquetteWas etiquetteWas
Was a Disappointment DisappointmentHe
j He was a disappointment every e eI way wayyou wa wayyou T Tou
you ou looked at him He didnt seem to tohave tohave tohave
have forte to enough In his punches to toI tocripple tocripple
I cripple a housefly and he he was so eager to toyet toget
yet 1 t away after making a lunge that thatsome thatsome t tsom
some som of his attempts fell t n several inches Inchsshort inchcsshort j jshort
short of the mark even when Ruhlfa fluhIlahad i ihad I Ihad
had no guard up to intercept a blow blowRuhlin blowItuhiin I
Ruhlin is woefully wo tlllly slow and his mind mindappears mindappears
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appears to act In a faltering way wa He Hecould Hecould iiccould
could have pulverized this fellow Mc McCormick McCorrnlck ¬
Cormick not once but a dozen times timeswhile timeswhile timeswhile
while the Texan was all tangled up in inthe Inthe inthe
the ropes and his failure to take ad advantage udvantae advantage ¬
vantage of these ppenings excited the thedisgust thedisgust thedisgust
disgust of the onlookers Billy Madden Maddenaffects Maddenaffects Maddenaffects
affects to be satisfied with lth Ruhlins Ruhlinsshowing Ruhlinsshowing fluhlinsshowIng
showing It was wa a fast fight t1 ht and a apretty aDrett apretty
pretty Drett T good one for big fellows said saidMadden saidMadden saidMadden
Madden hIt It seems to me that thatthe the peo people pcopIc peopie ¬
pie ought tc 1 < > have become accustomed accustom d to tothese totl1 tothese
these tl1 c exhibitions They want work of ofa ofa I
a spcrTling character Ruhlin never re received lCcelwd yeceivel ¬
ceived harder punishment In Ills life lItethan lifethan
j than he did from this fellow I will willproclaim willJroclalm willproclaim
proclaim Ruhlin a worlds champion and andwill andw1l1 andwill
will see ee to It that he Is ready read at all alltimes alltlmfc zlltimes
times to defend the title titleNot titleNot titleNot
Not a word has been heard from John JohnL JohnL TohnL
L Sullivan or McCormick since that thatfateful thattateful thatfateful
fateful evening It Is uelleved now that thatJohns thatJohns thatJohns
Johns monologue will not contain any anyfurther anyfurther anyfurther
further references to Texas Jim the th ris rising rising na naI ¬
I ing young oung heavyweight heav wel l1t who it wan w al alleged allcge alI ¬
I leged lcge < < had all the earmarks of a world worldbeater worldbeater
beater and wan denied a chance to show showhis showhis showhis
his mettle Jim has had ha his chance and andhe andhe andhe
he has proved lroY d a monumental fizzle fizzleAuent fizzleAncpt fizzleI
I Auent Big Fight FightThe FighvThe
I
The Colma Club Is proud of ci the fact factthat factthat tactthat
that It has bagged the Jimmy Britt BrittBattllng BrlttBattling IirittBattlIng
Battling Nelson el80n fight At the th same sametime sametime
time tho Colma dma Club is worried because becausethe heCatHHI becausethe I
I the affair in question Is overshadowing overshadowingall ovorshac1owln 1
all the contests that are scheduled to totake totake totake
take place meanwhile Coffroth the theleading theleading I Ileadin
leading leadin npirlt H > Irlt of the th Colma organisation organisationIs Olgnnl aUon1
Is sure there would have been a a better betterattendance bettnattendance
attendance at the McCormlekRuhlin McCormlekRuhlinfight I
fight If the BrittNelson affair had not notcome notcome notcome
come to a head just about the time tho thoadvance thouhante tImeadvance
advance saIl sa1ei s of tlie t11 McCormlekRuhlin McCormlekRuhlinmill
mill opened Now Coffroth Cotfr th is fearful fearfulthat fprulthat fearfulthat
that the same melign m lfgn Influence Jnt1u nce will have haveIts haveIts haveIts
Its effect upon the Jimmy Jlmm Gardner GardnerBuddy GardnerBuddy GardnerBuddy
Buddy Ryan R a IJ match mn th which takes tl1 J place IJIcene lhcenext
i next ne > t Friday night nightAs nightJS nightAs
As a matter of fact it Is hard to hold holdSan hol holSan imoldSan
San Francisco fight fans to any ny subject subjectbut subjecthut subjecthut
hut the BrutNelson affair The condi conditlons conlitiOllS conditions
tlons are similar mHnr to those which ecsted existedwhen ecstedwhen ecstedwhen
when Fitxsimmons Flt Jmmons and Corhctt boxed boxedat boxedat boxedat
at Carson The Th failure of the heavy heavyI heavyweights
I weights w ghts to get together at Dallas and andI andlater andlater I
I later at Hot Springs Ark whetted the thej theappetito theappetite
j appetite of the public for tho fight and andIn IIndIn studIn
In like manner the delays and hin hindrances hIndrances bindrances ¬
drances which have beset the Nelson NelsonBrit 1elsonBritt NelsonBritt
Brit Britt t match have created a longing for forthe forthe forthe
the engagement en a ement between the native son sonnd sonfn sonnd
fn nd the Dane Every EVer T sporting man In Inthis InI Inthin inthis I
this city feels that Buddy Ryan R Tan And AndJimmy tlnlTimmT findJimmy
Jimmy Gardner would make short work workof workof workof
of either Itlter Britt or Nelson but that doep doepnot doctiI loe loenot
I not alter the fact ftH net that Gardner and andRyan andRyan
I Ryan nY Ul are hentf hen slurred over entirely entirelyIt
It is the common cOl111UnbellQf belief that there t 1 re Is Ismere bmere iamcre
mere jeajpusy jea tisy among fighters fl8hte1sthtln than there thereIs themsis I IIs
Is aOTonjf aipoti summer aunm gills glmi at resort l orti where wherebatm j jb i
b bp batm > aux u are n vcrv f > lY muh 1Uu h n m the minority minorityand minorityand mlnoiityand
and no douut Gardner Gar < < ie and Ilyan n al1 enter nttt I
lain very bitter feelings toward the two twolighter twolighter twolighter
lighter men who are robbing them of a afair afair afaim
fair share of public attention attentionAll attention attentionAU attentionAll
All Britt and Nelson NelsonIf
If by b any anT chance you can induce a San SanFrancisco i iFrancisco
Francisco fight fan an to dlscus the tli Gardi GardinerRyan Gard GardnerRyan GardtierRyan
nerRyan contest he will tell you rou that he hebelieves hebeliP hebelieves
believes beliP YeSit it will 1 be > e a little short of the
fight of a century This gives promise promisethat prom1sethat prothLiethat
that after a adB day pr two has elapsed elapsedRyan elapSedRyan ciapseilitymin
Ryan and Gardner Gard et will be more a atheme atheme
theme for discussion discussi than they the are now nowthey nowthey
they the certainly cert lnly deserve to t be for provid providing prodinS providlug ¬
inS everything gis is fair falrand and above board boardthey boardthey boardthey
they should furnish a highly exciting excitingfight excitingtl excitingfight
fight tl ht They Thehaye have both trained faithful faithfully taithtully faithfully ¬
ly and there appears to be a feeling of ofgenuine ofgenuine
genuine rivalry rhalrv between betwe n them themPat themPUEH
POWERS NOT UT AFIE AFIELEAEPHE81BFY AFTER
LEAGUE LEAEPHE81BFY LEAEPHE81BFYI PRESIDENCY
I Pat Declares That He Would Not NotAccept NotcccJt NotAccapt
Accept cccJt job in the thevd theNatiou
vd 7 > National NationalNEW Natio l lXEW lNEW
NEW YORK YORK Aug 19 19Pat Pat Powers de denies denies deflies ¬
nies that he wants to become president presidentof
of the National league leagueI Jea ue ueI
I have have never n < given a thought to the thematter thematter thematter
matter of becoming bt > coming president of the theNational theNationalLeagu tImeNatlonalLcagims
National NationalLeagu Lcagu says sa B the president of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Eastern League and 1 would not notaccept notaCCI notaccept
accept aCCI pt the th position if it were offered offeredme orreredmcor Offeredme
me mcor for or the reason that I am interested interestedIn
In other enterprises that cannot be bemade b bmnde bemade >
made subservient subservi nt to baseball And Andwhat Andwhat Andwhat
what does do s the National NatioOaleagoe eague want wantwith wantwith wantwith
with another president prf > Rldent anyway In my myopinion m mopinion myopinion
opinion that circuit has never ne r had so soable soabe soable
able a man at Its head as Harry Pul Pulllam Pulliam Pul11am
liam and there therelH is no reason whatever whateverfor whateverfor whateverfor
for even considering a change I cant cantsee cantEe cantsee
see Ee how the National League could jm jmprove Jmprove improve
prove upon Mr Pulliam and I feel cer certain certain certam ¬
tain tam that a mistake would be made mad If
he were allowed to discontinue in his hispresent Ilispresent hispresent
present office officeIt officeIt Officeit
It will be recalled that Mr fr Pulliam Pulliamwas PuHlamwas Pulliarnwas
was quoted some weeks ago as saying sayingthat sayingthat sayingtlmat
that he was not certain cert ln of one vote voteamong votearnon voteamong
among arnon the National League magnates magnatesfor magnatesfor magnatesfor
for reelection next fall and that at atthe atthe atthe
the time Mr Powers was mentioned as asa asa asa
a possible candidate to succeed him himprovided himprovIded himprovided
provided Mr Ir Pulliams canvass proved proveda
a failure Since then no other name namehas namehas namehas
has been brought forth for the office officeand omceand officeand
and and with Mr rr
Powers out of the run running running running ¬
ning It looks as u though Mr ir Pulliam Pulliamhnd Pulliamhad Puhliamhnd
hnd the Inside track for the office for fornext fornxt fornext
next year yearSOUTHAMPTON yearRHIITOUK eal ealBEHRTOOK
BEHRTOOK HONORS HONORSIN UUR8l
IN l TENNIS TOURNEY TOURNEYSOUTHA TUUMEYSOUTHAMPTON
SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHA IPTOX L I Aug 19J 19JThe 190LTh
The Th remaining pair in the semifinal semifinalround semlftmtlronnd semifinalround
round of the tennis singles was filled filledhers filledh filledlmeru
hers h r todny todn Karl Behr the Yale cham champion champion cliamplea ¬
pion defeating E 13 Dewhurst of ofPennsylvania ofPennsYlvania oflennsylvania
Pennsylvania by 6 60 60Su 0 7 i5 i5Summar 5 5Summary
Summary SummaryInvitation Summar SummarInvitation Su mmary mmaryI
Invitation I singles semifinal cmlt naI round roundKarl roundKarl rouimdFarl
Karl Behr defeated Edward L Dew Dewhurst Dewhurst Dewhurst
hurst 69 75 74jInvitation fi fiInvitation
Invitation doubles third round rounrB B B nVincent BVincent
Vincent Lyon and George A Lyon de defeated defeated detented ¬
feated Frederick C Colston and Karl KarlB jarln IanlBohr
B Bohr < hr by b default defaultSomifinal clr irfaullSemifinal > faul faulI
I Semifinal round roundFrederic Frederic C Ander Anderson ¬
I
son and Harry F Allen defeated Wil William WIllIam Vil Vilham ¬
liam A Lamed and Henry Henrv Holt 97 G4 G4Consolation 64ConsolatIon 63Consolation
Consolation singles 8r sirgissFirat I sFlr First t round Wylle WylleC r lle lleC
C Grant defeated Harry Homans 6 63 63aG 3 3TrG
TrG 6 6 62 2 Stewart Walter alter defeated H HW HV iIw
W V Dixon by y default George C Clark ClarkJr Clarlcjr ClarkJr
Jr defeated Robert Roh lt P Huntington by
default Clarence Poll PI U defeated W Scott
Cameron by default defaultSecond defaultSecond defaultSecond
Second round roundylle Wylle C Grant defeat defeated defeatHI defeatccl ¬
ed Stewart Walter alter 6 64 4 6 61 1 W A W V
Stewart defeated T 1 M Robertson 6 61 61C1 >
C C1 1 Georga A Nettloton defeated defeatedTheortorft defeated defeated1hEodOlft deteatedTheodore
Theodore Itoosevelt Pell by default
Robert M Miles defeated Arthur M
Brown 0 61 1 7 75 5 G P Snow defeated defeatedFort dcfNltedFort defeatedFort
Fort Huntington by default Arthur
5 t511man > defeated deut > d Grosvenor Atterbury
C 61 1 < ii 2 Samuel A Beardslev defeated defeatedI
I E Nott Potter G 61 1 C 6a 2 George eolge C CClark L LClark CI
I Clark jr defeated efeatcl Clarence Fell 9 97 117Third 7 7Third
Third round roundGeQge George A Nfttleton X ttIeton de deI
I feared Robert M t Miles llJc8 t B 63 8 Alfred AlfredtHhnan Alfred9ttlimnan
I Stiliman defeated G P Snow S 8G G 62 62girniKl 62f1TOk 62tarntul
girniKl A fienrdsey HtnlJse ilitjg defeated d fliIlld George GeOl e C CClirk CCirk
Clirk < 11 rk jr 5 7 6 601 4 7 75 5
iy Ye MC ivi c A TO ENTER ENTERlABOR ENTHILABOR
lABOR DAY MEETRelay MEET MEETelaJ
Relay elaJ Team etUll and Dozen Men Menin Menin Menin
in Handicaps HandicapsSTRONG HandicapsISTRONG handicapsSTRONG
STRONG COUNTY RIVALRY RIVALRYDifferent RIVALRYDifferent RIVALRYDifferent
Different Towns Working Hard for forFoster forFoster
Foster Trophy Cup CupRockvi11e CupRockvi11eNames CupRockvilleNames Rockville RockvilleNames
Names Its Team TeamAt TeamAt TeamAt
At a meeting yesterday of the can candidates candidates candidates ¬
didates for the track team of the Young YoungMef Younglfe YoungMefls
Mef lfe Mefls s Christian Association A sociation it was de decided decided decided ¬
cided to entcr a relay team in the theOpen theopen theopen
Open race at the handicap games of oftho attho ofthe
tho Washington Wa hlngton Grove Athletic Asso Association AssocIation Assoelatl ¬
ciation elatl n to be held at the Grove on onthe onthe ontime
the morning of Labor Day DayThere Da Darhere DayThere
There will also be a dozen dozen men en entered entered entered ¬
tered in the open handicap events The Themakeup Themnkeup ThemakeUI
makeup of the relay rela T team will not be beknown beknown
known until a n week w < ck from Tuesday when whentrials whentrIals whentrials
I
trials will be held at Van Ness Park ParkIn ParIIn PantIn
In addition addIU addltionto nto to the relay team which whichwill whlctwlU whichwill
will compete against teams from the thelocal thelocal thelocal
local National Guard and the West WestBranch WestBranch WestBranch
Branch Y M l r C 5A A of Baltimore the thelocal theiocal timelocal
local association will m enter the following followingmen followingmen followingmen
men in the handica events Paul Her Herring Herring Herring ¬
ring 000yard run John Blauslr 60yard 60yardnovice fiOyar fiOyarnovice 60yardsmovice
novice and running broad jump O W WManglitz WIanglitz WManglitz
Manglitz C03yard C ard run and shotput shotputWilliam shotputViliam shotputWilliam
William Orme 220yard 22 < ard and 600yard 600yardrun GOOyardrun 600yardrun
run C C Williams VillIaI1 s 600yard and one onemile onemile onemile
mile run and H Royce Ro ce in the 600yard 600yardCounty 600yardrun
run runCounty runCounty
County Rivalry RivalryIntense RivalryIntcnse RivalryIntense
Intense rivalry Tivalr T has been developed developedamong developedamons developedamong
among the contesting teams for the re relay relay relay ¬
lay championship of Montgomery and andthe andthe andtime
the possession of the Foster trophy troph cup cupRockville cupRocltyIlle cupRockvllie
Rockville became a very strong factor factoryesterday faotory factoryesterday
yesterday y sterday when it was 1S announced that thatIts thatIts timatits
Its team would he selected from Kelch Kelchn Kelchtier
I n nl r Whiting Glascott HIggins Mann Mannand Mannand MannI
and Hege The latter was wds the winner of orthe ofthe I Ithe
I the strint last year and has entered for forthe fortime or orthe
the 100pound 1o pound shotput on Labor Day Dayj DayGaitimersburg
j Gaithersburg wll vll rest her hopes for vic victory vlctory vietory
tory on the Diamond brothers broth erST Munroe Munroeand MunroeI
I and Lodge while the Kensington team teamwill teamwill teamwill
will be selected from Milllken J T Morse MorseRay MorseRay rorseT rorseTRa
Ray Ra Smith Sml tho Blelaski amI George and andScott andScott andScott
Scott Israel The Washington Grove and andLinden andLinden andLindeim
Linden teams will not be selected until untilnext untilnext untIlnext
next week weekThe weekThe weekThe
The mile run will be one of the best bestfilled bestI bestfilled
filled of the th > handicap events and there therewill therewill therewib
I will be an Interesting race between Vat Watson Vatson fat fatson ¬
son of Georgetown GUI of the Nation National KatlonI National ¬
al Guard Byrne of Technical High HighSchool HighSC1001 HighSchool
School McCiithran of of Central High Highlast HIghlast ughInst
I
last years winner and Helner the old oldBaltimore oldI oldBaltimore
Baltimore Y M C A runner runnerA runnerI runnerA
I
A junior relay race for boys of six sixteen slxteen sixteen ¬
I
teen years ears and under has been added addedand addedand
I
and teams have already alread been entered enteredfrom enteredfrom enteredfrom
from the Ascension Church the Wash Washington WashImmgton Vashington ¬
ington Y M C A Washington Grove Groveand GroeamI Groveand
and Kensington KensingtonFrederick KensingtonFrederlcl KensingtonFrederick
Frederick W V Varlyle of the Grove Grovehas Grovehas Grovehas
has offered a silver cup to be known knownns
ns the Holbrook Hill trophy to the suc successful suclssfnl sueeasfill ¬
I cessful contestant t in the COyard COyardnovice GOyarrI11ice COyardnovice
novice event Owing to the large lar e num number numI miumher ¬
I
her of entries it has been eon decided to toclose tollose totlose
close the list Wednesday Vednesda > August 30 In inomder j jorder
order ord r that John liner the official handt handtcapper handicapper
capper clJpp r may have time to complete his hiswork hiswork
work worleSTABLES workSTABLES
c r
STABLES LEAVING SARATOGA SARATOGASARATOGA
I SARATOGA N Y Aug 19Alrcady I9 19Alreadythe Already
j I the exodus among the horsemen has hasstarted hasI hasI I
started The Th Drake Dral > stable left last night nightand nlgbtand nightand
I and this morning mornnS a horse hOtS special pulled pulledout pUl1edout pulledomit
out which included the strings of Tur Turney Turney 1urI
ney Brothers J T W May Frank Van VanMotor VanlIotel VanMotem
Motor Carroll Reid and Billy Keating KeatingJoe KeatingTo KeatingJoe
I
Joe To Yeagers horses were shipped to toLatonia toI tOTatonia
I Latonia Shipping Agent Whltlen says saysihat sa saysthat F Fthnt
that 112 cars cnr of horses will leave between
I today and next Thursday ThursdayOSCAR Thursda ThursdaI ThursdayOSCAR
I
OSCAR AND BJORNSON BJORNSONKing BJORNSONKln BJORNSONKing
I
King Kln Oscar of Sweden has never al allowed alI ailowed ¬
I lowed the political opinions of the Nor Norwegian 101wesian Norwegian ¬
wegian poet Bjornson to affect his atti attitude attitude attitude ¬
tude toward his writings Unlike Ibsen Ibsenwho Ibsenwho Ibsenwimo
who believes in the Scandinavian union unionBjornson unionPjornson unionBjornsoa
Bjornson has always striven to secure securepolitical securepolitical securepolitical
political independence for Norway Yet Yetwhen Yetwhen Yetwhen
when some years ellrs ago a number of ofchoral ofchoral ofchoral
choral societies serenaded the King at atChrlstiania atChrIstiania atClmnlstiania
Chrlstiania ChrIstiania he stepped out on the bal balcony balcony balcony ¬
cony and in a 3 loud voice asked them to tounite tounite tounite
unite In singing a certain ardent re republican republican e epublican ¬
publican song of Bjornsons and he headded headded headded
added his own voice olce to the chorus On Onhis Onhis Onhis
his return to Stockholm he wrote to toBjornson toBjornson toBjornaomm
Bjornson an nmfable letter inclosing inclosingwith inclosIngwith 1nclosIntwith >
with it the St Olaf order When not notengaged notemmJTed notengaged
engaged In writing poems or 01 hooks King KingOscars KingOSCl1 KingOscars
Oscars favorilte amusement Is yachting yachtingalong yachtingalong oachUn oachUnalon
along alon the picturesque coast of Sweden Swedenand SwederImd Swedenand
and Norway He is a t bori bormi seaman and andresolutely andresolutely andiesctititely
resolutely faces perils or on sea or shore shoreOn shoreOn shoreOn
On one occasion he stopped two runa runaway runaway rummnway ¬
way horses and saved two lives at the therisk therisl th thrisk
risk risl of 01 Ills 1mm own Eive days later he hejumped lieI beI
I I jumped Into the th water Yat r to save a child childfrom chil chilfrom childI
I from drowning drownln
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB CLUBMAKES CLUE3MA CLUBM
MAKES MA M A K E S FIRM FJ F I RM DEJJ DEMAL DEMALSays D E N JAL JALSaysSt IA L LSays
Says SaysSt Statements tenlepts by exMember Concerning Organization Organizationv Organizationind
T v ind and d IfsMethods Its Methods Are Unirue UntrueAn An Explanation Explanationand Explanatlqnand Explanationand
and Some ome History i0 i0ri
ri J v lK
To the Editor of The Washington Was1ingtonTlmes Was1ingtonTlmesThe Times TimesThe TimesThe
The board b 1rd of governors of the the Poto Potomac Poton18C Potomac ¬
mac Boat Club h has s had Its attention attentioncalled attentioncnlied ttcrttioncnH
called cnH d to an nnal2 alleged ed news netnH Item m pub published pubjished pulIshed ¬
lished in the Sunday edition of f your yourpaper yoprpaper yourpaper
paper paper August Angast6 6 1903 The article Itf I is in inquotation inI inquotation
I quotation otatIon marks and a ndli iai said to be the thestatement thestatement
i statement of an nnexmcmber exmember who has hasrecently hasII Imasrecently I
recently rc C ently quit because of O c the Internal Internaldissensions inte internaldissensions rna
II dissensions in the < club iub It His is written writteneither writteneither writteneither
either in ignorance Igzmor nce or rnailpcr malicc as the thastatements thgI thestatements I
I statements st tcm nts themselves thimje th meeles ve3 are entirely eiliIrel e irel3 false falseand talsei falseand
i and misleading misleadingWo mislea lnr > i 1Wo I
Wo Wcapprec appreciate te that the dignified di nified pos postlon posi posiI position
I tlon tIonfor for us to maintain is to treat the thestaternemtt j jstatement I II
I statement st4t mtmt as all such gtatemens should shouldbe shouldic I Ii
i be treated with silent contempt in view viewof vl vlof viewof
of the fact act that this paragon of square squaresportsmanship squaresportsmanshIp squaresportsmanship
sportsmanship is so unmanly unmanlv as to tohide to11fde tolmlde
hide his identity but as the article rtlcle is isa i3a isa
a direct attack on the management of ofthe otI ofthe
the club and a personal personalattacli attack on our ourpresident ourI otirpresident
I president we feel that to remain silent silentin sltentin llent llentin
I in the face of o such uch a base libel would wouldbe wouldhe wouldbe
be an an tn acknowledgment of the truthful truthfulness truthfulI truthfulntss ¬
ness neBS of the falsehoods and misstate mlsstalemenls misstatememmt I II
I
mauLS of this disgruntled member memberWe memberWe
I We do not know the name of your yourvalued yourvalued rour rourI I
I valued informant but from the lan language Ianguage ¬ I
I guage uage of at the article rticle and nd some omc of the thepat thc4pat I II
4pat pat phrases of the green reen cloth in indulged indulged ¬
I dulged in by b this paragon of fairness fairnesswe farner9we I II
we w wie ie have la VTe concluded con cruded that it is I3the the work workof won wonor
of 0 a person person who has been expelled f fr frOm frOmthe rom romthe m mthe
I the club for or the nonpayment nonpa Tment of his hisdues Imisclues I I9ue
dues 9ue and is also aso a man who Is post positively posttively ¬
I tively unreliable not only onJ as to his hisstatements hisI hIsstat
I statements stat mants but in all other club mat matters ranttent ¬
I tent financial and otherwise with which whichhe whichhe I Ihe
he had any connection cOnt cUon during his hi mem irmembership j jbership I Ibcrship
bership in the Potomac Boat Club ClubAs ClubAs i
As to his statements stat < mentsthat that the club is isa Isa
a private corporation organized by eight eightmembers eightmembers eightmembers f
members for the he purpose of getting gettingthe gettingthe gettingthe
the club C IU b Into their th ir own Q wn11 hands ands and an annexing annexiug ¬
nexing a little long green as the thesport thesport thesport
sport suggests a word or two re regarding regarding rimgaMing ¬
garding the Potomac Boat Club may maynot maynot maynot
not be amiss amissThe amissThe amissThe
The Potomac Boat Club was founded foundedIn
In 1S69 and for thirtysix years has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been the representative boating club clubof clubOf clubof
of the Nations Capital her crews have havemaintained Imavemaintained 1
maintained the honor and dignity of ofWashington oiYashlngton ofWashington
Washington in numerous sections of ofthe ofthe I
the United States and in many hard hardfought hardfought hardfought
fought battles have won high honors honorsin h honorsin nors norsin
in the field of aquatics The red and andwhite andhite andwhite
white hite emblem of the club clubhas has the uni universal un unv6rsal uni universal ¬
versal respect and andadmiration admiration of boating boatingmen boatingmen boatingmen
men of the country countr by b whom It has hasalways hasah hasalways
always ah ays been b en recognized as the represen representative representative ¬
tative boating bo aun g organization orSan1za Uon of this sec section seetion ¬
tion True it has had its ups and anddowns anddowns anddowns
downs as all clubs seem to have it ithas ithas ithas
has seen the rise and fall of many of ofits ofits
its rival organizations orga nizations some of which whichart whichan whichare 1
art now no only onl T memories memoriesVili memoriesfter
< Vili fter te r twentyfiye LWCHLJJlvc years rears w wthe 0 of f active c life lifethe
the club was incorporated in 1S94 In or order order ordci ¬ I
der to perpetuate the organization for fortwentyfive tortwenty fortwentyfive
twentyfive twenty ve years more for ior or this reason reasonand reaso reasonand l
and this reason r < ason only onl T was the Potomac PotomacBoat PotomacBoat PotomacBoat l
Boat Club incorporated Some S am e years a aclub aclub
club clubwHl will have a large membership > and andin andin andin I
in another year the roll will be much muchsmaller muchsmaller I Ismaller
smaller We Ve attribute the low ebb in inmembership Inmembership 1 1membership
membership some years ago to the thepopularity thepopularity
popularity of the tll e bicycle which Whichopen opened openedup openedUt c d dup l
up a new field of attraction namely the theexploration theexploration theexploration
exploration of the practically unknown unknowncountry unknownroads unknowncountry
country roads and other suburban SUburbanen en enjoyments enjoyments ¬
joyments joymen Every club suffered by the theenormous theenormous theenormous I
enormous number of young men that thatjoined thatjoined thatjoined
joined the then new and popular wheel wheelclubs wheelcluh wheelclubs
clubs Since then however the Poto Potomac Potomac Patemac ¬
mac Boat Club has increased every year yearIn yearin yearin
In membership and in several years the thelimit thellmlt thelimit
limit of membership has been reached reachedwe Teachedwe reachedwe
we could not accommodate more mem members memberE members ¬
bers and the house being overcrowded overcrowdedwith overcrowdedwith overcrowdedwith
with boats we were compelled to build buildan buildan buildan
an addition to the house for more boat boatroom boat1oom boatroom
room roomWe 1oomWe roomr
We r consider c co4psider slder that we have an ample amplesupply amplesupply amplesupply
supply of club boats consistent with the thei thepoUc thepolicy
i policy poUc of the club that a man should shouldown shouldown shouldown
own his own o n boat the same ame as he owns ownshis ownshis ownshis
his own supplies or outfit in Inany any other otherathletic otherat1iletlc otherathletic
athletic or outdoor sport To the theman themanwho man manwho manwho
who is is devoted devotl to boating a permanent permanentman permanentman permanentman
man the i is t ownership of a boat boatI boatis boatis
I is absolute absolUte2Y ccessary ccessaryIn ecessaryIn cessar cessarIn
In regard to the stock feature of the theclub theClub thelub
club lub as was stated before the club clubwas clubwas clubwas
was incorporated In 1S91 and made a astock astock astock
stock company com pan to Insure its permanent permanenti permanentcontlnuancr permanentcontinUancy
i continuancy Onethird OUl third of the stock was washeld wasI washeld
I held by the thecorporaticti corporation in common owner owneri ownerslmip
I i ship the other twothirds were wer divided dividedamong dividedamong
among the e sixtyfive life active and aI d in inactive Inacthc inactive
I active members then on roll The stock stockbears stockI stockbears
bears no interest and as the running runningexpenses runningI runningexpenses
I expenses of the club exceed the income incomeno incomedividends
I no dividends on the stock have ever been beendeclared beenI beendeclared
declared the deficit being made up by bysubscrlption bo boI bysubcriPtiOfl
I I subscrlption or assessment As a mat matter matot matter ¬
ter of fact in addition to paying yearly yearlydues yearlydues early earlydue
dues the stockholders have been called calledupon caUedupon calledupon
upon in other ways to aid the club In Inyears Inyears inyears
years when the running expenses have havebeen haveb havebeen
been b en extra heavy heavyAs heavyAs
As to the statement made regarding regardingthe r sarding sardingthe I
the voting of stock at the farcical farcicalyearly farclcalyearly farcicalyearly
yearly elections elections and the defeating of all allmeasures allnmeasures
measures not to the liking of the own owncrs owners owners I
ers of the club and the statement that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the largest stockholder stockhold > r of the club also alsovoted alsooted alsovoted
voted oted the treasury stock > tock this is abso absolutely abso1 abso1lutelr absoutely ¬
lutely false in its entirety entlret T As a matter matterof matterof I
of fact each member has a vote ote at all alllogular allJ allicgular
logular J gular yearly meetings of the club clubwhether clubhether clubwhether
whether hether they are holders of stock or not notand notand notand
and the shares of the stock of the club clubhave clubhave clubimave
have not been beenvoted voted vo ed in years at any meet ¬
ing by any member owning onin Wnln Jt tk iso so thataeha that thatach thatach
ach aeha and ind every e vcry cry member of thj ue hi f Ju IPbh Iub baa haahad baalmad
had an anequnl equal voice in the thenppoh1tri theappoInthjt appolntnvsrit mt of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the officers of the club and the election electionof eleetlanof J eUon eUonor
of all members of the board of gov governors goV goVprnors goverriors ¬
ernors by whom the affairs of the club clubare clubare chubare
are are managed managedThe Q QThe r rThe
The statement that a prominent
Georgetown business man offered to tobuy tobuy tobuy
buy up all the stock and turn it back backinto backinto backInto
into the treasury and an falling in this thislaudable thislaudable thislaudable
laudable effort to emancipate emancIpteour our lone lonesuffering lontsUffering Iongsuffering
suffering friend he invested Invest d his money m neT
in an eightoar d shell which he gave gavethe gavetime avo avothe
the club clubT and then th 1 left in disgust dJsgU t ia iamere famerechHc1ish Ismere
mere merechHc1ish childish prattle and appeals ppals to toour toour tPour
our sense of humor We are afraid afraid f lci that thatour thatour thatour
our sportsmanlike potf3manllkc friends gullibility gullibilitymust 1 guthIbilitimustlmave > llUI iUt iUtmu
must mu mustlmave thaTe have J been cen > imposed impo don on by some some of ofhis othis ofhis
his coworkers In the destruction of tha thaPotomac th thPotomac thPotomac
Potomac Boat Club We Ve cannot cannot believe believethat believothat believethat
that your TOUI informant has enough enQugi imagi imagination Imagoination imagination ¬
nation to concoct the above statement statementhe st tem nt nthe
he has been misguided and misled mli d we waare weare weare
are sorry for him The Potomac Boat BoatClub BO BoatClub t tClub
Club has been feen very fortunate tortun te in in haring bavinssome bavin bavinsome haringsome
some generous and publicspirited publl splrited mem members m xniin xniinbOre m mbels ¬
bOre but has never n er been so fortunate fortunateas tortunatas
as to have an mm eightoared shell shll1prcsent presented presentedto d dto
to it by any nn member memberNow memberNow memberNow
Now asTo as 1o to the disgruntled member memberand memberand JlEmbeland
and John Hadley Hadl y Doyle the president of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Club iub To those who know Mr Doyle Doylaas Doyleas Doyleas
as a gentleman and an admirer and pro promoter proranter ro romoter ¬
moter of amateur athletics our defense defenssof defengof defenseof
of of him will seem superfluous but as thla thlaperson thlaperson thisperson
person is so s ungallant un gallant as to attack Mr MrDoyle MrDoyle MrDoyle
Doyle by name nam and at the same snmetme snmetmeIs time timeIs timeis
Is too cowardly to come out In the open openand openand openand
and give his name and has seen fit to toattack tonttack toattack
attack his good name and his hi square squaresportsmanship squaresportsmanship squaresportsmanship
sportsmanship we deem it our duty to tomake tomake tomake
make a few remarks for the informa information Information information ¬
tion of those who may not know Mr MrDoyle MiDoyle MrDoyle
Doyle and may be misled by the lying lyingstatements JyJI15statements hyingstatements
statements of your informant John JohnHadle JohnHadle JohnHadle
Hadle Doyle Do r e has done more for ro the per perpetuation perpetuatIon perpetuation ¬
petuation of rowing and the renewed In Interest interest Intercat ¬
terest in this sport on the Potomac Potomacriver Potomacriver Potomacriver
river in the last ut few years than any anyother anyothcr anyother
other man in tHe city cft of Washington WashingtonIn
In aquatics since he first joined the thePo thePotomac Po Potomac Potoma ¬
tomac River Regatta Association was wasformed wasformed wasformed
formed and he has labored constantly constantlyand constantlyand constantlyand
and intelligently to increase the Interest Interestin Interestin intoretin
in acquatics since sincelle he first joined the thePo thePotornac Po Potomac Potomnc ¬
tomac Boat Club in 1SS3 He has UJS been beenelected beeIlelected beenelected
elected president of our club for the past pastten pasttn pastten
ten years and has devoted his time and andenergies andenergies andenergies
energies to the upbuilding of rowing in ingeneral ingeneral ingeneral
general and the Potomac < Boat Club In Inparticular Inp inparticular
particular p rtIcular He has been an ardent pro promoter promoter promoterof ¬
moter moterof of amateur athletics in all altlines lines Jinesand linesand I Iand
and is prominently identified with the theathletics theathletics theathletics
athletics of Georgetown University He Hehas Hehas Hehas
has the unbounued unbouJ1 ed respect and esteem esteemof esteemof esteemof
of all square athletes throughout the theUnited theUnited theUnited
United States wherever he is known knownand knownand knownand
and those who know hint best will not notbe notbe notbe
be surprised that he resented a a personal personalinsult personaLinsult personalinsult
insult given him not in the heat of argu argument argument argumeat ¬
ment but by a man who was the ag aggressor aggressor aggressor ¬
gressor and very much larger than he heThe heThe heThe
The statement that the stockholding stockholdingmembers stockholdingmembers stocklmoldingmembers
members of the board of governors governorswhitewashed governorswhItewashed governorswhitewashed
whitewashed Mr Doyle when charges chargeswere chargeswerepreferred charge3were
were werepreferred preferred against him for assault assaultis assaultisale
is isale a He and the man tnan who made such suchstatement a astatement astatement
statement is unworthy 1nwor hy of belief It Is Istrue Istrue istrue
true charges were Wer preferred against againstMr agaInstMr againstMr
Mr Doyle Doyle by by the member who who was as assaulted assaulted assaulted ¬
saulted and he was given a a fair trial trialThe trialThe trialThe
The The member member who preferred the charges chargeshad chargeshad chargeshad
had the privilege of summoning summoningand and did didsummon didsummon didsummon
summon all the witnesses he desired desiredMr desiredMr desiredMr
Mr Doyle rested his case on the bare barestatements barestatements barestatements
statements of his accuser feeling that thathe that thathe thathe
he needed no denfense or witnesses witnessesThe witnessesThe witnessesThe
The board board of governors of the club clubafter clubafter clubafter
after hearing the evidence of the mem member memberal1d memben ¬
ben beral1d and his witnesses decided dt > cided that th t h hwas he hewas hewas
was the aggressor and that Mr Doyle Doylehad DOjlehad Doylehad
had done what any an other selfrespectlas selfrespectlasgentleman selfrespectlnzgentleman selfresectInggentleman
gentleman would have done under like likecircumstances liittcircumstances likecircumstances
circumstances The affair was a a most mostunfortunate mo mostunfortunate t tunfortunate
unfortunate one and no one regretted regrettedIt regrettdd regrettddit
It more than Mr l1rDoyle Doyle himself but butunder butunder butunder
under the circumstances circumstan es he had no other otheralternative otheralternative Otheralternative
alternative than to protect himself himselffrom himseltfrom himselffrom
from insult and assault assaultNow assaultKow assaultNOW
Now Mr Editor we feel that we wehave wehave wehave
have made plain to you the fact that thatyour thatyour thatyour
your informant is either ignorant or ormalicious ormallCIUS ormalicious
malicious and that your our spirit of fair fairness fairpess fairness ¬
ness will manifest itself in giving the thasame thesame thesame
same publicity to this statement as you youdid youdid Oil Oildid
did to the malicious misstatements Of Ofthis otthis oftimis
this gentlemanly gentlemaI promoter and an patron patronof
of sportsmanship sportsmanshipJOHN sportsmanshIpTORN pontsmanshipJOHN
JOHN J I NOLA1C NOLA1CCHARLES NOr1CHARLES NOLAICHARLES
CHARLES G WARDEN WARDENW VARDENW
W E H MERRITT MERRITTWashington MERRITTYashington MERRITTWashington
Washington E D > C Aug 17 1905
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