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r nininiiiimmTiTim 1 IN TH1 n ^ NATIONALS DEFEATED ! m Rfidnw mm i Ill UUUIUI1 Ul LMLIV Oberlin Pitches Good Bail, But Cicotte Does Better. Big Crowd Present. Speri*! D1sp?fti "to The St?r. .AMERICAN LEAGUE GROl'NDS, Huntington avenue. Boston, April IP.? The Nationals couldn't do anything with Cicotte this mom trig and went down to defeat 2 to 1. The Boston pttcher opened badly, passing two men and delivering ten bad balls in succession. and it looked as if Manager Donovan would have to take him out. but he steadied down and In but one liming; the third, were the visitor* able to find him for hits. Oberlin also pitched a splendid game. He was found more often for bite than the Bos- j ton man. and he was handicapped by tn- j ferlor fielding, the work of Unglaub at first being exceedingly ragged. He missed two balls right In his mitt. Schaefer and McBride both had a lot to do and played brilliant ball. The poor fielding got Oberlin In a hole in the eighth, when the locals had three on bases with one out. but he succeeded In retiring the side without a run. For Boston. Lord and Wagner excelled in fielding, and the former was the only one who was able to make a hit good for more than one base. It was a great dav for a game of ball, and there was a splendid turnout to see the sport, the seating capacity being well tested. Owing to the showery conditions of the early morning thousands were kept from going to the game, but those who went were well paid for their attendance. for they saw a game exciting from the first out to the last. Shortly before the game both sides assembled at the rubber and, headed by a l and, marched to deep center field where e fine hew flag waa hauled to the mast to the acclaim of the gathered thousands. Then the teams again formed and ; marched back to the rubber, where they separated to their respective benches. A few minutes later Umpires Dinneer. and Connolly proceeded to the rubber and fter a consultation with Managers Donovan and MeAleer play began. Good Chance Lost. Although Milan and Schaefer walked in the first without as much as a strike on them, the next three men went out in order. Cicotte getting down to cases after there were two balls and no'strikes on them. Boston then scored on McConnell's pass. Lord's sacrifice and Speaker's drive to left for a base. Stahl's out' and, ii-IM nltr-l, nut Snfutpr'on third, wbero he wan left. Unglaub, MeBride and Street went fyut 1n order on lnfleld plays In the second. Hooper's drive with one out and Cicotte'e cratch toward third put two on for lo-* cals. McConnell being thrown out on a hard drive splendidly handled by Milan. The Nationals evened matters in the third, Milan and Schaefer connecting for safe drives to center, advancing on Lelivelt's out, the former scoring on a wild pitch. Elberfeld was thrown out by Lord i leaving Schaefer on tliird. Then the Bos- j ton captain lammed over Lellvelt's head for three ouahions and counted on Stahl's single past McBrlde. There was nothing doing in the Nationals' fourth, the fly route doing Gessler and Unglaub while McBride fanned. Boston also failed to score in Its half. The Nationals sent 4>ut three men to the hat In the fifth. Street. OberJin and Milan being the victim*. Then Boston sent the top of its batting'order to the scratch and they retired one, two, three. "Scliaef* was urged to start the music In i the sixth, but was; unmercifully joshed by j the crowd when he was called out on | strikes. T-elivelt urn easy. McConnelt to ; BtaliI and Hooper got under Eiberfeld's! fly close to the leftafield bleachers. Unglaub'swFirgt Error. I'nglaub made lhe*flrst fielding error in tlie game when he muffed Street's throw Of Stalil's hunt in Boston's half of the sixth. Wagner slipped up on an attempt to hunt and then hit into a double play, McBride to Sehaefer to Unglaub. Nile* \ was out on a wicked grounder, handsome-, ly handled by McBride, and the Nation-' als went In for tiieir seventh. Gessler failed to connect in three attempts and sat down, I'nglaub popped to McConnell I a^d McBr*de was called out on strikes. ' The locajs had the tail of their array ! to contend with and failed to get on. thet feature of the Inning being KIberfeld's assist off t'k-otte, alter Oherlin had knocked down the hot drive of the Boston pitcher. Street worked atpasx in the eighth, first I four Suit 1 II!'! : ft Vas!? !? If*your have Morton C | 8c Co. make it. Your will hawe that INDI ! AUTY, that PERFEC <f of FIT and FINISH || Y OU never find in the j made and the "cheap' ,J cannot give. Yet our are $> to $10 less th same quality will co elsewhere. ! "They Look L I 4(0)0 Q" Styles s?'; Here to Choose AJJ? From tm I0IT0N .! Tailors, 1 c. e. FOSTI |1' / a A ^ ^ A A A A A AAAAAi rf f f f f f f f ff f f ff f f f f f xxxxT: 'fffffff??fWff"""""ff VWWWV^ E WORL itttttttttttHttttttlltltttl man up, and was the first man to makf a l>ase af^er fourteen had gone out In succession. Oberlin sacrificed to Stahl and it was up to Milan and Schaefer. but the former went out to Hooper and the latter to #b>eaker. both easy chances. Boston had three on the bases In its half of the eighth, but could not score. A low throw of Btberfeld gave M<-Connell a Jlfe and the latter made second on I>ord's sacrifice. Speaker bunted &2-J I'nglaub muffed Eiberfeld's throw. Stahl was hit by a pitched ball, filling the corners. With the-bases filled Wagner hit to OberHew ?wke fnao/tyl /? Ut root fAi*r?inrr aaia, n nu i iv vn r*-\ i v> vmpt .??* w?i nell at th?.rubber, and MoBrlde gathered Nlles' hot one on -which Wagner was forced. Then,came the last. T.elivelt grounded to Stall!. Rlherfeld was safe on a long bounder I.<ord could not field accurately to first, giving a life. Gewler planked a aafe one to right. A hit would have tied the (tame. but. It was not forthcoming, as Tnglaub fouled to Ixtrd and McBride to Carrlgan. Capt. Harry I.ord received an exuberant welcome, but It was Speaker who brought down the house, and he responded with a hit. Charley Street ran almost to the National' beftch to gather Harry Nile*' foul in the tliird^and got an appreciative hand. The scare: BOSTON. A. 15. R. H. O. A. F,. McOonnell. 2b ? 3 1 n 2 1 <i Lord, 3b ...\ .2 1 1 1 3 e Speaker, cf ............ 3 o 1 2 o fl Srahl, lb ...e*......... Hot 13 n n Wagner, aa .4.^...... 4 o O 1 2 11 Nile#. rf 4 o o 1 0 e Hooper. If ...a? 3 0 1 2 o (1 Carrlgan, c ............ 3 0 0 5 1 n Clcotte. p 3 0 I o 2 1 Totals 28 2 ."1 .27 St J WASHINGTON. A.U. It. H. O. A. E. Milan. < f 3 112 a o Schaefer. 2b 3 O 1 1 5 it I.ellrelt. If 4 0 <t 1 0 0 F.lherfold. 3b ... 4 O 1 1 3 1 Gessler. rf .4 O 1 I 11 o Cnglaub. lb 4 O O 14 1 2 McBrlde,.sa 4 O O O 6 0 Street.c 2 003 I o Oberlin. p 2 o 0 1 3 0 Totals 3o 1 4 24 111 3 Washington O 0 1 0 0 0 (? o 0 1 Boston IOIOOOOO x?2 Three-base bit?Lord. Sacrifice bits- *Lonl (2), Oberltn, Speaker. Double play?McBrlde, Scliae fer to Unglanb. Left on banes?Washington, >: ? ? ? a T. ? 11- rum iikn.ii. 1 .* ou9iuij, v. AMHC UM 1W1I0 ? 'U iiu, a, vu OJrotte. 3. Hit by pltiim-StiU. Struck ?>nt By Clcotte, !k Wild pitches?Oberltn. 1; t'icotte. 1. Umpire*? Messrs. Dlntieen and Connolly. Time of trainp?1 hour and 37 minutes. Attendance?14,271. DETROIT BEATS ST. LOUIS. ) Cobb Comes to, Rescue of His Team With Two-Bagger. DETROIT, April 10.?Detroit defeated St. iLovls here yesterday by a score of 3 to 2 In the only game played in tbe two major leaguss. The Tigers were lucky to win, as an error by Wallace, with two out, opened the way for the home team to tie the score In the eighth Inning. Bailey pitched a remarkable game for seven innings, but that error, coming, as It did, in the eighth Inning, caused him to waver, and, losing control, he passed two men. Ty Cobb then stepped to the plate and drove two runs home with a timely two-bagger. With the score tied, Detroit won the game in the ninth inning. Crawford walked to first and Delehanty sent him racing across the plate with a long drive for three bases. I Mullln was hit naru at me start, ana was wild throughout, but good fielding kept the St. .Louis runs down. The scone: Detroit. R.H.O.A.JQ. St.Louie. R.H.O.A.E. Mcln're.lf 1 O 1 ? 0 Stone.If . t 1 0 0 0 Basb.se... O O 6 2 0 W'lace.Sb. 0 1 O 2 1 Cobb.rf... O 1 1 0 0 ll'fman.ef 0 O 4 <? o C"ft>rd,cf.. 1 0 8 0 O Grtggs,2b. 0 1 .1 .1 O D'hanty.2b 0 2 2 2 O Hartz'l.s*. O 1 2 S o M'arlty.flb 0 0 0 4 O Ah*teln.1b O 1 lo 1 l T.Jones.lb o 1 lo 1 O D'mltt.rf. 1 1 1 o o Stanage.e. o 0 3 5 n Steph'ns.c 0 0 3 2 O Mullln.p. . O 0 O 4 O llailey. p.. 0 112 0 Schmidt.c. O 0 1 1 0 D.Jones*.. 1 0 0 0 0 Totals.. 8 4 27 19 0 Totals.. 2 7t2? 15 2 *Ran for Stanage in eighth, twinning run made with none out. Detroit 000000 0 2 1-3 St. Louis 1 1 <? 0 O U V 0 0 -2 Two-bass hits?Cobb. Wallace. Tbree-I>ase hit-Delehanty. Sacrifice bits- Griggs. Demmirt. Stephens. Sscrlfles fly?HoffmsD. Stolen base Hartsell. First base on balls?By Mullln. 4; by Bailey. 5. First bsse on error - Detroit. Left on bsses -Detroit. 3; St. Ixiuis. ?. Strnek out--By Mullln. 1: by Bailey, 1. t'mpires- Messrs. Klein and Sheridan. Time of game- -1 hour and 4? minutes. "SPIKE" ROBSON KNOCKED OUT. Jem Driscoll Floors Aspirant for Featherweight Title. LONDON, April 19.?A big crowd saw Jem Driscoll. the featherweight champion of England, knock out "Spike" Robson, also of England. In the fifteenth round for the featherweight championship and a purse of $5,OOP. The bout was scheduled for twenty rounds, but Robaon was outclassed. The Lonsdale belt goes to the winner. ill Look Like j le If WD j . Stout /] /j^ Kffil !; clothes ^ xno^IUJ VIDU- u vy; :T.'S M <3>.00 ! ready- u ' sum j? ,an the' " st you MADE TO ORDER. ike $10 More" j ,ys' Blue j} BeS' pes, Ser^e 1 ids, I V. Coat & Trousers i . ? Made to Measure, j fp. $12.501 STOUT & CD. 910 F St. N.W. | 2R, Manager. jl| ,D OF SI ttttnn?n??????m? AMERICAN LEAGUE. i Yesterday's Results. I Washincton at Boston?Ruin. 1 New York sr Philadelphia?Rain. Detroit. 3; St. Louis. 2. Cleveland at Chicago?Rain. Games Today. i ! Washington at Boston. St. Ix>Tiia at Detroit. Cleveland at Chicago. Near York at Philadelphia. t i How the Clubs Stand. W. L. Pet. W. U Pet. Washington.. 2 I .667Chicago .. 1 1 .500 Cleveland.. _ 2 1 .667 New York.... 1 1 .500 Hetrolt 2 2 .S00 St. LouJa.... 1 2 .383 Boston 1 1 .500 Philadelphia. 1 2 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Pittsburg at Oioetnnatl?Cold, Philadelphia at Brooklyn?Rata. Boston at New York?Bain. Chicago at St. Louts?Rain. Games Today. Boston at New'York. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at diwdnnati. Chicago at St. Lonls. How the Clubs Stand. r w. L. Pet. w. L. Pet. Plftshnrg.... 2 1 .667 Cincinnati... 2 2 .500 Boston 2 1 .067 St. Louie.... 1 2 .333 Philadelphia. 2 1 .667 NewYerk.... 1 2 .333 Chicago 2 2 .500 Brooklyn.... 1 2 .333 MINOR LEAGUE GAMES. Texas League. At San Antonio?Shrcveport. 8; San Antonio, 5. . At Houston?Oklahoma City. lO; Houston. 4. At < bi I vostnn?Galveston. 2; Fort Worth, 1. I At Wnco? Dallas, 6; Waco, 2. American Association. At Columbus? Columbus. 8: Indianapolis. 7. At Minneapolis?Minneapolis. 7; Milwaukee, 2. ' At Toledo?Toledo, 6; Loulatllle, 2. South Atlantic League. At Columbus-Columbus. 7: Savannah. 6. i At .Incfcsnnvtlle?Jacksonville, 6; Augusta. 5. At Columbia?Macon. 3; Columbia, 0. Southern League. At Mobile?Birmingham, 3; Mobile. 2. ! At Montgomery?New Orleans. 5- Montgomery, 7. J At Chattanooga?Memphis, 2; Chattanooga, 0. 1 * PICK YOUR WINNERS. Good Card of Races for the Opening ! Day at Pimlico. Special DKipatdi to T*m? Star. PIM.IJCO, Md., April 19.?First rare, maiden two-year-old; sell in*; four fur- ( longe?O. I*. Buster, 1(M; Vlto G., 107; Planutcss. 109; "Mayweed, 90; Old 8quaw, . KM; George .Meddler, 107; HM Soo, 109; The Rascal, 107: Dorchester, 112; Sam Rank, 104; Bodkin. 109; Sir Chilton. 112. Second race; three-year-olda and up; Six furlongs?Asticot II, 97; Lady Fltaherbert. 108; Bell of Brass, 108; Reybourn, 100; Karl Rogers, 113; Havre, 118; Racinette. lug; Golden Castle, 110. Third race, three-year-olds and up; selling; six furlongs?Horace B., 190; Patriot, 112; Cooney K., KM; Shirley Rossmore, 107; Ruble, U2: Royal captive, lo7; Evard, 107; SalvolatHe, 107; Croydon, 104; "Chepontuc, 102; "Lurid, 102; Seiwlk, 112; Havre, 112; "Spanish Prince, 104; Tom Mellon. 87; "Stargowan, 90; "Gypsy Girl, 80. Fourth race. Inaugural steeplechase, four-year-olds and up; selling; two miles? Dacra, 145; Dr. Heard, 153; Boundbrook, 163; Xebec, 132; Stellaland, 153; Grandpa. 153; Osage, 130; Jtmroie Lane, 153; Expansionist, 148. Fifth race, two-year-olds, four furj longs?Rash, 109: Peretic, 100; Mint a, 109; Master John, 112; Cismont, 109; Gold Leaf, 109; Rendaga. 109; Prima Luce, 112; I I.aclede, 1<>?; Rapid Flight, 109. Sixth race?Country Club purse, three j ypar-olds and up; mile and forty yards? Colli* ormsby. 109; Pins and Needles, 115; 1'ulka, 100; Martin Doyle, 115; High Private, 1<*H; Dixie Knight, 81. Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather cloudy, track heavy. ; 1 ! | Winners in Yesterday's Races, j' * OAKUAVD. Flint race ? Pride of Idamore, Sweet Basil, Gellcc. Second rare?X? Quarter, Titus II, Burning Buab. Third rare--Ellerd. May Plnlt. El Mollno. Fourth race?Bubbling Water, Kern L., Key Hindoo. Fifth race-French Cook, Kalaerholf, Hush Money. Sixth rare-Tremargo. Father Stafford, Minuedocia. AQUEDUCT. First race Whin. Hawley, PIiitIim. Second race Kd Ball. Black Mat*. Bob R. Third race-Scrimmage, Agawam, Frank Mullens. Fourth race?Wise Mason, Wanda. Fifth rare?DanfiHd. Blunders, Young Bells. Sixth race - Bob Co, Duke of Ormonde, Metaphor. PHN8AOOI.A. Firsi race?Otlond Austin, A1 viae. Ix>? lainler. Second race Pearl Hopkins. Ixvuit Bod, Donald?. Third race -M. lVpres. Fatherllde. Juverence. Fourth race?(?. K. Herndon, Canoplan. M. Can! dJcmas. Fiftii race?Beth Goodwin, Bobby Cook. Clyamic. U a OX* PITT YTATPC MttXMJAA flVASO. Browning, the Detroit pitcher, weighs only 13d pounds. Ted Coy of Yale made four hits in a game last week. One of them went to the 50-yard line. Lou Crlger is not quite fit yet, and until he is absolutely right Ed Sweeney will do most of the catching. .John Heydler now draws maps of golf courses on paper, and by the same method there Isn't a course around here he can't go over in bogey.?New York Sun. Wheat of Brookyn batted .304 for twenty-six games last year, and his hitting so far this year indicates that he is no false alarm. Pit .her Kelley of the Connecticut Literary Institution team struck out nineteen men the other day, but lost his game. Errors did It. It is said of Lathers, the University of Michigan player with the Detroits. that "like the typical college player he Is ; fearless at the bat and on the field." The i typical college player may be fearless with the hat. but he isn't fearsome ! with it. I "To my notion the hardest play in the l life of the third-sacker la always made on a bunt with a fast man trying to advance from first to second," says Harry Steinfeldt. 'Tn nine cases out of ten it's bound to be a one-handed play, and if the fingers fail to clutch the ball or the throw goes wide frequently there is the dickens to pay." Auto Supplants Race Horse. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 19.?The famous four-rornered race track on which so many world's records for the harness horses were made la to be destroyed, and. as if by the irony of fate, an automobile man is at the head of a syndicate which will plat the land into town lots. For weeks the Terre flauto Trotting Association had been trying to readjust Its affairs that the meeting In July In the Great Western circuit might be given, but the readjustment not being effected, the owner of forty-seven acres j of what Is commonly called the fair grounds gave an option tv the ayndiJ oats. >ORTS I READY FOR BUGLE CALL AT PIMLICO Qnninn U a At inn Hnono it Uic_ M,y nibbiiiiy ufjciio ai m*J toric Old Track Tomorrow. BALTIMOREX Md.. April 13.-The opening of the Maryland Jockey Club's meeting tomorrow should be all that has been predicted, and a little more, for each hour has swelled not alone the number of horses that will participate, but brought additions to the ranks of turf devotees that have been attracted by the splendid promise that is in evidence from the material at call, both in the flat races and for the jumping events. Thoroughbreds, owners, trainers, jockeys, bookmakers and other followers of the turf arrived in drovee yesterday an<l this morning for the opening of the big spring meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club. A special arrived from Jacksonville, bringing several notables from Moncrief Park, where the winter racing in Florida closed Saturday. The Btables at Pimlico and nearby were so crowded that the late comers had to secure stalls outside the grounds. One of the most prominent atables to i show up was that of James Hewitt, headed by Pulka, one of the best distance horses at that meeting. In addition to Pulka he had Pocomoke, Ethon and Rio Grande, all winners over the Moncrief i Park track. James Fitssimmons brought a splendid string, his foremost -winner being Hill Top. winner of the Thanksgiving Day handicap. In this big race Hill Top scored over Jack Atkln, the big son of Sain, winning five straight races after-, ward. Royal Captive, High Range, Firm. Oghwaga and Harvey F. were all winners during the past winter. Fitzslmmons had eigh' others, a majority of them being two-year-olds. J. Burttschell was among the late ar- 1 rivals, bringing Flying Footsteps, Coo- . ney K.t La Salle. Kid and several others, j The first two won at Jacksonville, while ( the last two won for their owner at rampa. where Burttschell opened the winter season. In the same tar with the Burttschell 1 racers were Boh McKeever's horses, Horace E.. Voltaire and Roslmiro. I Several Later Arrivals. Hoffman and Ten Paces, Jackf?onville winners, and a few others, arrived in charge of D. Lynch. N. K. Beal had El Oro and St. Jeanne, the former owned by R. S. Garrett and the latter by Charlie Melster, jr. The stable of jumpers belonging to Ivan Fox, the Philadelphia owner, included First Up and Dick Coghill, and arrived from Atlantic City. The jockey forces were reinforced by the arrival of Jimmy Dennlson. E. Ramsey, Dave KlcoU Charlie Grande, Clifford Gilbert and G. Morgan. Nlcol came down from New York and Ramsey from Canada. , Among the late comers from Jacksonville were James Healey's horses, ki charge of John Shields. In the lot were Joe Gaitens, Jack Dennerlen, Vance Guard and Occidental. Among the bookmakers who reported Rt *hA hillfnn omiritA v?rA laclr Ktlifcroa J. P. Mclnerney. Charlie Primrose, Eddie Austin, P. Phillips. Melville Collins and D. Congdon. All of them will be in line the opening day. A conservative estimate of the flat horses and the steeplechasers now at Plmllco and in the vicinity is 500, while on the day of the meet there will not be i less than 000. One of the leading owners in this country and whose colors have been carried In almost every big race over the eastern courses and abroad, who will help to make the meet one of the greatest ever held in this city. Is August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club and president of the Westchester Racing Association. Mr. Belmont will be ?ri honorary steward of the meeting. The most prominen*. of the Belmont horses here are Starbottle. Piiocilllan, Field Mouse. Asigo and Tasteful. Turf and Track Notes. At the St. Cloud (FTancei races yester- , day W. K. VanderblLt's Defender ran third In the Prix Fleury. and Eugene Fischhof's Antioche finished third in the Prix Chausse. Frank Mooney, once a well known horse "clocker." died at Ottawa, 111., Sunday, after a short illness. He bad spent the winter in California. Cornelius FpIIows itas been ill for a few days, but Is now convalescent. Dreaming, one of the starters In the first race at Aqueduct yesterday, is a full sister to France. James Butwell has not been riding Mr. Keene's horses .at the Aqueduct meeting because he could not reduce to the weights, but he is expected to don the "white?blue dots" today. At a meeting of horsemen at Buffalo yesterday the Buffalo Racing Association was formed, with H. M. Germans as president. It was decided to hold a grand circuit meeting on the Fort Erie (Out.) track the week of August 15. The following stakes were announced: 2:16 class pace, purse $5,<l00; 2:16 class trot, purse f&JMiO; 2:10 class trot, purse. $2,000; 2:10 class pace, purse $2,000. Entries will close May 7. At a meeting of the stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Associa- , tlon yesterday in New York the following licenses were granted: Gentleman riders. W. C. Hayes, Everett Waddey, jr., and E. W. Hammond: Jockeys, Med Henderson (to ride for Silas Veitch only), Silas McClaln, Dewis Johnson, Douls Hughes, J. Slaughter, diaries Aikles and William I Grant (to ride* for employer only); trainers. C. C. Hall, Henry Craven. William Granat, Clyde Gallenga, J. W. Dayton and Henry I,. Bell. The death of the American stallion 1 Americus Is announced. He was owned 1 by the German government, which pur- < chased him from Richard Croker In 1008. , As Rey Del carries his original name, this horse was known in 1895 as a remark- ' ,ab!e weight-carrying sprinter. He ae 1 that time was owned by the late E. J Baldwin. Americus begot many horses , in Ireland, then went to Italy and next was sold to the Germans. 1 Tome's Eighth Annual Track Meet. \ Invitations have been aent out for the i big field and track meet to be held at 1 Tome Saturday, May 14. Something over 1 200 schools have been Invited. Preliminary acceptances have already been re- : eeived from almost every school of any , athletic Importance in the middle AtlantHl < states, and the meet will bring together a great aggregation of scholastic talent. < Tome has added the 440-yard dash to the : Junior events this year. These junior < and novice events ha%'e been immensely popular ever since' their introduction and Tome is adding to them every year. The track is, by the way, one of the fastest j In America. Is in unusually good condition for this time of the year, and the management expects to have It in perfect shape on the day of the meet, so that i the athletes will be able to do themselves Justice In the events in which they enter. The list of officials was completed soma time ago. and they are all experienced men, who have been officiating In the east for vear*. man who know the rules, who know the athletic rights and who will giant thsm. Mertz Gives:! AT THE SIGN OF It's a fact that we can PF readv-made clothes modeled 01 j! suit MADE TO YOUR ME/ tually LESS money? We bu; | tities?consequently at lowest rather than a small business 01 cents by taking advantage of Over BOO Different Up=tc ALL-WOOL Made to 0 Covered by the Mertz i: Our Famous Order and G :: | Fine Imported Suitings ; MERTZ & ' apl!> tuAth,2t IACK HON WANTS WEIOITO REFEREE After Looking Over Eiigibies He Is Sure That Californian Is the Man. CHICAGO, 111- April 19.?Jack Johnson has come out with the dlreht statement ttiat he wants Jack Welch for the third man In the ring: when he tackles Jim Jeffries at the Emeryville race track irena on the arternoon or juiy *. -According to the articles of agreement for the big fight. May 4, or sixty days before the battle. Is the date selected for the naming of the referee. After looking over the names of the eligible.", Johnson says he has figured that Jack Welch is the most logical man, and he Intends to ask to have the coast man named as the third man In the ring. "I think that Jack Welch Is on the square, and that is the reason L, have chosen him above all others to referee for me," declared Johnson at his South Side headquarters today. "All I ask is a square deal, and 1 can't see where Jeffries will raise any serious objections to Welch, as the latter , is a native son and wrtll give him a square deal. "Personally, I haven't anything against any other man who has been mentioned In connection with the fight, but the reason I have named Welch is on past performances. He has always given p?rfect satisfaction In the past, and that Is the only thing any one can go on." According to present plans, Johnson will start for the coast Thursday. The automobile will be shipped on ahead a day before the start, and be delivered to Jack at Ocean Beach, where the burly black plans to establish permanent training headquarters. In the Johnson party, which leaves I for the coast Thursday, will be Mr. and Mrs. George Little, Mr. and Mrs. Sig Hart, Barney Furey, Monte Cutler, "Kid' Cotton and Johnson's wife. Tom Flanagan, the Canadian trainer, will join Johnson on the coast in about two weeks. "Gunboat" Smith and Wattson Burns' also will be in the negro's camp when he reaches the coast. Stops also will be made at Denver, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. When he | arrives at his quarters at Ocean Beach he will not follow any set rules of training. The bad weather of the past few days has kept Johnson close to his training quarters. The big fellow has not felt Inclined to go out on the roads for any long runs through the mud and slop. JEFFRIES HARD AT WORK. Training; Has Served to Remove Considerable Fat From Body. BEX LOMOND. Cal.. ^pril 19.?Visitors to James J. Jeffries' training camp yesterday saw the former champion. ^ stripped to the waist, go through his i stunts. After laboring vigorously with the chest weights for an even hour, with the perspiration rolling off him, Jeffries j suddenly concluded it was too warm to I work that way and removed his heavy ' undershirt, in which he has exercised 1 heretofore. Jeffries then went at the punching bag with a vim that threaten- i ed to wreck the apparatus. In the bright sunlight he loomed up big , and almost as muscular as in former j days. His two weeks' training has al reacty serveu iu iviuuvc ivuoiuciauir supertluous fnt from the upper part of his body, while there is only a trace of a i fast-fading paunch. His huge arms and 1 hairy chest looked as formidable as in , the days of his former pugilistic tri- ' umphs. The entfre afternoon was occupied with exercises with chest weights and punching bags. Farmer Burns explained that Jeffries' steady application to the weights was to loosen up his back muscles and to regain the elasticity so characteristic of the tighter in his previous battles. KING TAKES CHAEGE. Georgetown Base Ball ^layers Have Hardest Drill of Year. That more practice is to be exacted of the men composing the Blue and Graybase ball squad from now on. was made evident yesterday when Coach Phil King, who wai In charge for the flrat time, Irove his charges through three hours' of the hardest kind of work. Beginning with a bunting and batting drill, the ex-Princeton star kept after the Hilltoppers with a vengeance, finally ending jp with a fielding practice which lasted Tor'over an hour and a quarter. It was long after 6 when the players were finally tent to the locker room and it was a fagged-out lot that willingly accepted the welcome order. The men yesterday ahowed the best of spirit and worked like Trojans. No radical shifts were made in the line-up. the only one of any real note being the using of Feenan behind the bat. which change was necessitated chiefly by the crippled condition of both the other backstops, Menefee and Waldron. Feenan displayed pxcellent form and consistently made perfect throws to the second sack. 8mith was also used behind the ba?. for a short period, but was forced to retire early by an injury to his neck caused by a foul lip. which struck him with such force I hat he was knocked over. O'Connor was used in Feenan's place on the initial sack with (jehson on the) keystone corner, Cogan at short and Hit - I lerding at third. Murphy was In Ids regular garden, but Connelly played right tii ld In the absem-e of Hunt, while Harbi-i and Gay nor were tried out In the left court. Duggan. WVmard. Gray and Flannery were all absent from practice O Conor, the old pray twit lex, and rmimmnniiiniinmmmniiiiiuninttgai Tha and Rrat Oaatnm 1 M j. Valu 'M Can't B THE MOOX. I 'OVE to yon the minute you st 1 DUMMIES and CHEAPLY M vSURE by the most SKILFUL if tlio fill.vi'finl fnhnpc ilirprt frnm tl I il'V U? ? ?T WI 1UMI ?*-.3 VI II \ VV V/ I I prices. We prefer to do a BI(i i big profits. That's why you c; this offer. Mdate Weaves to Choose F SUITINGS, rder for . iP ron-bound guarantee of complete i Royal Blue Serge SuSt to hiaranteed for to Order for $20 to $"$5. Sample; MERTZ G( Healy*. a new man. were both given plenty to do in the box an<1 their perform a-iices maue a mvurtioiv uupirsMvm vn ^ coach. Especially was this so of the first mentioned, who has steadily improved in hia pitching ever since the beginning of the year. Much time will be spent on alt i of the pitchers from now on. as it is generally admitted that this Is the weakest point in the West Hinders' line-up. The team will line up against Gallaudet tomorrow in preparation for its big game against Harvard Saturday. Although it is not believed that the Mutes will be at all troublesome, the battle will nevertheless he an Important one, as *?. will give liie new coach a good change to get a line on each of his charges In time to make any shifts that may be necessary to strengthen the team before it plays against the Crimson. It Is probable that more than one pitcher will be used tomorrow against the Mutes, while Feenan is pretty sure to wear the big glove. The Kendall Green aggregation is going to strive hard to defeat its old rivals, a feat which it has not done before in many moons. It fully realises that the chance which it has at present is the best in years and it has made every preparation to make the best of it. Bfrck Is the most apt man to pitch with Rockwell on the receiving end. Craven at first base, Maxson at second. Hower at third and Morris covering short will make up the Infield, while B'ankard. Battiste and Arras seem to be the choices for the gardens. Papke and Thomas Matched. SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., April ^.-Promoter James Coffroth has matched Billy Papke and Joe Thomas to box twentyfive rounds before his Coima Club May 14. He has promised the winner a bout with Stanley Ketchell for the championship. mower Shops in the Big Stores Now. From the Philadelphia Tim#*. A floral department la now a part of every well regulated dry goods shop and department store. The flowers are passing beautiful, but they are not "alive." They never grew, but were made by the most cunning and skillful craftsman, so that a short distance away they could never be told from real flowers. Jjist winter, and for several seasons, the costly gardenia has appeared In made form and we have always had artificial violets. Other than that, most artificial flowers have been confined to millinery. Now the scope ot the artificial boutonntere maker has widened, and we have every kind of flower that bewitching women could desire to wear. There are roses, of eoures, and violets, and chrysanthemums In every variety of Alze and color. Beside those the list In I eludes orchids, poinsettia, narcissus, helioI trope, mignonette, lilies, autumn leaves ! and several kinds of ferns. Many of the shops add to the effect of. reality by having the flowers thrust in rustic-looking wooden baskets. The Double Rainbow. From the Sclentitlo American. A remarkable phenomenon was observed during a thunder shower in Finland in the summer of 190S by V. J. Inline, who was making meteorological observations for the Finni: li Scientific Society. The shower approached from the east, and the thunder, whicli had been heard at intervals during a half hour, ceased before any rain fell at the place of observation. During approximately the same half hour the eastern horizon was completely spanned by a double rainbow, which llKewise vanished before the rain 1 came. Immediately after each peal of thunder the colors of both bows, and especially those of the secondary bow, became confused and Indistinct, and the whole double rainbow appeared to vibrate rapidly. I^aine explains this singular phenomenon, In accordance with the AiryPernter theory of the rainbow, by assuming that the concussion of the air which produced the sound of thunder also Increased the diameter of the raindrops from less than 1-250 inch to between 1-50 and 1-25 inch. If this assumption is confirmed it will furnish a valuable con'ribution to the theory of thunderstorms, which is still incomplete. Sparrow Fie. From the New York World. There Is no price upon his head and no reward for his capture alive or dead, but the English sparrow is an outlaw and not entitled to the protection accorded to other birds. That he has multiplied so rapidly since his introduction sixty years ago that his twitter can now be heard in almost every door-yard from the Atlantic to the Rocky mountains is a tribute to his hardihood, audacity and fecundity; and also to his} ability as a [ warrior. In the latter role his strategy is Napoleonic, consisting chiefly in always being able to prr sent a superior force to the enemy ana thus drive him from the held. He has also shrewdly made man practically his al.y, for he alone among birds has discovered that the giant who lives in the mountainous houses and prepares paries In all his cities for the special beneitt of birdkind is not the dangerous bolus: the other members of the bird family seem to think, and he has made use of this knowledge to his great advantage. He has also discovered that man Is a wasteful being, leaving enough for an army of birds to thrive upon in every da?'s refuse from his kitchen, and that by cultivating friendly relations with him the man may. in cold weather when the snow is on the ground, be induced to supply bird rations plentifully, even though somewhat irregularly. For these reasons, while other birds wing their way southward on the approach of winter, the English sparrow stays. F it events in the man world of late have disarranged things somewhat, and tb- ally of the sparrow has himself been put iM'un shorter rations than usual. As v result, he has looked around, or the biological survey has looked for him, and iiaa discovered that the Kngiteh sparrow ia a delicious tidbit if properly prepared. As there la no law protecting the sparrow, ha Is now In Imminent danger. The entente with man is disturbed, and the prospects are that when tha other and | shier birds return in the spring there will be mote room fur thtm than here t{??iim?ni?n?mn?nimnn?miiiniiiiitg tailoring IBitoM Urt>?at la || ill es That | e Equaled-] 11 t i 1!: cp into our More, wnv ouy s ADK when you can have your I TAILORS in the city for ac- I ie manufacturers in hugh quan- | business on SMALL profits I in save seven dollars and fifty ? I :rcm at This Price Alone, ti 12.50 I satisfaction or no charge. r . ? ' YOU:.$H?| | s gladly sent on request. j: ^06 F St. I tttitittttiimmin niiitiniiiiiiiniiinii nirm Automobile. Directory American Simplex THE WILSON COMPANY. xooo ilia si. b.w, rmv n. aii\ Baker Electric COOK STODDARD COMPANY. _ 1313 H at. n.w. 1>l. M. 7428. Buick t BDICK MOTOR COMPART. 1028 Cobb, ay*. Tel. M. MM Cadillac j COOK-STODDARD COMPANY, 1313 H at. n tt. Tel. M. 7428. Columbia DOPONT SAI.ES COMPANY, 13th and Q a.*. Tal. 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The man has an appetite himself and the sparrows are to (ret a stem lesson In bird evolution?the survival of the fittest. New Tvne of War Ainhin. -<r- ? ? From the Boerson Fourier. A new type of airship will be addgd to the German aerial fleet this spring- The i new dirigible belongs to the non-rigid system, and differs tn several important I points from other types. In shape It is similar to a torpedo. The envelope of the balloon is colored yellow to protect It aa far as possible from the action of th? sun's rays. Its four cars are directly attached to the framework of the balloon. It will lie driven by four Dlamler motors. ea? h of one-hundred-and-twenty - five-horsepower. t It Is anticipated that the airship will able to carry forty persons The estimated speed la alsty-Ave k Comet era aa hour. A large hall 1a lietng hullt to aheltar the vessel. The airship has bean designed by Capt von Krage of the Seconal to battalion, and Is accordingly wall adapiad for military purposes.