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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 31. 1914.
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Daily Steeplechase Marks Race Meet Opening at Marlboro I LIVE SPORTS
Edited By
Louis Dougher
AERE ARE TWO SETS.OF BRAWNY YOUTHS WHO WILL CONTEST FOR AQUATIC SUPREMACY ON THE HUDSON RIVER
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Jiere You Haye the Cornell Varsjly C.ew Which Is Stroked By a Washingroa Boy, Brower Spranay Tbii Crevr-Is the Favoriie In the Bi? Pace.
Its Line-up Follows: Coxsu'ain,Rand: Stroke, Spransy; 7, O'Brien; 6, Bird; 5, Welles; 4, Gilman; 3, Eddy; 2, Duffie; Bow, Ellis.
I pre You Have the Crack Washington University Crew, Winner of the Pacific Coast Regatta and a Pronounced "Dark Horse" for the Poughkeepsie
Regatta on the Hudson. Its Line-up Follows: Dunbar, Coxswain; Zimmerman, Stroke; Callow, 7; Cotlin, C; Walske, 5; Schumaker, 4; Cush
rnan, 3; Frahkland, s; Brokaw, bow.
MARLBORO'S RACE MEETING TO OPEN
WEDNESDAY WITH EXCELLENT FIELDS
Washington Lovers of Track
Sport Will Have Ten Days'
Classy Entertainment.
"romoted by the leading citizens of
touthem Maryland, and operating un
er the license of the Jockey Club of
pw York, the controlling body in East
n racing, the spring session of the
outhern Maryland Fair Association
ill begin at the picturesque Marlboro
rack, just outside the city of Washing
ton, on Wednesday, and run ten days.
Mready the horses are assembling at
Marlboro, and the meeting bids fair to
v the most successful in the history of
southern Maryland. Washington, from
tvhlch Marlboro will draw most of Its
ipport, has had no racing since last
fall, and the lovers of the thoroughbred
In the National Capital, more numerous
than in any other city of the same size
In the United States, are yearning for a
glimpse at a thoroughbred and a ( nance
'o get a bet down.
Btter sport than is usually seen at a
alf-mlle track will be offered by the
Marlboro management, for the liberalty
f the southern Maryland book has kept
in these parts many horses which usu
ally go to Xcw York and Canada after
the wind-up of the Pimlico meeting. No
Marlboro purse will have a smaller
value than $300, and there 'will be seven
or more races each day, one of them a
steeplechase.
The promoters of the meeting are
such representative citizens of the
southern counties of the Old Line Stale
as Dr. Richard S. Hill, W. Booth Bowie,
Horace Crozler, William H. Shuler. Wil
liam P. Magruder, William F. Holmead,
A. T. Robinson, William C. Brooke,
George S. Dove, F. Snowden Hill, Rob
ert L. Hall, W. S. Chichestrr. Dr. C. A.
Fox, and Richard J. Swann.
The officials for the meeting, pp
pointed by the Southern Maryland Talr
Association and approved by the Jockey
Club are William P. Spurgeon :nd
Judge John Howard Anderson, stew
TIE TROPHY WON
BY POTOMAC T
One Steeplechase Will Mark
Every Day's Card, Generally
Seven Races Being Run.
nre lending their support to the Marl
bcro game this year are Samuel Ross,
the big man of the old Washington
J6ckcy Club. C. C. Smithson, Frank
Herold. Robert I. Miller. VlU'ain P.
Burch. and John W. Pangle, of Wash
ington: William L. Maupln, T. M. W.
Green. Ernest Uttcrbcck, and H. Rozier
Dulany. of Virginia: E. J. McGraw.
Mrs. A. X. Singer, Wnillam Jennings,
N. K. Beal. J. M. Black. Harrr Rites.
Dr. M. C. Cromwell, and Robert Wnl-
1 den of Maryland., Tne prorejsioual
Sd"i,ftrtcLH?U' c,e' AUd,He: G.C.rEC horsemen. Frank' F'risble: cTil.
M. Miller, starter: Ernest Hall, timer
and paddock judge, and Wash Xotvall,
clerk of the counie and scale.". These
are experienced officials in uhom the
racing public have confidence. The
Halls arc ;outlu-rn Marylanders, and
Mr. Spurgeon and Mr. Anderson nro
newspaper men of Washington and Ual-timore.
The Marlboro neetlng will serve as a
medium for the Introtliio:ion tc the ac- j aall. B. C. Evans. Henry j
ing public of Mr. Watson, a brother of 1 Tickwood. Patrick Gallaghe
IS NIC TEAMS
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Managers Macdonald and Betts
Promise Lively Competition
on June 20.
v jth twenty days in which to prepare
nr tho biggest local baseball feature
iUiJc of organized Dall, two Manoric
i es arc- today predicting tnit they
III put up as fast as exhibition of the
ationaj pastime as most professional
earns. Befcldes going on the field with
Tal baseball players who can really
lay the game, the Harmony Lodge
am and the All-Masonic team will
orform at American League Park on
tie 3) with their two comedia i
oathes. Past Master Roe Fulkcrson
nd Past Master ana Secretary W.
la rail ton Smith.
Manager Malcom Macdonpld has coi
ned a reputable te-jim or players from
tarmony Lodge which v. HI lino up
out as follows- Martin West, catch
Charles King. Jirst base: Pierce Itid
le. center field: Angus "Cy" Macdon
a second base: Malcolm Macdonald
artain and malinger), shortstop,
ames O. Gra, jr.. right field; Donald
lucdonsld. left Jield. Lenox C- Chew,
td base, Harry O. Byrd, pitcher;
Ethan B. Frank. Lloyd G Prav. 3.
'.ins Foote. Ro-j pulkerson. and W.
amiltoti Smith, utilltj.
ailly" BetU is "holding out" his
ne-up. but promi;8 the Harmoc? "'tt-
i that it will meet with suit com-
itttion on June 20. Uniforms have been
reied for bifUi teams. Kalli polls
tvttn. Veiled Prophets of tli.; En-
hunted Rcilm, will enert;iln the
pectators. A huge demand for tickets
's reported. The proccas are to go to
.1 vorth cause.
Horine Assists Beeson .
To Get High Jump Record
SAN FRANCISCO. May 31. There
ae bcn many rumors circulating to
he effect that George Horine. former
world 8 record holder in the high Jump,
was opposed to the new mark.belng al
ow cit Eddie Beeson. Those close lo Ho
nne know that the former record holder
hag favored the acceptance of the new
ecord, and now he has set at rest all
nance for argument as to h's stand by
feking the records committee to allow
in to note his personal statement on
he shets that will be sent East for ac
en'ance. TMr Is what he noted at the foot of
record shec: "As Eddie Beeson's
(mretltor in this contest. I wish to
tate that the jump was absolutely fair
.i d clearly within the rules. George
Horine."
Thl feCttlPs the various stor'cs about
Horine s opposition to the mark. As a
matter of fact. Horine was the first man
t ongratL.iate Reeson on his Jump and
who ratfgliecl at the tiT.e, and has bee.:
rT finer that h's own record had bePii
V.-n a'vav lrom him by fair and square
juin ,ng
All tne talk about Beeson diving and
hold tig the bar on with his arm Is with
out foundation.
former Senator Watson of West Vir
ginia. Mr. Wa'sm purchased a trady
made stable wh-;n Parker Whltno sold
his California bred string at I'imilco
the other day, find after Marlboro ho
will rare, nt Aiiiedurt and Yonkors.
And this spring, for the first time, Jo
seph E. Davis, master of the Meadow
brook Hounds, will be represented on
a half-mile track. Mr. Davis will
camDalgn at Marlboro a small stable
of Icapers and tlat runners, with Jim
mie Johnson as trainer.
moreland. George Fraley. Snapper Gar
rison. Father Bill Daly, Wayne Joplin.
J. W. Hedrick. Stanley J. Kunz. Wil
liam Capps. Dr. F. W. Ashe. John J.
McCaulcy. J T. Harris. Edward Moore.
O. Taylor. Mike Kellj. H. A. Cotton.
Matt Jordan. E. C. Dahle. G. V. Cave.
AV D. Wright. G H. Cole. M. D. .Mar
tin, Thomas Clietk. l. Meyers. George
.1. Day. R. D. Simpson, M. H. Cran-
jv?s, james
er. J. W.
Davis. Edward Rathman VWUiajn Rod-
mend. C. I. Bell, W. Mas.evor-. lid
ward Cottrell. J. !I. Shreve. Geo-ge C.
Etenton. E. D. Cartei. L. Moi-, W. C.
Wrant, G. R. Brvsoii, C. 11 Ridge.
William Higganbotham, Edward Gum
tnel. J. P. Jones. Edward Jcncs. H. 11
Ha rcourt, C. L. Mackey, I "". Adrians,
and Thomas Woods -will all be ther.
Frank T. Chamberlain Will Be
Presented With Camp Cook
ing and Eating Outfit.
Steeplechaslnlg at Marlboro will be
tne of the Important features of the
coming meeting, and It will have tho
support of the hunting set of Wash
ington and such officers of th$ anm
as are not occupied in Mexico or on
the Southern frontier, none of whom
have had any racing this spring. I.aM
cut on a fine natural country, and in-
tttsccted by a swift running brook,
which has to bo taken by the leapers
in the course of their Journe, the
Marlboro steeplechase course in no-'
one of the best in the country, and
when the new mile ahd a furlong track
under contemplation Is complete ft will
have no equal on this side of the
Atlantic.
Some of the prominent horsemen who
GEORGETOWN
HOLDS
MUM SCORELESS
LISH WELCOME
'GUNBOAT" SMITH
American Boxer Says He Will
Defeat Carpentier in Their
Coming Bout.
Cinches Catholic College Base
ball Title When New York
Lads Are Blanked.
LONDON". May 31 A big crowd of
Fnglish and American boxing "fans"
welcomed Gunboat" Smith on arriving
from the steamship oceanic with hl"
wife, his manager. Jim Uucklty, and his
trainers here yeslcrdav.
The details of hU bout with George
Carpentier for JJT.,(i0O at the Olympla on
July 16 will be arrangi d on Thursday,
when tho Frenchman rcnclies London.
Smith looks lit, but admits 'losing ap
petite" at sea He says. '"I have come
to win and 1 will win. although Carpen
tier is likely to b fctroiiger than Bom
bardier Wells. I never t,aw Carpentier.
but I know his record, and he is the
lest white lighter in Europe 1 shall
train at the White City as soon as ar
rangements have been completed.
"I hope to meet Sam Lingfonl in
Paris, ami Jack lohnhon. too. maj be
In Tia .1 liana. 1 hear tint Latigford Is
coming to I.urop- not month, and I
would like to meet him in I.ndon or
Paris.'
NEW YORK. May 31. Fordham Uni
versity has been eliminated from the
Catholic college basebill championship
race, following its shut-out here yes
terday by Georgetown University, of
Washington. The Capital lads won by
3 to 0, and are clearly the titleholders
In the Catholic college clnss It is the
second whitewashing which the Blue
and Gray lads havo administered to the
local collegians.
Chris Fienle fairly shone on the
mound for the visitors, who cinched the
game during their first term at the bat.
when three tuns were sent over. Every
other inning thereafter saw the George
town boys hcoring until a total of nine
runs had been established. Fordham's
errors helped along in the scoring, as
did Georg -town's olght safeties. Score
by Innings: IJ H. E
Fordham .. - " 00-0 S 4
Georgetown . . 3i nio jr2 :i ?. o
Batteries Walsh and Conway, Fienle
and Lnch.
Scoring three separate v clerics in as
many events of the twelfth annual re
gatta' of the Inter-Club Canoe Associa
tion, Jrardc T. Cha.mlierl.iln. of the Po
tomafc Boat Club, is de lared the all
event winner, and will ue presented
with The Times Trophy, consisting of a
thirty-eight pieces camp cooking and
eating outfit. Chamberlain won the
association championship singles, and
with h's partner, J L. Vandcrgrlft, won
the association championship deublcs.
Also In the mixed doubles, vith Miss Dc
ShMds. Chamberlain was & winner.
Chamberlain is due particular credit
for his performance of yesterday oft
Sycamore island, as his three events
came in succession, and time for re
cuperation was not permitted between
either of them. He Is one of the most
nctlvc members of the Potomac Boat
Club, in a spo-tlng way. and all of
his wins in the Memorial Da events
were clean and leciive.
The tall-end and upset races furnished
the greatest amout.t of amusement for
the spectators who lined the bhorcs of
Sycamore island, and who lined up in
canoes 'on the river side of the eoursc.
Th'be events are both of a comic na
ture, and each was applauded vocifer
ously. The Washington Cano Club sccred
the most distinctive victory of any
club, having won the club fours event
after a protest had been made following
the first trial. The Potomnc Boat C'nb
won the event the fir3t time, but the
Maryland Swimming Club rroteste-d.
and It was decided It send tne canoes
over the course again. In th mean
tine a member of the Potomac crew
had left the Island, as had the Maryland
Swimming Club four, and the Washing
ton Canoe Club was an easy victor.
PITTPEDS BATTLING
R. P. ANDREWS TEAIVI
Federal Leaguers Take Advan
tage of Sunday Baseball
and Fine Weather Here.
"Rebel" Oakcs and his Pittsburgh
Frceral Leaguer3 are battling the R. P.
Andrews Papermen today at Andrews
Park, and legalized Sunday baseball to
gether with clear skies is sure to bring
out a big crowd of fan3 anxious to get
a glimpse of another outlaw outfit. Bal
timore and Chicago Federal Leaguers
have registered victorlc3 ocr the local
team, but today Manager Edmonston
hopes to turn the tabl-.
The Papermen are much stronger to
day than they were a week ago. Ras-
mussen, the Gallaudet fllnger. and Tray-
crs. the Brooklandera' star mound per
former, ara down to face the Feds. The
Papermen will line up us follows: Green,
center field; Spaldln?, shortstop; Dow
ney, first base; Glovanetti, catcher,
Boykln, left field; Hayis, second base;
Cranston, third base; McCarthy, right
field. Rasmussen, Edmonston, Traycrs.
pitchers.
According to Manager Cakes, the Feds
will line up as follows: Savage, right
field; Oakcs, center field Lennox, third
bare. McDonald, second base; Holly,
shortstop; Mattls, left field: Rhems. first
bate: Berry, catcher: Anderson. Knetz
er.' Hodge, pitchers.
Ralph Mattls, playing left field for the
Plttfcds. had a 3hort trial-vith the
Grilfmcn in 1512. Illness prevented his
making a good showing. This season
he Is hitting close to tho .00 mark In
the Federal League and fielding in great
style.
CORNELL POSSESSES
Killifer Case To Be Heard
Week From Tomorjow
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CINCINNATI. May 31. The appeal of
the Chicago Federal League baseball '
club from the decree of United States
District Judge Sessions, of Grand Rap
ids. Mich., refusing to grant an injunc
tion restraining Catcher Killifer irom
playing with the Phlladelphlat National
League club and preventing the club
; from using his services will be Oieard
In the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals here a week from tomorrow.
The case was assigned for hearing by
Circuit Judges Warrington, Knapper,
and Dcnlson when they passed favor
ably upon a motion of the Federal
League club to advance the case for
argument. In the motion to advance It
wss stated that unless the anneal Is as
signed for hearing during the June ses-j
clnn t lick T?Af pql Iia eriim, -1ttf4 irntilrl 1 ua
all chance of having the services of
Catcher Killifer during the present season.
COLLEGIATETROPHY
Breaks Two Records and Wins
and Field Meet.
fifth, with 22: California, sixth, with 11:
Harvard seventh, with II; Princeton
eighth, with. Vn. while Columbia, Penn
sylvania State. Brown, and Johns Hop
kins completed the field.
Georgetown University two repre
sentatives. "Nubby" Jones and Eddie
Stebbtns, failed to come through In their
respective events. Jones was in the' 100
and 2C0. while Stebblns started in the
410 event. Something of an idea of the
excellence' of the athletes ,whl;h Jack
Moakley brought from Ithaca can ba
determined when it is recounted that
some of Cornell's fortv athletes scorad
Annual Championship Track .& " ffiTMi-? &.
scored In ten events. Michigan and' Dart
mouth in six. Tele in eight, and Cali
fornia in five. Michigan" best work
was done in the sprints, while California
upheld the reputation of the West in
the field contests. Pennsylvania and
Yale both proved disappo'ntments. For
the former. Patterson wa siut out in
the preliminaries. Llppincott was unable
to compete, and Ted Meredith was i-n-abel
to repeat his ictory of the 110 In
the half mile.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 31. Cornell
University's track and field -team is to
day in permanent possession of, the In
tercollegiate trophy, a silver vase, the
last leg .of which was won when the
proteges inf Jack .Moakley, the famous.'
'nhaca-'Coach, scoretl.43. out of a possible
133 poipts in the ninth annual cham
pionships of the IntcrcollegUJa.Amateur
Athletic Association. In registering this J
distinct Inroad on the honors, Cornell's j
Morgan, Bliindon, and
Ford Win SpQon Shoot
I R. D. Morgan won "first prize 'in th
represent. .,, i ,a-"'U37' ' spuon shoot yesterday afternoon In the
Hoffmlre taking 3-a of a second off the Mcrnorial ay tourney of the Analostan
two-mile event and D. S. Caldwell re-jr;un ciub when he broke 4S targets out
duclng the SSO-yard time by 2-3 of a of 50 in CTas3 a. Morgan broke SS
second.- j saucers "out of 100 In the -singles.
The University of Pennsylvania fin- k TV. Ford and W. C. Blundoa tied
Ished second "with 31 points, while Mlchl-tfor hijh average spoon when each killea
gan was third with 23'S pojnts to It3 sc birds out of 100. Ford won the
credit. Dartmouth 'fourth, with. 23; JTale j shoot-off and received a handsome prise.
Amateur Schedule
And Results
Pairings To Be Made
In Columbia Tourney
Pairings in the first monthly golf
tournament of the Columbia Country
Club are being m-ide todav, ind the
Mircej-sful (inishcrs are awaiting with
interest the announcement of thlr
partners in the first lound. 'Jiialillci
lions wer completed Memorial Day,
lyiil play in the remainder of the tour
nament will be completed e-irly in tlje
week.
Alplieiis Winter stated thaP the bx
teeps will he determined by t!i lowest
gross coie-, the lie.s for last placed in
ull hixteens being derided b IoU The
j nlav-uff in .icli Mxteen will be by
There are r-imonj ner- that Langford
and Johnson will meet In London in
July. Jim Buckley says that Smith will
remain aLroad so long a-s thci
money In it-
George Mciionald. tit Enghsu man- "Ole.
ager, is spreading an unronllrmeu htoiy'
that Klpg Ueorge will attend th- Olwn
pla f Snt.
hnudleap m.itdi pla. the lowest Imndi
capj pl.iver to start the higher h ilidi
cap player a number of holes "up."
is finv i efu:il to on-lia'f the dinerenee In their
.ill J ) i.... .rt K ....I.l ..
(iunuil..il'a. ijiiu'liuii in ui- uiiSMICI M1 H
Drives Malaria Out oi the System
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TOMORROW'S GAMES.
Central League Kenilworth vs. Em
erald. Departmental League Interior s.
Agriculture.
East Washington S. S. League Keller
vs. St. Agnes'.
It. R. Y. M. C. A. League Carmen vs.
Shops.
Northwest S. S. league Calvary vs.
Mt. Pleasant.
Treasury League Statistics vs. Treas
ury. Marnuctte League Trinity s. Emer
alds.
Potomac League Kalrlawn Mi. Oxon
Hill. i
G. 11. I. 's C. II. at Anacostia; G. IL
I. vs r. H. at G. H. I.
Itosedale League Trojans vs. Iro
quois. YESTERDAY'S GAMES
Clarendon. 7: Marines, i.
Clarendon Reserves. 11; Regents, o.
Eplbcopil B. Southern McllioUlst, lb.
Golden. Yankees. 4.
Wcstovcl.. 6, Blandensburg. 1.
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The Tire Honors on American Cars
In the 500-Mile International Sweepstakes Race
Indianapolis, May30, 1914
Barney Oldfield, in a Stutz, takes first place among American cars one of fhejonly
two cars in the race using Firestone Tires. ' -'
Averr.ge time, 78.15 mifes per hour.
Yet two of Oldfield's Firestones went through the 500-mile-grind unchanged.
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