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First Game—Peterson to Twirl Second
_un Safe
Make Bona.
iANDGRAFF’S POSITION
IS VERY WELL PILLED
paw Made Excellent Showing in
Monday’• Game—Locale Can
not Find Left-Handers.
The Colt* meet the Truckers again
Tuesday in the second game of
t first series away from home. It
likely that Peterson will work for
lakanond In his first game of the
, and it la expected that the
one will be the cause of adding
lather victory to the there already
edited to the locals. In his work
(ainst the big league clubs this
Peterson displayed exceptional
and It has been predicted that
WiU have an easy time dispoelng
the batsmen who will face him In
• Virginia League this season. If
inw lor will use either Hale or
Welle for Tuesday's game.
Law lor has decided to use Messltt
the receiving end for the majority
the early games. His purpose In
■ Is to get the txvirlers all worb
! fit their best and familiar with the
geos of the various teams as soon
possible. Messltt la given credit
r having one of the beet baseball
In the league an4 since he
the pecu laxities of many of
e batters in the league be is able
give the pitchers the best of coach
r while catching them. Probably
Mr the circuit has been made and
__ are going smoothly. Irvine will
given his part of the work. The
" catcher looks to be able to stand
amount of hard wgk and as
as he is more familiar with the
k^ue he wilt doubtless have plenty
Che defeat of the Colts in their first
me with the Truckers was not un
yected. Lawlor gave the Portsmouth
lb credit for being strong this
Mon and his last remark before
dng the train Monday morning that
had no feeling of security In hie
It meeting with Manager Stafford's
tb. Ohl Is not to be blamed to a
hat extent. All pitcher# have to
• games and it may be that the
w southpaw will come back and win
i majority of hie games this season,
r fact that he was wild Monday
ly have been duo ot hit luck of
rk, however this will soon be as
■tained. Manager Lawlor ia very
clous for a good left hander and
• big fellow will »>e given every poa
ie chance to make good. He may
worked again this week in one of
I games against Norfolk here.
It mermx that the local* are unable
do much with left handed twU-lers.
a haa been ahown in two of the
lea that have already been played,
last Friday's game when Hank*
twirling for Uanvllle here the
ita were unable to do anything at
With the delivery of the visiting
ithpaw. While they won the game
error* or free pause* they were not
le to Sv+re the delivery Of Hank*
.secured only four hits In me
s. Against Hamilton, of the
liters, the same condition ^re
he let them down with nve
well scattered. It would not
a bad plan to use the new twlrler,
in giving the locals practice In
f the left handers. Most of
batting practice this season has
against thetr own squad of right
_ absence of i-andgraff is not In
large measure responsible for
Htday's defeat. His substitute,
gw, played a very creditable game
the position, and made probably a
ter showing than any other player
the team. The substitute second
■iher accepted seven chances wltn
I error and secured two of the live
that were made. Had handgrafl
t in the game, he could not have
better. Shaw was charged with
ty three time# at bat. and two of
m times he rapped out a single.
It may be that Laudgraff adds gln
W to the team by Ms aggressive
tying, but it can hardly be that this
the game, as the hit column ex
■ it all.
Baker was in the game Monday
4 continued his good work at short,
ib Big chances ottered him were ac
ptsd in good fashion. He was
arged with only two times at bat.
d while he did not get a hit he
two sacrifice hits.
Brown secured one hit and accept*
two chance® on the field. He also
■red one of the runs. Btgbie's bat
g average was considerably low
id, since out of tour times at bat
did not place on safe.
The excellent batting averages
ade by the Colts in the aeries with
tavllle received a severe setback In
mday's game with the Truckers,
allace, who held second position,
tsured one hit and did not go back
tar as did others. But the majority
the men went back several nuttt
■a. Brown will show an Increase,
Will Messitt. who secured one hit
t of three times at bat. Ohl want
hat three times and did not get a
Por the Truckers Bowen batted at
UI clip in Monday's game and Me
rland was hitting at S06. while
wan hit at .6«7.
Dhsater Btone, the young twirlar
10 came here for a trial this spring.
I gone back to Mount 8t. Joseph’s,
, Baltimore, and la again pitching
• tha team of that college. He lost
i game to Eastern Collage, of Ma
im, Monday. *
Waymack, the local southpaw, who
• given a trial with the Colts and
ind tacking In experience, has rt
vod his transportation from the
mtievllle cine of the Eastern Caro
League, and is now on hla way
in the squad. .
fore going Way-mack had a talk
h Owney Bradley, qf the .* PPSlS.
I stated that he Is going to Csro
t to do his beatw<wjc,,.and hopes to.
Slop sufficiently to os of "crvlce
the Colts next season. Waymack
sold, neither wa« he released,
lagoment ta of the *H»tn
sbuthpaw will develop
pitcher,, and a etrtpg la
» ta **• svoiit ltd Is
mm
YANKEES AT WORK IN WASHINGTON
Thr»« of
on nocount
"'ey
W O X-T -S-'EJ.S
3WeenhV
C 'Sell JZ
th„ ijiirhlander** star performers with this years club. Woiter*. who was formerly a twirler with Boston, was riven a trial as a gardener
of his batting and has developed Into a wond/f._Sweeney and Cree are well-known. __ .
BIG LEAGUE SCORES
L
AMERICAN LEAOTJE.
Monday's SroriK.
Philadelphia, 4, Boston, 2.
New York, 6; Washington. 2.
Chicago. 2; Cleveland. 0,
Detroit, 5; St. Douta, 6.
How They Stand.
Won. Dost.
New Yrrk . 4
Detroit... • 6
Philadelphia. >'•
St. Boula . 3
Cleveland .• * 5
Boston . 4 5
Washington . 3 6
Chicago . 2 *
PC.
.667
.6*5
.625
.600
.445
.445
.333
.333
Tuesday's Schedule.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at St. Douls.
Philadelphia at Boston
New York at Washington
Chicago. 2; Cleveland, O.
CLEVELAND. April' 26.—Chicago
defeated Cleveland 2 to 0 Monday,
Berger being outpltcbed by Smith.
Cleveland made only one hit off Smith
after the first Inning. Uandll'a Lot
ting «a» the relieving feature of the
contest. Score:
Cleveland ...
Chicago.
00000 000 0—0
00000011 0—2
Boston Loses to Athletic*.
BOSTON. April 26.— ine locals
made three time* as many hits as
the Athletic* did Monday, but n series
of mlaplays by Boston and two sin
gle* by the vial tom gave the latter
enough runs to win. 4 to 2.
A feature wa* Bowls' batting. Score:
Philadelphia .0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0—4
Boston .20000000 0—2
St. Louis in Twelfth.
ST LOUIS, April 26.—A. hit bats
man. Bush's error, a passed ball, and
a sacrifice fly gave St. Bouts the win
ning run over Detroit In the twelfth
Inning Monday. The game wa* play
ed on a muddy field, with the tem
perature near freeling.
Both team* played a ragged game,
marked by heavy hitting and many
mlscuea. A liner from HarUell's bat
In the ninth inning broke First Baae
m»n T. Jones' nose, and he was car
ried from the field. The score:
Detroit ...v.. 00 0 01301000 0—5
Bt Bouts .0200000030 0 1—fl
Error* Help Yankee*.
WASHINGTON. April *6—New
York bunched hit* with Washington «
errors In the first Inning and won
out Monday, 8 to 2.
Warhop was htt hard In the third
inning and was replaced by Quinn,
who was very. effective. Sensational
plays were made by Cree. Laporte and
Klberfeld. Score. .
New York .40100000 0—6
Washington .0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-2
minor league scores.
American Association.
At Louisville—Louisville, 3; Toledo,
0.
At Kansas City—St. Paul. 6; Kanaai
City, 0.
At Indianapolis—Indianapolis. 6;
Columbus, 4.
Minneapolis - Milwaukee — Wei
grounds.
Eastern League.
At Newark—Newark, 3; Montreal.
At Baltimore—Baltimore, 8; Toron
to, 1
At Jersey City—-Buffalo, 4; Jersey
City, 4. Game called account darti
neas.
At Providence—Rochester. 4; Prov
idence, 0.
Soutliern League.
All games postponed account cole
weather.
South Atlantic League.
At Augusta—Augusta, 3; Jackson
villa, 1._:_—
At Savannah—Columbia, 9; SavAn
nah, J.
At Columbus—Macon, 2: Columbus
1 (10 Innings).
Assistant Coach at Yale.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.-, April 26.—
Announcement is made of the a
potntment of Henry Gilbert Holt
mo. of Grand Rapids, Mich., as as
sistant head coach of the Yale foot
ball team for net fall. "Ted” Coy
captain of last rear’d team, will X*
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Monday's Scores.
Brooklyn, 1; New York. 3.
Boston. 5; Philadelphia, a.
SL Louis. 8; Cincinnati, 3.
Chicago-Pittsburg, wet grounds
How They Stand.
Clubs. Won. Lost.
. Philadelphia. *
Pittsburg . 5
Chicago . 4 3
New York . 6
Cincinnati . 3 4
i Boston . 3 5
Brooklyn . 2 6
St. Louis .. 2 ~
P C.'
,85T
.83 1
.667
.623 !
4 29
.286 '
.260
Tuesday's Schedule.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Biants 3; Brooklyn. 1.
! NEW YORK, April 26,—In a game
marked by exceptionally brilliant
fielding, the New York Nationals t
I feated Brooklyn, 3 to 1. There w ere
: four double plays In the frame Ruck*
er was found for six hits and three
1 runs in the last two Innings. Brook*.
| lyns tally was due to a base on bans
and Burch's triple. Score:
Brooklyn .0 0 0 0 0 001 0—l
New York .0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 •—3
Phillies and Doves Tie.
PHILADELPHIA. April 26.—Bos-i
! ton and Philadelphia played a tie
game of nine innings Monday, which
was stopped by darkness, the score
j being 5 to 6. The start of play wa
! delayed 45 minutes by rain, and It |
rained almost continuously from the I
I second inning on, but Umpire Rlgler ;
kept the teams in action, except dur
ing the seventh inning, when play
was suspended for twenty minutes.
The game was played in mud, and j
was largely a farce. Score:
Boston .10000121 0—3 I
j Philadelphia .20001000 2—5 ,
St. I.ouls Wins Easily.
CINCINNATI. April 26 — Failure of
• Cincinnati pitchers to And thft plate
1 in the ^arly Innings was largely re
sponsible for a St. Louis victory. 8
to 3, Monday. Bachman performed
well until the sixth. Then the locals
! made a series of hits, coupled with
i bases on balls. Score:
St. Louis .20400 020 0—8
! Cincinnati .00000210 0—3
! AEROPLANE RACE FROM
LONDON TO MANCHESTER
LONDON, April 26.—An aeroplane
race from London to Manchester for
the Dally Mail’s 150,000 prize Is llke
| ly to result from Louis Paulhan's ac
i tlon In servtng the necessary 48 hours
j notice of his Intention to attempt the
1 flight.
Claude O. White, who made an un
successful attempt Saturday, is rush
ing repairs on hts machine, and ex
pects to be able to start again Tues
day morning. Paulhan will likely
start the same morning.
White’s machine was damaged dur
ing a windstorm at Lichfield yester
day. M. Dubonnet is a possible third
entrant in the struggle for the Mall's
prize. He will come to London this
week.
KETCIIEL READY TO
MEET SAM LANGFORD
NEW YORK. Apr’l 26.—Stanley
Ketchel. with his army ot trainers,
seconds, managers and backers, wit
leave for Philadelphia this evening,
prepared for his match to-morrow
night with Sam Langford, the big
Boston tar baby.
8portlng men by the score are going
over from New York to witness the
fight. Both Ketchel and Langford
have, trained ..faithfully for to-mor
row's si* round go, and Indications
point to one of the hottest mills seen
in the East In years.
—
f'onion to Meet At tell.
NEW YORK. April 2#.—E. E. Cou
lon, father and manager of Johnny
Coulon, announced to-day that if
Monte Attell wins from Joe Wagner
on Wednesday night and will agree to
make Hi pounds ring-side and a side
bet of 11,000 he will match Johnny
against him for a 15-round fight it
California
MOUNT ST. JOSEPHS
LOSES TO EASTERN
Manassas College Gets Long End
of Hard Fought Contest.
Score 3 to 1.
MANASSAS, VA., April 2«.—East
ern College Monday took one of the
hardest games of the >n from the
strong Mount 8t. Joseph s College, oi
Baltimore. For eight long innings it
was nip and tuck, the score being i
to 1.
In the last half of the eighth Wal
ters took four balls, was advanced to
second by umbard's error of White's
attempted sacrifice, both runners be
1ng safe. Both runners were advanc
ed by Johnson’s sacrifice and scored
on Brechin’s long three-ease hit.
White fanned thirteen batters. Score:
Eastern . 00100002 •—1
Mount St. Joseph. .0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0—1
Huns—liauby. Waters, H. S. White,
Brooks. Earned run—Eastern. Three
base hit—-Brechin. Two-base hit —
Bauby. Sacrifice hits—Brooks, liau
by. Russell, H. S. White. Johnson (2).
Stolen bases—Bauby (2). Left on
bases—Eastern. 9; Mount St. Joseph,
4. First base on errors—Eastern, 4;
Mount SL Joseph, 2. First base on
balls—Off Stone. 5; off White, 1.
struck out—By Stone, S: by White,
12. Passed hall—Mullaney. Wild
pitches—By Stone, 2. Umpire—Mr.
Hayes. Time of game—1 hour and 45
minutes.
Prise Fighter Arrested.
BOSTON, MASS.. April 26.—Joseph
O'Brien, a young Cambridge pugilist,
was arrested here on the charge of
manslaughter In connection with the
sudden death of Max I.andy, of Rox
bury, who died Saturday morning fol
lowing a alx-round bout the evening
before at a Brockton athletic club.
O'Brien was released on 14,000 bail
at Brockton last night. He will plead
to the charge to-morrow.
Monday’s Races
Pimlico ltfMilb.
First race, for two-year-olds, sell
ins, five furlongs, $500 added—The
Rascal, first; Maromara, second; Ben
daga, third. Time, 1:10 2-5.
Second race, for three-year-olds and
up, six furlongs, $500 added—A dal: a.
first; Osorlne, second; Jennie Wells,
third. Time. 1:24 1-5.
Third race, for four-year-olds and
up, seven furlongs, $500 added—Ho
race E„ first; Sig, second; Choirmas
ter of Chesterbrook. third. Time,
1:40.
Fourth race, steeplechase, four
year-olds ind up, two miles. $600
added—Black Bridge, first: Jimmy
Lane, second; Lizzie Flat, third. Time.
4:29 4-5.
Fifth race, Druid Hill Park purse,
two-year-olds, four and a half fur
longs, $600 added—Mieco, first; Lo
chlel, second; Missive, third. Time,
1:02 2-5.
Sixth race, merchants’ purse, three
year-olds and up, selling, one mile,
$500 added—Dixie Knight, firatm Col
11s <5rm»by, second; Apologize third.
Time, rise 2-F.
Seventh race, four-year-olds and
up, seven furlongs. $600 added—Ru
ble. first: County Fair, second; Earl
Rogers, third. Time, 1:39 4-6.
Aqueduct Results.
First race, selling, six and a half
furlongs, three-year-olds and up, $400
added—Killte Crankle, first; Dolly
Buttman. second; Bat Masteraon.
third. Time, 1:34 1-5.
Second race, for maiden two-year
olds, selling, four and a half fur
longs—Agawam, first; Pickaninny,
tsecondi-Merry Lad, third. Time;- : 57.
Third race, handicap, three-year
olds and up, $500 added, six furlongs
—King Cobalt, first: Prince Oal. sec
ond; Right Easy, third. Time, 1:15.
Fourth race, the Union 8takes.
three-year-olds, value $ 1,000, seven
furlong*—Ben Loyal, first; Frank
Purcell, second; Rustem, third. Time,
liSt.__' -—*-—5
Fifth race, two-year-olds, »«»0 add
ed, four and a half furlongs—Frank
Mullens, first; Oolden Hand, second;
Rake, third. Time, :$« «-f. t
- * ~ ...
-uius, iwv ouuru «*.
gist, first; John Reardon, second;
Thames, third. T(me, 1:04.
Oakland Results.
First race, five and a half furlongs,
purse—Dlrectello, first; Doweress,
second; Sully, third. Time. 1:09.
Second race. Futurity course, sell
ing—Aqula, first; Mollle Montrose,
second; Jlllett, third. Time, 1:10 2-6.
Third race, Futurity course, sell
ing—Ilex, first; Burning Bush, sec
ond: Biskra, third. Time, 1:10 2-5.
Fourth race, six furlongs—Clayton
handicap—Fern I,., first; Lewiston,
second; Key Hindoo, third. Time.
1:13 3-5.
Fifth race, one mile and twenty
yards, selling—Beau Man. first; Tre
margo. second; Bon Enrique, third.
Time. 1:43 3-5.
Sixth race, six furlongs, selling—
Lady Panchita. first; Adena, second;
Billy Mayer, third. Time. 1:14 4-5.
Pensacola Results.
First race, four furlongs—jMy Kitty,
firstffl Vamos, second; Fatherllde,
third. Time, ;52 3-5.
Second race, four and one-half fur
longs— Birdslayer, first: Adeline
Bourne, third. Time, :59.
Third race, six furlongs—Inspec
tion, first; confessor. second; Sanona
Girl, third. Time, 1:17 3-5.
Fourth race, six furlongs—Kia
mesha II.. first; St. Beiniol, second;
Batsy B.. third. Time, 1:17 3-5.
Fifth race, one mile—Beth Good
win. first; Best less Lady, second; Con
ville, third. Time, 1:45 2-5.
JEFFRIES SHOWS THAT
HE IS STILL STRONG
! Relieves His Trainers of the
Anxiety They Felt Over Ilis
Loss of Weight.
JEFFRIES' TRAINING CAMP.
RO WARDEN NAN, CAL... April 26.—
• Anxiety over James J. Jeffries’ re
; ported loss of weight under the hoi
: weather of the last few days vanished
: to-day when the big fellow went
: through his paces and plainly dem
| onstrated that he has not been weak
ened.
■ Tex” Rickard, one of the promot
ers of the big tight, spent the week
; end here and expressed surprise at
; who the termed Jeffries' "excellent
' condition.”
Rickard will post $80,000 more
; purse money this week, a total of $50,
, oOO posted so far for the fight. The
| remaining $51,000 of the $10l,uuu
! guaranteed by himself and his part
; ner. Jack Gleason, will be posted 48
hours before the big battle.
I A deelgatlon of fight fans cam# u
i from Han Francisco to spend Sunday.
—
National League Bulletin.
NEW YORK. April 26.—President
Lynch, of the National League, has
| made public the following contracts
1 und t*© 1 ti iist? h i
I Contracts—With Boston, William S.
! Colli ns, Leon A. Martel; with Brook
lyn, Henry J. Smith, to New York,
Smith and W. 8. Davidson (contracts
assigned by Chicago); with Philadel
phia, Louis M. Schletter; with St.
Louis. J. D. Bark well.
Releases—Boston to Whterbury (C.
L.), Thomas Tucker; by Brooklyn to
York, Pa., John J. King; to Houston,
Tex.. R. M. Blakeley; to Johnstown
(T. S. U), S. S. Fletcher: by Chicago,
to Lincoln (W. L.), Clyde Gelst; to
Louisville (A. .A.), Z. Z. Hagerman; by
New York, to New Bedford <N. E. L.),
Louis Durham, Edward Williams; to
Springfield (1. I. I. L.), Ralph Bell,
George J. Daly; to Montreal (E. L.),
Harry Curtis; by Philadelphia, to Lan
caster (T. 8. L,). Patrick A. Clougher
by; by Pittsburg, to Montreal <E. L.),
Edward J. Bridges; to Jersey City (E,
L.), Harry R. Camnltx, WlUls Hum
phries; by St. Louis, to Albany (N. Y.
State League), K. Knight; to Duluth,
Don G Marion; to Springfield (I. X.
I. League). Grover Laudermllk, Harry
A. Sullivan.
Vnrfh Wtauntnn If. & -
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
MT. AIRY, VA„ April 26.—The
North Staunton High School will close
Its first term April 29, with an enter
tainment consisting of recitations,
dialogues, tableaux ami charades will
be given by the pupils of the school.
Professor A. E. Miller, principal
and his assistants, Mrs. Bethel. Miss
Francis Oliver and Mis* Bettis Waller,
have worked faithfully. They have
the grateful appreciation of the
patrons. The schools'had an average
attendance of about one hundred and
twenty scholars. "
LOSE FIRST SAME
TO THE TRUCKEBS
Inability to Hit Hamilton Re
sponsible for First Defeat of
the Colts.
SOUTHPAW OIIL IS
BUMPED VERY HARD
Portsmouth BatterR Find Him for
Eight Singles and Two
Doubles While He Pass
ed Four.
Monday’* Score*.
Portsmouth, 1; Richmond. 2.
Roanoke-Danville, rain.
Lynchburg-Norfolk. rain.
How They Stand.
Clubs.
Norfolk . .,
Richmond ,
Roanoke .
Lynchburg
Danville
Won. Lost. P.C
1 0 1,000
8 1 .760
1 1 .500
1 1 .600
■—4-*—4- .600
0 3 .000
Tnesday’* Schedule.
I Richmond at Portsmouth.
Roanoke at Danville.
Norfolk at Lynchburg.
Ohl. the new southpaw who Joined
■ the ranks of the Colts last week, was
given hi* first chance Monday and lost
his game by a large margin. Eight
: singles, two doubles and four free
passes proved sufficient to defeat the
I Colts who did not have their hatting
eve. The Anal score was 4 to 3 In
favor of the Trucker*.
Richmond started off strong eml
It appeared in the early innings thal
i the game was safely stowed away
I Two runs wore scored in the seconc
! tuning and the Truckers came back
bv scoring one in their half. Th<
Colts stopped right here and not an
j other tally crossed the pan for them
while the Truckers continued to hi
the ball and to pile up the runs. Om
‘more was added in the fifth and tw<
in the sixth, after which they did no
; score again.
Ohl did not seem to be in the bes
of form, he was iwld at all times ant
when he put them over they seemet
1 eaelv for the Truckers and they fat
tent’d their batting averages consider
ably. Hamilton twirled a good gam<
for Portsmouth, holding Rii|imom
down to five stogies and never belnj
' in danger of losing the game aftei
the second Inning when he tlghtenet
up. The victory was due entirely t<
the good work of Hamilton as thi
! Richmond club showed up much bet
ter In the field and gave the pltche
! the best of support. Sensations
; fielding prevented the scoring of sev
I eral more runs for the Truckers.
Richmond.
AB. R. K. O.
Shaw, 2b..,. S 0 2
P.aker, *s..yi. 2 f> 0
Wallace, df. 4 0 1
Titman, rf. 4
La wlor. if....... . . 3
Blgble, lb....._4
Brown, 3b. 4
Messitt. c..."3
Ohl. p.-3
0 11
1 0
l 4
0 1
A.
S
4
0
0
0
0
Totals .30 2 6 24 IT
Portsmouth.
AB. R. H. O. A. T.
McFarland, cf. 4
| Bowen, ss .. ■ 3
Guiheen. 2b.. 3
Clunk, if. 4
Kirkpatrick, 3b... 2
Stafford, lb. 4
Jackson, rf. 4
| Cowan, c.3
■Hamilton, p.. 3
0 0
Total.. 4 10 27 13
Score by innings: E
Richmond .02000000 0—
Portsmouth .,01001200 •—
! Summary: Two-base hits—Bfafforc
Jackson. Sacrifice hit*—Raker (2J
■ Bowen. Hamilton (2). Stolen bases
' Wallace. Brown. Kirkpatrick. Doubl
plan—Baker to Blgble; Bowen t
Ouihecn: Oulheen to Bowen to Stat
ford. Bases on balls—off Ohl, 4; ol
Hamilton. 2. Struck out—by Oh!
■Stafford, McFarland; by H&mlltor
Shaw, Lawlor, Messitt. Left on base
'—Richmond, 6; Portsmouth. 8. Tim
of game—1:46. Umpires, Macs an,
Travia
| CHALLENGE SENT TO
I OXFORD AND CAMBRIDG1
i NEW HAVEN. CONN., April
11 It is agreed that there is little chanc
I that a combined Tale and Harvar
track team will go to England t
i i meet the cracks of Oxford and Cara
| bridge this year. The officials wh
j have been Investigating the matt*
. [ haev decided that the trip should t
j deferred until 1911. The challenge 1
i being prepared and will be forwaroe
: shortly. The Englishmen will be ask
ed to formulate the riM for ths
tes$.
notion Rmdjr to
WINSTONrBALBiM, N. C., Ap
—United State* District Atton
E. Holton has announced his readi
ness to resign his office and taks the
State chairmanship of the Republican
party...Ml Holton’s third Una Ml.
district attorney expired March IS,
and no explanation has been siren
why his successor has not been named.
According to the statement made by
the district attorney, he must first
be assured of the State chairmanship
before his voluntary retirement
the present office.
Jockey Barns Retlr
NEW YORK, April 26. --
Burns, once the premier Jockey of
i America, has given up the saddle and
henceforth will train the thorough*
breds. Incidentally Bums may follow
j In the footsteps of Qeorge Odom ana
! become an owner. Constantly Increas
i lng weight and the hard work of re
ducing is given by Burns as the causa
Of late years he has been forced
refuse mounts because he could
j make the weight.
Burns has been in the saddle almost
! conalnuously for 14 years. In 18I0
i he rode 277 winners out of
! mounts.
American Horses Win.
PARIS, April 26.—American ownef
horses secured four third places In
the races Monday at St. Cloud
In the Prlx du Bols do Boulogne, of
$1,000. 101-2 furlongs, II. B. Dur*
yea's Rose Noble finished third, and
Thomas HJtchcock, Jr.’s Irkoutak got
the same position In the Prlx du
Uroa-Bulsson, of $600. 6 1-2 furlongs.
Frank J. Oould’s Juatinien III. and
Ingamble finished third In the Prlx
Velasques, a handicap of $1,000, 10
furlongs, and the Prlx des Aubeplnes,
of $800, 7 furlongs.
RICKARD PLANS
TO TIME JOHN
j Fight Premotor Arranges
j Police to Watch the
Automobilist.
SAN" FRANCISCO. April 28.—Jack
Johnson will do no joy riding about
the crags and precipices when ha
should bo punching the bag or dewi
eating the countenances of his train
ing partners. “'Tex" Rickard, man
ager of the big fight, has arranged
that the negro champion shall do no
mountain climbing in his automobile.
In fact if Johnson tries to drive that ;
speed car or his more than about
four miles a day he will have no
drivers’ license.
The news that Johnson was coming
to town with an automobile guaran
| teed to do 100 miles an hour caused
| Rickard no perturbation. The promo
, ter has a surprise up his sleeve that
j Is sure to cause the black much sor
' row. Johnson’s freuent clashes with
! the police over the speed law cause
I Rickard to frame up a nice little deal
! with the authorities, and the min
; ute Johnson throws in high speed
! and tries to demolish telegraph pole*
I with his automobile, just that minute
Johnson will be arrested and his li
cense revoked. In that case he can
i not drive a car again in California.
“I am doing this to keep JohnroR
, out of the hospital, not out of j»B
! He might get good training in prison}
never in a hospital.” chuckled Rick
ard.
The Seal Rock house gymnasium,
: where Johnson is to train, is being
i nut in tip-top shape, and everything
will be in such complete order that
| he nay begin training the day he ar
rive It is likely, however, that tha
negro \vlll loaf a couple of days be
| fore gettlpg down to the real grind.
The negroes of Oakland are plan
ning a great reception for the cham
pion. A delegation, with brass band*,
will meet Johnson at the depot and
escort him to the hotel, where them
will be speech making and cork pop
ping1—and things.
EXPERT
(Rants Make Triple Piny.
NEW YORK. April 26.—In the
sixth inning of Monday’s game with
Brooklyn the Giants made a triple
play—Burch, for Brooklyn, heat out a
hunt: Meyers' wild throw of Wheat's
hunt out. both runners safe. Hummel
then hit to Brldwell. who snapped tha
hall to Doyle, forcing Wheat. Doyle
threw to Merkle and Hummel waa
out at first. Burch had started for
home and he was out. Merkle to Dev
lin to Meyers.
COi.D WEATHER PRETEXTS IU
GAMES IS SOUTHER* LEIGDI
ATLANTA, OA, April 98.—For tha
first time in the history of the league,
almost midwinter weather prevented
all Southern League games Monday.
The cold wave extended as far south
as Mobile, where the Moblle-NewOp
leans game was coiled off on acoount
of the cold, while a wintry rain pre
vented the Nashvllle-Chattanooga
game^O^ashvlUe^^
GEO. L SUTER & CO.
Ornamental Metal Ceiling Contractors
1M* West Leigh Street.
LONG
is selling Wood this week sad next only at a bargain because he la
moving those high, perfectly dnr ricks of Wood from 1201 West Broad
Street to his Nevr Place, 1606 West Broad Street. It is Oak and Pine
and large blocks perfectly dry. Also Slabs that make a quick fire.
Will have about 10 loads of small splinters and odds and ends at 11.60 ■
each. Come quick; it must be moved by May 1st..
Phone Madison 1069.
The Wood Man