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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
CONNIE MACK TELLS HOW
HE MANAGES WADDELL

SAN FRANCISCO. November 1T
treat him as I would be treated myself. -
That's how Connie Mack declares he has
tanned Rube Waddell. the most eccentric
ball player in the world
And" continues Mr.. McGillicuddy, Il do
not have the trouble with Waddell that
some people think l have. 1 find Rube a
very willing fellow. and one who does not
need the humoring that the ordinary fol-
lower of base ball thinks he does
"Rube, Of course. is a peculiar fellow. He
has his whms just as other players, but
Waddell is all In the open and does his pc
culior stunts in full light of the base bail
public.
If you consider that this big fellow Is
pampered and spoiled by the fans and news
papers in every city in the circuit it will
not be hard for you to see how 1t happens
that he Is spoiled But WaddeIl is far
easier to get along with than some other
players. When he wants to do something
he goes and does it, and offers no explana-
ton either before or after the act
would rather have a player of the
Waddell type than one who sulks. Now
there Is one good feature in the Rube s
makeup, he never sulks, and he does not
instiH trouble in the ranks, as some other
star players do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
SECTION OF ROCK CREEK PARK
THE SITE.

The District Commissioners have not only
approved the suggestion to convert a GER
tain section of Rock Creek park into a
public golf course, but have selected the
site, and yesterday ordered the work to be
commenced. Several sites in the north
west section of the park were suggested
to the Commissioners as suitable for their
purpose. but the one finally agreed upon
Is located south Of the Military road near
the Brightwood reservoir and will COM
prise nearly twenty acres upon which a
nine-hole course will be laid out.
Tomorrow morning, according to the
Commissioners order, the work of plough
Ing. working and rolling the ground upon
which the links are to be laid, will be
started by q section Of the chain gang
from the District wofikhouse.
According to Commissioner B,ddic. who
first suggested creating the public course
and who has prepared the plans for It's
construction. the work will be continued
until the arrival of cold weather, when
1t will be stopped and resumed In the
spring. He said although 1t requires two or
three years to establish q good and salts
factory golf course and to secure the best
results from 1t, he II OF the opinion that
the links in Rock Creek park win be
ready for the recreation of the public Of
the District by naKt fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
CLASS B BILLIARDISTS
TO HOLD TOURNEY

NEW YORK, November 17.-Six of the
leading billiard players in the country who
are in a class considerably below the pro-
Willie Hoppe. George Slosson. Jacob Schaef-
er and George Sutton, will meet in tour
nament for the eighteen-inch. two shots in.
balk-line championship Of America next
week.
Among those who are now expected to
enter the tournament are Thomas J. CAL
lagher and Edward Mclaughlin of New
York, Harry p. Cline of Philadelphia, Al
bert G. Cutler Of Boston. Charles Peter
son of st. Louis and Al Taylor of Chicago
Three or four names win be added to this
list
Among the probable entrants are William
A. Spinks of San Francisco, Leonard Howl
son OF Montreal and Frank Maggioli of St
Louis. As players who have not won
worlds championship for ten years are
eligible, many additional entries are ex-
ferior talent and thus prevent long and
tireseme schedule, q commtttee has been
appoin ted consisting Of Thomas Foley of
Chicago, John J. Murphy of Boston and
Maurice DAILY Of this city, to pass on the
entries
The tournament WIN begin in this city
on November ID. and new trophy. en-
blematic OF the American championship at
49, baik Line. will be presented to the win
ner and 1t will become players perma-
nent property II defended successfully for
one year either In a match or tournament
play.
Ali games consist Of zee points, and the
holder CT the championship trophy receives
the right to name any city In the United
States In which to play match In defense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
IN LOCAL CHESS CIRCLES.

Play In the Departmental Chess League
was not begun last week. as was expected
but instead meeting of the executive COM
mfttee was held and~Mr Walker was dele
gated to revise the schedule
1t has been decided to play two short
rounds, each team playing two matches
with each Of its competitors, or a total OF
ten matches apiece. This, with the handi-
cap tourney for individuals. will, it is
thought, provide sufficient sport for the
most exacting.
Though the complete schedule has not yet
been announced, 1t can be definitely stated
that next Wednesday night the c. and L.
Treasury team will meet War-Navy, and
November % Interior Will pay its first
match with G. P. o. December the ny
phenated" State-Justice assortment will try
conclusions with Agriculture. In the COM
pleted schedule due allowance will be made
for the above matches. and it Is probable
that In many instances two matches will be
scheduled for one evening.
This years team captains, who also con-
stitute the executive committee, are as fol-
lows:
c. and L-Treasury, Mr.. Zimmerman; In
terror. Mr.. Walker: War-Navy, Mr.. Web
ster: Agriculture. Mr. Roberts; State-Jus-
tice, Mr.. Mitchell: G.. P. o., Mr.. Graham.
For the individual handicap tournament
eighteen entries have so far been announc-
ed, as follows: Class A, Messrs. Sournin
and Walker; class b, Messrs Mccormick,
Roberts, Tibbetts and Huntington; class c.
Messrs. Halstead, Hitchcock, Webster,
Melkon, Pratt, Flick and Cannon; class D,
Messrs. Arends. Parks, Green and Louns-
berry: class E, Mr.. Cross Gin q class by
himself.
Each player is to play one game with
each Of his competitors. and the handicaps
imposed are given below: Class A gives a
pawn and move to class B. a pawn and two
moves to class c., knight to class ID and
a rock to class E. B gives a pawn and
move to c, pawn and two moves to d and
a knight to E. c gives pawn and move to
D and pawn and two moves to E. D gives
pawn and move to E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

Farmers Have Made the Big.
gest Advance of Any Team
in the Past Fortnight.

Several shifts have resulted from the last
two weeks bowling in the Departmental
League. the Farmers having registered the
biggest advance in standing. three straight
from the Warriors and Post Office jumping
them from the top of second division to
fourth place Treasury. by humping War
for two games, moves up ahead of the Post
Office.
In team average Navy still outclasses the
others, as it does In percentage of games
won. Aggies' two fine sets bring them up
to third place. Treasury moved up to the
head of the second division in game aver
age.
In individual averages Garrett continues
to lead by a margin of four points over
Miller. who has taken second place from
Fritz. O'Donneils big set of $50. the high
est bowled this season. pulls him up from
seventh to third place. Four of the Sailors
are in the first five"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
THE OLD QUESTION
OF PITCHING DISTANCE

CHICAGO, Ill. November 17.-When the
National League directors meet in New
York December II the old question OIL q
change in the pitching distance is on the
program. 3D..
The pitching-distanc question, however,
has been a disturbing element in base ball
for the past twenty years. but as yet no
one has solved the problem. In fact. many
experts. deny that it is a problem. They
believe that the present dis lance of sixty
feet and fraction is the ideal distance
The sole object in fixing the pitching dis
lance Is to increase batting as much as pos
sible. but every change has worked the
other way. Batting has steadily declined,
despite the numerous efforts to rearrange
the base ball rules.
About eighteen years ago there was a
great huilabuloo over the subject of bat
ting, and the pitcher, who then pitched at
distance of fifty ieet from the home plate,
was moved back.
A few years later he was again moved
back but all the time the batting kept on
declining while the pitcher steadily gained
the upper hand.
Joe McGinnity. who probably has given as
much thought to the art of pitching as any
man living, maintains that rule makers
have been working on the wrong theory
since the foundation of our national game.
THE idea Of moving the pitcher back to
give the batter an advantage was errone-
Gus in the first place.. says the Iron Man.
las an evidence of this. the minute they
moved us back the more effective we be-
came. If they should move the pitcher
back to second base he would be harder to
hit than ever, provided his arm held out
long enough to get the ball over the plate.
"A logical answer to this Is that the
pitcher should have been kept closer. Just
why this fact should maintain is hard to
explain, but in my opinion the long dis
lance gives the ptto -ier a better chance to
break curves where he wants to. The
natural fall of a ball toward the center Of
gravity Is also very deceptive to the eye.
When pitchers threw the ball at fifty feet
II kept more on a straight line. and wide
curves were almost impossible. as they
didn't break soon enough. In other words.
the batter's eye could follow a ball at O
distance of fifty feet better than he could
at sixty.
"a good instance OF this inability to hit
a ball thrown from a lori. distance" con-
tinued McGinnity. lis shown when you see
a batter try to hit one back that is thrown
in from the field In practice. Some day
you watch that and see how many they
can hit on line.
IT don't know exactly what ought to be
done, but II they are thinking of putting
the pitcher further back they are working
on the wrong theory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

Of the title. The stake I'm championship
competition will be $40 side. the winner
to take all the receipts and to pay all the
expenses. The winner of the first tourna-
ment will be required 60 play within thirty
days after receiving q challenge Players
who subsequently compete In worlds cham
pionship matches or tournaments will for
felt all further rights to play for the new
championship trophy.
Though none OF the probable entrants II
regarded as OF worlds championship cali
Der the 1872 tournament to be held here
exhibitions. Some OF the men entered are
capable of very fancy and high-class bill
liards Charles Peterson of st. Louis won
many admirers here when he practiced last
winter with Willie Hoppe. Harry Cline Is
clever. and Gallagher and Mclaughlin are
both veterans who can still hold their own
In the billiard game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Y. N. G. A. Boys Competition.

The gymnastic and athletic competition
in the A and classes of the Y. M. c. A.
boys department has just been completed.
In each class forty or fifty boys partici-
pated. The events were running high jump,
bar vault, standing broad jump. two-lap
run, pull-up. spring-board high jump and
spring-board broad jump.
The event in which the highest scores
were made was the two-lap run In B class
F, Seggs and c. Wetzel ran the two laps
in 18 As seconds. two-fifths of a second
better than the former Y. NJ. c. A. record
In A class Il Davis and A. Lochl ran 1t in
twenty seconds fiat. one-fifth of a second
faster than the former A class record.
A class includes boys twelve and thirteen
years of age. and class boys fourteen
and fifteen years of age. From fifty to
sixty boys are regularly attending each
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
PLAYED TO sTANDSTILL.
Neither Amherst Nor Williams Was
Able to Score.

AMHERST, Mass, November lin the
presence of a crowd which broke the record
for this season. Amherst and Williams
played each other to a standstill here to-
day. neither being able to score. The teams
were evenly matched. but in the second half
Amherst weakened. During the first half
the battle was in Williams territory more
than in Amhersts but in the second it was
on the Amherst side of the field practically
all the time. The forward pass was used
often and there were numerous exchanges
of punts. Both elevens were frequently
penalized. Veach Of Amherst at one time
carried the ball over the Williams goal line,
but a touchdown was not allowed on ac-
count Of off-side play.
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Vanderbilt, 81; Georgia Tech, 8.

ATLANTA, Ga, November 17.-In an al
most continuous downpour OF rain and a
field deep with mud. Vanderbilt today cap
tured its annual foot ball game with the
Georgia Tech team, score 81 to 6. The
weather conditions made possible the only
score by the Tech boys. for the slippery
field enabled her to make a touchdown and
a goal in the second half In the first half
Vanderbilt made four touchdowns and three
goals. In the second half they scored on
two touchdowns and goals and a safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
DISTRICT DUCKP|N
LEAGUE AVERAGES
Roberts of the BeImonts Leads
and Has Had 20 Spares
Schmidt, 8 Strikes.

The averages Of the District Duckpin
League for the first fifteen games of the
season have been complied Roberts BEL
monts), leads with average of 9S.1i:
Eiker Belmonts), second. 07.3; Byrd
RoyaD, third, 94.s. Schmidt Relmonts)
has had strikes and Roberts Belmonts)
g spares. The league statistics follow:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

Arrangements have been made by the en-
tertainment committee Of the Aioysius Cub
to give smoker in honor Of the base bali
team bearing the Aloysius name at the
Gonzaga Theater Hall next Tuesday. An
elaborate musical program will be per-
formed by frst-class local amateur talent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

WINNIPEG. November IA man has
been developed In the rowing world Of the
southern seas who may Join Ed. Rurnan
IN disputing the supremacy OF George
Towns, the present holder OF the premier
ship. The newcomer Is William Webb. now
the amateur champion of New Zealand, and
so strong Is the faith of his hackers in his
ability that they have offered to match him
with Jim Stansbury for $1,000 side and
allow Stansbury $50 expenses to row on
the Wangganui river. -a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
western Bowling Tournament.

DENVER. Col. November Hat meet.
ing OF the board of directors OF the Western
1t was decided to hold the second annu 4,
tourney In Coliseum Hall In this city during
the week commencing March 4. Six new
alleys will be Installed especially for tia
tourney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

EASTON, Pa, November i7.-Syracuse de-
feated Lafayette's foot bal, eleven on March
Field here today by the score Of II to 4.
In the first half Welsh for Lafayette scored
q field goal and Syracuse scored touch
down and goal. In the final half syracuse
scored again and kicked q 0pal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
West Points Game Cancelled.

WEST POINT, N. T.. November 1.-THE
West Point foot bail team cancelled its
game with Buckneil today. The gridiron
was in sloppy condition and Coach Graves
was afraid to risk injury to his men with
the Navy game 30 Close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Yankees Defeat the wallachs.

The Yankee basket ball team of the boys
department of the Y. M. C. A., defeated
the Wallach School team. at the Y. NJ. c.
A. gymnasium. last evening. 30 to 8.
The team work Of the winners and the
work of Robinson were the features of an
interesting game.
Imam and summary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

tOals-Furmage ID Wetzel a., Hildreth %.
Legge CD and Hayney. Free tosses-Furmage,
berger. Scorer-Mr. Edward. rimer-Mr. Chap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Gallaudet Scores.

Hooper made five yards through left
tackle The next down failed to gain. and
he then punted fifteen yards. Gallaudet be-
gan smashing the opposite line again, and
after Sharp Hover and Mosey had forced
the pigskin to the Baltimore mems two
yard line Capt. Kutzleb bucked right tackle
for the first touchdown. Bell kicked an
easy goal Score: Gallaudet College, g.;
Baltimore University, 0.
Having made the first touchdown In eight
minutes of play, Gallaudet started in to
repeat the trick. Kutzleb kicked to Balti-
more's ffteen-yard line, and when the Wis
itors failed to gain, Hooper booted the pig
skin for fifteen yards. Gallaudet started
straight foot ball again. KutZieb hurdied
right tackle for fifteen yards, and Gallaudet
was penalized fifteen yards for his Cffense
against the rules. Both sides gained the
ball several times on downs, and the half
closed with the pigskn in the center of the
field.
In the second half neither side was able
to score. On one occasion Logan of the
Baltimore team managed to break through
Gallaudets line for gain Of fifty yards.
but was brought hack by the officials who
stated the player ran out of bounds. Later
in the game Mosey of Gallaudet emerged
from the mass of struggling players and
ran over half the length of the field to the
goal. The Baltimore men did not attempt
to tackle him. and the referee upheld their
contention that the ball had been downed
and Mosey should not have run with 1t.
The lineup was as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Line Assaults Futile.

After a time Baltimore recognized the
futility of line assaults and injected a bit
Of modern foot ball in the shape Of several
forward passes from halfbacks to oppo-
site ends. This play. SO difficult when an
end is slow. got SO badly mixed on more
than one occasion that 1t was difficult to
tell which side had the ball. until the
massss-.of players could be removed from
the pigskin.
Underhill tried to drop kick on more than
one occasion for Gallaudet, as did Hooper
for Baltimore, but when booting the pig
skin Is to be considered both teams could
surely find q man who could kick 1t farther
than the punters of yesterday afternoon.
At no stage of the game was punt
made for a distance Of more than fifteen
yards sFstt
Baltimore won the toss and chose the
kick-eff Gallaudet defending the north
goal. Hopper kicked to Gallaudets fifteen
yard line and Mosey rushed the oval back
fifteen yards in fast time. Then by
series of line assaults Gallaudet carried the
ball down the field Sharpe and Underhill
did the best work. When the ball was
carried to the Baltimore fifteen-yard line
the Orange and Black held and got the
ball on downs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
IN THE BETTING RING NEAR CT JB HOUSE, AT BENNING
BEATEN BY GALLAUDET
BALTIMORE UNIVERSITY TEAM
PLAYS AT KENDALL GREEN.

The Buff and Blue of Galaudet fioated
triumphantly over the Orange and Black Of
Baltimore University yesterday afternoon
upon the athletic field at Kendall Green,
when the gridiron warriors from the Monu-
mental City went down in defeat before
the local team by a score of to 0.
When the Baltimore men came upon the
field it could be seen at a glance thai. they
were not as heavy as their opponents. The
belize of the spectators was that they
would try fast foot ball to overcome the
advantage which the Kendall Green men
had over them. But In this all were mis-
taken, for the visitors as soon as the first
half was called started in for foot ball Of
the coed old-style variety. This was just
what Gallaudet was looking for and the
way the backs and tackles of the Buff and
Blue would smash through the opposing
line and bring the runner to earth was
enough to make any spectator wish for
open and fast play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

The question Are automobile clubs sue
cessful?'' is often heard.
According to authority. 1.-The PROPOSE
tion would be answered in the negative by
any officer of any automobile club in the
United States. Successful would mean an
attendance at the club, participation In
meetings and functions of the club and a
general interest In club affairs
The Automobile Club of America with
Its 1000 members. could not get I'D a good
parade. and II Is well known that club and
other clubs can seldom get quorum of its
directors together. II a business meeting
Is called the call Is usually ignored, SO that
the business OF the club is do by a minor.
ity OF It's members.
The fact was shown very plainly at the
recent meeting of the Long Island Auton,o-
bile Club. to which general attention has
been called. The club had called a meeting
TO decide possibly the most .momentous
question ever brought before It,. Gu. Of Q
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-11
PULAJANES STRIKE AGAIN
They Hill a Lieutenant, Two Privates,
a Contract Surgeon and a Rev
enue Collector.

Washington. Aug. 11.-Gen. Wood
telegraphs the war department that
at Julia. on the island of Leyte, P. l.,
First Lieutenant John T. James and
two privates of the Eighth infantry,
with Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder
and Internal Revenue Collector Will
liams. of Illinois, were killed in a
hand-to-hand fight with a force of
Pulajanes. The Pulajanes captured
three pistols, four Krag- Jorgensen
rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition.
They were in overwhelming force the
detachment attacked consisting of only
ten men.
The revolt of the Pulajanes has been
ore of the chief thorns in the sides Of
the commanders in the Philippines for
several months. On several occasions
they have ambushed and attacked
United States soldiers. with fatal re-
suits. Recently fourteen soldiers were
slaughtered by the savages and sever
al were wouRded. Attacks have been
numerous and of a secret nature, our
men being surprised by the suddenness
of the savages' assaults.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-11
Features OF the WeIoome.

In the afternoon there was a recep-
ton by the president of the republic
at the government house, and a mill
tary parade, while at night there was
a gala performance at the theater The
city has abandoned itself wholly to
the entertainment of the visitors, who
cannot fail to beimpressed by the sym
patty and obviously sincere nature of
the reception accorded them, totally
unaffected by political considerations.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-11
STANDARD OIL MONOPOLY
Manages To Be the Only Company
That Can "Get There"

Chicago, Aug. 11.-It developed dur
ing the Standard Oil inquisition by the
grand jury that there is in existence
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad a tariff on shipments of oil
from BOLTON, H., to points south which
is very low. The Standard Oil company
has its refinery at Whiting, Ind, a
short distance from Dolton, and could
easily avail itself of this low rate,
while other shippers wishing to reach
Dolton to participate in the low rate
south must pay the switching charges
in the Chicago district of So car,
which makes the total rate prohibitive
as far as competition is concerned.
According to the testimony the Stand
ard Oil shipped its oil from Whiting,
Ind, to Dolton, ILL.,, over the chicago
Terminal Transfer company for about
s. a car in switching charges. Although
the shipment was between two states
it was not interstate, because it was
within one shipping district. The same
consignment was then shipped south
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
from BOLTON on the low rate from that
point, and by other lines and in due
time reached Grand Junction, Tenn.
1t is declared that by this favorable
situation of the Standard Oil COM
pany at Whiting that company was
able to reach Grand Junction, Tenn,
with its oil on a through rate of ID
cents for 100 pounds, whereas no 9th
er shipper was able to take advantage
of the same privilege. The city of
Grand Junction is thus designated as
| the gateway to the southeast for the
Standard Oil company, giving tit is
cnarged-a monopoly on the oil bust
ness in that part of the country.