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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

W cdncSday MAS Il sort O. Waterloo for
at least three members of the Big Five
on the diamond. Harvard. Yale and
Princeton all met defeat and at the hands
of the dcspised minor colleges. Amherst
defeated Harvard, Williams trounced
Yale and Fordham took the measure Of
Princeton. In each ease a first-class
university teams. There is but one con
clusion to be drawn from all this
namely. that the big universities will
have To make as careful preparations
| for their smaller opponents as they do
for their bigger rivals. There was Il
time when the big mines rightfulIy re-
garded these mdweek games as mere
practice, and generally found that one
of the poorer pitchers could win the
game for them. That is what the three
teams in question tried Wednesday to
their SORROW
OF the various big university teams in
the east Pennsylvania has been playing
the best game to date, and II looks as
though the Quakers might carry off the
PREMIER honorS, they did year ago
The Pcnnsylvanians have already defeat
ed Yale and Princeton once each, and
have won practically all their preliminary
games. They lost TO Columbia by a sim
gle run, bat still have chance to make
amends for that The man who is mostly
responsible for Pennsylvania s. fine show
twirler i'll college ranks. 1t was Watts,
though, who pitched Pennsylvania to vic
tory against Princeton, Schultz being i'll
jurcd,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Ninth BOYS Beat Anacostia.

Ninth took the lead i'll the Sunday
School League race yesterday afternoon
and put the Anacostia nine down sew
eral points i'm the standing by defeating
the latter team by the score of ii 10 ..
Some classy ball was played for the
hrst four innings, but after that the
Anacostla nine went completely to pieces
and the contest was unintcresting. Bart
lett started the twirlng for the Baptist
aggregation, and he pitched a good game,
but quit in the fourth session. complain
Ing of sore arm. The score made
against him was caused mostly by err
rors by his teammates. He was relieved
by Martin. The latter was very wild
lie allowed the Ninth batters no hits,
but issued four passes and uncorked three
wild heaves.
johnny Carroll did the box work for
the NortheasternerS and was hit to all
corners of the lot. -inacostia should
have won but for the miserable mis-
plays of the infeld. Humphrey at short
had much to do with his teams defeat
He made three costly errors. and this
was enough to make any pitcher com
plain of sore arm.
Phipps did the heavy hitting The
big backstoD laced out pair OF triples
Tommy Harris at short played a good
game. He made several stops and
throws of the brilliant order
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Gotch to Show jeff Holds.

JEFF with his marvellous strength is no
hi Il IN close embrace, / can tell you, and
his ia pounds i not handled easily but
he i going to take no chances When
GotcI has finished Jeff training the big
fellow easily Will break all holds Johnson
may devise. and probs bly, introduce some
heard about. for GotCI is q past master
AT the wrestling game AMI JEFF is an
apt pupil / expect 10 soc him break
Johnson in the middle. and throw the
pieces at mis- doCtor.
Now they tell M that besides the moV-
iHS picture men there viii lie operators
Of the photograph al The ring side. john
son saws that remembering his contest
VIII Tommy Burns in which every time
Ic f|rccd Tommy into 2 corner hc would
remind the white man of some statement
made before the fight. and follow IL with
one OF his best WallupS, hc intends
TO follow IN" same course in The night
with JcftricS. 1t viii he funny indeed
shoold Such "a thing occur, but it would
he eNcruiatinE If, on the other hand
Jeff ALWAYS the man farthrs.t away
frori the corner. Perhaps Johnson would
do well 20 hold his questions until after
tine night. Tor In my experience. j never
h1Ee known JEFF To say much in the heat
OF d contest, and ho is Il bad man indeed
when aroused to anger. It's far safer
ard Sancr way Ia submit such matter in
writing. IN ppIUlOU-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

since they conform to the English elici-
! biity code--or lack of code-OXford and
Cambridge declined 10 prevent their com
petition
| to the Americans should he instantly rer
ccnized by all. Practically all IF Tic
| Rhodes scholars are graduates Of Amcii-
| can universities. and since one OF the
conditions of their appointment WAS that
they should have proven themselves pro-
ficient in athletics as well as scholarship
| their competition would of unfair anu IN
reasona bic. because II students at Aale
or Harvard they would not be eligible Tor
the American team. oxford and cam
bridge. though, are not Handicapped by
eligibility rules such as exist In this
country The Englishmen don't care how
long a man completes or even how much
work he is doing i'm the classroom, II ne
| is an amateur he is o. Is
The present oxford team contains three
Rhodes scholars, who would DE mas
penSa BILE in case of an international meet,
but even their competition would hardiy
make a difference in the outcome of the
meet They are Hull. the former Michi-
gan sprinter and broad jumper. now cap
tain OF the oxford team; Herrick OF
Princeton. a weight man ana Iuthahi
of Kansas. also ii weight man
Oddly enough the other American uni-
yersities have not shown the resentment
they once did at the news OF negotiations
for another International meet Al thc
time the first meet was arranged eieNeli
wears ago Harvard and Yale were not
the premier universities in this country
i'm track and field athletics. In TACT. COR
nell and Pennsylvania have probably
maintained little higher average OF Ell
ticiency than either of the New England
institutions. II was not surprising, there
fore that their representatives objected
tn the assumption, reigiously spread
broadcast in England. that Harvard and
Yale represented the cream of American
college athletics in the United States,
lust az oxford and Cambridge did in
England Most English critics know the
facts now.
1t has been suggested several THINGS
that there be arranged a meet between
the point winners of our own intercol-
| legiate championships and the pick of
the British empire. Gustavus T. Kirby
OF Columbia tried to bring about such a
meeting at the time of the Olympic
games, but failed, much for the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
BANKERS LEAGUE.
American Security Trounces the
National City Team.

American Security trounced National
City i'm the Bankers League Yesterday
afternoon, score IL to 4. Rawlings
pitched q clever game for the winners,
striking out fifteen and allowing but
three safe bingles. He was very wild
at times. but this did not prevent him
from keeping down the score, for his
strike-outs were pretty we'll distributed
throughout the nine innings, and came
when needed.
Scharf started the game for National
City, but has been suffering from a sore
arm, and SO was taken out in the mid
die of the game. Holden, who succeeded
him. proved somewhat of stumbling
block to the Trust Company. with the
exception of one inning. MaIoney threw
a man out at first on a hit to right.
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
BRIGHTWOOD THE WINNER.
Defeats Petworth in One-Sided
Game, 8 to g.

Brentwood defeated PetWorth yeSter-
day by hard hitting and by taking adj
vantage of its opponents errors.
The game was fast and interesting I'M
til the seventh inning, when the Petworth
team went to pieces.
Payne, on the slab for BrightwoOd
held Petworth down well, but was lucky
in getting away with SO low Il score
charged against him.
the middle garden for Petworth, his stab
of Plunketts liner being as pretty a
piece Of fielding as has been seen in these
parts for many a long day. Mount
Pleasant has taken the franchise for
feited by Reed, and will play its first
game Monday against Silver Spring.
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
PILLIVANT'S MARATHON.
Chicago Runner Wins Missouri Ath
letic Club Event.

ST. LOUIS. May Ill. J. Pillivant OF
Chicago won the sixth annual marathon
race of the Missouri Athletic Club toda y
in 2 hours, 5S minutes and 5S seconds
Joseph Erxleben of the Missouri Athletic
Club was cenond. finishing five seconds
behind the winner Sidney II. Hatch OF
Chicago was third.
Erxleben was in the lead from the start
ing point at Freeburg, H., until near the
finish when an automobile turned in
front of him and caused a Slackening OF
his pace. This permitted Pilivant to
forge ahead
The record of the course-2 hours and
40 minuteS-is held by Erxleben. the win
ner Of last years race. Forty-one run
ners entered. all but ten started and
twenty-five finished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

in the whole history of the prize ring.
yet none said base ball should stops. And
as for foot ball-well, | wouldn't knock
any sport.
Too Much Dope on Ketchell.
Funny how the recent fight between
Sam Langford and Stanley ketchell has
created a somewhat better partisan feel
ing in New York. neither man being a
resident. and the contest having been
fought i'll Philadelphia. | suspected when
saw 50 much KctchclI dope being print
Ell in Gotham that there might he some
thing in the wind. Then the lotldeSt
ShouterS for KctchcIl who had visited his
training quarters and written signed
statements were the most vigorous in de-
rlarin- that M. had Won. ! wasn't at the
ringSde. but from the best Judges |
learned that I.angford won the decision.
The effort To boost kctChell was too APP
parent, and from all l can sec / wouldn I
advise Stanley to he i'm too much hurry
to meet Langford again. for | sincerely
believe that the latter has been coming
on while Kctchell has lost his punch and
is fading away. | wouldn't judge Lang
ford on the result of this limited round
bout. for he had good reasons for pull
ing little To my mind he can beat
ketchell in a long fight, and from where
we sit he looks as if he might have
something on Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Wisconsin Defeats Minnesota.

MADISON. Wis. May lin the dual
track meet here today Wisconsin defeat
ed Minnesota, S1la TO 44l2. Ideal weather
prevailed and good marks were made in
every event Hill of Minnesota was the
star of the meet, taking first in 1O0-yard
and 220-yard dashes and the quarter-mile
run. Hill equaled the conference record
of o A. i'm the 10o-yard dash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Capital City League.
Aloysius Beats St. Stephens.

Before large crowd yesterday after
noon at the Capital City League Park
the Aloysius club won victory over
it's old-time rivals. the st. Stephens, by
the score of 10 to 4.
The ST. Stephens took the lead first
and things after that session went sec
saving until the fifth. when Wooden
weakened. allowing the Swampood!t
boys to score three runs Murphy re-
lieved Wooden at this stage of the game
and held them hitless. but it was too
late, darkness made its appearance
and Hofmann had to call the game.
The Score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Collegiate Basket Ball.

PHILADELPHIA, May 14.-Announce-
ment was made the other day that the
annual meeting of the collegiate basket
ball rules committee will be held in New
York June 4. Delegates from all Sec
tons of the country will be, present to
discuss possible changes in the rules for
next winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
TECH IN TIE GAME.
Play Charlotte Hall, All Even at
End of Five Innings.

CHARLOTTE HALL. Nd. May H.
Technical High crosseq bats with the
Charlotte Hall Military Academy nine
today, playing a five-inning game, which
resulted in a tie, ~. ION account Of
the limited train ,,.o,,,, modal ions, the
game had to be Hna at the end OF
the fifth inning. ,fidfiotte Hall has not
lost a game this season. The game was
featured by the playing of Sinclair. who
connected for three safe drives out OF
three trips to the pan. The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
ST. JOHNS TEAM BEATEN.
Hagerstown High School Wins
by Close Score.

Special Dispatch the Star.
HAGERSTOWN Nd, May I4.-Ha-
gerstown High School added another
game to its string of victories here this
afternoon, when the ST. Johns College
Reserves Of Annapolis, Md, were de-
feated by the score Of to >. In \
ten-inning game between these same
teams at Annapolis several weeks ago ST.
Johns won by the score of 3 to .
The score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Weight Makes No Difference.

Some say that JcffTies weighs 2io
pounds and others that he weighs only
49,: pounds. I'm willing to bet that lie
weighs over no. and the night in Frisco
that he soaked me in the ribs | would
have sworn that he weighed a ton. SO
what's the difference what he weighs. 50
long as he is able to he up and about.
Same thing applies to this old chestnut
about the fight being on the level which
should have been thrown away long ago.
There isn't any more chance of a frame
up in this contest than there is between
the devil ard st. Gabriel. Let's get away
from this rot and talk business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Nationals Finally Win
Two Games in a Row
continued from First Page1

over Bob Englaub Bob is hitting the
ball every day. but IL is not going safe
and change is sure to come However
the TACT that he is not getting his accus-
toned number of base hits is not inter
fertng with his fielding. which is stronger
this season than ever before, because he
IS getting chance 10 play first regu
larry.
Why young pitchers who have pent,
of natural ability should take a chance
OF running their arms by foolng with the
spit ball is hard to understand, and vet IT,
was noticeable during practice yesterday
that several OF McCiuire's youngstels
were trying this injurious delivery.
Terry Turner as back in his old position
at short. and he seems TO MI IL as well
as ever. True, Turner's arm is not what
IT used to be, but he manages to get the
ball oevr to first just ahead OF the runner,
which is about all that is required OF a
shortstop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Clergy Takes Wrong Stand"

Wei. it's 70 he expected that the minis
tiers would begin to get busy in their
''resolutinS' against the fight Funny
how the clergy. who always try To be
on the popular side. will kick over a glove
contest. More than one-half of the good
people in America today are reading every
item they can find about the trainin Z
preparations I've even had ministers
ask me who | thought would win. |
don't think l ever heard a tighter say a
word against preacher. Then why
should the case be reversed?
I suppose there will be some opposition
excited against the big mill because of
the unfortunate death of Tommy MCCar-
thy foliowiu. his bout with owen Moran
in San Francisco recently. II seems that
Mccarthy lacked physical fitness i'm his
training and was in generally poor shape.
THIS has been the ease i'm nearly all SINH
lar fatalities in the past There isn't any
chance of such a result July 4. AS a
matter of fact more have been killed
playing bah in the last two years than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

Totals. Il Ii % . 6 Totals. 324il :.
American Security. o q o q x-17
National Ciiy....... - 3 o o. 4
Two-base hits-Rawinss O. Brooks. Three
base hit-Gray. Sacrifice hitS-American Secur-
ity, 4: National City, ;. Stolen bases-Ameri-
can Security. II; National City. 3. First base
Holden, 3. Struck out-By Rawlings. 10; by
Scharf. 1; by Holden, B. Passed bails-vann,
2; Terfinger, 3. Wild pitch-Scharf. Balk-
Scharf. Time of game hours. Umpire-Mr.
Kinney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
NAVY TAKES TWO GAMES.
Middies Defeat Both St. Johns and
Dickinson College Teams.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May 1.-THE Navy
base ball team did itself proud this
afternoon by winning a double-header.
II put it all over Dickinson College in
the opening game by the score of to
I, and Immediately afterward downed
St. Johns by > to I. in contest that
was of the hair-raisinS order
1t was the third and deciding game of
the series between Navy and ST. Johns
and, strangely, each of the contests was
decided by a single run. The sores:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

First base on errors-PetWorth, ); ErightwO0d.
:, Left ON bsses-Drightwood, 5; Petworth, 6.
First base on balls-On Payne. l. Struck out
BY Garrett. ): by Payne, :. Two-base hits
PInnkett, Seitz Fentress. Payne. Dempsey, Le-
Due 60. Stolen bases--Clayton. .; Mayne (2),
Fague t2,. Douple pay--Claytou to Parker.
Hit by pitcher-Mayne, by Garrett; Feutress
and Oehler.. Wild pitches-Payne, Garrett.
Time of game, 1 hour and A. minutes Umpire
Mr.. Meyers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

Two-b hiiS-O Neil. Taylor. Sullivan anu
lIeinich t2'. Home run-Iiouser: Hits-on
Ga lIagher \: of Wooden H. Stolen fmscs-
Gallagher Moriarity ~, Mcdonald. Double
play-Sullivan TO Hurley. Left on bases iloE
sius, = 81. Stephens. !. First base on balls
g. of Murphy. /. First base crrors-Aloy
sius =: -. Stephens. !. Hit by pitchcr-Diy-
yer. Struck out--By Gallagher. 3 Ivy Leonard: =;
by Wooden. =: Ivy Murphy. I. Passed ball
smith Time of game, l hour 80 minutes. III
pirc-Mr. liofmann
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
independence League.
National Union Wins.

National Upion won clean-cut vic
tory over the st. Paul outfit at Nc
Devitt's Field yesterday. to >, thereby
winning its third straight victory and
maintaining its position at the top of
the ladder.
Greer of the losers allowed but four
hits and famed eleven men, but his
teammates proved to be rocky fielders.
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
44TH COMPANY LEADS.
Fort Washington League Race
Changes Its Standing.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special DISPATCH to the Star.
FORTA WASHINGTON. Md. May IA
The Ath Company went into first place
today when it stopped the 10th Com
pany's winning streak. After losing
two games the 10th Company won six
straight. The game was a pitchers
battle until the fifth. the previous runs
being due to errors, hit batsman, Il
home run and two two-baggers, putting
the game on ice in that inning. Four
hits in a row in the seventh netted
three more. Jerrett. although quite
wild. kept his hits we'll scattered and in
only the ninth inning. after two were
out did the losers succeed in getting two
hits in one inning. Score:
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Two-basc hits-Weaver. Johnson, Jerrctt. Home
rtn-WoodhridSc Sacrifice hit-Leiby. Stolci
bases-Beuhke. Moore. Weaver. Eaton. Left on
bascs-44th Co, % 104th Co. s. Bases balls
on Jerrett. ): OF. Gutrndorf, l. First base ON
errOrs-44th Co, ), 10th Co.. 3. Hit by pitcher
-Howald, Cole. Struck out-By !errett. 4: 10y
Gutendorf. T. Passed balls-Howald. Brown %.
Wild pitches-Jerrett. ). Time of game-1 hour
and 40 minutes. umpires-Messrs. Fleush and
Storms.
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Earned runs-Hagcrstown. .: ST. Johns, l.
base hits Scblosser, Cushwa Ruhl. Bss,s
bails-Of sitter. =; On Dawes. 2. Hit 10y
pitched ball-Micbaelson. Dawes Struck out
BY Sitter, 2: 10y TricsIer, 3: by Dawes s. Stolen
bases Bowers t2f Mason. Thornburc CO, Ruhi.
Michaelson, Dawes. Pollock ~. Sacrifice hits
Mudd, Hoffman Dawes Passed ball-PoliocS.
Wild pitch Dawes. Time OF game hours.
Cmpires- Nessr-. Grove aud Paulsgrove.
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MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.
Virginia League.

At Lynrhburg -LynchhurS. o; Danrille, {.
At Richmond Richmond. =; Forts mouth, Q.
At Norfolk-Norfoll. 4.
At Norfolk-Ncrfolk, 4: Roanoke =.
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Two-basc hit-Sinclair. Sacrifice hit-Ecken-
dorf. Stolen bases-Gill (2,. Lynch %. Few.
Galloway. Norris O.. hurley "a. Austin
Sinclair Allen starltz. Double play.Gill to
Lynch Bases on bals-Of Austin. =; off Haw-
kns. .. Hit by pitcher-Galoway. Struck out
BY Austin >: by Hawkins. Z. tmpires-Mes>rs
Smith T. III. s.: Fcnwick, {. Ii. lime of game
i hour and > minutes.
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Earned runs-Navy. 1. Three-hase hft-Mesde
Sacrifice hits-tiiam. Dpple. Conway. Bases on
balls-of Meade, >: on Beanchamp. l. Struek
out by MeaGr. :. lay Beauchamp. - Doupic
plays-Foiey Dlppie to Cook 81. wild pitches
Meade. >. ,'mpre-Mr kmsey of Baltimore
Time OF game--l hour and III minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

Left on bases National Union Is; st. Paul. D..
First base ou balls Greer. 3; on Ebert. l..
Struck nut-Iv Greer. IL Ebert. =. Three -base
hir--Nalicr. sacrifice hit-Farsiry. Stolen bases
Waller 60, McMorris -. Gates. Fri>to. Double
plsys-G. Herbert +" Morgan to r.. Herbert: Nor
gan to Frsto. Passed balls Stewart. Goodman
I'mpirc-Mr. Webb. Time of ganle-1 hour and
10 minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Why International Meet Failed.

1t was not TO be wondered al that the
proposed international track and field
meet between Harvard and Yale on this
side and England and oxford OF the
other failed To materialize. Without in
tending to impute due timdity To the
English col.eSians il is a fact. ncVerth,-
less, that they always await u favorable
opportunity before agreeing TO meet tn ir
American cousins on track and field. By
a favorable opportunity is meant some
thing better than an even chance To win
The most casual study of the records
made at the recent Oxford Cambridge
dual meet would convince any one tina I
the Americans would have much the bet
ter of the argument in case of a meeting
With the exception of the three-n,ile run
the Americans arc undoubtedly superior
to the British collegtans. and after their
recent defeats the Britons are not likely
To- walk with open eyes into another
Heretofore Englands principal argu-
ment for not wishing to meet the Ameri-
cans has been Discrimination on the part
of the athletes 10 remain in training dur
! ing the summer months KS matter of
course that was advanced this time but
with IL was another, entirely new. The
presence of the American Rhodes schoI-
ars at oxford is the new factor intro
duced into the international negotiations.
The Yale and Harvard managers took the
stand that these Rhodes scholars should
not be eligible in case Of meet, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

Ar MISUNDERSTANDING. 8; York, ia
innings,.
Al Iancaster-Iancaster, g: Winiamsport. 3.
Al Trenron-Trcnton, &; Johnstown, 4.
At Reading Altoona, 10; Reading. 4.