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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
GOOD TENNIS AT THE
CHEVY CHASE CLUB
Doyle Brothers to Play Win
Ston and Whitehead Ex-
hibitiOn Match.

The intercity tennis matches between
Washington and Norfolk which were to
have been held tomorrow at the Chevy
Chase Clubs courts have been declared
off by Capt Harold E. Doyle Of the To-
cal club because of the fact that most OF
the members of the team are out of town.
Capt. Doyle, his brother. Conrad B..
and P. H. S. Cake are the only available
members of the team, and it was not
thought advisable to stack up against
the Virginians with such weak array OF
talent This will be unpleasant news in
deed to local followers of the racquet
game, as the Labor day tennis matches
have been a fixture here for several
years.
1t is quite probable. however. that
James H. Winston and his partner. Hugh
G. Whitehead, will come over from Balti-
more. where the team played yesterday,
and that this pair will meet the Doyle
brothers in an exhibition match. and
that the men will also play a. series OF
singles matches. Arrangements are now
being made and it is more than likely
that they will be completed this morning.
The matches will be decided at the Chevy
Chase courts at 10 O'Clock in case they
are played.
Winston and Whitehead should prove
to be quite an attraction, as it was only
last month that they journeyed to Oma-
ha and won the national clay court cham
pionship, which title they will hold for a
year The Doyles need no introduction
to local followers Of the net game. They
have just returned from Chicago. where
they reached the finals in the national
championships, being defeated in close
five-set match by Touctlard and Little,
who later defeated Hackett and Alexan-
der for the title. The local pair should
win this match on past performances. as
their opponents in the second round OF
the national championships. Bull and
Martin, had defeated the Norfolk pair
for the western championship the pre-
vious week.
Winston has been gaining quite repu-
tation in the singles, and his match with
Connie Doyle should be Of unusual
interest Within the past two weeks he has
won the Mississippi valley champion
ship and in addition he has held the Vir,
ginia state championship for several
years. Connie is the present southern
champion. which. Of course. includes Viz
ginia.
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BY j. ED GRILLO.

While there are thirty-three players on the
Washington list at the present time. I'M
less McAleer finds others that he wants
to draft there will not be near that num-
Der when the team goes into training
next spring
Unless there is a change in present
plans several of the older members OF
the team will be cut loose before spring
rolls around. Without going into detail
or mentioning names, it must be apparent
to every one familiar with local base ball
conditions that it is hampering the team
chances to carry some of the men VINO
are now drawing salaries from the local
club. Players who have seen their best
days and are on the down grade cannot
possibly improve conditions here, ana
there are any number of youngsters who
can more than fill their places and stand
a chance to improve as they gain expert
ence. 1t Is, of course, not at all impossible
that some more material will be added
by the draft route. for the privilege to
draft Is in vogue until September 10 and
several players may be added to the list
before that time. But it is a pretty safe
prediction that when the team goes into
training it will be short quite number
Of the players who are now numbered
among those belonging to the Washington
club.
With the material which has been added
of late by means Of purchase and draft
McAleer ought to be able to present
better front than he has at the present
time. True. last year none of the young
sters developed good enough to help the
team, but there are reasons for believing
that the present acquisitions are Of a
higher caliber than were those secured
last year
Let 1t be McAleer's good fortune to
have picked up pair of capable running
mates for Clyde Milan and he will have
rather formidable outfeld. He is sure
to improve his infield with the material
pitchers he has obtained should fail to
come up to expectations he will really
he no worse off in this respect than he IS at
the present time. Johnson. Hughes. Walker,
Cashion and Becker form at least a
nucleus for a pitching staff, and some of
the youngsters drafted should not find
It difficult matter to take the places
of Gray and Groom, who have been little
more than worthless to the team. There
was every reason for standing pat on the
top-notchers. while great things are ex-
pected of Henry. and as for Ainsmith. he
should improve with experience.
The Nationals future depends entirely
on what these youngsters do II they
come up. to expectations the team is
bound to be improved. Even If they
fail the club is making a move in the
right direction by trying to secure every
promising youngster that is available
The system of taking such players as
other big league clubs want to let out
has been proved a failure
While some catchers profess that Wal
ter Johnson is no more difficult to catch
than the average pitcher, it has been
proved that Street is the only one OF
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MACK FINDS PITCHER
AMONG KIDS ON LOT
Astute Leader Has to Get Siq-
nature of Parents to
Contract.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass, September 2.-Connie
Mack entered town the other day, and
while on his way to the ball park saw a
number of youngsters playing on sand
lot. 1t was one Of the uncountable Junior
organizations that abound in the Hub,
but it mattered not to the astute leader
of the Athletics. while seemingly he did
not pay any attention to the players. yet
he was interested enough to note what
the pitcher was doing. He was young
ster below the legal age. but he was
splendidly developed. That night the
youth was sought out by representative
of Comics and he and both the sand
lotter and his parents were afhxing their
John Hancock's to contracts.
Capt. Harry Davis of the worlds cham
pions is the author of the story, and it
has been backed up by scribe accom-
panying the team. 1t was pointed out
that Mack gains some of his most famous
players in the vicinity Of Massachusetts.
He picked up Stuffy McInnes from of a
wharf at Gloucester. Jack Barry from off
college campus at Worcester and Cy
Coombs from off a Maine farm at Ken
nebec. These are but few of the stars
secured hereabouts. It's just the OPP
posite with John /. Taylor. Nearly all
his players come from the Pacific coast
or Texas 1t has been said that he would
not look at a player this side of the
Pacific coast. While he has been gath
ering few stars. after much time and
effort. not to say money, Connie Mack
has stood on the threshold of his native
city and had unrecogniZed stars literally
| fired at him.
1t is said that the youngster secured
by Connie gives ample evidence of de-
veloping into a crack pitcher He has
| this vicinity, and has gained considerable
] local fame.
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FUTURE DEPENDS
ON YOUNGSTERS SHOWING
Chances Are That With Present Nucleus
Team Will Be Better Off With New
Talent Than With Old.

the local backstops who handles john
sons delivery well.
They tell funny story about Jack
Hardy. the catcher. who was with the
scared to death of Johnson's delivery
and would rather have gone to bed with
out his meals than be asked to go be-
hind the bat when Johnson was pitching.
One day in Boston, when Johnson was
working and Street was catching, Gabby
got into an argument with the umpire
and for moment 1t seemed that he
would be put out of the game. Hardy
was the only available catcher, and real
izing this he ran from the bench, picked
Street up bodily and carried him to the
bench
For goodness sake. Gabby. don't get put
out; do you want to get me killed.: is
the way Hardy admonished Street Har-
dy would never allow Gabby to get into
an argument with the umpire when he
was catching Johnson for fear that he
might have to take the job.
Johnson, by the way, had peculiar ex-
perience on the occasion of the first game
he ever pitched for professional ball
team. He was being given trial by
the Seattle club and an exhibition game
was picked out for him to show what
he could do. Most of the regulars took
day off on this occasion, and the ground
keeper. who had some little experience
as a catcher. was selected to catch John
son. Johnson struck out twenty one
men that day, but was badly beaten. and
that night drew his release.
When Walter Johnson bowled the
Highlanders over yesterday he won his
ninth consecutive game and incidental
ly brought his total victories up to
tWenty-o against nine defeats. This
one of .419 for his team. q most re-
markable performance for a pitcher.
Look through the records of base
ball and 1t is doubtful II there is an
other instance on record where pitch
er with team with an average SO low
as is the Nationals has been as sue
cessful as Johnson has been with the
Nationals. The great difference in
the records of the big pitcher and his
team shows conclusively that he has
had but little aid from it, but has
made his mark single handed and
alone
Johnson is undoubtedly a better
pitcher today than he has ever been,
Notwithstanding the fact that he is
not striking out as many batsmen this
year as he did last.
The fact of the matter is that John
son has entirely changed his style of
pitching. 1t used to be that he would
go at top speed from the first inning
to the last. as long as his strength
would hold out. Now he has adopted
an entirely different policy. Johnson
loafs in his games now until he finds
himself in a pinch. when he let's him.
self out to the fullest extent. The re-
suit Of this system is that he always
has something in reserve and is as
good in the final inning as he is in the
first. Whether Johnson has copied this
style from Mathewson or not Is not
known, but that is the system the
great New York pitcher has followed
Conainued on Second Page.l
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Totals. o q IA 2 Totals. II q Ii 3
Stated for Madden in seventh.
fBatted for Chalmers in seventh.
tBatted for Burns in ninth.
New York O o O 0 o OF
PHILADELPHIA ..... 1-6
Two-base hits = Murray. Lobert. Madden.
Chalmers. Doolan. Home runs-Crandall. Lu-
derus. Sacrifice fy-Beck. Stolen bases-Mur-
ray, Merkle Fletcher Struck out-By Cranda,
5: by Chalmers, g. by Burns. 1. Balk-Chalm-
ers First base errors-New York, 2: Phtla-
delphia. 2. Left on bases-New York. ); Phila-
delphia o. Bases on balls-Of Crandal. 2: off
.arquard, L: off Chalmers. 3. Pitching record
on Chalmers. hits and IS times at bat in I
innings; Off Burns no hits and times at bat
In 9 innings; off Crandall, II hits and 35 times
at bat in s1a innings: off Marquard. no hits and
3 times at bat in x OF an inning. Umpires-
Messrs. KLEIN and Brennan. Time of game
hours and 10 minutes.
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GETS NEW PLAYERS.
Des Moines Signs Catcher White and
Shortstop Pinkerton.

CHICAGO. September o.-President
Tip" ONeil of the Western League.
who took over the Des Moines team,
announced today that he had ordered
two players from the east to join his
team Immediately The players are
Catcher White Of Roxbury. Mass. and
Pinkerton, a shortstop, from Portland,
Me.
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TENNIS CHAMPION.
Doughty Defeats Benton for Mich.
gan State Title.

DETROIT. Mich. September e.-Rich-
ard F. Doughty of the Detroit Coun-
try Club this afternoon won the
Michigan state tennis championship by
defeating Chick" Benton of Cleveland.
the title holder. in three straight sets
7-5, rs, 6-3. Doughty's puzzling
serve gave him a big advantage over
the 1910 champion.
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PITCHER IN BAD.
Farthing to Be Reinstated by the
Lincoln Club,

LINCOLN, Neb., September 2.-Pitcher
Farthing Is to be reinstated by the Lin
coin management at once. it was report
ed today. Farthing was sold to the Chi
cago Americans last fall for $1,000 and
turned back by them to the local Western
League club this spring.
He has been benched or suspended most
of the season for inability to get into
pitching FORM
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WASHINGTON.

First base on errors Washington. 2. Two-hase
Cunningham. Sacrifice hits-McBride Hemp.
hill. Stolen hases-Henry. Milan 81 Morgan
New York. 8. Washington. :. Bases on balls
on Quinn, 4: OF Fisher, =; on Johnson, l..
Struck out-By Quinn. A. by Fisher 4: by
johnson. S. Hits-On Quinn, In four innings;
OF Fisher in five innings. Empires -Nessrs
Dneen and Perrine. Time OF game-1 hour and
b2 minutes.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

New York. Z: Philadelphia, 6.
Chicago" 2; Cincinnati. 1.
First game. Brooklyn. f. Boston g. Second
game. hrooklyn. l.: Boston, =.
First game. ST Louis. S; Pittsburgh. 4. Sec
md game. 81. Louis. 1: Pittsburgh. -.
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QUINN FAILS TO
FOOL NATIONALS
HighIanders' Pitcher Is Given
Hard Druhbing by MCAIeer's
Men.
JOHNSON, AS USUAL,
PROVES A PUZZLE
Not Only Holds Opponents in
Check, But Helps Win Game
With Timely Hits.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, September 2.-Whether
the Highlanders had given up before the
game began or whether they lost tneir
ambition after il started is a problem
which remains in the balance. In any
event they tried for about two innings,
then they gave up the ghost The Wash
ington players thereupon damned the ball
all over the lot. ran bases as they pleased
laughed at the discontinue of their rivals
and generally played ball about ID per
cent better than their friends. But it
was largely a victory in which Johnson
draws some of the red fire. On the other
hand. almost. was the case at the
finish of the season of 1910. when the
Washingtons finally did get started and
played real base ball in New York. they
put il all over the team which is hungry
to finish third i'll the race.
Washington played one or two games
last season when the team made a better
showing than the HiGhlanderS and they
We're thickly immersed in another of the
same Kind this afternoon.
Any idea that Quinn can always make
the Washington team resemble bush
leacuers is dead There was one hopeful
10 that effect after a game in Washing
ton, but he passed out Of tie game after
the second inning this afternoon. and no
one has seen anything of Kim since.
Not only did the visitors bat the ball
as If they meant to warp the cover, but
they ran bases we'll. and they fielded we'll
These are all good qualities to have.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE,
TO-DAY

itDA4- TOMORROW.
Pittsb Eh at Cincinnati. st. Louis at Chicago.
ST. Louis al Chicago. Boston at New York.
Cincinnati al Pittsb' Oh
Phila- AT Brooklyn.
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Runs Come EASY.

Even then the Senators were not fin
1sned They polished off the fun with
TWO more runs in the ninth. Gessler be-
gan with solid line drive to right for
base. Walker beat out a hit to the
1nfield Mcbride forced Walker at sec
ond. but knight threw wild TRYING for a
double play and Gessler ran all the way
home. Cunningham singled to left and
Mcbride scored Ainsmith got a base
on balls. Cunningham and Ainsmith made
double steal. and If johnson had been
able 10 keep up his batting pace the
Washingtons would have had another
Dface OF runs, put he couldn't hit farther
than the pitcher and Milan also was o,,t
The score:
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,

Detroit. d: St Louis. =
Washington. II: New York, l.
Boston. {: Philadelphia. 4.
Cleveland. =: Chicago. =.
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NOTES OF THE GAME.
Interesting Squibs Picked Up While
Nationals We're Winning

In many respects it was one of the best
exhibitions of base-running that the
Washingtors ever have given in New
York. Milan only stole three during the
afternoon
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IWO-baSe hit-NcI.aFtDy. Inrtt -UasV nIts
Clarke, Mowrey. Home runs-Wilson Mckech-
ME t2). Stolen. bases-Carey Oh. Campbell
First base on balls-Of Laudermilk. j.. Struck
out-By OTooe. 8: by Geyer, :. Left on
bases-Pittsburgh s; st. Louis, l. First base
on errors-PittsburCh - Iits-Of Geyer u
in four innings; on Laudermilk. In four in
nings. Umpires-Messrs. O'Day and Emslie.
Time Of game-1 hour and As minutes.
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Schedules.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

TO-DAY. TOMORROW.
Ceveland III chicago. Washington Phila.
Detroit at ST. Louis. New York at Roston
Detroit at ST. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
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FIRST GAME.

Totals. 4 s 81 20 ) Totals. S IA 81 Is
"Batted for Gibson in ninth.
tBatted for Ferry in eighth.
Pittsburgh .......... 0 o o o.
St Louis ...... 3 o 2lS
Twobase hits-Byrne, Wilson, Campbell, Ko-
netchy Three-base hits-Huggins, Evans.
Home run-Hendrix. Sacrifice hits-Miller,
Higgins. Harmon. Stolen bases-Hauser, Bliss.
Double plays-Huggins and konetchy; Ellis.
Hauser and Bliss: Bliss and Huggins. Base on
balls-Of Hendrix. i; on Harmon. 4. Struck
out-By Hendrix. =; by Ferry, l. by Robinson,
1; by Harmon j. Passed ball-Gibson. Wild
pitch-Hendrix. Left bases-Pittsburgh. 4;
st. Louis, 4. First base errors = ST.
Louis, 2. Hits-Of Steele, in inning
OF Hendrix 4 In five and one third innings:
of Ferry, 2 in two and one third innings; on
Robinson, = In one inning. Umpires-Messrs.
O'Day and Emslie. Time of game hours
and ~ minutes.
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If Johnson could have made a two-base
hit every time that he walked to the
plate he would have been even more pop
ular than he was. The crowd wanted to
see him hit the ball.
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Pretty hard work for the Highlanders
to bat the ball out of the infield, and yet
Johnson did not seem to be working hard
The farther the game proceeded the easier
he went along and the less troublesome
the Highlanders.
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IF we could have played a few more
games like that earlier in the year the
Highlanders would not have so much on
us for this season." said McAleer. Il in
sisted at the beginning OF the year that
the New York team would not be in the
hunt for the championship this season,
and / don't think that l was far from
right. On the other hand. If one or two
of my younger Players had begun to
show the ability in June that they are
showing now we might be giving some
of those frst-division teams a little run
for their money.
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When it was announced that Johnson
and Street would be the battery for
Washington there was a hearty round of
applause. showing the appreciation that
New York fans have of two good ball
players.
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Most Of the crowd was more interested
in the score of the game between the
Giants and the Philadelphians The
Washington players have a hunch that
the Giants and the Athletics will be the
rivals in the worlds champiOrShip
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Morgan hasn't batted much in New
York. but he has been pretty fast young
player in the field.
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When Gessler did not bat the bail safe
ly he struck out. When he did hit the
ball it travelled. He hasn't forgotten how
to meet it on the trade mark.
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All of the Highlanders' trouble began in
the second with grounder to Knight hit
by Cunningham. Some scored it an error.
1t wasn't. The ball sneaked on Knight
and hit under his hand when he was set
for il.
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Walker swung at such high one in his
first time up that he enjoyed a good
laugh at his own expense.
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When Quinn was being hit hardest
Chase had no pitcher warming up and
when Quinn was taken out of the box the
mischief lad been done. Little things
like that make the New York fans believe
that Chase is not letter proof as manager
of a major league nine.
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Quinn Is Hard Hit.

They are better qualities VIXEN all OF
them get on the job in the same after
noon.
The first inning looked as If Quinn
might have little trouble and the sec
ond brought trouble home in heap. With
two out Cunnnsham batted the ball to
Knight The leather ran under his hand
and then up over his shoulder.
Some said 1t was an error but it wasn't
II was good hit Anyhow Street poked
the ball on the nose after it, and If Hart
right angled triangle game he never
would have got his hands on the ball.
He Knocked 1t down and shut out two
Dagger. johnson batted the ball 20 deep
over the rubber. That was the flying
start. but it did not stop with that. Milan
had to be heard from, and he pokeI a
double to right. Wolter and Chase danced
around the ball, but neither of them
caught IL, and Johnson scored. Morgan
rolled an easy one to Gardner. Ii was
SO easy that Gardner scrambled it awhile
and then oversteppeds it. While Morgan
was stealing second Milan stole home
and comment from the stands sounded
like man singing through a fine-tooth
comb over which piece of paper had
been stretched. Henry drew base on
balls. and when Gessler grounded TO
Chase the applause was perfumed with
so much sarcasm that Chase refused to
look into the stand when he walked back
TO the bench.
In the fourth the Washingtons tied the
remainder of the ballast to Quinn, and
that induced the captain OF the High
landers to throw him overheard john
son began with two-bagger that nearly
went into the center-field bleachers Mi
Ian followed with a single through third
Morgan struck out Henry hit to the
pitcher and Johnson was run down be-
tween third and home. Gessler wallopel
the ball TO right. sending Milan and
Henry home. and scored himself on Wal
kers two-bagger. on which Wolter and
chase again did the scalp dance That
ended Quinn for the afternoon and gave
him an early start to Coney Island.
Fisher started in the fifth inning Cun-
bingham drew a base on balls Street
hit for single band with some bad luck
after Cunningham had been thrown out
trying to steal. johnson could not find
the ball hard enough for another hit, bur
Chase was kind enough TO tumble Milan's
grounder. Milan and Street worked a
double steal and Street scored In the
seventh with one out Mcbride singled to
left and logged home on Cunningham,s
long double 10 left field. The ball ran
against the score board before it had
finished rolling.
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Not a very large crowd greeted the
teams. The fans here have given up hope
for the Highlanders and are saving all
Of their chicken feed for possible
worlds championship.
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Milan's ankle was bruised by a foul tin
while at bat in the second, but that
didn't prevent him from stealing home.
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When Johnson made his second double
he pushed Henphill against the fence
TO the center field bleacher Ten feet
farther and the big fellow would have
had sure home run
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Totals. Il IA - . 0 Totals l ) "a
'Batted for Laudermilk i'll ninth.
Pittsburgh. ....... o o o x-l2
st. Louis. ..... D U . y D.
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Continued on Third PaSe.l
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While some catchers profess that Wal
ter Johnson is no more difficult to catch
than the average pitcher. it has been
proved that Street is the only one OF