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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-26
BY J. ED GRILLo.

1t is to be hoped that when McAleer $
successor takes charge of the Nationals
that he will be given the opportunity to
build up a young team for Washington
1t should be made plain to him that the
efforts to improve conditions here by
means CT securing material from other
major league clubs has proven an abso-
lutte failure, and that a policy which has
for its purpose the development OF a
team will be decidedly popular with the
patrons of the game.
1t should also be realized that if such
a policy Is adopted that too much is not
expected the first year. 1t will take time
to gather together lot of youngsters
who can make good in this company
There will be many disappointments be-
fore the desired end is achieved. but the
individual following such a plan will have
the support of the fans.
The occasional flashes that the veterans
show should not mislead the new man
ager. 1t has been proven that seventh
place is the best that has been secured
with such material and the new man
must start on his housekeeping methods
right from the outset of his regime That
appears to be the only road to success
open to him.
BY securing young players enough sal
as has been the custom here. and. as saio
before. while the change for the better
may not be immediate 1t will eventually
prove successful.
Washington needs ball team which
will gradually improve. 1t is not possible
to turn this present team into winner
over night. There is not enough of
nucleus to make that possible. But there
are some good ball players on the loca
team. and If these can be surrounded
with material which will constantly i'm
prove the time will not be far off wher
conditions here will be what club owner:
and patrons Of the game alike desire.
What a wonderful help it Is to team
to have a couple of hitterS on 1t lik
jackson and Lajoie. Such team need
only good pitching to make 1t winner
for so great a pair of sluggers is Away
certain to be responsible for several runs
What is more important. the effect of tw'
such hitters on the other players Is al
most impossible to estimate. Good hit
tiers make valuable hitters of player
with much less ability, because the oppor
tunities for hits become greater unde
such conditions.
Any ball team with a pair of player
on it who can bat around the 400 mari
is on a fair way to success, even If II ha
mediocre material in many other posi-
tiOns.
Unusual as it may SEEM Chicago fan
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PANSY .sILvER's TRAGIC END.
Runs Into Fence at Columbus and
Was Dead in an Instant.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, September 2s-The
fall meeting of the Columbus Driving As
sociation yesterday brought out a small
crowd The event of the day was the
tragic death of Pansy Silver. the chest
nut mare which won a six-heat race at
Detroit last week. In the tedious scor-
ing for the second heat she was in the
bunch next to the rail on the back
stretch when she suddenly ran into the
fence and was dead in an instant. Her
driver escaped uninjured.
The Horse Review Futurity. for three
year-old PAGERS. was the largest purse
on the card and brought out a field OF
four. Fred Deforest was the favorite.
but his half-sister. Miss Deforest, won
in straight heats easily.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Giants Nose Out Reds.

CINCINNATI. September 2S.-New York
won the final game of the series with
Cincinnati yesterday, to O.
Crandall was in superb form, and al
lowed the home club only four scattered
hits New York hit Suggs hard, but SEN
sational fielding. especially the throwing
to bases of Mclean, held the visitors.
score down.
The first two innings resulted in some
fine fielding and no scoring. but in the
third Fletcher started with a single
Myers famed and Crandall died at first
Then Devore singled, scoring Fletcher
but when Devore tried to score on
Doyle's single he was caught at the plate
In the ninth Snodsrass singled, Murray
sacrificed, and, after Devlin had famed
Herzog's single brought Snodsrass home
Cincinnati made two singles In the sew
entf, but both men were caught trying
to steal Merkle started the game al
first but, owing to an injury received
recently. was unable to continue, and
was relieved by Devlin. Score:
R.H. E.
New York OO1O 900 IL IL /
Cincinnati 90 0 90 . U 900
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WOMEN AT THE NETS.
Miss Hbtchkiss Among the Players
for LongWood Challenge Trophy.

BROOKLINE, Mass. September 90
Miss Hazel V. Hotchkiss OF Berkeley.
Cal, national wonien's tennis cham
pion made her first appearance in
tournament at the Longwood Cricket
Club yesterday for the second chal-
lenge trophy offered by the Longwood
Cricket Club The winner OF this
all Corners event will meet Mrs. e. L.
Raymond in the challenge round.
The summary
FIRST round = Miss Eieanora Sears defeated
Miss NJ Southworth, 60. 60: Miss s. Mere
dith defeated MASS S. Doyal. 81, Ga. g.;
Miss Edith Rotch defeated Miss A. Baker. 6-l.
Go: Miss F. Wendell defeated Miss f. Wildey.
bv default: Miss NJ. Romans defeated Miss
Iielen PenhaIlow. CO. 81: Mrs. T. A. Cabot
defeated Miss A. Seaver. 60 Ga: Miss A.
Thorndike defeated Miss r. Harrington, by de-
fault; Miss 5. Chase defeated Miss n. Newton
ty default: Miss II. Williams defeated Miss A.
Grswold. Ga. 6-:, Miss ii. V. Hotchkiss de-
feated Miss Il. Woodward, 6-1. 60: Mrs.
Barger wallach defeated Miss +. Sigourney.
g. G--3 Miss A. Shurtlef defeated Miss C.
rockingham. 10y default; Mrs. J. Warren de-
feated Miss u. Dempster. by default.
Second round-Nliss Sears defeated Miss e.
Pendleton. 81. CT; Miss C. Harding defeated
Miss II. Weston, 60. CO
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The closing day in the Mountain State
League developed a queer situation Ash
land was to play Montgomery. which by a
victory would have beaten Middleport out
of the pennant. 1t was charged that some
one, presumably Middleport partisans.
tore up the diamond. SD that 1t was in
no condition to be played upon, hoping
to to prevent game and a possible
Montgomery victory Thereupon Ash
land refused" to play and the game was
forfeited to Montgomery, upsetting the
Middleport calculations. Evidently Mid
dleport had an idea that Ashland did not
mean to win the game when 1t sought
to prevent it being played
One of the greatest comebacks of the
season was that of Albert Jacobsen of the
Kalamazoo team of the Southern Michi-
gan League, who leads the pitchers of
that circuit. His work Won the pennant
for Kalamazoo. Jacobsen has never been
hit hard, and the percentage of hits and
runs off him is the lowest ever made in
the league. He was formerly with st.
Louis and Washington. but he injured
his arm pitching drop ball and had to
cultivate new delivery. Evidently he
has mastered 1t and is better than ever.
according to the critics, who wonder
that he was not given another chance to
break into the majors.
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nERTINENI @hllENT
X$ssHappenin$$s 1Sportdom

are loud in Their praise Of the Cubs. not
withstanding the fact that the team Is
out of the pennant race.
Frank Chances game fight in the face
be appreciated by the followers of the
game in the Windy city. Though de-
prived of the services of Johnny Evers
and Orville Overall all season. the cubs
were in the hunt right down TO the fin
sh. not to speak of the hole that Chances
own absence from the lineup put In the
team.
With inexperienced youngsters like
Doyle and Sairer to contend with. it is
surely remarkable that the Cubs have cut
any figure at all. A year ago Chance
was credited with having the headiest in
field in the country, yet that structure
has been torn down, and an almost en-
tirely new one has taken its place.
That the team should have been in q
position to make fight for the flag is
nothing short of remarkable. and speaks
we'll indeed for the ability of the Peerless
Leader.
When a ball player becomes unpopular
with the spectators of the town which
his team represents he is placed under
the most severe handicap imaginable. and
the sooner he is given change of clubs
the longer will his days of usefulness
continue. 1t is easily figured that the in
dividual who knows that he must do
everything perfectly becomes overanxious
and nervous, with the result that he does
not play his game
Such player might be a star IL he was
given change of base. but only in rare
instances does he recover his form and
win back the fans without going to some
other point of operation.
That Clarke Griffith's DAYS i'm Cincin-
natl are drawing to close is shown By
the fact that the Cincinnati club has
omitted his name from its reserve list.
All the other clubs have the names Of
their managers on their lists. which means
that it has not Yet been decided to re-
place them. But Griffith evidently Is
through i'm Cincinnati and il would not
be at all surprising to see him back at
the head of some American League club
next season
Ty Cobb is on fair way to break three
records this season. He will most likely
lead in batting, base running and run
getting. thus again proving Jennings
claim that he is the greatest ball player
the game has ever produced. Being
pushed this year by Lajoie and Jackson
for batting honors. Cobb has been forced
to put forth his very best efforts. but it
is when he is pushed that he always does
his best work
Just how the committee which has the
matter in charge can prevent Cobb from
getting another automobile this year Is
hard to see. for when a players value to
his team is considered Cobb undoubtedly
| stands In a class by himself
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Other American League Games.
Tigers Beat Athletics.

: PHILADELPHIA, September %. - De-
troit won the second game of the series
here yesterday, 6 to 3. The visitors scored
all their runs in two innings by mixing
four of their five singles with four passes,
a double steal by Gainor and Stanage,
and two sacrifice flies. Mullin. who was
given perfect support. kept the home
players hits scattered to one an inning,
and Philadelphia total was kept down,
despite the fact that the seven safeties
included a home run, two doubles and a
pair of triples.
The batting Of Crawford and Collins
featured the hitting. McInnees left the
game after being hit on the wrist by a
pitched ball, but he was not seriously
hurt. Score:
r. H. E.
Detroit. ........ q o 4 o o O 2 Ot6 )
Philadelphia. 80. O o . 1 OOO-3 Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-26
BILL DAH[EN SIGNS
FOUR-yEAR CONTRACT
Brooklyn Club Shows Its Ap-
probation of Its
Manager.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PITTSBURGH, September 26.-"Bad
Bill Dahlen will manage the destinies of
the Brooklyn base ball club for the next
four years, commencing in 1872. Dahlen
today affixed his signature to the long
term contract rendered him by President
Charles II. Ebbets, and thereby secuted
rumors emanatins from Dodger head
quarters to the effect that new man.
ager would be chosen.
Ebbets is highly satisfied with Dahlen' S
work since he took command of the
Dodgers. E,bbets holds that it is through
no fault of Dahlen himself that the team
is not higher up in the race. Petty griev-
ances are given as the cause for the poor
showing of the Brooklyn players. Eb-
bets it is said, has remedied this by
boosting the salaries of majority of
his hirelings.
1t is understood that Dahlen will re-
ceive substantial increase over this
seasons stipend Dahen's salary is not
mentioned.
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TO HAVE
BIG SCOREBOARD
Blue and Gray Management
Will Show Worlds Series
Game at Carlisle Contest.

Although the weather conditions were
very unfavorable for foot ball yesterday
the Georgetown squad had its regular
practice on the Hilltop. All the men were
out with the exception of White and
Heiskell who were out Of the game fol
a day or so on account OF slight in
juries The first string men went through
their regular signal drill and showed the
fact that they are developing their speed
daily and should be able to participate
in regular scrimmage as soon as the
weather cools off sufficiently to allow it.
Following the signal drill, Coach Nelson
gave his men some practice in breaking
then sent them around the track before
going in.
Gargan. the assistant coach. is doing
good work with the second-string men.
and from the appearances yesterday.
has been getting in some good work. Inc
scrubs should be well fitted to give the
varsity good scrimmage practice
Georgetown's foot ball management has
settled the contract with local builder
for the construction of new stands which
are to be built at the Hilltop university
this season. The position of the gridfron
is to be changed. the playing field will
be pushed to the east. and Will also De
moved further up the campus. This will
make it possible for the management to
utilize the bleachers on the east side. and
also the base ball grandstard. New
Sc ats will be placed along the entire west
side Of the field and several sections will
also he added to the south end OF the
east stand. There is also to be a row of
boxes on each side Of the field Man
ager Walsh has decided to build a new
entrance to the field. as 1t Is expected
the gates will not be large enough to
accommodate the crowds that are to be
present at the Blue and Gray field this
season.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
the operation of a score board OF the
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CHESS TOURNEY ENDS.
Marshall the Only American to
Share in Prize Money at Carlsbad.

CARLSBAD. Bohemia, September Do
After being in progress five weeks the in
ternational chessmasters congress, begun
on August ~ ended at the kursaal here
yesterday. AS the result of the play in
the twenty-fifth and final round A. K.
Rubinstein of Russia and c. Schlechter
of Austria tied for second and third
prizes, following r. Teichmann, who as
already reported wen his first interna-
tional in the tWenty-fourth round. c.
A. Rotlewi of Russia, who made his
debut here in first-class masters tour
nament, finished in fourth place. +. j..
Marshall, the United States champion.
overlook A. Niemzowisch of Russia ana
tied with him for fifth and sixth prizes.
NJ Vidmar OF Bohemia was placed sew
enth. Four players. A. \. Alechine, Rus
STA; 0. S. Duras, Bohemia; p. S. Leon
hardt. Germany, and DIR. S. Tartakower,
Austria, divided the eighth. ninth and
tenth prizes.
The results Of the twenty fifth round
were the following: Leonhardt won
from Rotleevi, Cohn defeated Fahrni.
Marshall scored against Chotimirski, Burn
worsted Chajes, Schlechter downed Jaffe,
Loewenfsch won from suechting, Alapin
lost to Joiner and Duras administered
defeat to Teichmann. Drawn games
were registered between Rubinstein and
Rabinowitsch, Niemzowistch and Ale
chine. Vidmar and kostic. Tartakower
and Periis and Salwe and Spielmann. Ow-
ing to an error in recording the results
of adjourned games the official score
gives Teichmann a final total of only Is
points.
OF the Americans Marshall alone
shared in the division of the prize mon
ey. P. Joiner OF New York, though
placed in the second division. made a
creditable showing, being bracketed with
Kostic and Rabinowitsch for nineteenth
Toff Of Nou- n
Chajes of Chicago. playing for the first
time in an international contest of this
kind, brought UP the rear with Alapin
and Fahrni both of whom are seasoned
experts.
J. The final scores. which are official, fol-
low:
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csoWashgton eamDscussedb McAber Sports Sorts
MAILER SEES HOPE FOR
NATIONALS NEXT SEASON
Says Team May Be Better Fortified Than
Is Generally Believed-J Johnson and
Cashion Will Be Hard to Beat.

enough to win had the team been able to
score a few runs.
Wild Conroy had the busiest day that
any third baseman has experienced here
in some days. He had thirteen chances
and accepted twelve of them, and some
of them We're anything but easy IL
seemed that the Maps found it impossible
Ray Morgan. who is out of the game
with a bruised heel. is very much down
cast over his injury. 1t is pretty tough
for a young fellow to be forced out of the
game just as he has chance TO De IN
it," said he. Il was particularly anxious
to play third all the rest OF the season.
for l figured that / would learn whole
lot this fall and he better equipped to
fill the position next spring" 1t may be
several days yet before Morgan Will De
able to play again
Tom Long has not been we'll man
since he reported here and he blames his
rather ordinary showing on that fact
He believes that the change in climate
has affected him, and aside from feeling
weak his eye is not as clear as 1t might
be.
Cleveland is blessed with most for
midable pitching staff. which gives much
promise for the future because It's mem
bers are all youngsters. Bland1ng,
Kaler. Gregg. Knapp and Mitchell are all
seeing their first year in fast company.
though the former two were with the
team last year. All of them are showing
steady Improvement, and by next season
ought to be at their best.
Schaefer and Gessler got four OF the
Nationals seven hits between them.
Scha efer's first single brought in his
teams first run.
With the score | to against them. the
Maps won the game in the seventh after
two hands We're out, scoring three runs.
Birmingham started the round with hit,
but Ball struck out. while Turner sent
up fly to Conroy Then Hughes hit
Easterly IL the neck with a fast shoot.
Banding came through with single,
tying the score. Butcher hit to Mcbride.
who fumbled long enough to allow East
erly to score and then Olsen came
through with another hit, which scored
the Maps final run.
Conroy's triple and an infeld out gave
the Nationals their final tally in the last
half of this inning. The score tells the
rest of it, The score:
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GIANT MACHINE BREAKING
UNDER STRAIN OF HOT RACE
Players Badly in Need Of Rest, and Unless
Pennant Is Cinched Soon They'll
Be IN No Condition to Win.

Southern League during the season just
closed, was turned loose OH the Giants
and he showed no more fear Of the
coming champs than If they had been
tailenders.
Before the fans began to realize that
Griffith had found wonder this young
southpaw had made the left-handed bat
tiers of the New York team chuck their
willows in the bat bag and call for help.
Except for one little tap that Josh De-
wore managed to beat out he might as
we'll have been batting with a fountain
pen. The Chattanooga rube famed the
Terre Haute terror three times, made
Snodgrass sit down twice, whitfield Mar
guard an equal number of times and
spread a couple more through the string
of right-handers.
Experts Think Plank Should Pitch.
In SO far as the worlds series is
concerned. this defeat Of New York is
of peculiar interest. because it runs
exactly contrary to the dope. The
American League experts who have
been watching the Giants with a close
eye have declared that the pitching
responsibility for the Athletics would
be placed upon the shoulders Of Coombs
and Bender entirely. They are both
right-handers. Those who saw Sun
days fight with the Reds now say that
Eddie Plank, the star southpaw, is the
man for Connie Mack to use in the
opening game.
These American League sharps, who
have not seen the Giants in many
games. however. do not realize that
Doyle and Devore are the only left
handed hitters on the club Devore is
VIGOROUSLY weak against southpaws
but Doyle has always managed to hold
his own. Up to the time Benton took
them into camp, the Giants have been
hammering southpaws whenever they
met them. 1t was for that reason that
Connie Mack began jockeying his team
SO as to have Coombs and Bender
ready to shoulder the pitching burden.
The Giants Don't Fear Left-Handers.
The players on the Giants do not
fear left handlers at all in the big series
They point out the fact that McGraw
he'd four left-handers on the club in
1905. and that they slaughtered Eddie
Plank just the same. With more right
handed batters than ever, they figure
that Plank ought to be easier than in
1905
While all this discussion OF the
| title series is going the rounds the
Giants realize that they have not yet
won the National League pennant and
| that there is a lot of fighting to be
| done before the rag is cinched
II believe we have the championship
Won" said McGraw Sunday night, but
we must keep going to keep 1T won
| IL we win two games in Chicago the
| race will be over. We can then take it
/ easy"
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First base on errors-Clevcland. 5. Left on
Washington. 4: Cleveland. g. First base
on tal's-Of Hughes. .: of Blandng. 2. Struck
out-Ry Hughes l. ny Blandins. .. Three base
hit-Conroy. Twohase hts-Schaefer and Ball.
Sacrifice hit-Birmingham. Stolen hases-Milan.
FIherfeld and Graney. Double pavs-Conroy to
Scbaefer: Conroy to Mcbride to Elberfeld;
Walker TO Elberfeld: Butcher to Olson to Lajoie ::
Olson to I.ajoie to Turner. Hit by pitcher-By
Hughes Eastcrly: ny Blanding. Elberfeld. I'm
pires-Mcssrs. Evans and Mullen. Time OF
gamc-1 hour aud 40 minutes.
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Pirates Lose Again.

PITTSBURGH, September 26.-Brooklyn
yesterday for the second time in the
present series. defeated Pittsburgh. to
i Pittsburgh used four pitchers and
three pinch hitters during the game.
Rucker pitched the fun game Tor the
visitors. brooklyn won in the fourth in
ming, when it scored three runs off Hen
drix' who was retired after two men had
faced him, each getting hit.
Ferry finished the inning. several times
Pittsburgh had chances to win, but each
time was frustrated by Rucker. Score:
..t.,s'.~ R.H E.
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ttshurah 10000 OO- IL