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-Adverusement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
All, COMERS' TOURNAMENT
At NEWPORT THIS YEAR TO
BE GREATEST EVER HELD

quite IS we'll abroad as at home Tor
his skill with the racquet.
\. ". Niles. Of Massachusetts, mas
beaten Williams this year, and he will
figure prominently in the result
With Williams and Mclaughlin. the
spectators would in all probability be
treated to one of the finest entertain
ments that that court-dedieated as
IT Is IL the making and the passing
Of championships ever furnished.
They have already measured racuuets
once this season, in the New York state
meet at Bay Ridge. when. clashing IN
the final round. the Californian man
aged to down his rival at the end or
a hard fiveset engagement wherein
the Philadelphia Youngster, who had
previously this wear captured the
Pennsyivan State title and the clay
court championship, had all the better
of the going for the first two sets
In view of the comparatively easy
victory by Mclaughlin and his part
uer. Thomas C. Bundv of Los Angeles.
over r d Little and g. F. Touchard
of New York. the American doubles
acha a3pions in the New York state
event when the Californians trium--
phed sn straight sets by the score OF
/ 6-3 ia, the prospect of retaining
1.-THE nat:onaI doubles title on the At
+ lalitlc seaboard seems slim indeed, the
tchs ileaging pair apparently having all
1.-The eGElEment necessary To Its removal
{ to the Pacific coast.
As To the singles crown MefSoHEh-
Inns achievements thus far this year
proclaim him leader among players
Of country wide reputation, He mas
won the Central California cham pion-
shin: with Bundv the Pacific States
doubles title. and by his unaided skill
the singles of that series. also, the
Longwoo0 singles honor: the Western
singles championship: the New fork
State singles and doubfes title; ana
with Bundy the national doubles ties
at Chicago with the right to challenge
the Ali-A American doubles leaders.
DR. James Dwights familiar figure
will no longer he seen lodging in and
iUut bout the courts in the role OF
official referee. for DR.. Dwight resign
cd from thf presidency Of the Nationai
a association last February, and Robert
n. Wrenn of New York former ma :
rional titlist, was elevated from the
vice presidency TO succeed him. Presi-
dent Wrenn will have something or a
task GU out for him in the staging oil
the multitude OF matches called lor IN
1.-THE NJ ming rounds. but he will be
tatdad h. other members of the Ma
, ,tiotal associations executive commit
. tee and board of officers. and also by
, IA great many of the players entered
IN rGe series.
Wee President Henry W. Slocum, 81
New York has been requested by
President Wrenn to take charge OF the
, task of securing and assigning UNI.
piree and lnesmen for the matches
While the big tournament is In prog
ress Newports social season is at fts
height dance viii he given at ths
Casino for the tennis players on fhs
I evening OF Tuesday. the goth, at which
the most prominent matrons OF thu
: summer colony will be patronesses
{ and many other social functions VII
! take place during the week. at whicf
, Ethe tennis men will he welcome guests
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Germans Beaten
on Newport Courts

NEW PORT. r T.. August IA
lawn tennis players gave g tinge Of
an international contest to the open-
ing rounds of the thirty second annual
AH-Comers singles Championship
tournament, which began here today
on the turf courts of the Casino. Herr
man Kleinsroth r r. F'eithaus and H.
Auspuzer led the Teutonlc invasion.
which was turned back ruthlessly ~
the American weilders of the racquet.
Kleinsroth faced the young Harvard
giant, c. Colket Gamer, and the iAt-
ter getting his game into action, dts
posed OF the German at 40, e-I. 0-S.s
s-4-l.ater in the day -Caney- htn14lf-
fell by the wayside under the sktAcl
playing OF George PEABODY Gardne1s
Jr. so, So, 6-2.
E,eithaus. the second OF the Teut0ua,
did not make his appearance on th<
courts until afternoon. Then he Haat
". b. lizard. a washington playef.
lizard was in prime stroke, and siasAeI
ont a victory to the score of S-6, e.1sl
! s-2 ii
Whether or not Auspuzer the th,rss
member of the team. became disheart-
ened is not known, anyway he dfd nat
take his place on court and his d.
fault was chalked up at the end ~
the day.
r. D. Little defeated @. +. TouohR
ard 81. Ga. e-1.
Added interest was lent to tA4
match through the fact that LAtsl~
and Touchard will defend the nat30nMl
doubles championship tomCTreNt
The weather was ideal and nearly ~
the contests were won In straight e4&M
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
RICHMOND WITH DOC AYERS
IN BOX WINS GAME FROM
PORTSMOUTHPLRATES, 5 TO )

PORTSMOUTH, VA. August "
Only two home runs were mace IA
the game here today between ken
mond and Portsmouth, one by eacn
team. Nixon put the ball over tne
wall, much TO the disgust OF Doc
Ayers the premier pitcher OF tne
Richmond club Burke. the long ais
lance hitter OF the Colts. made ths
marathon by duplicating the feat OF
Nixon. The Colts won. TO ), Ayers
being unhittable in the pinehss' eA-
cept in the ninth, when he let UP
bit.
Ayers surprised the fans by elout-
ing thu ball for a two-hase MI. pul
RaleS- wns the real smuggling kia OF
the Richmond. team. He got three
singles Three singles. two two Gag
gers and the familiar home run was
the total pat ~ by the pirates al
distributed among the first SIX on the
batting list.
Foxen, the veteran Virginia leaS urs !.
was on The hring line for castro
crew and was smitten for nIze bases
Including a two Dagger and THE atofe-
mentioned home run by Burke
Umpire q Rrien was the victim OF
an accident A foul nail hit him on
the wrist fracturing a bone ficners
MAYER and Harry Griffin went in as
substitutes and met with the appFoNa'
Of the fans The score
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Washington I cam
Is Made Up From
Come Back Squad
sy ERNEST }. LANl6Ah.

NEW YORK, August lqMties and
miles Of copy have been turned out
this year about the Washington club
bat one patent fact regarding the SEM
ators hasn't been given publicity. to-
Wit: that most of Griffs giadiators
are cast offs Take thu ie Ter Of the
Neutrality-suspicious. first and try 10 re-
member how many times he nag been
canned by big league teams that he
has served az manager or private 1t
IN a matter Of historical record tina
the Old Fox was presented with his
freedom couple of times twenty one
years ago, one % the men who turned
him loose being Charley Comiskey-
then managing the st Louis Browns
and another Arthur ambitious Irwin
at that time bosstng the Boston R@dS
Later Arson fired Grit, and one does
not have to go very far back to re-
call the dismissal Of Washington S
present leader by such astnte mag
mates 49, Frank Jonah Farrell and.
August Hip-Hurrah Hermann So
much for the boss OF the Climbers.
Iet rs now turn our attention to
The pitching staff. Walter Johnson. in
The estimation Of many the aiftiest
pitcher in the world. even niftier than
christie Mathewson. was either fred
by the Tacoma club some six years
back. or was denied trial | forget
whioh His head hasn't been in dan
ger since.
Tom Hughes has felt the axe more
than once The first time his head
Law on the executioner's block was in
1909 Then Long Tom was one oe Jl'r
Mctiraws flock OF Orioles He bad
the misfortune to throw his arm "nf
In game with the Maps, and as the
baltimore treasury Was not tut tc
overfiowipg. Tom was unkindly pre-
scented with his freeaom. Fortunately
for him. Jimmy Collins came alons
and signed him up, taking gampier
chance ON Hughes whip ever ,omine
round again Hughes was worth aaou
/ a nickel and a quarter 70 the Ply-
I mouth Rocks in 1902. but In 1909 MI
value to the team Collins bossed ~a'
/ tremendous.
From BOSTON Hughes moved on u
: New YORK. where he didn't make m
! greatest kind Of p HIT with MS pres
euf boss Clarke Calvin GriHth IN
ord Fox showed In exchange, rom. u
m, knowledge. jumyed the Senator
+ a ronule ef times, once while tak
Stabl was bossing them. and one
/ while Joe Cantillon was in command
trip IN the American associatio'
was prescribed for Hughes in midsnm
mer of ia0a and he fingered in On
C'hiyington organization for year an
a half burning 1t up.
Bobby Groom. 81 Relleyille, III, neVe
mas been discarded ny a major leaga
iteam. bat several times Washinsta
asked waivers on him, and once Ic
Aleer was on the point Of letting Roen
ester have the tall twirler.
John Patrich Henry. Eddie AIT
smith and Alva Williams have stuck
the big show ever since entering
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

but there were many times last year
when John Patrick was trynG to play
srst base. that the fans Of the capital
cftv would have been overioyed 10
read in the public prints that the
Amherst college graduate had neen
sent To some minor league ciaa F7f
seasoning.
Each and every member cf the
Washington fnfieid has been he recap
lent of the Tinware degree Arnoid
Gand4ls style Of first base plaH didh |
suit Charley Comiskey and HUGH Lai-
fy. and Chic" was railroaded o Men
treal. Edward Barrow being the IN
dividual who made the deal tnst sent
him thither
Raw Morgan was signed UP BY JACK
Dunn. OF Baltimore, In the spring Ut
1911. and while ne may have played
In some OF the Rirdlets' exhibition
games. ne certainly didn't pastime n
anv Eastern league championship
events. being allowed TO go to VII
ginia league club without Tiai
Eddie Foster broke into the An1erf-
can league as a member of the High
tanders in 1910. and IT wasn' long
before he WIS back in the Eastern
league. George Stallings insisting that
the midget was wonderfnl athiete
and Arthur Irwin saying ne WASH =
george Mcbride has been used 10
! batnr told 10 beat 1t by the big league
! cIuhs Didn't know that Mac VAS
/ an American Lacquer as far eacS as
I la0te Such is the case. He played
short for Milwaukee in three gam -,
/ and all his batting average III i"e
I earnad for him was release Hugh
! puffy recommending said rei-'lse' la :
ter. II my memory isn't at fauit NC =
! pride failed to please Fred Clarke, IN
I Pi.tsburg. and some one or STANLEY
| Robtnson's numerous managers N sI
| Louis
The only member of the Washing
! ton outfield turned adrift by y
| league team Ia Dan Noeller, though
CLYDE Milan was in danger OF oeine
banished to the minors once or twict
when Joe cantillon was handling
nr matchmaking the Senator'S pa.
was a Pirate in 1905, and Fret Clark
used him only occasionally for pincf
hitting md running purposes soon iel
ting him return 10 the minors
As for those demon coacaers--
Messrs Schaefer and Altrock-tf
iron ball has been tied 10 them NOR
,han once. Schaefers first nla1o
league experienc was gained nnde
Frank Sallee. in Chicago. ana WASH
of long duration, As Tor AltFoeh,
is a moral certainty that LoaisVil'
ared him as far back as 1899, INA
he couldn't hold his job with the no-
ton Americans three years later ah'
that since then both Chicago aa'
Washington passed him up
Ortiz, ! see, says that occasional n:
he may use Handsome Nick as pm.
hitter. which recalls story OF Al
trock's Louisville days the Soiohei
were playing IN New York. aaa t"ic
Nick assayed to pitch against tn
Giants, doing fairly good Work. nu
being yanked each time Of an unbrok
en- row OF clippers. bat for him SAL
Stfckers--I think they were Cnarie
Dexter and Tommy Eeach--cani
through each time with noble three
bag blows and Altrock WAS overjoyet
) assuming that the triples went int
his batting record. which consisted u
n that rtme Of an unbroken row Z
clippers When Nick tsarnsd to tn
contrary he was heartbroksn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

NEWPORT r. l., August IN
Awards Of three all American tennis
champion ships mel half the tota'
number of titles each year placet III
competition -hlrg &c upon play doi us
the merit week o. ten DAYS IN the. "
ty-second national tournament at -Ne"
port with which the season sp"l
on this side OF the Atlantic ~ annual
lv crowned and for which dra"'ns0
were made Saturday. Long before the
big Newport meet. which yearly is as
suming greater magnitude and lncreaS-
ing in importance. has drawn 10
close. the possession OF the NATIONAL
doubles palm for another Twelve
months will have been settled, "AilF
the title in the interscholastc bFahch
will hav. been bestowed upon some
one of the schoolhoy PLAYERS of pf9fa-
lse entered in this secondary series. =
The third and premier, prize IN the
sport. the national singles cnanpfoh
shin. depends wholly-and TINS year III
fashion as never before~-uo"h WHAT
the all Corners singles tourns meht,
with its gigantic field of entrants. VIII
bring forth In the way nj tennis giant
who shall win his way 70 the top
through the seven or eight successive
stages that will divide the struggle
The year 1919 marks an epoch in the
manner Of determining the ieanar Oh
lawn tennis in this country. me
Irnited States Lawn Tennis associa-
ZION determined to tttaasufate tf'fA SeA
son the policy If requiring the Amer
can title holder TO enter the lists on
the same footing as all competitors;
take his chances with the draw. an"
,,t,r hIs wav through If he could by
defeating ali with whom he might be
caljed upon in the elimination process
to cross racquets. .
Champion William A Larned ma :
declined the issue. and out of the kufl-
dreds Of players who have taken part
in the tournaments here and there III
the United States thus far TINS sea
son stand forth almost in Grass o4
themselves two, whose progress mas
heen watched with the keenest inter =
est. Maurice f Mclaughlin OF talt-
fornia and Richard Norris Williams OF
pbttadelnhia. the one far-famed for BIS
msny successful campaigns from the
| pacific to the Atlantic. the other known
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Today In Baseball
August roth.

August 10th.
,sxs-zr,ntx .wor,f4its made In Atm
letlc- Baltimore game. Miller
and Kiiroy pitching.
lsss-Brooklyn and Louisville tear
engaged In smuggling matcn
Fasteners winning, is-li,
pitchers. Mickey Hughes ana
Guy Hecker
Brooklyn swamped st Louis
Browns, 20-4.
1ea4-BiH tScrappy) Joyce. OF the
washingtons, hit Pitcher Phil
kneIl. of Louisville. for a single
and three home runs. total or
- bases The home runs came
in succession,
1ao,-Pittsburs hit Murphy and
Wicker, of st. Louie. al times
safely for a total Of % bases.
4sa2-Ctncinnat pestle6 Jay Hughes
Of Brooklyn. for ~ hits
1ao5--yic Willis. Boston, struck out
IL of the st. Louis Cardinals In
nine innings, but lost his game.
10.
isof--M'ke Mitchell, Cincinnati. man
ufactured three singles. dou-
bile and a home run in a game
with Brooklyn, Mclntire pitch
ing. Superhas' three runs due
to homers.
1aIi-Pitcher Becker, of the wash
ingtons. was touched mp for 20
singles by the Chicago Ameri-
cans.
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Roanoke Tigers
Defeat Norfolk

NORFOLK. VA. Aug is--Rosnoke
La,, nm it's winning streak by beat
,rr the Tars here today In game
mh,en apnaared won by the locals
af,ar The sixth inning In the eisntn
the Tigers fell on McCrary and drove
hin, from the mound Gordon went 10
Mis- rescue but the Tigers had plea
I'M Ave runs. just one less than tne
-rars scorad in the sixth. when they
hated Ehrd hard and had ii.'ia
nasebaIi luck Vance, new eatone'
IN the Roanoke team, dia we'll ne
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Petersburg Wins
From I ailenders

fspecial to The Richmond Nirgiuian}
PETERSBURG VA. August 10
Petersburg defeated Newport News
here today by a score OF to 3. The
game was exciting and was In DOUBT
until the last man was out Newport
News took the lead in the early part
Of the game but the locals la ndsd
on Morrissey hard in the eighth in
nlna. getting a lead the visitors could
not overcome. Score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

y ewpart New =.

BAttFN -
Score by innings n.
Newport News 81 v -
rh,c 100 o q o IS
summary Two-hase hits~-LssSh-
~, lake Busch. Spencer. L.uskey
sfolen hases-Spencer, Bates. Double
nlavx-Iake and Auiey. Spencer. bar
nett. Howedeil Base on nails~~oa
BROOKS. q; off Morrissey, = Lett on
hases-Newport News, :, Petersburg.
4 Hits-On Brooks, II in eight IA
ninrs. struck out--Ry BROOKS, ~
Morrissey. 4. by Hedgepeth, 3, WI
Time ~ ga
Z 90 Umpire, Cowan. Attendan nee
en0
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
VOTE AGAINST BOND ISSUE
FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY ROADS

ESPECIAL to The Richmond Virginian)
wARRENTON. VA, Aug. 1s.--The
special election held in Cedar Run
district on the 18th In Fauguier
county for 100000 bond issue for
merchandising certain roads OF the
district. was lost by d large majority.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

chers CHM. Three base hits--Nanee,
Eneaves Sacrifice hits-Graham'
CHM. Shields Stolen bases-j rahaih'
Dodge Double plays--kneaYes TO
Newton to PRESLEY. Struck out by
Mccrary, 8. Gordon 2. Efird, ); Base
an halls-by M'Crary by Efird 2. Hit
by pitcher Kneaves Pressiy. waters
wild pitch--by McCrary |, Left on
bases-Roanoke 2. Norfolk g. I'm
pire, Mr.. Mcnamara. Time hours
Attendance 500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

ST. LOUIS. Aug l9,-The Giants
took another from the Cardinals TINS
afternoon The disaster pefell the
ST Louis aggregation in the second.
when Herzog. Meyers and Fletcher
brought in a run apiece. Crandaii
pitched for New York. and Saliee for
st Louis The score;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Portsmouth.

Summary Two pase htls' SFtiSf
uudglns, Castro Home runs Ni>"1'
burke. Sacrifice hits Carter Gran
Keetlng. stolen bases Me- onss
struck out by Ayers. J hy Foxen =
Base on balls: by Ayers. J by roSeh,
4 Wild pitch, ny Ayers Lett o.'
tases. Richmond, : Portsmouth.
r.,,n,res n Rr3en Mavers II Grimm
TINE r4s. Attendance, 500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

LONDON, Aug. lS.-br HhoHsS
Upton will make another attempt 70
lift the American cup. To arrange
for the contest he will visit the .ntsd
States some time this fall. ana WIN
leave London about the end OF sept
amber. II successful In making the
ARRANGEMENTS. he will commence the
building Of another challenges ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

New York. 3 st. Louis,
Boston Cincinnati, wet grounds.
Philadelphia Chicago. rain.
Brooklyn Pistsourg,. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
New ork Giants
and Red Sox cam
Win Their Games


Boston. 4. Detroit, 3.
Chicago Phila delphia. wet grounds.
81 Louis-New York. rain.
Cleveland Washington. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

Lame. To-day.

Chicago In Philadelphia.
St Louis in New York.
Detroit in Boston.
Clevela nd In Washington
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

RADFoRD, VA. Aug is,-MrA
scott, wife Of William Scott. a section
hand OF New river. while trying TO
rescue her DOG. was fatally Injured
nv q train this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

Roston n1o1i -
Detroit .... .,,e, o v -
Summary: Two base hits--Gard-
ner. Speaker. Three base hit--Craw-
ford Stolen base--Corridon. Eases
on bails--OH Willett. 3 struck out
BY Bedient. 4; by Wiflett. ;. UNI
pires-Dineen and O'Brisn, Attend
ance. 12.o0A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Detroit.

ed In sensational xtyle. both getting
seven assists, and the latter two put
outs. The score
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

Virginia CIeague Games.
Richmond. s; Portsmouth, ..
Petersburg. 6. Newport News, s.
Roanoke. .; Norfolk. s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

Came. To-day.
Richmond in Portsmouth.
Roanoke in Norfolk
Newport News in Petersburg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

Louisville. 9: Milwaukee. 2
indianapolis. s: Kansas City. ?.
Columbus, 2: st. Paul. 3.
Toledo Minneapolis game post
poned. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

International League Games.
Baltimore Rochester. rain.
Jersey City. q: Toronto. ..
Newark and Buffalo. rain.
Providence. Q: Montreal. l.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

BOSTON, Aug. l9.The Red Sex
took the second game OF the series
from Detroit today, 4 TO 3. A bad
throw by Stanage In the seventh in
ming allowed Speaker to reach third,
and he scored the winning run a
minute later on Lewis outfield NY 70
crawford Gardner and Ball feld-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
standing Of Clus,-
Games To-day

tsans~ AfNsdy.
Brooklyn In Pittsburg
New York in St, Louis
Philadelphia in Chicago.
BOSTON in Cincinnati
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Boston.

TofnIs ...-.. 10 n n
sBatted for Wiliet in ninth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Norfolk.

Score by innings;
podve Double plays
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
CHICAGO WOMAN
TO SEE THE POPE

Chicago, July O. Especially Miss Nellie
sleyin of Chicago will carry the annual
report of the Catholic Womans league
of Chicago to Pope Plus X at Rome
Miss Steven, who speaks French, Span
ish. Italian German, Russian and several
other languages nuently, will go to Eu-
rope as the official representative of the
Chicago women at many gatherings of an
International nature.
Miss Slevin has had charge of the art
and literature classes of the league for
the past two years and recently was pre-
scented with a magnificent pin by the
members of her study class.
This class. before which she has lee
tured for the past year, gave Il sur
prise luncheon for her at the Hotel Con-
gress. to which she was escorted by Mrs
r. J. Mccarthy, although totally I'M
aware of the reception awaiting her.
When Miss slevin was selected for the
honor of carrying the leagues report to
the Pope at Rome it was decided to have
It translated into Italian, a work Miss
Slevin superintendent Recently the Pope
sent his blessings to the league through a
communication from Mgr. Merry del Val,
papal secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07

LABORER SHOULD
USE THE BALLOT

New York. July Especial. )-"Let
the workingmen of your country or
ganize politically as well as econom-
ically; let them use effectively their
powerful weapon, the ballot, then labor
viii bring capital to terms and the fire.
quent clashes between the two elements
viii be eliminated"
Such was the opinion expressed today
at the hotel Victoria by Karl Legien,
president of the international secre .
tarlat of trade unions an organization
of 100000 unionists in 80 countries
Of the world. NJ Legien has Just com
pleted four months tour of this
country, studying the conditions of
wage earners and the methods OF trades
unions and political organizations. His
home is in Berlin.
"We could certainly change condi-
tons in Germany II we had the chances
of labor in this country" continued
Legion. Employers are much better or
ganfzed In Germany than here. The
government and the church are against