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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
VIRGINIA QUINT READY TO
MEET LOCAL AGGREGATIONS
Leaves Charlottesville Expecting to Capture
Both Games to Be Played Here.
Gets Good Relay Man.

out of that school in recent years, will
probably be one of the men to face the
Georgetown relay team in the big meet
in Washington next March.
Word has been received here that Fell
ton will arrive from his home in Massa-
chusetts tomorrow, and chances are that
he will report for track work at once In
g. letter to a. friend here he stated that
he Is in excellent shape and confidently
expects to win a place on the Virginia
team. While at Lawrenceville he was
easily the best quartermiler in the school,
and is credited with fifty-one seconds for
the distance.
FELTON, finished his work at the prep
for the fact that he was detained at his
home would have come to Virginia inn
mediately. There. are number of other
men in the university from Lawrence
last years foot ball team, who was uni
versally picked as all-South Atlantic ma
terial; Walker, another foot ball player
who was a reserve last fall, and Toole,
one Of the most promising short distance
runners on the track squad. Jim Rector,
probably the greatest Splinter ever
turned out of a southern college, was
also a product of Lawrenceville.
At the beginning of next year at least
two more stars from Lawrenceville will
come to Virginia. One is no other than
Carter, the big southpaw of the base ball
club who created quite a sensation last
year by holding Princeton to a fourteen
inning tie. Carter is a cousin TO last
years foot ball player, who is loud in his
praise of his ability. The other man is
a two-hundred-pound fullback who has
been a terror to northern preparatory
school elevens for the past. three years
Since Jimmy RectOr's time Virginia has
replaced Princeton in drawing talent from
Lawrenceville, although 1t is generally
acknowledged that the latter is a prep
school for the New Jersey institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
METROPOLITAN GOLFERS WIN,
Three in Semi Final of Palm Beach
Tournament.

PALM BEACH. January 26.-Three OF
the four semi finalists in the new year
golf tourney are players from the
metropolitan district, and it rather looks
as though history would repeat itself
in regard to Palm Beach golf. and that
New York would carry on the prizes.
II. J. Topping. Greenwich. is opposed to
J. r. Hyde. South Shore. the Florida
champion. In one !. bracket, and ". B.
Hubbell, Englewood. will play q. r
rFarrington, Boston. In the other. w. J.
Corners, Buffalo. in the second division
semi-final, put up q great battle against
w. L. Hodgkins, Chicago, but WAS beat.
en- at the last hole. The other nnalist
i'm this tight is DR.. Daniel karsner OF
Philadelphia The summary:
First nisht-Second round-H. r. Farrinston
woodland. defeated a. K. Bolton. Onwentsia
a and ?: y. b. Hubbell, Englewood. defeated
r. Rumbaugh A4heyille, and =; J.. =. nyGe
South Shore defeated L. y. Martin, AtMton; q
default: H. J. Topping. Greenwich. oe,estco =
r. Southerlaud, Essex Country. ana .
Second division--W. L. Hodgkins, Cnicag0, &c
feated ". j. Connors, Buffalo, mp; Dr. Danie
Karsper. Philadelphia, defeated !. d. sopoAn
Town and Oouutry 8. and 8.
Coosoletiou Of 6rst night-D. Flsgeraaa
Richmoud defeated ID. O.. Wickham Eucsia,
m: r. J. Allyn, Hartford. DEBATED ., 2
spsuldinx, BuislO, and i. " Y. tonei ~
Wannamoisett, defeated @. n. Gelst, VIZ
nersh. valley, and 3; 7. " Faiss Msmpns
dskeated L. n. Stumer, Ravisioe. ana Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
Special Dispat ch to The Star.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, January
26.-Virginia's basket ball squad. ten
strong and accompanied by Trainer
Pop Lannigan, left here this morning
on northbound limited for Washing
ton. where it is booked for two of the
most important games on the schedule
those with Georgetown and Catholic Uni
versity.
The players taken along include Capt
Kearns. Will Rixey, Eppa Rixey. Church
man and Neff, all regulars, and Substi-
tutes Belts, Du Laney, Christian. Gill
and Duncan. The squad will arrive in
Washington shortly after noon, and will
go directly to the Arlington Hotel, that
has served as Virginia's headquarters
for a number OF years.
Trainer Lannigan would not say that
his boys would win both games in Wash
ington, but expressed himself as highly
expectant that they will give good ac-
count Of themselves. There is. however,
who are determined to gain revenge for
the defeat handed out last fall on the
i.ridiron. They are not at all discouraged
over the defeat at the hands of Guilford
last Monday night.
The Orange and Blue will start tonight
game with the following lineup: Kearns
right forward; f. Rixey. left forward; w
Rixey, center; Churchman, right guard
and Neff, left guard The last two may
be replaced by Du Laney and Christian
in the second half. while Duncan Is
booked to play part of the game at GEN.
trip six are more than six feet tall.
Jim FELTON,, ex-captain Of the Lawrence.
Vile Preparatory School track team and
one Of the best all-around athletes turned
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long to expect any of the other clubs to
hand me anything worth while"
Hugh Duffy, former manager of the
Chicago White Sox and now the director
Of the fortunes of the Milwaukee club of
the American Association, thinks that
Vean Gregg next season will fall lar
short of the record he made in 1911.
been injured beyond repair.
II don't think Gregg will set the Ameri.
can League on fire as he did last year,
said Duffy recently. ''He was wonder
game against the White Sox he didn't
have thing, and every time he threw
the ball it appeared to hurt MN. a
couple of players told me that his arm
had gone but it did not appear to pe
as bad as that at the time. and possibly
a winters rest will bring the youngster
around all right. Gregg certainly was q
remarkable pitcher last season. and l
hope that the work which he did mas not
injured him permanently"
Although the training camps do not
get under way until the 1st of March,
there is many recruit right now who is
quietly conditioning himself as far as
it is possible for him to do so. says the
New York Sun. The majority of the new
players realize that the time given them
in which to show major league managers
what they can do is all too short. A few
-
batter may not strike his stride or a
pitcher find his curves until later In the
season. but it is then too late. He is
back in the minors.
or course. a manager can Judge some
what by the general way in which re-
cruit handles himself on the field. put
unless a man can actually show big
league caliber he is returned to some
farm for development. These farms are
really the result of the player limit rule
There is no room on a team now for the
player who is promising but undeveloped
A club is limited to too few players Tor
that The result is that every major
league club controls some minor league
club. where it can send its overnoW. OF
course, it always has to manage to get
waivers first.
The ambition of every. youngster. how
ever, is to stick with the big show. The
wisest of them therefore go to the train
ing camps in good condition, ready to
seize opportunity as 1t flits by and make
the most favorable impression possible
on the man who can give them their ma
jOr league chance.
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BY J. ED GRILLo.

Neither Clyde Milan or Bob Groom will
be hold-outs. this spring, notwithstanding
the fact that both expressed dissatisfac-
ton with the contracts sent them by
Manager Griffith. The head of the Ma
tionals announced this morning that both
Milan and Groom would be satisfied, as
he believed both were entitled to the de-
mands they made on him.
Milan figures that he is entitled to an
increase, because he prayed his best ball
Groom, while he was not a wonderful
pitcher last year, did good enough work
to warrant his receiving encouragement
and Griffith proposes to give it to him.
Il believe in treating players fairly,
said Griff, land there will be no trouble
with either Milan or Groom, so far as
am concerned. Ball players must not be
blamed for trying to get all they can, and
/ have never stood in their way if they
can deliver the goods. Milan's record
shows that he really played wonderful
ball, and l will pay him accordingly. As
for Groom he. too. will be satisfied. They
have not signed yet, but l have written
them both that they need have no fear
of being mistreated, and they will get
what tley ask lOT. 10 pOOI pOhSS ~
have good players dissatisfied for the
sake OF little money. and don't wa",
that kind working for me. Any player
that shows me can get as mucn salary
right here as anywhere in the country
and l want them to realize this fact"
Carl Cashion, who accepted terms some
time ago, sent in his signed contract to-
day The big fellow says he is in con-
dition to pitch right now and is anxious
for the training period to roll around
Griffith has changed his mind and will
not attend the schedule meeting to De
held i'm Chicago by the American League
February Il. Griff sees no occasion for
his presence there. He has given up all
hope of making any trades and considers
the. trip useless. II know what I'll get
when / go there said he. Some Of
these managers will want to trade me a
bat bag for Walter johnson or Milan,
and that will be about all there is to 1t.
1 am going to stand pat with what I
have, for have been in base ball too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
NO RACING UNLESS
LAWS ARE AMENDED
"Bookmaking Without Writ
ing" Ambiguous and Must Be
Defined, Say Turfmen.

NEW YORK. January 26.-Any man
that may wish to go to race track, ball
game or a foot ball match and make a
bet, at the same time handing a memo
randum covering the details Of the
wager to another Individual, may do sc
without fear of arrest. The court Of ap-
peals has decided that point in the
Michael Lambrix case and it has upheld
the common law that betting Is not
gambling But the recipient of the memo
randum may not record the bet because
the anti-gambling laws passed against
the race tracks cover that point.
Because of this decision of the court OF
appeals men who are interested in the
turf were highly elated yesterday and
said: 1.-THE ponies will soon be racing
again. But the solons of the turf did
not share in this view of the case. The
stewards Of the Jockey club refused to
discuss the matter in general. but there
was one. however, who was willing to
talk, and he said:
1--WE know by the court Of appeals de-
cision in the Lambrix case that patron
of the track may make a bet with an
other individual without fear Of arrest
But what it has not defined is the mean
ing Of the law relating to 'bookmakine
without writing. Decisions have been
handed down defining what bookmakine
with writing IL because 1t specifies re-
cording bets, using certain parapher.
MALTA and otherwise states just VIVA.
bookmakinE is. But no one can tell. not
even the most learned jurist. Just what
'bookmaking without writing is or may
mean. The legislature will have to define
Il. Unless the legislature passes upon
this point there will be no racing TINS
summer.
"In 1910 a bill was passed by the SEN
ate which defined just what bOokmakinG
without writing really meant. 1t special
tied and went into detail. but Gov
Hughes objected to 1t. stating that ne
tent and meaning, and might cause con-
fusion and trouble when the courts were
asked to pass upon IT. Senator New
comb had it brought up before the senate
for reconsideration and 1t was killed.
The trouble Is that the courts cannot
decide upon the matter because there
have been no cases Of bookmaking with.
out writing. The law stands just as II
did when 1t was passed by the les1sla-
ture-ambiguous as to intent and mean
have not opened their gates since this
law went into effect no case can be
brought before the courts for decision
1t is, therefore. up to the Legislature to
define the law.
The term without writing was gen.
orally accepted to mean oral betting with
in q judicial opinion. and it was said
that II the tracks had remained opened
after the law had become operative num-
dreds of arrests would have been made
Persons seen talking together or quoting
odds audfbly would have been taken into
custody charged with bookmalking-a cru
SADIE that would have reduced the at
tendance at the tracks to nothing.
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MCDONALD CREATES
SHOT-PUT RECORD
Surpasses Former Figures by
IA 1-2 Inches-Bonhag
Hangs Up Worlds Mark.

NEW YORK, January 26-Patrick Nc.
Donald Of the Irish American Athletic
Club was the stellar performer at the an
nual athletic carnival held by his club q,
Madison Square Garden last night. In
addition to winning the hfty-six-p pound
weight for height, he created q new
worlds record by tossing the eighteen
pound shot ~ feet liz inches, SURPRISING
the old mark. held by Ralph Rose, by ]
foot 2M inches.
George Bonhag Of the Irish-American
A. G. created q worlds record in the
6,O0O-meter run by negotiating the route
in 10 minutes 40 seconds, which is
II As seconds better than tho old mark
Alexander. Trittler. the great German
Splinter, was not allowed to compete by
Terence Farley. chairman OF the regis
tration committee. Though he is regis
tered with the Metropolitan Association
as q member OF the Irish American A. c.,
he had no credentials from the German
Athletic Union showing he is a simon
pure amateur.
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ABE ArTELL Is SUSPENDED.
He Is Barred From Boxing in New
York for Six Months.

NEW YORK, January 26-Abe Attell.
featherweight champion OF the world. and
his chief second. Danny Goodman. in the
bout with X. o. Brown we're disqualified
from boxing in this state for period OF
six months from January Is by the New
York state athletic commission yester.
day. fs a.
The National Sporting Club. under
whose auspices the Attell- Brown bout
was held last Thursday night, will be IN
vestigafed relative to the real owners and,
II perjury has been committed by any OF
the clubs oficers. the organisation will
lose fts license to hold bouts.
Valentine Braun. who fights under the
name Of *. o. Brown, and his manager
charge, Of being q party to any crooked
work during the AttelI- Brown bout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
GOLF ASSOCIATION
GIVES OUT DATES
Open Championship Will Be
Played at Country Club of
Buffalo June II and %.

NEW YORK, January 25.--The execu-
tive committee of the United States Golf
Association has decided upon the dates
for the three national championship tour
naments to be held under the auspices
Of the parent organization. First on the
list comes the open at the Country Club
Of Buffalo, June q and %. The amateur
will follow over the links of the Chicago
Golf Club at Wheaton July % to August
3, while the women's at the Essex Coun-
ty Club. Manchester, Mass, will claim
attention from September 30 to October g.
This selection in nOwfse conflicts with
the similar tournaments in Great Britain,
which means that Americans wishing to
try for the British titles will be able to
go across and then have ample time to
return for the U. 8. G. A. meetings.
1t will be noticed that the amateur
week comes fully month earlier than
the Apawamis affair a year ago. The
women play a trile earlier and the pro-
fessiOnals about q week later than usual
According to Silas H. Strawn, presi-
dent Of the United States Golf Associa-
ton, the Wheaton course will be at it's
best by the end Of July. When the anna
teurs last competed there they pro-
nounced the course as one of the best in
the country. Since then additional traps
the turf should happen to be baked out
there will be plenty of opportunity to use
the wooden clubs.
Prominent golfers of this vicinity are
still talking over the latest official state
ment on the part of the United States
Golf Association with regard to eligibil-
ity in the amateur championship. While
many were OF the opinion that the new
national handicap list. when completed,
would be used as a sort Of a check on the
irrepressible player Of ordinary ability,
few were prepared to see the parent or
sanization come out hat-footediy4 at this
early date and declare that the amateur
championship would be open only to those
rated at 8 or better.
without doubt the national handicap
list will prove an effective means. of keep
ing down the field What many fear is
that 1t may work to the other extreme.
Through negligence on the part of some
club, or clubs. 1t Is quite possible that
golfers Of merit will find themselves un-
able to compete for the championship of
their country when the eventful week
rolls round Provided the national COM
mittee lives up to Its threat to. be firm
with DELINQUENT clubs the chances are that
the offending bodies win learn their les
son.
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AMERICAN WHIST CONGRESS.
New York Team Wins the Albany
Trophy-Other Results.

NEW YORK. January 2e-The Ameri-
can Whist Congress. which 10 being he'd
ut the Knickerbocker Whist Club. has
% far been quite q success. The tourna-
ment started in the clubrooms at the
Hotel Victoria Wednesday. when the Al
bany and Utica trophies were played
for. The Albany trophy was won by
the New YORK Bridge Club team. repre-
scented by Mrs.. Galley, Mrs. McCay, Mrs.
Segur and Mrs. Taliaferro. The Utica
trophy for pair championships was won
by Mrs., McCay OF Baltimore and Mrs.
Tahaferro. Mrs. Galley OF New York
and Mrs Tyler OF New York got drst
place In the opening event for section A
Wednesday evening.
The ncrth and south competition. yester-
day morning was won by Mrs. Brook Of
PhiIadelphia and Miss Dana OF Boston.
and Mrs. Fry and John +. Mitchell ot
Chicago won In the east and west con-
test.
The top scores for north and south
competition In the afternoon were made
by Mrs Rhodes and Mrs. Thompson OF
BROOKLYN. For the east and west by
Nrv. Mckinley Smith Of New York and
John =. Mitchell Of Chicsgo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
By ]. ED GRI1Lo.

The ban which the New York boxing
commission placed on Abe Attell Tor
.'stalling' in his fight with X. o. Brown
last week should be q warning to fight
ers and promoters alike, for to have IT
necessary to punish fighters for. not try
ing will mean the end of the boxing
game In a very short time.
Attell, while undoubtedly a great little
fighter, has been a faker for years. Few
OF his bouts have really been on the
square, but ne found the hippodromlng
Of his bouts more profitable than II ne
fought on the level. The featherweight
champion should have been sat down
upon long before this. and II he is caught
in any more shady bouts he should be
barred from every boxing club In the
country.
But Atten is not the only one OF the
lighters who has been pulling things
around New York. There are several
others who should be Investigated,
though perhaps the action taken against
Atteli may have the effect Of keeping
the others in the straight and narrow
path.
From a player who at the end of last
season was not figured on in connection
with the Nationals future, Bill Cunning
ham is now really the most important m
dividual on the team. Griffith admits
that everything almost depends on wheth-
er Cunny will come through this year
with the same caIiber Of ball that he
showed the fall he Joined the team. II he
does, all well and good. but IL he doesn'
Il will mean experimenting along other
lines.
But while there was nothing particular r
ly encouraging about Cunningham's work
last season, he did show an occasional
flash which led to the belief that had he
been properly handled he might have
developed more than he did. Because OF
lack OF condition Cunny got of poorly In
the spring. So long as the teams posi-
tton in the race was not assured at tina
time II was policy to take him out Of the
game in an effort to streng hen the posi-
ton, but there was no excuse for keep
Ing him on the bench when II became q
certainty that the team could not finish
higher than seventh. Cunningham should
have been played regularly during the
closing months OF the season regardless
OF what his performance might have been
IT would then have been demonstrated
whether there was any hope for the fu.
ture 90 far as he was concerned.
The racing game In England is better
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RERTNENT COMMENT
RIsHappenin&$sr SPortdom

safeguarded than ii ever was here, winch
probably explains why there Is no pre1u-
dice against the sport on the other SIDE
Just to what extent those in charge OF
the sport there protect 1t is demonstrated
by the experience of a prominent trainer
and a well known jockey who figures on
operating on the English turf. Both
were refused license. The trainer, because
he had the reputation of being heavy
bettor and the jockey, because he had on
numerous occasions been suspended for
rough riding. On the American turf there
would be no objections in either instance,
ftightly years ago the sport would prob
ably still be hourtshing.
The death of Billy Delaney has taken
from the pugilistic game one Of the great
est handlers of fighters and one OF the
squarest of sports. AS conditioner OF
fighters Delaney had no equal. He never
sent man into the ring who was not mt
to fight for his life, and he holds the
record for having developed worlds
champions.
Though identified with some of the big
gest bouts this country can boast Of, de-
the profits. He would not promote fights,
but figured only as a trainer. His only
disappointment was al kaufman. he
figured that the husky Californian would
some day be champion. and the work OF
Kaufman seemed to justify this opinion.
but from the moment that Delaney left
him. Kaufman became a mark for such
/ fighters as Flynn and Palzer.
When Harry Davis assemblies the Maps
at Mobile Ala, March H. he will have
| the youngest team in the big leagues and
a more juvenile crowd than Mcguire took
to Alexandria two years ago. Lajoie,
Turner. Easterly. Mitchell, Birmingham.
Peckinpaugh and Graney are the only
ones now with the team who trained un-
der Mcclure in that year OF course. Sto-
vail may be included with the veterans.
but 1t is more than likely that he will find
another berth before the team starts
south.
/ The fact that Cleveland has only one
pitcher who was with the club in the
spring of 1910 makes the twirling stan the
youngest in either league and causes
many critics to pick the Maps for Sec
ond-division berth. There are occasions
In every campaign when the cool head OF
a veteran pitcher Is needed, and Cleve-
land has no such man, Mitchell being the
oldest on the staff, and his experience
covers only two years When youngsteI
In the box goes badly, another equally
young must go to the rescue. There Is nc
Mullin, Coombs or Walsh to save the day
| Harry Davis Is expected to arrive In
Cleveland this week to stay permanently
and begin laying plans for the next cam
paign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
BACK THEY GO.
Tigers Release Seven Players to the
Minors.

DETROIT, Mich. January 26-Seven
members Of the Detroit American League
base ball team were released yesterday.
according to announcement Of President
Navin. Six go to the Providence club
Of the International League. recently pur-
chased by Mr.. Navin.
Outfielder Drake. Infleider Lathers and
Pitcher Lively 81 to Providence in a
trade for Outfelder Perry. The same club
secured by outright release Catcher
Schmidt. Pitcher Renter and Catcher
Reynolds. Ralph Stroud has been re-
leased to Buffalo.
Schmidfs release marks the passing
Of an American League veteran. A lame
arm made him practically valuejess to
the Detroit club as q catcher last sea-
son. but he performed well as q timely
pinch hitter.