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The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
PARNBLL GIRL is
UNDER WIRE FIRST
Captures Substituted Race at Juarez
Before Big Sunday Crowd.
Track Slow.

! FL Paso. Tex. Dec. S-Weather and
| track conditions at Juarez this afternoon
| were moi of the kind to insure good sport
| but despite this a big Sunday crowd was
! In attendance. The afternoon was raw
and chilly, and overcoats were an ObsO-
lutte necessity. Overnight rains rem
dered the course heavy, and in Conse-
uuence scratches were numerous. The
third race was riddled by Withdrawals
and was declared on, and another race
at five furlOngs substituted. This race
proved to be the best of the season, and
resulted in victory for ParneIl Girl.
with Jim l.. second and TiIfOrd Thomas
third. Balronia. the favOrite, ran very
poorly. The summary:
FIRST RACE-FIre and one-haf frrIonE. Orpeth.
Is tMo!csWorthl TO l. won; King Stslwsrt. %
iMcCabe,. 10 TO ]. -eCOnd: Maude Mckee 9j
Nathan, TO !, third Time l:IO IS. Janus.
CamArado, Helen Scott, Loving Hose, Dog star. and
LrhiRh also Rn.
SECOND RACE-Fire and one-half fIrlonGS Don
Enrique. 10 CHiID. 10 l. won; Good Intent. 10
twicheln. 10 l. Sccuud: Pedro. 10 tCaranAughn.
90 l. third. Time 10 t5 J. VI. StuEcs. HazcI c..
Ten CHAPMAN Sdnel. and .\h Moon also ran.
THIRD RACE-Five furlDngs. ParneIl Girl llO
Halseyl ) to l. Von: Jim L. ll5 tCGrrolll, TO l..
second: Tilford Thomas Ito (Molcswurthl ) to l.
third. Time. ! % 2j. Rosenta. Fanciue, Quid
Nunc, Abe SIursky. and BAlroniA also ran.
UURTH RACE-FIve and One-haf furIouss.
farior Boy. lis tNicnlh. ! 20 > won; Canton. 10
Hiil. TO !. secund. Edmond Adams. 10 tkirSch
laum'. l2 10 l. third. Time Ill IS. DeerfUot and
EVelmI also ran.
FIFTH RACE-sN furIougs Feather Duster 10
Buxton. 10 ;. won: BAY uf Pleasure la9 tCarrnln
IN l. second Bit Of Fortune 10 jChatlc,j % to l.
hnd. Time. / Il - O7 McGec. LescAr and
OdeIa also ran.
SIXTH RACE-0uc and oDe-cighth mile. Gretchen
e., loS Cavansughl. y 10 !. shorty SnrthcItt
l6 tSteclel. II Ia ). second: Rake. los tSeldenl.
'u !. hind. Time. 2On -. e. W. Kenyon Re
IUTt,r Hose O'Neil. and Virginia Ludssy also rsu.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
COSTELLO ELECTED
HILLTOP CAPTAIN
FOR 1913 ELEVEN
Football Season Just Closed Nets
Georgetown University
$2,60o.19.
DALEY ASSISTANT MANAGER
DALEY ASSISTANT MANAGEF
Georgetown'S Receipts
For the Past Season.

Harry Costello. of Meriden, Conn, who
has played half back and quarter back
for Georgetown during the past three
seasons. was yesterday elected captain
OF the Hilltoppers' 1913 football team by
unanimous vote. This action was antici-
pated. as Costello was the only logical
/ man for the place, and the honor was
deserved
There was spirited balIotinG for the
election OF assistant manager Of the foot
ball eleven for next year. and Oswald
Daley, OF BroCkport. y. Y, brother of
Dap Daley. graduate manager OF ath-
letics. was chosen by a vote of ~ to IS
over Emmitt Morrison. This election as
sures young Daley the managership Of
the team in 1914
Previous to the election, Manager
LoChiot. OF this years team. made his
report, which was unanimously accepted
and he was given a rising vote of thanks
for his hard work.
I.OChiot's report revealed some interest
ing statistics. The football season was
a success financially. and although under
an unusually heavy expense on account
Cf improvements to the field. the erection
Of new stands. &c, the books showed a
net profit OF $2.GOOl9
Georgetown made money on but two To-
cal games The total receipts OF the Vir-
ginia contest was S7.69S. 60 OF which
GeorEetOwns share amounted to $3.50 So
The Indian game brought in $4.049.37, and
the Hilltoppers took 81 $50 So
Manager LoChIOt has done his work
well. and a more popular man at the
helm never piloted a Georgetown football
eleven.
Captain-elcCt Costello is not ready TO
announce his plans for next season. but
il is understood that encient coaching is
already assured and that the schedule
will be one OF the most pretentious ever
attempted by a Hilltop eleven.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
Bill
| Bailey S
l. Column

They still fall for siTday bike races in New YORK
Sonny Coleman is playing on the George Wash
ingtOn basketball quint and says the Hatchetites
are going to spring a few surprises
No raise for Cobb" says Owner Naviu, of the
Tigers. What will you bet Ty gets itS
If the Washington soccCT football team wants A
good player. Why don't they sign Groundkeeper
Fitzgerald Of the Nationals? ''FitZ'' Is not too
old and at one time was 4 star
ado your Christmas shopping carly.
Harry Costello got it-Shakei
Tin going West chirped Budd Wymard the
handsome brother Of skip Wymard, former
Georgetown athlete, wherewith Budd hiked to West
eru Maryland TO recupeTate. He will be back.
Henry Green has a big red touring car. Henry
il the geutlenanly waiter who served the Nationals
in Charlottesville when the big eats were o.
Now he helps Hcrr Ensel manage his bowling aleys,
and comes to work each day in his big red ear
Some class TO Henry. II will not bo long before
Herr Engrl is working for him.
Harry Ward said he heard the banquet Saturday
night was a big Slccess, although he docs not re-
member what happened
You lust can't keep the DALEY family down.
Dams" little brother il the assistant manager
cf GeorgetOwn's 1918 football eleven.
CLARK Griffith still insists that he slew a deer
with A stpne but there those who suspect that
he Is more than a stones throw from the truth.
The Highlandcrs will train In Bermuda next
sprfns in the hope Of aSsimiIating some Of the in
herent strength Of Bsmndas national aoWeE.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09

New York, Dec. 9-BefOre the echo Of
a pistol report had died away at one
minute after midnight tonight, fifteen
bicycle riders, trained to the highest
point Of physical efficiency. and mounted
on as many glistening wheels scurried
away on the first lap of the week-long
race at Madison Square Garden amid the
cheers and handclapping OF lO,OOO PEOPLE
And the siX-day race was on.
The riders who made the first circuit
of the grind for their respective teams
were:
Moran. Clarke. GrOuda. FoGler. Root
Thomas, PerChcot. Berthet, Pam Suter
Ioftes, John Bedell. Cameron, Drobach
Magin. and Wells
Big Bill" Devery. New York's former
chief of police, was honored with the
post of starter. Big Bill fired his can
mister at Is seconds after 70 o'clock, and
the riders were off on their seemingly
unending whrl.
The personnel of the representative
gathering OF world-famed cyclists who
have undertaken to ride continuously for
li2 hours will he found in the foregoing
box
The first hour Of the grind was marked
by the protraCted sprinting Of the for
eigner riders. who wished to impress on
their American fellow riders early that
they were in the race, and that they
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
YALE GRADS WANT
DIFFERENT SYSTEM
Permanent Football Coach Desired.
Undergraduates May Defeat
Proposed Change.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. S.-A sharp
division in sentiment has arisen at Yale
ON er the proposed change in the football
coaching system. The alumni demand
strenuOusly the installation of a graduate
coach with experience, for an appoint
ment of a term of years. but the under
graduates, for the most part. desire A
continuance of the present system, which
calls the captain Of each eleven back
10 the university the following year as
head coach. The question is being con
siGered carefully by Capt. Henry ket-
cEam, who was chosen the past week to
lead the team next wear. by former play
ers who compose an informal cabinet OF
football advisers. and by the newly or
Sanizcd athletic committee
The alumni who were football players
may invite Capt. ketCham TO a banquet
in New York City at the Val" club dur
ing the Christmas vacation for the pur-
pose OF considering the situation and pre-
stnting their demands that a perma nent
coaching system be established through
a graduate coach, appointed for several
wears.
Until the present time the power to
appoint any coach he wanted has un-
dCubtedly been vested with the captain
Of Yale football teams. The adoption OF
new athletic constitution and the ap-
pointment of a new athletic committee,
have, however, changed this, and il IS
now possible for the new committee to
install a new coaching system under the
clause of the new constitution, which
says: 1T (the committee) may. at any
duly called meeting, pass rules for the
conduct of any branch of athletics in the
university"
This leaves matters affecting athletic
policy or changes of policy to the com
mittee instead Of either 10 the captains
or the teams, or to the separate athletic
branches. As the captain and manager
a member of the committee, the changes
are hereafter to be made by cabinet,
instead of by Individual methods
A year ago the alumni demanded stout
ly a change in the coaching system of
the crews. John Kennedy, the profession
al coach, was dropped, and Jim Rodgers,
as graduate coach, was installed after a
banquet OF the alumni at which the re-
quest was made by them Of Capt. RO-
meyn, who consented to their demand.
1t is doubtful, if the alumni request a
similar change of Captain-eIect ketcham
of the football eleven. whether the al
teratiOn in coaching policy will be made
unIv IS it is formally ordered by the new
athletic committee.
The committee will meet soon after
the reOpening of college in January. The
prop, sed banquet of the alumni will un-
dOubtedly bring together more OF the
former football players than were ever
gathered before.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
WITH BUT 10 MEN
LOCAL TEAM WINS
Washington Association Football
Eleven 0utclasses Fort Wash
ington Club, 5 to 0.

Playing the most Of the game with but
ten men. the Washington Association
football team blanked the Fort Washing
ton eleven on the fort grounds yesterday
by = to Q. outclassing the soldiers in every
department
The contest was less than ten minutes
old when Bob Cowan, Of the Washington
team. was kicked in the groin and had
10 quit No substitutes were available.
and the visitors continued play, using
but ten men.
Capt Duncan's team presented a stone
wall defense throughout the conflict
Only three times did the soldiers rush the
ball to within striking distance Of the
visitors goal.
The combination work of the victors
half backs and the speed of Briggs Nelson
and Capt. McGinty was a revelation to
the Fort Washington hosts. who were
kept on the defensive throughout.
King, new man from the Engineers
played his first game with the Capital
team yesterday, and made a good I'M
preston. As soon as he adapts himself
10 the teams style OF play he will add
strength to this crack eleven. Lineup
and summary:
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
Sheckard Defies Father Time.

When the late DIR. Holmes was casting
time backward in its flight and of MAX
ing himself young again just for the
night. he should have consulted Jimmy
Sneckard, the Chicago outfielder, who
was formerly with Brooklyn. He played
in l46 games last season. threw out
twenty-six men, and had twelve errors.
He has been in the major leagues ever
since he Joined Brooklyn in 1895 is still a
star batter, and one of the best ba sc
runners extant. He led all the batters in
the league last year in getting passes to
first, having the remarkable high total
of l22. Considering the foul-strike rule,
the man who gets to first base l22 times
in the season is a mighty handy citizen
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
Cobbs Hits Net s4O.25 Apiece.

Every time Ty Cobb made a basehii
during the season of 1872 he earned $39 65
according to figures Of Herman Wecke
a baseball dopester, and according to the
same busy little statistician in 1910 he
was paid at the rate of 1852 per safety,
while in 1911 he made 1868 per swat, field
ing and base running not being consid-
cred in figuring his compensation. Tyrus
Raymond has been drawing a salary of
5000 for his services each of the last
three years. Now Ty's contract isI run
out. and he wants another calling for
5000 more. and he may get it.
In the last three years, according to
Wecke, Ty Cobb has made 61 hits, while
his salary for the same length of time
was $4,000. If Cobb were getting paid
for making hits alone he would have re-
ceived more than $40 for each safety,
which Is some payment for swinging a
bat and hitting the ball where they
amt"
If Cobb were getting paid for this
alone, his most profitable year SO far
would have been 1910. In that season
he made 1876 hits at a salary of 5000,
which would have given him S4592 for
each bingle. That's a whole lot more
than the average workingman receives
Tor weeks hard labor, SO it can be
seen at a glance that it pays to be the
best ball player living.
In 1911 Ty made 24S bingIes for which
ne received an average of 1858 each.
Ihls was his poorest year, when the
amount Of stipend is taken into consider
alton, but at that it is a very nice little
sum. For each hit in the 1872 campaign
ne gathered in sS9.65. All in all, he re-
cetved for each bingIe in the last three
sessions the wee sum of s4O.25 each.
The demon Tiger outfielder started his
professional baseball career in 1904. when
ne played the start of the season for the
Anniston, Ga, team, and swatted so
de then went to Augusta, where he
stayed until the wind-up Of 1906, when
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
Mathewson Talks Baseball.

New York's big pitcher was the referee
at checker tournament in Boston last
week. Boston folks think almost as much
| of him as a checker player as they do as
a ball player, and they think a lot of
him. whether it is checkers, baseball, or
plain man
OF course the Boston enthusiasts were
eager to know first hand what Mathew
son thought of the worlds series He
told them, and this is what he said:
'SnOdgraSs made some wonderful
catches in the series Some Of them were
phenomenal. and il that last chance had
! been a difficult one he Undoubtedly would
have made the catch.
THE trouble was that ii was too easy.
ard in his mind he was sure Of the out
while the ball was yet in the air. Fl,
wouldn't miss chance like that once in
thousand times. He missed II, though
just as we all have missed them when We
felt surest. Snodgrass did not miss thu
next one which Hooper raped out a
moment later and which was really a dir
ficuIt catch. / attach no blame to Snod-
grass.
''Snodgrass' miss was not so bad a mis-
play as Speakers foul, which several of
US allowed to drop safe, and gave Iris
another chance, which he certainly made
good use Of.
Those things happen, though: 1t Is all
in the game.
II do not think either team played at it's
natural gait in that last clash however,
1t was. of course. a very important game
and everybody who took part in II worked
under great nervous strain. Every one
was overanxious and overcarefuI. and So
did not play so well as he would ordi-
narily."
Mathewson said that joe Wood was
a great pitcher. but that he thought he
showed signs in the post season series OF
being Overworked.
Tn the first game Wood showed what
great pitcher he is when he struck out
Fletcher and Crandall when most any
kind of hit meant the loss of the game
to him.
Wood is a star of the first magnitude:
he has been for the last two seasons, and
he probably will be for some time to
come
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED.

The schedule of the newIy-Organized Y.
NJ. c. A. Gymnasium Basketball League
was announced last night by w. W. Ten
ney. assistant physical director of the Y
NJ. c. A. and coach Of the league The
dates for the various matches are: De-
cember g., Alpha VS.. Beta: December Is,
Gamma VS.. Delta; December 16, Beta vs..
Delta; December 20. Alpha VS.. Gamma;
December %, Alpha VS.. Delta; December
q, Beta VS.. Gamma; December 30, Delta
V. Gamma; January 3, Delta VS.. Beta !;
January 6. Gamma VS.. Alpha: January
10 Delta VS.. Alpha January Il, Gamma
W. Beta; January II. Beta VS.. Alpha;
January 20, Beta VS.. Delta; January a.
Alpha VS.. Gamma; January "a. Alpha VS..
Deltai January u, Beta VS.. Gamma; Feb
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
NATIONALS WIN TITLE.

In ono OF the hardest fought games OF
the season the undefeated National a. C.
whipped the fast Spartan 4. c. at Union
League Park yesterday by the score OF
Is to .. thereby winning the champion
ship OF the li0-pOund class of the Dis
tTict.
The Spartans were greatly strengthen
ed by the addition of several men from
the Mercurys, but they could not gain
through the Nationals line.
The feature of the game was the play
ing of Chick Davis, BOsley, and McDOn-
AID, who put up a great game, time and
again making long gains. Brownie Lem
eriCk and Koogle put up a good game for
the losers. Lineup and summary:
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
No Errors for Rixey.

How Eppa Jeptha Rixey. the elongated
spread-legged pitcher the PhiInes got
from the University of Virginia, man
aged to squeeze through his twenty-three
games without an error is a mystery,
but then he is a mystery over all
His very awkwardness and the unex-
pected kinks and twists to which he
subjects his arms, legs, and body are
said by the batters to be the very fea-
lures that get their goat. Joe Tinker
for one. says Rixey is about the most
weird finger he ever faced, and he sell
dom had the slightest idea where the
ball was going until it was almost at the
plate. Tinker also expressed the opinion
that RiXey was not a mere one-seaso
phenom, but would remain a star as
long as his arm held out.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
.SIX-DAY RIDERS
OFF WITH PISTOL
ON WEARY. GRIND
Annual Bike Race Starts in Madi.
son Square Garden at
Midnight.
RECORDS SURE FALL
RIDERS IN SIX-DAY RACE.

American team-Frank Kramer
and Jimmy Moran.
Australian American team -
Jackie" Clarke and Fred Hill.
Australian team-"Alf'' Grenda
and Ernie Pye.
German-American team-Walter
Rutt and Joe FOlger.
New York-MelbOurne team-"Ed-
die Root and Paddy Hehir.
Irish team-"Grasey" Ryan and
Lloyd Thomas.
French team-Oscar Egg and An
dre Perchicot.
Swiss team-Paul and Frank
Suter.
IowaLOng Island team-John
Bedsll and Worthington Mitten.
DiXie-New York team-"Bobby'
Walthour and George Cameron.
Boston team-"Pete" DrobaCh
and Elmer Collins.
CalifOrnia-New Jersey. team
Percy Lawrence and Jake" Magin.
New Zealand team-"Jumbo'
Wells and Gordon Walker.
PrOvidence-Jamai team-Al-
via Loftes and Clarence Carmah.
FrancO-Italian team-Marcel Ber-
thOt and Maurice Brosso.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
News and Views
on Sport Topics
BY
WILLIAM
PEET.

he went 10 the Tigers. and with which
team he has done such wonderful work
with the bat.
He batted go his first year in the
majors, and then just kept getting better
all the time. His best year with the
bat was in 1911, when he led the league
with 40. Last season he hit 40. and
also topped the batters in the Ban John
son organization. The demon Tiger has
led the league in hitting the last six
years straight. His grand average since
he has been playing baseball is .36l
CObbs batting and fielding marks since
he started playing professional baseball:
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09

ruary g. Alpha VS.. Beta; February Z,
Gamma VS.. Delta; February 10, Alpha VS..
Gamma; February IA, Delta VS.. Alpha;
February II. Beta VS.. Gamma; February
u, Alpha VS.. Beta; February a. Gamma
VS.. Delta; February 2S, Delta VS.. Beta;
March 3, Alpha VS.. Delta: March :,
Gamma VS.. Beta; March 10, Beta vs..
Alpha; March H. Gamma VS.. Delta;
March II, Beta vs.. Delta: March p,
Gamma VS.. Alpha; March p, Beta vs..
Gamma: March IS, Alpha VS.. Beta; March
81. Delta VS.. Gamma; April T. Beta VS..
Delta: April I. Alpha VS.. Gamma April
II, Delta VS.. Alpha.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
All-Army Is Beaten
By Vigilant Forces
COmmander-in-chief Hart Leads Blue and Gray Out
fit to Victory-Assures Locals of
Championship
By c. W. SWAN.

~OMPANY, ateRton Squads right Forward march shouted
Lieut. Buck OGver of the Nigiant fighting machine yes
terday Union League Park and the machine responded
nob attacking the right flank of the Artillery oemen
and when the smoke of the battle had cleared away
found that of the Amen had been counted while
but six of the Nigilants the sick list.
Promptly at O'Clock the first fired Capt Mckenzie,
of the Blue and Gray Army fired the first shot, and struck Corp
Hasch of the Artillery, full in the chest Harsch unable
start, the Vigiants pickets on him.
After terrific struggle lasting for half hour, hoStie
halted allow the Hospital Corps the injured For fully
the sick worked and when ragged
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09

II you figure this may be a long, hard
winter. suppose you were Fred Snod-
grass and had to figure twelve or fifteen
times a day until next April that hut
for mifiing one of the easiest fly balls of
the series you'd have $1,iOO more to
check against as an indoor sport3
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09

TCuchdOwus-MoDpnsId Grace. Kicked goal
Grace. Missed goal-Grace. Suhstitutns-DegnEn
for Towers. BOslcy for johnson, PeytOu for Healy,
Hunt for Gardella, Wasspann for Lanahsn. Tuner
for BrosnRn, MayheT for Cantwell. Referee-Mr.
Dugan. Of GOnzagz College Umpire-Mr Hennace,
Of Piedmont A. e. Timekeepers-Mr. Buck Barton
and Mr.. Schumate. Linesnen-Mf. Crouch, Of
G. W. T., and Kelly, Of Piedmont, A. O.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
BOWLING EVENTS TONIGHT.
TENPINS.

individual Tournament.
lAt Palace AIIeyAJ
Covert. Hariie. Brush.
District League.
(At Rs;hskelIer AucysJ
Columbus rs GOvcTTmCnt Printing OfHce
Departmental League.
CAT Palace AusyS)
Bureau Ts. War
Colonial League.
tAt Palace AreysJ
knrkerhockers -. Pilgrims
DUCKPINs.
Northeastern League.
tAt Northssst Aneys)
CapJtols Us. HaulonS.
National Capital League.
Nationals ~ 7. NJ. {. \ 1t Fat Men. Club.
District League.
BelmOnts 's. ArItnEton- ral Diamond Alleys.
Arcade League.
At Arcade AIIcyA)
LaboHtes vs. Government Printing Ofioe.
Commercial League.
tAt Palace AIeysl
Hahn Co -. Woodward & Lothrnp
Departmental League.
At CAPITOL Hill Alleys
Commissioners ~. Pension.
So. II. II. Clerks League.
At Casino Alleysj
Trafid w. ComTtruIlcrs.
r. II. Y. VI. c. A. League.
tAt Union StatiOnJ
Car Department vs. ShoIs.
h. of &. IntcrcOuncII League.
a. Potomac h. {. Alleys)
SpaldinE Council vs.. Carroll Council
Washington Council vs. kcane Council
Carroll Council League.
tAt Rathskellcr AllcysD
Santa MariaS " Nina.
WestminSter League.
AT Palace AIIeysD
Blues ". Reds
Greens rs. Whites
Ingram Memorial Lcngue.
CAt Ingram CfuTrh Aneysl
Bull MoOee ". Boosters.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-09
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