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not proved his nemesis Il is likely that
West would have taken his regular turn
behind the bat with Zachary.
Shpley has been at the Maryland
Agricultural College five years. entering
there in the prep class. He has been a
member of the Aggies' foot ball. base
ball and basket ball squads every year
since and has captained in all. This is
his first season with the Bank team. and
he has been very valuable acquisition
More than one game has been Won
through the medium of his hitting the
ball at opportune moments
Then comes that most original Of
characters. Fitzgerald. .Fitz can do
anything from paying SO Tor maintain
ing his rights on the sidewalk too ener-
getically- 10 playing any position on the
field, so he says. To give a good idea of
"FitZ'' the following incident is men,
toned: Last spring when the coach vas
trying to find out the capabilities of all
the men he asked Fitzgerald this dues
tion: 'F'itZ. where did you play last
year and what did you do. Here is the
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his job at first continuously since the
team was originated.
Reggie Rawlings. the best natural hit
ter the local leagues have ever developed.
has been an employee of the Trust Com
pany for several years and has had prac-
tically all his base ball experience as
member of that club. His hitting has won
many a game for the team in the last
three years. and one of the best pitchers
in the District sal dthat he was the only
man in the city he would pass in a pinch
in order to take a chance on another hit
ter. Rawlings has been playing with the
Bankers three years and in that time has
never failed to lead the nine in hitting.
Country Morris and Kendall Myers
began playing ball in two of the local
high schools. the former at Technical. the
latter at Western. Both were captains OF
their teams. Myers held down job at
first base and was conceded to be the best
man in the position In scholastic circles.
Morris caught for Tech and played lit
tie at third base. The work of both men
was excellent i'm nearly all their games.
After leaving Western. Myers went TO
Lafayette. He was a freshman during
the last scholastic year, and made reg
ular place at first. His play was equal to
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who thought that the Bankers had
chance and the statement was made
in one paper that the Cornell club was
making a runaway race and the Bank
ers did not have chance to finish
better than second, in the league. That
prediction was upset and the cham
pionship of the league won. Then
came freely many predictions that the
Bank nine would have things easy in
the post-season series, but another sur
prise came when Interior. a supposedly
weak club. opened the series with
victory over the much-touted trust
company.
There were wise looks and II told you
sos That bunch Of Bank boys were
not to be downed SO easily though, and
they came through with five successive
victories including q decisive one over
Interior winning the honor in their sec
ton. Then it was said: without Fienle.
your star pitcher. you cant beat Ninth,
the champions of the East Washington
Sunday School League. They have a
bunch of htters. and will give you an
awful surprise" The Bankers said moth
ing, bat when the two teams met two
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i'll the Instructions he gave to the coach
at the beginning OF the season. Here is
what he said: II like to win, just as We
all do. but / don't want to win unless it
can be done fairly and without Il single
faint. l want every letter of the code
which governs amateur bail lived up to in
its s:rictest sense, and ! want all the
boys to feel that 10 play the game fairly
and with square intentions is something
TO be desired rather than victory That
is the creed OF man who is d man.
And Mr.. Reside is not the only official
of the American Security and Trust Com
pany who is interested in the welfare of
the boys and their accomplishments on
the diamond. President Charles j. Bell,
Treasurer Charles r. Howe and Trust
Officer Corcoran Thorn are men who have
every interest of the boys at heart and
they never fail to further them when
ever the opportunity presents itself
There is not one of them who would not
do anything possible for the advance
ment Of clean sport and the general pur-
poses of amateur ball. Like Mr.. Reside,
they are concerned with the sport be-
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GOOD CARD OF RACES.
Dr.. Sansbury Will Have Attractive
Events at Forestville Track.

An excellent program is offered at the
Forestville driving park at Forestville.
Md, tomorrow. Several trotting and
pacing races are carded. A horse show
and base ball game are also on the pro-
gram. DIR. J. L. Sansbury of Forestville.
who is the promoter. has offered a good
sized purse 10 the winner Of the races.
He has provided five we'll balanced races
to take place in the afternoon. and after
the horse show, which will be the center
of attraction from 10 am. to 30 p. m.
country dinner will be served. The
base ball game, which will be played In
the forenoon, will be between tho Capt.
toll Heights and Pine Grove mines Sup
per will be followed by dancing In the
evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
Passengers will be transported direct
to the track via bus line. which has
cars leaving 9th street and Pennsylvania
avenue every hour. beginning at O'Clock.
and returning until midnight.
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fellow to ill the position could not be
found, and he has certainly made good il
anybody ever did. He has been a con-
sistent player and was a member of the
first team which represented the bank
Mike began his base ball work at Cen
trail High. paying first base. He was
played semi-pro ball in Hagerstown for
season. He then joined the trust
company, with which he accepted posi-
ton. and he has played second base since
that time
.'Skeets" Hayes has always been
recognized as the best fielding short
stop in the District. and he still is.
There Is not another man who can be
compared favorably with him in that
department Of play. He formerly play
ed with the Cornell team, then shifted
TO the Bankers. He attended Catholic
University two years. and has been
star in each season His work al short
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AUGUST TOURNEY CLOSES.
Columbia Golf Matches Brought ia
An End.

The August golf tournament of the CO.
lumbia Country Club was brought to an
end yesterday afternoon when the final
rounds of the four sixteens were COM
pleted, w. r. Ogiesby, Edward p Brooke
c. f. Langley and OrviIle Drown being
the winners.
The best match was that in the third
sixteen, when Langley defeated West, /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Inquisitive Fans.
Sporting Editor Star:

Sporting Editor Star:
Won't you please reply to questions be-
low in your correspondence column: a.
Are reserved seats for worlds series Of
ball games placed on sale before day of
the game and can they be bought by
mail? (2) What is usual price of reserved
coupon tickets. (3) In case game is not
played do tickets admit to next game?
j. A. DEARING.
"a The methods for dsposing of world 8
series seats have not yet been given out.
CD From So to IS. 90 Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly publish in the Sunday
pink sheet the number Of consecutive
games won by Boehling and the number
of consecutive games lost by Boehling
and the total of games won and lost this
season? FAN.
Eleven Five Other record may be
found in the column of averages.
Sporting Editor star:
Would you kindly state in Sunday s
sporting sheet If Bob Groom struck out
twelve men in any one game this season
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seven games against the predicted win
ners of the Capital City League pennant
and won five of them. lost one, while
the other was tie He started playing
bali In Buffalo, his home city He pitch
ed for a high school nine in that city.
and was attracting a great deal OF at
tention when an alumnus of Georgetown
interested him In entering that univer-
Sty Fienle came to Georgetown, and
ever since he joined the Hilltop base
ball squad has been the mainstay Of the
pitching staff He has done brilliant
work every year. and, in recognition OF
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first appearance in Washington DR. Har-
ban is the only local player entered in
the championship tournament, although
several expect to witness 1T.
Daniel X. Jackson won an interesting
threesome at Columbia in the early part
of the week, Eddie Brooke and George
James being his victims. He beat Brooke
. up and was , up on James at the end
Of the eighteen holes.
The two local professionals returned
from the Shawnee tournament Sunday
afternoon. They did not do as well as
was expected of them in this event, Nc
Leod tying with two others for sixth
place, and Sargent finishing ninth-just
outside of the money. They did very well
their first day. being fourth and fifth at
the end of the first thirty-six holes. but
| their scores on the second days play were
not as good, while several of the players
behind them showed Improvement so Nc
LeOd was the only one to land In the
money. He and two others who were
tied with him divided up the money for
the sixth, seventh and eighth best scores
The new Suburban Club, which is To-
Gated on the old Columbia links on Geor-
gia avenue, will hold its first event tomor-
row. when 1t announces a closed handicap
tournament with prizes in the form Of
silver cups. Most of the other clubs will
| also have special Labor day events. Co.
lumbia and Bannockburn are the only
clubs which have nothing scheduled but
| it is quite likely that impromptu events
will be held at each of these.
Chevy Chase win hold a '.kickers'' hand
/. leap tomorrow as its holiday event This
| is somewhat of novelty, number be-
! ing put in an envelope and sealed, each
i player being allowed to select his own
handicap and at the end Of the eighteen
holes, when all scores are in, the envelope
| is opened and the player whose net score
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and it was decided to continue the
team and place it in another feasue.
That was last spring a year ago. and
tine club won the championship of the
Columbia League and came out third
in the post-season series for the city
title.
After the winning of the champion
ship in the Columbia League. which
was q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the other
clubs showing anywhere near the
strength of the Bankers. which name.
by the way. has been retained as 4
relic of the old Bankers League-it WAS
determined that the nine would be
placed in the strongest organization i'll
the District-the Capital City League.
Enters Capital City League.
At the beginning of the spring just
past the team started out in the Capt.
tai City League with the Cornell club
always known as an exceptionally ca
pable aggregation. There We're few
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Bankers Rated as Strongest
Combination Washington
Has Ever Placed in an
Intercity Series.

project was carried out and the trust
nine won the championship
in that league but the next year interest
began to wane and the league became
defunct. The spirit had taken strong
hold among the trust company play
ers and among the officers of the bank
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cam Is Composed Of Fine
Set Of Boys and Run Main
1y Because Of II. S. Rec
sides Interest in Them.

at third has been Of such a character
that he was given trial by the Gin
cinnati National League club during
the early part of the year. but bad
arm handicappe him. Davis began his
base ball at Business High School. He
was given an all-high job without
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Talking about deal for Outfielder TIL
lie Walker at Kansas City, President
Hermann Of Cincinnati said he could not
grasp the idea of giving up $4,000 for a
man who was hitting no better in a minor
league than a player like Bates was IN
the National. when all major league clubs
were declining to take Bates at the waiver
price. Mr. Hermann seems to have made
a point that should sink In deep
Another of those anomalies that make
base ball the despair of the form dope
sters cropped out i'm the team hitting rec
ords The first team of the maj or leagues
To reach the one-thousandth base hit
for the season is Cincinnati. now a tall
ender in the race, which team also holds
the distinction of scoring the highest
total Of hits for the season-l.0x2.
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taincy for next spring. He has been a
member of the American Security nine
for three seasons. although this summer
he was compelled to go to his home before
the beginning of the post-season games.
just as Fienle was the mainstay OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

place in the intercity series an absolutely
representative amateur nine.
What about the boys themselves? Well,
they have absorbed something of the
spirit which is the result of them being
, together as team. and they are about as
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and who he was pitching against at the
time? $. KELLNER
Groom has not famed that many men
In any one game this season.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your pink sheet If the
Athletics made triple plays 1910 III, L!
Have no record Of such plays.
| Sporting Editor Star:
We have a pitcher who can pitch with
either his right or his left hand Can
he pitch one ball with his right hand
| and the next with his left hand to the
the rule book covering this? 5. a
pitcher is taken out of the box, but
still remains in the game. Can he go
back to the box and pitch again? G. L.
Yes 4neIs there e is neh o4 the
to be taken out of, but he can alternate
pitching and playing any other position
as often as the manager chooses, pro-
es through one time at bat each time
OH the slab.
Sporting Editor Star:
There are three men on bases. me
| batsman hits a ball to the shortstop.
who throws to second base. The SECOND
from first runs over the base while the
ball is on the ground. After the second
baseman picks up the ball the runner
from first to second is not on his base.
Is he out without being touched by the
ball? >. 1.
Not unless he runs more than three
feet out of the base line to avoid being
touched.
Sporting Editor Star:
Batter makes infield hit. After touch
ing and passing first base he stops, turns
to his left and returns to first. making
effort and showing no lncuudiIcH ~
go to second. The first baseman touches
him with the ball before he retouchss
first Is he out?
! i. No. A runner may face about either
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George Mcbride. Walter Johnson.
Frank Baker and Joe Jackson are being
mentioned as the most IfkAy candidates
for that Chalmers automobile.
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lected froln the District OF Columbia. and
they are as certain To give good ac-
count OF themselves as any competent
athletic organization can be.
What is this team they cali the Bank
ers? What really Is the nine which il 10
represent Washington III the intercity
series? How is the team supported and
WHO are the men sho play i? These
are some Of the questions which are bein 3
asked every day. concerning the club
which will strive for amateur honors as
the best this city affords.
Bankers League Started.
Back in 1919 there were many base
ial1 enthusiasts in several of the
largest banks in the city who decided
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JOHNNIE HOLDEN.
be the choice. This Is the first season
that Hoffecker has been members of
the Bankers.
Dyer Fine All-Round Player. !.
Besides these men, there are others
who have done some yeoman work at one
time or another during the season in the
pitchers box. First there is Dyer. who
has not only pitched. but has proved him
self one of the greatest all-round play
ers in the game. There is not position
that Dyer cannot fill creditably, and he
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There will be two events carded at the
Washington Country Club for tomorrow
In the morning there will be q handicap
sweepstake event. medal play, at eighteen
holes, while in the afternoon there will
be an eishteen-hole handicap match
against par. Prizes will be given to the
winners and runners-up in each event.
The September tournament has been an
nounced by the Columbia Country Club,
the qualification round having ended yes
terday. The first round will begin tomor-
row and continue throughout the week.
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team during the regular league schedule.
so was Hoffecker the bulwark in the
final games which decided the city cham
pionship. Hoffecker pitched in four
games in the last series and allowed only
eight hits in all. In three of the games
he pitched he had but one days rest.
Hoffecker started playing ball at Tome
Institute. He did some very clever work
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is the nearest to the number In the en-
yelope will be declared the winner.
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question, and after graduating from
Business went TO Georgetown. He play
ed third base for the Blue and Gray
for the last three years. He graduated
last spring. While at Georgetown there
was never a game in which his OPP
ponent at third base displayed better
form. He is an employe OF the bank.
and has been Tor quite while.
Riddle Steady Player.
Pierce Riddle. indomitable. Indifferent
to anything which goes on around him
outside the game, is one of the steadi-
est men in base ball. He is not brilliant
in flashes and mediocre at times, but is
in the game, giving his best. day after
day. Riddle started playing ball at the
Sparta Military Academy in Georgia,
where he was the star of the team.
He has been an employe Of the bank
for several years, and has held down
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for the prep school and for several in
dependent clubs on the eastern shore of
Maryland. In the fall of 1910 he en-
tered the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, and since then has been the most
capable performer on the hurting staff
every year. Hoffecker will graduate
this year. No captain has as yet been
elected for the 1914 team. but it is a
practical certainty that Honecker will
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first appearance in Washington. DIR. Har-
ban is the only local player entered in
the championship tournament, although
several expect to witness it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-19
NOTED S0C|ALOG|ST
WILL LECTURE HERE
ALEXANDER JOHNSON TO AID.
DRESS COUNCIL OF WORK
ERS AT Y. NJ. @. A.

+. Alexander Johnson, former gen
eral secretary Of the National Con-
ference OF Charities and Corrections,
and now head of the new extension
department OF the Training School
for Feeble Minded. at Vineland, N.
J.. will lecture In Richmond twice
Tuesday, under the auspices of the
Council Of Social Workers ofthis city.
The Mother State and Her Weak
err Children" will be the subject of
his lecture in the Y. M. c. A. Tues
day night at s o'clock. His subject
for Tuesday AFTERNOON at o'clock
in the hall of the house of delegates,
will be announced later The after
noon meeting will be of the charity
workers of the city to discuss ques-
lions relating to social betterment.
1t Is as general secretary of the
National Conference. and through his
lectures and writing, that Mr.. John
son has become widely knaNtn In the
social field. When he entlred on the
work of the conference eight years
ago he took hold of A. membership
Of 1873. He left it with mem
bership of $500. At that time 1t was
Just beginning to widen its horizon
beyond the fields of organized charity
and institution management to take
in the newer forces that were grad
ually being brought to bear on social
conditions. Today II is perhaps the
most virile and far-reaching of the
national n-propagandist humans
tartan bodies. Its awakening effect
on the people of State and city where
Its annual session Is held is such that
a dozen places often vie with each
other in the effort to secure its next
For the last few years Mr.. Johnson
has lived on the shore of an Indiana
lake, where he owns small farm
which he named Yggdrasil His Of
fee was situated in Angola. His new
work Will require his removal to Vine
land.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-19
ELEVEN VOETURNO
SURVIVORS LANO
BRINGS TOTAL TO BE CARED FOR
UP TO TWO HUNDRED
AND -FOUR.

NEW YORK. Oct. Eleven sur
vivors Of the Nolturno arrived here to-
day on the steamship F'lorizel. of the
Red Cross line. They had been
rescued with eight others by the Rap
pahannock, which landed at Halifax
last Wednesday. The eleven brought
the list Of survivors to be cared for
here up to 204,
There were ten young girls and n
rT7Hrrfet w0nau tn the party on tine
Florizel. They were met at pier 81
at the foot of DeGraw street. Brook
lyn. by Miss Ray pearlman and Miss
Cecilia Greensboro. of the Council OF
Jewish Women. and were taken To
the Clara y. Hirsch home. at 32o
Second avenue. Money had been raised
for them in Halifax and they had
been provided also with clothing.
In the company was Mrs. Sarah
Pollock who was on the Nolturno
with her husband and three children.
In the final work of rescue Mrs. Pol
lack was separated from her hus-
band and children, and she did not
know until she got here today that
they had been saved and were waiting
for her Mrs. Pollack was crying
when she came off the Florizel but
as soon as she stepped off the gang
plank she saw her children.
"Ohe thank God, thank Cod she
cried. and IN a second she had her
arms around them, while her hus-
band patted her on the shoulder and
told her that everything was all right.
Three Of the girls were hurt in the
trans shipment. Sliding down lines
they cut and burned their hands. or
were bruised when the rolling Of the
ship threw them against the Vol
turuo's side Esther Kaplan. pretty
girl of about eighteen years, showed
her bandaged hands with merry
laugh.
II slid down the line SO fast that
burned my right hand TO the bone"
said the girl, but that is a little
thing just think, we are alive and
are In America We never thought We
would live to sec this country, The
officers or the Volturno are good men,
Captain Inch was so kind and gentle
with us that we loved him. IF he
didn't have a wife, ] think that some
of MS girls would ask him If he didn't
reed one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-19
COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA. VA. Oct. 1s.--The wo-
mans club held their monthly meeting
on Tuesday at THE Byrd" the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Philip Stoneman, The
subject for discussion was. THE Life
and Works Of James Whitcomb Riley"
There was an able paper on THE
Origin Of Hallowe' en-" written and read
by Miss Mamie Pittman Miller. In addi-
ton to an unusually interesting pro-
gram. The following ladies were pres
emit Mesda:nes Argyle, Dabney Cosby,
r. r. Cowherd. S, NJ Harvey, George
T. Hodgson, r. C. Leigh. s. NJ Mosby.
Philip Stoneman. Louis Stoneman, r, r.
willard. T. S. Wood and Miss Miller.
The guests of the club were Mrs. r. w.
Cosby and Mrs; Jacob Stoneman.
delightful luncheon was served Misses
Katharine and Elizabeth Stoneman as
sistlng Mrs Stoneman.
Mrs Jacob Stoneman has returned
to Columbia after spending the sum-
mer In Ohio
Miss Margaret Cowherd is the guest
OF her aunt. Mrs. u. r. Cowherd, at
Riverview.
Miss Grace Cooke was visiting friends
in town Thursday.
Friday was patrons day and was
celebrated at the high school by an
Interesting program.
The civic league held their meeting
At the high school building on Friday
night There was a large and enthu-
siastic audience.