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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
FIELD AND KENNEL

Winning a stake in leading field. trial
adds greatly to the money value of d
bird dog. as was illustrated in a story
related by Thomas Johnson of Winni-
peg. Manitoba. q noted breeder of fine
pointers. Mr.. Johnsons fine pointer Mani
toba Shot ran second in the Manitoba
derby some years ago. defeating dogs
owned by kennel that had been sweep
ing the field trial board. Greatly chag-
rined over their defeat they found fault
with tho judges decision. Mr. john
son SAYS: They knew they had a
strong contender in Shot y friend of
the manager of the kennel was sent to
me just previous to the starting of the
trial and desired Il price on Shot | said
$50" After he had put up good first
heat the agent came to me again and
said II will take him. l replied, You
can have him for five hundred
This al the moment prevented further
negotiations. When Shot in his second
heat put up brilliant performance the
deputy at its conclusion came to me
almost on the run and said. wen take
him | said You can have him for
1860. | was offered 800. which L re-
fused Manitoba Shot was a great dog.
but owing TO his carly death he left no
descendants. Mr.. Johnson also bred and
owned the great pointer Alberta Joe, and
regarded him as the greatest all-around
pointer he ever owned, and coming from
the man who owned Manitoba Shot,
Manitoba Rap and other great ones this
puts Alberta Joe on a high pinnacle.
BY the way every true sportsman i'm
the land will regret to learn that Mr..
johnson is very i'll at his home in Winni
peg. Manitoba. and will rejoice to near
of his recovery.
The Waterloo cup race. usually
known as the Greyhound derby, was
run at Altcar. Lancashire. England, l'eb-
ruary II. and was Won by HurSweil.
with IIuldee second. Neither dog was Il
favorite in the betting. Hungwel being
The Waterloo sup is an annual coursing
Britain compete for the cup, valued at
$500, and a rich stake.
The many friends of that good sports
man. Sidney Johnston, will be sorry to
learn that he is laid up with a severe
attack of rheumatism
In last Sundays notes the ornitholoEi-
cal name of the ortolan, or Sora. was by
a typographical error. given as ''Parzana
Carolina" 1t should have been PorZana
Carolina Hereafte: this column VIII he
conducted entirely in English
Referring to the note in last Sundays
Star wherein it was stated that the orto-
lan or sora (Porzana Carolina) made sim
gle flights Of 500 miles in its migrations
to the West Indies. a former sailormar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Sporting Editor Star
YANKEE HORSES PENALIZED.
English Jockey Clubs Handicapped
Piles on the Allowances.

NEW YORK. March 1.-The English
Jockey Clubs Handicapped has not treated
American horses with leniency in allo;-
ting the weights tor the various early
fixtures on the British turf. Dalmatian
"A son of E.thelbert. which was raced in
this country bv :. G. Iildreth is asked
to carry lr' pounds in the Queens prize,
one mile ard a half. to be run at Kemp
ton Park March II. The same horse
must take up ia pounds in the Liverpool
cup, mile and three furlongs, TO be
run April 3.
High Bridge, the American timber top
per. has burden of rs pounds in the
Grand National Steepicchase I miles and
81; ards, .Npril I. For the city and
Suburban. one mile aud quarter. at
Epson Apri -. Sill Martin must pack
- pounds and Dalmatian lol. In the
Jttoiicc handicap. a mile and a quarter. at
kempton Park, May 10 Nhisk Broom
has 10 pounds; Sir Martin. III: Adam
Bede, l19. Castleton, 1l3: Dalmatian, lO2,
and Newmarket, o..
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he can WELD mighty punch when oc-
casion demands The clean Knockout OF
Joe Rivers lends weight 10 this line OF
argument. However. like majority OF
genuinely skillful boxers. kilbane is sat
isfied to demonstrate superiority by out
pointing his rivals.
Luther McCarty is trife tardy in the
! announcement that he wants TO box
Bombardier Wells. Only a couple of
weeks ago Manager Gibson of the Car
den offered him Il guarantee of Slo.th 10
meet Wells and he refused TO accept. Glh-
son then arranged match between
Wells and Gunboat Smith, and scheduled
it for March IA. And if the Bombardier
wins that event Jess Willard is to have
the next chance with the EnSlShman
provided the elongated boxer can adjust
his differences with the state commits
sion.
McCartv and Wells would make the
ideal match but it looks as if Luther
has missed his chance for the time being.
If sincere in his desire 10 return to the
ring he can do business with ''One-round
Davis, the Buffalo heavyweight, who.
am told. is just pining away for want of
suitable exercise.
If the French sports have made Billy
Paphe a | to = faVorite over Frank Klaus
for their battle next Wednesday, as Al
Lippe writes, / am at Il loss to under
stand their method of handicapping
fighters. On recent form in this country
Papke should not be that hot a choice
over d good husky lightweight. Still the
Frenchmen may not he the boobs we
ina CINE. Such odds suggest that there
may be something doing.
If Jack Johnson is seriously i'll with
pneumonia, reported, Al Palzer may
as well pack up the 'keister' and come
home. A fat man does not get over
the effects of lung trouble easily. and
V1.I,, a Ill
porker in appearance. 1t would be sew
eral months before the champion could
hope 10 resume training. and it is no
sure thing that he could stand the hard
grind even then.
Johnson is playing in hard luck sure
enough. 1t may be he deserves all that's
coming his way. but it's not for me TO
Judge. The evidence in the smuggling
and white slavery cases will decide
that.
Jem Driscol. the clever English
featherweight. has announced his re-
tirement y few weeks ago Iem and
Owen Moran boxed for the title, and,
although the contest was called Il draw.
the champion was diSguSted with
his failure to beat the Birmingham
boxer decisively he decided to quit then
and there DriscolI is only a few
months over thrty-two, but has been
boxing professionally since he was six
teen and is one of the veterans of the
ring.
In the opinion Of many experts. Dris-
coll was the best featherweight in the
world when in this country several
wears ago Jem hooked I'M with Abe
Attell in It ten-round exhibition at the
time, and boxed rings around the Amer
lean champion, who had been looked
upon as unbeatable at the weight. His
retirement is a distinct loss to profess
sionaI boxing, yet ut the same time Dris-
coll is to be congra tulatcd upon his good
sense in quitting before certain defeat
overtook him Hardly in his prime.
Jen, is an old man., athletes are
reckoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
HAVING HARD FIGHT
CapabIanca Hard Pressed by
Marshall.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS
Will Likely Be Played Here Be-
tween Johns Hopkins and
Georgetown.

With interest in the Havana tournament
at fever heat among the Cubans, Cap
blanca seems 10 b. having a hard fight
to keep on even terms with Frank Ma
shall. the United States champion; while
half d point behind these two. David la
nowski. back in his old sensational stride
waits for break in the pace 10 crowd
TO the front. The Partisan defeated "a
pablanca in the fifth round. bat
lost TO Marshall in the seventh. Ches.
players in this country eagerly await the
score of The s>i-Capaoi blanca game.
as the opening was the Cuban's famous
defense to pot. which he used in the
recent American national tournament
without single loss. kupchick is put
ting up steady game and seems booked
for fourth place while Jaffe and Chaies
will be lucky To beat oui Corzo and
Blanco the two Cuban amateurs
There is every promise that the near
future VIII witness the first interco-
legiate chess match ever staged in this
city. While in Baltimore for the inter
city match and southern tournament.
Mr.. y. r. Whitaker opened negotia lions
with Mr. W. r. Pearce of Johns Hop
kins University for a match with the
Georgetown University team, to he
played al the Washington Chess and
Whist CLUB.
The Washington chess and Whist Club
wishes to extend cordial invitation to
all visiting chess players to make the
club rooms .RS 14th street northwest
their headqus rters during inauguration
week. \ special committee on entertain
ment has been appointed to look after
the comfort and enjoyment of out-of-
town players and MI y. r. Whitaker.
who is one Of the BEST simultaneous play
ers in the world. will give several OF
these exhibitions during the week.
The scores of the TWO following games
are selected from the carly rounds ~
the current havana tournament. and
have not hitherto been published in this
country.
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Capital City Chess and Checker
Club Notes.

The annual club championship tourney
of the Capital City Chess and Checker
Club is now in full sway. with large
number of entrants. Wednesday and
Friday evenings designated as spe-
cial dates for match play. and a large
attendance is noticeable on those even
inss The score Of play to date is as fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor star:
Please state in Sundays pink sheet the
date Of ;he last fGht between Jimmy Britt
and Joe Cans i. v. HALL.
Cans won from Britt BY knockout in SIX
rounds September 9. 1907.
Sporting Editor Star:
VIII YOU kindly decide the following
controversy? In game of cards last
night the dealer. lady. declared that
he had the right 10 elect whether her
opponent to the right should cut the cards
or not while ! took the position that the
opponent had the right to decide that
point and that in all sporting games the
cutting OF the cards is required. Which
is correct? \ READER.
The rules o: all card games require the
cutting of the deck previous 10 the deal.
sporting Editor Star.
VIII YOU be kind enough to inform me
in the pink sheet OF Your next Sundays
issue at what time the joker can be
PLAYED in q no-trump hand of 800?
INQUISITINE.
Only when YOU cant follow suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

OF the outside. Just to SHOW Rube and
Matty that he isn't a right field hitter,
Baker hit the ball through the left field
score board.
In true sportsman style Mathewson
and Marquard arose as Baker neared
the plate, DOTTED their hats and made a
low bow, while players and fans enjoyed
a good laugh at the expense of Wood.
Mathewson and Marauard Wood had
better luck than the two Giant pitchers,
for the Red Sox won out in the next in
ming.
Make Trouble for Pitchers.
Chrsty Mathewson admits that Hans
Wagner is another player who hasn't a
weakness at the plate According to
''Matty' Wagners groove is Il base on
balls. especially III a pinch. Larry Lajoie
is another batter of tho Wagner type, his
groove is a base on balls. Every
now and then Larry refuses 10 accept
such Il courtesy and hits for one, two
or three bases what would be generally
termed a near wild pitch. Larry has sur
prised many a pitcher and broken up
many a game by hitting waste ball.
meaning. of course, ball that the pitch
err intends to be so far away from the
plate as to be impossible to hit safely.
Larry, Speaker Wagner, Sherwood Ma
gee and Sam Crawford are free swingers
Free swingerS are the exception to the
rule in base ball today. bat they are the
most dangerous OF all styles Of batterS,
for they WELD heavy bat as if it We're
a mere toothpick
y number of years ago a. young pitcher
Joined the New York Americans. AT that
time Jack ChesbrO was at the height of
his career. Griffith had selected the
yOungster to oppose the Maps. Natural
ly the kid pitcher had heard a lot
about Larry, and he thought possibly
ton. l was sitting on the bench talking
to Chesbro. when the youngster came
over and sat down beside Jack.
What is the best thing to pitch Lar
ry?" said the recruit.
Larry hasn't any preference" an
sWered Jack with d smile.
You misunderstood me. Jack. said
the youngster, Il mean what should 1
throw Larry to keep him from hitting
Impossible" answered Chesbro When
Larry is up | put everything / have on
the ball and then trust that nothing
serious happens If he is retired 1 am
pleased it wasn't a double. It is it a
double. I'm satisfied because it wasn't
triple. If it is triple. j remember
serious You take Larry the more sue
cessful you will probably be-.
No wonder pitchers feel pleased when
men like Larry. Wagner. Cobb. Magee.
Speaker, Crawford and the rest of the
sluggers are sent back to the bench
without anything serious happening |
once heard a pitcher say that he always
breathed much easier when Larry, Cobb,
Speaker and company We're on the bench.
Incidentally. this pitcher wasn't a fellow
who was inclined to choke up, either.
Copyright, 1918, 10y ". G. Evans.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
FREE SWINGERS MAKE TROUBLE
WITH DRIVES IN CLOSE GAMES
Star Pitchers Have Much Respect for Slug
gers Like Frank Baker When an Ex-
ira Base Walop May Decide
Result of the Contest.

cOncede The eighteenth straight win to the
Nationals hoping The Athletics would be
able TO break the winning streak IN the
second game of the double session After
John Henry, WHO was catching hughes.
let a difficult foul Zip get away that
would have retired Baker on strikes. the
demon third sacker got one to his liking
and clouted ii over the right field wall,
evening UP the score The Athletics won
out in the next inning.
High Opinion of Slugger.
All through last season Baker seemed
to be a thorn in the side of the Washing
ton team. Time after time he faced the
National pitchers in a crisis and he
seemed to come through with the base
hit on every occasion. Near the end of
the season. after Baker had killed Wash
ingtonS chances to win, | heard Herman
Schaefer make these remarks as he
walked from the coaching lines to the
bench. Herman. by the way, was hold
Ing conversation with himself.
Baker In the pinch. Baker makes a
base hit, Washington loses. Every game
the same old story. always Baker. If
our pitchers had passed him in pinch,
the Athletics wouldn't have beaten us a
game this year. / wanted to PASS him
that time. l always favor passing him,
IL the game depends on him. If 1 was
Walter Johnson l wouldt take any
chances on that fellow"
While Sclaeffers opinion of Baker $
ability to hit the ball may seem bit
exaggerated to some. there is a whole
lot of truth in his argument. If there
is an open base when Mr.. Baker steps
to the plate it is usually much the best
policy to hand Mr.. Baker a base on balls.
There is no denying the fact that the
men following Baker in the batting order
are none too easy but Mr.. Baker is gen
orally exceedingly difficult to dispose Of.
Treated to a Surprise.
1 umpired the closing series of the sea-
The Athletics were putting forth their
best front to get the Bostonians on edge
for the big series Prior TO the start of
one OF the games Christy Mathewson and
RGbe Marquard strolIed into Shioe Park
to look over the Red Sox Joe Wood had
been advertised as the pitcher, and Matty
and Rube desired to get line on him,
as we'll as the batters they both would
have to face.
Just before the start OF the game the
two stars chatted for a few minutes with
a number of the Athletic players
IL see Baker is still with the team"
said Marquard, with a smile.
Yes AMI he is still hitting them high
up and far away, remarked one of the
Athletic players JUST to SOW YOU boys
he treats all pitchers alike | will tel him
to cut loose on Joe Wood this afternoon =
The ylayers ali enjoyed a laugh and
parted Late in the game with Bost on
a. few runs to the good. Baker faced
Wood with two down and a couple of
men on the bases. Joe Wood must have
figured on not giving him anything hig IN
on the inside, so he slipped UP a fast one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

fal 4 profound and tcadiifu more: il rs uP
ktxkt. IL ENts BxBch. is QxB ht-H6 mate
ibt Threatening P-B5.
e., Better would have been f'-kkf+. Wh'i"
now has a superior position. hut loses tn oush
ovcreagerrIcss 10 realize his advantage.
Id Black has Turned the tables. aud Ii 10
only question of time.
te, Better. but rot good enough avert defeat.
would have been 2S R-kto .sy0. .g RIO BXB.
so K.B kip. 81 R-oB3 Pot snd wins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
BY BILLY EVANS.

BE careful. old boy. this fellow is a
pretty good hitter. Put everything Eot
have on the ball. Stick that slow ball In
Your grip Your outtield Is playing pretty
close for the way this guy hits EN-.
Nothing too good. make him hit a bad
ball. You have a base open in a pinch.
Such a line of talk can be heard every
day on a jor or minor league diamond
when a batter of more than ordinary
ability steps to the plate. Pitchers have
a care when Home Run Baker. TErus
Cobb Nap I.ajoic, Iris Speaker. Hans
Wagner, Joe Tinker Sam Crawford, Sher-
wood Macce or any of tho other major
league stars face them in crisis. Such
swattcrs are hard enough to dispose of
under ordinary conditions, but when a
base hit means the ball game, they loom
UP doubly large.
| doubt if there was ever a more sensa-
tiopal hitter than Frank Baker of the
Athletics. This great player has broken
I'D so many games that i have worked In
by long c,outs at Oppor:une moments that
| have completely lost rack of the num-
her. American League pitchers to man
will tell YOU that Frank Baker is bear
i'm a pinch He must possess tremendous
s,r.py+b i'm his arms for | have seen
him on numerous occasions hit the ball
oyer the fence when ne seemed only 10
chop at it. ,
perhans the two featS that base ball
fans best recall in regard to Baker are
his home run drives OF RUDE Marquaru
and Christy Mathewson In the Worid
series of 1911 His drive on Marquard
scored Collins ahead of him and broke up
the game. 3 to /, for the Athletics HIS
hit off Mathewson tied up 1-to-o game
i'm The. ninth with two down ana enapleu
the Athletics to win out in the eleventh,
:; to > 1t surely would be hard to stage
more dramatic swats than those Two
Remember Baker Well.
II seems as if Baker is always the man
of the hour when some trick out OF the
ordinary is to be turned II you DOUBT
this, l refer YOU TO Washington players.
aside from .Rube" and ''Matty.' Last
year Washington, with seventeen straight
wins to its credit. invaded Philadelphia
for series OF games that also included
several postponements. In the first game
of the double header staged on opening
day, Washington led, l TO o. and 1t looked
like cinch for eighteen straight. With
two out in the ninth Baker was the hit
ter. Tom Hughes, the crafty veteran OF
the Washington club. always very sue
cessful in pitching TO Baker, feared him
even ut that stage. and decided 10 make
him hit a bad ball
Give Tom taste of what YOU handed
Mathewson and MarauarG. yelled a
bleache-ite. The crowd had no such big
hopes. but some of the more faithful be-
seechcd Baker to hit the ball over the
wall. Most OF. the fans were willing to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

February - quite an interesting and
amusing event was enjoyed at the club
rooms in the way Of rapid-transit pro-
gressive tourney, the time limit for NOV
ing being restricted to ten seconds.
The following players entered and the
score resulted as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
RIVERS LOOKS
TO HAVE GOODS
Knockout of K. o. Brown Gives
Him a Decided Prestige
Among LightWeights.
WOLGAST SEEMS TO
HAVE GONE BACK
Fight With Murphy Places Him
in Light of Man on
Down Grade.
BY JAMES j. CORBETT,

Former Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Written for Tho STAR.
Joe Rivers was not presented with one
of Tom McCarey's championship belts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

fo" stopping X
~. Brown i'm ten
rounds. bur he aC-
compliShed n feat
that was beyond
the best efforts of
Nd WolSast, Matt
W Q lis. r q m m Y
NJ urp u y. Leach
cross and other
good unS OF the
ring. md incidcn-
tally. Joe proved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

Pat Donahue. formerly catcher with
the Athletics. lost his claim for ten days
salary against the Atlanta club Nester-
dav. The club president testified he had
asked for waivers on Pat ten days be-
fore the accident. and the national COM
mission held that he was not entitled to
pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

The above does not represent the rela-
tive playing strength of the participants
as the time limit prevented thorough an
alysis. and some of the strongest players
met defeat from lack of experience In
ia Did play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

The club has recently lost one OF its
most valued and enthusiastic members.
y b. Webster. its efficient secretary. hav-
ing resigned his position in the Navy De-
partment to accept a more lucrative one
with "a ship building company at New
port News, Va. w. Il. Mundeile has been
selected to fill the vacancy as secretary
of the club.
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Combination Study.
BLACK.
WHITE.

This position might be STYLED An Essay
on Chess Values" Any tyro will say thar
a. O. is worth more than X. and At.
vet i'm this position Whites RS. and kt
completely smother Blacks g. and II.
Kt-Rcta) P-R4 IGR-k. R-kt
opp, R-KR i R-QR1 and doubling
Kt-Kt4 90 Re the 9Th rank
4 Kt-R6ch k-Kt2 wins easily.
kt-BJch K-R
ia, Whites object is to go to b With the kt.
which Black hoped prevent by P--Ro. But
White could have allowed this and still got 10
E5 by way of k3
Problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

Arrangements are being made for a
beginners tourney" as there are a
number of additions to the club, Of per
sons who are just starting to learn the
game Persons desiring to learn chess or
those who already know something of
tie game should avail themselves of this
opportunity to learn more of this the
greatest intellectual same known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

The checker match for the cha NIPPON
ship of the District between champion
Charles Farqullar and former Champion
W E. Mundelle has resulted SO far in
five wins and one draw, in favor of Mr..
Farauhar, with eight more games To
play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
nOIRLE EIY LOPEZ.
GRECO COUNTER GAMBIT

\ snappv little game from the recent
Southern Chess Association tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

In last Sundays notes the rntholoGi-
cal name of the ortolan, or Sora was by
a typographical error. given as ''Parzana
Carolina 1t should have been Porzana
Carolina Hereaftc. this column VIII ne
conducted entirely in English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

Referring to the note in last Sunda :
Star, wherein it was stated that the orto-
Ian, or Sora (PorZana Carolina) made sim
gle flights Of 500 miles in its migrations
to the West Indies, a former sailormar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

The many friends of that good sports
man. Sidney Johnston, will be sorry to
learn that he is laid up with a severe
attack of rheumatism