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given him. enough the most evenempered
individual on edge.
Many managers regard good getaway half the battle in
oldng successful recruit good beginning
often supplies confidence that usually lacking the
is so very pick the soft spots for
new PLAYER get flying made much
few the spot possible believing
best try yeungse under adverse conditions They
argue that victory usually the making of the
while defeat does harm fans and critics. realizing
the severe handicap he working did per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

some holiday events, has worked SO well
and proved to be SO sat actory that the
green committee has decided to recon-
mend that the club change the course
permanently. In addition to the bene-
fits of having both the ninth and eight
zenith holes end near the clubhouse, the
new plan gives a much better sequence
Of holes The change may be made this
winter and the rearranged course used
next year.
Despite the adverse weather conditions
President Wilson played q round with
DR.. Grayson at Columbia Thursday af.
ternoon.
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Confidence a Great Asset.

Confidence a Great Asset.
Confidence is one Of the greatest
assets in base ball. There are any
number of players who are stars IN
the minors, yet fall trifie short Of
big league class when tried out. LII
most cases the real trouble is not
lack of ability. but lack of confidence
in the ability they possess. other
players who do not look nearly sc
good as minor leaguers come up &c
the big show and soon are classed as
stars. Such players have the nerve
the confidence, and show to pest ao-
vantage when the going is hardest
Managerial success is largely based on
the ability Of the team leader to de-
velop young players The developing
of young players very often narrows
itself down to the point of creating
spirit of confidence in the recruit
the majors has his own peculiar
temperament. 1t is the wise and sue
cessful manager who can study out
the various dispositions. and then pro-
coed to use the methods best adapted
to each individual. Often a system
that will establish confidence in one
player will destroy it entirely in the
other.
Very often the best laid plans OF
the manager are given severe jolt
la young pitcher who looks like one
/ of the most promising twirlers in the
business. In fact. his extremely high
class work last year almost entities
him to a place in the front rank OF
the American League pitchers, despite
the fact that 1914 was his first season
in the Johnsonian circuit. The pitcher
I refer to is Shore of the Boston Red
Sox. Manager Bill Carrigan regards
him as a most valuable member Of his
pitching staff.
Shore Started Poorly.
In 1912 Shore was a member OF the
New York Giants. He was strongly
recommended to Manager McGraw.
When he joined the club, it was evil
dent that his knowledge of pitching
was rather limited, but he showed
enough natural ability to warrant that
he be carried for development Late
In June the Giants took part In a
game which Manager McGraw decided
was just the contest to give Shore his
chance to break in as a big Lacquer.
In a game played at Boston June 20
the veteran Wiltse started for the
Giants The New York club was in a
smuggling mood. and at the close of the
first half of the ninth inning the score
stood 81 to in favor of McGraw's
charges. McGraw figured this was the
very spot to drop Shore into the fray
and give him a chance to pick up some
confidence at the expense of the feeble
Bostonians.
lieve Wiltse in the ninth. With a nine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

| A time-honored feature Of chess lie
erature is the annual publication ~
chess magazines of christmas prob
LENS" These quaint conceits date
back to the very beginnings of prob
lem composition and differ from the
ordinary problem in that they intro
duce elements and restrictions foreign
and even contradictory to the rules Of
the game of chess. We present to our
readers today a fine example of tho
Christmas problem" from the West
minister Papers" Of December, 1873.
BY T. NJ BROWN.
BLACK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
FLYNN STILL IN RING.

NEW YORK, December 12.-Jim
Flynn, battle-scarred veteran OF the
roped square. who has done more real
fighting in thirteen years, received
more punishment and inflicted more
years, still is in the thick of combat
and ready to box any one, any time,
any place.
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star in the two big leagues will tell you that he
experienced many queer thrill in the game he
made his big league beginning. Over-anxiety
because of his great desire to deliver, knowledge
of the fact that the critical eye of the manager
watching every move carefully, and realization
that every fan is expecting something out of the
ordinary, because of the many fattering advance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

The following snappy little game
comes from the newly organized Home
Chess Club. II much of this class OF
chess is INDUCED in the older District
clubs will have to look to their laurels-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
lnquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish the following in the
sporting section of your Sunday paper
and oblige: Years, scores of each team
in games of football that Georgetown
and Virginia have played. Hoping to
see this published, l remain, yours
truly A SUBSCRIBER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

WHITE.
White to play and mate in eight moves by a.
check with KB, without moving the HTS Z.
R-Kt2disch RIB
2kt-kt5ch Bxkt
QXRch k-R5
4QR6 BIO
bR-R2ch k-KA
6R-B7 BxP
RxBch k-BS
SR-Kt6 mate
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CONFIDENCE IS A BIG ASSET
TO THE PLAYER BREAKING IN
Not Every Big Lacquer Gets Away to Good
Start, for Some Stars Fail Dismally
When Making Their Debut
BY BILLY EVANS.

Making his big league debut just about the exciting
the of every ball player After the player
good he thinks nothing taking fray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

twirler. AS a college pitcher he had
pitched many a remarkable game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Frank Rhea of Columbia has Just re-
turned from Pinehurst, where he COM
peted in the annual autumn tourna-
ment. Rhea played very good golf and
lasted to the second round, when he
was eliminated by Robert Hunter, who
later won the event.
The rather unfavorable weather con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
KINGS GAMBTT DECLINED

The following game is from the re
cent Columbia Brooklyn match:
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
ARMY ORDERS.

Each a. the following named captains of the
Coast ARTILLERY Cors is assigned to the cuSnpany
indicated after his namr TO take effect upou his
relief from duty in the Q1artgruaster Currs and
will then Join his eumpsny:
Jairn A. Moore TO the Efrhty-third Company
Frank T. Hinss IN the Sixtieth Company
Charles C. Burt to the ifsd Company
Hugh X. Taylor 10 the TWenty-third Conpany
The travel directed Is necessary in the miitary
serTce.
Capt. Henry n. Casey. Coast Ar1illsry Corrs. /,
transferred from the SiXtieth the l6lst COMPANY
to take effect Nav !, 1914
Second Lieut.. Oliver 6. McTleary. Sixteenth In.
fAntry. is transferred TO the fifteenth Infantry %
take effect Apnl !, 1874 He will proceed on thu
transport schelIlsd to leave San Francisco, Cal
on or about April 5. 1914. to Manila p l.
Capt. Walter NJ. Wilhelm Ordnance Department
will make not to exceed four visits during the
month Of March. 1915. TO the works Of the Beth
lehem Steel C0nnany. South Bethlehem Pa on
official business pertaining 70 the inspection o.
ordnance material. and upon the compietidn q the
duty enjOincd will rrturn to his proper station
after each visit
Capt Richard T. Kills. Coast Artillery Corn. is
detailed for general recruiting scice to take c,ct
March l. 1914 He will prDcred On that date %
Fort Slo-Im, y. Y.
Capt. John W. Wien. Thirteenth Carslry win
proceed to the Le,tsunan General Hospital the
Preside Of San Francisco. Cal and report 20
the commanding officer for excavation and treat,
ment.
Firt Lieut.. Nathaniel " CartueII. Third Car
Ar. is relieTed frnm treatment at the Walter Reed
General Hospital u. G., and will proved TO joiu
his regiment
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
FLOOD WARNING SEEN.
Heavy Snow East of the Rockies
Means Danger I'm Spring.

Heavy snow now covers the greater
part of the country cast of the Rocky
Mountains. and, coming SO late in the
winter. increases the probability that the
spring floods will be higher than the
average. While the snow lies on the
ground and meIts slowly as the sun be-
comes stronger no trouble will be met
in the valley OF the Mississippi and other
danger zones, but the chances are that
the weather will soon turn much warmer
and rising temperatures will be accom-
panied by heavy rains. This condition
should warn Congress that something
must be done to protect lives and prop
erty in the great Central Valley of this
country The people who live and own
property in the Mississippi Valley may
be fortunate enough to escape another
serious flood this spring. but they are
threatened with it at the present time.
and they should be insistent In keeping
their claims for relief before Congress-
II is so easy for Congress to put OF the
consideration of this problem when no
serious floods occur. but this is a good
time to impress upon the members of
both Houses at Washington that IL Is
dangerous to take chances. II Is to be
hoped. OF course. that no serious floods
will follow the melting Of the snow now
on the ground, but the danger that
threatens at the present time cannot be
niintmized.-Ncw York Commercial
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
DISCOVERIES UNDISCOVERED.
Experimenter with Radium Says He
Is More Often Wrong Than Right.

DR.. Robert Able. OF New York, who
probably has had more experience with
radium than any other practitioner in
this country. and has felt free to give
the public the benefit of his findings, as
well as demonstrating them before pro-
fessional bodies at home and abroad. now
expresses himself with admirable candor
TO the effect that he has been more often
wrong than right What are the most
effective methods Of employing radium
he would not dare say at this stage. He
has thought he knew. at times. but ex-
perience only magnified the puzzle. He
has enlisted the invaluable services OF
DR.. Carrcl. Of the Rockefeller Institute.
to find out. II appears. thus, that radium
is a mystery. even respecting what little
was supposed to he known about it. As
to what is admitted TO be only conjecture.
that affords the scientist scarcely a tanGi-
bic clue to work on. DR.. Carrel hopes to
find a clue and make some headway with
II in the course of the next few days.
But his first task will be 10 rcctify the
errors made up to the present time. due
to working on what DIR. Able calls nice
little theory" with a confidence now dis
covered to have been misplaCed.-PruVi-
dgnCs Journal.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
Funds Are Needed for Charities.

meeting the held
a
relief in the District OF
Columbia.
o look
charities The
of only
heavily
families $4,000 individuals cared for
considerably While the
everything possible
situation 1t is content to do this only Work is being
while financial being continuously
their
pensions well food.
clothing.
o
themselves. educational s
Relief Association provides relief
4 = Associated Charities
One how
money through
personal
street
be gratefully acknowledged
(signed)
Associated Citizens
JOHN JOY EDISON. WILLIAM J. FLATHER
Treasurer
CoRCoRAN THoM, T. WELLER
President
Financ
MILTON ALLIES Chairman HOWARD RESIDE, Treasurer
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28


gether, hurly-burly; II would level
monarchistics distinctions. Let the
punch bowls and other engines of ge-
niality give way to the common drink
ing fountain. In short, to quote
Shakespeare (who was not member
of congress). let the devil wear black.
1t is well that Congress hold in its
membership thoughtful man like Mr..
Dies. He says that we are living too
fast, though even thus we can't elude
the swift o'ertaking Leve.er that recks
not whether we ride or walk or take
precedence or give way or wear gold
or jeans. But Mr.. Dies doesn't prove
his case with sighs. II he will exam
inc conditions of life today he viii find
that. comparatively, they are essential
ly as simple as were those good old
days when daily bath was something
British. There are some awfully fast
people here in Washington, and some
awfully slow ones. But the gentle con-
duct of society and the dignity and or
der of its functions are not part of
the fastness or the siowness. They are
merely the prerequisites of societys ex-
istence.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
Increase Salaries Now.

No one will have a word to say in
opposition to Representative Reillys
resolution authorizing the President to
appoint a joint commission of FIVE menu
bers to investigate the old-age pension
systems for government clerks in other
countries, for which an appropriation
of $4,000 is to be asked. That is, no
objection will be heard il, in the mean
time, Congress increases the salaries of
the clerks. This is imperatively and
urgently necessary. Chairman Goodwin,
of the House Committee on Civil Serv-
ice Reform, has practically promised
that a bill for increasing salaries will
be reported to the House at the pres
ent session. This bill should be draft
eG without delay and should be given
the right of way.
A commission to investigate systems
abroad, with $4,000 TO spend, will re-
quire some time TO prepare and submit
its report. Another Congressional cleo
ton will have been held before that
work is completed, and the Sixty-third
Congress will have only three months
of life left.
There is no reason why these two
matters of such vital importance to the
clerks cannot be disposed of in sepa-
rate bills. A law increasing salaries
ought to be enacted during the present
session. Pensions can be provided as
soon as the foreign commission reports.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
The woman's job.

To the Editor: In your edition oil
Thursday a Miss Ella Brehaut paints in
glowing terms the "woman's Job" as
that alone OF administering the home,
rearing the children. &c"
AS a reader of your paper, l wish TO
ask where in the name OF heaven she got
the idea that suffrage prevented this? The
homes, wives, and children in California,
Colorado. and other Western suffrage
States will compare favorably with any
in the civilized world. The birth rate in
Colorado is the third largest in the
union. As she truly says, The home
woman's interests are Identical with those
suffragists' contend, and il is for that
reason that she should have a say in the
legislation.
The census shows that the greatest per
cent Of woman and child labor is In the
non-suffrage States OF Pennsylvania.
New York, and Massachusetts,. Did suf-
frage bring woman into the business
world? No. IL the word had never been
heard of. women would have gone into
the business world just the same. The
New York women work because they
have TO live. For the same reason the
women in the government work here
antis According to Miss Brehaut. all
of these business women are neglecting
their home duties. According to common
sense they are keeping themselves from
starving. many caring for children and
aged parents. Does Miss Brehaut wish
them, many antis, to give up their jobs :
The changes OF the modern world,
changes which civilization brought about
and with which suffrage had nothing to
do. changes which would have come IL
the question OF suffrage never existed.
have brought women into business. The
antis say that is shocking. that she must
stay at home" Then why don't the
antis in the stores. schools. law Offices,
and government stay at home?
The suffragist SAYS that every woman
has the same right as a man to make
an honest living, and that. II she goes
out into the business world. she should
have the same prOteC tion-that the only
way TO get that protection is through the
ballot And they say also that the bess
homes, the best wives. and the best
mothers are these who are intelligent
enough to understand that legislation az
aid by her voice in public affairs in the
protection OF that hCme and family.
DIR. Katherine Davis was recently in
New York appointed the commissioner of
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, presi-
dent OF the antis. congratulated her In
the prcss-yet DIR. Davis is a woman hold
ing now n public, official, political posi-
tion. SC
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
THE OPEN FORUM.
Readers Of The Herald Express
Views ON Current Topics.

To the Editor: Since the passing Of
the Kenyon bill many articles have been
written as to which was the best plan
of treatment for these unfortunate women
Of the former segregated district. Many
sentiments have been voiced. but I be-
lieve as yet no real conclusions reached.
There can only be one way to deal with
such serious question and that Is 10
thoroughly dissect the cause. That there
Is a large class of fallen women Is a
well known fact: changing their location
does rot alter 1t in sae smallest pai L
They cannot be put to death. as were
the women In Biblical days; neither can
cure by effected by marching them up
and down the streets, branded with the
scarlet letter, a miserable. and in many
instances physically unable. army drift
inS, God only knows where.
In spite OF all the talk about giving
them good homes &c, do not believe
that any one Is anxious to take them
In Tn their own home TO mingie with
their families. and these unfortunate
women would be sadly out OF place in
such surroundings IL suddenly thrust
there. They must live somewhere. an
other fact that cannot be denied. The
apartment houses do not want them;
rooming houses are afraid of them. and
the law Of responsibility forbids them the
private homes OF the people, 30 they are
left to drift, here, there, and every
where, apd in many instances prosecuted
and scoffed at. An amazingly small
number are physically fit to take posi-
tons, and there's an army OF respect
able girls right here In Washington who
are sadly in need Of positions and can
not get them Why should these women
from the ''red light district be dragged
forth to fill positions that these girls
could Ill? II has been said that the
women from the tenderloin have been
offered positions at IS week. yet
know several cases where good respect
able women are working for - week.
ana can scarcely keep soul and body
together: some Of them with little chill
dren, who are poorly fed, and seantily
clothed.
II some Of these howling reformers and
brain-storm candidates would try and
have the salaries raised for girls and
women who are working for starvation
wages. End lend a helping hand to the
homes who are fighting the wolf from
the door. and not try to exploit lot OF
creatures who's consciences
are already dead and who's souls have
long since burned out. leaving nothing
but an empty shell, and help to Keep
back the girls who are fighting that
monster. poverty. and nearing the board
er line which leads to destruction and
from whence few return. think II
would mean a greater effect and more
'O1'> B. NJ.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
Mr.. Dies and the Dead Days.

Amenities, proprieties, clegances, ant
all other adornments, which wealth and
leisure inevitably place upon society, ar,
decorously shadowed by Lenten ascot.
icism and austerity. Yet do they shrink
shuddering farther into the gloom oi
penitential contriteness when Mr.. Mar
tin Dies, NJ. C., of Texas, calls back
the dead days.
Mr.. Dies, whose name doesn't near
day, being not Latin, but the Texas
equivalent for Representative of the
People, fired chain shot into the ranks
of the exquisites yesterday. Soldiers
and sailors, whose prescribed uniforms
have gold lace upon them; Cabinet
members and other civilian employees oi
the government, who ride in automo-
biles; government ladies'" who would
facilitate the discharge of social duties
by system of economy and efficiency
all these, with their fneries and gew-
gaws and fripperies and trappings and
punch bowls and calling lists and rules
of precedence and carriages, were ia
booed while Mr.. Dies had the floor.
Mr.. Dies signs for the representa-
tives of the people TO set an example
of old-time simplicity and democracy
in the Capital Let the man whose time
is worth more than $40 a day to the
government spend two or three hours
a day walking somewhere. 1t wouldn't
hurt him. Let Cabinet ministers, Sena-
tors, Representatives, rush pellmeIl at
the President, first come first served ;
let their ladies commingle in one grand
ensemble of social salufations, all to-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
Dying Observations.

The aviator-''Now for a new altitude
record"
The auctioneer-"Going-g
The drug clerk-'I am about to substi.
tute Heaven for earth"
The bank csshier-"over the border"
The plumber--'T must leave my tools
behind"
The telephone girl-"Hcllo. central!
Give me HeavenI"
The barber-''St. Peter Is next!"
Tho insurance agent-'If I had only
taken out one of my own policies"
The doctor-'I must take m, own medi-
cine"
The lawycr-"Now / lie forever
The photographer-"Don't go on that
way, my friends. Look pleasant"
The policeman-"Here's where 1 move
on"
The polar explorer-"T do not claim
positively this is the goal. / say, think
1t is No one can be sure"
The optimistz''Going upi''
The pessimist-"Going downr-Ex-
change
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28

The good people of Cumberland, Nd,
arc righteously indignant over the des-
picable action of some one resident of
that city who has made fugitive of a
political writer on one of its local
papers. It's a pathetic story. This
writer had a temporary lapse some
dozen years ago, for which he was SEN
tenced and served seven years in the
Maryland Penitentiary. When freed
he resolved TO live straight and has
done so. Then some unknown enemy
made public his past record and he dis
appeared. Now some of the best peo-
pie of the Maryland city have adver-
tised in many leading papers asking
him TO return, pledging themselves 10
stand by him. There's a lesson in this
story which will not be fully told until
the one who disappeared returns and
the one who caused him to flee is made
TO suffer a like punishment.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. ]. g Townsend detached naval recruiting
station. Denver, Colo. MarCh TO- 1915; 10 Vermont.
Ensi=n q. l.. Wcylcr. detached sCuth Dakota: TO
West Virginia
Fassrd Assistant Sur. n T. DnIlanl. detached
North Dakota: to treatment naval hospital. New
York. y. Y.
PASSED. Assistant Surg r, 7 staienaker. to North
Dakota.
souri. March : 1915; to navy yard. New York March
8 1914
Passed Assistant Psymaster =. A. CODY detached
navy yard New Sork, March 5. lsli; to Illinois
Passed Assistant Paymastcr J. ]. Luchsngrr, de-
tachcd Illinois and Alabama April I. 1911: settle
counts and wait orders.
Passed Assistant Paymsster C. Z. ParsouS. to Mis-
SCUM.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-28
To Make Travel safer.

A new device for greater safety of rail-
way travel has been tested by the Penn
sylvania Railroad and the test is de-
clared to have been entirely successful.
II is an airbrake system that can be
operated with either pneumatic or elec-
tric control. and l. can stop a train of
twelve steel passenger cars and locomo-
tive, all weighing nearly loo tons, run
ming at a speed Of sixty miles an hour,
within 1000 feet, or the length of the
train. Emergency application of high
speed brakes now in general use would
bring the same train to a stop In 1900 to
1870 feet II Is claimed for the new de-
vice that II can stop the same train GO
Ing at thirty miles an hour In 200 feet
Rochester Post Exprcss.