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The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Chevy Chase Golfers
Make Splendid Scores

George Richards won the first prize In
The Decoration bay golf tournament OF
the Chevy Chase Club. when he turned
ir net score OF 14s. having handicap
of D. He took the morning round In
s. and the afternoon round in 90. Nor
ven Thomson has second Honors for
making low gross score. lsS, getting SIS
in each round.
In the 1s-hole handicap match against
par. 4. II. LOTUS proved Sha best or
the field with score of up on par.
His handicap was II strokes. GoinG
out he required i3. and returning he
made the course in ..
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
CLUB COMMENDED j
FOR RACING MEET
National Capital Motorcycle Or.
ganization Held Successful
Series Of Events at BenMna.
By HARRY WARD.

Members of the National Capital ~.
torcycle Club today are receiving con.
Sratulations on the success of their
combined motorcycle and automobils
race meet, at Benning. yesterday. The
racing was spirited and thrilled several
thousand spectators
Dom Moore is the hero Of the waah-
inston speed merchants" by reason Of
his fine driving in the Washington Cup
race OF Ave miles. which he won handily
from Gardner Orme.
The star Of the day was Eddie Hearne,
the young Chicago driver and former
sceedway champion He captured three
races, but was unable to set a new
track record, as his 2eo-horsepower ma
crime was too big TO negotiate the turns
at top speed
Hearne won the .three-rniIe .uov.ttv
race. in which the contestants started
from scratch. then drove two laps SION
ping In front OF the stand for wheel
change. and then racing one mile to A
nnisn Hearne's tine for making the
wheel change was IS rs seconds
He also won the ive-niie free-tor-aIl
National Capital stakes, in so. and the
three-niie free-for-all handicap. in s:,a
John Raimey was the winner in the
hve-mile Australian pursuit race. de-
teatns Fred Horey. The latter won
the 'three-mile race from Lou Hefne-
mann. in $40.
In the m lie exhibition time trials Raj
ney made the best time, covering the
mile in 1:03 3-5
In the final event of the day. a match
race between Earl French's Chevrolet
Frank Stewart's REQ. and j. E. Crowd
er's EMF, French was an easy win
ner. His time for the fve mile. was
I:l6Is
The failure OF the motorcycle riders
10 line up to the tape promptly caused
the racing to be unduly prolonged. In
future meets it Is expected the referee
vii De clothed with sufficient power TO
thus ooviate the long delays between
races.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Taylor and Gould to
Decide Mems Singles

After interesting preIiminaries and
semi-Gnals. Major Boyd Taylor and Ez-
rau GrouI survived the Memorial Day
tournament of the Dumbarton Club
Tennis Club and they will meet in thu
finals at an early date. Play in the
doubles and consultations win also be
held soon.
Majcr Tayolr defeated Dr. PiclSfoPd
in the decisive round by SO, 3-s.
SO. Gould disposed of F1ourpoy by
Is, 10-s. 60. As the score would
Indicate the last named made a game
effort IN the second set. after winning
the first. but was unable 60 stand, the
mace
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Flame" Delhi Fails.

PITTsBT RGH. May 3I.-Flame Delhi
id no: make good with Pittsburgh. H
nokea good in the spring practice. but
his arm got sore. and even after two
iPs 10 BonesetteT Reese. the specialist
N pitching arms. ne could not show
enough TO warrant HE being kept He
me American ASSOCIATION
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Nav Go to Australia.

LOS ANGELES, May H.-Jtmme
Dime is figuring on sending joe Chip
and Tommy Jones, two of mis- protsaes.
tc Australia this summer.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

made a practice Of letting The oall get
away from him and bouncing off peo-
pies heads. There wouldn't be bats
long enough for the players to use, and
the third and first basrmen would get
spiked by fellows who were pulling away
from the plate.
Somebody has suggested that johnson
would be more effective il he acquired
& reputation for be ng a little hit Wild
To my mind. he doesn't need to be any
better. | haven't seen any5ody who
was anxious for him to pitch so that
batting averages might DC improved
The idea is, however. that II the play
ers thought Johnson was apt TO hit
them. they wouldn't crowd the plate
quite so much. Now they know that
he is true" so they stand up close
and choke their bats. II he ''beaned
somebo6y every day or so. everybody
UculG want TO stand back in the toN
with = long poe and swing wildly.
Not only at the tat. but on the bases
as we'll. do players take a chance Of
hurting themselves. Sliding is always
more or less dangerous for the slider,
and doubly so for the baseman who is
covering. II a man doesn't know just
exactly how to hit the dirt" he runs
the risk OF breaking nis ankls. Even a
good slider may catch his foot on some
thing ana either snap bone OF twist
his knee. Running full tilt and going
to The ground all of a sudden is more
or less of a strain. as anybody can see
and it has to be done ''Just So or II
means doctors tills.
The fellow who covers the bas. has
to look out for spikes all the time. and
unless he has some idea how to stand,
ne is bound TO he cut sooner or later
The wise infielder. who will give the
runner as much OF the base-linc as he
is entitled to. gets away all right. but
those who try to block the paths are
counting trouble
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

| have been accused at various times
Of spiking men on purpose. and some
of the fans have the idea that | am a
dirty" ball player though. l am happy
10 say, these knockers are In the min
ority Let me say right here that there
has been only one case in my life where
in have deliberately cut a baseman.
and | did that after warning him What
he might expect IL he wouldn I get out
OF my way. All the other spikinSs in
which I have figured have bean due TO
The carelessness OF the man VINO was
.oVering. He wouldn't give me any room
OIL the lines at all, and would nave been
risking my own legs II | tried TO save
him. The rules say that the base run
ner is entitled TO the line, and | intend
10 takea what 7 am entitled to.
There would be no object whatever in
my trying to cut a man. I want TO win
hall games Tor the Tigers, not TO estao-
liSh a record for manslau9htei. ! re-
alize that the fellows in baseball are
IN II TO make a living and that most OF
them are good men who night TAR ana
MN TO let the other fcllo" get along.
4" lay man up. perhaps Tor nc, oy
r'.t ing him. isn't my idea either ot
sport or sportmanship. and aNone who
SAYS that I would be guilty Of IL pur-
p"sely does me grca, Injustice
II - wonder to me that ball players
DO no; have more stomach trouhie thah
they do, for being on the road hall the
season and .ating hotel food, to say
nothing Of frequent railroad jumps. can
he good for one. Almost all OF the attn
le!es eat too fast also. and the young
hl"rs do not always choose their tuod
wisely. The old timers know enough To
stick To the plain. wholesome stuff. az
Hrar like what they get at home as pos
sible, hut the recruits usually want I"
play the fancy dishes night on the
boards.
u is o peculiar thing 10 me 10 see
almost al the payars rush into the
dinins room The minute the doors are
Opcu. holt their dinners and then SIT
around the Iohh" all evening" doIns
noth:ng. If they haN" I" 'pend more
than ifteen or twenty minutes - each
meal. tIey seem to think IT fearful
hardship. They hurry through the
process Of stokinx the food furnace In
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
By THOMAS KIRBY.

BOSTON, May 31-Unless there
Is a just-before-the-battle change,
Griffith will send Walter johnson
Jack against the Boston Req Sox to-
morrow.
1t had been planned that on the
present trip it would be possible to
shift back the king of all mounds
men until the concluding game of
Zach series, but the developments of
vesterday when Boston, Unexpectedly
copped the afternoon contest, upset
he whole system and the series be-
ween two clubs now stands even.
Griffith apparently feels that if he
can quit this town with 'fifty-ffty"
proposition, he will be able to invade
he West with a pretty fair chance
IF getting back home in the leading
position.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Todsv,s Games.
Detroit at St Louis.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Tomorrow's Games. .
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Chicago at Detroit.
Yesterdays Results.
(Morning Games.)
Washington, S; Boston, l.
Detroit. .: ST. Louis, l.
Philadelphia, S; New York. q.
Chicago, 6. Cleveland. )
afternoon Games.J
Washington, :: Boston. :.
st. Louis. ?: Detroit. O.
New York. 10; philadelphia, =
Cleveland, 2: chicago, !.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Tomorrow's Games.

Chicago Al Kansas. City.
Indiana polls at St. Louis.
Buffalo AT Pittsburgh
Baltimore AT Rronhlyn.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
afternoon Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Today's Games.
Pittsburgh al Cincinnati.
ST. Louis at Chicago.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Iomorrow's Games.

Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
Cincinnati at St. Louis.
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Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Morning Games)
Philadelphia. s: Boston, :.
New York, 13: Brooklyn. =
Cincinnati. 3: Pittsburgh. >
Chicago, g. ST. Louis, T.
Afternoon Games
Cincinnati 3: Pittsburgh. o
New York. { Brooklyn. o
Boston, ,. philadelphia .
st. Louis. {. chicago. ,
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FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Standing of Cluvs

Today'S Games.
Kansas CITY al st Louis.
Indianapolis ~ ChTCago
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Yesterdays Results.

GMornine Games
Pittsburgh. {. Baltimore. ,
Buffalo. g. Brooklyn. o.
Indianapolis. :: Chicago, o.
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Afternoon Canes

Afternoon Canes
Chicago, !: Indianapolis. q.
Brooklyn, 3: Buffalo. !.
Pittsburgh, 6, Baltimore. 5
s- d2 inninEs).
81. Louis. 4: Kansas City, ..
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

During the stay Of the Nationals in
his town of culture and intellectual de-
rnlopment, the Nationals have drawn
nearly 300 people. Ami all this was
Despite counter attraction OF the IN
,erCollegiate field and track meet and
he circus.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

BY hanging II twice on the Robins
while the Reds were trouncing the Pl-
rates. the Giants have climbed into first
place in the National League.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

There is stiil a reasoId Die assurance
hat Chick GaEdil will be suspended by
morrow. The complaint that the first
p sseman registered on Friday was such
hat Sheridan file1 I. with the hasetall
,cadquarters in Chicago. and the holi-
lay was all that saved GanuD from
according to the judgment
4 the experts that have been following
he Case closely.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

Next TUESDAY the Nationals will move
% New York. where they expect 10
Esln as result OF the club that has
spresented Manhattan island and ,.hich
is now profiting as a result Of the ny
ing start which the pitchers. srhooIed
p, Frank Chance. have gotten.
Evening star., 1914-12-12

and escapes. He tells how the free
hooters with many deed of deyiltry
crossed the 1Sthmus of Panama, sack
ing and burning the cities of Puerto
BELOW and Panama, of seizing great
treasure and making off to new quests
and fresh pillagings. 1t is an exciting
tale of bold and lawless days. Told with
the simplicity of Robinson Crusoe it,
self it carries convincinSly across to
the reader 1t is story that is calcu-
lated to fill the boy of certain age with
delight. to which are added a few lorn
regrets that this business has gone out
of date and that nowadays one can
be pirate only by the play of mis-
own fancy, stirred to imagined action
through the good Offices of some John
Esquemeling, brought to life in the
pages of a book. Written originally in
Dutch, the story was translated INTO
English in the seventeenth century. IL
is from this English issue that Mr..
Williams arranged the volume in hand.
NEIGHBORS. Life Stories Of the Other
Half. BY Jacob A. Riis. author of
THE Battle With the Sum-" etc.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
In this book Jacob Riis has gathered
up handful OF little stories of the
poor as these stories came to him
through the side currents OF his splen-
did crusade against the manifold all
ments of extreme and urgent poverty.
Out Of the tenement and sweatshop.
out of the police court. the saloon. the
dive the hospital and the morgue.
these stories drifted to be set down
here as direct and immediate appeal
from these "neighbors." These are
of the waits of life-the drunkard. the
suicide, the thief, the tramp, the street
walker. little children-the whole
brood of underfed. overworked and
1ff 3a
nate bundle of evidence and appeal 1t
Is, also, a pathetic aftermath of the
service Of a great and good man.
THE JOYOUS HEART. By Robert Ha-
ven Schauff1er. author of Scum o
the Earth and Other Poems," etc.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Drawn. in large part. from scattered
magazine sources. these essays come
together here as a package of pure op-
timism. held out to readers like an ex-
hilarating cup. The essays are engaged
with joy, enthusiasm, vision and all
the other glad evocations of the hope
full heart. Setting out with Jean Finots
affirmation that people who are nobly
happy constitute the power, the beau
ty and the foundation of the state.
this buoyant writer sets out in happy
detail the various sources of a truly
noble and persistent and unconquer-
able joy. and follows this up by preach
ing the patriotic duty as well as the
uplifting beauty of happiness.
MY PATH THROUGH LIFE. By Lilli
Lehman. Translated from the Ger
man by Alice Benedict Seligman. IL
lustrated. New York: G. P. Put
nam's Sons.
In these memoirs Lilli Lehman gives
the full story of her life. going back
to her forbears for traces of the inf1u-
ences that shaped her career. AS a
life story it is a record of strenuous
work and noble achievement. The au-
Evening star., 1914-12-12

unexpected and incongruous OF nap
penings. The strange woman is OF sur
passing loveliness. but her strangeness
does not lie in this not entirely uncoiu-
| mon fact. Rather is it due to very
definite and outspoken repugnance to-
ward marriage, accompanied by an
equally outspoken willingness TO take
on the privileges and responsi b'it;es OF
the welded state without the legal for
malities pertaining thereto This natu-
rally is very shocking and palnfui TO
John Hemingway from Delphi, iowa
And the romance advances with the
conventionality. The end. to be sure. IS
in sight from the beginning. we'd
ding is finally effected. after a good
deal of to-do that passes for suffering
first on one side and then on the other
The reader leaves the pair quite de-
pressed with misgivings about the Sc
curity of their future. but they them-
selves appear to be content in the
densely populated paradise whose first
name one does not like to mention In
this joyous eliminating situation.
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN.
By H. G. Wells. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
Sir Isaac Harman had made n great
fortune as caterer and owner and man
ager of chain of restaurants through
out the British Islands. He married
younger than himself, who was dazzled
but she soon found her life with him
quite devoid of the essentials to COM
plete happiness. She bore his chill
dren uncomplainingly and dutifully.
rigidly secluded life imposed upon her
by her peculiarly jealous husband. He
was not jealous of men, but of society
in general. He wanted her to have no
of
household, and he sought to remove
her still farther from the possibility OF
social contagion by taking country
place, buying it from an author whose
wife had died few years previous
Between the author and Lady Harman
developed a friendship which ran TO
more than that on his side Then Sir
Isaac had an actually tangible object
Of his jealousy and he manifested II
in an eccentric manner. He became a
tyrant, watchful, cruel, vindictive. ana
when her sufferings were keenest she
broke loose and peculiarly gained her
freedom by having herself jailed as
suffragist window smasher. The pub
licity involved was too much for Sir
Isaac. and he readily made terms. the
outcome of which was project upon
heart, the establishment of a series of
homes for the girl employees of his
restaurants. How these "hostels' fall
ed to realize the ideals of their foun-
der Mr. Wells describes in chapters
that are more reminiscent of his prior
works than any others in this vol
ume. The story itself is not particu-
larIy important and does not illustrate
this undeniably gifted writer's best
powers of story telling.
STORIES FROM NORTHERN MYTHS.
BY Emile Kip Baker, author of
"Stories of Old Greece and Rome"
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Told in simple form, suitable for
reading by adults or by children, this
volume contains twenty-eight tales
Evening star., 1914-12-12
KAT1E's SATURDAY.
It Seemed Very Gloomy at First, But
the Sky Cleared.

FROM scunilSnt.
Dear me.' sighed Katie, when she
got up that Saturday morning. "Wha,
can be the matter?" said mother
laughing at the doleful face. "Oh
there's thousands and millions OF
things the matter" said Katie, GROSSLY
She was little girl who cid not like
to be laughed at. NOW, Katie" said
mother. this time seriously, "as soon
as you are dressed. I have something G
1 want you to do for me down in the
library" Before breakfast" said
katie. mo, you can have breakfast
first mother answered, laughing
again at the cloudy little face.
Katie was very curious to know what
this was; and. as perhaps you are, too.
we will skip the breakfast, and go
right into the library. Mother was
sitting at the desk, with a piece of
paper and pencil in front of her.
Now, Katie" she said. taking her lit
tie daughter on her lap. Il want you
that trouble you. One thousand will
do" "Oh, mother. you're laughing at
me now," said Katie, but l can think
of at least ten right this minute"
Very WELL" said mother. put down
ten"
So Katie wrote:
81. It's gone and rained. SO we can't
go out to play.
so. Minnie is going away, so TIL
have to sit with that horrid little jean
Bascom on Monday.
"3~
Here Katie bit her pencil. and then
couldn't help laughing. That's all I
can think Of just this minute" she
said. WELL" said the mother. "Tu just
keep this paper a day or two" That
afternoon the rain had cleared away,
and Katie and her mother. as they sat
at the window, saw Uncle Jack come
to take Katie to drive: and, oh, what a
jolly afternoon they had of it! Mon
day. when Katie came home from
school. she said: "Oh, mother. didn't
like Jean at all at first. but she's a
lovely seatmate. I'm so glad. aren't
you?" Obi" was all the mother said.
but somehow it made Katie think of
her Saturday troubles and the paper.
81 guess I'll tear up the paper now.
rather shyly. And the next time"
said mother. why not let the troubles
alone until they are a certainty? There
are many of them that turn out very
pleasant, if you only wait to see. By
waiting, you see. you can save the
trouble of crying and worrying at ALL"
Evening star., 1914-12-12
Virtue Not Rewarded.

From London 1ft-Bis.
Willie came home from school crying
bitterly. Mother" he sobbed. I'm not
going to try and be good any more"
"Why, Willie. whatever is the mat
teri" inquired his mother.
BOO. hoo" sobbed Willie. Il WAS in
school today, and II saw Teddy Smith
put a bent pin on the t-teacher's chair,
and b. because ] did not want teacher
to sit on the p-pin II pulled his char
away, and he sat on the floor. He gave
me a thrashing for pulling his chair
away. when he got up. and when I got
outside the school Teddy Smith hit me
for pulling the pin a-away, and not
mindin my own b-business.
Evening star., 1914-12-12
study OF the results of the beavers
work forms an important chapter


THE BUBBLE BALLADS. By Melville
Chatter. Drawings by Gertrude A.
Kay. New York: The Century Com
pany.
MIR. Chatter has much the style of
Stevenson in these songs and verses
Of childhood. They are in exact tune
with the child spirit, simple, rhythmic.
jingly things that run the gamut of
juvenile adventures, emotions and
aastimes They are called bubble bal
lads because the bubble is the perfect
symbol of childhood days" Gertrude
Kays full page pictures and marginal
head and final decorations make this
one of the most delightful of the pic
ture gift books of the season.
MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH: 1S44-1 1865.
BY George Haven Putnam, Lift. D..
author of Life of Lincoln" etc.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The breadth and depth of a persons
life are the conditions and circum-
stances that set value to his memoirs.
The quality and scope of his work
count here as do also the number and
character of his friends and the infiu-
ence he has been able to WELD in i'm
portant public matters of moment and
usefulness. The memoirs of George
Haven Putnam make a truly substan-
tial and interesting volume. The early
part of the book is given up to the writ
er's boyhood and youth to student days
in Germany, to an out-faring to Gottin-
gen, with an interesting and profitable
sojourn at this place. The bulk of the
recollections, however, has to do with
war. campaigning in Louisiana and,
later, with Sheridan in the valley OF
the Shenandoah. Then one reads of the
soldier as prisoner at Danvflle ana
Libby prisons. The story closes with
his work in helping to maintain order
at Savannah after the war and before
the re-establishment Of civil govern
ment. A writer of distinction, and the
author of many books, Mr.. Putnam
brings these interesting and substan-
before the reader in a most vivid and
lifelike manner. This is the kind of
book that makes the best possible sup
plement to history, giving it warmth
and color and personality.
THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA; or,
The Pirates of Panama. By John
Esquemeling Edited and illustrated
by George Alfred Williams. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
This is "a true account of the IA
nous adventures and daring deeds of
Sir Henry Morgan and other notorious
freebooters of the Spanish Main" John
Esquemeling, the author of this book.
was himself zone of the buccaneers
who was present at those tragedies"
And EsQuemeling has here set down at
first hand the bold adventures by sea
and land that marked the wild life of
Morgan and his band of buccaneers.
The writer makes a good and plausible
story of the causes that forced him to
take up with the business of pirating.
Then, without more to-do by way of
extenuation or apology, he plunges into
an account of the business itself. its
hazards and adventures, it's dangers