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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
SCHAEFER HAS ADVENTURE
IN NAGASK BILLIARD HALL
Germany Has Narrow Escape From Arrest by Nip
ponese-Loss of Ball Causes Considerable Trou-'
bic and Gives Nationals Comedian Scare.

Inv. h.., ..,
wise 80 r.r 80, Tam..ha al a..
70 ~, - -; ,i' -
whara ',s,
"Un,nm, and a.. c.,,+h
,r,ar;s - as .'e -. ',a
rot ~ -, ~, h,t :. ". .s a,,a ~ e
sorr, To-. II. III ne , ~ ;
80 az t,itei $50
na,ts is rnnt;,e snr :, r.;s ,,,s ,,ads
- - - ~ ~; -. a1 80 ~
~, - -, VI . .l'is sp CIV .ne SaoIii
and snhn,,i "'" . ~" p
re 80. -.
hi, W se' oSae
an pr. iai,iien =
- -, ,i,s HIS n!io
VI eot'"it'ohs'
Plan Trim fo south America
Va. 'e,''',ee s.''e,l. Is 70 20 s'u'n
the route to Florida where we cross over
20 Havana. and then Jamaica Rio ia
~ e'ro Buenos Aires and all the large
Sorth American cities We will prob
ah'v come un the west coast and play
this "aV we would get base ball weather
All me way.
an"ther scnerne is 70 work along the
east coast or SHuf' Arerica ane then
ross over 10 sour AFRICA. out MS is
H@' very prac,feao Tor the winter DC
use o. IN" Tune II taxes ana tne dlfl-
:ntF OF "s't2 ropted easily Huf south
AFRICA IS ferete fe'd tor base ha'l ana
We NAY oec'He 20 'ate N trat c'fcrt
me 'of owing winter Mr. comissev. Ca
lahan ana All ce 'eve mar MANY here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
LOSE BY BIG SCORE
Virqinia Basket Ball Team De-
feats Ga'Iaudet, 81 to 9.
NIP AND TUCK AT START
Neither Side Scored for Ten Min
utes, When Orange and Blue
Hit Its Stride.
NIP AND TUCK AT START
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. January II.
-Gallaudet put up fast snappy anne
against Virginia tonight on the latters
floor, but the odds against Kendall! Green
were too great and the Orange and B ue
rolled up 81 points to 8. Neither SIDE
scored in the first ten minutes of play
and then the virginian forward Gagged
seven in rapid succession. This see med
to put them in their stride and they con-
tinued to score regularly the remainder
Of the game. Rockwell was the first to
score for the Washington quint. throw ng
a pretty goal from the side line near the
close OF the first half. He and Wengen
each secured one more for Gallaudet be-
fore the half was up. which ended with
the score q to 9 In favor Of the home
team.
Gallaudet scored only one field goal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
ALoYsIUS IS VICTOR.
Beats Cardinal A. C. Quint by Score
of 81 to l3.

The Aloysius basket ball team defeat
ed the Cardinal A. C. OF Alexandria in
the formers gymnasium last night by
a score of 81 to Ii. The Cardinals were
outclassed from the start. and at no
time had any chance of winning The
work OF Narella. Hall and Sch osser was
good. and the Wis tors were unable to
keep tneIa from caging the ball con-
sisten.iy. Schlosser alone scored fifteen
of the thirty lone points secured by his
cam. Vare;la got five baskets from the
aoor. Mcbride and Nugent were the
best for the virsnians Mcbride made
the best play of the game. which was
a backhand shot from the center of the
iioor AT the end OF the first half the
score was 10 to n favor OF the club
men, and the style of play was about the
same during the second period.
The lineup and summary:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

er shedding in the American League next
season. There are three teams. at least.
which will be able to give the Shi5e
Park aggregation a harder struggle than
they have heretofore Boston for In
stance, may be contender again in the
next campaign, and so far as washing
ton ard Cleveland are concerned these
teams stand a chance 10 show even mo- g
class than they did last season when
they gave the Mackmen hard race. The
other teams. too. may show improve
ment This $ particularly true Of De-
troit. Jennings has plugged up few
holes ana he has always had the nucleus
for a winner. New York vii. have a
better team. though, of course. it is by
no means fit to take first div sion berth,
and ST. Louis may show better form
under a new manager.
Mack will have to have better pitching
than he had last season If he is to re-
peat Bender and Plank cannot last
aach longer md the strenuous sic {
they had in the last campaign may teH
on them in next seasons struggle .
course, his young pitchers may show a
OF If iraDroveu ert but they will hav'
to be able to land the pennant, for it
is not like y that Bender and Plank viii
be able to stand the strain of constantly
com ng to their rescue as was the case
last year.
Where the Mackmen are doubtful the
Nationals seem to have added siren tn,
nancy the pitching department Not
only are there reasons for believing that
John.on will at least repeat his las,
wears performance. hut the chances are
that he is surrounded by a more formt-
dable lot of twirers than ever before.
This together with the fart that Griff1th's
outfeld is not apt to have second yea
in batting slump, makes the Nationals
chances look particularly bright. thou h
of course there Is never any telling what
may happen to upset all calculation In
base bal race.
Thou"h Carl Cashion cannot be counted
as, one Of the regular pitchers. Griffith
viii not be at all surprised If he proves
valuable acquisition to the twir in
staff The fact that Cashion is to be
allowed to pitch in his natural style may
make a great difference in his perform
ance There is no doubt that Cashion
would be valuable man if he could get
control. He has plenty of stuff and the
physique to DO lot of work and he sure
Iy wou d be an Ideal pitcher to be sand
wiched between Wa ter Johnson and one
of the others. Blu. Cashion has had three
years here and on the whole has shown
but little. so that he cannot be relied
unon to he of much service to the pitch
ing department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Kalamazoo Club Changes Hands.

KALAMAZOO. Mich. January 1.-THE
Kalamazoo base ball club. member of
the South Michigan League. has been sold
a company composed Of ]. A. Rider,
c.. A. Blaney. Edgar Baseinan and Man
ager Charles Wagner. all of this city
The company announced it would take
poss Jssicn of the club Immediately, pay
all outstanding obligations and prepare
for the coming season.
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TIGERS SIGN UP.
Bush and Dauss Send in Their Con-
tracts to Detroit.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. January H.
Owen Bush. shortstop. and George Dauss,
pitcher, both Of the Detroit American
League club. announced here tonight that
they had refused the offer to play with
the local Federal League club and had
mailed their signed contracts to the De-
troit manager. They said their salaries
would be larger than last season.
Bush and Dauss were sought by the
Federal club owners as part Of q plan to
build up home-talent team. and they
were tho last Of quintet OF local play
ers to turn down the Federais' offas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
HALPIN A WINNER.
Best in Metropolitan 6o0-Yard Run
in Almost Record Time.

NEW YORK. January l7-Thomas P.
Haipin of the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton won the Metropolitan 610-yard run"
at the indoor games of the Pastime Ath-
,etlc club here tonight in l minute II
seconds, a fifth of a second slower than
the record made by Ted Meredith Hugh
Hirshcn Irish-A merican A. c.. Junior
GDO-yard champion. fini he'd second six
ya DIS back o. W. Ge Gruehy. New York
Athletic Club, was third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
YOUNG MEN IN FRONT,
Can't Call Golf an Old Mans Game
Any More,

NEW YORK. January 17.-"What has
age to do with golf?' is a question
asked on many sides in the course of
a season. The natural answer would
be NO hing" Yet the Developments of
the asst season show rather conciusively
that it has. Francis Ouimet, the anna teur
who beat Vardon and Ray, the world
famed British professionals for the
open championship of America, is not
yet tweney-one. Jerome D. Travers
four times the national amateur title
holder, an accomplishment never before
equaleG. Is only twenty-seven. Miss
Gladys Ravenscroft, the British gill
who won the American title, would not
be eligible to vote if equal suffrage
were in order.
AS in other forms of sport, youth VIII
be served; 1t Is true of golf, despite
mans game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

American cross country successes in
France and the Importance OF that
branch of the sport were told of inter-
estingly by the New York Tribune cor
respondent recently:
He says in part:
IAN American-bred horse achieving sue
cess over the steeplechase courses OF
France Is Mr.. Hitchcocks Obession, by
Marta Santa, out Of Possession.
Although just become four-year old
by rule Obession already is a pretty safe
convey ance across country. At his first
public outing over the jumps he ran a
DAYS later he won the Prix de Tuileries
steeplechase at Auteuil from a field OF
six that included the horse that had
beaten him.
I'm both of these chases Obession was
ridden by Fred Williams. the American
cross-country jockey, who came over to
Sam Hildreth last winter and had the
mount in the English Grand National on
Highbridge. the big jumping American
steeplechaser. owned by John Fell OF
Philadelphia.
"Burwood Kings Cure and Kings RAN
som, all grandsons of the Dwyer Broth
ers' grand horse Kingston. are other win
ners of American blood at the cross
country sport over here. another Is Mead
owsweet by Yankee--Campo.
.-1ghbridge Fails in Germany.
MIR. Felrs Highbridge has returned to
England. after spending the summer and
autumn in Germany without success. a
second at Bremen being the nearest he
came to winning over a German course.
He has been trained by ]. X. Frayling.
who came over from America with the
horse a year ago.
Alexander Smith Cochran, the Ameri-
can sportsman who bought the Irish
steeplechaser Postboy for $4,000 last
spring and took the horse to the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
HILLERY IS THE STAR.
Does Best Work in Basket Ball
Game at Fort Mver.

The fast Metropolitan team defeated
the Fort Myer quint In the formers
gym last night by score of 42-l5.
Myers and Harrigan were the stars for
the home team. while Hillery played
best for the visitors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
BY JOHN n. GRURER.

| There was no greater favorite In base
bail tran James @. F.ogarty during his
| short professional career, and there was
no better or more brilliant payer in
every department Of the game. He was
] born In San Francisco February H. 1864
and first played with an amateur team
of his native city On the same team
was Charley Sweeney. who also later be-
came a star in the National League
Sweeney was pitcher. and FogArty
/ played left field and third base Jim s
| first professional work was done for the
Haverlys, who represented San Francisco
in the California League. For them he
played third base two years
In 1854 several of the cubs of the Ma
tinnal League and the American Asso-
citation placed second teams in the field
made up Of reserve or sub payers A
regular schedule vas drafted for these
teams, which PLAYED at home when the
big team was away. But the innova-
ton was not a success, the reserve
! league going to pieces before the season
was barely month old. Lack of support
va. the cause of the failure, and ne theI
the league nor the association ever after
ward attempted to promote Ike scheme
Went to Philadelphia.
I Wright for the Philadelphia re-
serve team to play third base or any
other inield position. When the reserve
/ theory was shattered by practical demon
stration Of its unsoundness all super
f1ous players were let go. Fogarty, how
ever. reque- ted Manager Wright TO give
him a chance in the outaeld Of the big
team, and the boss was prevailed upon
to give the young Californian an oppoI-
tunity 10 show what he could do. Ac-
cordingly he was stationed in center field,
who could trace his entry into profess
sionalism to the Atlantics Of 1871
Fogarty made good from the start.
Remsen was released and Joined the
Brooklyns of the American Association
! with whom he finished the season and his
career in the major leagues. However.
he continued to play ball in the minor
leagues for the next SIX years, his last
work being done in 1871 for the ottawa
| team of the lllinois-IoNa League. of
which he was manager, captain and CEN
ter fielder.
Was Valuable Player.
Fogarty proved valuable man for the
Philadelphia team, several times beng
taken from the outfieid and placed in the
intie.d. al second. thi1d and snort. TO
the right and left OF him in the QUITE d
were Blondy Purcell and j. F. Manning,
but in 1896 his side partners were
George Wood and Ed Andrews, and this
combination presented strong front.
Jim was not conSIael ed as S,ou a batter
as either OF his lie. low outiiel0eiS, yet in
1856 he led his team in batting.
This trio Of outnelders-Wood,f 'ogarty
and Andrews emained together until
1883. when Sam Thompson, coming fl ON
me dAsbanded De .roit team, TOOK An
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RESERVES AGAIN LOSE.
National Guard Quint Beats "Y''
Five, "a to 81.

The National Guard basket hall
team defeated the Y. NJ. c. A. Reserves
by score of "a to 81 In an interest
ing and fast game AT the Y. M c. A
gym last night. The game was one
of the best played at the Y NJ c. A
this season and was marked by good
passing throughout. The lineup and
summary:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Goals from floor Crogan 90. Hutton u, Sanino
f;ioyannoai. Coleman, Martin (5l Mea;y Sin
ey, Phelps. Goels from foul nne-Phe,p a
Saanu, Crognn Coleman ~. Reserve. awarded
points Substitution Hi aries for VI any. III.
Donnel for Sanino Refrree-M Roberts Timer
Mir. Beckett. Time Of halves-20 minuteA
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and one goal from foul in the second
period, while Virginia more than double
her score with several substitutes in the
game Rixey. who started tine second
half in place of Strickland. played re-
markable game and shared the honors OF
the evening with Nichols. the big for
ward. White, who played end on the
varsity foot ball team last fall. was gwen
try at right forward and showed NJ
very well. Wengen and Rassmuss.r
played well for Gallaudet. Virginia has
clean sheet to date. having rolled up
large scores against small l. ans, but viii
be given test the coming week when
she meets Kentucky and Catholic Uni
versity in Fayerweather gymnasium.
Lineup and summary:
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HOLD CLOSED MEET
Midd;es Compete in Wrestling,
Gymnastics and Swimming.
RIGHT TO CARRY COLORs
All Wrestling Bouts Had to Be De-
cided on Points, No Falls
Being Secured.
RIGHT TO CARRY C0L0Rs
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 1.-THE
hnal events in wrestling, gymnastics and
swimming In the annual competition
among the several companies Of the
brigade OF midshipmen We're decided this
afternoon before large crowd of spec
tators in the gymnasium. The prelim-
mary contests had been going on for the
last few weeks, until the leading man
OF each company In the three sports had
been chosen. AS a result of todays events
points We're scored by the Middies for the
companies to which they belong that
count in the annual award of the right
to carry the brigade colors for the en-
suing year.
feature of the wrestling events was
that not single bout was decided by
fall. SO keen was the competition, all Of
the awards being made on POINTS
In the welterweight class no decision
was rendered. This will be held again
Monday
Summary.
Wrestling: Heavyweight-won by Vaughan, 9Th
Company over II. Ii. Harrison, 4th Company
Light heavyweight Won Ly Ward, 4th Com
pany. over Raiston, 9TH Com. any.
Middleweisht Won by Bzoausoot, 18th Com
pany. over I. W. johnson. j.. B.h Company.
Observation-Disclosures; contestants, l. add.n 9th
Company; L. f. Small, ID Company; to lie de.
ciued Oh Monday.
Lisht@eisbt-Won by Hoops. Sd Company, over
Wagner, LIST Company.
SPECIAL wei ht--Non by Davis, Sd Company,
over Van Bus.ilk. Sth Company.
BantamweightW by HoG h. 9Th Company
over Grant, Ri Company.
Gymnastics Horl ontai bar-Svec, 4th Gem
pany. Won; Smell. Sth Company, second; Hardi
son 30 Company. third.
Para, FL bar-Berwin. % Company won; Lam
dis. I'D Company. second. j. Ii. N.cao!s. stn Com
pany, third.
Flying rings-La Note 4;h Company, won;
Harriii LIST Company, and Council. sth Com
psny. tied for second.
Side horss-Darrow. 9th Company, won:
Quarles. I'd Company, second; Addoas, 9th Con-
pan,, third.
I Misunderstanding. 9Th Company, won: G.
W. Clark LIST Company, second: Earl, 4th Com
pany, third
Indian clubs Witherspoon, 9Th Company. Won;
Failon LIST Company. second
swimming: +0yard swim-v,n, 9th Company,
won, Bodiish, ~ Company. second; Das,.ieli, LIST
Company, third.
tun.e for iistance-vai. 9Th Com; any won
Sterling. Sth Company. second: Das.itl Isl
Company third.
1o0-yard s"im-Dashlell. Is, Company, won.
Vail, Jth Company, second: Bodhsh. sd Com
pany. third
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Observation-Disclosures for Stickley. " lite t9r
Nichols. Rtxey for Strickland. Duncan for Camp
bell. Dietrich for Luck Daley for Diet-i X.
Goals from foor-Nichols IA. Rixey 80. !sticklr,
~, Strickland 49, White 49,, Campbell e., Dies-
rick. Maiden. Rockwell ~. Wengen t2l. tiAfis
from fouls-stickley wengen Referee-Todd.
Time Of halves-20 minutes.
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Merkle Explains to Police.

:. the meantime, Merkle who had
cen asleep. was awakened by the hub
sub. and slipping INTO some clothes came
lut to see what the trouble was l soon
explained 1t to him.
81 can tell them where to f1rd tina;
billiard ball. he replied Let them look
lnder the table at the end OF the room
: knocked 1t there when I made my last
shot
The passenger interpreter explained to
the proprietor OF the hail and the police
officers. Their apologies were proeuse
'or interfering with the pleasure of the
visiting American tourists and the
proprietor backed down tire ladder IN his
oolftenss. He missed one rung and near
Is fell overheard He said so the inter
orste. explained, that he hoped We would
make mis- billiard han our headquarters
The next time we came to Japan They
ave the sporting instinct there.
What was he going to 60 to Ger
;aany'?" asked Merkle when the excite
.aent was all over
Lock him up l replied.
II wish l had STAYED in bed, then :"
answered Merk'e KIDDING.
Soon after this incident the coalins
was completed. and the Empress of
Japan swung her nose out of the harhor
for Shanghai. This coaing process is
most interesting. and could stand a word
work arduously in filing the hunkers
and would like to And a bunch OF ball
players with as much pep as they
how. II could. I'll bet I would breeze
10 nepnant
Natives Of this part Of the world tel!
re that this method has been found to
70 very much more expeditions than
4odern machinery under the condi tons
ia, exist IN these ports Tourists add
hat the only coaling process which COM
3a-es with II for speed Is that at Port
said. where the Arabs take charge. As
was deeply interested In watching the
FORK here. I am looking forward to THIS
S.ght where the east meets the west
Jut I don't believe the Arabs can show
any more speed than these sr!skv Japs
Ind the women work Just as hard as the
men.
Pleasant Trip Across Japan Sea.
The trip from Sagasaki has been very
pleasant. with the China sea a ver.ta Bile
:iiil pond. II Is In great contrast to the
storm tossed passage across the Pacific
which I am sure will stick ou, In the
memory Of each one OF the party as
-cns as any OF us have memory
Members Of our party have been dane
.ng each evening with the steamers mill
-ary band furnishing the muse Natives
Of the east marvel at the modern canoes
and We have left a trai OF converts en-
deavoring to master the tango and tur-
Key trot as expoundej by the bal. pay
ors. So much enthusiasm has been sir
I'd up By this trip and 50 successful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
.L0YOLA COLLEGE EASY
FOR ANNAPOLIS QU|NT
Mlddies Smother Baltimore Bows in
Basket Ball Battle,
66 to 20.
'peciai Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS. Md. January 1.-THE
basket bal team of Loyola College. Bal
tinore, proved rather easy meat for the
strong Naval Academy five this after
noon, the Middies winning by the de-
c'sive margin of &C to -.
1t was early apparent that the Middies
would come out on the big end of the
score. although the visitors fought hard
TO hold them in check. At times the
sailor ads netted the leather two or three
times in rapid succession. The Navy ads.
on the whole. put up splendid defense.
their advantage along this line being
even in each half, as the Loyo.a players
scored an equal number of points in the
two periods.
Smith performed brilliantly for Navy.
He scored twelve goals from the court
and tossed six from the foul mark. thus
giving himself a credit for thirty points,
nearly half Of Navy total score. Smith s
dribbling and lodging was one of the
features ois the game. Adams and Nc
Reavy had a keen eye foI the net. the
former getting seven goals and the after
six.
For Loyola kreiser and Cochran put
up an excellent game
The lineup:
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fine of halves29 minutes. keferee-2r
Greer c. l.. Goals from aoor-vareils to). Hall
o., Schlosser t6,. Strasaauyh, AuseE; ~: Nc
Ride Salin. Owens Fouls from hoor-shaIin
Srsi,,,s.r ,3j Fouls from floor missed-Scllos-
ser l3j, ain Npseut ~. Mcbride
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GoIls from foor-Harrgan 49,, Hall t2,, Wit
craft a. Myers 81. Hiliery %. Haines ~
Hafrig,n 49,, Mye ;. Eeknof. Time Of halves
% minutes. Referee-Bowen umpire-Met-
yell. Tiner-Brinner. observation-disclosures
for Backse mid Hughes for Hall. Caroniger for
Hunter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
DOUBTFUL IF FEDERALS
WILL EVER PLAY A GAME

CONTINUED from First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
and done, it is the clothes that count

And so long as it is the clothes that count. just
SO long will Fineman & Goldsmith clothes retain
their leadership for service. sanity and style.
Meanwhile. permit us modestly to remind you
that the One Fourth-Off Sale is now in progress.
Select any fabric in the house-have Suit or Over
coat Hand-taifored to your measure at an honest
saving Of one-fourth.
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sui!!ii airy: Geas IF m court-Smith. II: Adams
"a. Rcavy -. Oy RS IA. Iiuran Kreger
To-. Cochran "a, joyce. Goa from fouls
Smith t6t. Schedrirh. Ref. rce-Gtorge Coli
flower Of Georgetown. Time Of halves-20 min
urs Subs!iiuxions: Navy-Adams for Me-
heavy. Vaughn for Adams. Vick"ry for Adams
,soran for tickery. Jemail for e-es h, Wilt Q
for Wilkes Loyola-Kre.ger for Ullrich, Ullrich
for kreiger, Buchners for kreigel